From http://listverse.com/2014/05/23/10-creepy-internet-stories-that-are-disturbingly-believable/
Written by Stephan D. Harris in 2012 (apparently a bumper year for Internet horror stories), this tale is about a kid using an imaginary friend to keep the darkness at bay. The imaginary friend is a sock puppet–like being that the child sews himself—at best an ugly-cute creation that you would expect a six-year-old to be able to make. It does keep the darkness at bay, until the day the kid loses his first tooth. His doll says he wants it, and the kid is happy to oblige. Apparently, Ickbarr Bigelsteine is very fond of the teeth. He wants the kid to keep providing them. When the kid runs out of his own teeth, he has to get more if he doesn't want Bigelsteine to bring him into a nightmarish world.
Seemingly about a person suffering from schizophrenia, the story has an especially unpleasant resonance for many parents. This is because children with imaginary friends often say things their parents really don't want to hear. Yet they should definitely pay attention to what their children say. Take January Schofield, who claimed that her imaginary friends—"400 the Cat" and "Wednesday the Rat"—were telling her to kill the family dog and to jump from buildings. Ickbarr Bigelsteine and his equivalents aren't real, but the danger they represent is.
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Short Horror Stories- #Wattys2015
KurzgeschichtenI've always loved horror stories, so I decided I would make my own book. Not all of these stories are mine. If they aren't, I probably included the site. Hope you like it! Vote, comment. I really appreciate it when you do! This book has already go...
