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How i almost got kidnapped
Lemme start off by saying this happened around a few years ago at a party/get together. All of my cousins were there and so was my aunts and uncles and my parents. Were just chilling when we decided to go sit outside. I sat outside next to my cousins and we were just talking and laughing and just being goofy. Now for s...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1bqzvn2/how_i_almost_got_kidnapped/
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I Was Almost Kidnapped by a Gay Pedophile
This is a scary story for me personally. Because I MIGHT not exist here and now if the culprit got what he wanted. It happened back in Jakarta (Indonesia) in 1980s. I think I was about 4-6 years old. The details are blurry but I remember my mom took me to accompany her to a small Buddhist temple near our home. Don't th...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/148tsue/i_was_almost_kidnapped_by_a_gay_pedophile/
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I almost got kidnapped as a child…?
This is a weird story, and I hope I don’t get in trouble by a mod for posting this, but I think I almost got kidnapped when I was kid. I’m 18 F, and I have a sister. I don’t remember our age, but I know that we were below 10 years old when this happened. We lived 15 minutes away from Houston in the suburbs (not the ni...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/146r39z/i_almost_got_kidnapped_as_a_child/
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When I was working at McDonald’s, my Naivness almost got me kidnapped.
Back when I was working at McDonald’s (bout 2 months ago) I would walk to either the local subway or the Dairy Queen. The subway was probably a good mile there and back. This was the first time I had ever walked like that in town. I only went to get lunch. I had my AirPods in and heard someone yelling. I thought maybe...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1287yg4/when_i_was_working_at_mcdonalds_my_naivness/
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I was kidnapped in broad daylight and nobody helped
When I was 6 to 7, my stepdad took my step-sister and me to Liberia. My mom was left back in the U.S. and sent us money to survive. My stepdad dumped us at his mother's house to live with his other family. I was alone in a foreign country and very scared. A man, who would claim to be my uncle, took me to his job. I was...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/11x44h6/i_was_kidnapped_in_broad_daylight_and_nobody/
405
The Time I Might’ve Been Almost Kidnapped.
This story happened around 2 months ago. My parents had decided that it would be a good idea to allow my younger sister and I to shop for our clothes on our own. They believed it would be a good experience. So, we all went to the mall, and my parents gave us both enough money to purchase at least an entire outfit. We ...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/107xlzb/the_time_i_mightve_been_almost_kidnapped/
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I think was almost kidnapped by a fake Church Group
A little less than a year ago now, I had gone to a Walmart on the side of town I happened to be on. It wasn't a good part of town, but I only needed a few things. I did my shopping and as I was walking to my car, which was pretty far back in the lot, I see a group of 5 or 6 men walking up the lot. They were all wearin...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/oxfko1/i_think_was_almost_kidnapped_by_a_fake_church/
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Almost kidnapped by a woman
Now this isnt super natrual in nature. But geezus i did live a crazy life. When i was 16, in high school, my only concern was women, and getting money. School was a good place for this. Despite the fact that i got nothing but straight a''s WHEN i did my work, i rarely did it, and was considered a high risk youth. So I ...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/ox3agp/almost_kidnapped_by_a_woman/
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The Time I was Stoned and almost got kidnapped
It was the summer/Spring of 2008, I was 15, Me and my 3 friends lived in a small town with not many busy streets. During the summer nights we would hang out by this old shed near one of the back roads in our town, we usually would smoke weed behind the shed and get stoned. The first few weeks of the summer were weird, ...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/ggv2k1/the_time_i_was_stoned_and_almost_got_kidnapped/
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Almost got kidnapped or worse.
