A plain scary story about why do lake monster stories start at boat ramps?, focused on the moment something appeared where nobody should have been. Read more

A plain scary story about why do river creature stories start near storm drains?, focused on the moment something appeared where nobody should have been. Read more

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A man took the same shortcut home every night after work The road crossed a narrow concrete bridge over a shallow creek surrounded by thick trees During the day it looked ordinary At night the headlights reached only… Read more

The rain had stopped only twenty minutes earlier Water still rushed along the curb as a man walked home through a quiet neighborhood The streetlights reflected off puddles that had swallowed the painted lines on the road Every… Read more

The dock was only twenty feet from shore close enough that the porch light from the old lake cabin reached the first few wooden posts It should have felt safe A man stepped onto the weathered boards just… Read more

A man stepped onto his front porch just after midnight to let the dog outside The yard was quiet The streetlights were far enough away that the grass looked almost black and the only sound was insects buzzing… Read more

The first thing my cousin noticed wasn’t a face It was the top of someone’s head sticking several feet above a stack of wooden feed pallets that stood almost eight feet high If you picture the alley don’t… Read more

The first thing I saw wasn’t eyes It was two pale horns sticking up from the darkness below the storm grate almost close enough to touch if I’d leaned over another foot They weren’t attached to anything I… Read more

A WeirdWitnessed account of the closed petting zoo barn camera showed a long-limbed thing crawling behind the hay bales, focused on the one physical detail Read more