Cleaned up and turned around and every single cupboard door and cutlery drawer were open.
I also didnt hear them open in the time I was there.
One of a few weird things to happen growing up.
Tony Ciampa
When I was about 14, we only had one desktop computer and one laptop for the family.
My brother and I would fight over the desktop (thats where Diablo 2 was installed!)
so I would use the laptop to write music.
As soon as they left I went downstairs to give them shit, and to my surprise and dismay…
They were both sitting on the couch playing PlayStation.
To this day, I have no idea who it was that knocked and waved.
Walked away before I could answer.
charmaine369
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There is another family with a ~4-5 yo girl sitting behind us.
So I ask what he is going to teach her.
His response: Im going to teach her to drown.
HellscreamGB
They knew
A family friend of mine used to work in private wealth management.
One of her jobs was diversification of her clients assets on the stock market.
The next day AA Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the WTC in New York.
The stock market was closed for another week.
mdi5c0rd
Hello?
I went camping by myself in Maine, one night I woke up at like 3am.
Not being able to fall asleep I just laid there listening to the woods.
Then I heard a faint hello….
I felt so vulnerable in the tent.
I never figured out what it was.
bromandude69
Would you like to come live in my basement?
Yeah, I like Chinese.
Do you want to go out with me to get some Chinese?
He winks at me.
He looks a bit disappointed and turns to look at his wife who is on the phone with someone.
Would you at least like to come home with me and live in my basement?
The rest of the transaction took place in terrified silence.
His wife never said a word.
Spent that night at the beach watching the sunset.
So, I got up to about 60 in a 45.
They were still on my ass.
I thought this seemed weird cause theres only about 30-40 houses on the road.
Truck was still following me.
I took a ton of random turns and the truck kept following every single turn for about 15 minutes.
Pulled down a side street, went up 100 yards, turned off all of my lights and waited.
Truck slowly drove by the perpendicular street and kept going.
For an 18 year old, I was scared as hell that night.
SourTurtle
Bark
This actually happened fairly recently.
I was home alone one day with my dog and 2 of my friends dogs.
Out of nowhere, they all start barking and looking up towards our loft.
As theyre quieting down, I hear someone in a mocking, calm tone say, Bark.
They start going crazy again and I decide its time for a long evening walk.
themanaroundhere69
The evil twin
New Years Day, 1995.
Two of these friends were twin brothers.
One of them, we hung out with all the time.
The other wed just met for the first time.
Staring right into the nether regions of my soul, the whole time.
Id back away and join the group again, and hed keep following me around.
I didnt know what to do… Hey buddy?
Were heading back now, right?
She didnt die, but you know, still pretty bad.
So, who was this God that told him to go kill her?
Didnt take me long to realize that he was talking about me.
This was 22 years ago.
She walked into her bedroom and had one of those old saggy mattresses and felt something under the bed.
She said something didnt feel right and she slowly got off the bed and called the police.
When they arrived they found the rapist under her bed holding a knife from her kitchen.
My husband works 7-6 and BIL works offshore for 14 days.
While he was at work, his kids stayed with their grandmother.
Nice house but it had a weird vibe.
I chalked it up to pregnancy hormones.
One day, home alone i was taking a shower and felt someone staring at me.
I stuck my head out and listened.
Couldnt hear anyone in the house so i resumed my shower.
A while later i heard the back door shut.
Door was still locked.
I told my husband about it that night and he shrugged it off.
We locked down and went to bed.
He threw open every door, every cabinet, looked in every pantry or closet while holding his handgun.
I asked what was going on and he swore he heard boots thumping through the house and someone talking.
Everything was still locked and its not a big house.
Nobody was there except us.
Now, this girl isnt scared of anything and is 14 at the time.
I sat up, told my husband to scoot over, and patted my pillow.
Thats when i noticed her 16 year old brother curled up under a blanket on the floor beside me.
Why are you both in our room at 2 in the morning?
They didnt want to answer at first but explained that something in my nieces room laughs at night.
I hated that room when we moved in, and put up any laundry i did quickly in there.
We came down here as soon as it stopped.
Again, husband flipped on every light, looked in every nook and cranny.
Eventually we moved out, and the kids decided to live full time with grandma.
Scared the shit out of him.
I picked it up and threw it into an empty houses yard (not helpful I know).
I freaked out (thinking it was about the nail) and kept walking towards my house.
