Lisa O
Are you a fan of all things spooky? Do you love reading about paranormal encounters and unexplainable events? Then settle in for a real treat because we’ve got 25 of the most bone-chilling experiences from everyday people just like you. These stories come straight from Reddit threads and will make your heart race.
One Last Hug
“I had a friend who was very sick at the hospital this past Spring (not Covid, but sepsis from an operation on his back). I went to bed, and in that in-between stage where you’re not awake and not quite asleep, I could sense him standing by the side of my bed. We said a few words to each other, and then he hugged me.
When I woke up the next morning, I found out that he’d passed not long after I’d gone to bed. Many people would say it was just a dream, but I know better in my heart. I felt that he was actually there, and I felt the hug. He was one of the most caring and inspiring people that I’d known, and it was just like him to say goodbye to the people who loved him.”
– UltraRunner42
A Loud Bang
“I once was lying in my bed with my dog at the foot of it. I was on the cusp of sleep when suddenly my dog popped her head up and locked on to something in the middle of my room. Her head then slowly turns and follows something I can’t see.
Her head stops again, and my backpack gets knocked over after having been in the same spot for hours. Then, all of a sudden, there was a loud BANG on my bedroom window (I was on the second floor of the house). I ran out of that room so quickly without daring to look at that window.”
– SalzyJ
My Late Father
“I was at work one night, and my mom was visiting my newborn son and wife.
I got home, and my mom told me she heard my dad talking to my son. My dad died eight years prior but she swears up and down it was his voice. My wife heard it, too, but never met my dad, so she couldn’t say much about it. Just that it was a man’s voice, then it happened again when my daughter was born. I really want to believe my dad is watching the kids grow up, but I’ll never know.”
– cantuseasingleone
Phantom Eggs
“I don’t know if this qualifies as paranormal per se, but I was home alone one weekend and decided to make myself scrambled eggs for breakfast.
Took a full carton out of the fridge. Grabbed an egg, cracked it. I went to grab a second egg, only to notice the carton was…full. Again. I just stood there and stared at the full carton for a few seconds (expecting one to disappear maybe? Idk), then I just threw them all out. Wasn’t gonna mess around with phantom eggs.
There is probably a rational explanation, but I know what I saw.”
– AboveAverageJoe
The Little Girl
“Back when I lived in my very first apartment, I would hear what sounded like a little child calling for their parent. Now, at first, I thought it was genuinely some kid who was lost because the complex was big enough for a kid to wander off from their parents.
But the voice seemed to always be right next to me. It wasn’t until I moved out that I found out a little girl was killed by her abusive father in the 80s.”
– DemandParticular
“Hey, Dad”
“It wasn’t me, but my dad. He was working under our car while me and my sisters were playing in the house (this was years ago, by the way), and a car pulled up, playing some rap music.
My dad assumes it’s my older brother and greets him without looking out from under the car. He gets out of the car and walks into the house without saying a word, and my dad just goes back to work. A few minutes later, my brother pulls up. “Hey, Dad.”
– WatermelonWithAGum
The Hands
“One night a couple of months ago, I was washing a dish in my sink when suddenly two wrinkled hands with long nails grabbed my ankles and yanked me backward, hard.
I dropped the dish and cried out in surprise, but the hands weren’t there when I turned around. It happened at an angle that was impossible unless the person was lying on their stomach behind me. No markings were left on my ankles, but I felt it for sure.”
– NordyNed
“Stay True”
“My grandma fell very sick with cancer. She fought and fought, but it was too much for her. For the last few months she was bedridden in my room. I was about 14 at the time. One night, she passed. I woke up at about 1 am with a strange feeling.
I felt a weird presence, and at that moment, I heard somebody speak. She said, “Stay true,” which was what she always told me. I didn’t know it at the time, but she had passed away and had spoken to me her last few ghostly words before she left to go to heaven. To this day, I still cry about it. Even while writing it.”
– nic24_ryan
No One Home
“When I was in junior high, I was home alone with our two Boston terriers when my parents went out on a date. My brother was staying the night at his friends. I’m downstairs, watching Mystery Science Theater 3000. Then I hear footsteps upstairs. I figure since the dogs aren’t barking that it’s probably my brother coming in the back of the house, deciding to not stay at his friend’s. I even called out his name. But no one answered.
The footsteps start coming down the stairs. In our house, there was a window-like hole in the wall with some wooden vertical bars so you could see who was coming down the stairs. When the footsteps reached where I should see who was there, there was no one there. The footsteps change the character of sound when they transition to tile from the carpet, and I freak out, jump up, turn the lights on, and peek around the corner. No one there. No more footsteps. I went nervously upstairs, dogs fast asleep on the couch. Nothing. No one home. Freaked me out for years.
I found out about 5 years later that that was the night my biological dad died (we hadn’t been in communication for a couple of years when he died.). I think he was just dropping in on me before moving on. “
– blitzwit143