[Music] walking with eyes closed allow me to recount a hair raising Supernatural event I personally experienced I can't recall the exact year or day but It Happened One early morning when I was in the fourth or fifth grade of elementary school at that time my family was not well off so I had to wake up Before Dawn to embark on the long journey to school the path I took was winding and twisted sometimes passing by someone's front door other times you couldn't see a single house for minutes on end
unknown to my parents I was extremely timid from a young age as I never mentioned it to them they naturally thought I wasn't scared despite their hard work to provide a better life for me I had to walk to and from school by myself since first or second grade as there were no other children my age nearby the closest kids were a neighbor's son 3 years younger than me and a daughter one year older but two grades above me among my classmates my home was the farthest down this secluded path often me
aning I had to walk alone something I was very afraid of as a child I was afraid of encountering snakes on the path during summer and I dreaded the fork in the road that led to school One path was a long open road with no houses in sight the other a shortcut winding past each household's front door I often hesitated not because I was was embarrassed to walk past people's homes but because the shortcut meant potentially dealing with dogs if Lucky the dogs were tethered and you could pass by safel
y if not you might round a corner to find a dog lying in your path its leash sprawled across the ground in such cases I had no choice but to run hoping to escape before it noticed me the gamble of the shortcut was dozens of dogs and unfortunately I experienced being chased and even bitten now as an adult I Fear The Silence of winter nights and the sound of the wind howling through the forest sometimes sounding like Angry shouts other times like sorrowful weeping walking along that seemingly endl
ess path alone with no street lights and no visible houses knowing my parents were waiting for me at home I would hum songs to myself to be less afraid despite my caution the most terrifying experience occurred right in front of my own home sorry I've digressed a bit I have many stories and thoughts I want to share especially about my childhood but let's focus on this particular experience it was a summer morning and I had to leave for school Before Dawn half asleep I stepped out the door and do
wn the stone steps when suddenly a bold idea crossed my mind walking with my eyes closed however only a few steps in something felt terribly wrong I felt one foot solidly hit the ground and the next step was into emptiness panicked I quickly opened my eyes and steadied myself just in time to prevent falling into the river how could I unknowingly walk towards the riverbank which even with eyes open would require dozens of steps from my front door this made my skin crawl I didn't dare think furthe
r and ran all the way to school it's only in the face of the unknown that one feels truly unsettled and that morning I was filled with unease and fear that night after school I remained troubled by the incident walking back and forth from my house to the riverbank with my eyes open confirming it was impossible to have reached it with my eyes closed in just a few steps but why I arrived there with my eyes closed after only a few steps I couldn't explain and didn't dare to investigate further by m
idnight I started running a high fever and no amount of medicine or injections from the clinic could help I burned with fever for 3 days until my parents took me to see a local healer overnight miraculously I recovered the next day though I never understood how cured me my mother mentioned something about burning paper and drinking Ash infused water as part of the treatment believing my fever was caused by fright years later I've only shared this story with two people one of them is my partner a
strong and understanding woman despite my efforts to show and explain everything that happened that day I could sense that while she was captivated by my story deep down she still harbored doubts this isn't surprising as truly understanding someone's fear and experiences requires empathy beyond words I don't know if you'll believe all this but believe me everyone Harbors some unknown stories in their heart just as I'm sharing this one with you now cold [Music] Abyss on a dark summer night my fa
ther shared with me a spine chilling true experience it was a terrifying encounter he had when he was 18 years old at that time it was common for young people to start working early by 18 my father was already a diligent worker well-versed in life's challenges he was a young man brimming with energy passionate about various physical activities especially swimming in his hometown there was a place known to locals as ghost Lake where the waters were clear to the bottom yet always carried an inexpl
icable chill and a hint of mystery and as the afternoon sun began to slant my father would head to the lake with his friends immersing themselves in the Aquatic world to escape the mundane clamor during one diving Adventure my father accidentally stepped on something unusually soft and cold the murky Waters obscured his vision so he called over his friends to help haul this mysterious object to shore to their horror they discovered it was a bloated unrecognizable corpse a scene straight out of a
horror movie that sent them scattering in panic knowing such a matter couldn't be left unresolved my father decided to report the incident to the police leaving the ensuing matters in the hands of the law that night as my father made his way home the Moonlight seemed feeble behind him and he felt an Indescribable heaviness as if an invisible force was pulling at every step the ancient family house overshadowed by a taller building seemed Trapped In Perpetual gloom and dampness adding to my fath
er's already heavy heart upon arriving home my father didn't touch any food and went straight to bed falling into a deep sleep seeing this his grandfather thought he was merely exhausted and did not disturb him opting to rest early himself however the Tranquility of the night was shattered by sudden noises of my father trying to open the locked door mumbling repeatedly I must go after witnessing these Strange Behaviors a few times his grandfather began to suspect that something unclean was posse
ssing my father as these nocturnal episodes recurred my father's actions became increasingly bizarre he would make odd gestures towards the family's water tank as if communicating with unseen entities on one alarming occasion he nearly jumped into the tank but fortunately his grandfather intervened in time back then people's understanding and handling of supernatural phenomena were vastly different from today to rid my father of this terrifying entanglement a well-known local medium was summoned
she was a woman Adept at healing and protection through ancient rituals and prayers her methods shrouded in mystery yet widely accepted within the community on a night filled with ritualistic Ambiance she set up a small altar at The house's entrance and burned papers symbolizing purification and protection as my father attempted to cross the threshold he found himself unable to move forward as if an invisible wall was blocking his path the medium gently applied a special mixture to my father's
