Now -- there are an abundance of subreddits out there that focuses on horror and the macabre.
Users posting their true life stories or fictional imagainings in order to spook readers.
So today on Top 5 Scary Videos I’ve compiled a list of the scariest with the Top 5 Scary
Subreddits That Will Keep You Up At Night.
Now -- instead of just explaining the subreddits I’m going to be picking my favourite post
from each number and reading it out verbatim.
So -- let’s jump in.
5 r/Paranormal I mean -- it’s right there in the titled.
Paranormal.
And honestly -- what’s more scarier than that?
This subreddit contains some people’s most terrifying and unexplainable encounters with
the paranormal -- ranging from deceased relatives to demons.
A notable post from the subreddit reads as follow, I quote, “I live on the coast of
South Carolina and my backyard is directly on the marsh.
I woke up and went downstairs to use the bathroom.
I kept having this weird nagging feeling like I was forgetting something or something was
off.
So I went to find my mother; she's a night owl and stays up super late doing gardening
stuff and she likes to feed the raccoons.
I went to the backyard and I saw her about 100 yards from the back door facing the marsh.
I called out to her but she didn't hear me, so I started to walk out to her.
Once I started getting closer she turned to face me with a completely blank expression,
so I asked her what was wrong.
I was about 12 feet away from her and she turned back towards the marsh.Then the f*cking
back door opens and I turn to see my mom standing on the deck and she called out to me asking
what I'm doing.
I've never run so fast in my life, but I looked back to marsh and I could see that thing disappearing.
It looked just like my mom!
I yelled at mom to go inside that there was something out there.
I told her what I saw and I've been crying and shaking.
We woke up my husband and my dad and they think I must've just still been in a sleep
state and I dreamed it or something?
I can't stop shaking.
What the f*ck just happened?
Am I crazy?
Did something try to lure me out to the marsh?
I must be losing my damn mind, but I know what I saw!”
Wow.
Creepy stuff.
To me it sounds like she might have just been sleep-walking and awoke after her mum yelled
after her -- but what do you think?
Is there a shape-shifting entity lurking the marshes in South Carolina -- hunting for its
next victim?
4 r/Glitch_in_the_Matrix Glitch in the Matrix is most people's preferred
term to use when they get Deja Vu.
It essentially means that something has sparked a memory in your mind -- making you feel like
you’ve already experienced whatever it is you are experiencing.
That something you’re doing feels like it has already happened to you.
It’s simple.
Now some people over on r/GlitchintheMatrix have documented some of their most frightening
cases of Deja Vu, and one of the scariest one’s that I read goes as follow, I quote,
“This has been playing on my mind for years now.
I had a very realistic dream about a friend of mine when we were both 19.
In that dream, he died.
We were sitting against a brick wall talking and he was telling me that sometimes our time
is up and to make the most of it, and some other advice.
I woke up the next morning and was freaked out so I called him and told him about it.
He laughed and said, "That would suck," but reassured me that he was fine and not going
anywhere.Two days later I had a call from his parents to say he had suddenly died in
his sleep.
The last time I spoke to him was when I called him after my dream.”
Creepy stuff.
Now -- this one feels more like a premonition to me or just a really spooky coincidence
rather than a Glitch in the Matrix.
But still -- it’s terrifying to say the least.
3 r/ScaredSh*tless This subreddit is exactly what you would expect.
Scary visuals and stories to scare the complete and utter shit out of you.
Wonderful.
Now -- it does mostly contain gifs and videos -- but here is one post that caught my attention,
I quote, “I got a text from a number I didn't recognize that said '"hahaha" along with a
link.
I clicked the link, it opened in Safari, and prompted me to use my current location.
I allowed.
Page was blank.
Two hours later, I saw lightning or something from outside.
Turned, nothing, didn't really think about it.
Kind of put two-and-two together the next day.
I went back to that website: it was a now picture of the back of my head watching TV,
with a flash reflection in the middle.
I went back to that text but it was gone, deleted.
The most recent picture taken in my phone was a video, though, taken after 3 am.
I was long asleep.
My bill online confirms a rich media text was sent to that number I didn't recognize
at that time.
The video is a walkthrough of my house, showing the front door, sliding back door, and big
windows, including a close-up on the lock of the biggest window.
My house key was missing off my key chain when I looked later.
My sh*t is freaked.”
This is absolutely terrifying.
So essentially this guy shared his location with a stranger -- who then came to his house
-- took pictures of him -- before breaking in and filming him on his own phone.
No. thank you.
2 r/NoSleep Similar to our last number -- this subreddit
focuses on fictional and non-fiction stories that will keep you up at night.
Now -- there are your typical ghostly encounters -- and messages from beyond the grave -- but
this one really stuck out for me.
It’s a long one, so bare with me.
I quote, I recently went through a pretty nasty divorce,
but I got the only thing that mattered out of it: full custody of my 4-year old son.Lost
nearly everything else in the process so we had to relocate to a new house with barely
any luggage or furniture.Truly a fresh new start.
