Okay you guys, I am freaking out. This story is so real and so scary that I'm probably not going to get a lot of sleep tonight. Its terrifying and so damn real (maybe it is???). Anyway, if you want to lose some precious sleep, give it a read. Trigger warning: its fucking creepy af.
Also if you want to watch the videos, pictures it's probably best to just read it on Reddit, here's the link:
https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/3qyi52/took_a_snapchat_for_my_friends_something_is_in/There's also a part 2 already, here's the link:
https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/3rvk4l/updatepart_2_took_a_snapchat_for_my_friends/#cwru206(Part 2 is creepier and involves a lot of pictures and videos, also in the comments.)
Hi guys, this is my first post here. I know a lot of the stories here (whether made up or not), are very well written and suspenseful. I am pretty much flipping the fuck out right now because of what has just happened, and I am not the best writer - so those two elements might mean you'll have to bear with me.
Okay, so here are the events that have transpired in the past two hours or so, and a little back story as to why this is freaking me out so much.
My partner and I have recently moved back into my childhood home with my parents while our own house is being built to save some cash and not have to move instantly from our rental when it's complete.
My parents own 3 Australian native birds, and earlier tonight I was updating my snapchat story to show my friends, as many of them always ask what the birds names are and what they look like. I took 3 snapchat videos one after the other and just put them on my story without worrying about retakes or what I looked like (so please forgive me for the uploads, haha).
Anyways, within about 15 minutes of uploading, I received an SMS message from one of my good, but not great friends that said "Ahahaha. You bearded beast those birds are mad. BTW the fuck was that in the window behind you in the last one? haha"
Message I Got
I had no idea what he was going on about, so I went and watched my own snapchat story a couple of times. On the 3rd of 4th watch, I saw what he was talking about and my stomach sank and I almost started to have a panic attack, and I am still pretty shaken up. I immediately saved my story videos and put them onto my computer to see them larger. In the last snapchat video I sent, it kind of looks like someone is at the door, looking in, with their hands cupped against the door. It is hard to tell, because snapchat videos are very poor quality and the door is only in frame for probably 1 second. Whatever is in the 3rd snapchat video however, is definitely not in the first video when the door is in full view. I was the only person home at the time, and that particular door leads to the backyard, which is only accessible via a single locked gate. Here are the 3 videos I saved from my Story:
Video 1
Video 2
Video 3
To add some back story as to why this has me freaking out so much - to do that I have to quickly talk about my childhood/teenage years up until I moved out with my partner at age 18.
From about age 8 until age 10 I had episodes of sleep paralysis (1 or 2 times a month) where it felt like a weight was sitting on my chest and I could not breathe for about 40 seconds at a time. This lead to insomnia and anxiety about bedtime, as I dreaded feeling helpless. I ended up seeing a child psychologist, and whether that was or was not the reason - the episodes largely went away (only once or twice a year until age 13).
At age 12 or 13, for seemingly no reason at all, I started to get chronic episodes almost every night that lasted minutes to tens of minutes at a time. During these episodes I could breathe, but could not move. The worst thing about these episodes however is that I felt like something was in the room with me and meant me harm (common for people who experience sleep paralysis).
At roughly age 14, things really took a turn, and I started to hear and see things during maybe 1 in 10 of my episodes (also pretty common for people who experience sleep paralysis) . The things I heard were never too crazy and over the top - and were usually just thuds and creaks. However, when it came to SEEING things - there was always one recurring thing: A faceless 'person' looking into my bedroom window with their hands cupped to the glass. For the course of a 1 to 10 minute episode, this 'person' would just stand there and look at me. Whenever the episode ended, the person would just be gone. Over the course of 4 years, this occurred quite regularly - but it always really made me feel totally helpless and terrified - I never got used to it.
When I moved out at age 18, I never had another episode where I saw anything. I'm 26 years old now, and I VERY, VERY occasionally (once a year) have small (<30 seconds) episodes, but only those in which I feel heavy-chested.
To cut a very long story short. Whatever is there in my snapchat video looks almost 100% like what I used to see as a teenager during my sleep paralysis episodes, and I have been a nervous wreck all night over it. To me it kind of looks like a face to the glass, and two hands on either side. It has scared the CHRIST OUT OF ME.
What do you guys think? I'll try answer as many questions as I can/respond to everyone that I can.
Thanks a lot guys.
EDIT: One thing I've just realised is that there was no glass in front of the figure. The door was open up until where the curtains were. All that was between the room and the backyard was a fly-screen sliding door. So a reflection is almost out of the question. Shit.
EDIT 2: All 3 videos were shot back to back one after the other - probably 10 seconds between each video to hit the send snap button and then start to record the next. That's why one video starts where the other one ended. All videos were shot over a ~40 second time frame.
EDIT 3:
Here is a Sketch of what I used to see while having an episode. The face is scribbled because I could never make it out. The proportions and hand position are correct however. The person always stood still and just looked.
EDIT 4:
Thanks for the support guys. I just woke up - had no paralysis episode and nothing creepy occurred all night (sorry to be boring). I have decided to stay put until anything else happens, if it ever does. I told my partner, but not about this post - and she was very freaked out. We have nowhere to go so unless something bad happens, we're staying put.
EDIT 5:
As promised, I've taken a higher quality video of the door and also one of the door from multiple angles in the room.
The Door/Screen
Moving around the room
EDIT 6:
I've made the videos private for now guys - they ended up on a few news sites and I don't want that. I will wait 3 days and make public again.
TO ANY MEDIAI have no problem with you using any of the 3 videos as they now have facial blurring. Please respect me and do not use comments down further with my face though. To contact me email skinna55Five@gmail.com.
EDIT 7:
Thanks to a fellow redditor who offered to blur my face, the videos are back up!
FINAL EDIT (4th November) :
First of all, thanks for the overwhelming supportive comments and PM's.
A lot of commenters have recommended that if I feel someone or SOMETHING (gah) is hanging around - to try and get evidence to take to the police or a priest. For this reason, I have repurposed an old smartphone that I will keep charged and handy that I can use strictly as a camera. if I see anything or hear anything, I will record for evidence. If anyone knows what I would even say to priest if I'm concerned - please PM me.
Other commenters recommend salting/pouring sage around the doors etc... I wouldn't even know where to start for this, if anyone could actually send me a step by step via PM or comment, that would be great.
As for the nitty gritty:
It's been 3 whole days and I have not seen anything out of the ordinary or had any sleep paralysis episodes. Sorry to bore you guys. Our back motion sensor light has turned on a few times at varying times at night- but I'm not sure whether it does that on occasion and I just have not noticed until now. I have had a strong feeling of being watched every once and a while, but maybe that is down to being creeped out. I am however dreading being here alone when it's unavoidable.
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