'I didn't know craft feathers were real feathers,' said another viewer of the post, while one reply added: 'Same. 'This photo is terrifying at first glance,' said one Reddit user. Their initial suspicion was that the claw might be related to the bird from which the feathers were sourced, but their partner pointed out the scaly texture, prompting them to turn to the internet for help.
Instead, they turned to the Reddit community for help in identifying the strange claw. 'It's not like the factory in China that the feathers actually came from would hear about it, and bugging some minimum wage retail employees over something so small seemed silly,' Stillwater said.
