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Do you know what distinguishes a good horror movie from a bad one? In a bad one, for a lot of money, vampires, zombies, werewolves, maniacs, and other bad guys take turns on the screen in a gloomy atmosphere—and yet, you are not scared at all. But in a good one, a hedgehog runs out onto a sunny lawn—and it suddenly gives us a shiver because of the damn suspense...

This is, of course, a joke—but in reality, sometimes, strange and disgusting things are done on the sly, without any loud effects. And it is precisely such stories that a recent interesting online thread has collected—a selection of some of the best tales from which we offer you a selection today.

More info: Reddit

#1

Two men sitting on a couch in a dimly lit room, holding game controllers, with a slightly unsettling atmosphere. When I was a senior in high school, I had a friend over to my house. We were hanging out in the basement. It was late and I was ready to go to bed. I told my friend it was time to go. He said he would let himself out. I heard him walk upstairs, open the door, and shut the door. But I didn't hear the screen door shut, which means he didn't actually leave the house. I followed upstairs to investigate. The house was dark because everyone else was asleep. I turned on the living room light and found him kneeling on the floor next to the couch where my younger 12 year old sister was sleeping. She had a bedroom that she shared with another sister but preferred sleeping on the couch for some reason. I asked him what he was doing. He mumbled something that made no sense. I walked him out of the house to make sure he left. And broke off all contact with him after that. I later heard a rumor that he had m**ested his own younger sister.

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Anne Jones
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh my goodness! That’s terrifying! 😱

Julie S
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Glad op realised he hadn't left the house.

Nils Skirnir
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lesson here is to always escort guests out. It’s not just manners, but also safety

Linda Riebel
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You were pretty wise for a high school senior!

Nice Beast Ludo
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Was his name Josh Duggar? Sounds sickeningly familiar

Valerie Lynn
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12 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is exactly how my younger cousin and I were approached and then raped! Glad you stopped him!!

GREYNOOK
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

what the fwack, evil, devil, satan 😡

Philly Bob
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He's have crawled out of the house on stumps.

Debbie
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wonder if we'll see posts here that are explained in the other thread "It's not what you think"

Multa Nocte
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You mean like molesting one's sister is "it's not what you think"?

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    #2

    Police officer in uniform wearing sunglasses, standing outdoors. One time and a man follow me around the mall. He was quite sneaky about it and had I not been paying attention, I may not have even noticed. He would wait on the bench outside of the stores, until my 4th store I went into, he was inside as well but made sure to stay across the room and caddy-corner to where i was. He was on his phone the whole time and my gut was screaming at me to not go out to my car alone. I exited that store and found a security guard to walk me out. On the way out of the mall, the guard told me I was did the right thing cause that man followed me until he saw me approach the guard. Dont know what his intentions were, but I am certain they were not good.

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    USMC5815
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good situational awareness

    Jen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Be aware and trust your instincts. Good move; wise decision to have someone walk you to your car. A follow up with police could have proven via cameras that perhaps he was already wanted and possibly in the system. Let's hope someone else wasn't harassed or worse ...

    tori Ohno
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a man do that to me in a grocery store. I was ready to go to the meat department (knowing they had a backdoor) and tell them what was going on and ask if they could let me out. It was during COVID lockdown so we had to go in one direction only, I managed to get out and to my car because he got trapped in flow of people.

    Geoffrey Scott
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Chattanooga Tn. Family on spring break, temps in the 60's in March, our white asses walking around in shorts and T's. Had several 'gentlemen' following us throughout the 2 story mall. wife said "those guys are creeping me out", " yeah, I know". Found one of Chattanooga's finest on 2nd floor. "Not sure, but those guys are REAL interested in us"..."When ya'll leaving?" .."how 'bout now?"..."go ahead".. We walked down to the main level and looked up, main guy smirking down at us. Whew! Wife and 2 daughters safe.

    GREYNOOK
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you and security should have approached this man and shake him up 😳😫

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    If this person is a woman and the security guard is male. That's really sad they're that weak and couldn't hack it on their own.

    Nice Beast Ludo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ever heard of Jeffrey Dahmer? I think whether they are male or female this is the right move.

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    #3

    Person browsing clothes in a vintage store with a large mirror and plant in the background. I was shopping in a women’s clothing store a few years ago and noticed a guy a few feet away from me also browsing through the racks. At one point I noticed some weird motion from him in my peripheral vision and turned to see him methodically wiping his d**k on each piece of clothing.
    I immediately contacted the manager and called 911 and now all purchased clothing gets washed immediately after I bring it home. No exceptions.

