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to [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] It welcome to SK scary stories for a rainy night all of the stories that you will hear are allegedly true I hope you enjoy please keep in mind that as always there are only three ads in this entire video after the first three stories if you enjoy this video and appreciate the ad setup that I have please consider subscribing and joining the Rainy Night Society I've been making these videos for almost 8 years and I'm not stopping in anytime soon Last Thing Before We Begin thank you for being
here when I know that you have so many other choices now let's [Applause] begin I work at a gas station in the Deep South a part of Louisiana that most people have never even heard of I'm talking about dirt roads with no name thick trees that seem to swallow darkness and you might be lucky enough to see a street light every other mile The little gas station that I work at is located in the trifecta of all these elements I of course work the overnight shifts the gas station doesn't see much excitement there are either
the 10 customers that come in between the hours of 10: p.m. to 6:00 a.m. or the random o possums that decide to make the trash cans outside their personal drum set but I digress the night started as any other night make sure all of the snacks cold drinks and Beer were all properly stocked check now all that is left for me to do is well wait I stood behind the counter looking at inventory listening to music and just pacing around for the first couple of hours you know the thing that people say time flies yeah
that did not apply to that shift as I got bored I decided to leave the register and check out the items on the Shelf to you know make sure nothing majestically sold Itself as I was on one of the aisles I heard a man call out hey y'all open I turned around to see that I had two customers standing at the checkout now I should mention this gas station does not have that fancy system that makes the door go ding when somebody comes in Topline security am I right so I was caught off guard that
two customers had come in without my knowledge I quickly walked up to the Register and apologized for the wait as we were making the usual conversation of hey how are you doing and man it's dark out here in this area the customer asked another question that is usually always asked how long is it until I get to the city from here I answer with the same answer that seems to automatically live in my mind rentree it's a good couple of hours from here just go towards the lights corny I know but that's my thing anyway
after Scanning the customer's items which literally were a candy bar and a bottle of water I told them be careful out there y'all there's a tornado warning in this area until 7: a.m. and the rain's starting to pick up I think in this area even on a clear night it is hard to see what is ahead of you on these dark desolate roads as I went to look at the second customer I realized there was no second customer Anymore I chocked it up to the guy not wanting to wait any longer and just deciding to
leave I mean from what I saw he didn't have any items with him and probably only needed some cigarettes or something that was behind the counter I told the customer farewell and was ready to grind out the rest of these hours but just like a psychic my own words had foreshadowed my fate for the night not long after the customer left might have been an hour or so the sky Could no longer hold its sorrow and weeped gallons of tears from above now to me this is not a big deal bad weather rain o possums
yeah I still have it out for those little buggers all of these things happen a lot in my area so much so that I call the experience hwa which stands for humid wet and annoying as the rain and wind picked up I was starting to feel a little uneasy mostly because honestly I would rather Be at my house when the rain and wind decide to battle for dominance with that being said the inevitable half happened the power lines were no match for the Relentless punishment from the elements and then Darkness silence aggravation the power had
gone and there was no backup generator for me I was just there standing in a blanket of Darkness so thick that it seemed to Cover everyone in its Embrace I called my manager to let him know that the power had gone out and also asked him what I should do now of course with it being so late or early I guess whatever 4:00 a.m. whatever it means to you there was no response from him I thought about locking up and just buckling down at the gas station until the storm passed I was getting paid after
all but that's when I heard it between the Thunder between the rain Between the wind I heard a slight crunch coming from one of the Isles that was further away from the entrance of the station at first I paid no mind I believed it to just be the store items shifting with all of this sorrowful weather Darkness has a way of bending your mind into seeing and hearing things that your mind usually tells you oh that's just the wind but after sitting There for a while upset of course but getting paid I called my manager
again to know of fail then right after the light of my phone faded and my eyes were trying to accommodate the darkness I heard it again movement but this time closer and right in between my phone call and a thunder strike so now I'm on high alert someone is in here with me I'm not Alone I just knew it I tried to calm my nerves not wanting to be that guy that overreacts but I asked myself can you ever really be too safe I made a potentially dangerous and thoughtless move I stood up and yelled
uh is anybody still in here I got no response but that didn't mean that there was no one there the air felt thick from the humidity not just that though the feeling you get when you are not alone The feeling of being you guessed it watched as cliche as it sounds then I remembered something that I knew all along there is no ding on the door to let me know when customers enter nor exit that and the thought of the second customer came to mind I never saw him leave I just knew that he was