forehead head a substance symbolizing purification and protection in Western Traditions subsequently my father passed out Awakening later with the oppressive feeling gone as if everything that had happened was but a dream it was said that the unfortunate soul had once met a tragic Fate by the lake dragged into the waters by an unseen force and had lingered there ever since this experience not only exhausted my father physically and mentally but also deeply impressed upon him that some elements i
n the Unseen World should not be taken lightly whenever he recounts this tale he does so with an almost reverential caution reminding us to approach the unknown with respect and Prudence hide and seek I was born in the early 1990s in a rural area of Pennsylvania USA it's well known that kids in the countryside often play in a more free and Wild manner back then the power supply in the countryside was tight at night often cutting off from 4: in the afternoon until after midnight this period coinc
ided with our return home from school in dinner time and we could almost finish our homework before the sun set around 7:30 to 8:00 at night with a lack of entertainment in the countryside people would usually Gather in the street after dinner the women would chat together until after midnight before going to sleep and us kids would play in the streets to our hearts content this incident occurred against such a backdrop looking back now it feels incredibly surreal the Fright at the time made my
memory particularly hazy as if watching someone else through a mirror giving a sense of displacement I remember it was a very comfortable summer evening I was about 8 or 9 years old after dinner my classmates and I were running around in the street the adults too busy chatting to pay much attention to us as it got dark we could barely see each other's outlines unable to tell who was who without speaking it's unclear who suggested playing hideand-seek but after a few rounds it was my classmates's
younger brother's turn to be it his sister and I hid on either side of their House's door me on one side she on the other after hiding I sneakily glanced her way feeling like there were two people hiding beside her however since the game had already started I didn't think much of it soon we were all found but her brother saw her from a distance and unable to keep quiet immediately shouted sis come out I see you who's behind you I see you too come out don't try to cheat both she and I came out t
hinking he was calling to me so I followed suit we didn't dwell on it at the time after he found a few more people the game ended and by the rules the first person found had to be it in the next round next it was her turn to be it and the rest of us began to hide her brother followed me asking why were you two so silly hiding together I replied no it was just me by myself and her by herself besides that spot by the door is too small for two people to hide while I was still hiding I suddenly hear
d her sister crying very loudly her brother and I puzzled looked at her crying alone and ran over to see why the adults noticed too thinking we were fighting she said her arm hurt it really hurts it really hurts her mom came over to ask what happened and she explained that while hiding she felt someone grab her arm which didn't hurt much at first but now was very painful her mom was confused asking me who had grabbed her but I had no idea since we were hiding separately and I hadn't touched her
before I could finish she told her mom she couldn't lift her arm because it hurt so much her brother also started to hurt leading to bouts of crying and screaming their mom looking worried said they needed to see a doctor at the clinic as we were about to leave both of them were writhing in pain on the ground screaming about their stomachs hurting their cries of Agony were piercing and frightening seeing the situation was serious everyone prepared to call a doctor but just as we were about to le
ave she and her brother suddenly stopped crying the adults quickly carried them home where both seemed lifeless their chests showing no signs of breathing her mom started crying and an experienced old lady suggested that the they might have bumped into something meaning they encountered a ghost in our area I was young at the time watching the adults cry and panic feeling both mystified and scared her mom then asked me where were you playing just now did you see anything I was so panicked I could
hardly remember anything her mom urged me to say anything I saw not to leave anything out I recounted the events in full not fully understanding the concept of ghosts at that time the old lady then suggested calling her grandmother a well-known witch in our area who usually worked at the funeral home applying makeup to the deceased my mom had always forbidden me from playing at her house around 10:00 at night her mom brought her grandmother to our house upon entering her grandmother immediately
said the doorstep needed to be removed then went to see her and her brother by then both were unconscious their mom worried and scared her face pale lips trembling her grandmother instructed their dad to bring the children's usual bowls a kitchen knife paper money mug wart and freshly drawn well water she poured a mouthful of well water into each child's Bowl had them drink it then overturned the bowls and split them in half with the knife lightly cutting their collars with the knife afterward
they stopped crying and fussing in less than 5 minutes their breathing stabilized and they stopped complaining of pain falling into a deep sleep the family then burned the paper money and mug wart at home afterwards they had us onlookers leave hitting our bodies with mug wart and instructing us to wash our hands at the doorstep before going home the next day her mom came to our house to thank us for our help and said she had made some delicious food delivering a bowl of meat to each household af
ter arriving she started talking about the previous day's events I was sitting nearby doing homework Eaves dropping on their conversation she mentioned how fortunate it was that her grandmother arrived red in time otherwise the children might not have been saved it turns out that playing the previous day had attracted a ghost's attention the ghost was possibly one of their uncles who about a month earlier had been crushed to death by a train while working on the railway his arm severed and his i
nternal organs shattered since he was buried without all his organs his stomach was filled with cotton he had come to visit his family and wanted to take the children with him leading to the incident my mom asked how they knew it was was their Uncle her mom said that after we left the previous night the children woke up in the middle of the night saying they had dreamt their uncle was playing with them taking them to his house but when they arrived at their uncle's house they found everything wa
s made of paper they heard someone calling them outside and upon going out they woke up her grandmother said it was their Uncle missing them he had loved them the most well alive and they had not attended his funeral now he wanted them by his side hearing this her M cried since then I rarely played at their house perhaps out of fear this is the story of my experience although my retelling may be a bit rambling and might not sound as scary it's something I personally went through only those who h
ave experienced it can truly understand the fear and incredulity it brings [Music] uninvited a few days ago was the eve of Halloween recognized in Western countries as the night when Spirits are most active during a leisurely afternoon tea my friends and I sat around sharing some hair raising stories among these I recounted a personal experience despite being educated in a scientific mindset I'm reluctant to believe in the Supernatural yet I couldn't find a logical explanation for this particula
