We’ve heard them all a million times. The story of the man upstairs and the babysitter.
The woman who hears scratches on the roof of her car only to discover the hanging body
of her husband. The man in the backseat with an axe, and of course Slender Man. However,
there are a ton of Urban Legend Monsters out there that don’t get the recognition they
deserve. So today on Top 5 Scary Videos, I’m going to be counting down our list of the
Top 5 Scary Urban Legend Monsters On The Internet. Before we begin though, be sure to stick around
until the end of the video where I’ll be responding to some of your comments, and with
that, let’s jump in.
5 Annora Petrova As a child just shy of high school, figure
skater Annora Petrova happened upon her own Wikipedia page. Now, its existence was already
perplexing considering that she hadn’t created it herself, what made it truly terrifying
was that it seemingly predicted the future. Annora Petrova was born in Portland, Oregon,
and at the age of six, she began trying her hand at ice skating, before transitioning
into figure skating. It was the night before her first championship win that things started
to take a strange turn for her. That night, she was experiencing quite a bit of anxiety
in anticipation for the competition, so she went on the internet. For fun, she googled
her own name and ended up stumbling across the aforementioned wiki page. The page said
that she would win the next night’s championship at Crystal Classic. When she would check her
wiki page before competitions, it consistently and accurately predicted her victories at
every single tournament. She worked hard in order to compete at the Olympics, so when
it came time to try out for sectionals, she checked out the page. However, this time it
said: “Annora Petrova is a selfish little b*** who is going to get what she deserves.”
Annora was desperate because her friend Bree was also competing, and she didn’t believe
that she could beat her. In fact, at the tryouts, one of the blades on Bree’s skates flew
off and sliced Annora across the head causing her to bleed. It was believed that Annora
sabotaged Bree’s skate on purpose. Following the incident, she was banned from competition,
and it was becoming clear that the wiki page predictions were coming true. Consequently,
the page continued to have horrible descriptions of Petrova and predicted one tragedy after
another. One day, she checked the page, with it saying that she would die penniless on
the day before an audition. Annora was ultimately found dead at her computer in the Czech Republic.
4 Robert the Doll In the late 1800s, Thomas Otto and his family
moved into a mansion at the corner of Eaton and Simonton in Key West, Florida, now known
as the Artist House. The family were known to be stern with their servants, sometimes
even mistreating them. Now, a woman was hired to take care of their son, Robert. One day,
Mrs. Otto supposedly witnessed her practicing black magic in their backyard and fired her.
However, before she left, the woman gave Robert a lifelike doll which stood 3 feet tall, had
buttons for eyes, human hair, and was filled with straw. Robert named the doll after himself
and often dressed it in his own clothes. He took it everywhere with him, he even had a
seat at the dinner table and would be tucked into bed at night. However, things quickly
got very strange. Household objects would be found thrown around the room, with Robert’s
toys turning up mutilated, and giggling could also be heard. As the mischief grew, more
and more servants took their leave as new ones were hired. The parents ended up removing
Robert the doll and placing him in a box in the attic, this is where he resided for many
years. Robert the doll would supposedly attack people, even locking them in the attic with
him. People who passed by the home would claim to hear evil laughter coming from the Turret
Room. The doll was later moved to the East Martello Museum in Key West, where he sits
perched in a glass box.
3 The Russian Sleep Experiment At this point, The Russian Sleep Experiment
is known by most across the internet, with it being one of the most popular urban legends
to take flight on the creepypasta wiki. It tells the story of five test subjects, who
are exposed to an experimental sleep-inhibiting stimulant in a Soviety-era scientific experiment.
The urban legend recounts an experiment that took place at a test facility in the Soviet
Union in the late 40s. In a military-sanctioned scientific experiment, five political prisoners
were kept in a sealed gas chamber, with a continually administered airborne stimulant
for the purpose of keeping the subjects awake for 30 continuous days. The prisoners were
falsely promised freedom if they completed the experiment. The subjects, have first,
behaved normally, talking to each other and whispering to the researcher through the one-way
glass, though it was very quickly noted that their conversations became much darker. After
nine days, one subject began screaming uncontrollably for hours, while others seemingly had no reaction
to the outburst. The man screamed for so long, that he tore his vocal cords. Not long after,
a second patient started screaming, with the others preventing the researchers from looking
in by pasting torn book pages and their own feces on the porthole windows. On the 15th
day, the researchers decided to turn off the stimulating gas and reopen the chamber. Upon
looking inside, they discovered that the four surviving subjects had performed lethal and
severe mutilation and disembowelment on themselves during the past days, including tearing off
flesh and muscles. They also violently refused to leave the chamber, murdering one soldier
who attempted to do so. The Russian Sleep Experiment became immensely popular upon publication,
and is considered to be one of the greatest creepypastas on the internet.
