#8. “Upon closer inspection…”

“Back when I worked night-shift as a Security guard, I would experience mild hallucinations due to my poor sleep schedule.

I was doing my patrol and I was feeling particularly out of it, so I kept getting those flashes of movement in the corner of my eye, but I was convinced it was just my brain fucking up.

As I’m going along, I see a pale shape on the ground and quickly recognize it as a body.

My adrenaline spikes and I nearly pass out.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a CPR dummy the workers left out for training.”

#9. “My room is partially over the garage.”

“…When I was about 8 or 9, I woke up to my dad calmly but firmly telling me to get up, go in the bathroom, and shut the door.

I was annoyed because I was half asleep, but I listened. Apparently I was more tired than I realized, because I feel asleep on the bathroom floor.

The next morning I asked my mom what happened. She seemed oblivious and confused. I looked at my dad like she was crazy, and I asked him why he had woken me up. He denied doing it. I was becoming frustrated to the point of tears, but I ultimately let it go.

Fast forward to college. I was home one break, and I decided to ask again.

…This time, my dad goes, ‘Ha! I was wondering if you even remembered that.’

Turns out that a lot of houses on our block were being vandalized and robbed all those years ago. Someone had broken into the garage and was inside the house. My room was partially over the garage. My dad heard it happen and quietly got me to safety.

Police were called, the guy ran. He was never caught, however, and my parents didn’t want a terrified kid on their hands, so for years they pretended like nothing had ever happened.”

#10. “I had nightmares about that for years, thinking of my brush with death.”

“When I was a kid, I sneaked down to my parents’ bedroom to tell my mother something. I had to be quiet so I wouldn’t wake my dad up.

I kept whispering, “mom! mom!” in the dark and all of a sudden he sat up and started yelling.

My mother came out of her room and told me that I was lucky because my father thought I was an intruder and almost shot me.

I had nightmares about that for years, thinking of my brush with death.

About 30 years later, I brought it up at some family get together. And, my mother said, ‘Oh Sapphyrre, you really believed that? He didn’t have a gun. We were just having sex.'”

#11. “Cops die first in scary movies.”

“Cop here,

Got dispatched to a suspicious conditions call.

Picture an abandoned single-wide trailer in an empty field in the middle of a trailer park.

The trailer had a single light on inside.

…Partner and I figure it’s hobos or junkies squatting. We walk up to the trailer and the light goes out.

Guns out, someone is def inside. Throw open the door, identify ourselves and begin to sweep the trailer. Back door is shut and locked from the inside. Trash everywhere, but nothing recent. No lanterns or candles.

Nothing.

Feeling real weird now, we leave to go back to the caller…As we walk back across the field, we look back…the light is back on in the trailer.

Partner is trying to be professional, but I do not fuck with the paranormal.

Cops die first in scary movies. High tail it out of there, never been back.

Clarification.

There was zero power running to the trailer. Nothing behind the trailer but field. NOBODY was in the trailer and no one could have come out except the door we went in.

Trust me peeps, I wanted it to be just a hobo or some kids.”

#12. “Please tell me you’re fucking with me.”

“My parents were on a cruise with my older brother and since I shared a room with my little brother, I decided to sleep in my older brother’s room who had his room to himself.

One night I woke up feeling incredibly nauseous. There was a painful ringing in my ears and I tossed and turned for a bit trying to fall back asleep.

When I decided to open my eyes to check the time, I saw a dark figure standing over me.

I didn’t move, just kind of staring into what looked like a head. It confused me because I couldn’t make out any details, just shadow. Until it cocked it’s head at me like a dog does when it’s puzzled.

I immediately jumped out of bed to turn on the lights but it was gone just like that.

Fast forward a couple weeks; one night I was smoking with my older brother and told him I didn’t want to freak him out, but saw something in his room.

He immediately when from joking to very serious, asking what it was. When I told him, all he said was ‘Please tell me you’re fucking with me. I’ve seen that thing before.’

Turns out he had two similar experiences where he had woken up and he saw it watching him sleep, but he convinced himself it was just his eyes playing tricks on him in the dark.”

#13. Scattered

“I was watching scary movies and I got hungry so I decided to go out for a late night Taco Bell run.

I lived alone at the time so it was quite a shock when I opened the door and a hand was reaching in after me!

I slammed the door on the offending arm and ran and grabbed a butcher knife. After closing all the blinds and sitting in the dark for an hour I worked up the nerve to look outside.

I was shocked to find a bunch of Chinese food menus for a new restaurant scattered all over the ground.”

#14. Comfort

“My friend died in a car accident and they towed the car pretty early in the day.

We were teens so we thought we should go collect all her things that were ejected from the car when she hit the tree.

After about a half hour, I was overwhelmed and just sat down and started crying. I had my two friends with me cleaning stuff up, and they just let me get it out for a bit.

Someone started rubbing my shoulders in the deepest massage I have ever had, and it was really helping me get control of myself and relaxing me. I let them rub for a few minutes and then I put my hand on theirs to let them know I was appreciative.

There was no hand, just my shoulder.

I turned around to say thank you to whoever it was, and there was nobody. I looked up at the car and my two friends were standing there talking about something.

SOMETHING had been TOUCHING me!!

I ran to the car and asked my friends if it was them. They looked at me like I was crazy. I made everyone get in the car super-fast and we left.

I think a spirit was comforting me in my loss, and I am grateful and freaked out for it.

I can still remember how it felt, and it’s been 22 years.”