r incident this event took place in 2009 right when I had just started my career the lease on the apartment I shared with a colleague was about to expire when my colleague moved to another city for a job opportunity I couldn't afford the rent on my own and temporarily moved in with my boyfriend Ethan we both worked at the same company he in the international department and I in the domestic marketing department Ethan's rented apartment was conveniently close to our workplace it was a three-bedro
om flat with one room for Ethan one for our roommate and one for me at that time Ethan and I had just started our relationship and were not living together yet so we kept our separate rooms the apartment was in an old neighborhood previously designated for City committee officials featuring a pleasant environment and comprehensive facilities nothing seemed a miss when I first moved in Ethan often worked late so coming home around 8 or 9:00 was the norm for him and sometimes even later when he wa
s chasing deadlines since I finished work earlier I'd usually watch TV on the sofa after dinner waiting for him to come home often falling asleep there however as time went by things started to feel a bit off on nights when Ethan was working late to meet month-end targets I'd fall asleep on the couch and have a recurring dream in the dream a group of people would suddenly enter our home acting as as though they were very familiar with me enthusiastically chatting and saying let's go we need to h
urry or we'll be late they would even try to pull me along as if there was some urgent matter that needed immediate attention Strangely I didn't recognize any of these seemingly familiar faces I felt an intense fear and resistance lying on the sofa trying hard not to open my eyes or look at them hoping to use my body's weight to resist their pulling often whil struggling a loud bang would suddenly occur and all the people around me would vanish and I'd open my eyes Ethan had come home and the no
ise was him opening the door this dream would recur every few weeks with the most extreme instance being pulled into midair I tried to turn around wanting to lie back on the sofa but I caught a glimpse from the corner of my eye that I was still lying there peacefully at that moment an overwhelming fear gripped me if I was still on the sofa then who was this in midair after researching extensively online most explanations suggested the phenomenon was akin to sleep paralysis where the body and Con
sciousness do not wake up simultaneously I shared these experiences with Ethan who half jokingly asked if I'd been watching too many horror movies and even suggested I accompany him on his late night shifts I did join him a few times but couldn't keep up due to fatigue and inconvenience when his department head was present subsequently two unsettling incidents convinced me Beyond a doubt that we had to move out one evening in September Ethan caught a cold and had a fever I went to a clinic outsi
de our neighborhood to get him some medicine it was dark and perhaps due to unfamiliarity with the area I mistakenly walked towards a different building that unlike ours had no storage sheds in front realizing my akake and turning to head back I noticed the ground felt uneven as if sloping that's when I saw it was pitch dark and the street lights were off taking out my phone to use the flashlight I was shocked to my core in front of me was a small round mound of Earth a grave I ran back home as
fast as I could completing what would normally be a few minutes walk in mere seconds upon arrival I slammed the door shut and without waiting for Ethan to ask breathlessly exclaimed we can't live here there's a grave in the yard Ethan half concerned and half amused checked my forehead joking are you the one with a fever or is it me looks like we both need some of this fever reducer I recounted my experience in detail and Ethan suggested we check it out the next day thinking perhaps the darkness
had deceived my ease after a virtually sleepless night I reluctantly agreed to revisit the spot in broad daylight hiding behind Ethan to our astonishment the area where I had seen the mound was now completely flat see you scared yourself for nothing Ethan reassured me you must have seen it wrong maybe it was something someone left there temporarily I began to doubt myself was it really just my imagination less than a month later right before the national day holiday our company organized a lunch
Gathering running a bit late our roommate suggested a shortcut that would get us there faster Ethan and I followed him towards the south end of our neighborhood curious I asked is there a South exit to this neighborhood he explained no there's a vegetable garden to the South it was supposed to be developed into a green space but the older residents turned it into a garden instead approaching the neighborhood's Southern Wall which was quite low we noticed a few steps that likely facilitated Gard
ener's access I easily climbed up finding myself in an open area with several small vegetable patches but at the edge of one Garden amid overgrown weeds lay a grave this time I was absolutely certain of what I saw I dragged Ethan over to show him insisting this is No Illusion or hallucination Ethan seemed bewildered our roommate oblivious to my agitation quipped is it really that big of a deal it's just a few Graves I urged everyone to leave immediately at lunch Ethan briefly mentioned my encoun
ters to our colleagues who were initially puzzled but soon showed excitement and curiosity bombarding me with questions is it really true did you make up this story how do you explain it did you run into a ghost why haven't I ever encountered something like this did you do something wrong their curiosity and thirst for knowledge left me sighing in resignation there were no further terrifying developments after these incidents once the national day holiday was over I moved out quickly and there w
ere no more occurrences thereafter over the years whenever I recall this episode I wonder what would have happened if those famili amiliar yet unknown people had actually taken me away perhaps there are indeed things in this world that defy explanation yet exist all the same Escape From A Nightmare on a cold night sprinkled with stars as I curled up by the firplace surrounded by The Faint glow of the fire and dancing Shadows I want to share a story with you this is not just any Tale But a person
al Adventure filled with unresolved Mysteries and profound family secrets my father was the youngest of five children in a large family their father my grandfather passed away when my father was still a youth leaving a void that my elders had to fill in this web of responsibility and tradition the eldest brother whom I refer to as my uncle naturally assumed the role of the invisible head of the family my grandmother a woman shaped by stringent gender biases lived with my uncle my memories of her
are always tinged with coldness and distance as if her presence was an insurmountable Chasm one day a seemingly minor incident revealed the subtle Dynamics within our family my uncle's family had to go out entrusting me with the temporary custody of their house keys at the time I was just an innocent child soon my grandmother approached me attempting to exchange a piece of candy she had for the Keys her intention was clear but even in my youth I felt uncomfortable and chose to run away avoiding
