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Creepy ‘Would You Rather’ Scenarios That’ll Test How Fearless You Really Are
We’re back with another thought-provoking ‘Would You Rather’ poll! In Part 1, we challenged your fears. In this Halloween-inspired ‘Would You Rather: Spooky Edition,’ we’ll test exactly how brave, curious, and chill-tolerant you really are.
So grab a blanket, dim the lights, and see which spooky scenarios you’d rather live through.
Remember, there are no wrong answers - just ones that reveal how well you’d survive a night or day in the strange and supernatural.
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#1
Would you rather have your reflection blink when you don’t or your shadow move a moment after you do?
Rick Murray 2 months ago
When you have flu real bad, the shadow thing is real - and it's as if your body is moving by itself and the you part of you is following just a moment behind. Perception is weird and easily messed with.
Michael Largey 2 months ago
Since I'm looking at my reflection, I would always notice the blink was off. But I never look at my shadow.
Robyn Hill 2 months ago
One thing Whovians know: when there are too many shadows, it’s bad news.
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#2
Would you rather get a voicemail from your mom, but her voice sounds slightly off - almost robotic - or receive a birthday card from a relative who passed years ago?
Batwench 2 months ago
Knowing the UK postal service, the birthday card scenario is entirely possible.
Crystalwitch60 2 months ago
Mine to when I was8 mths old , so I don’t even know her at all , n being 60 now n a Wiccan ,it would be amazing wouldn’t it x
Load More Replies... Uzomba Amarachi Stephanie 2 months ago
A post card from a dead relative is as freighting as it sounds because Nigerian post mails are only digital so if that happens its scary as fu**
Crystalwitch60 2 months ago
I would adore a voice mail from my mum, as she died when I was8 mths old !! or my gran I called mum I grew up with till she died when I was 15 , I’d love either .wouldnt find it in the least bit spooky lol more comforting and wonderful x
#3
Would you rather find out your neighbor has been watching you through their blinds every night or discover your coworker somehow knows what you dream about?
Jesse 2 months ago
I have German blinds, obscuring film on the window and live on the 4th floor. My neighbours can try.
Michael Largey 2 months ago
It would be nice if someone knew what I dreamt since I never remember myself.
#4
Would you rather receive a daily phone call at the same time, but no one speaks, or a daily letter in your handwriting that you never wrote?
Lily bloom 2 months ago
I wonder if it would be the same letter every time or new daily. Either way though I dont think I'd like it
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Bill Swallow 2 months ago
The important detail left out here is, Who does Caller ID say the call is coming from? (My bet is 'Spam Risk'.)
Nikki Sevven 2 months ago
*phone rings* Me, reading: "Unknown caller. Decline." OTOH, maybe the letters are coming from future me.
Michael Largey 2 months ago
My handwriting is so illegible that I almost tested out of medical school.
#5
Would you rather spot an old photo of yourself as a stranger’s screensaver, or discover your full name carved into a tree in a place you’ve never been?
Multa Nocte 2 months ago
I know! The number of "iffydust"s I have known is really quite long!
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Bill Swallow 2 months ago
Googled my full name once out of curiosity. Found a boatload of stuff on other people with my name, not one single thing about myself.
KatSaidWhat 2 months ago
The tree thing could be cute if you have made friends online and one got a crush. BUT - please don't carve trees.
Little Bit 2 months ago
Anyone who would want a photo of me as their screensaver must be crazy. I am the least photogenic person on the planet.
Michael Largey 2 months ago
Many strangers have my photo. I was a teacher and so appear in tens of thousands of high school yearbooks. Scanning it would be no problem. But I imagine my picture more often adorns dartboards than screen savers.
#6
Would you rather wake up to find your furniture rearranged or see muddy footprints leading to your bed?
Nikki Sevven 2 months ago
Asking purely for the purpose of information: Do the rooms in question also get cleaned?
Little Bit 2 months ago
Rearranged room. I once lived in a house where, sometimes when I returned home to discover items of furniture out of place. Not wildly out of place but just enough to be noticeable. Nobody else had been in the house while I was out.