The guy didnt sound mad but I couldnt make out what he was saying.
After awhile it gets worse and men in full gear show up.
Cops were called, they questioned us and we never found out any more about what happened.
It was two in the morning and the man was covered in sweat with his eyes open.
We pulled over and I hopped out of the car to check on this guy.
He didnt respond at all when called out to him.
No blinking, glassy eyes.
I reached out to touch him and he was ice cold.
Im sure he wasnt breathing.
Ten minutes later, the police called back to ask for the cross streets again.
Apparently, they arrived at the corner and there was nothing there.
That was the last I ever heard about it.
This went on for about 20 minutes he was very concerned and looking around the entire time.
So, we get to a point where he says the rhino is moving.
My wife asks where the rhino is… hes coming to Daddy.
What the actual fuck.
It had windows facing out but alot was either in the hill, or under another floor.
I had the room on the bottom part of the L from 13 onwards.
Grew up fine, but I could never sleep unless both doors were shut.
I woke a few times late to see her alert and staring at the door to the rumpus room.
I figured if something was there that shouldnt have been my dogs wouldve gone ballistic.
Fast forward 5 years bring a new girlfriend to my home to meet my parents.
Have been with her 5 years since and its only happened in that room.
She wont sleep in the house anymore.
My parents let my younger sister move into the room about 4 years ago.
She asked me recently if i ever heard scratching on the window late at night.
As i said, im a skeptic but its still pretty creepy.
I pulled over, and a pickup truck pulled over behind me.
In my rear-view mirror I see the passenger get out with a baseball bat and start hustling my way.
I didnt even look, just dropped it into gear and hauled ass.
Never went back to that town.
I got lucky as hell, seeing him come up behind me like that.
luckygiraffe
3am walk
I am fairly small for a guy.
I stand at around 55 and the most Ive ever weighed was around 150lbs.
We would both be walking ~5 miles.
It was 3am on a cold winter night and I was wearing a black jacket with my hood up.
He wasnt entirely into the driveway, almost half way hanging out into the road.
I stopped and turned to look at the car.
I had a feeling that the person driving was watching me intently.
He didnt budge, just stared intently.
I returned to pacing away, slightly brisker.
The car kept creeping, slowly.
The passenger side window rolled down, and the man and I met eyes.
No words were exchanged at all, and before I could even let out a hello?
Ive not felt anything like it since.
Lets call him Mitch.
Mitch and I were acquaintances that ran in the same circles.
He was a nice guy.
At parties he would fold these really cool 3d shapes in the corner instead of interacting.
He would always just…watch everybody.
Anyway, I ran into him at a bus stop and I stopped to say hello.
He said yes and I said Great!
Could you pass him my number!
He opened his wallet and pulled out a piece of paper, the only thing in there.
It had my name, university address, and phone number.
clavalle
Murder basement
I work as a cable tech.
I once went into a basement that I still have nightmares about.
All the walls were covered in newspapers.
Everyone of them was a headline about a tragedy or a murder.
A few months later, everyone in brown slacks and a cream colored dress shirt.
A few months later, gray skirt and black sweater.
streamstroller
hey dont do this at home
This is a story from my mother.
She was home alone for a while and was expecting a friend over, and was taking a shower.
Set it up before going out of town.
One night I got a motion detected email at 3am.
This went on for a long time, because even though he was deathly ill he kept holding on.
I was about seven years old at the time, and living with them.
She heard it clear as day.
She claims she heard it on more than one occasion.
As the years went by, other strange things happened.
Finally, a bird began to visit the house some days.
I saw it and heard it myself.
The bird would fly to her bedroom window, and tap on the window with its beak.
It did this many times, and we learned to recognize it.
That was the last sign before the odd occurrences began to taper off.
CaptainCruiser
Who was there?
I have dogs that bark at anybody.
My mother doesnt live with me nor has a key to my house.
About 4 years ago i am sitting in my house alone on a day off from work.
Both of my dogs hovering around me.
One at my feet.
One at the doorway leading into the hallway.
Or doing whatever on the internet.
I hear my mothers voice clearly say Brian!
like she was trying to get my attention from across the house.
I just perked my head up a little stunned thinking I was hearing things.
We went to inspect the house but nothing was there.
whySOcomical
Watched
This happened quite a few years ago when I was at Uni.