this unpleasant transaction in retrospect the relationship between our family and my uncles always carried a certain subtle tension my father worked in a factory and would occasionally bring home small prizes or food my mother always made sure to share these little fortunes with our neighbors especially with my uncle's family their life was not easy particularly for my cousins who always seemed particularly hungry and vulnerable despite our modest means my parents always extended a helping hand
these warm gestures were like Ray of sunlight in Winter bright and heartening however my feelings towards my grandmother were entirely different she always seemed so unreachable as if there was an invisible wall between us except on the days when we brought money to her she seldom visited our home and I never took the initiative to visit my uncles in my young mind her image was vague and distant then in one Autumn a sudden event indelibly marked her image in my memory the news of my grandmother
's death struck like lightning Illuminating the long hidden secrets within our family Shadows it was said that on the night of her death everyone gathered at my uncle's house where the coffin lay quietly in the yard and my uncle suddenly decided that the children should keep vigil my father's face was filled with discontent and hesitation but under the pressure from the family he reluctantly accepted the arrangement that night as I lay in a strange bed my mind was filled with unease and confusio
n in my dream I stepped out the door into a world painted in Shades of gray and yellow it was eerily quiet with not even a whisper of wind approaching the gate I saw a large willow tree with a black trunk and drooping leaves standing guard like a sentinel then my grandmother appeared dressed in a clean dignified white garment beckoning me with a wave of her hand I felt as if an invisible force pulled me towards her we crossed the village arriving at a small Riverbank on the opposite side my gran
dmother turned and beckoned me to Cross just as I was about to step forward a large black dog suddenly appeared by her side barking furiously at me its urgent Fierce Barks in the silent World startled me making me step back I tried to call out to my grandmother but she seemed not to hear me only gesturing more urgent ly when I woke up I found myself in a hospital bed with my mother sitting beside me her eyes filled with worry and love she explained that on that night I had developed a sudden fev
er and became delirious my great uncle's eldest son had discovered me in time and alerted the adults my parents rushed me to the hospital where after several days of treatment my condition gradually stabilised this experience felt like a nightmare both real and surreal later my mother confided that my grandmother had intended to take me away that night in our family my sister and I were the only children and I was the youngest my mother viewed my grandmother's actions as a selfish choice but for
tunately the appearance of the large black dog might have been my final Guardian from then on our family no longer spoke of my grandmother as if she had never existed I am not a superstitious person but I believe there are things in this world that cannot be explained with words this experience was a double-edged sword making me cherish life more while leaving an eternal question in my heart disabled toilet this is more than just a story those deeply unsettling true encounters ever since graduat
ing from college my life has been exceedingly ordinary never having truly encountered any Supernatural or horror events far from the norm I've never been the type to blindly believe in superstitions nor have I been the type to outright deny the existence of the unknown I tend to adopt a more straightforward approach to life not overly obsessing over unexplainable matters everything was as usual until one day a colleague from the office whom I was quite close to suddenly suggested doing a bone we
ight prediction for the future before that I had never even heard of using bone weight for fortune telling it sounded interesting so I told her my birth date however the result was not as favorable as I had hoped my bone weight was only three tals and six Keon indicating that I was more susceptible to supernatural phenomena a concept I was skeptical of considering I had not encountered any such experiences in the past 20 plus years yet this prophecy made me Ponder past encounters realizing that
perhaps in the past 20 or more years I indeed encountered several peculiar events I just never gave them much thought nor did I let them linger in my mind allowing many such experiences to quietly pass by without further contemplation let me recall these strange events in chronological order events that were either experienced by me personally or by those around me without any exaggeration the first strange event occurred when I had just started High School those of us born in the80s all know th
at joining a new school often meant participating in military training organized by the school military training in middle school might have involved more basic training on the school playground but high school training was clearly more rigorous involving real soldiers training students at a local military base our school arranged for us to receive training at a remote base which seemed to be located in the wilderness far from the city once I boarded the bus to the base I quickly lost my sense o
f direction so I can't tell you exactly where the base was located only that it was definitely in a rural area upon arrival the base seemed nothing out of the ordinary with a huge parade ground at the center flanked by rows of Barracks interestingly there was no fence between the base and the Not So tall mountain behind it making the mountain accessible as long as one could sneak past the parade ground and instructor's dormitories the girls including myself were assigned to the barracks on one s
ide and it was then we noticed something odd there were two women's restrooms within the base one near our dormatory and the other on on the hillside behind the instructor's dormitories the two buildings looked almost identical from the outside even prominently marked with the character for woman despite being less than 200 M apart at first I thought having two such facilities was somewhat redundant however during a briefing our instructor explicitly told us that under no circumstances were we t
o use the restroom on the hillside with violators facing severe disciplinary action since the instructors and teachers dormitories were right next to that particular restroom curiosity was quelled by the potential for punishment everything seemed calm until the last day of training during the celebratory dinner when two girls from our group encountered something bone chilling this is what happened on the night of the celebration the entire base was swallowed by Darkness with only a pale light Il
luminating the parade ground since the dining hall was located next to the boy's dormatory this that any girl needing to use the restroom during the event had to walk a long distance back to our dormatory these two girls perhaps out of convenience or Defiance decided to use the normally forbidden restroom on the hillside despite being prohibited and with the restroom shrouded in unsettling Darkness lacking lighting both inside and out something compelled them to go ahead their return was anythin
