# The Creepy Thread (Stories and Links Welcome) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 1, 2012, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-thread-stories-and-links-welcome/636379 "2012-10-01T11:52:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-thread-stories-and-links-welcome/636379/121 "2013-10-12T02:07:36Z")
That’s a seizure, all right. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-thread-stories-and-links-welcome/636379/122 "2013-10-17T17:54:43Z")
[Zombie leprechauns?](http://www.hauntedhs.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-thread-stories-and-links-welcome/636379/123 "2013-11-03T00:28:38Z")
> [@Meatros](#): > > [The Anomaly](http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/Anomaly) - better if you just check it out, since it has pictures associated with it. Photo 14 on that page purports to show a classified photo of the Trinity test. I assume there is supposed to be something hidden in it but I can’t spot anything odd. Am I missing something? > [@inedible\_knapsack](#): > > Uh, what? What does that even mean? “Yes, after some investigation it appears your son was casually reaching for one of his sneakers when a nearby gym mat became sentient and maliciously rolled up with the equivalent force of a hyena’s bite and suffocated the life out of him.” I don’t understand what they mean by that line either, it sounds very strange. ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-thread-stories-and-links-welcome/636379/124 "2013-11-04T11:44:50Z")
> [@Disposable Hero](#): > > Photo 14 on that page purports to show a classified photo of the Trinity test. I assume there is supposed to be something hidden in it but I can’t spot anything odd. > > Am I missing something? > > I don’t understand what they mean by that line either, it sounds very strange. Same on both counts. ---
**Author:** ![expectopatronum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/expectopatronum/32/173_2.png) [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-thread-stories-and-links-welcome/636379/125 "2013-11-07T23:56:45Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > Hmm nobody’s posted this before? From [White with Red - Creepypasta](http://www.creepypasta.com/white-with-red-eyes/) > > A man went to a hotel and walked up to the front desk to check in. The woman at the desk gave him his key and told him that on the way to his room, there was a door with no number that was locked and no one was allowed in there. Especially no one should look inside the room, under any circumstances. So he followed the instructions of the woman at the front desk, going straight to his room, and going to bed. > > The next night his curiosity would not leave him alone about the room with no number on the door. He walked down the hall to the door and tried the handle. Sure enough it was locked. He bent down and looked through the wide keyhole. Cold air passed through it, chilling his eye. What he saw was a hotel bedroom, like his, and in the corner was a woman whose skin was completely white. She was leaning her head against the wall, facing away from the door. He stared in confusion for a while. He almost knocked on the door, out of curiosity, but decided not to. > > This disinclination saved his life. He crept away from the door and walked back to his room. The next day, he returned to the door and looked through the wide keyhole. This time, all he saw was redness. He couldn’t make anything out besides a distinct red color, unmoving. Perhaps the inhabitants of the room knew he was spying the night before, and had blocked the keyhole with something red. > > At this point he decided to consult the woman at the front desk for more information. She sighed and said, “Did you look through the keyhole?” The man told her that he had and she said, “Well, I might as well tell you the story. A long time ago, a man murdered his wife in that room, and her ghost haunts it. But these people were not ordinary. They were white all over, except for their eyes, which were red.” > > * * * > > Hmm, I think I read a better version, but I can’t find it now. fuuuuuuuuck. that’s a good one. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-thread-stories-and-links-welcome/636379/126 "2013-11-10T03:57:27Z")
How creepy are we going for here, by the way? Wikipedia pages about brutal murders or war crimes? (I’d consider them more _horrifying_ than just “creepy”). Or something a little more PG-13? ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-thread-stories-and-links-welcome/636379/127 "2013-12-13T18:39:45Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > How creepy are we going for here, by the way? Wikipedia pages about brutal murders or war crimes? (I’d consider them more _horrifying_ than just “creepy”). Or something a little more PG-13? Just saw this - I’d say either, personally. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-thread-stories-and-links-welcome/636379/128 "2013-12-14T05:51:57Z")
Ok, good that this thread was revived. I just came across this “scary” 32 page manga, The Enigma of Amigara Fault: [Spooky Hallowen Of Doom: Amigara](http://brasscockroach.com/h4ll0w33n2007/manga/Amigara-Full/Amigara.html) (read from right to left, I think it’s originally in Japanese). Some people found it scary, especially if you’re claustrophobic, but I found the ending so ridiculous and even funny, and the story so unbelievable that it didn’t do anything for me. Maybe others will appreciate it. Spoiler: the ending can be expressed as [this](http://rlv.zcache.com.au/omg_run_scared_rage_face_comic_meme_post_card-r8a2227f1a07f4ce0a3c622dcbd9af2f8_vgbaq_8byvr_512.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-thread-stories-and-links-welcome/636379/129 "2014-05-02T13:51:20Z")
