From Dead People Walking To Moving Dolls And Even Grim Reaper Visits… These Real-Life People Share Their Scary Stories
So ghosts, ghouls, and things that roam in the night don’t exist, right? Well, try telling that to these people who shared some pretty convincing scary stories on a Buzzfeed community post. These stories range from truly scary to heartwarming; some may even be a little funny.
From ex-boyfriends fulfilling their promises to haunt to lifesaving poltergeists and even a friendly ghost who returns lost items—of course, whether you believe it or not is entirely your call.
A Real Haunted House
There is always someone in the family who has a haunted house. Not really haunted, but it has a quirk that makes it come across as such, which is often joked about at family get togethers. Chinacatjs’s aunt and her husband owned a house like that, but, well, it wasn’t just a quirk.
One Christmas morning, the couple came downstairs, only to find their sofa cushions arranged in a cross. They were the only ones in the house and swore neither of them touched any pillows.
The Glass Shatter
Any WWE fan will tell you what a glass shatter sound signifies. That is the intro for the legendary in-ring performer Stone Cold Steve Austin. But to this family, breaking glass symbolizes something completely different. It all started with the death of a grandfather.
According to the MNWildbuddyboy, the mirror in their house shattered down the middle exactly when his grandfather died. Since then, every time their speak about him, they hear glass shattering somewhere. Maybe grandpa was a Stone Cold fan.
The Dearest Doll Of All
There are some pretty famous movie dolls in Hollywood. From “Child’s Play’s” Chucky to Dolly Dearest, and even Annabelle. But no doll is more famous than Barbara Millicent Roberts, aka Barbie. Every girl has one, although Moaning Lisa may regret hers.
She claims that her Ken doll once put out its arms to catch her Barbie doll when she and her sister were playing with them. They say they actually saw the arms move, but no matter how hard they tried, they couldn’t make it happen again.
Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear
Teddy bears are largely portrayed as cute and cuddly bears meant to bring comfort to children, with them making up the bulk of the 100 million stuffed toys sold annually in America. This was the case for this anonymous story sharer’s 12-year-old sister, when she was given one while in hospital.
But when she left the hospital she forgot it and presumed it was gone. That was until one evening she found it on her windowsill, with dirty paws, as if it had walked from the hospital.
She Sees Dead People
In the movie “Sixth Sense,” a little boy is played by visions of the dead, who visit him hoping to find some kind of absolution. But in many cultures, it’s those who are on death’s door who have this talent, not the young. So it’s not strange when this nameless poster’s dying grandmother was speaking to her dead relatives.
What was strange though, was when she spoke to her living brother Henry. It turned out Henry was actually deceased and passed away the day before grandma started speaking to him.
The Lost And (Mysteriously) Found
Lost socks are one of the most unexplained phenomena in human history. But there are stranger stories still, like the one involving colleend9’s mother and her wedding ring, which was carelessly lost. They searched everywhere for it, and eventually gave up and got another ring.
Then her dad’s mother passed away about a year later, and not long after that, her mother found her first wedding ring, in plain sight, on the arm of the sofa she had dosed off in on the day. They looked there so many times.
Must Be Seeing Things
Sometimes our eyes deceive us and we think we saw something, but this usually happens once by pure coincidence. But in the case of DWinchestersflannel, there was something strange causing this to happen. It all started when his mother called him because she was leaving for someplace.
He saw her walk into her room and followed her there, but found no one, he then thought he saw her go into her bathroom but found no one again. Getting scared, he called out to her and she replied… from downstairs.
This Is How It Ends
The Grim Reaper is a mythical character created in the 14th century during the height of the Black Death plague. This character has become a symbol of both death, and the apparent end of the world. When jamests09 was six, he had an encounter with Mr. Reaper.
Apparently, while he was sleeping over at a friend’s house, he saw the sickle-wielding legend glide across the room, peel open a wall, and show him his home, engulfed in flames. The reaper told jamests09 that this is how it ends.
Spooky Footprints
In snow, when a set of footprints goes one way, you usually see the prints going in the other if the person turned back. If that doesn’t happen, and they just stop in the middle of nowhere, then you know something weird is going on.
Like when a 15-year-old jdyeria slept over at a friend’s house while her parent was away. The next morning, they saw footprints going up the driveway but none leading back. nothing was touched or moved and Jdyeria and her friend didn’t return to the house.