g but normal one girl could not Comfort herself tears streaming from her eyes with without a sound her body limp as if all her bones had turned to jelly unresponsive to any attempts at communication the other collapsed entirely unresponsive no matter how desperately we tried to awaken her normally crying involves facial contorion visible signs of internal emotional struggle however her face was irely calm as if those tears did not belong to her forced out of eyes that showed no sign of pain this
incident abruptly ended our celebration the unconscious girl was quickly Carried Away by a teacher who along with a few instructors rushed her to a military vehicle for emergency medical attention meanwhile the other girl continued to cry silently her body limp in a teacher's Embrace her arms dangling lifelessly at her sides as the night deepened when we were rushed back to our dormitories she suddenly spoke her voice barely above a whisper a white shadow emerged from inside her words sent chil
ls through every one of us putting a horrifying end to what should have been an evening filled with laughter and joy by the next morning we were hastily sent home the events of the previous night hanging over us like a dark cloud it was only after the holiday ended and we gathered again that the continuously crying girl was mysteriously appointed as the class monitor however the girl who had fainted never return to school it wasn't until years later that I learned from others the full story of t
hat night at the The Forbidden restroom a story that confirmed our deepest fears that evening for some reason the two girls had decided to venture to the normally off-limits restroom being forbidden the restroom was devoid of light bulbs both inside and out so they had to proceed in the dark guided Only By Moonlight the restroom was rudimentary merely a trench dug into the ground without partitions allowing a clear view of the entire interior from the doorway at that moment only the two of them
were inside the restroom the class monitor finished quickly and waited outside casually chatting with the girl inside everything seemed peaceful until the other girl finally stepped out of the restroom silently followed by a large white shadow towering over both of them who were about 1.6 M tall when the class monitor realized something was a miss and looked back both stood Frozen unable to make a sound just staring as the white shadow disappeared into the trees on the mountain theur courage it
must have taken for them to return to the dining hall that evening was immense after everyone dispersed that night the class monitor was taken to the teacher dormatory by a teacher once she had somewhat recovered she relayed the incident to the teachers and instructors however the military instructors insisted that the white shadow they saw was the bass's chef appearing tall because of his chef's hat no matter how much the class monitor insisted the instructor remained unmoved and the matter was
left unresolved that night the class monitor adamantly refused to spend the night at the base and was eventually taken home early by a teacher in a military vehicle this incident cast a disquieting Shadow over our military training experience making us realize that within the seemingly tranquil routine of everyday life there are Mysteries we cannot explain perhaps we'll never be able to explain these experiences like unsolved puzzles constantly remind us that the world is far more complex than
what we see and know not just a painting ever since that unfortunate fall which resulted in a broken leg I've been confined to my home for a halfy yearlong convalescence during these solitary days I've re-encountered that hair raising fear but today I want to temporarily set aside this fear to share with you a a deeply memorable story from my childhood reflecting back it was an ordinary weekend bathed in sunshine when my mother and I decided to visit my aunt Susan she lived in a seemingly ordina
ry but slightly Eerie old house Susan's home was not spacious featuring that typical old style structure with thick stone walls surrounding three interconnected rooms the center was a space used as a living room flanked Ed on either side by a bedroom and a small shed for storage upon entering her home my attention was immediately captured by a row of posters on the living room wall these were the popular large headshot posters from the 9s showcasing the handsome faces and Radiant Smiles of then
popular Stars although I was too young to truly understand who these stars were their images bathed in sunlight appeared exceptionally dazzling ing as if imbued with an Indescribable charm after lunch feeling tired and my eyelids heavy I was arranged to take a nap in my aunt's bedroom I'm not sure how long I slept but when I opened my eyes everything was eerily silent with only faint light filtering through the curtain gaps casting modeled Shadows on the old sewing machine as if time had Stood S
till I tried calling out mom Tilda but my voice echoed through the empty room unanswered at that moment an inexplicable unease began to spread Within Me groping my way back to the living room I found it deserted the tables and chairs were neatly arranged as if all signs of Life had been meticulously erased my unease gradually turned into fear as I walked into the yard hoping to find anyone but was met with deathly silence the winter sun Shone on me but I felt no warmth attempting to push open th
e main door I found it locked from the outside at that moment I felt an unprecedented sense of isolation returning to the living room once more hoping to find something to distract me my gaze involuntarily fell upon those celebrity posters on the wall especially one poster a woman with flowing long hair and large expressive eyes her smile Gent and enchanting I stared at the poster seeking some comfort in this beautiful Visage however as time passed I began to feel as if those eyes were moving se
emingly following my every move no matter how I turned those eyes seemed to fixate on me fear surged like a tide and I started swaying left and right trying to confirm my imagination from different angles but this action only intensified my fear as the woman in the poster appeared to lock her incredible Gaze on me regardless of my movements just when I was about to collapse in Terror something unimaginable happened I clearly saw the woman's mouth Corner slowly lift exceeding the range of normal
human expression until her smile distorted and her eyes seemed to stretch to an extreme forming a horrifying curve I screamed my voice piercing the silence and collapsed to the ground overwhelm WellMed by a fear I had never felt before just when I thought I was going to be consumed by this fear hurried footsteps approached from outside my mom and Susan rushed in to find me on the ground tearfully pointing at the poster Susan gently stroked my head trying to comfort me but her words did not allev
iate my fear even after her explanation when I bravely looked at the poster again everything seemed to return to normal with the woman's face face once again wearing a gentle smile but that fear had been deeply etched in my heart and from then on I never stepped foot in my aunt's house again even after many years that fear has never left me this experience like a nightmare is forever entwined In My Memory never to be forgotten chewing in the [Music] shadows in a quiet little town I spent my midd