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    Papa
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Regarding the last two sentences, I have always washed clothing before wearing it.

    Robert T
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Likewise. And I was only concerned about people touching it with dirty hands or sneezing on it!

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    ROSESARERED
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a male customer who would call, wanting female clothing mailed to him. Always asked for me, if a male answered the call he would hang up. I could hear him pleasuring himself...refused to take anymore calls. The store manager, a woman said I had to, he was a customer. She changed her mind when I told her I'd have the police charge her with sexual harassment...there are some horrible people out there.

    GREYNOOK
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i guess he is horny with clothing's only 😳😣

    Maples Dad
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    Probably an accepted situation in some labelled communities.

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    Isis905
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What. In. The. Entire. H ell!?!

    Rosecat
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He's a disgusting pervert who should be locked up, but you should wash all new clothes regardless...

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    A little over a week ago, user u/Bibi_is_God asked a question of the AskReddit community: "What is the creepiest thing you have seen a person do?" As of today, the thread has 1.2K upvotes and almost 500 different stories, from the simply ridiculous and strange to the clearly eerie kind. Stories where we often don't know—and will never know—the plot or the ending. However, knowing all the ins and outs is not at all necessary to be truly scared...

    #4

    Two frogs stacked on each other in a creek, embodying a curious and creepy moment in nature. Saw some kids, around the age of 10 maybe, throwing rocks at some toads in ablond and laughing about it when their guts bursted out.

    Told them to stop and they looked at me with a genuinely confused expression as if, why would hurting animals like that be wrong at all?

    Idk just gave me the creeps and I wonder what kind of persons they are now.

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    KatSaidWhat
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can tell you exactly what kind of people they are now. Because the next thing was cats, dogs, etc. And then...

    Anthorn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    uh-huh. Because people can't change. And because you can predict the outcome of every child's future based on one (obviously terrible, but not damning) act. I'm not saying that they had never done that (hurt animals) before, of course. I know I will be downvoted for this by the way.

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    Sara Frazer
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ooh I got to do something similar in a park in Seattle recently. There was an older man sitting and feeding ducks and pigeons, and a small crowd had gathered to look at all the happy quackers. I stopped too because I love ducks and pigeons. A mom and a young boy are stopped nearby, the mom is talking to someone on her phone, not paying attention, her kid runs over and starts KICKING AT the birds. And trying to stomp on them. The older man glared at the boy, another man walked by and said to the child "stop that!" but kept walking and the child didn't stop. I heard people beside me say "whose kid is that?" mom is just yacking away on her phone. I'm not the confrontational kind, and I avoid eye contact with people, but I got so mad for those poor birds I walked up the the kid and in my best stern preschool teacher voice loudly said "Stop kicking at the birds, it's NOT NICE" ooh the terror on that kid's face as he ran back to his mom. Parent your kid, damnit.

    angelmomoffour62
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have read that most serial killers start abusing animals first...

    Tom De Paul
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And most sex offenders were offended on as children. But that doesn't mean all sex abuse victims become offenders. See how that works?

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    azubi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We had the neighbour's kids killing frogs with bows and arrows when I was a kid. I told their parents, they told them to stop, and none of them turned into a serial killer (for all I know). Maybe we should tell them to stop while they are still growing their ethics and leave it at that.

    Isis905
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can we say Bundy, Gacy, Ramirez, etc?

    BrownEyedPanda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Exactly. That's how serial killers usually start out, but not how they end.

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    Oops
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Then they become president.

    JessieJ&LilyLovebug
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sociopaths don't grow a conscience. You either have one, or you don't.

    C .Hunger
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This some Village of the Damned s%^#!

    Jake Bertz
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Throw a rock at them, see how they like it.

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    #5

    Modern showerhead in a spotless, white-tiled bathroom, highlighting a possibly creepy and unexplainable ambiance. Didnt see it but my college dorm roommate was showering in the common bathroom, when he looked up and saw a phone recording him inside. He immediately opened the stall door, ran after the guy totally naked and shouted at me (i was in our room) to come help. Turned out one of the dormers had been filming him couple times. The case reached the university tribunal that led to the creep’s dismissal.