EmbersAreOut 2 months ago
If i saw muddy footprints leading up to my bed you bet your bottom dollar i would not spend one more minute in that house 😭
Bananaramamama 2 months ago
Rearranged room. I'm a terrible decorator, any help would be welcomed even if it's supernatural
#7
Would you rather notice that your favorite café always has the same people, in the same seats, wearing the same clothes every day, or that the barista greets you with the order you were just thinking about?
Dread Pirate Roberts 2 months ago
The barista one sounds awesome, actually lol he/she would keep me coming back
Bananaramamama 2 months ago
I was thinking how I am not a people person and would probably not even notice the other customers...but man I'd love to have my coffee ready so I don't have to stammer through it 😂
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Crystalwitch60 2 months ago
I never leave the house , unless it’s to go to the docs or the vets lol but I do pop in to a coffee shop in stow on the wold ,like rarely mind ,but ooo that coffee is the best and they use real chocolate on top hand made to from the shop over the road !! N the woman even 6- mths between remembers me n what I have its ace
Lady Eowyn 2 months ago
You never leave the house but you go to docs/vets/coffee shop. Do you know what the word "never" means? Maybe you meant you rarely leave the house?
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Nikki Sevven 2 months ago
The barista one wouldn't phase me at all. Baristas and bartenders always remember the "usual" of regular customers.
#8
Would you rather hear your pet call your name in a calm voice once, or see them staring at the same corner of the room every night?
Rick Murray 2 months ago
Anna (see profile picture) already does the staring thing so I'm used to it.
Little Bit 2 months ago
When I had a dog he would sometimes stare at the wall like he could see something that i couldn't. I sometimes look after my friend's dog and she stares at the exact same place my dog did.
Emilu 2 months ago (edited)
If you have birds you may well be used to this happening anyway. My only talking bird is Roll (Cheeky is his actual name, but he never actually gets called that to the point that when the vet wants to see 'Cheeky' I'm all "... who?"), but he can't say his name. He does say "eww, I'm green!" though, so that... kind of counts...?
KatSaidWhat 2 months ago
If it can call my name, I can teach it to say other things. And also what "get off the table" actually means.
Nikki Sevven 2 months ago
How would I know it was one of my dogs calling my name? I've never heard either one speak. I've heard both "speak" but never heard either say actual words. Well, maybe a few from my Husky.
Rika 2 months ago
I don't understand why people get so freaked out when their pet stare at a corner. I often stare at corners too, it's not because I see ghosts, it's just calming to stare at nothing and think of nothing.
Crystalwitch60 2 months ago
Animals do it cos she see ghosts !! I’ve got 4 in this house ,three lovely one evil ,we keep him well at bay , the others one of mine the rottie x corso will tell me where they are , she’s done it since we took her on when she was two ,from very first day , she even moves her head side to side like she does when I’m talking to her , so I know they are chatting to her it’s lovely to see
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Would you rather have a friend swear they saw you somewhere you weren’t, or a coworker insist they had lunch with you yesterday when you’re sure they didn’t?
Crystalwitch60 2 months ago
In my case it appears to be doing all the things I HATE DOING phew lol saves me doing it don’t it 😂
Load More Replies... Bill Swallow 2 months ago
In college, I attended the wedding of a good friend of mine. Everyone said we looked alike. When I got my pictures developed (the long-ago days of film cameras), my Mom wondered why I was in every picture with the bride. Then she remembered that I don't own a white jacket...
Crystalwitch60 2 months ago
I,ll go friend mcos I dint work now , but I don’t do friends either . Or leave house ,so if this happened I’d would know they imagining things 😂
#10
Would you rather hear a child’s giggle echo through your house, even though there aren’t any children there, or see a chair slowly move on its own?
Bill Swallow 2 months ago (edited)
Last night, our 8 month old rescue kitten spent half an hour chasing invisible mice around the kitchen, in full hunter-killer mode, often pouncing on unseen things in the middle of the floor. Getting close to Halloween, and the veils are getting thin...
Bill Swallow 2 months ago
... Does the chair have wheels? (The main section of our house was built in 1947, and the floors are far from flat and level.)
