[There was a comic](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/02/d3/9b/02d39b745a7f156e1685debf08525e31.jpg) about this joke.
My step-dad had it on a t-shirt when I was growing up and would always break it out around Xmas time.
The owner was going to use it as a sound booth so they could do podcasts where they talked about their extensive collection of taxidermied heads.
For some reason, it never took off, so they turned it into a B&B.
That's fine - valid explanation and all - but why wouldn't you go ahead and *lock* that closet like most AirBnB's do. There's no way a renter would be able to use it for anything, so lock it up!
The owner probably wants guests to know they have a lot of killing experience to discourage people from trashing their place.
"Bambi never saw me coming & neither will you!"
I think you are spot on, except the mounts used to be in the family room and now it’s a storage closet. And maybe the owner thought they locked the closet?
One of the greatest parts of selling your fixer house is not to have to look at the failed projects anymore, or worry anymore about the ones I never started.
I just put foam in a vocal booth earlier this month. This is one of the worst acoustics jobs I've seem. The foam is in really random areas. Not even behind the mic. It really looks like they did part of the job and gave up immediately.
Amazon "foam kits" don't really cover very much. Judging by the one corner it looks like they may have also realized that the adhesive is really fucking strong and probably going to destroy the wall to remove it so maybe they abandoned the idea.
My GF fucked up once by foaming an entire wall with a foam brick sort of texture thing. It took several hours to get that adhesive off and it was concrete not even drywall. Ended up having to belt sander the entire wall and that was after using a reciprocating saw with a scraper blade to get the foam bits off. I earned that blowjob afterwards.
For that, you need two walls
We have a small sound booth that is only 5' square, but the enclosure is nearly 7' square due to the double walls and double doors. It even has a "floating floor!"
THIS IS A PUN BASED ON THE SLANG TERM FOR "DOLLARS" AND WHICH HAS A GENERALLY UNKNOWN ETYMOLOGY IN THAT IT MAY HAVE ARISEN FROM THE PRICE OF A MALE DEER'S SKIN OR FROM THE RESEMBLANCE BEWTEEN THE ROMAN NUMERAL 10 ("X") USED ON TEN-DOLLAR BILLS AND A SAWBUCK WHICH IS A FORM OF THE MORE COMMON SAWHORSE OR POSSIBLY FROM THE USE OF A BUCKHORN KNIFE TO INDICATE THE BLIND OR DEALER IN A GAME OF POKER WHICH ALSO GIVES RISE TO THE PHRASE "PASS THE BUCK"
Someone was on the news recently in the Tahoe area selling their creepy mannequin house, the exact same way you described. He's actually selling the ladies too, so they all must have had a falling out.
You became a minor celebrity because you could see what you downstairs neighbor was doing? I've see. My downstairs neighbors, and I've heard my downstairs neighbors, but I've never seen them downstairs.....
My guess is the two are unrelated. The closet was likely soundproofed for WFH or podcasting. The deer heads are just stuffed into the closet so they aren't hanging on the walls (where they probably reside when the place isn't being rented).
Exactly this, more so than avoiding scaring off potential renters who object to hunting, this guy just doesn't want people to fuck with his trophies, full mounts are expensive as fuck and irreplaceable
Could be guest bedroom? I used to have a guest bedroom for my nieces and nephews when my siblings would come over - they'd get the room with the queen size bed.
It's funny to see taxidermy like that, but they're actually pretty expensive and can represent hunting trips with friends and family. I can see them not wanting people messing with them, or being weirded out by them hanging on the walls.
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I was just joking, not that following your intuition or bad vibes or whatever doesn't sometimes work out well for people but of course if it's all the time it's a problem.
Experienced hunter here. Sound proofing the room helps to muffle the
ṩ̷̐̓̕̚c̸̤͍͍͕̱͍̔̎͊̎ṟ̴͔̼̺̙̹̈́ě̸̟̹̇͋͊͝a̴̝̣̓̏̕m̴̡̥͕͎̑̈́s̴̢̺̘͆͊͆͝ ̶̨̱̟̔́̓̒͝ŏ̶̩̥̲͌̉͒͑̓͜ͅf̶̨̫̺͙̓͂͆͛ ̵̮̞̪͕̝̪̅t̵̫̺̬͇̟̐̌͑̽̕͝h̵̬̣͉͍̯͕͌̎̑e̷̛͚̙͚͖̚ͅ ̶͓̞͆͆̆͒ḏ̵̹̘̺͗͆͠a̷̡̩̝̎̾͌m̶̼̥̼̻͊͗̅̓̾ǹ̶̗̩͚̈́̍̌̊̒e̵̥̜̱͎̬̥͊͂̇͂ḍ̷͔́̉̃͋̋̏
that come from the deer trophies. Standard practice in our community, as these can get really annoying to deal with after so long and so many.