there and then gone I automatically without a doubt felt that something was strange Something was not right so I did what any gas station worker would do in the pitch black pretended to be a ninja so that I could slowly make my way to the source of the noise without being caught as it turns out I'm not a ninja the moment I stepped out from behind the counter that I had been sitting behind a voice stopped me in my tracks give me what you got was all the void softly spoke to me I froze scared
too scared to say a Word nor move an inch when I called out I wasn't truly expecting a response soon I heard footsteps slow but getting closer my mind yelled do something run charge at the sound and hope for the best after all of that I did nothing then his face appeared a face hard to make out in the dark a face that I would not have seen if my manager hadn't called me back at That moment that allowed my phone to light up the second customer it turns out he never left I pretended not
to see nor know that I recognized him again he repeated come on give me what you got now still in a calm and calculating way I spoke for the first time after noticing that I was holding my breath this whole time oh all I have is $250 in the register he was quiet for a while and Then told me give it over I wish that I could say that I pulled out some special move that brought the guy down that allowed me to hold him until the police showed up but this this is real life
I gave him the money and luckily for me he accepted it he knew that police would not be out here in these parts at this time and with this weather even if I called it would take them at Least 30 minutes to get there a local I assumed had to be to be so confident I talked to the manager and the police after all was said and done my manager apologized that I had to go through that and also was sorry that he didn't answer the phone sooner I told him it's no worries everyone deserves
sleep I got to leave early and the manager closed the store for a couple of Hours until the next employee came in I was so lost in a trance after the situation that I truly believed that it still couldn't be real that couldn't have just happened to me after the couple of years working there and and that was that I thought a funny plot twist 2 weeks later A man was caught trying to hold up a gas station close to where my job was located a man that I remembered from that flash of light on
my phone the only difference is he Didn't get away this time the only thing I can really say that I've learned from all of this no matter how comfortable or how much you think you know each day will play out always be on your [Applause] guard my wife is a real estate agent and a few years back things changed drastically for her she landed her first client that would have her list their House and it was also someone that we knew we didn't know them that well but we knew them through the church that we
were going to at the time and so when it came up that my wife was doing real estate this person asked her if she could sell her house for her the homeowner needed to move as her husband had recently passed away it took a little bit but my wife was at the point of hosting the first open house on the listing she would have two back-to-back Open houses the First on Saturday and the next the following day to give potential buyers more opportunity to view the house the first day went well with a good showing
from prospective Shoppers it was the second day that things took a turn it was nearly the end of the scheduled period for openhouse visitors and so my wife began doing the rounds to turn off the lights and check over the house however two men entered the home And my wife went to greet them as she heard the door the two men said they lived on the street and and came to look at the house as they had never been inside before my wife was willing to let as many potential buyers look around as it was
her first listing and she was appropriately eager the men said they were friends but only offered their first names one of them didn't engage much and quickly went into another room While the other man got closer to my wife asking questions that finally started to make her realize something was off she was alone in the house now with these two men one of them continuing to get closer and closer to her asking her questions like how long have you been doing real estate I never met the owners of the house were they nice do you
live close to here my wife was trying her best not to display her nervousness and gave short Answers to these questions she knew that these men were obviously not here because they were interested in purchasing the home so she let them know that the open house was over and she's locking up because the owner is coming back any minute this was not actually true the owner wasn't staying here anymore but she had to say something to get these men to leave at this point she was backed into a corner of the kitchen with this 6-foot
Man in her way deflating any hope of being able to run out of the house to make things worse she she didn't even have her phone on her it was on the dining room table with her bag and listing sheets which for all she knew was now in the possession of the other man who had walked off at first the man didn't seem to care about what she said about needing to lock up and the owner coming home he Responded it's okay if we just take another minute to look around right but he was never
looking around in the first place at this time the other man came into the kitchen and joined his friend my wife's anxiety is so high she's about to start screaming and she gives one more request I'm sorry but we have to leave as the owner's coming home the two men don't respond initially but then exchange a look and Say okay thanks for your time and leave the house my wife bolts to the door and locks it and then goes into the dining room to watch them through the window all of her belongings were still there
so when she saw that they walked far enough away and she could run to her car she grabbed her things and did just that she even left the lights on but she didn't care in her car she had no idea where These men went she couldn't see them and didn't care to stick around long enough to find them she just drove away after hearing about this we always made sure there was another person at viewings with her to this day I still go with her when she's meeting new clients looking back it was a reckless