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    TeenieMeanie
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Should have led to his arrest

    Nice Beast Ludo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Universities will do anything not to get the police involved. They don't want bad headlines and will practically bribe and threaten you not to involve them. My university was like that at least and it seems like that at a lot of others

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    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When my dad was still alive, I lived at home to help care for him (he had catastrophic brain damage from an accident.) One time I was showering and saw the top of my dad's caregiver's head as he tried to peep in at me. I yelled, he slammed the door shut apologizing. Later on, I caught him sneaking around outside at night (when he was supposed to be watching my dad!) trying to peek in at me through my bedroom window. The caregiver lived in one of my mom's other properties, and one time my sister went to help a new tenant move in and found a VIDEOTAPE of me, showering, naked, that the caregiver had filmed while I was showering. But did my mom fire him? Nope. He was her friend and a former employee at our family business (before my dad's accident) and she chose him over her daughter. To this day, she refuses to listen if I try to talk to her about how her precious Jorge filmed me while showering or about the number of times I caught him creeping around the backyard outside of my bedroom.

    Untamed Snark
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's disgusting, I'm really sorry your mum didn't believe you.

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    GREYNOOK
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    what's wrong with people 🤧

    #6

    Old red brick church with twin towers under a cloudy sky. I've had a pretty lucky life. Worst I've seen is a 35 year old man admitting he came to my church solely to ask my newly 18 year old sister to be his girlfriend. He had already asked me (29, but I was 18 when he asked), my sister (31, 17 or so when he asked), and my other little sister (21, 20 when he asked) and been rejected. He had known our family since my littlest sister was an infant. He told her she'd "blossomed into a woman". He's the only person the pastor (my father) has told to leave our church and not come back.

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    Jen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Would have also notified police - he's done this before.

    Warren Peece
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Notify them of what? What law did he break? You do understand that the job of law enforcement officers is to enforce laws - as clearly indicated by the term "law enforcement," right? Hello?

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    tori Ohno
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    Sounds like he's on the spectrum, but in a bad way. Only little children ask "will you be my girlfriend". But being mentally challenged is no excuse, you learn how to NOT behave by the time you're that old.

    veryvenasaur
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What do you mean by on the spectrum in a bad way. I also really dislike people claiming all bad behavior is the result of autism or neurodivergence in general.

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    Anne Young
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    My dad never would've defended me. I'm fine w/ it cause I don't need a man to.

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    Why do people do something strange and inexplicable? The easiest answer is that "people are strange," as Jim Morrison used to sing. And secondly, to understand the many mysterious situations we witness in life, you also need to know their context—then it will become clear.

    For example, let's say we see—from the window of a bus or a car—one person chasing another. A few seconds, and that's it. The bus leaves, the chase has disappeared from our sight, and we never find out what happened.

    It could have been a cop chasing a thief or, on the contrary, a criminal chasing a victim. Maybe it was a husband trying to catch up with his wife's lover, whom he caught red-handed, or a secret service agent chasing an elusive alien in the body of an earthling...

    #7

    Man sitting at a table, biting someone's hand, depicting creepy and disturbing behavior in a dimly lit setting. I went on a singular date with a very mentally unstable person. He’d done a decent job of pretending to be somewhat normal leading up to the date, but throughout the few hours I spent with him he slowly started to unravel. He started revealing to me about how he’d been arrested, recently got out of jail, how he hated his entire family, then the real icing on the cake was me telling him I didn’t really know how to make southern food because I wasn’t from the south to which he said;

    “You’ll learn.” Very sternly. Then he asked if I was okay with sleeping on an air mattress with him, because he wanted me to come over and cook for him.


    Noped the f**k away from that.

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    Anthorn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dodged a freakin' cannonball there. Hope he gets some kind of help.

    Nice Beast Ludo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Scary part is the ones that don't reveal it...like sociopaths and psychopaths and narcissists.

    Anthorn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Would you prefer that they reveal that? (not trying to sound mean or anything)

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    Charles McChristy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sure he told you what a great guy he is, lol

    Tom De Paul
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a society we are lucky that so many of these predators are low-functioning.

    MC C
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    This seems really tame compared to the crazy women I have dated

    #8

    Man with glasses sitting indoors, expressing a puzzled look, related to creepy and unexplainable events. One of my employees sent me a picture of a young women bending over to reach into the cooler.

    A) Why would you do that?

    B) Why would then decide to send that picture to your BOSS with a bunch of drooling emojis.

    Just no.