A brief update with some new stuff (I think, anyway)… A general ‘[Mythical Creatures and Beasts](http://www.mythicalcreaturesguide.com/)’ guide. [The Strange and Mysterious History of the Ouija Board](http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-strange-and-mysterious-history-of-the-ouija-board-5860627/?no-ist=) The [Unsolved Mysteries Wiki](http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Unsolved_Mysteries_Wiki) - lot’s of interesting stuff in there… [7 Terrifying Cursed Objects That Actually Exist](http://io9.com/7-terrifying-cursed-objects-that-exist-in-real-life-1560847160?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow) [The Tyrant of Clipperton Island](http://www.damninteresting.com/the-tyrant-clipperton-island/) [A statement analysis of Melinda Duckett’s appearance on Nancy Grace](http://statement-analysis.blogspot.com/2013/04/melinda-duckett-statement-analysis-of.html) (it’s interesting, IMO). Melinda Duckett’s daughter went missing ([more here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melinda_duckett#Controversial_broadcasts)) and she killed herself after the Nancy Gracy show. [The Grateful Dead Fan](http://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1unc2a/grateful_dead_fan_jason_doe/) (Jason Doe): > [@](#): > > Details: On June 26, 1995, twenty-one-year-old Michael Hager picked up an unidentified hitchhiker, and later fell asleep at the wheel. The van they were driving in crashed and both men died. The unknown man carried no identification, but did have ticket stubs for a Grateful Dead concert at RFK Stadium in Washington D.C. in the week before the accident. Another clue found in his belongings was a note that read, “To Jason, sorry we had to go. See you around. Caroline O. and Caroline T.” The note had a phone number with a 914 prefix, but no area code. The man has never been identified. [Strange Rain, Star Jelly, Ball Lightning](http://www.mysterypile.com/strange-rain.php): > [@](#): > > An English Latin dictionary dated to 1440CE is the first known written account of a substance referred to as Star Jelly, a gelatinous material discovered randomly on Earth’s surface. Folklore at the time suggested slime was remnant of falling or shooting stars as no other explanation could be determined. Modern science has presented several new theories including animal byproduct, a type of algae, and even a dry material that becomes jelly-like when moisture is introduced. In fact, a similar process is used with some NASA space experiments, where dried microbes in suspended animation are sprinkled with a bit of water. There are known microbes that can be exposed to the vacuum of space directly in the suspended state and then be brought back to life with water in the lab. With star jelly though, testing done on a selection of specimens has yet to reveal any DNA material, furthering claims that it’s not a living organism. Jelly-type substances are clues to what is possible, and if indeed a deposit from a space traveling rock, it sheds light to the idea of life on Earth originating from elsewhere. [The Southern Television Broadcast Interruption](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Television_broadcast_interruption): > [@](#): > > A speaker interrupted transmissions for six minutes and claimed to be a representative of an “Intergalactic Association”. Reports of the incident vary, some calling the speaker “Vrillon”[1] or “Gillon”, others “Asteron”.[2][3] > > The voice, which was disguised and accompanied by a deep buzzing, broke into the broadcast of the local ITV station Southern Television, over-riding the UHF audio signal of the early-evening news being read by Andrew Gardner[citation needed] from ITN to warn viewers that “All your weapons of evil must be removed” and “You have but a short time to learn to live together in peace.” > > The interruption ceased shortly after the statement had been delivered, transmissions returning to normal shortly before the end of a Looney Tunes cartoon. Later in the evening, Southern Television apologised for what it described as “a breakthrough in sound” for some viewers. ITN also reported on the incident in its own late-evening Saturday bulletin. > > The broadcast took over the sound only, leaving the video signal unaltered. [The Mystery of Bouvet Island](http://excitingearth.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/the-mystery-of-bouvet-island/): > [@](#): > > The freezing subantarctic Bouvet Island is literally in the middle of nowhere; located in the South Atlantic Ocean, it is known for being the most remote island in the entire world. A Norwegian dependency, it is a very small, uninhabited island, and is now classified as a nature reserve after a weather station operated on it for a few months during 1978 and 1979. Aside from its unfathomable isolation, there doesn’t seem to be anything all that special about this island at first glance. > > In 1964, British Lieutenant Commander Allan Crawford and a team were sent to Bouvet Island by helicopter, to research a new piece of land that had popped up on the island due to volcanic activity. Here’s where it gets a bit weird. When they arrived, they found something very unusual. On this new patch of land, which had only been there for around ten years, the team came across an abandoned lifeboat, floating in a lagoon. The oars were on the shore, along with a copper tank. There were no signs of any people or bodies, and the boat was unmarked and thus unidentifiable as belonging to anyone in particular. And finally, here’s a link to the ‘[We’re Alive](http://www.zombiepodcast.com/)’ podcast. It’s a Zombie Apocalypse podcast that’s fairly well done and interesting… ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-thread-stories-and-links-welcome/636379/130 "2014-05-02T18:13:41Z")
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**Author:** ![Bruce\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bruce\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-thread-stories-and-links-welcome/636379/131 "2014-05-05T06:18:16Z")
