5. A shadow woman would walk the halls at night.

“From 5-6 years old, I would see a shadow figure (perfect human woman shape) walk the walls in the night, back and forth. It really creeped me out that I would just put the covers over my head. I was an only child and my parents were in their bedroom. It was when I was still wide-awake way before I got sleepy. So creepy.”

6. It started swimming towards me with a kind of serpentine motion.

“I was about 8 or 9 when this happened. My family had a boat that we trailered back and forth from Lake Hopatcong in NJ. We were coming in from a day on the lake and it was already dark. I was obsessed with fishing at that age and the dock was a great spot to fish so as my family was getting the boat hitched to the trailer I decided to throw some casts out. I noticed some activity in the water about 30 yards from where I was standing which was about 60 feet from the boat ramp my family was hitching the boat at. I threw my line towards what I thought was fish feeding/jumping and whatever was causing the activity turned towards where I was and started swimming towards me with a kind of serpentine motion. It was too dark to make out any distinctive features except a large head. I noped the fuck out…dropped my fishing pole and ran. No one believed me at the time but 20 years later and my story hasn’t changed and I still wonder WTF that thing was.”