le school years far from the care of my family boarding alone at a school rich in history the dormatory building now dilapidated was guarded only by a rusted iron gate right next to this gate was the dorm supervisor's room and our dorm was next to it facing a spacious Courtyard the school was Rife with Eerie tales about the dorms which is why we always made sure to keep our doors firmly shut at night it was a sleepless night when a strange noise woke me up the door of our dorm was slightly AJ ja
r letting in a sliver of faint light instinctively I thought it might be a roommate returning perhaps having forgotten to close the door but then I realized the sound was coming from beneath my bed the sound of something eating terrified I understood it couldn't be my imagination the sound was too real paralyzing me with fear at the thought of the unknown entity discovering I was awake in the tense atmosphere the bed frame suddenly squeaked and the chewing sound abruptly stopped What followed wa
s an eily bone chilling silence and then I heard something moving under the bed my heart raced I dared not open my eyes fearing to witness something I shouldn't then the door was pushed open further by the wind making the old wooden door emit a ghastly Creek this gust of wind seemed to break the deadlock and my curiosity overcame my fear I decided to stealthily take a look ultimately I saw a dark shadow swiftly dart out from under the bed and disappear through the door crack after much contempla
tion I found a reasonable explanation for that night's terrifying experience a stray dog must have been lured by snacks that had Fallen under the bed and I tempted by late night food videos couldn't resist heading to the kitchen for something to eat in the darkness as I ate memories of that night became clearer and fear once again surged through me now even though I've tried to convince myself to forget that experience whenever the night grows deep and Silent that same fear silently creeps back
into my mind making me once again feel the shad shadow of PTSD how I discovered my apartment might be possessed by a ghost let me share with you a true story from my 20s seemingly trivial but one that has stayed with me ever since one evening around 8:00 I got home to find all my roommates were still out leaving me alone in the apartment as was my room I headed to the bathroom for a shower the bathroom was spacious and I likeed to bring my smartphone with me to play TV shows listening as I showe
red since my nearsightedness prevented me from seeing the phone screen clearly without my glasses the phone was placed at the entrance on the vanity despite usually being brave even to the point of Daring to live in a garage in Central Park when I interned in New York because the internship paid little and the garage rent was cheap and it looked just like a normal room that night I felt a bit scared the thought of being alone in the house unsettled me but I quickly reassured myself what's there
to be afraid of it's not the first time during the shower I was probably watching the crown when I suddenly felt like the characters were speaking at Double speed being slightly scared at the time I quickly went to the phone to listen closely only to find the speed was normal leading me to doubt my hearing months later during the day while cooking in the kitchen my phone now closer to me and with my glasses on suddenly played at Double speed I watched the screen showing double speed knife and ve
getables in hand until it returned to normal and I continued chopping I found this curious but not life altering assuming it was probably a glitch in the phone software and didn't think much of it the second incident however remains inexplicable it happened in the month I was moving out at the end of the 12th month of my lease around January New York Winters are cold so I used to turn on my electric blanket every night before sleep one night after checking stocks on my phone and getting ready to
sleep I reached out to turn off the electric blanket only to find the switch was already in the off position I put down the the phone and due to my job in audit paying close attention to evidence and the completeness of evidence chains I felt the temperature of the blanket because if it had been off for a while the temperature would be different the temperature indicated it had just been turned off and the switch area was still warm showing it was on just moments ago therefore it couldn't have
been that I accidentally turned it off while using my phone and forgot otherwise the switch area would have cooled down in minutes plus I was fully awake when looking at stocks not in a drowsy State this was puzzling but without any explanation I simply turned off the light and went to sleep about 2 weeks later one night just like before I played with my phone before planning to turn off the electric blanket this time I paid special attention to the tactile sensation of turning it off thinking t
o my myself how distinct that resistance felt and that there was no way I could have missed it last time Amazed by the mystery I went to sleep however I woke up in the middle of the night feeling extremely hot checked the time and it was around 3 or 4 a.m. wondering why the blanket was so hot I reflexively reached for the switch only to see the red light on indicating it was on I was instantly fully awake remembering clearly that I had turned it off before bed especially considering the tactile
memory so I spent the early morning hours recalling the pre-sleep scenario still sure I had turned it off this time I was a bit scared but gathered my courage calmed myself and went back to sleep my electric blanket has four settings and if I set it to the first the highest temperature it would automatically reduce to the second third and finally the fourth setting over time that night when I woke up feeling hot it seemed to be on the third or fourth setting though I wasn't sure I could have cal
culated approximately when the blanket was turned back on by tracking how long each setting lasts which would have Disturbed me more if it turned out to be after I had fallen asleep later due to the weekday being busy with work I didn't pursue this calculation thinking knowing or not would only add to my worries now I've moved to a new house and haven't experienced anything similar my friends joked that a ghost might follow me when I move to which I replied I moved from the East to the west side
of Manhattan several miles and it didn't Tire following me all the way that's about the extent of my story an additional note last night my mom was going back to our hometown in the Northeast to visit my late Grand mother's grave and asked me to book a train ticket online after purchasing it I told her it was in car 3 C20 she was surprised and asked car 3 seat 20 I confirmed and she said the day my grandmother passed away was March 20th a real visty in a dream I am a staunch atheist but my athe
ism is not based on a complete denial of supernatural phenomena instead it's rooted in a firm belief that science will ultimately be able to explain everything I believe that even after humans pass away they might continue to exist in some form of magnetic field to me the complexity of this world goes far beyond carbon-based life extraterrestrial life could exist in forms beyond our imagination such as radio waves or magnetic fields let me tell you a true story from my youth since graduating fro
m college my life has been filled with changes job instability meant I had to move almost every year but things went smoothly until last year at the beginning of the pandemic I rented a room near the subway station close to my workplace through a platform called love my home I rented a master bedroom which was sunny and felt great to live in I only planned to stay there for a year since I would have to move again due to another job change in April May last year when the pandemic was slightly eas
