Short, Creepy Horror Stories ✔️

FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH

Title: "Friday 13th"
Author: "REFINERY29" 
Source:https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/2016/05/176465/friday-the-13th-true-scary-stories#slide-1 - Some kinda news-telling website thingie-ma-bobs
Type: True

(P.S: I know yesterday was a Sunday don't kill me guys Lol- Anyway hope u all like the following story!)

Did you know that Friday the 13th all started with one man, William Fowler?Fowler was your stereotypical superstitious 19th-century man. He was transfixed with the number 13. He attended P.S. 13, fought in 13 battles during the Civil War, built 13 structures in New York City, belonged to 13 secret clubs, and tried to coordinate all other significant events with the 13th date of each month. Then, one cold Friday the 13th in January of 1882 — at 8:13 p.m
— Fowler rented out room 13 of Knickerbocker Cottage and made his personal obsession public. This would be the first meeting of The Thirteen Club.The that the event included 13 courses eaten underneath a banner reading "Morituri te Salutamus." The dark message translates to, "We who are about to die salute you." What would become a regularly scheduled supper club was headed by Fowler until his death in 1897. He believed that 13 was not just a significant number in his life, but that it was his own lucky number. The mysterious cult eventually dismantled, but the legacy of Friday the 13th lives on.Fowler loved the number 13 because it brought him unparalleled and unexplainable luck. Today, his fondness of the number has been reimagined as fear. Most people believe the number is haunted and can only result in adverse happenings, not supper clubs. That fear of Friday the 13th is called friggatriskaidekaphobia.Whether Friday the 13th makes you want to hide under the covers or have your friends over for dinner, like Fowler, these freaky events may prove that there is some truth to those Friday the 13th superstitions.

Many people are reluctant to fly on Friday the 13th, but the Aviation Safety Network (ASN) debunked the superstition by researching the rate of fatal plane crashes on the date and found it was actually lower than the average of the other days of the month. Still, a number of mysterious and tragic plane crashes have occurred on the infamous date.

On Friday 13th October 1972 two major plane crashes occurred. One was a large plane was carrying a Uruguayan rugby team. The other, a larger plane flying from Paris to Moscow. The death toll from both crashes was more than 200.

While the Moscow-bound plane resulted in the death of everyone on board, 28 people survived the initial plane crash in the Andes. But they truly had to survive. The plane went down 13th October, but the sole 16 survivors were rescued 72 days after the crash. To endure the harsh climate of the mountains, the men did everything they could to survive. This included turning to cannibalism and eating the bodies of the their dead teammates. Their tragic and harrowing story was eventually retold in a book and film, Alive.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Well, that was a short one! But don't worry! - I'm making up for yesterday by posting two today so seconds after this one is published, so will the fourteenth one - which is so much creepier than this one. It's called "Stalked", and you can probably guess what it's about by simply judging or reading the title!

Anyway see you guys later!

P.S.: For those of you who believe that Friday the 13th brings you bad luck (I don't really believe in that sorry) - then watch our for Friday the 13th of December, 2019.