Load More Replies... Crystalwitch60 2 months ago
Either I’m good with ,cos I have ghosts in this house , much adored ones ,I’ve no idea if they adults or kids , oh n things do move on their own 😂so either is good with me ,can’t beat a good kiddie giggle ,lovely sound ,
KatSaidWhat 2 months ago
I already spoke to a dead girl when I was very young, so the chair might be interesting... the dead girl checked out, I was upset she wouldn't play with me. Turns out she had died in my bedroom years before that.
Nikki Sevven 2 months ago
I inherited a gorgeous, curved glass china closet from my parents. One day, the locked door slowly swung open by itself. After a microsecond of the creeps, I investigated. Turns out the lock and key are both made of brass and, as the china closet is pretty old, they've worn over time through being used. The china closet is near a high traffic area in the house. Vibrations, over time, slowly caused the lock to unlock itself.
EmbersAreOut 2 months ago
The idea of children spirits TERRIFIES me. If i know one thing from binging Sam and Colby videos is that most child spirits aren’t children, they are something much darker
#11
Would you rather wake up to find every mirror in your home covered or every clock stopped at the same exact time?
Mari-Loore Pavel 2 months ago
I have this exact mirror, this is creepi :D IKEA made more than one?!
#12
Would you rather live in a town where no one ever sleeps or one where everyone disappears at sundown?
Rika 2 months ago
I once took the wrong bus and ended up in a town where all stores were closed and there was no one in the streets although there was still daylight. I finally met a guy and asked him if it was a holiday or something, he said no, it's past 6PM, everyone in the city has gone home and it's like that every day. It weirded me out a little bit.
Mel in Georgia 2 months ago
Back in the 80s I was driving across the US and decided to stop in St. Louis for dinner and to check out the famous arch. It was early evening, and it was just as you described. NOBODY was out in the middle of this big city. Had to eat at a McDonald's because it was the only thing open.
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 2 months ago
The town OP is referring to is almost certainly St. Paul, Minnesota.
Crystalwitch60 2 months ago
I WOULD NEVER BUT NEVER LIVE IN A FREAKING TOWN !! n the village I live in lmao it’s quiet as of a night time 😂bliss so disappear lol
#13
Would you rather be lost in an endless hallway or stuck in a single room that keeps subtly changing each time you blink?
KatSaidWhat 2 months ago
Maybe don't take this quiz which is definitely either/or 😉
Load More Replies... Bill Swallow 2 months ago
Check out a sci-fi miniseries available online - 'The Lost Room'. Four episodes, each 90 minutes.
Janissary35680 2 months ago
Endless hallways are a recurring feature of my dreams. ("And he walked on down the hall! And he came to a room! And he looked inside...")
Crystalwitch60 2 months ago
Changing room, lol I can’t walk very far , so that would be exhausting ,a changing room would be my last lives surfacing as they do now n then ,all good to me
#14
Would you rather stay in a cabin that’s silent except for whispers outside or one that hums with faint lullabies through the night?
Farah (she/her) 2 months ago
OMG IS THAT WONYOUNG???? (I dont stan but like omg a kpop lover)
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Would you rather hear knocking on your window at 3 a.m. or see your door slowly creak open by itself?
Rika 2 months ago
I live on the third floor. If someone knocks on my window, I'll let them in and praise their climbing skills.
Iffydust 2 months ago
I live on 4th, I be more impressed then scared. They 100 fall since my windows iut outwards if I try to let them in
Load More Replies... Nikki Sevven 2 months ago
My door does creak open by itself. I haven't yet had time to have a look at the hinges.
Little Bit 2 months ago
I'm used to doors opening by themselves in my house so it doesn't bother me. I've experienced unexplained knocking on my window when there was nobody there and it freaked me out. It has happened to me three times in my life and apparently it's not a good sign.
Crystalwitch60 2 months ago
Door lol, the ghosts do it anyways and my dogs 😂,I dint shut my door ,so dogs can come n go as they please , now the window thing hmm live in a house in the sticks , with nothing but fields to back n front of my house for bloody miles , so that would be slightly interesting 😂
#16
Would you rather have your phone start playing eerie music on its own or receive messages from an unknown number saying “I see you”?