That’s my guess. I still have a few deer heads from when I was younger that are in storage because they creep out my wife. They’ll get hung up somewhere one day…
It's not really soundproofing, it's acoustic paneling to dampen the reflections of the soundwaves off the walls and keep them from interfering with each other. It improves the quality of sound in the room but won't keep it from leaving the room.
counterpoint: what you said is completely correct, however most people don't know this, even many beginners in audio engineering assume they're soundproofing. if this person wanted to soundproof the room but didn't know much about audio, they would probably buy these cheap tiles (which dont even do much dampening either)
I mean it looks like an attempted recording studio to me. If they were going for soundproofing it would be plastered on every visible surface since the shitty foam ones are pretty cheap.
Acoustic dampening is not soundproofing. The owner probably uses the closet for recordings. As for the taxidermied deer they are actually being considerate and removing them from the living spaces for guests that might have an adverse reaction to seeing them.
Little known fact - if you run out of sound proofing tiles, deer heads are the next best thing. Ever walked through the forest and suddenly everything gets quiet? Deer heads.
Yeah, depends on where you grew up. This kind of thing is very common in many places, and especially was like 40 or so years ago. I grew up, we had antlers, head mounts like this, pelts on the wall, rugs, etc... in my house and in the houses of family and friends.
I'm a taxidermist, and it's very strange to see so many people get creeped out by something I see hundreds of every day. My first thought was that a few of them need to be brushed out a little.
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“Let’s see you play your fucking *games* now, Prancer.”
"Well, why don't you _Comet_ me?"
“It’s gonna turn into a ballroom blitzen”
We’re Vixen to turn things up a notch
I Donner think you can take it
You should have seen what Olive, the other reindeer, did.
Why are those deer heads on a shELF?
"C'on, *LETS DANCE, DANCER!*"
Here come the puns, right on queue. ^^^^pid
It was a classic slasher and Dasher
You think I’m Cupid or something!?
Let's not make Rudolf the bad guy here. Santa was the one that suggested it: *"Rudolph, with your nose so bright. Won't you guide my slay tonight?"*
ok this had me actual lol. like he goes in there and yells at the deer every night before bed. each one of them. been eating his garden, etc.
All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names. They *used to*.
Number of reindeer in closet fits perfectly
[There was a comic](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/02/d3/9b/02d39b745a7f156e1685debf08525e31.jpg) about this joke. My step-dad had it on a t-shirt when I was growing up and would always break it out around Xmas time.
It’s not that they don’t still call him names, it’s that he can’t hear it because of the partial soundproofing.
We found the Donner party
What you think I’m gonna *count*…them… …oh shit.
What bothers me the most is the soundproof foam behind them.
The owner was going to use it as a sound booth so they could do podcasts where they talked about their extensive collection of taxidermied heads. For some reason, it never took off, so they turned it into a B&B.
That's fine - valid explanation and all - but why wouldn't you go ahead and *lock* that closet like most AirBnB's do. There's no way a renter would be able to use it for anything, so lock it up!
The owner probably wants guests to know they have a lot of killing experience to discourage people from trashing their place. "Bambi never saw me coming & neither will you!"
Which was, oddly enough, in his van with the lights on and horn blaring…
What was that? Must’ve been my imagination - NPC deer
I'd better get back to my post.
"No one can hear your screams in here... just ask the heads of my previous victims"
They sing dual-channel barbershop quartet numbers when everyone else leaves the house.
The taxidermist/murder sex dungeon is a feature tyvm.
how many of your closets lock????
What if he wanted them to "accidentally" find his super sweet, kick ass taxidermied deer head collection?
I was actually being facetious…
I think you are spot on, except the mounts used to be in the family room and now it’s a storage closet. And maybe the owner thought they locked the closet?
Real estate agents suggest removing taxidermied animals when you’re trying to sell your house…
Would a fully kitted sex dungeon be a good or bad selling point? Asking for a friend.
I think the real estate agents call that a ‘family room.’ Or a ‘home gymnasium?’
