7 True Scary Stories: Home Invasion, Stalking, and a School Shooting

New Year's Eve Home Invasion

• 🏠 A 13-year-old was home alone on New Year's Eve when the power went out, and an intruder entered the house.
• 🦜 The girl hid in her room, barricading the door with her parrot's cage, while the intruder attempted to break in.
• ☀️ She escaped the next morning, finding the back door open and the main power switch pulled, but the intruder was gone.

Unprovoked Road Encounter in Alaska

• 🚗 While trying to find a friend's house in Alaska, the narrator and a friend were followed by a suspicious red minivan.
• 💥 The minivan rammed their car and blocked their path, forcing them to speed away through a narrow gap, damaging their vehicle.
• 🚓 They reported the incident to the police, who later identified the minivan as stolen, but the narrator still faces disbelief.

School Shooting Escape

• 🏫 A student was leaving for school when they encountered a crowd of students running from campus, realizing there was an active shooter.
• 🚗 The student narrowly escaped the campus amidst heavy traffic and emergency vehicle response.
• 💡 A banana eaten that morning is credited with saving the student's life, as they would have been in the area where the shooting began.

Creepy Encounter with a Cyclist

• 🚲 While walking home, a teenager was persistently followed and harassed by an older man on a bicycle who repeatedly asked if they were running away from home and invited them to a trailer park.
• ⚠️ The cyclist's strange behavior and persistent questioning made the teenager feel increasingly unnerved and scared.
• 🏃 The teenager eventually ran home, cutting across lawns, with the cyclist calling after them.

Late-Night Harassment and a Potential Murder

• 🚶 A line cook walking home late at night was followed by a car whose occupants made unsettling comments and offered a ride.
• 🚌 The car reappeared at the bus stop, blocking the bus lane, before speeding off when the bus arrived.
• 🔪 Weeks later, the narrator learned a body was found strangled in a dumpster nearby, and they wonder if the car occupants were involved.

Workplace Stalker

• 🛍️ A 16-year-old retail worker was repeatedly targeted by a man who became increasingly persistent and creepy, obtaining her name and trying to find her outside of work.
• 😨 The man waited outside the store, followed her to her lunch break, and sent her messages on Instagram, causing significant distress.
• 👮 The manager contacted the police, but the situation remains ongoing due to a lack of direct threats.

Drive-By Shooting Witness

• 🌃 Driving home late at night through a dark neighborhood, the narrator witnessed a van from which a man fired shots at a nearby house.
• 🚗 The van then pursued the narrator's car, swerving erratically, before abruptly turning off into a side street.
• 🚨 The narrator reached home safely, shaken by the experience, and later saw police at the scene the next morning.