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People Share The Creepiest Thing They've Ever Heard Someone Say

People Share The Creepiest Thing They've Ever Heard Someone Say
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You can expect someone to say something creepy when you're watching a horror movie, or visiting a haunted house at Halloween. Sometimes people just come out with the creepiest stuff when you're just sitting around and chatting, or passing them on the street, though.


Reddit user Batpresident asked:

"What is the creepiest thing you've heard someone say?"

*Content Warning: Article contains mention of attempted (but unsuccessful) child abduction*

Organ

"One evening, I thought I was alone in the locked cathedral - practicing the organ for a forthcoming recital."

""The sexton came up behind me (I didn't see him coming), tapped me on the shoulder, and said, "Don't let the organ get too big - you'll disturb the bats in the steeple."

Sure enough, after he left and it grew darker, bats started flying around the nave. They had been nesting in the steeple, directly above the 32' pedal pipes (I was using those stops at the time)."

-Back2Bach

One Guy on Facebook

"There's a guy in one of my Facebook group who's always been desperate for a girlfriend. He's super lonely and self-depreciating to a point where he's definitely putting it on for attention."

"Once he said he buys two cinema tickets and will wait around to see if a "lady" (he always refers to women as ladies; "I want to meet a nice lady") shows up alone and he'll offer her a ticket to watch the movie with him. While this might seem cute at first, I would never accept a ticket from a stranger, let alone then watch it with them!! Definitely made my skin crawl."

-ElliottFrickinReed

Preschool

"Was working at a preschool for a while, ages 3-5. Most of the kids were normal for their age, acting up here and their but relatively normal. All of them except for Ian our oldest this year. He was a little weird, very quiet, lacked social skills, and just had an unerving oddnes about him."

"One day I was cleaning up an art project we had the kids doing when ian approached me with a sheet of paper with 4 numbers written on it. 4, 7, 2, 1. He hands it to me matter of factly and just stares at me. Best practice tells us to engage with the kid and ask about his picture. So I say to the kid, "Wow, ian these are really good numbers did you write these? are these your favorites?" Ian looks at me weird and replies, "no, the man told me these are the numbers for the bomb" he then smiled, turned and ran over to play with blocks before I could ask him more questions. For some reason it just freaked me the f*ck out at the time."

-infinitealchemics

Walk Away

"Me and my friends were walking back to my house from being at the park the whole day ( we were around 13 ) . It was kinda rainy but it was fine cause we had an umbrella . Then a guy pulled his car over it was some old green estate , he rolled down his window and goes " hey ladies are you okay there you Need a lift " All of my friends stayed silent , so I go " eh no we are okay thx " Things get repetitive and he says the thing again but he said it more aggressively and kinda forcefully me and my friends we terrified so we start to speed walk away ."

"As we start to walk away the guy bumps his car onto the pavement so we almost couldn't get around him on the pavement , and goes again " do you want a lift ladies it's not great weather " I think it was the way he said it that made my friend run but we all followed until we eventually got back to my house . It all happened so fast we didn't remember the number plate . But me and my friends could give a description and we did the police said they couldn't do anything and they would just take note of his details . God knows where this is guy is now but it's kinda scary to think about ."

-thenameskate

A Young Woman

"A young woman sat down in my lap and tried to seduce me by telling about a dead body that she and/or her friend had cut into pieces and put in a freezer. This was at a school, so she wasn't drunk or anything."

"She didn't get lucky that night, at least not with me"

-the_coff

Nobody

"Nobody wants to be the first to die.... hahaha"

"Context: I was at a petrol station and saw a drunk homeless man stumble in and try to buy a cigar. The cashier told him "sorry we don't sell single cigars, just packs". The homeless guy made a gutteral noise and slurring every word said "GIVE ME ONE CIGAR" and the cashier again refused.

So then he muttered under his breath "Nobody wants to be the first to die... hahaha" in a totally sober sounding voice, no slurring. Then he put his hood up and walked in a straight line right out the door with purpose."

-TheZenPenguin

Papa

"Last week my 6 year old granddaughter said to me, "Papa, you're going to die today" followed by giggles. It was her idea of a joke, I was worried all day. I'm still here, lol."