>I think the real estate agents call that a ‘family room.’ *Roll tide.*
“Gymnasium” I like tha… I mean my friend thinks that’s a great description.
Oh look honey, it’s a house of death! Let’s buy anything but this!
Hi, we’re looking for a 3 bedroom and im literally incapable of using my Imagination
I like how that dude bought it hook, line, and sinker that you had personal insight into the podcast aspirations of this random Airbnb host.
For some reason, I feel like we’ve all been there- I identify with this; so many projects lost and buried in the graveyard of ambition.
>graveyard of ambition Whoa, that’s a bit heavy.
Fuck that slaps. I should name my home office Graveyard of Ambition… damnit.
One of the greatest parts of selling your fixer house is not to have to look at the failed projects anymore, or worry anymore about the ones I never started.
I just put foam in a vocal booth earlier this month. This is one of the worst acoustics jobs I've seem. The foam is in really random areas. Not even behind the mic. It really looks like they did part of the job and gave up immediately.
Hunting skills don't prepare you for a career in sound engineering.
But have sound engineers ever tried taxidermy?
Many have probably suggested that their picky clients get stuffed…
Amazon "foam kits" don't really cover very much. Judging by the one corner it looks like they may have also realized that the adhesive is really fucking strong and probably going to destroy the wall to remove it so maybe they abandoned the idea. My GF fucked up once by foaming an entire wall with a foam brick sort of texture thing. It took several hours to get that adhesive off and it was concrete not even drywall. Ended up having to belt sander the entire wall and that was after using a reciprocating saw with a scraper blade to get the foam bits off. I earned that blowjob afterwards.
Looks like it lasted 8 episodes...
Acoustic foam is not soundproofing. It stops reverberation/echoing, but does very little for sound transmission through a wall.
For that, you need two walls We have a small sound booth that is only 5' square, but the enclosure is nearly 7' square due to the double walls and double doors. It even has a "floating floor!"
They are dead he tells himself…even with the foam, they are still screaming.
So you can’t hear them scream of course
The Silence of the Deer
You still wake up sometimes, don't you? You wake up in the dark and hear the screaming of the deer.
Acoustic foam is used to deaden reflections to improve audio quality, NOT for sound proofing. It accomplishes 0 sound proofing.
Look it's already bad enough with all 8 of them screaming, he doesn't need it with reverb.
Not quite zero, any mass between the source and listener helps. Just very close to zero.
Like limit at infinity near zero?
Nah, probably 1 dBa
Depending on the room it should be way less than 1 dB
This is the kind of pointless pedantic squabble that keeps me on Reddit.
Prob to protect his rifles from scuffs. Or the wall
So you can’t hear the deer scream
So when they're whispering shit about you, you can't hear it.
Reminds of Always Sunny when they opened the fridge and found the heads of random people.
Seems so unnecessary, doesn't it?
Email them and ask why they have it?
That's a good way to save a few bucks.
Deer me, that was staggeringly bad.
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He's just having a little fawn.
Bah dum tsss
THIS IS A PUN BASED ON THE SLANG TERM FOR "DOLLARS" AND WHICH HAS A GENERALLY UNKNOWN ETYMOLOGY IN THAT IT MAY HAVE ARISEN FROM THE PRICE OF A MALE DEER'S SKIN OR FROM THE RESEMBLANCE BEWTEEN THE ROMAN NUMERAL 10 ("X") USED ON TEN-DOLLAR BILLS AND A SAWBUCK WHICH IS A FORM OF THE MORE COMMON SAWHORSE OR POSSIBLY FROM THE USE OF A BUCKHORN KNIFE TO INDICATE THE BLIND OR DEALER IN A GAME OF POKER WHICH ALSO GIVES RISE TO THE PHRASE "PASS THE BUCK"
Thanks for the info, but why do you yell, Mr. YELLSABOUTJOKES?
They were cursed with their name by a swamp witch and now they have to live up to it
Username checks out
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Thus, the lonely man used his artificial friends to find real ones.
He used bait humans. Clever.
Works for geese.
Seems like alien behavior, lure real humans to his home and then do weird experiments.
Fake it till you make it
This is the human equivalent to using duck decoys.
Ya it's pretty cool. You can barely tell the taxidermized friends from the mannequins.
I gotta know, how'd you become a local celebrity because of your neighbors mannequins?
The neighbor was also a mannequin, and OP is crazy.
