11 Creepy Stories Kids Unexpectedly Spill Out to Their Parents

Children see the world in a magical way, full of wonder and imagination. Their vivid minds can turn ordinary things into amazing adventures. Sometimes, they say or notice things that make us pause and wonder — could they be seeing something adults can’t?

• While changing my daughter in front of the open closet door, she kept looking around me and laughing. I asked her what was so funny. She said, “The man.” To which I replied, “What man?”
  She then pointed at the closet and said, “The man with the snake neck.” I turn around and nothing was there. I’m afraid to look into the history of my house. At least she wasn’t scared. © QuagmireDP / Reddit

• My little sister had some creepy moments when we were younger. She often claimed that “people” were in her bathroom at night talking, and watching her. She called them “Po and the Tape Monster”. One night, she woke up scared and went to my parents’ room to sleep with them. Before she went back to sleep, she used their bathroom, and when she came out she said “Why are there people in your bathroom mommy?” Dad was out of town, mom still swears this was the scariest thing any of my siblings ever did. © TheKrazyKrab23 / Reddit

• My son was cuddling with his grandmother and being very sweet (he was about 3 at the time). He takes her face in his hands and brings his face close to hers. Then tells her that she’s very old, and will die soon. Then he makes a point of looking at the clock. © NotTomPettysGirl / Reddit

• A year ago my daughter was having night terrors, she was 4 at the time. Would wake up screaming every night around 3 am. My wife and I would go stay with her until she fell back asleep. We assumed she was just having nightmares but one morning she had told me that she was afraid because there in a man in her closet that doesn’t have a head who keeps waking her up... © cobraskunk / Reddit

• “Daddy sleep,” then pushing my head underwater at the pool. © evillawnornament / Reddit

• Not my kid, but a little girl in my son’s kindergarten class told me she lives across the street from a cemetery. I asked her if it was spooky to live that close to a graveyard, and she said very matter-of-factly, “Not during the day. But at night, they all walk up to our windows and scream.” © Elvis_Take_The_Wheel / Reddit

• I have an awesome video of my son. He was maybe 2-3 at the time. He was taking a quarter and trying to put it in the slot just above the door handle of a closed closet. He kept repeating,"(His name) pay the lady, I pay her."
  When I asked what he was doing, he responded, “I have to pay the lady in the closet.” I asked him why is there a lady in the closet. He said, “She lives there. I pay her.” © 121guy / Reddit

• My 3-year-old daughter stood next to her newborn brother and looked at him for a while then turned and looked at me and said, “Daddy it’s a monster...we should bury it.” © Like_I_was_sayin / Reddit

• My 3-year-old came up to me, gave me a hug, then whispered in my ear, “Don’t go to work, you will die in a wall.” I drive to work and work in construction. Decided to work from home that day. © Cubix89 / Reddit

• While not something my own child has said, my younger cousin (around 5 at the time) once drew a picture of a black monster, looked up at me, and said, “He told me to draw this. He’s coming for you. You better hide.” © Nilliak / Reddit

• My daughter, when she was around 4 years old, and I were walking through a park. She suddenly says to me, “Your friend is calling you.” I reach into my pocket and grab my cell phone, which is not ringing and no missed calls.
  One second later, my phone starts vibrating, and it was a friend I hadn’t talked to in several months. I answered it and talked for a bit. My friend said he hadn’t called me until that time and that I had answered on the first ring. Still kinda freaks me out. © Gold_Passenger_5879 / Reddit

Kids have a way of surprising us with their words. They might accidentally spill family secrets, leaving everyone stunned, or say something so funny it has their parents laughing for days. You never know what they’ll say next — that’s part of their charm.