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These 21 People Have Lived Through Real Life Horror Stories

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I worked in a warehouse my father purchased. There are no neighbors for a half-mile. I was working alone & began to hear thudding. I continued working, until I heard the slam. The door to the other office had been open & there was no draft. The thudding began again. Then the door handle began to turn. I ran outta there & got my dad. He decided that we should check the main warehouse. We walked into the warehouse & saw nothing out of the ordinary. The dust was untouched, the doors were closed, windows were locked. The only thing was one of the hanging fluorescent light fixtures was hanging askew, & swaying slightly. My dad grabbed a step ladder. I climbed up & grabbed the swinging light. I looked on top of the light & saw a hand-print. A single, fresh, inhumanly large hand-print. No footprints in the dust around the light, no signs of a presence.

6.

One night this girl was walking around the city when she started to suspect she was being followed. She went into a hotel lobby to try and shake the guy off. She told the staff what was happening, and they insisted on calling the police. The police finally find him and take him for questioning. They check survalence footage to see if he was actually following her, he was, and they arrest him. The next day, they get a positive DNA match for a number of crimes around the city. Turns out he was the murderer around Leeds who has killed 3 people in the last 3 weeks.

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I was in a gift shop when I was around 13 and my family had gone to the bathroom. All the sudden, I heard this noise behind me. It was this old guy, who I swear looked exactly like Charles Manson-swastika forehead tattoo, crazy eyes, long scraggly hair and beard, etc. He was looking right at me, playing with this noisemaker thing for sale. He walked over to me and said, “Would you like anything? I will buy you anything you like. Just come with me.” I smiled nervously and walked away, but he followed me and told me he’d like to take me home. I walked away; the guy was about to follow me, but then he saw my mom come out of the bathroom and he bolted. To this day I’ve never told my parents.

Written by Alex Cogen

Alex is a New Yorker currently living in Austin. She loves cats, grass, and latex but unfortunately is allergic to all 3. She makes mom and dad jokes more than she cares to admit (jk she'll admit it loud and proud). She isn't as funny as she thinks she is. She is the founder of thelazygurl.com.