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Horror movies and scary stories just amuse me more than anything. Real life events, as described by the OP, are what alarm me.
Scariest event that has ever occurred in your life?
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Horror movies and scary stories just amuse me more than anything. Real life events, as described by the OP, are what alarm me.
JoelDali
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1989 - Arco gas station across from the Los Angeles Forum before the Grateful Dead show an African American male approached me while I was pumping gas - I have to mention his ethnicity because he had the most bright green eyes I have ever seen - he looked like an alien thug. Anyhoo, he demanded that I let him pump my gas for $5 but I said no thanks. He then flashed a .45 and opened my passenger car door and took my Cheap Trick nylon Velcro wallet sitting on the seat. He took it so fast it was like a lightning fast moment - he was impressive how quickly he acted. Remember when those wallets with metal band logos on them were really popular? I loved my Cheap Truck wallet bro.
5 years later the CHP sent me that wallet in the mail. I guess green eyes thief tossed it somewhere because it came back looking like it had gone camping in the wilderness without proper clothing.
5 years later the CHP sent me that wallet in the mail. I guess green eyes thief tossed it somewhere because it came back looking like it had gone camping in the wilderness without proper clothing.
Sentinel
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Boy, you Americans sure have a tough life. Makes our 3rd world countries seem tame in comparison.
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^That's some proper puckerage^
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Nolkobolko
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POST THE PICTURES!!!!!Starting this thread because I am mentally shaken up right now, these past few nights experienced easily the scariest event in my life. I want to know the scariest events that have ever occurred in your life. Can be just generally scary/worrisome or supernatural if you've got em. These events occurred the night of 7/5/2017 and 7/7/2017 at around 2 AM each time.
I live in a really quiet town, so anything out of the ordinary is pretty easily observable. So, I'll try to make this as short as possible. My bedroom is located near the back of my apartment complex, so my window overlooks the back of the area. It's largely uninteresting, a moderately sized piece of grassy land, and a church a stones throw away. A few nights ago, at around 2 in the morning, I heard a strange rustling and crunching noise. I didn't think much of it. But as I turn to head to the bathroom and to grab some water, I naturally gaze over the open window - and I freeze for a second. I see a big, hulking shadow just standing there. I am on the 2nd floor of the complex so it was a good bit less scary then seeing that from the first floor, I'd imagine. I have no clue if the figure saw me but I definitely saw it. I spent the next few hours wondering what on earth I had just seen, the common paranoia of darkness overcoming me and making irrational conclusions. I finally conclude that it's probably just a dude having a smoke or something, though it still struck me as odd that it was occurring in the back of the complex, didn't really make sense, plus it was an unseasonably chilly night, which made it make even less sense. I had looked out the window 10 minutes after I saw it, and it was gone.
So nothing happens the next night, don't hear anything or see anything. But just an hour ago, the scariest thing in my life occurred. So it starts pouring very suddenly with thunder and lightning. It's about the same time I saw the figure 48 hours prior. I hear the same crunching + rustling sound. Having an out of body type experience, I immediately and instinctively went to check the window to see what the hell it was. Once again - I see the figure. But ah, that is not enough to troll me - suddenly a lightning flash illuminates the grassy area, and sure enough, I see a dude standing about 5 feet from the window below my unit. Just...standing...in ... the... rain. So I immediately think what on gods green earth is this. A stalker? A ghost? Donald Trump?
So about what feels like an hour goes by (probably 10 minutes) and the cops show up. Turns out it was a guy harassing, stalking, and breaking a restraining order against the girl that lives below me. She spotted him and called the police (I was debating it myself when I saw them coming, luckily they're a literal walk away from my complex..yes this genius was peeping not only near a church but near the PD). They eventually found him hiding and took him away.
All in all I'm really thankful the mystery aspect was solved, but the lightning illuminating this creeper was the scariest single thing that has ever happened to me. THANK GOD I am not on a ground level complex, because if I looked out and saw someone just standing there in the rain..I would immediately move.