-weedium

Die Someday

"Whelp, gotta die someway"

"Spoken by my four yr old neice when an ambulance passed our car with sirens blasting."

-smokethatdress

Mom Told Me

"Your mom told me to pick you up"

Mom used to pick me up from school, but she works a busy job and if she couldn't be there, she'd hire a driver to pick me up on super rare occasions, or if a coworker/friend was able to they'd pick me up. One day this guy drives up to where I usually wait and tells me he's here to pick me up. I tell him my mom is picking me up. He said she hired him to pick me up and said she told him what I looked like and that I fit the description."

"I am pretty young at this point, but something didn't sit right, so I ask if I could call mom to confirm. The guy is getting more impatient, saying I should just hurry and get in the car. Mom then rolls in in her car right after, and I basically run into her car. I watch as the guy just drives off..."

-AsleepDirector

Watching

"My uncle has been watching you through your bedroom window with his binoculars."

-1MrMoore

"Thank god she told you about it. That's fked up."

-NeozDraco7

"Yes. I loved her to death but lost touch years ago. She saved me from at least from being peeped on. He was 37."

"He was visiting his sister and when she found out all Hell broke lose and I never saw him after that. My friend told me that her mother told him "nothing better happen to that kid!"

-1MrMoore

Taxi

"A taxi cab driver during our conversation on my way to work: "You are such a beautiful lady, Good thing I know where you live and where you work."

"I was so shocked that I ended up inventing a story about a boyfriend being in the military."

-Bani_ish

Nice House

"I know exactly where you live, it looks like a nice house"

"Said by a customer who randomly thought telling me they knew where I lived would spark up a conversation with me. It did not. Luckily the person they were with read my facial expression of "what the actual f**k!?" And told them to be quiet."

-incoming_idiot

7/11

"I was drinking water while in line at a 7/11. And a shady dude told me i must have really healthy kidneys and they might be worth a lot to the right people."

-sweetpickleman

Brave Lady

"You're a brave lady being out here all by yourself.."

"Said to me in the laundry room at my apartment complex right after the light bulb burnt out leaving me in complete darkness with a very creepy dude. I was 20 at the time & terrified."

-Loverach06

2-year-old

"I woke up to my 2 yo screaming. She had a bad dream and kept repeating "Baby get me! Baby get me!" I told her she was safe that no one was going to get her. Then she gets real calm, stares at the dark open door and says slowly in almost a whisper "baby get you." Gave me nightmares for a week. Thanks kid."

-kendyrara10

Little sister

"My little sister turned round to me a few weeks ago and deadpan told me that I was going to have a really bad nightmare that night and that I should keep a big bottle of water by my bed... needless to say I had a lucid dream about my skin catching fire and I swear to god I felt like my skin was burning off, the water helped calm me down when I woke up."

-umhappyandachu101

Lost

"Hey sweetie? Are you lost?""

"Four guys asked me one day, while i was walking around town at night, waiting for a bus to arrive in half an hour. Was just walking around with headphones on, to pass time, and suddenly, four guys walked to me, one of them reached for my shoulder, and asked that."

"Never has i ever been so scared before."

"Luckily, they noticed my response, stepped back and was like "We just saw you walk by a few times, and wondered, sorry for shocking you" and... they were actually really nice"

-Chillikitten

Little Brother

"Tucking my little brother in (parents were out, he's five). Go to close the closet and he, out of nowhere, says "He can only see me if it's open." Me - "What?" He doesn't awnser me and just stares at me. I open the closet look through it and find nothing (it only has clothes) Anytime i ask him about it he says he doesn't remember. I couldn't sleep that night."

-mkkart

Summer Camp

"I go to a summer camp, and one year I remember one kid had a really bad problem with sleep talking, well muttering really. One night, we all woke up to him screaming, going silent, and then saying, "No one can hear you scream at the bottom of the lake."