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    #9

    Driving through heavy rain, blurry road view, invoking a creepy and unsettling feeling. I was going home after seeing my boyfriend at the time. It's late at night roads are clear. I pull up to a stop light on the edge of town I'm talking in the rear view mirror I can see city but through the windshield there's nothing but corn fields. I see movement out of the corner of my eye and I'm expecting a deer but I realize I'm looking at a person hunched over holding a crowbar clearly trying not to be seen. I ran that red light and got out of there as fast as I could.

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    kitten levels tokyo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would like to donate some punctuation to this paragraph.

    Robert T
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was a full stop light they ran, as the didn't want to end up comma-tose. ;-)

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    Annabel Again
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not everyone is good at everything. I'm all for standing up for what's important to you, but what happened to OP is disturbing. Even if the way they told us rubs you the wrong way it's still valid. Much love and respect to all y'all fr

    Mark Kelly
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hope you keep all your doors locked with drive

    SkippityBoppityBoo
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In reply to the use/non-use of punctuation - so long as you can read it and understand it? What's the big deal? When you're recounting something terrifying that's happened to you, you're not exactly worried about punctuation, spelling etc..... My gosh, I mean, I've had to talk to the police a few times to go over my statements. They take the initial one just after the incident then they'll visit again or call, with myself they visited. I had, not forgotten, but my mind was so scrambled because I couldn't believe it, was terrified, after what had just happened that I forgot details and needed to add them. Had I had to write it all down? It'd probably have been, more than likely have been, one huge garbled mess with very little punctuation.

    Papa
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You made a valid point about not being worried about punctuation and spelling when under stress, but how does that apply here? There's no reason to assume OP was writing that immediately after it happened. It could have been years ago.

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    Our imagination works in such a way that it "thinks things up" for us, giving a fleeting scene details that correspond to our mood and the circumstances in which we saw this or that in action. This is, by the way, how literature works—that is, of course, if it's good literature. The author outlines the general idea, gives us slight hints—and we perceive everything else ourselves.

    #10

    Laptop connected to colorful external hard drives on a desk with a keyboard and mouse nearby. Guy in my class about 10 years ago. Not so much on the spectrum as the spectrum was on him.

    Had his homework on a mini Seagate drive, and asks the teacher to plug in so he can transfer the homework over. As soon as teacher clicks on the external drive, there's a s**t-ton of folders called "I know where you live" that were probably just like him gathering dirt on other classmates. This was a few months after he made memes about a classmate's su***de. Actual psychopath behaviour.

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    Nice Beast Ludo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There needs to be intervention programs to help kids like this

    RP
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There needs to be some moderation on people using 'on the spectrum' to describe any behaviour they don't like. The autism spectrum is quite specific and not a catch-all for 'I don't understand that person's behaviour'. The way people are using it in these threads is the same as people used to use 'r****d'.

    AsylumWalker
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, its become a disgusting side effect of autism awareness 😞

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    Amanda Reinstatler
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Making memes about a student's suicide should have gotten him expelled. Disgusting

    Tommy DePaul
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Although odd this is not psychopathic behavior . . . .

    Evelien Stijger Martens
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What does this have to do with the spectrum and than again, witch spectrum?

    Rosecat
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My husband is autistic and that's absolutely no excuse. Disgusting. If he were so autistic he couldn't function in civilised society, he'd be in a facility.

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    Which spectrum? This is a s**t post. Who on earth upvoted it?

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    #11

    Cozy, dimly lit living room with a traditional setting, featuring patterned cushions and windows offering an outside view. Seen? Not sure. But my ex wife has had stalkers. The story on one of them took the cake.

    Her fam had a summer home in Maine, in the middle of the woods, overlooking the ocean. The back patio has huge glass window/ doors that has a full view of the ocean & the woods. It's really beautiful during the day. During the night, however, it was f*****g scary. It's dark & you couldn't see outside...but the outside could see you!

    So, she told me one night she was home alone, she kept getting calls (this was the late 90s) telling her, "Whitney...I can see you..." This f*****g creep would even describe what she was wearing & all that s**t. She turned off the lights & ran up stairs with a knife.

    She still didn't figure out who he was.

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    Pink Taco Eater
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What's the point? They're all the same. Some stupid killer stalking some big-breasted girl who can't act who is always running up the stairs when she should be running out the front door. It's insulting. (Lmao Scary Movie is hilarious)

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    kitten levels tokyo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "M'am, the call is originating INSIDE THE HOUSE!" - 911 Operator.

