entertainment

21 Scariest Things That Have Woken People Up

5.

The TV turned on in the living room of our old 1 bedroom apartment at 4 am at full volume blasting missy elliot work it…it was bizare because we never listened to the music channel or had the volume that high. Creeps me out to this day.

6.

My sister once left a half-eaten Now N Later near my pillow. We slept with the window open, and I was woken by the gentle pitter-patter of dozens of fucking ants crawling on my face. I was like 9 at the time, and almost 22 years later I still can’t handle ants being on me. If one gets on me I feel thousands of them.

7.

When my dog freaks out barking out the window. The house next door to me doesn’t have anyone living in it and there are shit loads of tweekers in my town so I’m always afraid I’m going to have to take a bat to some fucking cranked out lunatic.

8.

In college I lived in a apartment with six guys. In the middle of the night, I was asleep when I felt the bed shift slightly. I opened my eyes & in the dark I saw the shadow of a person standing over me. I screamed and the figure ran out the door. The scream woke my roommate up, and I asked him, “Did you see that??” He said he saw someone run out of the room. We went into the living room and the front door was open. We went and checked the other two bedrooms and our roommates were all accounted for. In the coming days I questioned everyone I knew to figure out if it was a prank. Eventually we heard this happened to other guys on campus as well, so frequently that they gave him a nickname. He was just a guy who would sneak into other guys’ apartments and try to get into bed with them while they slept. Nothing sexual, just snuggling.

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.