CHILLING: 30 People Reveal The Spookiest, Most Unexplained Thing That Happened To Them As Kids

27. Dear god, that face…

“I was young, 5-7, somewhere in there. I was sleeping in between my parents for whatever reason. I woke up, I remember the clock reading around 4 a.m. There was something standing by the window, looking out into the front yard. It looked like a man in a brown wool robe, about 6’4″ or so.

I started to stir and sat up in bed, and the thing turned and looked at me. Dear god, that face. Extremely pale white skin, lots of really pronounced wrinkles, and the face drooped like it was melting, down into a really pointy chin, almost similar to a Scream mask but with all of the features of a living being. Its mouth was hanging open and its eyes were wide, almost like it was worried or frightened.

It kept its gaze on me while it moved away from the window, in front of the bed, and out the open bedroom door. The second it exited the room, the lights turned on by their own and both of my parents jumped up on either side of me, breathing heavily like they’d both just woken up from a nightmare.

To be clear, I was fully able to move during this, I don’t think it was sleep paralysis, but I’m not sure what it could have been other than some kind of demon or really fucking ugly ghost. I’ve never seen it since, but I can still picture it clear as day.”


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