-Vandsaz

Elderly Mother

"Was staying with a family friends elderly mother (90ish) while they were away. The first night I was asleep and heard her call my name. I went to her room to see what she needed. She said that it wasn't her that called me. It was her friend Ruby. We are alone in the house. I chalk it up as her being old and confused. I start to walk out of her room and hear my name again. But it wasn't the elderly ladies voice. I whipped my head back towards her and she said " I told you it was Ruby. She is waiting for you in Hell." I was 16 at the time and freaked the out! My parents made me stay there. I called and told (begged ) them I wanted to leave. It still gives me the creeps after 30 years."

-leejay2212

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People Reveal The Weirdest Thing About Themselves

Reddit user Isitjustmedownhere asked: 'Give an example; how weird are you really?'

Let's get one thing straight: no one is normal. We're all weird in our own ways, and that is actually normal.

Of course, that doesn't mean we don't all have that one strange trait or quirk that outweighs all the other weirdness we possess.

For me, it's the fact that I'm almost 30 years old, and I still have an imaginary friend. Her name is Sarah, she has red hair and green eyes, and I strongly believe that, since I lived in India when I created her and there were no actual people with red hair around, she was based on Daphne Blake from Scooby-Doo.

I also didn't know the name Sarah when I created her, so that came later. I know she's not really there, hence the term 'imaginary friend,' but she's kind of always been around. We all have conversations in our heads; mine are with Sarah. She keeps me on task and efficient.

My mom thinks I'm crazy that I still have an imaginary friend, and writing about her like this makes me think I may actually be crazy, but I don't mind. As I said, we're all weird, and we all have that one trait that outweighs all the other weirdness.

Redditors know this all too well and are eager to share their weird traits.

It all started when Redditor Isitjustmedownhere asked:

"Give an example; how weird are you really?"

Monsters Under My Bed

"My bed doesn't touch any wall."

"Edit: I guess i should clarify im not rich."

– Practical_Eye_3600

"Gosh the monsters can get you from any angle then."

– bikergirlr7

"At first I thought this was a flex on how big your bedroom is, but then I realized you're just a psycho 😁"

– zenOFiniquity8

Can You See Why?

"I bought one of those super-powerful fans to dry a basement carpet. Afterwards, I realized that it can point straight up and that it would be amazing to use on myself post-shower. Now I squeegee my body with my hands, step out of the shower and get blasted by a wide jet of room-temp air. I barely use my towel at all. Wife thinks I'm weird."

– KingBooRadley

Remember

"In 1990 when I was 8 years old and bored on a field trip, I saw a black Oldsmobile Cutlass driving down the street on a hot day to where you could see that mirage like distortion from the heat on the road. I took a “snapshot” by blinking my eyes and told myself “I wonder how long I can remember this image” ….well."

– AquamarineCheetah

"Even before smartphones, I always take "snapshots" by blinking my eyes hoping I'll remember every detail so I can draw it when I get home. Unfortunately, I may have taken so much snapshots that I can no longer remember every detail I want to draw."

"Makes me think my "memory is full.""

– Reasonable-Pirate902

Same, Same

"I have eaten the same lunch every day for the past 4 years and I'm not bored yet."

– OhhGoood

"How f**king big was this lunch when you started?"

– notmyrealnam3

Not Sure Who Was Weirder

"Had a line cook that worked for us for 6 months never said much. My sous chef once told him with no context, "Baw wit da baw daw bang daw bang diggy diggy." The guy smiled, left, and never came back."

– Frostygrunt

Imagination

"I pace around my house for hours listening to music imagining that I have done all the things I simply lack the brain capacity to do, or in some really bizarre scenarios, I can really get immersed in these imaginations sometimes I don't know if this is some form of schizophrenia or what."

– RandomSharinganUser

"I do the same exact thing, sometimes for hours. When I was young it would be a ridiculous amount of time and many years later it’s sort of trickled off into almost nothing (almost). It’s weird but I just thought it’s how my brain processes sh*t."

– Kolkeia

If Only

"Even as an adult I still think that if you are in a car that goes over a cliff; and right as you are about to hit the ground if you jump up you can avoid the damage and will land safely. I know I'm wrong. You shut up. I'm not crying."

– ShotCompetition2593

Pet Food

"As a kid I would snack on my dog's Milkbones."

– drummerskillit

"Haha, I have a clear memory of myself doing this as well. I was around 3 y/o. Needless to say no one was supervising me."

