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"Swingers have sex with the lights on. "*shudder!* Brazen hussies! | |||
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"Has anyone heard the Japanese myth of, Teke Teke? (There’s even been movies made on it) Delightfully creepy! " No but I've heard of achey breaky heart? | |||
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"Has anyone heard the Japanese myth of, Teke Teke? (There’s even been movies made on it) Delightfully creepy! No but I've heard of achey breaky heart?" I still wake up sweating from nightmares fuelled by Billy Ray Cyrus singing that musical obscenity to this day.... | |||
"A lovely guy on here has been telling me about some Irish myths such as Fairy trees and Banshees. Fascinating.. "Ireland boasts some wonderful folklore; one of my favourites concerns a supposed creature called the Abhartach...... the stuff of nightmares | |||
"A lovely guy on here has been telling me about some Irish myths such as Fairy trees and Banshees. Fascinating.. " not unless you have heard a banshee  | |||
"A lovely guy on here has been telling me about some Irish myths such as Fairy trees and Banshees. Fascinating..
not unless you have heard a banshee "I’ve heard my neighbour calling her cat in at night.....it surely must be close enough?  | |||
"A lovely guy on here has been telling me about some Irish myths such as Fairy trees and Banshees. Fascinating..
not unless you have heard a banshee
I’ve heard my neighbour calling her cat in at night.....it surely must be close enough? " | |||
"Has anyone heard the Japanese myth of, Teke Teke? (There’s even been movies made on it) Delightfully creepy! " Is that anything to do with the forest of the dead in Japan? My d'ter was trying to scare me with tales of that. | |||
"Has anyone heard the Japanese myth of, Teke Teke? (There’s even been movies made on it) Delightfully creepy! Is that anything to do with the forest of the dead in Japan? My d'ter was trying to scare me with tales of that. " I googled it's not. Yours is scary | |||
"Has anyone heard the Japanese myth of, Teke Teke? (There’s even been movies made on it) Delightfully creepy! Is that anything to do with the forest of the dead in Japan? My d'ter was trying to scare me with tales of that. " I’ve been there and it’s definitely creepy as hell | |||
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"Has anyone heard the Japanese myth of, Teke Teke? (There’s even been movies made on it) Delightfully creepy! Is that anything to do with the forest of the dead in Japan? My d'ter was trying to scare me with tales of that. I’ve been there and it’s definitely creepy as hell "Ooh worth a trip then if ever I feel brave and flush | |||
"Has anyone heard the Japanese myth of, Teke Teke? (There’s even been movies made on it) Delightfully creepy! Is that anything to do with the forest of the dead in Japan? My d'ter was trying to scare me with tales of that. I googled it's not. Yours is scary " Apparently her name denotes the sound she makes as she runs on her hands..... | |||
"Has anyone heard the Japanese myth of, Teke Teke? (There’s even been movies made on it) Delightfully creepy! Is that anything to do with the forest of the dead in Japan? My d'ter was trying to scare me with tales of that. I’ve been there and it’s definitely creepy as hell "I would love to visit there - I’ve seen footage of the place and it is beautiful (aside from the more macabre finds of course) | |||
"Look into "missing 411" creepy stuff Also "Elisa lam" really creepy..." Oh yes indeedy! - they’re wonderfully creepy - thank you | |||
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"Asia has a LOT of creepy ghost stories" There is apparently a delightfully creepy story from Japan that swimmers should not enter the sea to swim on a certain day of the year as on this particular day, the spirits of the dead come back to occupy it..... (that would make for a great film idea!) | |||
"Local ones around here were Sornie Bean. Proper nasty and I think they did a modern day film....... The Hills have eyes. " The infamous cannibalistic family are credited, according to some stories, as having killed and eaten in excess of 800 victims(!) | |||
"Not creepy but my favourite is Bob Holnes playing the saxophone on Baker Street, he didn't of course but he was the second ever James Bond, well done Bob" I’ll have a ‘P’ and a Martini, shaken not stirred please Bob | |||
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"The Slit mouth woman from Japan. She wears a mouth mask and asks if you find her attractive. If you say no, she kills you. If you say yes, she reveals her face showing her mouth has been slit from ear to ear and she asks again. If no, you’re dead. If yes, she slits your mouth from ear to ear and you’ve got a new best friend "I watched a film version of this tale; As a result if ever any lady now asks me if I find her attractive, I always say yes before running away like my arse is on fire! | |||