    StumblingThroughLife
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's why curtains are a good idea at night ...

    Upstaged75
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's this amazing new invention called curtains....

    DennyS (denzoren)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's sounds horrifying to experience.

    Tommy DePaul
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "The call is coming from inside the house."

    Melanie Linehan
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Was the sister jealous of her and tried to get her killed? It sound like the plot from The Bodyguard with Whitney Houston.

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    #12

    People holding laser tag guns, illuminated in a dim setting, creating a creepy and unexplainable atmosphere. When I was around 14, a woman (about 50-60 years old) who was known throughout my neighborhood as being creepy (looking through windows, digging through trash, etc.) approached my younger brother and I while we were walking home from a neighbor’s house about a block away. She asked us if we wanted to come to her house at midnight for a laser tag party with her and her kids, not all that odd except for her huge forced smile, and the fact that this “party” was at midnight when we had school the next day.

    Discovered a few weeks later that the kids she mentioned were the 5-6 children she adopted all at once. None of them were very well adjusted, and were bullies to the other kids on the street, we also saw all the kids being taken away in police cars, whatever that was about.

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    kitten levels tokyo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "And then they found those corpses in her basement."

    Kian Ponda
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the kids? They were never EVER seen again...

    Kian Ponda
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just so you know, it's meant to be a horror campfire story

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    Kevin Hickey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did she live in a Gingerbread House?

    MC C
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this sounds like a story that was distorted through children's eyes

    LukewarmSoymilk
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Serious question, is it even possible to adopt 5-6 children all at once?

    Katie Barnes
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Came here to say that. Most places in the world have pretty strict adoption requirements. Not all places, but most. Seems pretty unlikely that someone this unstable would be approved and could afford to adopt any, let alone 5-6 kids. Maybe she was fostering them and they came staggered? Even then, there are requirements in place.

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    Tommy DePaul
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All dead, propped up around the dining table . . . .

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    This is actually more interesting cause of gender reversal.

    Nice Beast Ludo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are you doing some kind of bored panda social experiment? What are you even talking about

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    In fact, what makes a story truly frightening are the unusual, scary aspects of ordinary things and people. When they do something—or when something happens to them—that we don't actually expect.

    "We're used to the normal stuff. We've probably all had good times in a hotel. Many of us live in regular houses. We watch TV. Our children have dolls and other toys. And in a scary story, these normal settings and objects take on new, frightening aspects," this dedicated post on Twiain.com says.

    In any case, the understatement, the unpredictability, and the inexplicability—that's what makes most of these stories so frightening. Or, the people described were simply bad. That, alas, is also the sad yet true reality of our lives...

    #13

    A boy in a red hat and plaid pants sits pensively by train tracks with a suitcase, evoking a mysterious atmosphere. When i was 12 I packed my bags to go visit my dad for the weekend and I was standing outside my gate waiting for my dad. Across from my apartment there was a garage/feul station. And then i saw this dude looking at me and walking straight toward me with a purpose.

    A car cut him off before he crossed the street and I used that as my window to get back inside the main gate of the apartments . When he saw that I was back inside he looked very disappointed and turned around and walked away.

    I don't know if that dude wanted to kidnap me or r**e me but a kid standing with a bag of clothes probably looked like i was planning to run away or something. And i assume he wanted to capitalize on that. He looked to be in his 30s and i was a 12 year old boy. I could only assume the worst if that dude managed to grab me or something.

    Thepuppeteer777777 , Vika Glitter Report

    Robert Trebor
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hope you told your dad when he got there.

    Debbie
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    Maybe he was trying to prevent you from running away.

    MidnightProphecy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I doubt it, he wouldn’t have been disappointed he was behind a gate if so, he could have still spoken to him to check he wasn’t running away through a gate

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    Liz Mary
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds more like imagined, as in the guy had a genuine reason to be out there ad his child mind painted a bad scenario. I mean, how does a disappointed look even looks like?!

    #14

    Woman shopping for a dog toy with her brown Labrador in a pet store aisle. We have several "admirers" at the pet shop I work at. They come in during work hours and ask about certain girls, and leave gifts for them. Some of them are married. Can't take a hint either. It's so cringy and gross and creepy. .

    kman0300 , freepik Report

    Nice Beast Ludo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where is management? Someone kept doing this at my last job and he was not allowed back in the store

    tori Ohno
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Trespass them. Why hasn't management done this? Sexual harassment laws apply to not only coworkers, but customers as well.