– Isitjustmedownhere

"When I was younger, one of my responsibilities was to feed the pet fish every day. Instead, I would hide under the futon in the spare bedroom and eat the fish food."

– -GateKeep-

My Favorite Subject

"I'm autistic and have always had a thing for insects. My neurotypical best friend and I used to hang out at this local bar to talk to girls, back in the late 90s. One time he claimed that my tendency to circle conversations back to insects was hurting my game. The next time we went to that bar (with a few other friends), he turned and said sternly "No talking about bugs. Or space, or statistics or other bullsh*t but mainly no bugs." I felt like he was losing his mind over nothing."

"It was summer, the bar had its windows open. Our group hit it off with a group of young ladies, We were all chatting and having a good time. I was talking to one of these girls, my buddy was behind her facing away from me talking to a few other people."

"A cloudless sulphur flies in and lands on little thing that holds coasters."

"Cue Jordan Peele sweating gif."

"The girl notices my tension, and asks if I am looking at the leaf. "Actually, that's a lepidoptera called..." I looked at the back of my friend's head, he wasn't looking, "I mean a butterfly..." I poked it and it spread its wings the girl says "oh that's a BUG?!" and I still remember my friend turning around slowly to look at me with chastisement. The ONE thing he told me not to do."

"I was 21, and was completely not aware that I already had a rep for being an oddball. It got worse from there."

– Phormicidae

*Teeth Chatter*

"I bite ice cream sometimes."

RedditbOiiiiiiiiii

"That's how I am with popsicles. My wife shudders every single time."

monobarreller

Never Speak Of This

"I put ice in my milk."

– GTFOakaFOD

"You should keep that kind of thing to yourself. Even when asked."

– We-R-Doomed

"There's some disturbing sh*t in this thread, but this one takes the cake."

– RatonaMuffin

More Than Super Hearing

"I can hear the television while it's on mute."

– Tira13e

"What does it say to you, child?"

– Mama_Skip

Yikes!

"I put mustard on my omelettes."

– Deleted User

"Oh."

– NotCrustOr-filling

Evened Up

"Whenever I say a word and feel like I used a half of my mouth more than the other half, I have to even it out by saying the word again using the other half of my mouth more. If I don't do it correctly, that can go on forever until I feel it's ok."

"I do it silently so I don't creep people out."

– LesPaltaX

"That sounds like a symptom of OCD (I have it myself). Some people with OCD feel like certain actions have to be balanced (like counting or making sure physical movements are even). You should find a therapist who specializes in OCD, because they can help you."

– MoonlightKayla

I totally have the same need for things to be balanced! Guess I'm weird and a little OCD!

Close up face of a woman in bed, staring into the camera
Photo by Jen Theodore

Experiencing death is a fascinating and frightening idea.

Who doesn't want to know what is waiting for us on the other side?

But so many of us want to know and then come back and live a little longer.

It would be so great to be sure there is something else.

But the whole dying part is not that great, so we'll have to rely on other people's accounts.

Redditor AlaskaStiletto wanted to hear from everyone who has returned to life, so they asked:

"Redditors who have 'died' and come back to life, what did you see?"

Sensations

Happy Good Vibes GIF by Major League SoccerGiphy

"My dad's heart stopped when he had a heart attack and he had to be brought back to life. He kept the paper copy of the heart monitor which shows he flatlined. He said he felt an overwhelming sensation of peace, like nothing he had felt before."

PeachesnPain

Recovery

"I had surgical complications in 2010 that caused a great deal of blood loss. As a result, I had extremely low blood pressure and could barely stay awake. I remember feeling like I was surrounded by loved ones who had passed. They were in a circle around me and I knew they were there to guide me onwards. I told them I was not ready to go because my kids needed me and I came back."

"My nurse later said she was afraid she’d find me dead every time she came into the room."

"It took months, and blood transfusions, but I recovered."

good_golly99

Take Me Back

"Overwhelming peace and happiness. A bright airy and floating feeling. I live a very stressful life. Imagine finding out the person you have had a crush on reveals they have the same feelings for you and then you win the lotto later that day - that was the feeling I had."