Has anyone else had a similar or other terrifying experience? I honestly shook while typing this, my adrenaline is winding down but that was so creepy. Sidenote: I live alone, which makes everything naturally more terrifying.
This is honestly the only time I've been legitimately scared + shaken up outside of watching some creepy movie or reading some scary story. This was 100 percent real life and it's really scary to know there are people out there like this. I'm just glad the cops were called and they found him and that the girl is okay. The fact he was doing that out in pouring rain is just bone chilling to me. The horror movie esque lightning illuminating him is going to play on my brain for god knows how long.
Tl;dr: Heard creepy noises past two of three nights, saw shadowy figure twice. Lightning illuminated him adding to the creep factor. Turns out it was a stalker stalking the girl in the unit below mine. Cops got him.
I'll post a picture of the area when I can get a good picture to give you a visual.
Federer and Del Potro
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Yeah I had them all taken but my SD card is being a brat, I'll try again when I'm home.
Nolkobolko
Semi-Pro
Ok hahah
TripleB
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In December of last year a nurse at a CVS Minute Clinic felt a mass in the abdomen of my 20 year old daughter. Sent us to the ER but the ER doctor couldn't feel it. Luckily my wife was smart enough to ask for a CT scan anyway. There was a mass.
They couldn't tell us what type of mass it was or if it was cancerous or not. All they could tell us is that it was an ovarian mass, had to be removed whole because they were fearful it would rupture and spill toxic liquids into her abdomen, and the sooner it was taken out the better. Unfortunately we had to wait until February until they could operate. After a 2 hour surgery the 13" by 8.5" x 4.3" mass was removed. The doctor said it didn't look cancerous but he had to send it off to make sure...two weeks later we found it it wasn't.
Definitely the scariest thing I've ever been through...would not wish something like that on my worst enemy!!!
TripleB
They couldn't tell us what type of mass it was or if it was cancerous or not. All they could tell us is that it was an ovarian mass, had to be removed whole because they were fearful it would rupture and spill toxic liquids into her abdomen, and the sooner it was taken out the better. Unfortunately we had to wait until February until they could operate. After a 2 hour surgery the 13" by 8.5" x 4.3" mass was removed. The doctor said it didn't look cancerous but he had to send it off to make sure...two weeks later we found it it wasn't.
Definitely the scariest thing I've ever been through...would not wish something like that on my worst enemy!!!
TripleB
BlueB
Legend
That's really tough ^
We had something similar in our family, when we still lived in South Africa. My sister, who was only about 25 at the time was blatantly diagnosed with cancer by her GP, who then referred her to an oncologist. Luckily it turned out to be something much less severe after real tests.
Few months later, the "good doc" was busted for doing the same to numerous women and getting kick backs from his oncologist buddy. It was all over TV and papers.
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We had something similar in our family, when we still lived in South Africa. My sister, who was only about 25 at the time was blatantly diagnosed with cancer by her GP, who then referred her to an oncologist. Luckily it turned out to be something much less severe after real tests.
Few months later, the "good doc" was busted for doing the same to numerous women and getting kick backs from his oncologist buddy. It was all over TV and papers.
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As they say in Canada, they don't make fences low enough for some people to crawl under.
Big_Dangerous
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I'm sorry to hear that, but fortunately it wasn't cancerous, and they were able to remove the mass successfully.
A similar thing happened to my mother back in 2005, only it was cancerous, and pretty much the worst type of tumor out there - glioblastoma stage 4.
At the time I was 17, so I was just a little twerp in 11th grade, and really couldn't process or understand the gravity of the situation as well as I would have today.
She died about 13 months later.