At this point, I shouted to my ex, that there was someone watching us from outside.
He jumped, opened the window and shouted various amusing warnings.
treatmelikeatable
Hospital ghost
Im a nurse and I used to work day shift at my old job.
I was walking down the hallway with my computer-on-wheels (COW) to pass meds one afternoon.
I was looking down at my papers to kind of get myself organized before going to see another patient.
I turned around thinking it was my friend Brittney goofing on me but there was no one there.
There was no one in the hallway at all.
The four of us hear a blood curdling yell.
I swear it was her sons and she swears it was my sons voice.
She comes back through the kitchen to tell us and freezes in terror.
Every single door and drawer is open, 23 of them.
In the 10 seconds she was out of the kitchen everything was opened.
6 of them are high enough to be out of reach to everyone except me.
Didnt sleep too well that night.
I have never really forgotten the feeling of Well, that simply is not real.
Pedantichrist
Wii
We have a Wii.
Like someone had grabbed it and chucked it across the room.
We could find no explanation for this whatsoever.
InthegrOTTO87
Patio lunch
Was out at lunch in midtown Atlanta with some coworkers.
We sat out on the patio.
There are some high rise condos right across the street.
Some guy jumped from his ~40th floor balcony and splattered all over the roof of someones Jetta.
The noise was pretty memorable as well.
We noped out of there before ordering.
It was a super silent ride back to work.
One of my coworkers said he wont sit out on patios anymore when eating.
Actually, shes based at another school, but specifically started attending classes at my school after meeting me.
When i first started, she kept giving me welcome presents as I was new to the country.
Office got extremely quiet, which is unsettling to begin with, and I had my office door closed.
Turns out, her American stepfather was still in the building.
Watched our room to ensure no one was messing with me.
It was just… weird.
focusly
He wasnt asleep
I often visit WalMart in the wee hours of the morning.
When I left bout 20 minutes later, he was still there.
I thought it was a little odd no one from the store had woken him up, but whatever.
That meant no school buses obviously so I would just walk the 3 miles home.
Eventually I came across a dead cat lying in the middle of the trail.
As I walked around it I noticed another dead cat to my left.
Looked to my right and sure enough there was another.
they were all laid out in a giant circle, with one in the middle.
Almost like a half assed pentagam.
I speeded up the pace and got the hell out of there.
Never took that trail again.
That is the day I started drinking heavily.
meandrunkR2D2
RIP Max
When I was 12 my cat went missing in the summer.
He hadnt shown up for 2 days and Id been roaming around the fields looking for him.
We figure he got his neck snapped by a coyote or dog.
Creeped me right out and I strongly believe that dreams can tell you things if you only pay attention.
lumaday
Indian 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 (nearly 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.
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.
PressureChief
Then who was security?
Security at my old building came by to change the locks.
Then a few hours later, security came by to change the locks.
hck1206a9102
Cat
Im entering a disclaimer- it was NOT a mountain lion.
I live in the sticks in Michigan, but a decent sized neighborhood with about twenty houses.
Our streets make two circles.
I was home with my toddler, who was taking a nap.
Im on my back porch, drinking coffee.
Theres a man hauling ass down the street, cradling his arm and dripping blood on the concrete.
He sees me and shouts, Did you see that fucking cat?!
Which way did it go?!
I saw no animal.
He holds up his arm, and his fingers are mangled.
A housecat did this to you?!
As I gently help him wrap his hand.
This wasnt a regular cat…we just have to find him!!!!
So I help him look.
So do a few of our neighbors.
Ambulance arrives a few houses down at his place, so we walk down and sit on the curb.
It disappears around a house, and we hear a volley of barking.
Another man comes from behind the house, running at full speed towards the ambo.
Im still sitting with bloody guy, and running guy gives him a tissue.
He tried to follow it, but it was too fast.
He said it stood taller than his knees, and he was like 65.
Got his digits stuck back on properly though, and has since fenced his back yard.
berthejew
Stacy
I was dating a girl in high school, lets call her Stacy.
During senior year we got senior release during lunch which meant we could leave school during our lunch period.
Being horny teens we went back to her house and she started giving me a bj.
Suddenly we both here someone call out Stacy?.
We both jumped up and got dressed.
No one was home.
Both her parents were at work and her siblings was at school.
We looked outside and no neighbors were outside.
To this day we have no idea who or what it was, but we both heard it.