"I never feared death afterward and am relieved when I hear of people dying after suffering from an illness."

rayrayrayray

Free

The Light Minnie GIF by (G)I-DLEGiphy

"I had a heart surgery with near-death experience, for me at least (well the possibility that those effects are caused by morphine is also there) I just saw black and nothing else but it was warm and I had such inner peace, its weird as I sometimes still think about it and wish this feeling of being so light and free again."

TooReDTooHigh

This is why I hate surgery.

You just never know.

Shocked

Giphy

"More of a near-death experience. I was electrocuted. I felt like I was in a deep hole looking straight up in the sky. My life flashed before me. Felt sad for my family, but I had a deep sense of peace."

Admirable_Buyer6528

The SOB

"Nursing in the ICU, we’ve had people try to die on us many times during the years, some successfully. One guy stood out to me. His heart stopped. We called a code, are working on him, and suddenly he comes to. We hadn’t vented him yet, so he was able to talk, and he started screaming, 'Don’t let them take me, don’t let them take me, they are coming,' he was scared and yelling."

"Then he yelled a little more, as we tried to calm him down, he screamed, 'No, No,' and gestured towards the end of the bed, and died again. We didn’t get him back. It was seriously creepy. We called his son to tell him the news, and the son said basically, 'Good, he was an SOB.'”

1-cupcake-at-a-time

Colors

"My sister died and said it was extremely peaceful. She said it was very loud like a train station and lots of talking and she was stuck in this area that was like a curtain with lots of beautiful colors (colors that you don’t see in real life according to her) a man told her 'He was sorry, but she had to go back as it wasn’t her time.'"

Hannah_LL7

"I had a really similar experience except I was in an endless garden with flowers that were colors I had never seen before. It was quiet and peaceful and a woman in a dress looked at me, shook her head, and just said 'Not yet.' As I was coming back, it was extremely loud, like everyone in the world was trying to talk all at once. It was all very disorienting but it changed my perspective on life!"

huntokarrr

The Fog

"I was in a gray fog with a girl who looked a lot like a young version of my grandmother (who was still alive) but dressed like a pioneer in the 1800s she didn't say anything but kept pulling me towards an opening in the wall. I kept refusing to go because I was so tired."

"I finally got tired of her nagging and went and that's when I came to. I had bled out during a c-section and my heart could not beat without blood. They had to deliver the baby and sew up the bleeders. refill me with blood before they could restart my heart so, like, at least 12 minutes gone."

Fluffy-Hotel-5184

Through the Walls

"My spouse was dead for a couple of minutes one miserable night. She maintains that she saw nothing, but only heard people talking about her like through a wall. The only thing she remembers for absolute certain was begging an ER nurse that she didn't want to die."

"She's quite alive and well today."

Hot-Refrigerator6583

Well let's all be happy to be alive.

It seems to be all we have.

Man's waist line
Santhosh Vaithiyanathan/Unsplash

Trying to lose weight is a struggle understood by many people regardless of size.

The goal of reaching a healthy weight may seem unattainable, but with diet and exercise, it can pay off through persistence and discipline.

Seeing the pounds gradually drop off can also be a great motivator and incentivize people to stay the course.

Those who've achieved their respective weight goals shared their experiences when Redditor apprenti8455 asked:

"People who lost a lot of weight, what surprises you the most now?"

Redditors didn't see these coming.

Shiver Me Timbers

"I’m always cold now!"

– Telrom_1

"I had a coworker lose over 130 pounds five or six years ago. I’ve never seen him without a jacket on since."

– r7ndom

"140 lbs lost here starting just before COVID, I feel like that little old lady that's always cold, damn this top comment was on point lmao."

– mr_remy

Drawing Concern

"I lost 100 pounds over a year and a half but since I’m old(70’s) it seems few people comment on it because (I think) they think I’m wasting away from some terminal illness."

– dee-fondy

"Congrats on the weight loss! It’s honestly a real accomplishment 🙂"

"Working in oncology, I can never comment on someone’s weight loss unless I specifically know it was on purpose, regardless of their age. I think it kind of ruffles feathers at times, but like I don’t want to congratulate someone for having cancer or something. It’s a weird place to be in."