Rick Murray 2 months ago
Eerie music? That's just my playlist. [currently listening to Lacrimosa "Apeiron"]
Kabuki Kitsune 2 months ago
Saw the first one happen years ago with an older Iphone at a place I did tech support for. Phone would randomly start playing strange songs, or open apps on its own, sometimes it'd shut off in the middle of a call, and even dial random numbers. Turned out there was a chip issue with the phone or something like that. Regardless when the user called, they opened the tech support call with "I need a young priest, and an old priest. My phone is possessed!"
#17
Would you rather walk through a maze that changes every few minutes or be in a house where every door leads somewhere new each time?
Rick Murray 2 months ago
Ah, but does the door lead to new places in the house, or new places in the world? You haven't specified the scope of "somewhere new".
Crystalwitch60 2 months ago
House , cos it would be again changing to past lives , giving u a glimpse of them
#18
Would you rather be paid to walk through an abandoned carnival at midnight or explore an old, empty hospital with flickering lights and a horrible past?
KnightOwl 2 months ago (edited)
I live near a massive old victorian hospital and it's unbelievably creepy even during the day. I've got lost in there many many times, wandering the maze of corridors for hours rarely seeing anyone else despite the fact it's a very busy hospital. It's also right next to a huge necropolis (aka. "city of the dead") adding to the creepy vibes. I'd rather deal with a slightly creepy carnival.
EmbersAreOut 2 months ago
Ive gor a horrible fear of hospitals in general, so a likely haunted, abandoned, and dangerous hospital is absolutely out of the questions
Rika 2 months ago
I'm fine with either but a carnival might have mannequins and I hate those. I used to go buy my cigarettes when it was still dark outside in the morning but store windows were lit up. Those mannequins startled me so many times because when you're distracted and you see one from the corner of your eye, your brain will think it's a real person for a second.
#19
Would you rather your ex keep appearing in your dreams every night, or a complete stranger keep greeting you by name in public?
Little Bit 2 months ago
Stranger. I still have nightmares about my ex-husband which feel so real that I wake up crying or shaking like a leaf.
Michael Largey 2 months ago
Five or six years after I retired from teaching (meaning that anyone I had taught had already graduated), I had occasion to return to that high school. Several students (complete strangers to me) still greeted me by name.
Rika 2 months ago
I had plenty of strangers greet me by name because my name isn't some big secret, I say it to everyone I meet and I don't expect them to keep it a secret either: they might tell a friend that I've never met about my physical appearance and said friend will recognize me in the street even if I have no idea who they are.
#20
Would you rather attend a dinner where everyone speaks in perfect unison or one where no one ever blinks?
Michael Largey 2 months ago
If I was told in advance that everyone was going to speak in unison, I'd be afraid I was walking into a Trump rally.
Crystalwitch60 2 months ago
Hmm hard one this cos I’d never be there in first place lmao !! My idea of hell, loads of people talking at once I’d hear their feelings n thoughts to overwhelming totally , so neither of these would appeal to me
#21
Would you rather your new neighbor greet you by your full name every morning, or your friend insist they’ve never met you before?
Michael Largey 2 months ago (edited)
Having absolutely no knowledge of me is a prerequisite to being my friend.
Crystalwitch60 2 months ago
Friend lol I dint got any !! Can’t be around people lmao n I have only had one new neighbour recently ,n she knew my name , cos she met my daughter at the pub in this little village 😂so she got chatting to her . N my lass told her my name so I’m good with that lol
#22
Would you rather have your coworker casually mention something personal they couldn’t possibly know, or your boss greet you by a nickname you’ve never told anyone?
KatSaidWhat 2 months ago
Boss, because I would have to think that the colleague is stalking me.
#23
Would you rather keep a journal that writes back or keep a mirror that shows what’s happening in another room?
Analyn Lahr 2 months ago
Those who've read/seen Harry Potter know what happens when a journal writes back.
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Crystalwitch60 2 months ago
Not one of those would concern me in the slightest 🤷♀️😂n most happens in this house anyways 😂
Crystalwitch60 2 months ago
Not one of those would concern me in the slightest 🤷♀️😂n most happens in this house anyways 😂
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