9 "The Rake" | Creepypasta Storytime

during the summer of 2003 events in the northeastern United States involving a strange humanlike creature sparked brief local media interest before an apparent blackout was enacted little to no information was left intact as most online and written accounts of the creature were mysteriously destroyed primarily focused on Rural New York State and once found in Idaho self-proclaimed Witnesses told stories of their encounters with a creature of Unknown Origin emotions ranged from extremely traumatic levels of fright and discomfort to an almost childlike sense of playfulness and curiosity while their published versions are no longer on record the memories remained powerful several of the involved parties began looking for answers that year in early 2006 the collaboration had accumulated nearly two dozen documents dating between the 12th century and present day spanning four continents in almost all cases the stories were identical I've been in contact with a member of this group I was able to get some excerpts from their upcoming book a suicide note 1964 as I prepared to take my life I feel it necessary to assuage my guilt or pain I feel it necessary to assuage my guilt or pain I have introduced through this act it is not the fault of anyone other than him for once I awoke and felt his presence and once I awoke and saw his form once again I awoke and heard his voice and looked into his eyes I cannot sleep without fear what I might next awake to experience I cannot ever wake goodbye found in the same wooden box were two empty envelopes addressed to William and Rose and one loose personal letter with no envelope dearest Lyn I have prayed for you he spoke your name a journal entry translated from Spanish 1880 I've experienced the greatest Terror I experienced the greatest Terror I've experienced the greatest Terror I see his eyes when I close mine they're Hollow black they saw me and pierced me his wet hand I'll not sleep his voice a Mariner's log 1691 he came to me in my sleep from the foot of my bed I felt a sensation he took everything he must return to England we shall not come here again at the request of the rake from witness in 2006 three years ago I had just returned from a trip to Niagara Falls with my family for the 4th of July we were all very exhausted after a long day of driving so my husband and I put the kid straight to bed and called in a night at about 4:00 a. m. I woke up thinking my husband had gotten up to use the restroom I used the moment to steal back the sheets only to wake him in the process I apologized and told him I thought that he was out of bed when he turned to face me he gasped pulled his feet up from the end of the bed so quickly his knee almost knocked me out of the bed he then grabbed me and said nothing after adjusting to the dark for a half second I was able to see what caused the strange reaction at the foot of the bed sitting and facing away from us was what appeared to be a naked man or a large hairless dog of some sort sort its body position was disturbing and unnatural as if it had been hit by a car or something for some reason I was not instantly frightened by it but more concerned as to its condition at this point I was somewhat under the assumption that we were supposed to help him my husband was peering over his arm and knee tucked into the fetal position occasionally glancing at me before returning to the creature in a flurry of motion scrambled around the side of the bed and then crawled quickly in a flailing sort of way right along the covers until it was less than a foot from my husband's face it was completely silent for about 30 seconds probably closer to 5 but it seemed like a while and just looked at my husband it then placed its hand on his knee and ran into the hallway leading to the kids's room I I screamed I ran for the light switch planning to stop this thing before I hurt my children when I got to the hallway the light from the bedroom was enough to see it crouched and hunched over about 20 ft away it turned around and looked directly at me covered in blood I flipped the switch on the wall and saw my daughter Clara the creature ran down the stairs as my husband and I rushed to help our daughter she was badly injured spoke only once more in her short life she said he's the rake my my husband drove his car into a lake that night while rushing our daughter to the hospital they didn't survive being small town news got around pretty quick the police were helpful at first and the local newspaper took a lot of interest as well however the story was never published and the local television news never followed up either for several months my son Justin and I stayed in a hotel near my parents house after we decided to return home I began looking for answers myself I eventually located a man in the next town over who had a similar story we got in contact talked about our experiences he knew of two other people in New York who had seen the creature that we now refer to as the rake they took the four of us two solid years of hunting on the internet and writing letters to come up with a small collection of what we believe to be accounts of the rake none of them gave any details history or followup one Journal held an entry involving the creature in its first three pages then never mention it again the ship's log explained nothing of the encounter saying only that they were told to leave by The Rake that was the last entry on the log there were however many instances where the creatur's visits was one of a series of visits with the same person multiple people also mentioned being spoken to my daughter included this led to wonder if the rake had visited any of us before our last encounter I set up a digital recorder next to my bed left it running all night every night for 2 weeks I would tediously scann through the sounds of me rolling around in my bed each day when I woke up by the end of the second week I was quite used to the occas sound of sleep while blurring through the recordings eight times the normal speed it still took almost an hour on the first day of the third week I thought I heard something different