– LizardofDeath

Unleashing Insults

"I remember when I lost the first big chunk of weight (around 50 lbs) it was like it gave some people license to talk sh*t about the 'old' me. Old coworkers, friends, made a lot of not just negative, but harsh comments about what I used to look like. One person I met after the big loss saw a picture of me prior and said, 'Wow, we wouldn’t even be friends!'”

"It wasn’t extremely common, but I was a little alarmed by some of the attention. My weight has been up and down since then, but every time I gain a little it gets me a little down thinking about those things people said."

– alanamablamaspama

Not Everything Goes After Losing Weight

"The loose skin is a bit unexpected."

– KeltarCentauri

"I haven’t experienced it myself, but surgery to remove skin takes a long time to recover. Longer than bariatric surgery and usually isn’t covered by insurance unless you have both."

– KatMagic1977

"It definitely does take a long time to recover. My Dad dropped a little over 200 pounds a few years back and decided to go through with skin removal surgery to deal with the excess. His procedure was extensive, as in he had skin taken from just about every part of his body excluding his head, and he went through hell for weeks in recovery, and he was bedridden for a lot of it."

– Jaew96

These Redditors shared their pleasantly surprising experiences.

Shopping

"I can buy clothes in any store I want."

– WaySavvyD

"When I lost weight I was dying to go find cute, smaller clothes and I really struggled. As someone who had always been restricted to one or two stores that catered to plus-sized clothing, a full mall of shops with items in my size was daunting. Too many options and not enough knowledge of brands that were good vs cheap. I usually went home pretty frustrated."

– ganache98012

No More Symptoms

"Lost about 80 pounds in the past year and a half, biggest thing that I’ve noticed that I haven’t seen mentioned on here yet is my acid reflux and heartburn are basically gone. I used to be popping tums every couple hours and now they just sit in the medicine cabinet collecting dust."

– colleennicole93

Expanding Capabilities

"I'm all for not judging people by their appearance and I recognise that there are unhealthy, unachievable beauty standards, but one thing that is undeniable is that I can just do stuff now. Just stamina and flexibility alone are worth it, appearance is tertiary at best."

– Ramblonius

People Change Their Tune

"How much nicer people are to you."

"My feet weren't 'wide' they were 'fat.'"

– LiZZygsu

"Have to agree. Lost 220 lbs, people make eye contact and hold open doors and stuff"

"And on the foot thing, I also lost a full shoe size numerically and also wear regular width now 😅"

– awholedamngarden

It's gonna take some getting used to.

Bones Everywhere

"Having bones. Collarbones, wrist bones, knee bones, hip bones, ribs. I have so many bones sticking out everywhere and it’s weird as hell."

– Princess-Pancake-97

"I noticed the shadow of my ribs the other day and it threw me, there’s a whole skeleton in here."

– bekastrange

Knee Pillow

"Right?! And they’re so … pointy! Now I get why people sleep with pillows between their legs - the knee bones laying on top of each other (side sleeper here) is weird and jarring."

– snic2030

"I lost only 40 pounds within the last year or so. I’m struggling to relate to most of these comments as I feel like I just 'slimmed down' rather than dropped a ton. But wow, the pillow between the knees at night. YES! I can relate to this. I think a lot of my weight was in my thighs. I never needed to do this up until recently."

– Strongbad23

More Mobility

"I’ve lost 100 lbs since 2020. It’s a collection of little things that surprise me. For at least 10 years I couldn’t put on socks, or tie my shoes. I couldn’t bend over and pick something up. I couldn’t climb a ladder to fix something. Simple things like that I can do now that fascinate me."

"Edit: Some additional little things are sitting in a chair with arms, sitting in a booth in a restaurant, being able to shop in a normal store AND not needing to buy the biggest size there, being able to easily wipe my butt, and looking down and being able to see my penis."

– dma1965

People making significant changes, whether for mental or physical health, can surely find a newfound perspective on life.

But they can also discover different issues they never saw coming.

That being said, overcoming any challenge in life is laudable, especially if it leads to gaining confidence and ditching insecurities.