People have been asking me to tell this story alot. I'm glad I wasn't there alone or noone would believe me. This all started at my kitchen job, we met a guy named Joe. Joe had alot of religious tattoos and had a spiritual vibe about him. Eventually one day we had a beer with him at the bar that was part of our restaur...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/ec34z5/almost_got_kidnapped_or_worse/
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Almost getting kidnapped
My heart is pounding rlly hard so ima hurry up and tell yall this event that just happened. So i go to [REDACTED] By the new york train stop [REDACTED]. I had to get to 125 st to meet my mom so we could go home. I get the the station, walk out, and call my mom. Here i am, talking and walking, and this guy catches my ...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/dlp16e/almost_getting_kidnapped/
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Almost Kidnapped
It all happened in the summer of 2017, I had just turned 16 a couple of months before July and my grandmother decided she wanted to take me and my brother on a trip to myrtle beach. For those of you that don't know, myrtle beach has a high crime rate and the streets at night are full of crack heads and college kids par...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/a7nv2z/almost_kidnapped/
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Almost kidnapped
This one takes place in another small town where I live. It was around the 4th of July or during the summer, I can't quite remember? I was in the 4th grade or going into the 5th grade at the time. There was like this colonial event going on. I was there with my mom that day. I was excited, because I knew I would see so...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/8c0yq0/almost_kidnapped/
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Nearly kidnapped
When I was around 12 my favorite thing to do on sleepovers was go on a "night walk" my parents didn't mind as long as we brought a pocket knife a friend and my dog. We would usually take a path where we would go up my neighborhood, then down a path to a park then trough a short tree covered part then on a sidewalk besi...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/5lbaxu/nearly_kidnapped/
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My Girlfriend Almost Kidnapped
Just for some background, I am a 14 year old male and the story I'm about to tell happened about a year ago. My girlfriend is 15 now. So, my girlfriend (who we'll refer to as Lily) and I were hanging out at my house one night. She was bored and asked if we could go to the park near my house because it was her favorite...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/3l8nan/my_girlfriend_almost_kidnapped/
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I'm looking for a specific story. Do you know it?
I once, sometime in the last 3 years maybe, read a supposedly true horror story online that I cannot find again. It goes something like this: Guy delivers for a pharmacy and has to do a delivery during bad weather. On his way back from a delivery to a nursing home, I believe, he comes upon a one car accident. The guy ...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/qvprh4/im_looking_for_a_specific_story_do_you_know_it/
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2 weird experiences in a park for me personally
One time I was exercising in a park I will not say the name of for privacy reasons. I needed to go to the bathroom, I headed into the stall and hear someone in the stall next to me where I said hello but I got no response, the actual creepy part is when I was done I flushed the toilet and went to wash my hands but the ...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1jsksy7/2_weird_experiences_in_a_park_for_me_personally/
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Two of the Creepiest True Experiences I’ve Ever Had – Years Apart, but Equally Unexplainable
i have two stories that still creep me out to this day. one happened when i was a kid, the other when i was an adult. both left me with more questions than answers, and i still think about them years later. story #1: The Flash In The Dark (late 1999 – early 2000, wake forest, nc) i was a kid, home alone one night (m...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1jaw0zc/two_of_the_creepiest_true_experiences_ive_ever/
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Bad energy dwelling experiences in 1984.
When I was about 12 I lived with my mother in an apartment where a few of unusual situations happened.Sometimes the stove would go on by itself. Once my mother and I were arguing about turning off the light switch in a bedroom and it the light off by itself. We stopped arguing real quick. One night we came back from m...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1h1l4ak/bad_energy_dwelling_experiences_in_1984/
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Personal paranormal experiences
These are mainly all from my childhood and middle/high school era! I’ll try to keep them in order -I remember my very first sleep paralysis episode. I must’ve been 6-8yrs old and I woke up finding that I couldn’t move or talk. The door to my room opens up and the figure of my sister naked and drenched stands there. Sh...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1h07s43/personal_paranormal_experiences/
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My paranormal experiences
Hello! since I posted a story about my Dogman encounter in BC years ago (I will include that story at the end), I was asked a couple of times to expand on my paranormal encounters so I decided I would put my full story together in order as best as I can remember. None of these stories are fictional or exaggerated. Thes...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1guzf9i/my_paranormal_experiences/
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Creepy experiences at a resident facility
I worked as an LNA (Licensed Nursing Assistant) for this nice resident facility in Concord, NH. The first year I worked there I volunteered to work a night shift after a long day shift because we were short-staffed. After all the residents went to bed, all the LNAs gathered in the floor lounge to get our 'books' done a...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1dsg1bj/creepy_experiences_at_a_resident_facility/
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One of my Haunted Experiences at my Childhood Farm.