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"The Slit mouth woman from Japan. She wears a mouth mask and asks if you find her attractive. If you say no, she kills you. If you say yes, she reveals her face showing her mouth has been slit from ear to ear and she asks again. If no, you’re dead. If yes, she slits your mouth from ear to ear and you’ve got a new best friend
I watched a film version of this tale; As a result if ever any lady now asks me if I find her attractive, I always say yes before running away like my arse is on fire! "Good plan | |||
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"Check out the Dark Tourist on Netflix, he goes to suicide forest amongst other weird and strange places. " I’ll check that one out I bet he’ll visit Gonjiam in Korea - the supposedly haunted and infamous ex-asylum there | |||
"Donald Trump has a secret profile, here on FAB. Those pics would definitely be creepy..."Please, no not that mankini picture again!" (Is it a bit early for Halloween and Aprils Fool's?) "  | |||
"A newly married couple were driving across America to their honeymoon destination, they had been friends since childhood until they they fell in love at 16 and eventually married at 20.As they drove across America the radio played loud, they sang along with their fav songs, they had never been so happy. As they sang along to one song, the music stopped " this is an emergency announcement, a man has escaped from the Hanover hospital, this is an institute for very dangerous minds, if you come across any strangers, do not approach them, please call 911 immeadiately" then the music carried on and the loved up couple carried on singing and driving. About 30 mins later the car started spluttering before coming to a halt, they had stupidly ran out of petrol. "We need to walk the rest of the way" the new bride said, "no its ok, i will go and get some gas, we passed a gas station about 20 mins ago" the husband said. He collected the gas can from the boot" i'll be back in half an hour" he shouted optimistically. She locked all the doors and turned the radio up, she sang for a while before falling to sleep. It was dark as she woke, she was really tired but was woken by a loud thudding noise, thump, thump ,thump, as she woke up properly, suddenly her car was emblazoned with light, she looked through the windscreen, there were 20 police cars facing her, headlights on, a cop had a megaphone, " please leave your car and walk towards us, do not look behind you, i repeat please leave your car and do not look behind you" all the time she could hear thump, thump, thump. She opened the car door and stepped out, " walk in a straight line towards us, in a straight line and do not look back" the cop instructed, she walked towards them, she could still hear thump thump thump, she stopped, "keep walking, do not look behind" the cop shouted, she started to walk again, thump thump thump thump thump, she could bare it no longer, she turned around, she fell to her knees, sitting on top of her car cross legged was a man, holding her husbands head by its hair banging it against the roof of the car. True or urban myth" Ah ha! Yes, I remember hearing this delightfully creepy tale whilst still at school. Ostensibly this story’s origins can be traced back to the 1950’s and may be loosely based upon some real life incidents, namely the so called, Texarkana Moonlight Murders (although the specific details are notably different). The name of the urban myth is, The Hook. Creepy as hell! | |||
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"The following is actually a true, unsolved case (and even more creepy thus!) The Dyatlov Pass Incident. Have a ganders.....and shudder as you read some of the theories of what may have transpired that fateful night....." I found the Dyatlov pass fascinating! That and Suicide Forest... Love stuff like that x | |||
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"The following is actually a true, unsolved case (and even more creepy thus!) The Dyatlov Pass Incident. Have a ganders.....and shudder as you read some of the theories of what may have transpired that fateful night..... I found the Dyatlov pass fascinating! That and Suicide Forest... Love stuff like that x" It’s a veritably fascinating case with so many, often highly bizarre theories put forward in an attempt to explain such a perplexing mystery. I’m very much leaning towards the pissed off Yeti explanation.....  | |||
"What about La Pascualita? The corpse bride... A wedding dress shop in in Mexico has a weird dummy in the window, legend says she was the owners daughter who died on her wedding day. The pics are freaky. The detail in her hands incredible "I’ve just looked this one up; I saw a photo of the hands close up......scarily realistic..... could it really be...... | |||
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"Guy takes his mc chicken burger back saying he specifically asked for no mayo, turns out the chicken had a large cyst filled with white puss" I heard something similar; It actually becomes more sinister additionally as, according to some sources, it was part of a series of stories deliberately, falsely leaked by competitors in order to damage the business. However.....the question could also be posed: was this second version, a ‘cover’ story so to speak, actually issued by the original company trying desperately to obfuscate the truth that the original grotesque story was in fact entirely true...... | |||
