Mr. Nightmare Stories Collection

#1 Pool Horror Stories

Story 1: Anonymous

It was approaching the end of summer and my friends and I wanted to do some cool mischievous things before going back to school. So we had the genius idea one night, to sneak into a nearby community pool. It was actually only a couple blocks away, it's right smack in the middle of a residential area. So, instead of sitting on the main road or something and actually just sat around a bunch of houses on a quiet road during the day, the little parking lot would be full and the spot would be bustling but 1:00 in the morning the place was of course dead.

There's obviously a big fence surrounding the whole front entrance as well as a cage that gets closed up when the place closes. So, our best way was to get in through the side. We snuck into the backyard of a neighboring house and hopped the fence over to the pool. It was as easy as that. The four of us took off our shirts and jumped into the pool which in retrospect wasn't smart since any of the neighbors could have heard the splashes and just called the police. But, we were dumb high schoolers.

It was very very dark within that hole in closing. This pool had no lights which why it closed at sunset. James, Courtney, and Alyssa were on the other side of the pool as I was just kind of doing my own thing at first, swimming around and getting my face wet. I saw Alyssa get out of the pool shortly after and run away. I swam to see what was going on, she was just going to the water fountain though. The three of us just popped around in the water for a bit and eventually, we heard Alyssa jump back into the pool from the other side.

It was too dark to see much more than her black hair covering her face. But just then, we heard Alyssa playfully call something to us as she was walking back to the pool. The three of us looked at each other. I know they were doing the same thing as me, counting heads. There were three of us on this side of the pool and here came Alyssa walking over to our side. So who was that on the other side?

Alyssa got in but the three of us were distracted, looking at the head bopping around the water across the pool. James said across the pool, "Who is that?" Not even two seconds later, the head went underwater and disappeared from view. We took this time to whisper to each other, mostly things like, "What should we do?", "What if that security?", and "Should we run?"

Suddenly I felt something grabbed my leg with force and tried to pull me down into the water. I caked splashed and yelled for help. James came over to pull out of the pool while the girls were already running for it, screaming. It wasn't until I got to the stairs of the pool that the grip on my leg was released and I was free.

We hopped the same fence we climbed over to get in and ran all the way back to Alyssa's house. I was convinced that whoever that was, was a security guard. That is until they literally tried to pull me under the water. We don't know what to think. There are a few possibilities. Maybe it was just another kid messing with us, maybe was a security guard who went way too far or most likely, there was a dangerous person who had ill intents.

Story 2: Anonymous

It was an ordinary day like any other. 85 degrees out, family getting ready to jump in the pool. I was looking for my six-year-old brother, so I could help him into the pool but I thought I'd just wait for him in the pool instead. My parents were still inside while I got ready to jump in the pool, but I didn't because I saw something dark sitting at the bottom of the pool.

It took me a few seconds to realize it was my little six-year-old brother at the bottom of the pool. It took my young brain a few moments to realize he wasn't playing around. I screamed in such a loud and high pitch, you would think it was a little girl if you heard it. I remember the feeling of my skin crawling as my helpless eight-year-old self-didn't know what to do.