I grew up on an old farm built in the late 40’s. The farm wasn’t extremely old, since it got torn down and turned into a suburban neighborhood in 2015. However, my experiences there varied from getting chased by cows, to being chased by Addy. There was a small, old abandoned homestead about 100 yards from my house and ...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/16g7hpv/one_of_my_haunted_experiences_at_my_childhood_farm/
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One of the strangest and most terrifying UFO experiences of my life
I just want to share one of the craziest experiences of my life. Sadly I didn’t record it because I was petrified. I couldn’t move. If it wasn’t for my friend actually, I don’t know what would’ve happened to us. So this takes place in Shepard, Michigan. I was visiting a friend, and this is the country. Like middle of ...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/110naqv/one_of_the_strangest_and_most_terrifying_ufo/
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My scary experiences
When I was younger I used to live in an apartment with my family. The area (Neighborhood) always gave me weird "vibes." I didn't think much of it. On a school day morning, I was waiting for the bus with my sister, and on the other side of the sidewalk coming from the direction of our home, stood my father waiting for u...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/vh2u9g/my_scary_experiences/
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my paranormal experiences
when i was still in elementary and my parents were still married (lol) i lived in a really small town. my dad, mom, older sister, and i lived in a fairly small house but we loved it...that was until things got scary. it all started when i went to one of my school friends (morgan) birthday party. we were all having fun...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/jhcc4r/my_paranormal_experiences/
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We Got Lost in a Forest and it was one of the Strangest Experiences of my life
The following is a story that took place quite a few years back now, however it still baffles me completely and I'd like to share it here. I'm a teenager and I've been in Scouting / boy scouts for nearly all my life and I really enjoy exploring with my friends and being trusted more, as I'm older now. A few years ago ...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/hs0pex/we_got_lost_in_a_forest_and_it_was_one_of_the/
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We Got Lost in a Forest and it was one of the Strangest Experiences of my life
The following is a story that took place quite a few years back now, however it still baffles me completely and I'd like to share it here. I'm a teenager and I've been in Scouting / boy scouts for nearly all my life and I really enjoy exploring with my friends and being trusted more, as I'm older now. A few years ago ...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/hs0p7u/we_got_lost_in_a_forest_and_it_was_one_of_the/
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One of my Scary Experiences
This event happened to me one night, around 2003. It was very late at night, I was walking into my room, at about 1AM. I went to turn on my light, and realized my bulb had burnt out, so I just proceeded to get ready for bed. The room was eerily quiet, not the normal type of silence. I thought nothing of it at the time....
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/g0xt08/one_of_my_scary_experiences/
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Dreams and Near Death Experiences
Many people die in their dreams. Most people wake up before they hit the ground, as the gun fires, etc. I have died and continued dreaming. I have had several different dreams that reoccur every once in a blue moon. When I do I wake up I have have the chillingest sense of dejavu. I feel very odd and off. I find that am...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/e26i0e/dreams_and_near_death_experiences/
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Couple creepy experiences from rural MS
So I've got a few weird experiences from my grandparents house here in rural MS that I've never been quite able to explain. To start, I'd just like to say I'm a very objective and logical person. Not bragging, just my own personality that I recognize. If something happens I generally never let my mind wonder to crazy,...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/b4ha7k/couple_creepy_experiences_from_rural_ms/
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feeling unsettling around the house
recently ive been experiencing some strange things here and there in the house. im 15 and sleep a room away from my parents. sometimes when i sleep, i feel a presence lurking near the door and on those days the room is especially dark. we live in an apartment complex that is well guarded and always buzzing (ppl go out ...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1h3d7if/feeling_unsettling_around_the_house/
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Unsettling Grindr Hookup story 'Feeling alone.' Feeling like something bad is about to happen
Warning that this story is about a really dodgy encounter on a dating app and if you are affected by stories that reference SA then don't read this. I'm a 24 year old single guy living in France. I'm using a burner account because I don't like sharing too many personal things, and after recent events I am a little par...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1bazd6m/unsettling_grindr_hookup_story_feeling_alone/
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On the Other Side of the Tree House Door
When I was around 9 years old, my parents built me and my twin brother a tree house. We lived in a very rural town in Washington state, on 5 acres of land. The house and lawns took up about 2 acres of land and the other 3 were woods. The tree house sat in the middle of these woods that was hidden away from the trails i...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1h6wm6h/on_the_other_side_of_the_tree_house_door/
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Handprints on the wall
A few years before the real parnomal activity happend we had bought a house . The first few weeks of having the home I had the worst nightmares and always felt like something was watching me. I would refuse to sleep.( I was also a pre teen at the time). I would hear noises. About a year later the landlord told us it us...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1gtf5pl/handprints_on_the_wall/
435
Encounter on the Grapevine
I was stationed at Camp Pendleton in San Diego, CA. On 72 and 96 hour liberty I would travel to my home up North. This took place somewhere on the Grapevine as I was headingback one of those tips. I had a bad habit of arriving just 30 minutes to an hour before formation after these trips so it was probably between 1 an...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1gjjcc4/encounter_on_the_grapevine/
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An update on the story called friendship, turn sour the story of Sherry
A while back, I went to my girlfriend’s graduation party, held at a park (the park name won’t be mentioned). It was cold that day, which wasn’t ideal for an outdoor event, but it was still going to be a fun day. A few days before the party, my girlfriend mentioned that Sherry would be there. Apparently, she had been in...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1gbncro/an_update_on_the_story_called_friendship_turn/
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Creepy guy on the bus taking pictures
This happened a few days ago but i still feel creeped out if i think about it. I live near a big city and i don’t have a car so i have to take the bus everyday. This day started pretty normal. I was already on for like 10 minutes and 2 young girls (around 10-11) get on the bus and sat in the seats in front of me. Som...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1dmaqj6/creepy_guy_on_the_bus_taking_pictures/
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Sighting of a woman and a child in the middle of the night on the highway in Upstate New York?