"The following is actually a true, unsolved case (and even more creepy thus!) The Dyatlov Pass Incident. Have a ganders.....and shudder as you read some of the theories of what may have transpired that fateful night....." I've just ordered the book on Amazon! Don't let me down with this recommendation...and no spoilers  | |||
"What about La Pascualita? The corpse bride... A wedding dress shop in in Mexico has a weird dummy in the window, legend says she was the owners daughter who died on her wedding day. The pics are freaky. The detail in her hands incredible
I’ve just looked this one up; I saw a photo of the hands close up......scarily realistic..... could it really be...... "Not sure, there isn't much info out there on her. I read she is the only model to be changed behind closed doors. Those hands though | |||
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"Wikipedia has tons of these. South Korean Fan Death and Dancing Hysteria are personal favourites." I’d not previously heard of the first one - but the notion of the government conceiving and propagating it in order to scare the populace into lower energy consumption makes for fascinating reading indeed. The Dance Fever of the 1500’s is an absolutely fascinating historical case. One explanation (although never confirmed) I read was that it may have stemmed from the inadvertent consumption by the local population of Ergot fungi (a poisonous, hallucinogenic, bean-like growth sometimes found on crops) Yet another mystery disease dating back in history which still baffles to this day and of similar interest is the so called, Sweating Sickness as so erupted during the 1400’s and later resurged in the 1500’s before vanishing as suddenly as it appeared. | |||
"The following is actually a true, unsolved case (and even more creepy thus!) The Dyatlov Pass Incident. Have a ganders.....and shudder as you read some of the theories of what may have transpired that fateful night..... I've just ordered the book on Amazon! Don't let me down with this recommendation...and no spoilers "If you love mysteries, I can guarantee you’ll be a very happy fellow with this one To this day, the baffling circumstances of the infamous case remain unsolved and speculation still runs rampant from both the scientific community and conspiracy theorists alike | |||
"Wikipedia has tons of these. South Korean Fan Death and Dancing Hysteria are personal favourites. I’d not previously heard of the first one - but the notion of the government conceiving and propagating it in order to scare the populace into lower energy consumption makes for fascinating reading indeed. The Dance Fever of the 1500’s is an absolutely fascinating historical case. One explanation (although never confirmed) I read was that it may have stemmed from the inadvertent consumption by the local population of Ergot fungi (a poisonous, hallucinogenic, bean-like growth sometimes found on crops) Yet another mystery disease dating back in history which still baffles to this day and of similar interest is the so called, Sweating Sickness as so erupted during the 1400’s and later resurged in the 1500’s before vanishing as suddenly as it appeared. " Ergot has been linked to the Salem witches as well, causing seizures & hallucinations in the more malnourished young women of the town that people attributed to black magic. The film The Witch hints at this as well. | |||
"Taos Hum is another one " I remember reading a rather outlandish explanation for the supposed ‘Hum’. According to this version, the good old CIA (ever the boogey men in conspiracy circles!) are responsible and the sub-audible sound is actually produced by microwave weaponry(!) The radiation was speculated to be delivered at a specific frequency that can be picked up in the inner cochlea of humans. Various versions relay quite what the intent for this unwholesome undertaking is for but either way, it is never usually deemed for the good of mankind | |||
"Wikipedia has tons of these. South Korean Fan Death and Dancing Hysteria are personal favourites. I’d not previously heard of the first one - but the notion of the government conceiving and propagating it in order to scare the populace into lower energy consumption makes for fascinating reading indeed. The Dance Fever of the 1500’s is an absolutely fascinating historical case. One explanation (although never confirmed) I read was that it may have stemmed from the inadvertent consumption by the local population of Ergot fungi (a poisonous, hallucinogenic, bean-like growth sometimes found on crops) Yet another mystery disease dating back in history which still baffles to this day and of similar interest is the so called, Sweating Sickness as so erupted during the 1400’s and later resurged in the 1500’s before vanishing as suddenly as it appeared. Ergot has been linked to the Salem witches as well, causing seizures & hallucinations in the more malnourished young women of the town that people attributed to black magic. The film The Witch hints at this as well." A great film!