    Dr Jimmy 03
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anyone creepin' on MY employees like this gets booted out the door quick.

    Meowzers!
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I worked in a few different nightclubs many years ago when I was 18-21. At one particular club was "Miller guy", he looked to be in his mid 30s, but definitely could have been older. Every night we were open (Tues -Sat) he came in and found whichever bar I was working on for that night, mostly I stayed on the same one but sometimes I covered another depending on staffing levels. Once he found me he would come up and order the same drink every time. A bottle of Miller. He would then spend the whole night standing at the corner of the bar and just stared at me. When he finished his bottle he would come and get another and go back to his position and resume staring. He never looked away, just straight at me, all night. The club was open 2000-0200 and he would be there, never uttering a word except for asking for a bottle of Miller, the whole night. He did this for 2 years until I left to work at another club. I never saw him again.

    Kevin Hickey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is one of them a washed up boxer who bought turtles named Cuff and Link?

    Rizzo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, it's cringy, but maybe they are their sugar-daddies? Pet shop workers don't earn a lot.

    #15

    Person driving a car, gripping the steering wheel, illustrating unexplainable and disturbing human behavior moments. I got in to my car to go to work, at like 5am, when I start to reverse I see a guy in all black crawling on all 4s toward my car from the street. I f*****g floored it and took off.

    Possum7358 , JESHOOTS.com Report

    XenoMurph
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People's prejudice against quadraplegic ninjas in unacceptable

    Michael Largey
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It couldn't have been a ninja. OP stated they saw him.

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    Nice Beast Ludo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is terrifying. Why do they always come up with these lists at these hours when I can't sleep and think "oh maybe I'll scroll bored panda and that will help"

    Tabitha
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would’ve been so tempted to just back up over him. A couple times.

    BrownEyedPanda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep. "Gee, Officer, my foot must have slipped off the brake and hit the gas while I was in Reverse. Several times."

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    G A
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd have just kept reversing.. BUMP!...oh sorry, didn't see you doing your speed bump impression in the dark....

    Captive
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honestly that would freak me out so much

    Jen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd grab my bat with 911 on phone immediately - as I drive off, do a U turn and come back on the creep and stop car (locked of course); these are sick cowards who don't expect the tables to be turned.

    Anne Young
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    I respect them cause they did involve a man.

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    In any case, we sincerely believe that reading this selection will be interesting and also useful for many of you. Perhaps, if in the future something strange and unexpected happens to you, too—you'll already know or assume what it is. And, accordingly, you'll better understand how to react. After all, as the ancient Romans said, "Forewarned is forearmed..."

    #16

    Hand cleaning a white surface with a cloth. I was at the ER waiting to be seen. There was a hospital janitor going around with her cart cleaning. I didn’t have much to do so I was watching her. She was wiping down the counter in the triage area and she leaned over and licked the counter. A long lick then went back to cleaning.

    ponytailgetreal , Kampus Production Report

    DennyS (denzoren)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well that's unsettling and unsanitary.

    Brian Droste
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is not as bad as some of these other ones that I have read so far.

    Louise Higgins
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    … and you didn’t tell anyone - apart from the internet?

    Anne Young
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    1 year ago

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    I suppose they've never heard of a 'waiting room'. Tf kindof stupid person hasn't? Yes, 'waiting to be seen' cause that's what people say.

    Deborah
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please go away and be nasty somewhere else.

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    #17

    A man sleeping peacefully in bed, with a dimly lit room and an alarm clock on the bedside table. Describe his wet dreams to me and how I was usually in them. I was 11.

    chilliflakeqq , Ron Lach Report

    Anne Young
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    1 year ago

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    No, dependent on gender of the caller.

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    Nice Beast Ludo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The school called about a boy who kept touching my daughter's leg higher and higher and lunch and asking if she liked it. He was 11. They take these things really serious now and the guidance counselor practically cried when we said no we don't want to press charges just deal with it in house. I guess he's seen a lot of boys getting arrested for similar behavior out of middle school. He got suspended and in a lot of trouble with his mother so I think we did the right thing and he doesn't bother her anymore

    TiNaBoNiNa
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This behavior can be a sign the child is the victim of abuse themselves.