So this is something that my best friend’s friend from school experienced quite some time ago and it’s been living in my head rent free ever since I heard it. The friend was driving down to NYC from Ithaca with multiple other friends and they decided to get an airbnb in a city (still upstate ny but I don’t know the na...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1c42j1k/sighting_of_a_woman_and_a_child_in_the_middle_of/
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Not alone on the trail
Me and two of my buddy’s were looking for a trail in a local canyon. We noticed that the north facing side of the canyon was covered is snow while the south facing side was dry. Only problem was that the south facing side was all private roads filled with vacation homes. We took a drive past the no trespassing signs in...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1c1ufrb/not_alone_on_the_trail/
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The Little Boy on the Gravestone
During my childhood, my mother and I used to ride our bicycles past the old cemetery near where we lived in the woods. One day, when we were riding past it, I noticed a little boy sitting on a gravestone. His figure was translucent, but his grin was bright and kind. With an unearthly sparkle in his eyes, he waved to...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1bvcb6s/the_little_boy_on_the_gravestone/
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The shadowy figure on the beach
This is an account of a story experienced by my parents. I've adapted my mother's words as best as I could to share this story with you. It's worth noting that my father is extremely reluctant to talk about this event; he visibly feels uncomfortable recalling it. So, I'll leave you with my mother's words: Approximate...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1auz53d/the_shadowy_figure_on_the_beach/
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Friend on the playground
On my childhood neighborhood there's this playground a few houses away from my house.I always go there,one day i met a friend he said hes name is Zach he is a kind guy im 12 and his 12 too.but one day he stops coming to the playground i was really worried that he might be sick or move to another house but then i rememb...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/18bzwuj/friend_on_the_playground/
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The man who knocked on the front door
DISCLAIMER: This story is over 2 years old so this is to my best memory of the incident. I blocked a lot of it out and only now recounting the story am I horrified with how much I was truly put through Back when I (M18) graduated in 2021, I wanted to take a gap year (as much as you can take one in America) to focus on...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/17m0axr/the_man_who_knocked_on_the_front_door/
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The girl on the dead log
When I was in my early 20’s I used to jog through a massive cemetery called Hillside, just outside Philly, when I came home from Temple U to visit my mum. I loved jogging thru there because it was so quiet and peaceful aside from the sounds of nature. One very late afternoon (dusk) I was jogging through the main part ...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1744cvh/the_girl_on_the_dead_log/
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Lullaby lady on the beach
This story is about a bad experience I had when I went camping on the beach in the summer with my boyfriend. We had the nice idea of camping on the beach instead of going to a hotel since I always wanted to sleep and hear the waves hitting the shore, see the night sky whenever I wanted and just live this experience at...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/13mngzb/lullaby_lady_on_the_beach/
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who’s on the back porch?
i’ve always been a big believer in the paranormal. i lost my dad in 2016 and i’ve heard him talk to me, i’ve seen things, felt things, all just unexplainable. i’ll start with some background, so me and my friend, we’ll call her aubrey, met in september of 2017, ten days after her daughter was born. she didn’t like me a...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/yg7dxt/whos_on_the_back_porch/
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A Lot Can Happen On The Job
It is Friday morning and I am sitting here waiting for my truck to be loaded for work. It got me thinking about my other job and the strange things that I had been witness to while working it. I have shared a few of the bigger encounters already but I will share a few more of the not big but still frightening things I...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/wmvf30/a_lot_can_happen_on_the_job/
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on the road at night after driving all day
im not sure of the year,, i think maybe it happened in 2016 or 2017. my mom was driving. we live in the south but her side of the family lives in the north. so every year for the summer we would drive up there to visit them. its right around a 16 hour drive. so we were going on the state line road after driving all da...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/w9obby/on_the_road_at_night_after_driving_all_day/
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Advice - A tall white figure on the road.