I don't think I can say I was necessarily scared, but that was definitely the worst year/time of my life.
i was storing some boxes in an unfinished attic..I accidentally stepped off the beam and fell through about 12 feet onto a solid wood handrail...I fell on my ribs and broke several but was knocked out..I remember i felt like i was in a long tunnel and my wife was screaming at me but it was very faint..As the minutes passed i was coming to and hearing her more clearly before the ambulance came..Had i hit my head instead of my ribs i would have been brain dead.
Rafaisdabest
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One night my sister and I were delivering panthlets, it was about 9:30pm at night, we went down this street that has heaps of trees, she was on one side and I was on the other, this woman was coming along but she was on the road, she looked like she was angry anyways she walked past us then she turned around and started following my sister, she couldn't see me as I was in the shadow of trees..my sister saw her came walking over to me, she followed, we started walking really quickly and so did she, so my sis and I ran as our house was only a couple blocks back so when we got back to our house we told dad and he came outside and she was at the corner of our street but as soon as she saw our dad she ran off...scary!! The next day we went back just to prove we weren't afraid anymore but we didn't see her about!!
TnsGuru
Professional
It was about 20 years ago I was swimming in the Indian Ocean and a rip tide, technically a "rip current"( a narrow channel of water rushing from the beach to the ocean) pulled me out to sea far away from the beach within seconds.
Up until that time, I was an average swimmer in pools but rarely swam in the ocean. It was an awful feeling not being able to feel the bottom or swim towards the side of a pool. I started to swim back but was getting tired after awhile because I was going against the current and not across it as I was later taught.
Anyway, I had to float on my back a few times to catch my breath to get back to shore. My friends who were with me didn't even notice I had got swept out to sea until they turned around and noticed how far away I was and came to assist. I think that was the closest I came to drowning as fatigue and cramps were beginning to set in but luck was on my side that day, but I tell people this story to not take the ocean for granted as it is unpredictable.
Up until that time, I was an average swimmer in pools but rarely swam in the ocean. It was an awful feeling not being able to feel the bottom or swim towards the side of a pool. I started to swim back but was getting tired after awhile because I was going against the current and not across it as I was later taught.
Anyway, I had to float on my back a few times to catch my breath to get back to shore. My friends who were with me didn't even notice I had got swept out to sea until they turned around and noticed how far away I was and came to assist. I think that was the closest I came to drowning as fatigue and cramps were beginning to set in but luck was on my side that day, but I tell people this story to not take the ocean for granted as it is unpredictable.
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MarcusInKensington
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Iguazu, Argentina. Taking off in a tropical storm. Two aborted take offs, and severe turbulence (75 to 100ft deviations) for most of the journey back to Buenos Aires.
max
Legend
I was 21 and living alone in Minneapolis. Didn't know my way around, ended up at a bus stop on one side of town. It was cold, of course, and there was this HUGE Indian guy, big and wild, and he starts making fun of me. Perhaps he's drunk, perhaps not, but he's 6'5" or taller and doesn't seem to give a ****. I had NO idea how that one would end up. Fortunately, the bus got there after a couple tense moments. He just had it out for me, didn't like my looks.
Kevin T
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1. Surfing a hurricane swell at Isle of Palms, SC in 2004. I was a reasonably experienced surfer but the current was the strongest I'd experienced and was moving the lineup away from the coast. I was pretty tired from paddling and surfing the unusually good waves and started heading towards the shore. It was slow sailing and exhausting. As I was approaching the pier, the movement of the current started taking us towards the pier faster than expected. I was trying to swim around it but couldn't and was sucked towards the pier. I was thrown towards the pier and pulled my board up to take the impact. I was immediately thrown off and sucked under but my leash got caught on the pier. For what seemed like forever, the current just pounded me into the pier. I was curled up in a ball with my arms around my head for protection. The current was so strong I couldn't reach down to release my leash. Just as I was running out of breath and making things right with God, I was able to reach my leash and yanked it off. The current shot me towards the beach incredibly fast. I was walking out of the ocean, bloody from head to toe with people staring in awe and a life guard running towards me. My first thought was of being embarrassed. The life guard said "man, that's the craziest thing I've ever seen!". I told him I was just trying to get to shore. He then went out and retrieved my dented fish-shape board.