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    Tommy DePaul
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How old was he? If 11, he's just a little weird, has permeable boundaries, and doesn't have a rigid sense of gender roles. If 21 you have a problem.

    Binky Melnik
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    12 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No one would believe my wet dreams. Or they’d doze off. They’re sooo banal and nothing sexy happens in them! They’re totally baffling to me.

    Chuck
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    12 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You shouldn't sleep in the bathtub. ☺️

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    #18

    Freight train crossing a rural road on a cloudy day with graffiti, capturing a scene of unexplainable and creepy stillness. My dad agreed to pick up one of my friends from work. She was closing up the shop so it was around 1am when we picked her up. On the way to her apartment was a railroad crossing. This particular crossing is notoriously uneven and rough. You have to slow down to a near stop to go over them. There's no street lights by these tracks either. As we slowed down to go over them a man jumped out from the dip at the side of the tracks and grabbed our rear passenger door. Luckily the car had automatic locks. My dad gunned it. Thankfully we had taken my brother in laws suv because his car was broken down. His car didn't lock.

    SirFuzzButt , Tom Fisk Report

    kitten levels tokyo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe that guy was going to share his knowledge of the best way to traverse that bumpy crossing. Sort of like a harbor pilot.

    USMC5815
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Screen name is awesome.

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    JessieJ&LilyLovebug
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Think they need to revise that last sentence.

    #19

    Woman with grey hair using a laptop, viewed from behind, creating a mysterious or creepy atmosphere. My cousin got catfished by his GF's mom. His GF's mom created a Facebook and other social media accounts for a fictitious person, introduced herself to my cousin and started chatting with him on a daily basis over the course of a few months in order to "test him" to make sure he'd be loyal to her daughter... The GF didn't seem to think this was a big deal, that her mother kinda tried to seduce her boyfriend "as a test", and my cousin was apparently completely blind to this giant red flag...

    That was a few years ago and he's still with the same GF. We were all pretty surprised he didn't nope the f**k out of there the minute he found out about the catfishing because that's some totally f****d up behaviour from this lady, but then again my cousin is kind of an idiot (and on that note we're also surprised his GF is still with him because he's such a complete idiot).

    Infamous-Mixture-605 , SHVETS production Report

    Nice Beast Ludo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mother sexted my ex boyfriend. Then got irate at me because he told me about it

    Jake Bertz
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If the GF was okay with her mom catfishing her boyfriend, she aint exactly a MENSA candidate either.

    kitten levels tokyo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Banjo music 🎵🎶. (GF is morse code for cousin.)

    Anne Young
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    She didn't try. She started to, failed or succeeded.

    #20

    Golden retriever on a leash sitting on a forest path, surrounded by greenery. Trying to catch my dog and kidnap him.

    LittleSweetheart672 , Johann Report

    Katie Kins
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Had someone once tell me that my dog was super cute and planned on stealing her.

    Amanda Reinstatler
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If anything could make me commit murder....

    #21

    Silhouette of a person sitting alone in front of a window in a dimly lit room, creating a creepy and unsettling atmosphere. I woke up at five am to my “friend” sitting on the floor directly next to my bed and staring at my sleeping face with no valid explanation. Kicked them RIGHT out because absolutely not, and it wasn’t even like as a joke. That would’ve made me feel better but no.

    asap_throwawayx , Adem Erkoç Report

    Nice Beast Ludo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One time I stared at my friend's face when she was sleeping because it looked really weird upside down from that angle. Sometimes you can't sleep at other people's houses and we didn't have phones in the 90s. Sometimes all you could do was just stare at your friend and hope they wake up lol

    kitten levels tokyo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It would have been even worse if they were dressed as a clown.

    Sharkbait1313
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Probably sleepwalking. I used to do stuff like that when I was younger because I was a sleepwalker.

    #22

    Empty blue swings in a playground, evoking unsettling and creepy feelings. Saw a middle aged guy sniffing the swings in a playground.

    ImprovementFar5054 , Miguel Á. Padriñán Report

    SkippityBoppityBoo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was with my grandad, I wad 6, at our local park and one of the park keepers was sniffing the swing seats, the slide etc because there were foxes in the area who had just given birth. They'd sprayed their urine and scent all over the playground, the playground was closed off until they'd cleaned it all up. Not defending this guy in the post btw, it's just weird how this reminded me of that!

    ghost gurl
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i would've taken his picture and posted it everywhere w a warning to parents. wtfffff.