thing to do hosting an open house all alone in a neighborhood you are not that familiar with she told the owner about the situation and the owner after Hearing a description of these men stated that she had never seen them before and had no idea who they were take care when you were doing your job whatever it may be after that situation I made sure my wife's phone was set up to do emergency alerts and she now never leaves her phone Out Of Reach even if she has to hold it if possible have someone there
to watch your Back you never know when some creeps are going to scare the life out of you or God forbid something worse [Applause] I am a 22-year-old male who happened to end up at the wrong place at the wrong time my best friend lived in a city close enough to where I live so I used to visit her a lot during the week when I had time off work this one evening I left her house quite late so I was pretty tired when I set off probably Shouldn't have set off driving in the first
place with me being so fatigued nonetheless I set off home majority of the journey is on the motorway but about 10 minutes into the journey I could feel my eyes rolling into the back of my head I needed to pull over I came off the road at the next exit and tried to find somewhere to pull over to possibly have a nap or at least rest I eventually came across a little side road along a country road this road was plunged in darkness with wooded areas on either side with some places on either side of
the road to pull up there were some other cars parked here too so I figured this would be a good place to stop and have a rest so I did exactly that I pulled my car to the side of this uneven Road surface and came to a stop turning off my engine and made sure that my do Were locked not long after pulling up and reclining my seat there were a few cars pulling up near me stopping and then driving off again only to return a few moments later I am a car Enthusiast so I
know my cars even from just the shape of their headlights so I could tell it was the same cars arriving and leaving constantly I was getting a bit on edge but I was so tired I justed tried to Ignore it and closed my eyes after about 5 minutes of me laying there in my car I heard a car door open and then close the obvious sound of someone getting out of their car I opened my eyes and glanced up out of the windshield but because there were no street lights on this side road all I
could see was silhouettes of the cars parked near me it was silent the sound of the car door was instantly jarring however after I heard the car door nothing followed for a few moments so again I closed my eyes and tried to continue my nap but then I heard the unsettling sound of someone's footsteps on gravel like I said this road was silent so this was an undeniable sound the footsteps seemed to be getting louder and closer I once again opened my my eyes to see the horrifying silhouette of someone slowly approaching my car to
the Driver's side my heart instantly began racing I wrapped my hand around my keys which were still dangling in the ignition slot but I was frozen I did not have the ability to sit up start my engine and race away this person got closer and closer to my car so I did what I thought at the time was the best idea I turned my ah head away from the window and pretended to be asleep this person approached my car I Heard the footsteps get closer and then stop then my worst fear in that situation I
heard them try my door handle a few times then they made their way slowly around the back of my car and tried opening the trunk to no avail they then continued to the passenger side which was the side my head was facing I was certain they could not see inside my car but I still opened my eyes the slightest bit to see what was going On all I could see was a man dressed in black with his hood up one hand in his pocket the other trying my passenger door I laid completely still my eyes
half closed trying to Fathom what was going on after a few more tries of my door handle he did another walk around my car I could see him walk past brushing himself up against my door as he did he then stopped for a second I thought he was about to walk away when he instead began knocking on my Window he did this three times my heart began racing even faster as I lay there pretending to be asleep and not hearing it I was certain he was going to try and smash my window but to my
surprise he just walked away and got back into his car he turned his headlights on and I realized it was one of the cars that was driving up and down the road earlier he angled his headlights directly into my car and through my windshield so I threw myself back down and pretended to be Asleep once again I heard his car set off and very slowly drive past mine almost stopping when he got right next to me this whole experience filled me with fear and adrenaline to the point of being wide awake so as soon as
I saw his car disappear I started my ignition and got out of there I drove straight home and had one of the most restless nights of sleep ever I never drove down that road again even during the Day if you're tired and you need to drive somewhere just don't at all costs just don't at least stop at a service station that is well lit and please lock your car doors I don't even want to begin to imagine what would have happened to me if one of my doors was unlocked that night [Applause] I began working
weekly at my local bar about 6 months ago it's an old cozy Little Pub think carpeted floor that Old Pub scent little Irish trinkets everywhere and a few Guinness drinkers lining the bar every night there is an older clientele in the bar I get to control the music on my shift and there is always a pleasant friendly atmosphere it also pays very well and I enjoy the banter with the locals and the odd tourists who might wander in from a nearby Hotel being such an old building when You are closing up on your own at
