Sesame Street wasn't what it always is today. There were some prototypes to begin with, and Reddit user heymrk uploaded this photo of his childhood self with the whole gang. And it is all kinds of WTF.

First example: This is really weird.

What is Burt's hand doing here? Ok, that's not the end of it.

Ernie doesn't look like there's much change, but he looks as creepy as Burt.

Then there's Big Bird. Is that even him?

What a nightmare.

Thank goodness for the update. The lack of the monobrow was a welcome.

No nightmares with this!