“She has a look of pure terror in her eyes.
Her eyes widen, and she glances behind me.
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Updated 8 years ago,September 12, 2017
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HES RIGHT BEHIND YOU!
I was once going back to my dorm, which is off-campus, by bus.
It was late fall, so it was long dark.
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I usually walk home with one of my dorm-mates, but she had decided to stay home that night.
So I was walking, alone, after dark, in definitely not the safest city in the world.
I was a little under halfway there when I heard a scream from one of the back alleys.
I drop my bag behind a trash can and take off running towards the scream.
I enter the alley to see a woman, lying in the dirt.
She turns to look at me, her face bloodied and swollen.
She has a look of pure terror in her eyes.
Her eyes widen, and she glances behind me.
He falls to the ground, knocked out.
I see that an eight-inch knife with a huge blade falls from his hand.
I called the cops and stayed with the woman until they arrived.
I never saw either the man or the woman again.
I take a taxi at night now.
THE_DINOSAUR_QUEEN
2.
I might kill you tonight.
A complete stranger approached me inHollywoodonce.
One of his eyes was clouded-white and he was missing a tooth or two.
ololcopter
3.
Stop making me hurt people.
I got nervous and reached for my cell, not knowing really what to do.
Fuck it, Im doing it.
I turned around and must have looked wildly scared.
isellthings
4.
A man shooting at tombstones in the cemetery.
My older brother and I were playing in a cemetery in a small Texas town.
Its a huge cemetery and there was no one around.
Then we heard little POPs.
And pieces of the headstones began flying off around us.
We looked toward the railroad tracks and there was an old black man shooting at us with a rifle.
Anonymous
5.
The barking man in the tree.
I then would walk from the College Ave campus to the NJ transit station.
corcar86
6.
The creature skipping through the forest.
So, let me start this off by saying Im a fan of long walks.
Universal sign of creepy shit.
Still have no idea what that thing was and Im sure as hell not going back there at night.
Hey_I_Like_Pie
7.
The werewolf from the bushes.
There are some bushes along the sidewalk, and as Im walking by, I hear a rustling noise.
I still kind of wonder to this day if I encountered awerewolfmid-change.
geebsterlove
8.
The monster in the bookstore.
I was at a bookstore just browsing around and waiting for my ride to come up.
Pretty much following me.
It seriously felt like something out of a stalker movie.
I began to move to areas in the store that were close to employees.
I just like to play this game I call Monster
I was so scared and confused.
happymouse
9.
The screaming woman on the bike path.
It wasnt until I was 13 that my mom finally let me.
She gave me about 4 miles, which was a lot to me.
So right after the sun set, I was off.
It was really fun, so fun, that I ignored the limits my mom set.
You see, where I was biking was all walking paths.
It was one of those grassy areas between two neighborhoods.
Theres this long path that went at least 600 feet at a 25-degree angle.
I was flying down this hill, having an absolute blast, and darted right through the parameters.
My mom set these limits for a reason.
Everything on the inside was close to houses and people.
The outside, more specifically, the place where the path I was on lead to, was barren.
After 15 minutes of riding along this dirt path, I hear singing.
It sounded about 30-40 feet in front of me.
I stop riding to hear it better.
It was a womans voice.
She was singing Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles.
But she wasnt singing the words, just the melody of the vocals.
Her voice was strange.
You know how when you have phlegm in your throat, your voice gets scratchy?
Thats what her voice sounded like.
I inch forward to try and see her.
I get close enough to see the silhouette of hair bouncing up and down, like she was head-banging.
I decide to get my flashlight out.
Im thinking that maybe this person is in need of help or something.
Or maybe this is an insane person and the light will scare them away.
So I take the flashlight out of my pocket, point it at her, and turn it on.
The moment the light hit her, she stopped moving completely.
She was facing away from me.
She had disgusting hair that seemed to be sticking together in clumps.
Some of her hair was ripped off, too.
She was wearing a very over-sized, bright red hoodie.
I was almost too scared to move.
I think she was, too.
I turned off the flashlight and put it back in my pocket.
Just as I was turning my bike around, she screams.
She screams in an awful, awful, high-pitched voice.