the end of a shift a deep sense of unease tends to creep in what was a fun place to be with music and Lively chatter swiftly became full of Shadows and creepiness first the lights are Switched Off in the beer garden and the customer bathrooms no big deal then the lights in the lounge behind the main bar are to be switched off right before you leave the building last night this is the part of The closing shift where it all started to go downhill I lifted the used beer mats from the tables before wiping them
down I had already switched the music off and the silence was unnatural to my ears after eight solid hours of' 70s and 80s Tunes being played at a decent volume Gathering ing the beer mats and my cleaning supplies I turned to head to the main bar I flicked the light switch to off and on and in the time it took for me to walk down the two steps I Heard someone behind me someone very clearly and very definitely cleared their throat immediately I was frozen my legs refused to work I knew the bar was completely
empty and had been for the last 15 minutes or so I also o knew that I had checked the bathrooms and it had been raining profusely all evening so the beer garden didn't have a single Patron all night so there was zero chance of someone still lurking around after hours I knew I had to turn to take a look but I really really felt as though my heart had fallen directly into my stomach my skin felt as though it was crawling with nerves and I just knew that whatever made that sound from behind me had
bad intentions still I put down the spray bottle of disinfectant and slowly turned to face the lounge there in the dark in a chair was a lady who absolutely had not been a customer of mine all evening even in the Dark and in the shadows of the room I could make out that she was extremely thin and gaunt in her advancing years her eyes seemed to Glow at me with all I can describe as absolute hatred I could sense the anger radiating from her and it terrified me I began to shake with fear and the
beer mats in my hand landed on the floor I managed to squeak out a very shaky hello in response I got an i rate Sounding moan and grunt not like the moans and groans from someone who had perhaps taken a little bit too much from the top shelf and wanted to be left to sleep it off in the corner of the bar rather this was the sound of someone who couldn't speak but wanted to convey their outrage hello I'm sorry but it's time to go home do you have a ride or I can call someone
for you this was a silly thing for me to say but I didn't know else What to say I began to doubt myself did I miss this person somewhere had she been passed out in the corner by chance and I never noticed but deep down I knew I knew that this was Mrs Taylor Mrs Taylor had been the pub land lady a long long time ago about 50 years ago and she was a Hardline Lady by all accounts if she didn't like or trust you she didn't want you anywhere near the place she hated other
women with a burning passion and she wouldn't allow any females into The bar without about a male chaperon me a single 20-some year-old who enjoyed the odd glass of wine and a shot of tequila and was into hard rock music most assuredly wouldn't have been allowed to set foot into this bar there had been stories of the place being haunted and previous Barm Maids being scared out of their wits by ghostly movements but I had always Shrugged it off as nonsense I took a step back when I got No response the person I assumed to
be Mrs Taylor began to move she placed a bony hand on the arm of the chair and Rose up in a surprisingly speedy and Youthful way she began towards me letting out the most foul high-pitched and intense scream I had ever heard like the sound one would imagine the Banshee gave out I lost it I turned on my heels and ran for the main door I left my bag on the counter and ran for my life completely forgetting about anything Else the only good thing is that the main door locks behind you so there was
no need to lock it up I don't know why she appeared to me and I don't know how I will face going back there for my shift in 3 days time how do I explain all this to the boss without sounding absolutely crazy wish me luck [Applause] this happened like 2 and 1/2 years ago for context I was in the military and Lived in the barracks at the time the barracks used to be a hospital way back when and many people have had paranormal experiences including my roommates and I on more than one occasion ironically
all of this happened on Friday the 3 the whole day was wild so I'll just start with the first weird thing that happened my roommates and I had this tradition of always going out to eat on Friday this Friday it was pouring rain And we went to eat downtown at a regular random restaurant the second we walked in we just felt so out of place we were sitting waiting a long time for a waiter to talk to us until finally he came and he was beyond creepy he seemed almost nonhuman he grinned very creepily the
whole time moved around and talked like a robot halfway through our meal I noticed Every single person in the restaurant was wearing the same exact shade of blue all the men had a blue button up and every woman had on the same blue dress I pointed this out to my roommate while she also pointed out to me that all the waiters were standing in the corner of the restaurant staring and smiling at us I had tears in my eyes I was so creeped out we didn't finish our food and we paid and left we also
double checked on the website and outside the restaurant To make sure there wasn't some event going on or a dress code we got back home to the barracks I called my boyfriend to tell him what happened when in the middle of my conversation our iron board fell off the door from The Hanger it was hanging on in the laundry room it's never done this before and nothing had happened for it to do it this night the way our room was set up is when you walk through the door you have the living room in the
Middle With the laundry room on the right the bathroom on the left and our two separate rooms straight in front mine's on the left and hers is on the right me and my roommate were both sitting in the chairs on the wall near the bathroom it startled us but we didn't think too much of it my roommates and I decided to head off to bed when about 30 minutes later I heard her open her door and Whisper my name Sarah she whispered Softly Sarah she said a little louder I'm sitting in my room thinking why