2 The Clown Statue Now, this urban legend was originally published
in September of 2011, with it being one of the more popular tales to sweep the internet.
So, what’s it about? Well, it goes like this. A girl was babysitting from some family
friends one evening -- a little boy and a little girl. The parents had a fetish for
clowns, and in turn had collected clowns from around the world for years, setting aside
a room in the house just to put them all on display. That night, the children were playing
in the clown room, with many of the statues being small, however, a couple were life-size,
one in particular, was seated in a small child-like rocking chair. Over the course of the evening,
the babysitter began to feel more and more uneasy. She felt as though the eyes of the
clown were following her, whenever she moved around the room with the children. So, she
called the parents, asking them if she could move the clown in the rocking chair because
it was beginning to scare them. With that, the mother told the babysitter to quickly
grab the kids and get out of the house. To go to the neighbors across the street and
that she would call back immediately. Frightened and confused, the babysitter obliged, grabbing
the kids and running out of the house. When the parents finally arrived, they explained
that one of their neighbors was mentally ill, and had been giving them problems. On numerous
occasions he had snuck into their home and tried to kidnap the children. This time, he
dressed up in a clown suit, painted his face, and waited patiently until the opportunity
arose. Very creepy indeed. Lesson number one, maybe don’t have an entire room in your
home dedicated to clown statues.
1 Mr. Bear Mr Bear is the titular character from Mr.
Bear’s Cellar, the main show of Caledon Local 21. According to this incredibly creepy
tale, the show had 31 episodes, six of which are described in detail. Mr. Bear is the host
of the show -- a man in a bear costume. Sometimes, he only wears a bear mask and dons adult male
clothes. And in most episodes, he has a child come visit him in his cellar. It is also noted
that he has a fascination with Orange Juice. Now, let’s get into the nitty gritty of
the specific episodes. The known episodes that have been documented are 12, 23, 24,
25, 28, 30, and 31. Now, this urban legend begins with our narrator Elliot, recounting
the show, which was an eerie public access television series. One episode involved Mr.
Bear asking children to write him letters. A young Elliot ended up writing one in 1999
and ended up getting a response back, telling him to come to an address in Caledon. When
Elliot’s father took him there, police were excavating the house, and Elliot never heard
from Caledon Local 21 again. Jumping forward to present day, Elliot would go on to investigate
the history of Caledon Local 21, eventually finding a police station with several tapes
from the channel, and after watching the final episode of the show, in which Mr Bear burns
some people alive, Elliot quickly realizes that he could have met that very same fate.
Now, this urban legend spread like wildfire around the internet, with some readers even
creating their very own fan-made recreations of the episodes, which is slightly concerning.
But if you want to check it all out, the original story is still available online for you to
read, and warning, it ends on quite the cliffhanger.
Well, there we have it! Do you guys agree with our list? Were there any urban legend
monsters that we missed? Leave us all your thoughts and feelings in the comments down
below and perhaps we can do a part 2. Before I go though, I just want to respond to a few
comments from one of our last videos, Top 5 Scariest Monsters On The Internet - Part
2.
St-Dan said: “I remember that Mr. Widemouth story. Oddly thrilling.” ---
Tom Orourke said: “Lucy, are you feeling alright? You sound a little...softer.” ---
Ian Samuels said: “How about Top 5 Horror Movies from the Silent Ear that are still
worth watching today?” ---
Lancelot’s Wands said: “One thing that I consider terrifying about Slender Man is
the fact that we actually have no clue of what happens to its victims, leaving us unsure
and with the fear of not knowing anything. Are they dead? Taken away in another dimension?
And if so what kind of dimension?” ---
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