> [@Disposable Hero](#): > > Photo 14 on that page purports to show a classified photo of the Trinity test. I assume there is supposed to be something hidden in it but I can’t spot anything odd. > > Am I missing something? > > I don’t understand what they mean by that line either, it sounds very strange. Looked at it a bit, the cloud formation lower right appears to have the face of the devil looking towards the mushroom cloud. ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-thread-stories-and-links-welcome/636379/132 "2014-05-05T19:05:18Z")
> [@Gesturing\_Mildly](#): > > [From Reddit: The Creepiest Thing your Child Has Ever Said to You](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1d2v7i/parents_of_reddit_what_is_the_creepiest_thing/) - this made the rounds earlier this year, but it’s super spooky, IMO Kids can be creepy > [@](#): > > Why are you crying? > > “Bad man” > > What bad man? > > “There.” Points behind me at a dark corner of the room > > Lamp on bookshelf next to said darkened corner falls off as soon as I turn to look. > > She slept in our bed that night :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-thread-stories-and-links-welcome/636379/133 "2014-05-05T20:37:12Z")
> [@Gedd](#): > > Kids can be creepy Definitely. Actually my daughter kind of creeped me out the other night. It was about 1030ish and my wife and I were going to bed. My children had gone to sleep over an hour and half earlier. I guess I had heard something and I opened my eyes. My daughter was just standing there, not moving. That startled me quite a bit. The adrenaline was flowing and I asked her what was up. She said “There’s a man scratching at my window”. Fully alarmed I go with her into her room. She points to her window and says “he’s out there”. I looked out the window - nothing. I stayed in there for a few minutes and asked her a few questions. I asked how she knew it was a man and she said she didn’t know. As I said, I stayed there a few minutes and then I made sure that she went to sleep. Thirty minutes later, same thing. “There’s a man scratching at the window”. I go through the same routine and again, 30 minutes (maybe an hour) she comes to get me awake. Horrible thoughts are running through my mind (I’ve been reading about missing people lately). This time my wife was up. I told her to put my daughter to sleep while I check around the house. I get my stuff on and go around the house (with a weapon). That was nerve wracking. There was, of course, nothing there. Also, there are no branches or anything that could have made the noise that my daughter heard. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-thread-stories-and-links-welcome/636379/134 "2014-05-05T21:55:48Z")
5 Loveable Animals You Didn’t Know Are Secretly Terrifying. From Cracked Dot Com Wait until you get to number one. > **[5 Lovable Animals You Didn't Know Are Secretly Terrifying](https://www.cracked.com/blog/5-lovable-animals-you-didnt-know-are-secretly-terrifying)** > > Here are a bunch of adorable animals that will probably nonetheless scar you for life. Let's skip the pleasantries and get right down to hyperventilating and swearing at nature, shall we? ---
**Author:** ![inedible\_knapsack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/49beb7/32.png) [@inedible\_knapsack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inedible_knapsack)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-thread-stories-and-links-welcome/636379/135 "2014-10-28T20:14:10Z")
It’s almost Halloween, so I guess I’ll bump this. Also, [check this creepy story out](http://correlatedcontents.com/misc/Father.html). [The Uncle Who Worked for Nintendo](http://correlatedcontents.com/misc/UWWFN/UWWFN.html) is pretty effective as well. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-thread-stories-and-links-welcome/636379/136 "2014-10-28T21:46:09Z")
I was going to post The Uncle who works for Nintendo. Pretty good atmosphere though it could have been a little more subtle. The _Deep sleep_ trilogy of flash horror adventure games are enjoyably creepy and they’re free to play. [The first one.](http://armorgames.com/play/13979/deep-sleep) [The second.](http://armorgames.com/play/15698/deeper-sleep) [The third and last.](http://armorgames.com/play/16018/the-deepest-sleep) ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-thread-stories-and-links-welcome/636379/137 "2014-10-29T18:04:14Z")
To begin, I don’t believe in ghosts, or demonic forces, or wendigoes, or werewolves, etc. I walk my dog every night in the fields and woods around our house after I put the kids to bed. Because it’s nearing winter, I now walk my dog in the dark. Over the past 2 weeks, I’ve been getting this weird feeling that I’m being watched. I’m hyper-sensitive to any strange noises. I swear if a deer bounded out of the woods I’d fall over from a heart attack. This is very weird to me, because I have spent dozens of nights and early mornings in the woods either backpacking or hunting. I’ve never been freaked out by being alone in the dark. Four days ago, one of our chickens went missing. I searched the entire 5 acre yard to see if I could find a clue as to what took it. I didn’t find so much as a single feather. It’s just gone. And now, every night as I walk through the field and into the dark woods, past the crumbling foundation of an abandoned cabin, I can’t help but think about that chicken. What could have grabbed it and disappeared with it? And what if it grabbed me? ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-thread-stories-and-links-welcome/636379/138 "2014-10-29T19:42:51Z")
> [@August\_West](#): > > Four days ago, one of our chickens went missing. I searched the entire 5 acre yard to see if I could find a clue as to what took it. I didn’t find so much as a single feather. It’s just gone. Maybe…you _are_ the chicken. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-thread-stories-and-links-welcome/636379.md?page=6)