Ergotism (the effects of long term ingestion of Ergot) actually still occur to this day.
There was an outbreak of it in Ethiopia as recently as the early 2000’s wherein accompanying the psychological effects invariably associated with ingestion of the bean like growth, were horrific physical symptoms including gangrene.
It certainly makes for sombre reading. | |||
" Also "Elisa lam" really creepy..." Shouldn't have watched that at bedtime lol | |||
"Taos Hum is another one I remember reading a rather outlandish explanation for the supposed ‘Hum’. According to this version, the good old CIA (ever the boogey men in conspiracy circles!) are responsible and the sub-audible sound is actually produced by microwave weaponry(!) The radiation was speculated to be delivered at a specific frequency that can be picked up in the inner cochlea of humans. Various versions relay quite what the intent for this unwholesome undertaking is for but either way, it is never usually deemed for the good of mankind "There has been a few answers given to the Taos Hum mystery. Interesting none the less | |||
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"I don't believe in supernatural causes of these creepy things - I'm a Scully but with a Mulder on my shoulder. I'm sure there are scientific explanations for the 'mysteries' but that doesn't make them, or the ghoul stories any less creepy. I'm getting goosebumps & living alone is not helping! We scare ourselves more than anything. " Absolutely - It may sound odd but I personally find a curious comfort from such aforementioned mysteries and indeed, myths. In our modern scientific age it is fascinating how such stories continue to thrive with many of the myths in particular, dating way back in history. Perhaps a part of we as a species yearn for the existence of a preternatural world as it were - a place wherein magic and all manner of supernatural entities may still exist. Of course, the said continued popularity for such stories could merely be a case of humans deriving a curious sense of enjoyment through being scared (within reason). Both are very interesting notions | |||
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"Why on earth did I start reading all of this before bed on this dark and stormy night?! "He he - Sweet dreams | |||
"So I don't believe in ghosts but the night before mine and my husbands grandads died I saw an incredibly tall shadow man at the end of my bed. Could have been in a dream state but is it a coincidence that it happened only twice and both were the nights before we lost our last living grandparents. " Now that is indeed disquieting
There are a plethora of reports worldwide of the phenomenon of Shadow People as they are often termed.
The phenomenon is often linked, but not exclusively, to sleep paralysis and many people who report seeing them whilst suffering the aforementioned condition are genuinely terrified and often left highly traumatised by the experience.
See also the related, ‘Old Hag’ syndrome......it’s certainly highly unsettling..... | |||
"Average Joe and his adventures" The Youtuber? | |||
"Local ones around here were Sornie Bean. Proper nasty and I think they did a modern day film....... The Hills have eyes. The infamous cannibalistic family are credited, according to some stories, as having killed and eaten in excess of 800 victims(!) "That’s the one. Apparently you can visit the caves that they lived in. Nah thanks! | |||
"Wikipedia has tons of these. South Korean Fan Death and Dancing Hysteria are personal favourites. I’d not previously heard of the first one - but the notion of the government conceiving and propagating it in order to scare the populace into lower energy consumption makes for fascinating reading indeed. The Dance Fever of the 1500’s is an absolutely fascinating historical case. One explanation (although never confirmed) I read was that it may have stemmed from the inadvertent consumption by the local population of Ergot fungi (a poisonous, hallucinogenic, bean-like growth sometimes found on crops) Yet another mystery disease dating back in history which still baffles to this day and of similar interest is the so called, Sweating Sickness as so erupted during the 1400’s and later resurged in the 1500’s before vanishing as suddenly as it appeared. Ergot has been linked to the Salem witches as well, causing seizures & hallucinations in the more malnourished young women of the town that people attributed to black magic. The film The Witch hints at this as well." And Quincy too. He was investigating a case on an ocean liner. | |||
