Today, I went downstairs a little after midnight to grab a snack, and in the dark hallway, I clearly saw a small child walk into the kitchen. I was freaked out, but I followed him in. There was nobody in the room. I'm now too scared to sleep, and am seriously considering moving house. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I was walking to the kitchen in the dark. Something caught my eye and I turned to see a man standing in the corner, clear as day. I jumped and closed my eyes for a split second. When I opened them, he was nowhere to be seen. I'm now terrified to live in my own home. FML
Today, I came home late from work. As I got out of my car, I noticed a child-shaped silhouette in my bedroom window. I almost shat myself, since I live alone. I searched the whole house, sobbing in fear, only to find no trace of whatever or whoever I'd seen. FML
Today, I was heading to the bathroom when I clearly saw a little boy walking into my bedroom. My wife and I live alone, and I screamed at the top of my lungs, thinking he was a ghost. Turns out my wife collected him from school for a friend, and I just didn't hear them arrive. FML
Today, I was handing candy to a little boy who was trick or treating by himself. He was small enough to grab the candy and run past me into my house. I've been searching my house for two hours and still can't find him. I'm afraid to go to sleep. FML
Today, in the early hours of the morning, I woke up in sleep paralysis, hallucinating the sight of children hanging from the ceiling. Now I'm scared to sleep. FML
Today, I woke up to shuffling noises coming from downstairs. Suspecting the worst, I jumped out of bed, and whispered over my shoulder for my girlfriend to stay quiet. Only after going downstairs and taking a swing in the dark with my bat did I figure out it was just my girlfriend foraging for snacks. FML
Today, I took a late-night shower. When I got out afterwards, the bathroom door was ajar, and I could have sworn I heard the faint patter of footsteps in the kitchen. "It's probably the cat," I told myself. Then I went upstairs and saw my cat asleep on my bed. FML
Today, after my house almost got broken into last week, when I heard some noises in the kitchen I went to investigate. I saw a huge rat run across my floor, and nearly peed myself thinking it was an intruder. FML
Today, I woke up to noises in my living room. I was scared, but I loaded my gun and snuck downstairs. I burst into the living room, yelled for the motherfucker robbing me to put his hands up, and flicked on the light. My cat stared back at me like I was a moron then calmly walked out. FML
Today, I spent an hour in my car terrified to go inside because I thought my house was being burgled. I saw rapid shadows in the light of my lounge. Eventually I plucked up the courage to creep inside with a rock to find it wasn't a robber. It was my cats, fighting in front of a toppled lamp. FML
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Nyx_fml 23
OP, I admire you following him. I would have gotten the hell away from there.
Gothicbunnyx3 16
Set up cameras, it was probably just a trick of the eye, or you have some paranormal gift.
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Comments (282)
mkcherry 14
If you ever see anything again get the hell out. Don't be one of those people who stays long enough to "bond" with the spirit and it takes over your life.
thapora 8
U should totally ******* move
littlerawr 13
Sleep with the lights on. at all times. no matter what happens.
Voij 16
I have some rather simple advice for you, OP: Make yourself stop believing in ghosts. No ghost has ever appeared in front of someone who subconsciously believed that ghosts don't exist. Once you teach your mind to not think "it's a ghost!" when you see something dubious, then you'll easily find explanations for every "paranormal" thing you encounter. [Sometimes the explanation is just that your mind tried to scare you, so that you'd increase your defensiveness towards e.g. darkness. It's a method to increase chance of survival.] But yeah, stop believing in ghosts and you'll never see another ghost again. [As is evidenced by the fact that the only people who ever saw ghosts are the ones who (subconsciously) wanted to believe in ghosts because they were afraid of death being the absolute end of their existence.] Now then, time for me to get downvoted into oblivion.
mimiminx 23
Quite possibly the most sensible comment I've ever read on FML. Here's my up vote, sir!
lola1313 9
Usually a child apparition is not a child at all but a demonic spirit. Good luck and be nice to it
lesley3r3 22
Don't dig that's a bad idea! Move now while you still can
Mrs_Captain_Hook 12
My house was haunted, random closets open, etc, we told it we didn't mind it living with us but it needed to clean up after itself, that was 4 years ago and we have experienced it once since. (Btw my house is a block from a cemetery and the crematorium was once on this land)
dawood_k 27
Might be Casper the friendly ghost
TehGinga94 21
I feel for you, OP. I just read one too many zombie stories on creepypasta, and I can't sleep.
kiwifruitred 18
what the ****. i'm honestly speechless. why do apparently about 80% of commenters not even doubt the existence of ghosts?! OP, you were tired, maybe part of your brain was still sleeping. That kid was a product of your imagination. I know its creepy and scares the shit out of you. but its not real.
Ameel_fml 19
Unless it was real and not a product of OP's imagination at all. DUN DUN DUN.