A Gremlin In The House
“Gremlins” is one of the most endearing horror comedy films in Hollywood history. It was a box office hit and the creatures became iconic. Gremlins are known to cause trouble, and damage and generally get on people’s nerves by playing tricks on them.
Luna07 and her sister may have encountered a gremlin when they were watching a movie and heard a deep, raspy voice saying her name. They stopped watching and went to sleep, confirming the next that they both heard the same thing. They still can explain it.
Returning Lost Property
Lock boxes are popular with young girls. They often come with a spare key, although people often lose this key, and end up with only one. Severussnapesdaughter’s sister suffered the mishap of losing the only lockbox key she had much to her dismay.
But dismay turned to horror a few months later when they heard the sound of metal hitting the floor. They looked around but didn’t find anything, and when they went to the room, right where they were sitting was the lockbox key.
The Future Mrs. Bool
There are many reasons why we dream. Some people believe it’s a build-up of subconscious thoughts. Other cultures believe that dreams are prophetic, and can provide signs of what the future holds. This was the case for Skarlytte when she dreamed about being engaged to Mr. Bool.
Although the dream was lucid, and she thought it was weird, she thought nothing of it and carried on with her day. Then, when she went to the hospital due to a panic attack, she was attended to by Dr. Bool.
The Magic School Bus
“The Magic School Bus” was a popular animated series in the ‘90s. But for turnipthemusic, his experience with a magic school bus was more of a scare fest than a fun field trip. It happened when he was on his way to work one morning.
He says he saw a school bus overtake another one, coming into his lane. He had no way of evading it and was preparing for death. Next thing, he’s half a mile up the road unscathed. He still can’t explain it.
Losing Time
Killing time is one thing, but losing time is a whole different ball game. Either people are using recreational drugs, or they are suffering from blackouts causing time loss. If it happens to more than one person at a time, it’s usually former and not the latter.
But ThatOneElizabeth swears she and her boyfriend were doing no drugs when they walked around a store for 30 minutes, but ended up walking out four hours later. They can’t explain what happened, but she swears they were clean.
Is It A Dream Or Reality
Boys will be boys, right? And when they were born in the good old days, they caught and collected animals like salamanders. This was the case for ellie_c’s dad, who had a pet salamander at the age of nine. He also had an older sister, who is renowned for picking on younger brothers.
One day older sister dreamed she ate said salamander. But it may not have been a dream, the day after that night, the animal was missing. They never found it, and to this day the mystery remains: did ellie_c’s aunt eat the salamander?
A Sign From The Dead
There was a time when shows about psychics speaking to passed-on relatives were pretty popular. People like John Edward and Theresa Caputo became household names and had popular shows that were watched around the world. K44b3618ce must have felt like one of them.
She had a dream that her grandparents were having a party. But she knew that her grandfather was dead and her grandmother was alive. She realized her grandmother had passed on, and when her family called her to say what had happened, she said she already knows.
Premonitions
Some cultures see certain dreams as signs of things to come. An example of this is that when you dream about a wedding someone will die. In Mak :)’s case, dreaming of death was a sign of something. When someone died in his dreams, it meant they weren’t going to school that day.
It was so consistent that he once called a friend who lived in another state after dreaming that they had died. He asked the friend if he had gone to school that day… and the friend hadn’t.
Relax, Don’t Do It
Sleep paralysis is a condition where people wake up but can’t move their bodies. This has been linked to many things, both supernatural and medical. There have even been a couple of horror films utilizing the condition, although it is medically linked to the body still being in sleep mode.
Rebekahi2’s experience was more supernatural. She suffered from sleep paralysis a few times, but with the story in question, she heard a voice tell her to relax. She was definitely freaked out, especially because she lived alone.
Haunted By Her Ex
Exes can say stupid things sometimes. Like reggycupcake’s ex, who promised to haunt her for fun if he should ever die. Well, he did die, and it appears that, according to her, he did haunt her at least once after his death.
When they were together, he would constantly struggle to get out of her patio chairs. Often his guitar keyring would make a clanging sound. This is what she heard outside her house. Even her dogs started barking. When she checked there was no one there.
The Scare Is On You
When Diccadux was a teenager, she was excited when she had to stay over at her boyfriend’s house due to a storm. Alas, his parents made them sleep in separate rooms, with him on the sofa downstairs and her in his room.