but I found was a shrill voice it was the rake you can't listen to it long enough to even begin to transcribe it I haven't let anyone listen to it yet all I know is that I've heard it before and I don't believe that it spoke when it was sitting in front of my husband I don't remember hearing anything at the time but for some reason the voice on the recorder immediately brings me back to that moment thoughts that might have gone through my daughter's head made me very upset I haven't seen the rake since he ruined my life but I know that he's been in my room while I slept I know and I fear that one night I'll wake up to see him staring at me [Music] I'm not a Paranormal Investigator I'm an author we looking for inspiration for a book I came across a series of stories surrounding a home in the American Pacific Northwest it's an extremely ordinary looking house and an extremely ordinary looking residential neighborhood but the stories that have emanated from its former residents and the people who live in the town that it's located in are quite extraordinary through my research of the house on W Lane I've come across accounts that range from the supernatural to just plain bizarre in order to protect the privacy of the people in the town and the current inhabitants of the house on W Lane I've have not only changed the name of everyone in these stories but the name of the street as well Wendel Lane is just an alias for the true location of these accounts Daniel Huff is a Drfter who's been described as dangerous and unbalanced he is currently wanted for the murder of his wife Margaret 7 years ago she was allegedly thrown from the top of their apartment complex Daniel who was the only witness claimed that she jumped but disappeared shortly after investigation was launched he's been sad to turn up at the funerals of suicide victims making strange claims and ask asking family members about the circumstances surrounding their loved ones deaths in March of this year an anonymous tip LED police to a hotel room he had rented in Portsmith Rhode Island he was not present but many of his belongings were recovered the following is an excerpt from his audio Journal it involves a former resident of the house on W Lane the case he references is very public so the important names have been edited out in order to prevent people from digging into the house and learning its true location Margaret it's been 7 years and every morning when I wake up I still roll over and expecting to see you there lying next to me this swear used to Glow in the morning it isn't fair what happened it isn't right with it that thing did do you I'm going to make it pay though promise you I'm going to make it pay things have been quiet for about 6 months thought the trail had run cold but 5 weeks ago a story started getting picked up by media circles and I thought it sounded like our friend was back a woman in recently headlines for the murder of her 8-year-old daughter her defense attorney was lobbying hard for an insanity police and she claims to be suffering from a total loss of memory in the hours surrounding her daughter's death this situation specific Amnesia might sound all too convenient but her story did share some common elements with the other cases I've looked into so I've decided to dig a Little Deeper I was glad I did because what I found was exactly the kind of break I've been waiting for a clinical psychologist was assigned to the case in order to assess her mental faculties he performed many tests during his examination and did eventually concluded that her Insanity plea did carry Merit during his testimony he cited the hypnotherapy sessions he performed on her as one of the things that swayed his decision I was able to obtain a copy of one of these sessions after breaking into his office and after listening to it my suspicions were confirmed damn things reared its ugly head again and ruined yet another person's life still it's It's Curious this happened on the other side of the country it's been my thinking that it it only seemed to look around the Northeast since every single incident that's ever been reported has come out of New England here it is turning up in strange it could be another Factor at play here I've looked into the place and though this is the only incident regarding the creature I've been hunting the house itself I don't know it seems I have a history of Paranormal Activity maybe some places are just magnets for these types of things I don't know I don't really care all that matters is that I find this thing and I put it down play the recording I've obtained Margaret Margaret if if you can hear it I I know you'd be pleased it's back and I feel like I'm closer to it than ever so you had heard the stories no i' hadn't heard any of the stories about the house until after Lily and I moved in I actually first heard about it through her she came crying home from school one day because the kids found out where she lived and we teasing her about it what do they say the kid say it was haunted do you believe that is that why you're here no I I don't think it's haunted I mean I don't know but I think it I think it's something else you said you heard other stories yeah a guy I work with lived in the town his whole life he had at least a dozen different stories he's heard over the years my neighbor's teenage daughter wouldn't babysit Lily unless she came over to her house so are you ready to begin the hypnotherapy session yeah I'm ready doctor I'm going to fast forward the audio here the doctor spends about like 20 minutes getting her in the right state of mind it isn't important the audio will pick back up at the good stuff I always thought hypnosis was [ __ ] but whatever he did seemed to work cuz doesn't really sound like herself anymore it's like she's been sedated like she's know takeing a bunch of morphine or something please tell me your name my name is Jean very good I want you to listen to me pay attention to my questions answer them the best of your ability you're back in the house now right before Lily died tell me what you see it's it's late I'm looking at the digital clock on the DVD player it's 2:22 a.

