It's happened to all of us before - you'll be tromping around the mall, or school, or the beach, minding your own business when out of the corner of your eye, you see it: a human-sized oompa loompa. Aren't they supposed to be at the height of your knee or something? Unfortunately for us naturally pigmented homo sapiens, Roald Dahl probably didn't know his harmless fictional characters would soon be roaming the streets of every city unchecked.

Yep, you guessed it! It's the terrors of spray tan and tanning beds. You'd think the tanning bed disaster from Final Destination 3 (warning: super graphic/ disturbing) would be enough to keep everyone at a good 5 mile radius from any tanning salon. If death isn't enough to scare you, here are some prime examples of these orange beings in action.