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People Describe The Creepiest Thing They've Ever Experienced At Home

Your home should be sanctuary, which is to say that we hope that nothing bad ever happens once we move in. Unfortunately, life doesn't always work out that way, and sometimes things happen that unnerve the hell out of us.

Is there anything more creepy than being alone at home... only to get the feeling that you're not alone at all? What if you were being watched?!

It's the stuff of nightmares, isn't it? And I haven't even touched on the possibility of paranormal activity yet...


People shared their stories with us after Redditor Savings_Actuator asked the online community:

"What is the creepiest thing you've ever experienced in your home?"

"At that point..."

"An intense thunder-and-lightning storm developed. During a loud clap of thunder and brilliant lightning flash (it illuminated the entire 2-story house), I heard a spooky sound simultaneous with the thunder."

"Seems that one of the chains that holds the heavy weights on the "grandfather" clock in the foyer broke, allowing the weight to whack the dong and bang the pendulum as it crashed into the bottom of the clock case."

"At that point, I was convinced that something evil was lurking in the house. So, I stayed in my room - cowering with the door locked - until my parents finally returned home."

Back2Bach

"Whack the dong" adds some much needed humor to this story.

"One time..."

"One time I was in my room trying to go to sleep when my closed laptop randomly blasted screams of what sounded like a woman in pain. I still have NO IDEA how that happened, but it scared the sh*t out of me."

caitycha

Nooope.

Move. Your house is haunted.

"I was at home alone..."

"I was at home alone with my dogs and one of them wouldn't stop barking. She had a shrill piercing bark. Suddenly a man's voice yells 'SHUT UP.' I was on the phone with my mom at the time and she asked 'who's there with you?' I said no one I don't know what that was."

"She told me to gtfo immediately. I didn't, I figure the only person who died while living in the house was my grandpa and I can't blame his ghost. That dog was being super annoying."

jellyshoomarm

Truly an experience a person would never forget.

"When I was about 10..."

"When I was about 10 I was lying in my bed when a pair of hands came up from behind my headboard and started choking me. I remember trying to move or scream but I was completely paralyzed and silent. Then all of a sudden I 'woke up' but I was sitting bolt upright in my bed. Had no idea what sleep paralysis was at the time so it's safe to say it scared the absolute sh*t out of me!"

W33DG0D42069

The brain can play tricks on us, that's for sure!

"I was at my mother's house..."

"I was at my mother's house and the doorbell rang. A young kid (around 8 years old) was at the door. I was opening the door and my brother was behind me being curious who it was, the kid froze up like he wasn't expecting me and my brother there and there were two men (in their mid to late 20s) hiding on each side of the door."

"They booked it immediately after we opened the door. Luckily my brother and I were there to open the door instead of my mom. I figured they wanted to rob her. I moved back in after that."

Lmah2x

Yikes. I almost don’t want to know where this was. I'll steer clear.

"My husband..."

"My husband is a sleepwalker/talker and he has a recurring dream that there is a portal to another dimension in the corner of our bedroom. He will wake me up saying “look it’s right there!” all the while being asleep. While I believe 100% there is no portal it’s still creepy."

Tuesdayallweek

Plot twist: There is a portal and you're in for a treat come your next anniversary.

"My brother and I were home from school..."

"My brother and I were home from school because we were sick. We had a craftroom in the mostly unfinished basement and we were down there playing with miniatures. Around noon we heard, VERY CLEARLY, the front door unlock, open, close, and someone walk in shoes across the foyer tile to the kitchen and turn on the sink."

"They then turned off the sink and went up the stairs to the second floor. I figured it was my step dad and called my mum to let her know he came home for lunch."

"She had just got off the phone with my step dad and he was in his office at work. She called him back and he came ripping home while we hid in the basement. Although we never heard the person come back down the stairs we didn't find anyone in the house."

JamesonZane

It definitely wasn't your stepfather, sorry to disappoint you, kiddo.

"Someone started..."

"Someone started trying to force the door of my small garage apartment open, while I was laying in bed inches from the door, at around 2 am."

RainWindowCoffee

More proof that no one should be living in a garage, just saying.

"Being woken up..."

"Being woken up by my daughter whispering “mom” and then hearing her footsteps softly on the carpet as she walked away from my bed. She was not at home at the time, she was at her dad’s."

[deleted]

She wanted a glass of water and astral protected herself to you.

"I'm pretty sure..."

"My sister, our friend and I had just moved into an apartment and one morning found a knife stuck in our door. I'm pretty sure now that it was the woman who lived below us cause it turned out she was a total nutcase, but we had only been living there a few days at that point so it was pretty creepy."

stephers85

Ummm... no thank you. Nothing worse than learning that you have a crazy neighbor!

Think again before you choose to stay home alone again! This piece is definitely an advertisement for communal living.

Have some stories of your own? Tell us more in the comments below!

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