I damn near shit myself as I throw myself back onto my bike.
I hear her voice getting closer to me.
I book it as fast as I can.
I dont look behind me, and I dont stop pedaling.
Her screaming grew quieter and quieter until it dissolved into the howling of the wind.
AverageDoorknob
10.
The man hiding in the cupboard.
I once worked as a live-in staff member in a college dormitory.
During the summer we housed the few summer school students who remained on campus (near 30).
I arrived on his floor around 2 in the afternoon and the floor seemed deserted as I had expected.
I knocked three times and announced that I was a staff member checking on his health and safety.
I checked the floor showers and bathrooms and found them deserted.
I returned to his door and knocked three more times, waiting about 20 seconds between each knock.
This is when my instincts started to buzz.
I knocked on the door one more time for good measure, again announced myself as the hall director.
Sure, thats it.
And they were closed.
I couldnt remember the last time I actually saw someone use those cranky, dysfunctional doors.
Then my intuition spiked higher than ever.
I dont know what I really expected, a hanging?
We stared at each other for a good 15 seconds without blinking, breathing or speaking.
I finally realized what was going on and my natural emotion was disbelief.
All I could think to say was, Um…are you in here hiding from me?
He looked at me and said, Yah.
TLDR, I met an Indian in the cupboard.
PressureChief
11.
The cop who barged in at 3 AM.
One night, around 3am, I was dead asleep with my ex-boyfriend next to me.
All of the sudden I hear someone IN my house asking if anyone was home.
I woke up my ex, and told him to go see what the hell was going on.
He was a total chicken shit and made me go.
I get out of bed, cant find my glasses but the guy is still shouting.
I mumble something to the effect of Uh, thanks?
and he leaves my apartment.
(No policeman would be policing the woodsy area I live in on foot.)
The called me the next day and said no one had done this.
quirkytiff
12.
Phantom woman of the subway.
Well, I hope the bitch was real.
In Toronto, there is a subway system run by the TTC or Toronto Transit Commission.
Lately theyve been shutting down the subway rides into downtown on the weekends.
Out of nowhere the power cut out.
Now, I should say that I wasnt the only one in the train car.
She was displaying the typical signs of Batshit Crazy and people sort of avoided her.
Everyone else was off, getting off at Yonge but I still had another couple stops east to go.
In fact, she stopped making any noise at all.
She was about 3 seats away from me.
The second the train stopped I bolted for the fucking door.
After she relocated she didnt make another sound, she just kept staring.
Fucking creepiest moment of my goddamn life.
A creepy Peeping Tom outside the window.
One night I was getting ready for bed, it was pretty late and during a hot summer.
We didnt have A/C, so I had one of those two fan window deals.
The blinds were pulled down to the top of the fan.
I was changing for bed, I sleep in underwear and a T-shirt.
I slipped out of my pants and changed my shirt.
I dont wear a bra to bed because Fuck that.
It was the first and only time I called the 911.
Bright note, apparently it was a slow night because they sent 3 cars.
I was so happy when I moved.
Tripleee
14.
Rapist in a dark park.
I almost got raped while walking through a park a few years ago.
I lived about a block away and it was much faster to cut through the park.
Im not super nervous at this point because Id been approached in a similar fashion many times.
Thank god I had the presence of mind and the physical strength to break free.
You just generally dont think about rape if youre a guy…
Gibster477
15.
The man with his face pressed up against the window.
So me and a girl drive her VW Jetta out to a nature center at about 11pm.
Fleetwood Mac is playing over the stereo and we are just shooting the shit.
Fast forward to 15 minutes later and we are making out.
Im in the drivers seat, and she is in shotgun.
Both our seats are sort of reclined back and I am leaning over, half on top of her.
I shoot back like a bolt still staring at the window and the man who has not yet moved.
With this, the guy takes off and runs.
I turned the car on and put that nature center in my rearview mirror as fast as I could.
BooksAreFokJerks
16.
My cousin and I went out drinking in Ohio.
So I step outside for some fresh air from the crowded bar.
There was this guy outside who was kind of lanky and having a smoke.
Me: Well that sounds LOVELY.
Hold on, Im really interested in that, but Ive gotta take a piss really quick.
kontankerite
17.
