my childhood home was in a safe decent sized Midwestern city and the
neighborhood we lived in was very quiet secure relatively well-to-do and very
tight-knit everyone knew everyone else as well as what cars they drove when
they were generally home what guests frequented their homes and so on my
house was at the end of a cul-de-sac and behind it were acres of wooded area we
had neighbors to the left and to the right of us but no one behind the back
of the house that faced the woods was completely covered in large glass
picture windows that had no curtains as the woods were always lovely to look out
at and due to the layout of the neighborhood we didn't have to worry
about any neighbors peeping in I was 17 at the time and it was summer I had a
friend from high school Ellen over to my house to spend the night there were a
lot of kids our age who lived in the neighborhood so he passed the evening
hanging out and playing games running around until we'd worn ourselves out
eventually well past dark my friend and I went back
to my house we settled in to play some video games and watch movies in the
living room which was on the main floor and had the huge windows that faced the
woods we stayed up well into the morning hours but early enough where it was
still dark out by the time it had hit about 4:00 a.m. I suggested to my friend
that we head upstairs to get a little sleep I stood up and turned off the TV
that's when I saw him in the darkness that now filled the TV screen I could
see a perfect reflection of our patio lit up by the porch lights behind me and
the woods that extended out beyond it it was a scene I observed every day except
this time it was different this time there was a shadow blotting out the
light I could see him perfectly outlined in
the reflection on the screen and I realized he was there before he knew
that I had seen him he was very tall with dark shaggy hair and he was
standing inches from the window my breath caught in my throat as I realized
what I was seeing without making any sudden movements I motioned and
whispered to my friend who was sitting on a couch with her back to the windows
not noticing the stranger standing feet away from her quietly I told her to hit
the ground now I followed suit and we sat cowering behind the sofa as I
whispered frantically to her about what I'd seen he now knew I had noticed him
what should we do do I call from my parents asleep
upstairs would he try to hurt us before they got here or do we sit here silently
and hope that he leaves my heart was racing at a crazy speed and I started
getting the shakes as I tried to calm myself a thought raced across my mind
maybe I had been seeing things maybe there was no one there at all
bolstering myself with this thought I sidled over to the edge of the couch to
peer around just as I inst my head past the corner of the couch to look out the
window a pair of eyes met mine from the other side of the glass the man had
crouched down to mimic my position and had his head tilted to the side in a
leering manner he was painfully thin his eyes were bright set into pale sallow
skin and his mouth twitched into a wide smile I finally lost my shit I bolted up
running around the main floor double-checking the locks on all of the
doors while screaming for my parents at the top of my lungs I could see the man
outside trailing my movements through the window within seconds I heard my
parents feet hammering down the stairs as I breathlessly relayed what I had
just seen my dad threw open the back door marching onto the porch to look
around my mom stayed inside with us trying to calm us down
Ellen was completely terrified and confused as she had no idea he was
behind her I was babbling on like an idiot trying to put into words just how
badly this man had scared me my dad came back inside to call the
police as he hadn't found anyone the cops show
up within minutes and search around Ellen and I give a description as best
we can and my mom sends us off to bed it was a few hours after this incident that
we decided to fit the windows for curtains a couple days later the cops
found a guy who had been squatting in the crawlspace under a neighbor's house
down the block along with a host of items used to break into houses some
stolen goods in a shit-ton of drugs the homeowners had never even known he was
there the police arrested him on other charges as he had a long list of priors
including robbery trespassing and aggravated assault it was a few weeks
before my mother admitted to me that when the police were canvassing our yard
they had found a large butcher knife lying in the grass I don't know what his
plan was but regardless reflection man let's not
meet again
yesterday I woke up from having slept late and wanted to go for a walk in the
park before the Sun went down as I pulled into the parking lot I noticed a
van next to me there was a woman outside the passenger door she whirled around
and stared at me for about six seconds her face was completely cracked out it
had that sunken reptile look her eyes were absolutely dead I could tell she
was out of it in the driver's seat was a greasy man he was just staring at me I
got out of the car and wasn't too worried yet because this park is kind of
on a busy street I began walking towards the path that would lead me into the
park while constantly looking behind me the crackheads were now in their van
rooting around for something as I made my way further into the park the Sun
began fading fast I was upset because I really looked forward to walking in the