I heard him call for me during our first night at our new home.
It was a little after midnight, I think.
I went to check on him to see what was wrong and sat by his bedside.He was wide awake and
asked me to check the closet for monsters, which wasn’t surprising given the circumstances.
He’s still just a little kid, and without even taking into account all the crap he’s
been put through thanks to my shitty marriage, moving into an unfamiliar, barely furnished
home must be a lot to take in for someone his age.
And you know how they say that your brain always stays half-awake when you’re sleeping
in a new environment, right?
That’s all pretty much what went through my mind in a flash as soon as my son spoke.
It was no big deal.
It was all normal, I thought.
But something else almost immediately clicked inside my brain, before I even got to look
at where my son had pointed to while he made his innocent request.
Something was wrong.I turned my head and looked, and it took everything I had in me to not
give in to fear and terror, all for the sake of my son.
When you become a parent you have to protect your children no matter what, always putting
yourself in harm’s way if necessary and spare them any and all kinds of things that
might hurt them.
That’s why I didn’t freak out.
I couldn’t, not when we had barely just started our new life.
I had to protect him, and at that point in time as I sat on his bed I only knew one thing:
We had to leave the room.
We had to leave the house immediately.
“Alright champ, of course” I said, faking bravery.
Then I made a request of my own as I lowered my voice and got closer to him: “Hey, how
about you step outside for a minute?
If there’s a monster in there, I’ll have to kick its BUTT all over your room!”
He chuckled and said “okay”.
I made sure to put some extra emphasis on the word “butt” because it’s something
that always cracks him up when I say it.
Fortunately he got stuck on that and not the fact that I was indirectly admitting to the
possibility of there actually being a monster.
As soon as he left the room my mind raced as it started to put together the best and
most efficient route to take him out of the house while picking my car keys and phone
on our way out.
When I heard the closet doors slowly creaking open behind me I knew it was time to go.
I jumped out of the bed, exited the room and grabbed my son.
We were out of the door and inside the car and moving in under a minute.
I told him I couldn’t sleep so we were going out for some ice-cream to celebrate.
He was a little taken aback and asked “celebrate what”, to which I replied “just us two
together, I love you buddy.”
It was by no means a lie, but I just had to make sure that he was alright and wouldn’t
think of anything else as we literally fled our new home.
As I mentioned earlier, the house was a new environment for the two of us.
I’d been there a couple of times before, cleaned it all up by myself and assembled
what little furniture we had, so I knew for a fact what belonged where and what didn’t.
And I know his room didn’t have a closet.”
Whoooa.
Whooooa.
I was not expecting that ending.
Truly terrifying.
What I really want to know is where the closet came from.
Did some install it before they moved in.
Did a ghost put it there.
Was the boy just seeing things?
I need answers.
1 r/LetsNotMeet Now -- as you would expect -- this subreddit
contains terrifying encounters with strangers in life and on the internet.
So as you can imagine there are some pretty terrifying posts.
This, in particular, stood out to me, I quote, “I was driving home from work at 2 am.
I'm a nurse and I live in a small city.
The roads were totally deserted and it was a freezing night.
I don't live far from work, maybe a couple of miles.
I'm driving down a residential street around the corner from my house and I see a man laying
face down in the street.Now remember, I'm a nurse.
My first thought was "Great, gotta help this guy up."
I was coming off a long shift and falls happen all the time.
As I slowed down the car I suddenly realized what an idiot move that was.
I'm a 100 lbs woman and I don't carry any weapons.
I thought I should do something to help the guy so I called 911 as I drove past him and
slowed to a stop at the end of the block.
While I was stopped at the light I explained to the dispatcher that there was a man in
the road who might need assistance.All of a sudden I hear a loud BANG BANG from the
driver's side window.
I screamed and looked over.
A man was pounding on my window and jiggling the handle of my locked car.
I looked in the rearview mirror and saw that there was no man laying in the street.
Still on the phone with 911, I screamed "I'M SO SCARED!" to the dispatcher and floored
it through the red light.
I quickly told him what had happened and even though I was right by my house, he told me
to keep driving.After a few minutes I had calmed down and he told me to loop back around.
I pulled over down the road from my house and stayed in the car.
I didn't see the man anywhere, so I got off the phone with the dispatcher who told me
he was sending a police car to cruise the area.As I gathered up my things I did a final
scan of the area, and I saw the man.
He was walking with two other men.
I hunched way down in my car until they were far down the road, then bolted into my house.I
don't know if he had ill intent, but it freaks me the hell out that he wasn't alone.
Always lock your car doors.
And carry mace.”
Oh boy!
No no no.
So essentially this guy in the road was likely waiting for people to pull over to rob them
or worse.
It’s common knowledge that gangs will often attack cars at night.
Gathering in the middle of the road to trick them into getting out of their car.
When in doubt, just call 911.
Well, there we have it.
Were these subreddits scary enough for you?
Were there any that we missed?
Leave us all your thoughts and feelings in the comments down below and perhaps we can
do a part 2.
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