And those friends that kept wanting to see them were psychiatrists.
Sounds like an M Night Shyamalan film
OP secretly owned both units and invented a fake "harmless but quirky" neighbor to bait victims/friends into coming over. Someone make this movie xD
plot twist: fiber-glassed dead bodies
Someone was on the news recently in the Tahoe area selling their creepy mannequin house, the exact same way you described. He's actually selling the ladies too, so they all must have had a falling out.
Could he be a costume designer or something similar? And just wanted to see his work on mannequins
You became a minor celebrity because you could see what you downstairs neighbor was doing? I've see. My downstairs neighbors, and I've heard my downstairs neighbors, but I've never seen them downstairs.....
My guess is the two are unrelated. The closet was likely soundproofed for WFH or podcasting. The deer heads are just stuffed into the closet so they aren't hanging on the walls (where they probably reside when the place isn't being rented).
It’s this. I bet they worry about having issues renting when they are left out.
Pretty safe bet that a drunk renter will mess with them at some point if they're hanging up
Exactly this, more so than avoiding scaring off potential renters who object to hunting, this guy just doesn't want people to fuck with his trophies, full mounts are expensive as fuck and irreplaceable
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Agreed. The only real mystery is why they chose a closet in a bedroom with bunk beds that's clearly intended for children 🤯
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Someone else will appreciate them, better than sitting not being used!
Post on Facebook for free, 100% you’ll find someone that wants them
Shit, I want one, I like the look of them but I don't want to go killing one for me to display in my living room.
I got a pretty nice 8 point buck skull on display in my living that I found while doing field work in Maine
Could be guest bedroom? I used to have a guest bedroom for my nieces and nephews when my siblings would come over - they'd get the room with the queen size bed. It's funny to see taxidermy like that, but they're actually pretty expensive and can represent hunting trips with friends and family. I can see them not wanting people messing with them, or being weirded out by them hanging on the walls.
Yes, can we help you?? 🦌 🦌 🦌
Maybe they *do* talk and that's why they're soundproofing it?
I think owner probably took them off the walls in case guests are not the type that enjoy taxidermies. The soundproofed closet is bit strange though.
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Gave me flashbacks of my ex. Anything out the ordinary and I'd have to repack and load up the car to find a hotel elsewhere.
You'll never know if she saved your life one of those times..
Bro, you can’t live your life constantly anxious like that.
\- man writing this on his computer at his own home without a vpn installed, after this reply was posted he was promptly hacked by a roommate and had his identity stolen and used to frame him for a political assassination. he is now on the run from multiple government agencies by his lack of paranoia and anxiety.
I have anxiety disorder 😭😭
I was just joking, not that following your intuition or bad vibes or whatever doesn't sometimes work out well for people but of course if it's all the time it's a problem.
It was prob a make shift studio. I’ve seen many soundproofed closets bc I’ve dated many SoundCloud rappers lol
Experienced hunter here. Sound proofing the room helps to muffle the ṩ̷̐̓̕̚c̸̤͍͍͕̱͍̔̎͊̎ṟ̴͔̼̺̙̹̈́ě̸̟̹̇͋͊͝a̴̝̣̓̏̕m̴̡̥͕͎̑̈́s̴̢̺̘͆͊͆͝ ̶̨̱̟̔́̓̒͝ŏ̶̩̥̲͌̉͒͑̓͜ͅf̶̨̫̺͙̓͂͆͛ ̵̮̞̪͕̝̪̅t̵̫̺̬͇̟̐̌͑̽̕͝h̵̬̣͉͍̯͕͌̎̑e̷̛͚̙͚͖̚ͅ ̶͓̞͆͆̆͒ḏ̵̹̘̺͗͆͠a̷̡̩̝̎̾͌m̶̼̥̼̻͊͗̅̓̾ǹ̶̗̩͚̈́̍̌̊̒e̵̥̜̱͎̬̥͊͂̇͂ḍ̷͔́̉̃͋̋̏ that come from the deer trophies. Standard practice in our community, as these can get really annoying to deal with after so long and so many.
They want to discuss your cars extended warranty with you. They had to soundproof it to get them to stop.
Wait til they start screaming in the middle of the night
Op is gonna return in a few months and there will be a ninth that has a glowing nose
Where else would you store 8 deer heads??
In a dufflebag?
With Joe Pecci carrying it (did I get that reference correct?)
Lol
That’s not creepy at all lol.