is she Whispering like this I got out of my bed and opened my door and she screamed dropped to the floor and just started crying Hannah Hannah what is wrong I yelled at her I saw you in the mirror of the bathroom she cried what I was very confused she said it again I just saw you fixing your hair in the bathroom you know how you usually do and smiling at Me in the mirror of the bathroom I looked at the bathroom sure enough the light was on with a door cracked enough so you could
see the mirror inside Shivers went down my spine the room was freezing and something felt very off we never left the lights on or the bathroom door opened neither of us had even gone into the bathroom since coming home from dinner I wrapped us up in a blanket and we just left the room and sat in the Hallway for about 30 minutes talking about what had happened from Hannah's perspective she thought I knocked on her door and that's why she opened her door and when she didn't see me she whispered and then she looked in
the bathroom because the light was on and saw me smiling at her through the mirror when I was fixing my hair she said that there was something about the way I looked I looked off and that's why she said my name a second Time and then freaked out when I opened my bedroom door [Applause] [Applause] I don't usually ride a lot but there's something that has been weighing heavily on my mind and I feel the need to share it it happened when I was just 13 years old and although it occurred fairly recently certain details
of that incident still remain a hazy memory nevertheless I'll do my best to Recount the nights that forever changed my life the amusement park the only renowned one in our state had recently opened its Gates as the seasons transitioned Into Summer for privacy reasons I won't disclose the Park's name or the ride where this unsettling event occurred typically I visited the park once or twice a year with my friends my family and occasion Al my parents we would roam around indulge in tasty Treats and experience The Thrill of the rides just regular kid stuff however
this particular visit was destined to make me swear off amusement parks for the rest of my days it was a chilly night that mix of cold and warm however the sky remained clear which was all the confirmation that my friends Nick Kaden and I needed to ask our parents if we could go miraculously they agreed and in no time we found ourselves being dropped off at The park entrance brimming with excitement ready to immerse ourselves in the vibrant thrilling attractions among them there was one ride that stood out as my personal favorite and I'm certain
my friends felt the same way housed inside a dome-shaped building this exhilarating ride dazzled us with a whirlwind of spinning lights and adrenaline pumping speeds it seemed like the perfect Choice except for one thing the dreaded line Not only was it a claustrophobic person's worst nightmare but it almost always guaranteed an agonizing weight of at least an hour on that particular occasion the line stretched so far that it reached one of the neighboring rides about 100 yd away seeing this we all let out exasperated size realizing that we had no choice but to endure the
line before we could move on we figured we might as Well get it out of the way early as the line snaked its way forward we noticed that on the left side where the line extended towards the forest there were shrubs and bushes my friends and I didn't pay much attention to them at first which is why we failed to notice something peculiar until we reached the large sign bearing the ride's name it was Kaden who first spoke up excitement laced with a hint of concern Evident in his voice did you guys see that he
exclaimed pointing in the direction of the forest no what Nick replied glancing over at the bushes curiosity peaked I looked in the same direction there crouched down among the foliage was a person wearing a Jason Vorhees mask initially we found it amusing thinking it was a part of some Halloween themed event or party that the amusement park occasionally hosted in October however it was July a fact that should have raised more suspicion whether it was ignorance or just us being naive kids we chuckled assuming it was some kid playing a harmless prank our attention quickly
returned to the ride and we dismissed the incident as an inconsequential odity we endured the line for a gruelling 2 hours and despite the relatively brief 5minute ride itself it was undeniably worth the wait afterward We decided to grab a bite to eat and enjoy a few more attractions time flew by by and before we knew it it was time to head back to the parking lot where our parents would be waiting unlike other kids who would typically complain we welcomed the idea of leaving as exhaustion started to creep in amusement parks can be quite
demanding navigating through the throngs of people also making their way towards The exit I noticed something out of the corner of my eye a glimpse of that very same Jason or he's mask this time I managed to catch a glimpse of the full figure behind it the person was massive towering at least 6'6 with a build reminiscent of a freight train this man was a behemoth and it became glaringly evident that it wasn't just some kid playing a childish prank subtly urging my friends to Quicken their Pace we hustled toward the Exit as we reached
the dark expanse of the parking lot I finally gathered the courage to share what I had seen I told them what I saw and how big the guy was my voice trembling with a mix of fear and disbelief yeah right Nick responded who was always the skeptic especially when it came to this sort of stuff Kaden however remained silent his Gaze fixated on the park behind us and uneasiness Apparent in his eyes no seriously I insisted my voice growing more urgent as Nick and I engaged in a brief back and forth Kaden's next words cut
