Miscellaneous: Today, I was awakened, in the middle of the night, by the sound... - FML

By holycow - 22/02/2010 09:28 - United States

Today, I was awakened, in the middle of the night, by the sound of crying coming from outside. There's a mile in between houses where I live. FML

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By Deborah - 27/10/2011 06:41 - United States

Today, I saw my upstairs neighbor outside getting the mail. She asked how my day was, and then apologized that the sound of her baby's crying through the walls kept me up last night. Apparently she heard me when I yelled at 2am for her fucking demon spawn to shut up. FML

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By MALICEG - 26/05/2012 07:00 - United States - Oklahoma City

Today, there was a knock on my apartment door. It was the man from next-door, who sarcastically asked if I was alright, because he said he heard me screaming in agony. I was singing. FML

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By sleepy - 01/07/2019 02:10

Today, I was trying to fall asleep. Unfortunately, my next-door neighbor's baby began to cry. I closed the window and rolled over, unable to hear the crying anymore. My dog's hearing is better than mine, and so he started barking. Goodbye, good night's sleep. FML

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By LostSleep - 24/05/2016 21:54 - United Kingdom

Today, I was woken at 4 a.m. by the sounds of someone crashing down the stairs. I scrambled out, still half-asleep, to find out that nobody was in an agonized heap at the bottom. The walls are so thin in my house that I could hear the neighbour falling down HIS stairs. FML

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By scaredshitless - 10/04/2019 18:00

Today, at 2:30am, I heard my baby crying on the monitor. As I got out of bed, she stopped crying and started laughing. There's nobody else in the house. FML

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By elle - 23/05/2011 10:17

Today, I found out that the peaceful rain I'd been listening to all night was really a broken water-main flooding my entire yard. FML

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By tireedddddd - 25/11/2011 16:24 - United States

Today, I was woken up at 6am to the sound of my mother on the back deck of the house hooting like an owl. FML

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By WTF - 07/03/2011 09:19

Today, I was awoken by my neighbor pounding on my back door at 3 am, only to look outside and see my car engulfed in flames. FML

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By frenchpop1960 - 23/02/2009 21:58 - United States

Today, I was over at my boyfriend's house and I heard a strange sound. I laughed and said, "It sounds like a dog throwing up!" He listened for a second and said "That's my mom crying downstairs." FML

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Yikes

By AAAAAAAAAAAAA - 11/07/2022 07:00 - United States - Steele

Today, I heard a scream that sounded suspiciously like my cat when he's just had a nightmare or is otherwise in a state of extreme distress. I found him chilling on my couch, so I walked back to my room, when I heard the scream again. I ran back and he was still chilling. It was my neighbor's son screaming outside. FML

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mcicycool 0

Monday 22 February 2010 16:04

that's just creepy.. I say gtfo of there

MoonyIce 0

Monday 22 February 2010 16:20

It was likely just some animals having sex. When they're mating, a lot of animals - foxes especially - can sound rather horrifyingly like a human in distress.

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worrierjeb 10

Wednesday 24 February 2010 5:07

Burn the witch!

jimmy313 0

Wednesday 24 February 2010 5:45

Yea, I really dont think that's an FML. But, it is creepy.

neptuneflytrap 0

Wednesday 24 February 2010 8:03

Easily the most creepy FML ever. I wish the OP would comment and explain if he ever found out what the sound was! I know some people who heard the sound of a child crying/screaming in their backyard several nights in a row, so one night they went out to look around and it turned out to be a giant (size of a cat) toad living in a swampy area of their backyard! They had to catch it and move it - gross!

FOAD 0

Thursday 25 February 2010 8:01

LOL! I'm glad I'm not the only one who immediately thought of the Witch from Left4Dead! Time to stock up on your zombie gear!!

lucawesomegirl 0

Thursday 25 February 2010 21:57

Some murderers have gotten their victims out of their houses by having crying sounds outside of there house. Please be careful!

Elextra 0

Thursday 25 February 2010 23:16

Well someone had a looong night

dancestar 0

Saturday 27 February 2010 2:34

that is sketchy!

Teronsuke 0

Thursday 4 March 2010 14:31

holycow has startled the witch!

rwac07 0

Friday 5 March 2010 10:04

WTF why Is every1 acting like smart asses. I'm pretty sure you all would be scared in that situation, so stop talking shit.

krackers87 0

Saturday 6 March 2010 14:33

It was probably a fox, they're howls sound as what i imagine babies being tortured sounds like. Its ******* freaky.

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Today, I thought my knee hurt because of over exercising in the gym. Then I remembered it was because I smacked it against my chair so hard I crumbled down and couldn't move for 5 minutes. And how I remembered? I did it again. FML

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Today, I finally got up the courage to talk to my four-year boyfriend about how insecure I've been feeling in our relationship recently, and how I needed his support while I try to get my self-esteem back on-track. He fell asleep mid-conversation. FML

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