I'm posting this encounter here as other means of trying to research what this might be have failed, and I'm starting to get really worried. So if anyone has any ideas about what this might be - and more importantly - how to deal with it, then I'd appreciate your suggestions. This is an encounter that's happened to my...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/qcln48/advice_a_tall_white_figure_on_the_road/
450
The Footsteps on the Porch
This story happened to my father circa July 1970 when he was 24 years old. He was living in this old house with his half-brother (mid 40's at the time) and his step-grandfather (around 92 at the time). He and his brother often jokingly refer to the house as "the old haunted house" due to the fact that there were often ...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/ofbgr5/the_footsteps_on_the_porch/
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Grandma on the run
I'd posted about the basement ghost In my grandma's house before. She lives in an old house that was part of the under ground railroad. Huge white house complete with hidden rooms. I always got a bad vibe when in that house. It didn't matter if I was alone or not. My grandpa had passed in the home when I was 2, that's ...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/k71cy3/grandma_on_the_run/
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My friend got hacked on the deep web and they put terrible things under his name
so before I start I will not be mentioning any names since I don’t want anyone to be harassed or embarrassed. So this all started when my friend texted me on snap chat in the morning. He wanted to run around and do things like get coffee and go pick up a copy of call of duty WW2 since he pre ordered it. We first went ...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/jz6yeh/my_friend_got_hacked_on_the_deep_web_and_they_put/
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On the stairs
When i was real little, my family and i lived in a duplex in a neighborhood with lots of other kids, there was also a known drug dealer and rapist down the block (we were never allowed around there), this doesn’t pertain to my story but i wanted to give a little description of where we lived. My little sister and i sha...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/j3fz92/on_the_stairs/
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The tapping on the window
This happened a while ago when I was 8 or 9 (I am a teenager now) so the details are fuzzy and I don't know if everything was connected or even if I had imagined some of it, but I will try my best to tell this story anyway. It started with my little sister, who I shared a room with at the time, woke me up at around 11p...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/gx71mw/the_tapping_on_the_window/
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The man on the bus
A lot of scary shit has happened to me and for me this was the worst. Ok so this happened about a year ago, I was 13. Anyway there’s this man who wore a yellow jacket and always sat in the back of the bus and watched children in the park every time he passed or stopped as the bus stop is across from the park. I though...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/g1fw7i/the_man_on_the_bus/
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The Thing on the Stairs
Not my story, but my twin's (I will mention both my brothers. To differentiate I will call one 'my twin' and the other 'my brother'). We grew up in an old house (built in 1900) in a town known for being haunted, which was kind of hoaky. I think it is just a gimmick to pique the interest of tourists. I never really bel...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/esq8tz/the_thing_on_the_stairs/
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Knocking on the Door
Hey guys. I just joined this sub, and this is my first post here. I have quite a few stories to tell, and I'll probably get to them someday. I dont exactly remember how old I was when this happened. I know I was really young, probably about 8 to 10 years old. Honestly, i dont really know how i managed to remember it i...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/c69di4/knocking_on_the_door/
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The two knocks on the door (true story)
I think I was 16 when this happened (I’m so bad at remembering times.) and I had been not sleeping well because I felt like someone or something was In my room with me. I brushed it off by reminding meld it wouldn’t happen to me. But one day only a few weeks after I started feeling scared for no reason when I slept thr...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/bwihy2/the_two_knocks_on_the_door_true_story/
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The knocks on the door
I was home alone like I normally am. However I was watching my little sisters who are both under 10. My dog was laying next to me and the tv was off. I was snapping my friend and my sister were playing. The asked me to go into their room and play so I did. While we were in our room i heard crying.. I thought it was the...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/9wl435/the_knocks_on_the_door/
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Creep on The Street
I was still in middle school the time when this happened so I was about thirteen or fourteen. As a note I was rather tall for my age, some people thought I was in high school which will make sense later. My town was very quiet and nothing serious happened, I guess that’s why I so was freaked out in the end. I had been ...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/7yk18r/creep_on_the_street/
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Trapped on the Couch
You can’t look at them. Well, at least not directly. They only appear as shadows or dark figures. You won’t be able to touch them or interact with them in any way. You will strain against their power to no avail, losing any hope for retribution. They will leave you with nothing but haunting memories of the terror that ...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/7hspmx/trapped_on_the_couch/
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The Girl on The Stairs
When I was in high school I lived in a very small town. I had my small group of friends and extremely strict parents. I was grounded most of my teen years, and spent most of the time in my room. Now, I'm not exactly sure when all of this started, and I'm at a loss how to tell it. I guess I'll start with a little back ...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/6vx8wp/the_girl_on_the_stairs/
463
The garbage bag on the road
This is a a story from my mom about a collage friend, she told me about it just recently and it totally freaked me out. Just a heads up it's nothing paranormal but still really scary none the less. So the story goes like this. My mom's friend who we'll call "Samantha" was with her boyfriend who we'll call "Danny". The ...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/61ettl/the_garbage_bag_on_the_road/
464
I guess there's a mimic in my house.
