ark near my house has always had an impact on me. It's a place that I spent lots of my childhood at, and I have many memories here. Now most of these are fun memories, ones of fun times and goofy moments, but there were a few that were really bizarre.
The first creepy story took place when I was little, either in grade three or four. This story never involved me, but it still produced nightmares and fear of the playground. My friend was hanging out at the park with his younger siblings and cousin, when a truck pulled up to the mailbox neighbouring the playground's entrance. The creepy man started walking towards the kids, and asked the, their names, where they lived and their parents' names. The youngest started introducing them, but was stopped when my friend grabbed her to signal her to be quiet. For some reason, the man started to walk away after she stopped talking, and he murmured something that wasn't audible.
The next time anything creepy happened was the time when my friend and I were walking around the forest surrounding the park. After spending about fifteen minutes, we noticed a guy walking around the woods with his dog. It was normal at first, but he kept walking in circles coming closer and closer to us. He always seemed to be looking in our direction, maybe even staring at us, but when we looked his way he would turn to look the other way. After thirty minutes the man disappeared, presumably leaving the park, but it was creepy as hell.
The final incident happened on the evening of my 14th birthday party. We were playing a large game of kick the can, and my friend (the same one from the previous incident) and I decided to take a trip to the park. We spent about 10 minutes talking about life and school and my birthday presents, but then decided to head back to my house. As soon as we approached the street, we were noticed and two of my friends sprinted towards us. We though it would be funny to run back to the park. I ran into the small hidden playground area, while my friend hid in the thick bush of the entrance to the deep woods. I was found and ran out, but it took a while for my other friend to run out. Finally he did, and he seemed a little uneasy. He then explained to me that after sitting in the bush for a couple minutes, he noticed the figure of a man with long hair, staring at him with a sad look on his face. This terrified my friend, so he ran out.
As you can see, this forest has always been creepy, and I'm just scratching the surface of it. I knew somebody who swore he saw a creepy guy hide behind a tree when he was walking down there, and I myself once found rope tied to tree that made it look like somebody had hung himself. To be fair, nobody actually did, but it's still odd with all the stuff that's happened previously.