The life guard said "man, that's the craziest thing I've ever seen!". I told him I was just trying to get to shore. He then went out and retrieved my dented fish-shape board.
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Nostradamus
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I was almost abducted by an Alien. I saw the UFO land in the forest and went closer to investigate but fell and hit my head and went unconscious, it sure seem that way. Have no idea what happened in next 12 hours....or was it 48 hours,,,,,,,,,lost track of time for some reason.....
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Federer and Del Potro
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That creeped me out more than it should have.
Federer and Del Potro
Bionic Poster
It was about 20 years ago I was swimming in the Indian Ocean and a rip tide, technically a "rip current"( a narrow channel of water rushing from the beach to the sea) pulled me out to sea far away from the beach within seconds.
Up until that time, I was an average swimmer in pools but rarely swam in the ocean. It was an awful feeling not being able to feel the bottom or swim towards the side of a pool. I started to swim back but was getting tired after awhile because I was going against the current and not across it as I was later taught.
Anyway, I had to float on my back a few times to catch my breath in order to get back to shore. My friends who were with me didn't even notice I had got swept out to sea until they turned around and noticed how far away I was and came to assist. I think that was the closest I came to drowning but luck was on my side that day but I tell people this story to not take the ocean for granted as it is unpredictable.
That is terrifying, glad you made it back safely. Drowning is one of my biggest fears.
Federer and Del Potro
Bionic Poster
1. Surfing a hurricane swell at Isle of Palms, SC in 2004. I was a reasonably experienced surfer but the current was the strongest I'd experienced and was moving the lineup away from the coast. I was pretty tired from paddling and surfing the unusually good waves and started heading towards the shore. It was slow sailing and exhausting. As I was approaching the pier, the movement of the current started taking us towards the pier faster than expected. I was trying to swim around it but couldn't and was sucked towards the pier. I was thrown towards the pier and pulled my board up to take the impact. I was immediately thrown off and sucked under but my leash got caught on the pier. For what seemed like forever, the current just pounded me into the pier. I was curled up in a ball with my arms around my head for protection. The current was so strong I couldn't reach down to release my leash. Just as I was running out of breath and making things right with God, I was able to reach my leash and yanked it off. The current shot me towards the beach incredibly fast. I was walking out of the ocean, bloody from head to toe with people staring in awe and a life guard running towards me. My first thought was of being embarrassed.
Bamf. What a boss lol.
Kevin T
Hall of Fame
Not a Bamf, just lucky and not my time.
I think I was in shock. It really didn't hit me until a few days later. My neighbor was an EMT and cleaned up my wounds that evening. I then proceeded to go out with friends and get drunk. I went to urgent care the next day just to be sure the wounds were clean/not infected. About a week later I just broke down crying. Really thought I was a goner. I didn't step foot in the ocean for a few weeks and I remember the first time the tide started to take me out (a much gentler tide), I almost had a panic attack and swam for shore at high speed. Probably could have raced a dolphin that day. I still have scars on my arms, back and sides that look like road rash.
TnsGuru
Professional
Thanks for the reply, to this day, if I am at the beach with friends or family, I remind them of this incident to let them know that it can happen to anyone, especially young kids or inexperienced swimmers that are unaware that this could happen. I may have saved a life or two in the process and I hope others that read this post will benefit also.
Federer and Del Potro
Bionic Poster
Thanks for the reply, to this day, if I am at the beach with friends or family, I remind them of this incident to let them know that it can happen to anyone, especially young kids or inexperienced swimmers that are unaware that this could happen. I may have saved a life or two in the process and I hope others that read this post will benefit also.
