It's a Trap

WHEN: April 2011

WHERE: Watch Hill, Rhode Island

PHOTO: Shawn T.

This baby doll in a lobster trap maybe the creepiest sad toy ever. Totally awesome!

Land Shark!

WHERE: Oakland, Calif.

WHEN: January 2011

PHOTO: Julie M., in Oakland

It's hard to fear sharks -- even one of this size -- when it's shoved in a trash can.

No Fairy-Tale Ending

WHEN: February 2011
WHERE: Friendship, Pittsburgh
Found facedown around the back of a bar -- looks like the party's over for Shrek and Donkey

Fall Squash

WHEN: October 2010

WHERE: East Liberty, Pittsburgh

This is the toy equivalent of seeing a pile of squashed guts on the highway. No idea what this once was, but it's dead now.

Day-of-the-Dead Dead

WHEN: October 20101

WHERE: Shadyside, Pittsburgh

Hard times have befallen this sexy, already-dead nurse.

Pumpkinhead

WHEN: October 2010

WHERE: South Side, Pittsburgh

These little toys look cute in cupcakes, but what sad fates befall them when the dessert is eaten and gone?

They're All Gone

WHEN: September 2010

WHERE: Brooklyn, N.Y.

PHOTO: John P. in NYC

This is unspeakable, some kind of mass dump of toys.

Angry Egg

WHEN: January 2010

WHERE: Strip District, Pittsburgh

This guy: scrambled, poached, hardboiled, fried but definitely not over-easy.

Monkey Time No. 3

WHEN: May 2010

WHERE: Venice Beach, California

PHOTO: Monica in Calif.

Face down in the gutter -- no way to be.

Monkey Time No. 2

WHERE: Friendship, Pittsburgh

WHEN: October 2009

Despite being flat and bright yellow, this monkey looks almost real, weaving its way through the jungle.