15 Times Real Life Was CRAZIER Than a Psychological Thriller

Ever had something happen that gave you chills long after it was over? Some stories are so strange, so unsettling, they stick with you. These real-life eerie encounters will make you question what’s lurking in the dark when the lights go out.

• My daughter used to sleepwalk. Super creepy stuff. I’d wake up in the middle of the night and she’d just be standing in the doorway, dead silent. I’d ask, “You okay, sweetie?” — nothing. Just stares. One night, my wife and I hear her little footsteps — tip-tap, tip-tap — she goes into the bathroom and closes the door. We wait... and wait... silence. My wife’s like, “Is she asleep on the toilet or what?” I go check — bathroom’s empty. She’s in her bed, fast asleep. Another night, I hear her talking. No clue what she’s saying, but she’s walking like someone’s leading her. She passes our room still whispering. I jumped up to catch her, but I was too late. Suddenly, she screamed, “Daddy! Daddy!”, standing at the end of the hall, wide awake. It was pitch black. I tried to run, but I swear, my legs wouldn’t move. Like I was glued to the floor. We ended up bringing her into our bed ‘til morning. Still gives me chills thinking about it. © Vladyko1974 / Pikabu

• My friend called me at 2 AM in full panic mode. She lives alone with her baby girl — no boyfriend, no men around. And suddenly, she finds a random man’s sock in her washing machine. Total meltdown. She starts googling psychiatrists, thinking she’s losing it. Turns out... it was her neighbor, Brian. She never locked her balcony (who would on the 7th floor?), and Brian, apparently too shy to ask since he stutters, overheard her saying she’d be out for a bit. His washer broke — so he climbed over and used hers. She was so shocked, she literally started stuttering too. And now? They’re getting married next week. I can’t. © Palata № 6 / VK

• Ten years ago, I met a young homeless guy who acted like he knew me. When I said I had no idea who he was, he said, “Isn’t your name Eamon, and you work in radio broadcasting?” I got freaked out. He was right, and I had always secretly dreamt of working in radio. I asked, “Who are you?”
  He smirked and said it wasn’t important and to ignore him, as sometimes he gets confused between the present and the future. Then he just left.
  I never saw him again. It threw me off completely. I abandoned the idea of going into radio almost out of fear. © beardmonger / Reddit

• My room is directly across from the bathroom in my house. Well, one night a couple of years ago, while I was lying on my bed, I glanced over to the bathroom and watched the shower curtain unhook itself and fall to the floor. I have no idea how it came unhooked—those rings are a pain to remove manually. © magichobo3 / Reddit

• My brother and I were alone at home when, all of a sudden, the hair dryer turned on for about 30 seconds and then off. This happened like five times, and the weird part was that the dryer was unplugged and no one was in the bathroom. © Unknown author / Reddit

• My college girlfriend and I were sleeping when my bedroom door was smashed off its hinges. I looked around, but no one was there. Even if it was just the house shifting, it scared us half to death. © TeleGuy2002 / Reddit

• A glass exploded on my parents’ counter. It was sitting top down on the counter just above the dishwasher. My mom had washed the glass by hand a few minutes prior because the dishwasher was loaded. I assumed it was the heat from the dishwasher below, but when I tried to recreate the event with another glass of the same kind, nothing happened. © Final-Map-4009 / Reddit

• I was walking through downtown at around midnight. At the time, I was regularly going to a net cafe for an all-nighter after playing D&D with some friends.
  So I’m walking, and out of nowhere, the tallest woman I’d ever seen, wearing magenta hospital scrubs, ran past me. She had to have been at least 6’6″. I can’t imagine where she was going; we weren’t near a hospital. © SyntheticG**8 / Reddit

• I went hiking late at night with my buddy when something big and bright flew right over us above the tree line. It was so bright we couldn’t even look at it, and whatever it was, it didn’t make a sound. Actually, it was probably the quietest moment of my life.
  I remember saying, “What is that?” but no sound came out of my mouth. It only lasted a few seconds, and then it was over. © s9nister / Reddit

• My boyfriend can cure my hiccups every time without fail by touching my chest, and they’re gone instantly. If he’s not around, I can’t stop them. The only time in our two years together that it didn’t work was when he was really mad at me for something. I seriously can’t explain it. © Echojhawke / Reddit

• One night, we were all staying in a friend’s lake cabin. There were about 7 or 8 of us, and we were settling down to bed after a night of partying. Suddenly, all the light bulbs started to shatter or spark out, one after another. We all decided to leave immediately—it was really creepy. © hairofbrown / Reddit

• I was in college at the time, in my shared room at my fraternity house. I was sitting on the couch watching TV when the other couch moved 3 feet to the right, stopped, and then moved 3 feet back to almost the exact same spot. © chrisschuyler / Reddit

• From 1991 to about 1994, I could be in some random part of town or even another city completely, and I could point out a streetlight and say, “That one is going to go out,” and sure enough, it would go out. It happened 100% of the time—whenever I said a light would go out, it did. © Expensive_Rhubarb_87 / Reddit

• In 6th or 7th grade, we were outside for recess playing football when a gigantic bird—at least 8 feet long with a neck as long as my leg—came swooping down and flew within about 2 feet of a kid’s head. It just swooped down, did a flyover, and then swooped back up without even flapping its giant wings. The entire playground went silent, and we never figured out what kind of bird it was. © Unknown author / Reddit

• We were staying at my husband’s mom’s house with our little family, and that night I had the creepiest dream. In the dream, I got up from the couch, walked down the hallway, and looked into the mirror — and there was this white-haired woman in the reflection, laughing so viciously I couldn’t breathe. I actually woke up gasping... and I was staring right at the same mirror. I clung to my husband, totally freaked out. The next day I told him, expecting him to brush it off — but he got super serious. Turns out his mom used to have recurring dreams about a white-haired woman, too. Yeah... I’m never sleeping in that house again.

Kids say the darndest things — but sometimes, they say stuff that makes your blood run cold. These parents were definitely not prepared for the things that came out of their kids’ mouths.