ing I experienced the first odd event my grandmother passed away my mother a very fial person was devastated by her death and struggled to recover for a long time since I had just changed jobs and the pandemic had just ended I didn't go home for the funeral I always told myself that seeing her one last time would have been best but since I missed it going back just for the funeral seemed meaningless deep down perhaps because I didn't attend the funeral I didn't truly feel the sorrow busy with wo
rk day after day I hardly had time to stop and grieve then one night about 3 months after my grandmother's death I suddenly dreamed of her in the dream we were sitting in a white room with a white bed my grandmother told me she was leaving at that moment I felt an inexplicable sadness even though there was no concept of life and death in the dream I kept begging her not to leave but she eventually turned into a beam of white light and disappeared I woke up crying unable to stop the tears or catc
h my breath I turned on the light and realized it had been nearly a 100 days since my grandmother left us perhaps through this dream she was telling me she had completely left this world whether entering reincarnation or waiting for her next life this dream felt different and instinctively I lifted my pillow remembering the amulet my father had made for me during a period of exhaustion and misfortune in another city my father half believing had an amulet made to protect me he even cut his finger
accidentally during its making thinking it might enhance its protective power I always kept the amulet under my pillow in a specific Direction believing if there were any unclean presences they would enter through the door not the window I was very particular about the amulets placement always checking to ensure it remained in the correct direction whenever I moved the pillow however on the night after the dream I found the amulet had shifted positions this change shocked me as there was no way
I could have done it in my sleep The Amulet had been with me for years without ever moving like this facing this phenomenon that science couldn't explain the only conclusion I could draw was that perhaps my grandmother in some form had truly entered my dream only when the amulet Direction was altered could she enter my dream this thought terrified me as I couldn't explain why the amulet had moved for the rest of that night I was filled with fear hardly able to sleep again the next day I shared
this experience with my mother hoping the story would convey that grandmother might have truly left us searching for her next reincarnation I also shared the peculiar change in the amulet my mother asked if as I said the amulets position could prevent unclean things from entering then who had changed its direction I joked that perhaps my grandmother mother had some magic that could turn the amulet from the outside before entering my dream though I tried to lighten the conversation with humor dee
p down I knew this unexplainable phenomenon would forever remain in my memory deformed cub in my childhood our village welcomed a beggar who was as thin as a bre with blackened teeth and an unpleasant odor emanating from him when he begged at our doorstep my grandmother moved by innate kindness gave him a piece of bread holding the bread the beggar issued a chilling prophecy all pigs in the sty must be slaughtered to avoid the impending disaster our family's livelihood depended greatly on Pig fa
rming the sale of pork and piglets brought us considerable income each year my grandfather practical and impatient with Superstition scoffed at the beggar's ominous warning do you know how much a pig is worth nonsense get out of here he chased the beggar away from our home sternly warning that it wouldn't just be a simple expulsion if he dared to return days later my cousin George the pride of our family and the only one pursuing higher education in the city came home for the summer break his ar
rival was a cause for celebration and my grandfather decided to slaughter a pig for the occasion inviting some people over to help as they prepared to slaughter the sa something unexpected happened the sa suddenly began to give birth revealing a Piglet's tale a shocked silence fell over the yard and my grandfather's face showed confusion our neighbor Mr Wilson questioned the decision to slaughter a pregnant sa suggesting a mistake might have been made my grandfather puzzled and insistent claimed
he hadn't bred the saw my grandmother quickly intervened cutting the ties and urging quick bring her back to the sty to give birth together they managed to move the S back to the sty you and your memory my grandmother teased despite my grandfather's stubborn refusal to admit his mistake Mr Wilson tried to lighten the mood commenting that more piglets meant Good Fortune hinting there could be eight or even 10 their casual chat filled the sty as they awaited the outcome of the birth however the b
irthing process seemed troubled the piglets struggled to be born my grandmother became anxious using scissors to assist while telling me Ben go fetch a basin of hot water I ran back to the house where my cousin George was engrossed in his books aren't you coming to see the piglets being born I asked what's there to see about piglets being born I'm not going he replied dismissively reflecting his status as the family's intellectual in the sty my grandmother struggled to Aid the sa's birthing but
the results were disheartening the first piglet was born incomplete its body gruesomely severed my grandmother was shocked what's happening my grandfather joined her inspecting the malformed piglet while Aunt Lee lamented the loss the subsequent births were equally horrifying each piglet more deformed than the last as if mauled by an unseen Predator just when we thought the nightmare was over the sa LED out a piercing scream announcing the birth of another piglet much larger than the others my g
randmother gripped the piglet it legs slowly pulling it out to our horror its head bore a disturbing resemblance to a human face covered in fine black fuzz my grandmother stood up her voice filled with fear what what is this my grandfather pale-faced attempted to rationalize it's just a deformed piglet nothing to worry about amidst the unease I hurriedly fetched George urging him to see the the monstrosity for himself his response was immediate and decisive kill it this request marked a rare bre
ak from his usually composed demeanor sparking a flurry of activity and Chaos in the sky debates and disputes over the piglets fate ensued with undercurrents of fear and Superstition threatening to overwhelm the rationality and pride that had long defined our family my cousin a man of books usually mild man and rarely prone to outbursts shocked everyone in the sty with his sudden Roar my grandfather confused asked George what are you saying George my cousin whom we affectionately called Joe glar
ed with angry red eyes scanning the surroundings and demanded give me a knife get me a knife my grandfather firmly grasped his arm sternly questioning what are you trying to do have you lost your mind from my grandfather's tone it was clear that if George continued his Antics he might actually take action George calmed down slightly under my grandfather's Stern gaze seeing the situation turning sour the others in the sty began to leave laughing off the tense moment my grandmother with an apologe