Mr_Belch
Haunted tattoo shop
Worked in a tattoo shop where two of the past owners had died.
My lights above my station had always been perfectly lit so this seemed unusual.
Can you stop messing with my light, like?
It was supposed to be kind of a joke.
The light stopped flickering INSTANTLY.
It went back to just shining regular ol light and I went back to tattooing, pretty shaken up.
mmiikkiitt
People are scarier than ghosts
I used to work at a Boy Scout Summer Camp.
Thats when we heard in the distance what sounded like church bells.
They were pretty faint, but myself and my fellow staffers could definitely hear them.
They went on for about 30 minutes, ringing ever 30 seconds, or so.
After the bells stopped, though, the singing started.
Also, it was almost midnight at this point.
Eventually, at almost 1 AM, the singing stopped.
VVillyD
Co-worker apparition
This isnt creepy, but it gave me pause for thought.
I was returning to my office having finished a meeting.
In my dream, I was in my bed doing something on my laptop.
Suddenly I just had a bad feeling something wasnt right.
Like I somehow knew something was in my room with me that shouldnt be there.
I jump off my bed, and hurry and flip my light on.
It pretty much looked exactly like the thing I saw in my dream.
I flipped the fuck out.
Newaccountsauce
But then who was phone?
Working late in the lab at school, I had to grab something from an upstairs classroom.
Its after midnight and the entire building was empty and dark.
Suddenly the phone in the classroom starts ringing.
So, after that heart attack I decide to answer it.
Not even a dial tone.
So I hope out and go back to my dorm.
He looks at me funny and says the phone in that room has been disconnected for years.
OctavianX
The crow
I was working with a young client with childhood onset Schizophrenia.
This individual was a harm to themselves and others.
As I am trying to calm them down, they start to sob.
HE IS AT THE WINDOW.
I CAN HEAR HIM.
HE SAYS HE WANTS TO HURT YOU.
HE WILL COME IN HERE AND TAKE YOUR SKIN OFF HE WANTS YOU DEAD.
Then I hear tapping on the window.
There is an enormous black crow at the window.
Tapping on the glass extremely hard with its beak.
The bird was just staring at me.
It would tap, bringing its head back and slamming its beak into the glass.
Over and over again.
I got the client calmed down and we ended.
The bird was still there.
We leave the office.
The bird was still there when I came back.
Next client comes in.
Bird was still there.
That bird sat at my window another four hours, staring and tapping.
His truck was identical to the sketchy truck she had seen at the park.
He had murdered his girlfriends parents (girlfriend and brother were stabbed but survived, IIRC).
Now I just turn the sound all the way down, before I go to bed.
The TV will still get turned on, but at least then I wont be woken up by it.
Looked to have something strapped to his shirt under the coat with duct tape.
It was not a power outage, our TV remained on and there were no blinking clocks.
It was more as if the universe just turned off for a half-second.
lmMrMeeseeksLookAtMe
Family story
When I was about 10, something real weird happened to my family.
My mum called her family, and told my grandparents about it.
I still am unable to explain that and it still is a little scary to think about.
He told us that an old man and his 2 granddaughters died in a fire in the house.
nativelight
The thin person
My fathers story.
One day he was cooking for the family.
My father as a man of science does not believe in the paranormal, but this got him…
He went to check in every single bedroom just to be sure about it.
That is the part that terrifies me.
She wasnt in the house!
Her and her family would visit the developing home every weekend just to see the progress of the house.
A few weeks passed where life got busy and they couldnt visit it.
I wanna see my friend!
She replied, Oh ok sweetie, were going there tomorrow actually.
She said, Yay!
They visit the house the following day, and on the way home, her daughter starts crying.
Mommy Im so sad I didnt see my friend!
And she replied, Oh honey, dont worry.
Maybe youll see your friend next weekend when we go.
So my coworker prayed that night to basically bring her daughter comfort and make her forget about this friend.
That or have her see whoever this is next weekend.
She replied, Oh you did?
Where did you see your friend?
(Confused because she always talks about seeing her friend on the other side of town).
I saw her in the mirror.
She said she loves me but she cant see me anymore.
My coworker asked, Whats your friends name?
And what does she look like?
Her daughter responded, Shes really pretty!
Long dark hair, and her name is Deanna.
My coworkers heart sank.
That was the name of her sister that died at birth.