through our heated exchange causing us to pause and snap our heads back in the direction of the park little did I know that his Revelation would unleash an unprecedented Terror leaving an indelible mark on my childhood memories guys guys look Kaden screamed his voice Tinged with Terror as he began sprinting toward the parking lot at first all I could see were the masses of people flooding out of the park I didn't understand what had spooked him so profoundly and Nick appeared equally confused then I saw it the Jason Vorhees mask once again this time the
significance of its presence registered in our minds and we bolted in sheer panic the Colossal figure adorned with the mask was hurling towards us at an Alarming speed clutching something in his hand a mysterious cloth that I never had a chance to examine closely we ran as if our lives depended on it eventually catching up to Kaden in the vast expanse of the parking lot together we gasped for breath scanning our surroundings in a frenzied State until we spotted my parents' car with without wasting a second we scrambled inside screaming at them to floor it
although they wore expressions of Bewilderment and concern my dad pressed down on the accelerator propelling us away from that nightmare as swiftly as possible interrogation became the theme of our 1-hour ride back home and it was Nick who mustered the courage to offer brief one-word answers to our parents' Relentless questions in truth all of us were still reeling from the shock struggling to process the enormity of what had just occurred to this day I remained baffled By the man's intentions what was he doing why did he single us out why did he do this with
a ton of people around and what Horrors awaited us if he had managed to close the distance between us I vowed never to return to that specific amusement park Al though I have visited a few others since then nevertheless you can bet your bottom dollar that I always keep a Vigilant eye forever wary of the lurking Shadows for You never know who might be hiding in the darkness waiting to pounce [Applause] this was a handful of years ago I was a new mother and home with my firstborn child he was a couple of weeks old
and it came time for me to get an oil change and a tire rotation from my car instead of sitting in the dealership waiting room for an hour plus I figured this would be a good opportunity to walk Around this Arboretum that wasn't too far away I have been to the Arboretum a handful of times before but this time I noticed a sign for Patriots path this is a paved trail that extends 35 Mi throughout the county the trails are broken down into segments as they are separated by roadways or neighborhoods I would frequent other
parts of the path and never felt uncomfortable in fact it was a nice way to feel connected to Nature while Sometimes encountering other people exercising and doing the same without hesitation I decided to walk the path to kill time I was excited to explore this new to me trail first the path cut through the tall grasses then it curved and increasingly became more of a wooded area this wasn't concerning to me as all the other parts of the trail that I have walked on were exclusively in the woods as I was pushing my newborn in
a Stroller and enjoying my time in nature I came to a fork in the path the other parts of to the trail I have been on was always one path no Forks the right path was on higher ground so I headed that way as I was going the path was getting increasingly difficult for the stroller tree routs broke through the path and it was a rough ride for my baby I wasn't able to keep the pace I was going since I was going significantly slower I looked on my map to see if it included The
path and where it would bring us on the map the left side of the fork traveled along a Waterway so I decided to try that route as I was turning around I saw a man welld dressed slowly strolling towards us I got the stroller free from the tree roots and started towards him he had his phone up to his face as if he was on a phone call but he wasn't talking we got closer I looked at him to give a friendly nod as I usually do and Passing other people he just looked Straight Ahead
expressionless when I was processing that interaction my gut told me something was wrong he was wearing an outfit that I could best describe as business casual most people on the trails earn exercise clothes he wasn't talking at all on his phone that he was holding up to his ear and the other hand he was concealing it He had had it in a rigid position behind his back as if he was carrying something that he didn't want me to see I turned to walk the other path of the fork and convinced myself I was just imagining
things after some more walking I heard the sound of babbling water according to my map app on my phone I thought I should be able to see the Waterway by now and the path should open up to a parking lot I felt like I should see the parking Lot by now when I tried opening the map again my phone wasn't working I was in the woods alone with my baby with no phone access and I just had a strange interaction it was time to turn around and head out of these Woods much to my dismay
there was the man again his face still expressionless his phone still up to his ear he was still not talking And his other hand was still hiding behind his back I felt my heart sink into my stomach and my stomach jump into my throat why did he turn around on the first part of the path why didn't he turn at the fork he was close enough to us for me to realize that he must have turned around soon after we did he must have seen us turned down the other path at the fork all the
alarms in my body were Ringing get out of here when we needed to pass him I started to jog hey I'm wearing the appropriate outfit for a trail that most people used for exercise right maybe my intention was to jog this whole time I didn't stop joging until I was out of the woods and into the Tall Grass I turned to look behind me and luckily my son and I were alone again I jogged some more until there was a large distance between us And the trail we waited in the dealership waiting room for the
rest of the time they were working on my car I did go back to the Arboretum after that but I haven't ventured down that section of the trail ever again now maybe this was just a regular businessman nothing happened between me and this man and maybe nothing was going to happen but personally I would rather go for an Unplanned jog than ignore my gut Instinct and find [Applause] out this took place around the fall of 2020 around late October one night three of my friends and I Nate Charlie and Jordan decided to meet up at