tic smile said sorry for the trouble we'll make it up to you next time we slaughter a pig her idea of compensation was offering a few pounds of pork as a token of gratitude after they left only the four of us remained in the sty my grandfather released George not without scolding what Madness got into you with so many people around George firmly replied I'm not mad that deformed piglet should be killed do you really want to keep it the malformed piglet though grotesquely shaped was clearly still
breathing if brought inside and cared for a few days it might survive my grandmother placed the malformed piglet beside the S allowing it to nurse but the already weak s upon seeing the deformed piglet stood up retreated to a corner and let out a pitiful howl this sound triggered Panic among the other pigs in the sty they seemed terrified of the malformed piglet with some SS even jumping out of their pens my grandfather cursed what in the world is going on George scoffed see even the sa is afra
id of it it should be killed my grandmother examined the malformed piglet carefully and I too moved closer just then George suddenly snatched the Piglet from my grandmother's hands and threw it to the ground resulting in a loud thump blood flowed from underneath the piglet some splashing onto George's face he smiled there all settled now before my grandparents could react George had already run out of the sty my grandfather frowning deeply chased after him while my grandmother hurriedly followed
saying let's talk this out don't lay hands on him I was left alone in the sty witnessing a deformed piglet for the first time in my life I couldn't help but lean in closer noticing its head resembled a humans and its front limbs were like human arms its Hooves curled like five fingers as I reached out to touch it the piglet suddenly opened its eyes revealing a Sinister smile it seemed it wasn't dead terrified I ran out grandfather grandmother the piglet seems to be alive entering the house I sa
w George his face flushed from a recent slap my grandfather Frank sat on an old wooden bench smoking a pipe silent for a while before slowly speaking did you really not do this George emotionally charged loudly responded of course not I'm a human not a beast tears welled up in his eyes showing his hurt before he ran to another part of the house our home was not small with two buildings front and back my grandmother Alice sitting on an old kitchen chair frowned at me what's not dead I replied the
deformed piglet it's still alive it can even smile she didn't believe me stood up and said nonsense despite my fear I followed her back to the sty upon arrival the deformed piglet was gone only a pool of blood remained my grandmother sensed an ominous sign loudly calling me Ben go get your grandfather after saying this she picked up a broom from the ground cautiously scanning the area as if searching for the piglet I rushed out calling loudly grandfather grandmother needs you quickly come to th
e sty grandfather hurried out from the house joining me back at the sty what happened grandmother turned to him Gravely saying the deformed piglet is missing we need to search they searched the sty with brooms in hand but found no trace of the piglet grandfather speculated could a weasel have taken it grandmother didn't reply her gaze fixed on every corner of the sky after several fruitless minutes grandfather finally said let's forget it and make dinner grandmother put down her broom agreeing a
ll right I'll start cooking you clean up the sty grandfather nodded beginning to tidy up while grandmother and I walked out of the sty together during dinner Grandmother Had prepared the meal and asked me to call George his room door was locked and he didn't respond to my knocks clearly still upset Grandfather said Ben come eat leave him let him be hungry grandmother nudged grandfather signaling him to stop she gently called George come eat hurry the door remained closed unresponsive grandmother
side scooping a bowl of food from the pot I've left the food in the pot for you come eat if you're hungry grandfather then picked up a bottle of wine taking a sip impatiently saying forget about him let's eat late at night I suddenly felt a stomach ache and needed to use the toilet I carefully got up put on my shoes grandmother woke up asking what are you doing I replied going to the toilet she softly instructed put on a coat before you go out she fell back asleep while grandfather's snoring co
ntinued I quietly opened the door to the outer room and found it was left open perhaps grandmother forgot to lock it I rushed to the toilet just as I was about to leave I heard noises from from the sty not like fighting or normal pig sounds but more like mating hastily finishing up I saw George walking out of the sky looking pleased I was about to call him when I noticed his shadow appeared as a standing walking pig this sight chilled me to the Bone I instinctively covered my mouth just then Geo
rge turned noticing me he asked what are you doing my eyes fixed on George's shadow which now returned to a normal human shape I wondered if I had seen wrong seeing I didn't respond George said why are you out here so late come here I approached telling him I had just been to the toilet before I could finish George suddenly leaned in asking in a cold tone what did you see just now I felt uneasy unsure why instinctively wanting to retreat I was grabbed tightly by George he Ro Lord what did you se
e in the Moonlight I saw George's Shadow transform into the standing Pig again terrified I was about to scream when I heard my grandfather's voice from inside Ben aren't you coming back to sleep George seemed startled by grandfather's voice too I took the chance to break free and hurried back inside I closed the door leaning against it my forehead covered in cold sweat grandmother turned on the light concerned Ben what's wrong I curled up on the bed shaking grandmother asked worriedly what happe
ned talk to me she pulled back the blanket covering my head and I stammered I I was at the toilet I saw George his his shadow it was a standing Pig immediately grandfather kicked me angrily saying stop talking nonsense I felt deeply wronged I'm not lying it was really a pig Shadow grandfather raised his hand looking like he was about to hit me I quickly hid behind grandmother avoiding the blow grandfather glared at me sternly warning if you talk nonsense again see if I don't beat you to death go
to sleep grandmother frowned softly comforting me the child might have seen wrong it's nothing serious why are you so angry grandfather turned off the light grumpily saying in the entire Village only our George has made something of himself gone to University how many people are envious if this gets out who knows how it'll be twisted smearing George grandmother didn't respond seemingly agreeing with grandfather after a while she gently patted my back comforting me Ben we can't talk about this g
o to sleep Grand father and grandmother didn't believe me I even started doubting myself did I really see wrong but George's Behavior just then was too strange not at all like him the next morning I was woken by grandmother's crying I put on my shoes and ran outside the yard was crowded with people gathered in a circle I squeezed through seeing George he was dead half his head was bitten off his legs severely damaged his death terribly gruesome the villagers said George had fallen into the pig s
ty and Was Bitten to death by the pigs yet I had seen him just last night
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