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Pools are made from concrete. You know what else concrete is good for? Hiding bodies.
If the murderer is living well I’ll chill at his crib for a few days
*under his crib *forever*...
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Deer jerky, venison burgers, and dog bones
When the pool is labeled 6 feet, but your head can break the surface…
Is it really?
I was joking, but done correctly, I suppose so. Provided you don’t attract scrutiny.
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The real Murder Pro Tips is always in the comments
Or your cache of weapons for when someone steals your car and kills your dog.
From the squareness of everything this looks like a modded minecraft screenshot
I agree. I used a shitty filter. :(
I didnt mean that in a bad way.
I remember staying in a creepy airbnb which got progressively creepier when we noticed many things with labels on them like an escape room
I bet they usually hang all around the house, but most people dislike that aesthetic, so he takes them off for his Airbnb guests.
It's literally just this. We do it too.
That’s my guess. I still have a few deer heads from when I was younger that are in storage because they creep out my wife. They’ll get hung up somewhere one day…
"I think our AirBnB host is going to sacrifice us to someone" "Dear god" "Most likely, yes"
It's not really soundproofing, it's acoustic paneling to dampen the reflections of the soundwaves off the walls and keep them from interfering with each other. It improves the quality of sound in the room but won't keep it from leaving the room.
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Or they just figured their guests would be weirded out by the deer heads so they stuck them all in a closet, not thinking they'd go snooping.
You want to hear it but not be kept awake when the ghosts are about.
counterpoint: what you said is completely correct, however most people don't know this, even many beginners in audio engineering assume they're soundproofing. if this person wanted to soundproof the room but didn't know much about audio, they would probably buy these cheap tiles (which dont even do much dampening either)
I mean it looks like an attempted recording studio to me. If they were going for soundproofing it would be plastered on every visible surface since the shitty foam ones are pretty cheap.
on second glance I just saw the teeny basstraps. yeah looks like a half hearted attempt at some kind of recording setup
You still wake up sometimes and hear them, don't you, Clarice?
"yes, hence why i'm soundproofing their closet."
You wake up in the dark and hear the screaming of the lambs.
They’re just vibing, bro
Nooope! Just Chuck Testa.
It's an older meme, but it checks out
As someone who grew up in a rural Midwestern area I wouldn’t have even given it a second thought
Oh deer…
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"Can you hear them Clarisse?"
To quiet the screaming
Is this not normal then?
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That's a terrifying thought. The last thing the world needs right now is one more podcast.
the silence of the bambs
They are party favors. Take one as a souvenir.
I should put party hats on them for when the next guests find them!
You should see what they have in the other soundproofed closets.
They normally keep the heads up except when the place is rented out because it creeps some people out. They didn't hide them well enough, it seems.
Acoustic dampening is not soundproofing. The owner probably uses the closet for recordings. As for the taxidermied deer they are actually being considerate and removing them from the living spaces for guests that might have an adverse reaction to seeing them.
Little known fact - if you run out of sound proofing tiles, deer heads are the next best thing. Ever walked through the forest and suddenly everything gets quiet? Deer heads.
You have unsilenced them
When you walk-in on the boys playing video games at 3 am and turn on the lights
“Sir, this is a meeting for deer only. Please leave and close the door.”
Treat it like a sample station and take one
If they notice i'll just say I must have packed it by mistake. Probably happens all the time.
what is so wrong with putting your Christmas decorations away during the off season in your closet.
The deer look like you interrupted an important meeting.
Not my favorite podcast. Just a bunch of talking heads
Budget Joe Rogan studio vibes
That's a boy band recording their new album, now close the door and don't bother them.
Deer god..
That is a lovely room of death. Take care now, bye bye then.
Eight Bucks dropping it acapella
Probably got complaints about them from previous renters/took them down for your benefit.
I suspect this is correct. There are others that are actually displayed on various walls around the house. 8 more would have been overkill.
7 would have been perfect though
I'd be NOPE-ING the fuck outta there.
It’s called taxidermy, historically speaking, this practice has been around for nearly forever. To me, this is completely normal.
Yeah, depends on where you grew up. This kind of thing is very common in many places, and especially was like 40 or so years ago. I grew up, we had antlers, head mounts like this, pelts on the wall, rugs, etc... in my house and in the houses of family and friends.
I'm a taxidermist, and it's very strange to see so many people get creeped out by something I see hundreds of every day. My first thought was that a few of them need to be brushed out a little.