a local park around midnight just located within in my friend Jordan's neighborhood to have one of our Relentless hot boxing smoke sessions since this was our senior year Of high school and with the pandemic and political animosity going on at the time like many other kids we were basically stuck at home for the most part attending online classes and barely getting out of our houses since most public places were closed because of this we all ended up smoking to kill time so having these HotBox sessions wasn't n anything new to us since we've been smoking
since August of that same Year I recently stopped smoking altogether due to unrelated issues but I digress back to the story about an hour after our smoke session the four of us reluctantly agreed to start driving out of the park and around town for a while with my friend Jordan being the driver Nate in the front passenger seat with Charlie and I in the back 20 minutes into our Drive being the intoxicated idiots that we were having the windows cracked we decided to put on Dead Space Ambience music as we were making our way out
of a residential area and onto a two- main road that led out into the rural part of town to give you an idea of the scenery we were driving through one of those semi- rural suburban neighborhoods you would find in the middle of nowhere for those of you that live in the rural south or the Midwest you know what I'm talking about since it was completely pitch black and we were Practically in the middle of nowhere bumping creepy ambient music while approaching a dimly lit intersection it began to give off an eerie lional vibe that
was kind of fitting for the season as we approached the intersection my mind began to Green out and race about the unknown Beyond The Darkness that enshrined our surroundings it would be terrifying if we found a humanoid like a wend too or something right now At that point we had reached the intersection and since I was looking to my left I immediately noticed a figure emerging out of the pitch black as the figure got under the street light I realized that what I was looking at was a woman in pigtails dressed in a really classy
clean outfit with a tan blouse and high heels I instinctively sobered up and took this as a bad sign from all the stories I've heard and just knew Something was wrong because who would be out here at 1:00 a.m. in a classy outfit in the middle of nowhere in a matter of seconds my worst fear came to life as this woman began to approach the car and I really didn't want any of us taking any chances with this woman I started to freak out and told my buddy Jordan there's a woman coming turn the car
now our friend Nate noticed a second figure dressed in all black slowly Emerged from the rear end of the car car just about 15 ft away from our right side slowly approaching this only instilled more fear in all of us about the situation Charlie instantly caught on and saw what we were seeing as this woman practically began running at us screaming please stop help me Charlie then began aggressively slapping Jordan's shoulder in a panic shouting Jordan turn the car now Jordan still zooted off the wheel Was confused for a split second before he saw that
this woman and the Man in Black were mere feet from the car in a panic he yelled oh my God he peeled out to the right and in the opposite direction from where this woman and the man came running from we all sobered up a bit being so creeped out and confused as to what just happened but we laughed it off because of how intoxicated we all still were needless to say we still question why The woman was running at us screaming and what exactly the intentions were from both of them especially the man dressed
in all black behind the car my morbid curiosity gets the better of me sometimes and I would like some theories as to what could have happened to all four of us during that night let me know in the comments below I was about 8 years old when this happened so that would make my brother 15 he was supposed to be babysitting me But instead went over to his friend's house who lived about a mile away I was okay with this about an hour after he's gone the phone rings I go into the kitchen to answer
it on the other line a deep and raspy voice says Nolan this is the devil and I'm coming to get you and then hangs up I wasn't a complete idiot my brother always tormented me and he wasn't home I put two and two together and I knew that it Was him just being a jerk about 30 seconds pass and the phone rings again Nolan this is the devil I see you I said something like yeah Jack I know it's you looking back at it now what transpired feels like a real life version of the opening
of scream this was 1991 so well before that movie came out over the course of about 20 minutes The same thing keeps happening no l this is the devil I'm coming for you and I would reply saying that I knew that it was my brother the intensity picked up and a tiny sliver of Doubt began to creep over me that maybe just maybe it wasn't my brother so I called Mike's house to yell at my brother I got a hold of Jack and told Him to stop it he downplayed what I was saying and told
me not to worry about about it just a prank then he tells me to call him back if it happens again it felt sincere now I'm getting a little worried but was still pretty confident Jack was just being an a-hole sure enough a minute or two later this is the devil I don't know why I kept answering the phone but my mom was a busy realtor And I was trained to always answer and take a message she even had one of those mobile phones even prior to those thick gray brick ones it was corded and
built into her car I say all this because we had two lines at home this being a few years before the AOL boom so it was pretty rare for other households to have a second line I knew this because none of my other friends had a second line call waiting sure but not a second line again the phone own rings and the Devil starts saying his thing and I just burst out it's not even funny Jack just stop just cut it then a beep on the line someone else was calling I answer the other line