The man licking the car window.
I drove my sister to get sushi in a not so good part of town one time.
We were in the car about to get out, and I reached down to get my wallet.
I dont eat there anymore.
:(
Brosendorfer
18.
The burglar from the graveyard.
I used to live in an upstairs and downstairs house separated into apartments.
I lived in the downstairs.
After you opened the door there was another door about right after it and actually led into the house.
2 doors one right after another)
I thought nothing of it and tried to sleep.
But I heard it again.
Finally, my mom whispers is someone trying to get in?
I am freaking out by now and say I think so, so we sit there and listen.
Then this guy trying to get in starts mumbling.
Some shit about they had me worming the graveyard.
Were both freaking the fuck out now.
We sneak out of the room and call the cops.
Sometime between then and in the living room the guy leaves and starts standing in front of the house.
Not staring in or anything just standing there.
The cops arrive eventually and take him.
Not sure where but they got rid of him and thats all that mattered.
Scariest shit of my life.
Good thing we kept our doors locked.
GenerallyAddsNothing
19.
Assassin at the gas station.
My grandpa and I were at a rest stop once when we were driving somewhere.
My grandpa gets out of the truck, and goes to walk into the bathroom.
Off to the side, there was this shady looking fellow, smoking a cigarette.
When my grandpa had his back turned, the guy came at him with a knife.
I tried to like bang on the window or something to alert my grandpa.
Clint Eastwood bad-assery right there.
The man ran off when my grandpa let go of him.
Then, my grandpa calmly took a piss, and we were on our way.
Thats the day I learned he is a badass.
Theboss0320
20.
The creature in the hospital waiting room.
I recently went to the hospital to get checked for mono.
Its legs stayed straight as a pin.
Its body also stayed straight.
Baggy eyes that had a vacant look in them.
Eyes that stayed aimed at the ceiling as the thing moved passed the waiting room.
There were lots of doctors and nurses around, right?
About 15 minutes passed and the nurse called me into a room across from the entrance to the hospital.
As I was waiting for my doctor to come, I saw it again.
It was walking the same zombie-like way.
It shuffled up to the entrance doors and just stared out them.
Then the intercom recited the words Code yellow at main entrance.
three times, then two nurses appeared and took him back down the hallway, out of site.
I thought that was a little odd, but still, I wasnt too scared.
Until it happened again.
It walked back to the main entrance but this time, it didnt look out the glass door.
It was staring into my room.
At me to be exact.
I will never forget the haunted look in its eyes.
It just stared at me and all I could do was stare back.
After what seemed like an eternity, it tilted its head to the right.
And holy butt-fucking shit it was walking towards me!
I panicked on the inside but my body wouldnt move.
You have no fucking idea how much I wanted to spring up and slam the door shut.
I was paralyzed; stuck on the bed.
I didnt know what the hell was going to happen.
It almost reached my door when a nurse grabbed its arm and said You silly.
Thats not your room!
And pulled it away.
But as it was being dragged down the hallway, it wouldnt lose my gaze.
That fucker wanted me dead.
I have yet to find out.
TL;DR: Went to the hospital, saw a scary motherfucker, almost died.
13eautiiful
21.
The man who wouldnt let go of my hand.
I was waiting for a bus once.
The stop was attached to a train station, which Id just gotten off of.
All I wanted to do was go home and sleep.
He asked for change, said hed just got outta the hospital.
I didnt have any change, told him so.
Then he asked if I was seeing anybody.
Yes, I lied.
Now I like you, I respect you.
I dont know why he said that.
He said it again, later, and it didnt make any more sense then.
Then he asked me to turn around for him.
And like an idiot, when he held out his hand to shake, I took it.
I attribute this to habit and an instinct not to piss off this giant of a man.
I tugged on my hand.
But he wouldnt give it back.
I could taste fight or flight.
He asked where I was going.
Home to your husband?
If youre ever single, you come back here and find me.
He didnt pose that as a question.
I tugged on my hand again, and he pulled me against his chest.
At which point I yanked my hand away and ran to the other end of the station.
He laughed at me while I did it, and I didnt stop shaking for a very long time.