I'm not sure how to title this, but that seems accurate. I only just remembered this story, and it happened several years ago. For a bit of context, I used to have a foster sister, Leah (not her real name for many reasons). Leah and I were pretty close at this point in time, but we don't speak anymore. Leah and I were ...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1kesk6m/i_guess_theres_a_mimic_in_my_house/
465
I once had a childhood school friend that threatened to kill me in my sleep.
I've never had too many experiences I could deem creepy in my life. Honestly I live a pretty mundane but fun life. However I had an experience with an old aquaintance from school that kept me pretty paranoid for a good bit of my childhood years. I won't give anyone the real names of these people, so I'll just call the...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1igcsop/i_once_had_a_childhood_school_friend_that/
466
Weird things happened in my house
I moved houses in my town for my dad's work and the house we moved into had people die in it. I don't know how many but I know for sure the old couple that used to live there died. The wife had died earlier and the old man walked outside one day, fell on the dirt driveway and died. My friend was neighbors with him and ...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1hqi86f/weird_things_happened_in_my_house/
467
Did someone come in my house while I was asleep?
Last night while I was sleeping something woke me up. Like idk if it was a noise or the dog barking or what. But it woke me up. But I couldn’t wake wake up because I was just too asleep. Well it sounded like there was two people talking at the foot of my bed. So I leaned up on an elbow and could barely open my eyes aga...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1fdxzs2/did_someone_come_in_my_house_while_i_was_asleep/
468
Shadow figure in my house
So This happened around 3 years ago when i was still in college. It was late night and I was studying in my room with my laptop facing me. From where i was seated I was getting a clear view of the drawing room. It wasn't all dark but dimly lit. As I was concentrating on the screen I suddenly felt that I being watched, ...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1f5om9q/shadow_figure_in_my_house/
469
The Night I Slept in My Car and Woke Up to a Stalker Drunk and Alone in St. Louis
So, I had zero intention of sleeping in my car that night. I was out with some friends in downtown St. Louis, bar-hopping, just enjoying the night, y’know? But then I lost track of how much I’d been drinking. By the time it hit me, I was way too hammered to drive, but I didn’t want to blow money on a hotel or figure ou...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1epchz9/the_night_i_slept_in_my_car_and_woke_up_to_a/
470
The story of haunted items in my second-hand store
I owned a second-hand store in Pennacook, NH, and used to bring my white lab mix with me to work. She was sweet and loved everyone. I used to take in consignments here and there. An elderly gentleman came into my store and asked if I would be willing to have an antique spinning wheel that his deceased wife bought at au...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1dtyb33/the_story_of_haunted_items_in_my_secondhand_store/
471
Strange figure in my room
So, this happened sometime in October I believe and it was late on a school night, I go on my phone as usual casually checking for sounds from my dad coming upstairs. I start to hear footsteps coming up stairs and it was my dad, I heard the bathroom door close, he had gone to the bathroom. I turn my phone back on and i...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1deht58/strange_figure_in_my_room/
472
Scariest optical illusion i experienced in my life.
I'm 19 I live in greece. (drinking age is 18) It's christmas 3-4 in the morning and im returning home from a nice night out, it was pretty chill many friends showed up but nothing crazy happened, just laughing sharing stories, noone got shitfaced, no drama, no break ups/hook ups. It was really pleasant. I live on what...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1cxf4ov/scariest_optical_illusion_i_experienced_in_my_life/
473
What realy happened in my house?
I'm not one to believe in ghosts and there is a lot of other people that are just as sceptic as I am, but I had a few occasions that made me wonder. I'll share one of my stories and I would love to know what you think about it and if you may have answers. I have a close family member that states she can see the dead....
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1cags5p/what_realy_happened_in_my_house/
474
Who came in my room last night..