No problem! Thanks for sharing. You can never be too careful out there, unfortunately a friend of mine's uncle just drowned and he was a very athletic guy in his 40's! Don't underestimate the dangers of the water. Kudos to you spreading that message.
TnsGuru
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max
Legend
OK. Another scary moment.
I was 14 and a summer camp counselor. All nice and good. I taught archery and handicraft stuff to Cub Scouts. You would get a day and half off on the weekend between camps, and your folks were supposed to come and pick you up, take you home so you could get some sleep and a lot of food and get your laundry done for the week to come.
My brother was sent to pick me up. He's 16 and apparently had had some beers. It's about 11 o'clock on a Saturday night, and I'd waited for him to pick me up since six. We get in the car, he takes a wrong turn and starts barrelling down a country blacktop.
The blacktop was a dead end. We crash through a wood fence and the car drives itself deep into a cornfield and stops. ****, what do we do?
We get out, have a moment to look around, and start hearing gun shots. My brother turns white. I yell out, "we're here!"
It's some guy living in a trailer out that way. He'd heard the crash, had no idea of what's up and had been shooting over our heads. It's funny now, but at 14 in the middle of the night, scary enough for me.
I was 14 and a summer camp counselor. All nice and good. I taught archery and handicraft stuff to Cub Scouts. You would get a day and half off on the weekend between camps, and your folks were supposed to come and pick you up, take you home so you could get some sleep and a lot of food and get your laundry done for the week to come.
My brother was sent to pick me up. He's 16 and apparently had had some beers. It's about 11 o'clock on a Saturday night, and I'd waited for him to pick me up since six. We get in the car, he takes a wrong turn and starts barrelling down a country blacktop.
The blacktop was a dead end. We crash through a wood fence and the car drives itself deep into a cornfield and stops. ****, what do we do?
We get out, have a moment to look around, and start hearing gun shots. My brother turns white. I yell out, "we're here!"
It's some guy living in a trailer out that way. He'd heard the crash, had no idea of what's up and had been shooting over our heads. It's funny now, but at 14 in the middle of the night, scary enough for me.
Big_Dangerous
Talk Tennis Guru
Yeah that **** is scary man, my brother got caught in a small riptide in Puerto Rico a few years ago.
But maybe this will lighten the mood, it's the first thing I thought of when you said riptide, lol:
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mmk
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I went to the beach with friends the day after watching it. I decided I was not going in the water, which they eventually talked me into, but I made sure I was between them and the beach.
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
this is why I always bring my portable oxygen breather
jaggy
Talk Tennis Guru
Texas sounds pretty scary right now
http://abcnews.go.com/US/mayor-tell...-harvey-put-social-security/story?id=49417573
http://abcnews.go.com/US/mayor-tell...-harvey-put-social-security/story?id=49417573
DRII
G.O.A.T.
an orca in the wild is more likely to help you than harm you.
Rago
Hall of Fame
Almost being deceived and abducted when I was a kid in the building (apartment block) where I lived back. It was difficult to get rid of that notion of being followed and I refused to use the corridor stairs for weeks since they genuinely terrified me.
And I hate not being able to see the "road" during air travel.
And I hate not being able to see the "road" during air travel.
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max
Legend
I was in the south side of Chicago. Walking down a street toward a store, had rocks and racial slurs thrown at me by "urban youth." They had railroad ballast from the Metra line. Fortunately, the rocks were heavy and the distance hard for them to judge. Funny thing was, this was in the middle of the afternoon.
Big_Dangerous
Talk Tennis Guru
It was! I count myself super lucky that I didn't lose power or get water in my house!
gut wax
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Harvey's got nuthin' compared to Big_Dangerous.
"That is not the point. I am superior to all posters on the forum, that is the main thing." - sureshs
Big_Dangerous
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TheGhostOfAgassi
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Giving birth. Not going well. Had to cut him out in emergency cesarian. Wasnt sure if both of us would survive.