and my blood ran cold it was my brother Jack checking on me Mike didn't have a second line I suddenly became a blubbering mess the next part is a blur this was in Minnesota during the middle of a heavy blizzard the next Thing I know I'm running down the street with no jacket on and snow in my boots because I was too panicked to lace them up it's not easy running in the snow but I didn't stop until I was about a block away from Mike's house there I see my brother and Mike leaving the
house looking a little confused to see me then in evil grin broke out on his face as it turns out Mike's family did have a second line the whole thing was so stupid I Knew it was Jack the whole time it had to be but I assumed it was Jack doing the stupid voice not his friend so that second line calling in while I was talking to the devil suddenly threw my 8-year-old sensibilities into the blender the whole thing went down into the lore of some of the top tier torment that my brother inflicted on
Me growing up right up there with hanging me by my underwear from the window sill just high enough so the tips of my toes couldn't Touch the floor or burrito wrapping me in the gym mat and duct taping it so I could not get out thanks Jack [Applause] I would like to start off by saying I don't know what I have gone through I still question myself what I have been through that night until this day my mind is still hazy and has a lot of unanswered questions but I guess I will never figure that
out will I I live in India for more specifics I live in West Bang I'm not going to share in which part of West bangal I live because I don't want people hunting stuff down this case was not very newsworthy anyway none except the neighbors of the apartment complex know about this in West Bengal the coming of autumn is marked by a festival called durap Pua there are 10 days where we celebrate the coming of Autumn and it's the season where we worship the Mother of all the idols in the Hindu religion Durga more famously
in India known as ma Durga I remember me and my family being super excited and we were to celebrate these 10 days with no studying just enjoying ourselves thoroughly since it's the only time in a year where we can relax on the seventh day of Durga Pua my mother wasn't really satisfied with the enjoyment we had in our complex so I proposed that we could go outside and Watch the other pandals which are clothed temples with bamboos made for the idol to be placed there for 10 days we set out at 12:00 midnight this was
the time when people came out to see the pandals since they could get really crowded with people in the evening plus we didn't want to miss our complex functions we set out in our car and went to different places enjoying stuff it was around 2: in the morning when we entered through the gate of our Apartment I would like to avoid the confusion that no such security guard remained under every Tower after midnight all of them are out of order except for three guards who would be sitting out dozing off not doing their job at
the main entrance of the gate we did have really good security but after midnight everything just gets loose we entered the main gate to be shoot off by two guards sleepily suddenly out of the corner of My eye I see a man an elderly man who was kind of scrawny I had a bad hunch on seeing him because his attire was something that would catch the eye of anybody he wore a golden shirwani with white pants but he had a cotton gamcha or a very thin piece of bright red cloth with patterns which would be
used by a lot of people in India to dry themselves off after a shower he was wearing glasses and had a long white beard which made him look Even more suspicious he was walking by the entrance of our car and I noticed that he had his hands behind his back I could also see that he was carrying something which was shining under the lamp post that he was walking through this sent shivers down my spine as I told my mom jokingly should I be concerned that this man has a pumpkin knife in the dead of
night since the knife I thought he had behind his back was a pumpkin knife used Specifically in vegetabl shops my mom paled all of a sudden at the thought while my dad started laughing my mom shushed him down and asked where I had seen the man my dad parked the car in our parking lot as we got out of the car and I saw the man again walking freely inside the complex through the roads which connected each apartment our apartment complex is huge and we had certain roads which could Lead to one Tower or another
my mom caught sight of the man and started walking boldly behind him we hid behind another car to run back to our apartment once the coast was clear my mother suddenly backed off track and walked to our apartment she met us at the ground floor of the apartment and she confirmed my suspicions she didn't want to call the police because she thought this might go two ways and that we could be Wrong he might also just be a laborer in the near construction site and he was just there looking at stuff I had a bad
feeling in my stomach but since there was no security we couldn't really convey our worries to anybody while we were in the elevator to reach our floor my mom told me that the man stood in the intersection on the road after a few meters in the road you come to the intersection if you go left there is the back gate where there are No security guards and that gate is closed after 10: p.m. if you go right there would be more roads which would lead you to more Towers the man stood there at the intersection
not knowing what to do and my mom told us to hurry before he could look back the most spine chilling part was what we learned the next day The Eighth Day of the festival that one of the women in the tower had died she was 40 years old she was fine she had no complications in her age but Then we found out that she was murdered in her bed bed and the door lock was burnt to ashes we were told no more details until one of her sons confirmed our worst fears the weapon used to
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