25 People On The Creepy Occurrence That Scared Them To Death

3. A strange man tried to abduct me as a preteen

“I was thirteen and hiking, with a friend, along a creek bed in the woods near my house. The woods were to our left and went upwards in a dramatic incline; there was a trail that led from the top to the creek and we were just about to ascend and go home as it was dusk and it always got very dark very suddenly in the low laying patch of land.

We got about halfway up and we saw a shadow ‘blocking’ the entrance. It was the figure of a person – a tall man. We both startled to a stop and laughed. The guy didn’t move. Finally he spoke – ‘Can you ladies help me find my dog? He ran into the woods.’

We look at each other and I’m thinking yeah, why not? We start walking toward him but we both suddenly start feeling weird about it. He doesn’t have a leash with him or anything and he’s still just standing there. I still can’t see his features because the sun is behind him.

We both stop and I say something like, ‘Actually, we have to go home. Sorry.’

He doesn’t move or say anything and I freak and turn around, bolting back into the woods; my friend follows.

I look back and he’s no longer blocking the way, the light illuminating where he had been. He’s not there because, I realize, he’s fucking chasing us.

I scream and run blindly forward into the woods, my friend behind me.

We ran for at least twenty minutes and eventually I can’t hear his footsteps or his breathing, which had been heavy and grunty.

We stop and pick our way out of the woods via a yard and walk home In silence.

I’m pretty sure I was almost abducted that day. I think about it often.” — BahstonKid

4. A gravestone had my exact name carved into it

“Once I googled my name and a gravestone came up with my exact name and the date of death was the exact day my father was born, weird shit.” — semajvc 

5. I lost a large chunk of time and can’t figure out where it went

“I was home for the weekend from college, which was about an hour from my parent’s place. I got a call that some friends were planning on doing something or another, so I left my parent’s house just after 9:00, no later than 9:30. When I got there, my friends were completely done with what they were doing, and were wondering where I had been. That’s when I noticed it was almost 2:00 in the morning.

The route was almost entirely country driving, without any possibility of traffic, (or at least traffic that would slow you down.) I didn’t stop for anything. To this day, I don’t know where those hours went.” — badlyso