park for stress relief as it kept getting darker I was worried that the
couple was following me or waiting around the next bend finally I gave up
any chance of enjoying this stroll and decided to return to my car this is
where it gets even weirder as I exited the trees and made my way back to my car
I saw the van the woman was outside the passenger door again only this time the
man was standing next to her she began making sharp high-pitched meowing noises
and then moaning then a blue light appeared before my feet and kind of
danced back and forth the guy was holding a flashlight and shining it in
front of me every internal alarm I had was going off both the man and the woman
were watching me with dead eyes the woman still meowing I was too afraid to
run back into the trees and risk an incident where no one would be around to
help me I decided maybe I was faster than them that I can get in my car
quicker than they could do whatever it was they were going to do to me I began
walking at a very fast clip toward my car while keeping an eye on them
as I got five feet from the door the man made a beeline for me
his blue light hitting me in the eyes he was right at my trunk heading for my
driver's side door when I shut and locked it immediately
the woman approached my passenger door and just stared in at me the guy did the
same on my side I flipped him off and very obviously mouth to fukk you in slow
motion I started my car and sped off away from the park and returned home
then I called my family who all live in different states and told them I loved
them
in the year 2000 when I was ten years old my parents sent me to a five-day
summer camp in Huntsville Ontario this camp was definitely a Bible Camp and
being raised without religion I felt quite uncomfortable there but I got
along well with my peers seven other girls and I were staying in the room on
the far right and there were three rooms on the main floor and upstairs is where
the camp counselors bunked the main floor had a very high ceiling and near
the top was a small square door which attached to the second floor
on the third night my bunk mates and I were having a blast just talking and
telling jokes but our camp counselor opened the little door at the top of the
room and told us to be quiet so we all went to bed out of nowhere I
hear Brianna yelling cat wake up right now
cat wake up and being the light sleeper I was I immediately did I had no idea
how long I had been asleep I then hear angels saying cat look at the bunk in
front of you I was facing the wall so I rolled over and see a black figure with
long curly hair sitting on the ladder leading up to the top bunk of the bed in
front of mine the moon illuminated the entire room and this figure was
completely opaque shaking its long curly hair I looked around the room and
noticed all of the girls were accounted for and definitely awake
I stared at this thing for what seemed like forever all of the girls were
completely hysterical and crying but I was dead silent I couldn't make a peep I
was so terrified that I couldn't blink or even move the thing was just sitting
there right before my eyes then this figure stands up and jumps off
the ladder standing at the edge of the bed for a moment the girl screamed at me
to get out of there to which the figure moved around in
almost a robotic way and started walking towards me I finally found the nerve to
book it out of the bottom bunk and run to the other side of the room I ran and
climbed up on angels bunk at this point I started crying like the rest of them
the figure was still standing near my bed
eventually angel got down and turned on the lights
and the figure was gone I guess we made enough noise because a counselor came
down to find out what was going on but of course she said there was nothing
here and that our minds were probably playing tricks on us we were still upset
and scared but she told us to go back to sleep
a few minutes later while we were quietly talking about what had happened
we hear screams coming from the room across the hall from us the camp
counselor opened the little door and told us see what you've started you have
everyone in here scared she then came back downstairs and went to the other
room and we hear one of the girls say that something lifted her bed but the
counselor wasn't having you and told everyone to be quiet and go to sleep
nothing else happened for the duration of the camping trip some time later I
contacted both angel and Brianna and asked them if they remembered that night
and they both said yes I don't think any of us will ever forget it
a few years ago my dad was driving his truck with his friend in the passenger
seat it was about 11 p.m. and not many cars were on the road as they drove they
spotted an elderly woman with her thumb out hitchhiking on the side of the road
my dad thought it was very weird for an old woman to be hitchhiking let alone at
11 p.m. he pulled over and the old woman hopped in the backseat
she was very thankful and told him where she was heading fast forward to about
ten minutes later my dad is still driving down the long road but my dad's
friend looks very pale with shock written all over his face
my dad nudges him and asks what's wrong and he quietly Bob's his head in the
direction of the woman my dad turns to look at her but doesn't understand he
scans her and suddenly snaps his neck back facing forward the hairs on the
back of my dad's neck stood up the elderly woman who was perfectly normal
from the waist up had actual chicken legs under her skirt which were now