Last night, I was about to go to sleep in my bedroom, but then I heard footsteps walking up to my room, next I hear the door open. They or “it” walked into my room, stopped for a moment in front of my bed, then walked out out of my room. After it walked out of my room, after not shutting the door, it proceeded to talk ...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1azahs5/who_came_in_my_room_last_night/
475
Entity in my brother's bed
My brother and I share a room. We live in New York City, so space is tight. My brother was accepted into college recently, so he me some next year freshman last night. His friend, who lives outside the city, was supposed to sleep in another room at our house after they all met up. I fell asleep before they got home. I ...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/19cl4aq/entity_in_my_brothers_bed/
476
Creepy guy in my train
My roommate always listens to horror stories to fall asleep and constantly nags me to post here because I've had a couple of weird experiences in my life. So, I'll start with my most recened one. Excuse my writing btw I'm not a native speaker, and I'm not good at telling stories. First off all, I need to give some con...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1874buh/creepy_guy_in_my_train/
477
The little girl in my house
When I was younger I was always told ghosts and spirits weren't real,they were fictional and to not be scared. As a kid I obviously believed they weren't real until weird things began happening,things went missing,I saw odd things that just weren't right in mirrors and windows and so much more. The first time I saw the...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1805agc/the_little_girl_in_my_house/
478
Home alone with a knife in my hand
This happened about 2 years ago when I was home alone. I was 16 at the time and on FaceTime with a friend when in the corner of my eye I saw something move outside one of the windows. I hurried to a place in the house where no windows could see me and thought about what to do next. A few seconds later I decided to appr...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/106kt07/home_alone_with_a_knife_in_my_hand/
479
Something In My Walls
When I was a young teen, something started happening at night while I was sleeping. The first time, it didn't really bother me. I slept on the second floor, I stayed up late often, and I had trouble falling asleep . I would lots of times lay still in bed in the dark waiting to fall asleep. One night, I was lying in be...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/xq4ksw/something_in_my_walls/
480
The intruder in my backyard
A little to know about the layout of my house before I begin this story. The living-room of my house was located behind the front door, to the far right was a big window that peered outside. My mom didnt like having blinds block up her windows so the far window to the right had absouloutly no blinds or curtains. Meanin...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/x7txf9/the_intruder_in_my_backyard/
481
A Demon Almost Possessed Me In My Sleep
So this took place about 5 years ago. I was sleeping and I remember this event very clearly. So I was having this dream that I was like in a video game. Kind of like one of those 2 dimensional Pokemon games or legend of Zelda games. The ones where you have very old pixel graphics. Anyways, what happened was during this...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/wh7973/a_demon_almost_possessed_me_in_my_sleep/
482
There's Something Wrong in My House
This is a collection of scary and weird stuff that has happened in my house. Falling toys- The earliest thing I can remember that really freaked me out about my house was the reoccurring experience of soft toys that I had put away on top of my wardrobe, suddenly falling to the floor. I would notice that a toy that ha...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/v687pq/theres_something_wrong_in_my_house/
483
Finding a Closed Off Room in My Old House.
The following is a true story that happened in the early 1990's when I was about 14 and lived with my parents. When I was about 13 my dad worked for a government contractor and his work moved us from our home town to another location that was about 200 miles away. To me it seemed like out in the middle of no where. W...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/v3dtv1/finding_a_closed_off_room_in_my_old_house/
484
Hearing voices in my garden
This happened just yesterday, at the top of my garden theres a big shed which is actually a small bar. I was with my friend in the bar and it was maybe 8pm ish when we decided to leave but right before we opened the door we thought we heard voices, or to be more specific a voice, it was like one person was talking to t...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/td2fq2/hearing_voices_in_my_garden/
485
There was something in the brush in my walk home tonight.
This happened to me a few hours ago on my walk home from my co workers house. It was 9:00 pm when I left her house and began my walk back to my own. I walked up the street and decided i’d take the trail that lead to a park close to my house since it would be a lot faster than walking through the neighborhoods. How the ...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/t43uyb/there_was_something_in_the_brush_in_my_walk_home/
486
Strange thing in my closet
This happened when i was like fresh outa fith grade and in 6th grade. Wich i am not in anymore but lets get into the story I woke up at like 4:00 AM that night and i decided to light some candels because why not. But i got destraced and decided to go into my hallway. I zoned out looking into my mirror then im not even...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/rupb7e/strange_thing_in_my_closet/
487
I probably have a ghost cat in my house.