She still thought he was sneaking to her when she heard footsteps coming to the room. She even hid under the sheets to give him a scare. But when she came out, she saw a black mass with glowing eyes. She got to sleep downstairs with her boyfriend.
A Spectacular Find
Reading helps with brain connectivity and improves vocabulary and comprehension. So when sheltam264 said that he had a habit of reading before bed, you think it’s sad that his spectacles mysteriously disappeared after a reading session.
He left it on his nightstand with his book, but they were gone, and after not finding them, he got a new pair. But a couple of months later, after the same routine, the old pair and the new one were found together on the nightstand.
Lady In A White Dress
Walking and texting have become like drinking and driving, there is bound to be a mishap at some point. For this anonymous sharer, it led to a weird experience. While going to the bathroom while texting, she passed a girl in a white dress. But she was home alone, not at school.
Then the next day things got weirder when her boyfriend asked her why she was staring at him from her window, and why she wasn’t wearing the white dress she had on. She never owned a white dress.
Ghost Of Tenants Past
Hauntings often have something to do with the history of a space. Perhaps it was a house where someone had died or an area where there was a lot of death. For jlmcmorrough, the haunting of his house was because of a suicide in the master bedroom.
He discovered this after seeing a figure walk out of his closet, and put its finger to its mouth. It was later revealed that two holes in the master bedroom ceiling were from a suicide gunshot. They moved out not long after.
The Spookiest of Professions
What is the spookiest job? Being an undertaker maybe, or a priest dealing with people’s demons. Mortician could possibly be the scariest of them all. This was at least according to briw454f2ac9e, a mortician who tells of a scary situation with a child’s corpse.
She was preparing the body for viewing when she felt something pull her hair. She heard laughter and her door slammed shut. When she finished dressing the body, she felt a tap on her shoulder and warmth around her waist, like a child hugging her.
I See A Reflection
Some cultures believe that if you look in the mirror too long, your reflection will slap you. But what happens if you look out of the window for too long? That was something angelicac46b5ea3a6 and her sister would never try in their childhood apartment.
Every night her sister would ask her to close the bedroom window, and whenever she did, she would see three faces staring back at her from outside. It turns out the reason big sister wanted the window closed was because she also saw the faces.
I Thought I Heard My Mother Call
Sometimes we get so caught up in what we’re doing and how we see or hear things. But how certain can we be that what we saw or heard was just a figment of our imagination? Take Amber Rodriguez, who shared about the time she heard her mother calling her.
She was playing games upstairs at the time and even heard her mother struggling with groceries. But when she came downstairs, her mother’s car wasn’t even in the driveway. Maybe she heard things from her game?
Like A Scene From Paranormal Activity
The “Paranormal Activity” films have an iconic scene when the female lead gets pulled out of bed by her legs. Mawio had a similar experience when he was pulled out of bed by his legs, went upright, and started choking.
His mother eventually came in to check on him because he was coughing so hard. But the next morning, she says she didn’t remember his coughing fit but did dream that the devil was trying to drag him away from her.
After Hours Conversations
Some people like the idea of complete silence before going to bed. This is why people turn off every TV and light in the house for complete silence and darkness. But for sharer laurab4e4ec5e44, silence never came after everything was turned off.
Because every evening after his mother turned off everything, he would hear conversations in the kitchen. It was hard to hear, and she couldn’t make out words, but when they moved he finally told his mother about them. Shocked, she told him that she heard them too.
Theeeeey’re Heeeeeerrrrre
Remember the film “Poltergeist” where the haunting is literally set off by a TV showing static? Well, it may not be exactly what christinaelstong experienced’, but her story also involves a TV.
He was lying on a futon with his niece when suddenly the TV turned on at full volume. When his niece heard this she calmly got up and turned it off. When he asked her how she knew about this she said that “they” turn on the TV every night at this time.
Who’s Calling From Home?
Cell phones have made landlines practically obsolete. But at Kelly H’s house, they still kept one for her grandma who lived with them. But after grandma passed away, they decided to disconnect the landline. Hence her mother was perplexed when she got a call from that number while at work.
Initially, her mother asked her who was calling from home since they were both at their store and her father was at work. When they called back the number was disconnected, Which was a relief, but explained nothing.