exposed from sitting all for chicken toes on each leg with claws my dad and
his friend continued to drive not saying a word frozen with fear as my dad
approaches the woman's destination he gets up the courage to speak to her
okay they were both my dad and his friend
turn around only to find the back seat empty the woman nowhere to be found my
dad hadn't stopped the truck whatsoever and there was no sound from the backseat
either during the drive they tried to look for the woman on the
road but there was no one there weren't even other cars in the area only
themselves my dad still can't explain it but he says it's something he will never
forget and it's also the reason he will never pick up another hitchhiker again
I live in a very rural part of Mississippi like I believe my town is
something like 247 people in it everybody knows everybody weird things
have happened before like animals being slaughtered or going missing that sort
of thing naturally we chalked it up to coyotes or other critters I'm an avid
hunter so I was heading out to the woods with my beau a fully decked out matthews
creed I got out a little earlier than usual so it was still pretty dark I've
never minded the woods before so while I planned on doing was relaxing in my
stand for a while as I didn't feel like stalking today it's not too far away
from daylight so the birds another wildlife are starting to make their
morning calls usually pretty peaceful right I swear to God in the span of a
second everything in that patch of woods shut up at the exact same time dead
silence it didn't even try to be subtle that alone scared the piss out of me
so naturally I froze and was just listening for anything my first thought
was oh shit someone's out here with me then I started to think maybe it was a
bear or a bobcat which I was terrified to meet up with but at least it gave me
a logical answer I figured I could hear a bear coming but I knew big cats were
renowned for stocking people without their knowledge which really scared me I
decided to keep moving forward towards my stand post up and just point my bow
down the tree after what seemed like forever I
freaking made it I shuffled up the stand pulled out my knife just in case and
listened dawn was definitely breaking now which made me feel better
but still no sounds of wildlife which was getting more and more eerie now my
stand is perched on the side of a creek it wasn't very deep like maybe to the
top of your ankle about the only sound I could hear was the slight noise of
running water then I hear something to my right and it's running fast I
instantly raised my bow and wait shting in my pants it's getting louder
and louder it's getting closer I almost screamed when I saw this bastard it
literally looked like something out of Dog Soldiers only more muscular this
thing busted through the brush ran down the slope and through the creek then
disappeared on the other side I've seen some shit let me tell you but I was
shaking like a newborn I didn't ease off my drawstring for like
ten minutes which is a long time to hold a bow fYI I mean this thing was huge
like seven feet and 250 pounds of no and I've seen bears and the like before they
do not run like that anyway soon after the Sun really started to show and the
birds started chirping I had calmed myself down so I nope doubt of they're
in a hurry while I was terrified at the time it's
definitely one of my coolest memories I'm just gonna have to move my stand and
hunt elsewhere
you
when I was nine years old I woke up in the middle of the night curled up in a
ball under all my covers I felt this was an odd position so I started moving
around but something in the room felt a bit off
I had this odd feeling of dread I usually slept next to my older brother
but on this particular night he was on a school trip I told myself that maybe I
was just afraid of sleeping in the room by myself and that it was no big deal
so I started to remove the covers from my face my eyes took a few seconds to
adjust to the darkness but I saw someone sitting on the bed next to mine it was
my brother he sat there just staring at me he seemed normal except for one thing
his face it was similar but I had a very unnatural look his eyes were wide open
and he wore such a creepy smile I quickly hid under my covers my heart
started to race and i clenched my fists and dug my nails into my hands to check
if I was asleep this was no dream I stayed under my covers for a while
rationalizing what I had just seen that I mustered some courage I lifted the
covers and he was still there but this time he was standing next to my bed his
facial expression was even more menacing than before I hid under my covers for
the second time I could hear my heartbeat as if it was about to burst
from my chest what was it what did it want why did it
look like my brother I peeked out of my covers for the third time hoping it was
just in my head as I lifted my blankets I saw it sitting on my bed it was
smiling his eyes were now staring into mine his face inched closer and his
smile got even wider he had too many teeth
I panicked and buried my face in the covers I said the fastest prayer I could
and then I lifted my face and it was gone as soon as I saw it had disappeared
I ran to my parents bed and slept with them for the rest of the night I have no
clue what it was and I don't pretend to have an explanation for it
all I know is I saw something that night no matter how irrational it sounds as
anyone else seen something like that before
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