    Jamee
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's just weird..

    Tyranamar Suess
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    Probably a dad who happened to just have the misfortune of being a man on the playground.

    Debbie
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    1 year ago

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    Maybe his kid came home with smelly trouwsers/skirts and he wanted to know where it came from? Children usually have no strong scent yet untill their hormones start raging.

    MidnightProphecy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the second weird comment I’ve seen from you lol

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    #23

    Vintage motel sign on a sunny street, contributing to a creepy aesthetic. I once worked at a motel with this incredibly creepy 50 some year old guy who would stand outside the pool and just watch when there were kids in the pool. He’d just stand there and stare at them without any shame whatsoever. I worked at a shop nearby and I could see him without him seeing me.

    givemeonemargarita1 , Darya Sannikova Report

    Nice Beast Ludo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We have a similar man at the mall. He sits at the food court and waits for children to come by and ambushes them with contact. I told him get the F**K away from my kid. I guess he has been arrested again cause haven't seen him at the mall in a few years and he used to be there every single day. Known pedophile.

    Cindi Antrobus
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I shamed someone from drowning as a teenager and it has traumatized me to the point a that I watch all kids in the pool

    Katie Barnes
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You worked at a motel or a shop nearby the motel? This says both.

    Debbie
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    Again being devil's advocate, but could this man be missing his family? Was he lonely and enjoying the laughter and sound of kids? Was he bored and is this entertainment for him? Was he watching them because he had a trauma of his / a child drowning? Why is looking at kids in a pool automatically creepy?

    Screeching Owl
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can you stop trying to defend these clearly creepy people? It doesn't matter if his intentions were innocent, that is a grown man staring at little kids.

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    #24

    DJ performing music in a dark, eerie club scene with two people dancing, creating a creepy and mysterious atmosphere. I was in dark , damp dirty underground club (way i preferred it) one night and talking to my girlfriend at the time and i felt a nudge on the can of red bull i was drinking. out of the corner of my eye and really quickly i saw saw someone putting a bag of white substance away. After a good minute of pretending everything was normal i walked to the promoter, gave him my can of drink, told him what happened and not to do anything until i was ten minutes away as i wasn't the physical type and didnt want to be privy to anything. .

    Have no idea what happened, i never asked about it again.

    seven_mile_reach , FOERDER ZONE Report

    Anne Jones
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don’t get this. The drink was drugged! Did OP leave his GF at the club?

    Matthew Savestheworld
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OP and girlfriend are both girls. OP catches someone druggin her, turns it in but then leaves (vetry likely taker her girlfirend with her)

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    Nice Beast Ludo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So they narced on a d**g dealer or caught someone drugging drinks? I don't get it either

    Nikole
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m pretty sure the latter, but honestly it could be the former and he just accidentally touched her can. (Also, haha, “touched her can”.)

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    #25

    Man standing in front of FTC gym sign, wearing a gray shirt, unsettling expression. Find random things to work out on then flex and kiss his biceps. Like the back of some open back stairs, do some pull ups.

    letslytherin , Bruno Bueno Report

    Bonesko
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I get the finding things random to work out on, but kissing his biceps is definitely strange

    Maples Dad
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Proud of his achievement. I mean, it is done in movies.

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    Some guy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Silly and stupid, sure, but not creepy.

    TiNaBoNiNa
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Weird but not necessarily creepy. If he had asked OP to come kiss them too...

    G A
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He was the real life Johnny Bravo

    Brian Droste
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He is just into himself.

    roepi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Was his name Johnny Bravo?

    #26

    Empty metro platform with dim lighting, creating a creepy and unsettling atmosphere. Maybe not the creepiest. But 2022, my brother and I were at a train station heading to New York. We had gotten there early and were just walking around. As we walked around, we saw a man standing by himself. He had a Shy Guy, the Mario character, mask on, a bag next to him, and was standing perfectly still. He didn't move at all, not even to check his phone or look around. He stood there for some time and at some point just disappeared. Perhaps he was just waiting for the train, but it was really weird and we definitely thought he was up to something.

    Crissxfire , Pixabay Report

    Apatheist Account2
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We don't all spend the whole day checking our phones. I understand that one can set them to make a noise when they need one's attention.

    Sven Grammersdorf
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wouldn't check my phone at a subway station anyway. That's a good way to get your s**t stolen.

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    Nice Beast Ludo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe he transported himself back to Mario World

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