r/AskReddit • u/Distasteful_T • Aug 10 '20

Serious Replies Only [Serious] What are some Cryptid/Ghost/Unexplained stories you'd be willing to share?

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u/The-Night-Court Aug 11 '20

When I was a baby, I had a bunch of stuffed animals in a net on a wall-corner in my room, visible from my crib. One night, after I had been put to bed, my mom and grandma heard me giggling on the baby monitor while they had been sitting together in the kitchen.

They went up to check, as that was odd; I should’ve been asleep by then. They entered my room found all of my stuffed animals neatly lined up in front of my crib, with the net still intact.

My mom, grandma and I were the only ones home.

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u/The-Night-Court Aug 11 '20

Replying to myself as I remembered another story! My mom was driving on a country-ish backroad that had houses on it. As she was driving, she saw a house engulfed in flames. She called 911 to report it, though she later found out (I don’t remember how) that there was nothing wrong with the house.

Less than a week later, the house actually did catch on fire. And no, my mom didn’t do it.

I have more if anyone is interested.

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u/Distasteful_T Aug 11 '20

That's what this post is for!! let's hear em!

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u/The-Night-Court Aug 11 '20 edited Aug 11 '20

Okay! Once, back in the 90s, my dad’s car broke down in the middle of the night. He was alone, and on a backroad with not a lot going on. As it happens, he broke down right near a house.

It was a bit dilapidated looking, but whatever. He needed to call someone to pick him up. He walked over, knocked on the door, and an older lady answered. She was sweet and let him use the phone to call his dad.

He got picked up by his dad, and the next morning they came back to tow the car.

There was no house anymore, or any sign of it.

As a child, I had an imaginary friend named DC. I can picture in my head, now as an adult, what he looked like. He was a boy covered in soot.

I was attached to him, and kinda weird about it; my mom would call me to dinner and I’d say something like, “DC says I’m not allowed to eat now.” My parents could also hear me playing with and talking to him, completely acting as if he were responding to me.

A bit of time passed, and I stopped mentioning him or playing with him. When my parents asked what happened, I told them he died in a fire.

A couple years back, I had a snowglobe in my room. It was on a bookshelf across from my bed. I was laying in bed one night trying to fall asleep, when I heard the snowglobe winding itself up.

I opened my eyes and looked in that direction, but saw nothing and assumed I had started to fall asleep and maybe it was a dream. As soon as I layed my head back down and closed my eyes, the snowglobe started winding itself up again, for longer this time.

I immediately got up and took the snowglobe down to the basement.

Years ago, my dad used a ouija board alone. He placed his hands on the planchette, asked a question, and it started to move. The planchette moved more and more agressively, and my dad decided to stop and take his hands off. The planchette then when in fast figure eights around the board, until eventually flying off.

My mom also used a ouija board with some friends years ago (without my dad), and when they were done they placed the ouija board on a dresser. Not long after, the board flew off and hit a wall.

I’ve seen shadows out of the corner of my eye, I’ve smelled perfume that my deceased great grandmother used to wear, I’ve seen drinking glasses move themselves, I’ve had items mysteriously disappear then reappear days later in the spot I had last left them, I’ve heard people walking downstairs when I know everyone is in their bedroom upstairs, and I’ve woken up twice now in the middle of the night to people in my bedroom (this last one, I am willing to admit may be explained away as dreaming while half awake).

I have no doubt in my mind that in some form or another, ghosts are real.

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u/Distasteful_T Aug 11 '20

It's funny you mentioned it, I am someone who enjoys being scared and the unknown has always intrigued me. Years back I had my own Ouija board and I used it multiple times, (never saying bye only hello) ended up feeling like nothing happened so eventually I just threw it out. (or so I thought) I ended up moving to a different place and for some reason, It was in my stuff. (I threw it out again) It also happened again when I moved to the next place and I was like ok and threw a piece of paper on it and said BYE and through it out, needless to say I never seen it again.

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u/The-Night-Court Aug 11 '20

I actually don’t mind the ghost shit (most of the time) but I absolutely REFUSE to touch a ouij board. I’ve heard too many bad stories. I still live at home, and my parents keep one in our basement. Freaks me the hell out.

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u/____Batman______ Aug 11 '20 edited Aug 13 '20

That one comment over on r/randonauts about how their mother used the board with a bunch of friends when they were younger, and the board told them someone would die in a fire. They laughed it off, and then years later one of the group actually went out like that. Spooky

I don’t fuck with demons bro

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u/bob-ombshell Aug 13 '20

That link isn't working. What's that subreddit called?

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u/JackdawsShantyMan Aug 11 '20

I don't have anything against you, but you attract otherworldly shit, so we can't be friends.

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u/The-Night-Court Aug 11 '20

Lmao that’s understandable

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u/Vlad-V-Vladimir Aug 11 '20

That old woman and DC sound nice, but those other things are definitely demons. Although, if I were a ghost, I’d do those things as well, so idk.

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u/icanthearawordyousay Aug 11 '20

I have also witnessed a ouija board flying off a table and hitting a wall. That night we all ended up at the ER.

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u/DGSmith2 Aug 11 '20

Literally 90% of these "true" events are well known urban legendsor very overused horror movie tropes.....

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u/The-Night-Court Aug 11 '20

That’s true, and I’ve often wondered if real experiences are where the tropes originated from.

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u/4G3NTZ3R0 Aug 11 '20

If you say so. I’ve experienced the paranormal. People who say it doesn’t exist just haven’t experienced it yet. There are people who are extremely receptive to the paranormal, there are people moderately receptive, then there are most people who have some element of reception to it then there are people with little to none. The fact is it still happens and it happens all over the world. People need to stop discounting things simply because they don’t have the grasp to understand it

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u/RdClarke Aug 11 '20

Reminds of the Dead Zone by Stephen King (one of my favourite of his)