32 Stories From Internet Strangers That Will Have You Looking Over Your Shoulder Constantly

13. Iamthewarthog

One year my entire family got together for Thanksgiving at a relative’s house in Arizona. Because it was a small house, a lot of us had to camp out on the floor; so my brother and I were sleeping on the floor in the TV room. The rest of the adults and the “girls” (My aunt runs a group home for mentally disabled women. They’re like a part of the family. Most of them are over 50 years old, but under 5 mentally) were in other rooms. I remember waking up thinking I heard scratching noises. as I lay there in the darkness, the noises became obvious. they seemed to transition from scratching to shuffling, to harsh scraping, moving around the periphery of the small room. I thought one of the dogs had somehow got in, so I wasn’t too terrified at first. But I noticed the breathing didn’t sound like a dog at all. nor did it really sound human. I could feel tugging on the blankets near my feet. This was about the time my brother woke up and screamed. about 4 seconds later my mom and aunt burst into the room and turned the lights on. One of my aunt’s “girls” was huddled in the corner like some kind of animal. When the lights came on she made this half-scream-half-growl-half-hiss and bolted from the room, still on all fours. I have never seen a 60+year old woman in a nightgown move that way. She left behind scratch marks where she had been “digging” in the hardwood floor.

14. Downvoted_Defender

A couple of years ago I was living in a share house with some older guys I was probably 19 at the time my room mates were 26, 30 and 40 so they all had full time jobs they went to and since I was only working casual at the time during the day I would often get the house to myself for a few hours at least (I had a habit of oversleeping).

So one morning I just woke up and I’m chilling in bed for a little while before I get out of bed at around 10am and I hear this banging. Like BANG, BANG, BANG with short intervals in between each bang. So I figure it’s probably some prick with a hammer next door doing work or something but it’s really fucking loud. After about 1 minute of this ridiculous banging I get pissed off and get my ass out of bed and begin to go towards the front door to see what the hell is making the noise. Then I hear it again BANG, BANG, and I noticed that it was actually shaking the frame of the front of the house.

I look at the door and just around the handle it’s starting to splinter. Then it dawns on me… the banging is someone trying (and succeeding) in breaking down the front door. All the while during this realisation the banging is continuing. So I am standing there half naked shitting bricks because this door is about to shatter and I start yelling ‘WHAT THE FUCK’ at the door.

Anyway’s the banging stops and I hear them run off. Glancing from out the window I see 3 aboriginal guys with hoodies running away probably mid twenties. I reported it to the police and the cop who came around said one or two more kicks and they would have been in.

15. thundercats72

this didn’t actually happen to me but to a girl i went to school with. one day she and a few high school friends were stopped at the front of a train crossing as the gates were going down. as the train approached a man walked out onto the tracks and stood in the path of the train. moments before the train ran into him he turned around and stared right into this girls eyes until the train smashed into him. pretty sure shes been in and out of mental health wards since.

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