Why give your kids a fluffy, cute toy animal, when you could give them one skinned alive? Or how about stuffed animal road kill. Or maybe you’d simply like to see a teddy bear impaled on a tree. Well, then step right up, folks, the Kiddie House of Horrors is right this way…
Artist Matt Kirkland stripped away the faux flesh of these furry friends in the name of art. 
Then you have the lovely Road Kill Toy collection. Meet Twitch and Grind, who have recently met their end. Teach your kids the facts of life with these adorable carcasses. Each comes with a toe tag and body bag. (Um, what happened to the realism? Road kill don’t get toe tags and body bags.)
Finally, have you ever wondered how a teddy bear would get stuck in a tree? So did Nic Nichols. He began photographing a strange phenomenon near his home: bears living in the trees. People speculated each bear represented a child in the community who passed away. Turns out a farmer found a teddy bear in the woods and put it up in the tree so that the owner may more easily find it. Others, seeing this tree bear, followed suit. 
Check out original article here.Photos: weburbanist.com
About Cole Gamble
Cole Gamble’s writings on the crimes of Willy Wonka, man-eating beds and tales from his cringe-worthy life appear here on Babble, the humor site Cracked, The Daily Beast, The Huffington Post and Salon. He is working on a book entitled, Conquer Everything! A Self Help Book to Destroy All Other Self Help Books and Grant You Mastery in Everything.