TW: Pet death, pet cancer, blood I had a rescue cat that came to me as an adult, and despite his rough shape and medical issues when he arrived, he was always super affectionate towards everyone - even complete strangers that came to my house. I got him back in shape and he lived 13 happy, healthy years with me, my ex...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/ro0e1j/i_probably_have_a_ghost_cat_in_my_house/
488
The woman in my brother's bedroom
I(female) am the oldest of three. Then theres my younger brother who is two years younger than me, and my sister who is seven years younger than me. This is my brother's story. At the time when he started seeing the woman he was five and I was seven, we were sharing a room I was on the top bunk, and he was on the botto...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/qgxf23/the_woman_in_my_brothers_bedroom/
489
Intruder in My Kitchen?
Hello Everyone, This occurrence is only one of several that had happened at my house sometime between 1999-2001. I am a practicing witch and at the time I had helped to found a coven. In doing so, many of the coven meetings and rituals were performed in my basement or in my upstairs living room. I also had public ritu...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/pqv3b0/intruder_in_my_kitchen/
490
Pretty sure there is a fleshgait in my woods
So this has been going on for a few years now. The first time I Encountered it, I was chopping on a tree with a hatchet on the edge of the woods, and after a while I got this creeping sense of fear coming over me. I started to look around to see if there was any type of animal or anything, I didn’t see anything. Then ...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/mnek45/pretty_sure_there_is_a_fleshgait_in_my_woods/
491
Disturbing Incident in My Neighborhood
I live in the outskirts of Chicagoland, right where its suburbia fading into farmland. I'm coming home from picking up some carryout last night and as I'm cutting through the winding roads that make up my neighborhood, I catch a glimpse of something white next to someone's shrubs, and I slow down to see that it's a li...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/klrk8j/disturbing_incident_in_my_neighborhood/
492
I almost killed myself in my sleep
Just some background to the story, I was 16 years old and lived in an old house 2 story in the Netherlands located near the forest in a farmer's village. Now to the story, I have always been sensitive to things that happen around me. I never felt safe in my own house, as a kid I would never play in my own room because...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/k9ms6r/i_almost_killed_myself_in_my_sleep/
493
Figure in my closet
So about a year or 2 ago i was in my room sleeping. I was on my side and facing the wall with the closet in it. I don't even remember waking up, I was just all of a sudden propped up on one arm still on my side and staring at the closet. I couldn't move either during this event. So as i was stuck staring at the closet ...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/ggr4wt/figure_in_my_closet/
494
Armed robber in my woods.
This event happened a few years ago when I was in my early twenties and still living with my parents. I was enjoying my day off, listening to music and helping my mom and step dad around the house while they were at work. After I finished what I was doing I decided to go outside and smoke a bowl. Now there is privacy f...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/evruwp/armed_robber_in_my_woods/
495
Figure in my moms bathroom
So I was 7 or 8 at my house. I got scared that night and went to sleep in the bed with my mom. I go to sleep and later that night she wakes up and tells me she will be back she’s going to have a cigarette. She goes down to the garage and I lay scared alone in her room in the dark. So she has a bathroom in her room whic...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/dr4yvw/figure_in_my_moms_bathroom/
496
Maybe an apparition in my grandparents' place.
Once I was at my grandparents' house it was a quiet day. My siblings were all playing but I was just on my own listening to music on my phone. In this house there's a sort of partition or wall with large glass windows in and it connects two sides of the house. I walked past it and I got the feeling to glance at the wal...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/cpjfkc/maybe_an_apparition_in_my_grandparents_place/
497
Angry God left a bracelet in my room?
Not really sure if this belongs here but it’s still really creepy and unexplained. I had to have been about 7 years old when this happened. I had one of those bracelet making kits with the wooden beads with letters on them and I was looking through a drawer of toys when I found a bracelet from the kit that I didn’t rec...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/c95g1o/angry_god_left_a_bracelet_in_my_room/
498
Paranormal stuff in my house
Ghosts. That's my answer. Stuff has happened, I've heard voices. Here are some very short stories of mine. 1. Mini Ladder So, one day I went to the bathroom. And we have this super small hallway room thingy. My Mom leaned a little ladder on the wall. I was walking past it when I saw the ladder move from the corner of...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/c3en5h/paranormal_stuff_in_my_house/
499
Creepy Occurrence in my Room
This is the story my mom always tells when asked if she has ever had a run in with anything paranormal: My house was built when we moved in (I live in a normal suburban neighborhood, nothing creepy about it), so you wouldn’t really assume that anything paranormal goes on in it. Unfortunately, a lot of shit goes on und...
https://reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/bo0r4m/creepy_occurrence_in_my_room/