m. you can't sleep no I tried earlier but something didn't feel right I've never felt so uncomfortable in my own bed before so what do you do you watch TV yes but nothing is on still it feels better than lying in bed where is Lily I put her to bed hours ago she cried when I tucked her in and why was she crying she said that she saw a monster in her room last night she was scared I told her that if she gets scared she can hide under her blanket and that no monster can get her there so you're watching TV you look at the the clock it says 222 then what I hear a noise coming from Lily's room a noise what kind of noise like a thud no like an animal or a man I don't know it sounds like a person growling like if a person was doing an impression of what an angry dog might sound like could it be Lily I don't think Lily can make this noise she's only eight and this voice has too much base in it for a little girl I'm scared what happens next as I approach the door the noise gets louder I opened the door and what do you see it's Lily she's standing in the middle of her room with her lavender floral print blanket draped over her head it's oversized and she's just a little girl so it covers her whole body and drapes across the floor I think she's facing the closet the noise is coming from her has Lily ever done anything like this before no what happens next I call her name I'm so nervous that my voice barely escapes as a whisper she stops making that snarling noise and turns in my direction Lily I say a little louder what are you doing then I hear Lily's voice it's barely a able mommy it sends shivers down my spine because it's not coming from the blanket Lily's voice isn't coming from the blanket where is it coming from then from her closet I tiptoe around the mound in the middle of the room I keep my eyes on it the whole time it doesn't move but it begins growling again it's louder this time my heart is racing a million miles an hour I feel like it's going to jump out of my chest I get to the closet and open the door and Lily is sitting behind it she's been crying I pick her up in my arms she buries her head in my shoulder something else is in the room with you and Lily and it's it's it's under the blanket yes I'm not fully grasping it until just now I'm praying in my head that whatever is under Lily's blanket doesn't come out it's still growling the noise is getting louder and now I know I have to go back around it to get to the door what is Lily doing she is crying holding me tight and what happens next I start to move slowly for the door but but it begins to shift under the blanket I feel like my legs are frozen frozen half too scared to move I'm scared but I don't know I I just can't move then it shows itself to me it comes out from under the blanket and it it's it's terrible it it's a monster there's no other way to describe it it has big black eyes and long sharp fingers it skin is yellow its mouth it's just it's it's it's awful it's the most awful thing I've ever seen you still can't move my whole body feels like a statue he's begging me to run but I can't it it moves like an animal stalking us on all fours but in my heart I know it's it's not me that it wants it's her it wants Lily yes yes it snaks its way right up to us but it's completely ignoring me now and I'm not sure if it ever really cared I was there I realize now I can't talk god why can't I talk I'm I'm paralyzed Lily scared staring right into her eyes extends a finger and scratches her on the cheek I I want to scream but I can't I'm helpless this thing just made my baby bleed I think we want to watch as it tortures her but after that it it just it it leaves it it leaves where does it go out the [Music] window I can move again after that I I carry Lily into the kitchen I put her on the counter so I can dial the police is she still crying no no she's she's catatonic I'm terrified so I can I can't imagine how she must be feeling when I finally get the operator I tell her what happened but she doesn't believe me she asks if I'm on any medication and what happens [Music] next I remember the windows unlocked in Lily's bedroom so I head back in there to make sure the thing hasn't returned and it it isn't back I lock the window and as I'm doing this I'm trying to convince the damn dispatcher to send the police over to my house and then I go back into the kitchen Lily is standing there with a with a carving knife she has it pointed towards her stomach she's she looks at me except she's not looking at me she's she she's looking through me and her eyes are glassy and glazed over and again I'm frozen even though I locked the window I can I can feel that thing's presence in the room I can't move I I want to go to her but I can't something's not letting me she she she drives the knife into her stomach she does it again and again and again and it's it's terrible and when she's done she falls to the floor and her face is white so much blood so much blood all over the floor I'm in shock all I could do is stare at her right before she shuts her eyes and she Whispers something to me it's barely audible but I'm able to hear it what does she say she says he is The Rake uh hey guys you know I I made a video game so uh megabyte games is me and general drown and uh we're trying to make a couple video games together if you guys would like to see what games those are check out midnight myths it's on my itch. io MrCreepy pasta.

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