"I don't believe in supernatural causes of these creepy things - I'm a Scully but with a Mulder on my shoulder. I'm sure there are scientific explanations for the 'mysteries' but that doesn't make them, or the ghoul stories any less creepy. I'm getting goosebumps & living alone is not helping! We scare ourselves more than anything. Absolutely - It may sound odd but I personally find a curious comfort from such aforementioned mysteries and indeed, myths. In our modern scientific age it is fascinating how such stories continue to thrive with many of the myths in particular, dating way back in history. Perhaps a part of we as a species yearn for the existence of a preternatural world as it were - a place wherein magic and all manner of supernatural entities may still exist. Of course, the said continued popularity for such stories could merely be a case of humans deriving a curious sense of enjoyment through being scared (within reason). Both are very interesting notions "I've read an explanation of ghost encounters being caused by infrasound - barely perceptible subsonic vibrations (from various factors such as weather/atmosphere, industry, geology) interfering with our hearing, the humours in our eyes & unconsciously activating our fight or flight response, as similar super low frequencies are found in the growls of predators such as the big cats. | |||
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"So I don't believe in ghosts but the night before mine and my husbands grandads died I saw an incredibly tall shadow man at the end of my bed. Could have been in a dream state but is it a coincidence that it happened only twice and both were the nights before we lost our last living grandparents. Now that is indeed disquieting
There are a plethora of reports worldwide of the phenomenon of Shadow People as they are often termed.
The phenomenon is often linked, but not exclusively, to sleep paralysis and many people who report seeing them whilst suffering the aforementioned condition are genuinely terrified and often left highly traumatised by the experience.
See also the related, ‘Old Hag’ syndrome......it’s certainly highly unsettling..... "Similarly, I think there's a Ted talk on grief that suggests the reason we sometimes see apparitions of loved ones after their death is it's the mind's way of getting us used to their absence. | |||
"So I don't believe in ghosts but the night before mine and my husbands grandads died I saw an incredibly tall shadow man at the end of my bed. Could have been in a dream state but is it a coincidence that it happened only twice and both were the nights before we lost our last living grandparents. Now that is indeed disquieting
There are a plethora of reports worldwide of the phenomenon of Shadow People as they are often termed.
The phenomenon is often linked, but not exclusively, to sleep paralysis and many people who report seeing them whilst suffering the aforementioned condition are genuinely terrified and often left highly traumatised by the experience.
See also the related, ‘Old Hag’ syndrome......it’s certainly highly unsettling.....
Similarly, I think there's a Ted talk on grief that suggests the reason we sometimes see apparitions of loved ones after their death is it's the mind's way of getting us used to their absence. "It wasn't a loved one, it was a black, incredibly tall shadow man and it was incredibly scary. | |||
"So I don't believe in ghosts but the night before mine and my husbands grandads died I saw an incredibly tall shadow man at the end of my bed. Could have been in a dream state but is it a coincidence that it happened only twice and both were the nights before we lost our last living grandparents. Now that is indeed disquieting
There are a plethora of reports worldwide of the phenomenon of Shadow People as they are often termed.
The phenomenon is often linked, but not exclusively, to sleep paralysis and many people who report seeing them whilst suffering the aforementioned condition are genuinely terrified and often left highly traumatised by the experience.
See also the related, ‘Old Hag’ syndrome......it’s certainly highly unsettling.....
Similarly, I think there's a Ted talk on grief that suggests the reason we sometimes see apparitions of loved ones after their death is it's the mind's way of getting us used to their absence.
It wasn't a loved one, it was a black, incredibly tall shadow man and it was incredibly scary."No, I know. Just some similarities. | |||
"After watching several YouTube videos of scary experiences I've downloaded the Randonautica app to see if I can find anything." What is it? | |||
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"It's an app that generates coordinates for you to locate, while generating the coordinates you're meant to focused on a thought and the goal is that when you reach the coordinates that thought will have a way of showing itself. It's probably just a bit of harmless fun but there are a few YouTube videos of people sharing what they find." Oooh might have a look now, thank you | |||
