Story 9: 

I woke up around 3 a.m. one night to loud tapping outside my bedroom window (my bedroom was in the basement of our house). I assumed it was raccoons or something trying to get into our neighbor’s shed. After listening for a while longer, I managed to fall back asleep.
In the morning, I brought up the noise to my mom, who said she had heard a similar noise coming from that same side of the house; only she got out of bed and went to the front living room window to investigate. What she saw was a man emerge from between our house and our neighbor’s place.
He stopped in front of our home, took a long look, removed a pair of latex gloves, and then proceeded to walk down our street. I assume he was testing for weak spots or something, and luckily he didn’t manage to make it inside that night. © littlemisspringfield / Reddit

Story 10: 

When I was in fifth grade, I was walking to the bus just as dawn was breaking. I had to walk about half a mile down a back road with woods lining either side. About halfway down, I was surrounded by eight or nine dogs—not wolves, but different breeds of domestic dogs. They didn’t make a sound but blocked my path in a half circle.
I was terrified and ran back home, and when I looked back, they were gone. When I think back on it, I hope they were protecting me from some unknown danger down the road that morning. Who knows? © MrJigz / Reddit

Story 11:

I went to a friend’s summer home in Italy and was asked to get out of his vehicle and check the mailbox before heading into the gated drive. I opened the mailbox, completely oblivious to the fact that it had a nest of bees inside.
I was immediately swarmed and stung many, many times, including inside my nose, eyelids, and even my gums and tongue. Instead of a night of delicious pasta, I got a rushed visit to the emergency room. © Unknown author / Reddit

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Story 13:

A few years ago, when I still lived at my parents’ house, I was woken up almost every night for about 5 or 6 months by constant, loud meowing. I’d look out the window to see two all-white cats sitting on the wall in the front yard right in front of my window, talking to each other. Once I opened the shade, they would stop and just stare at me. I found them so creepy. © JohnnyRootb**r / Reddit

Story 14:

My friend always jokes that his house is haunted. I was on a video call with him one time when the door behind him swung open. It was completely locked and remained locked after opening. When I slept over, I saw this happen too.
Last week, I stayed at his house, and he talks a lot in his sleep. He started giggling, sat up, pointed to nothing in the room, and said, “Look, they’re all here.” I slapped him because I got too creeped out. © irobot202 / Reddit

Story 15:

In high school, I woke up in the middle of the night to my laptop making the “incoming Skype call” ring. Very confused and panicking that my family would wake up and question me about the noise, I got out of bed to try to see what was going on.
The laptop screen was black, and as best I could remember, I had shut it off earlier. I closed the laptop, and the noise shut off. I never figured out what caused it to start ringing. © saltwatertaffy324 / Reddit