Story 1: I Saw Something in the Ravine

• 🐺 A resident in an urban area with ravines noticed an unusual number of missing cats, escalating to a neighbor's cat disappearing with blood and strange tracks.
• 😨 One night, the narrator saw two pairs of yellow eyes, followed by a third set of orange eyes belonging to an impossibly tall, nine-foot-tall creature towering over their fence.
• 🐕 The narrator's dog became terrified, whimpering and scratching at the door to get inside.
• 🚶‍♂️ Later, during a daylight walk, the narrator's dog froze, sat down, and whimpered upon hearing a stick crack nearby, indicating fear of something ahead.
• 🤢 The narrator discovered a decaying cat carcass, partially eaten, with a strong putrid smell, and witnessed two coyotes, one eating something and another with a cat, seemingly under the command of a tall, dog-like creature.
• 🐾 This creature, described as nine feet tall with black fur and grey spots, had German Shepherd-like ears, a long snout, and hands resembling claws, which appeared to train the coyotes.

Story 2: Always Check the Doors

• 🏢 A security guard working at an old mansion converted into offices in Hartford, Connecticut, began his first rounds at 1:00 AM, feeling nervous due to ghost stories.
• 👦 While checking doors, he found a child, no older than six, playing with toys in a dark, open room.
• 😨 Initially disbelieving, he returned to find the child still there and, after a moment of shock, spoke to the child who asked if he had seen his mother.
• 🚨 The guard took the child downstairs and called the police, who discovered the child's mother had forgotten him at the office.

Story 3: Disappearing Children at Dunn's Swamp

• 🇦🇺 During a road trip in a remote Australian wilderness area, the narrator and friends visited Dunn's Swamp, known for its challenging terrain and indigenous history.
• 🏞️ While hiking, they encountered a group of twenty schoolchildren in uniform at the dam wall, which seemed impossible given the extreme difficulty of the terrain.
• 🚶‍♀️ The children, none older than nine, passed the narrator and friends without acknowledgment, and their teacher did not respond to a smile.
• ❓ The narrator became increasingly disturbed, noting the lack of tracks or any sign of how the children could have navigated the difficult path or left the area.
• 🤯 Weeks later, the narrator's friends had no memory of seeing any children at Dunn's Swamp that day, leading the narrator to suspect a paranormal event or a glitch in time/space.

Story 4: The Maine Hunting Trip

• 🌲 A hunter journaling his deer hunting trip in Maine in October 2015 noted odd occurrences, including an unusual quietness in the woods and strange, loud bass-like sounds at night.
• 🏕️ He found a tarp hanging on a tree and saw a person in the distance who seemed to be aware of him, not waving back like other hunters might.
• 😱 The strange noises escalated to screaming, prompting the hunter to decide to leave the next day.
• 🔪 Upon preparing to leave, he found a knife stuck in a tree next to his shelter and decided to flee immediately, leaving much of his gear behind.
• 🔥 While trying to escape, he smelled pungent smoke, heard chanting, and the intense pounding noise, realizing he was being followed by at least ten men.
• ⛰️ He slipped down a steep hill, losing consciousness, and woke up near morning, bruised but alive, eventually finding a trail that led him to a parking lot and a father and son who gave him a ride.

Story 5: My Aunt Worked with a Serial Killer

• 🧠 The narrator, who is autistic and dislikes loud noises and being touched, shares a story from their aunt's perspective about a man named Dennis.
• 🏠 Dennis, who worked with the narrator's aunt installing house alarms in Kansas, was charismatic and seemed trustworthy.
• 🔪 Unbeknownst to them, Dennis was a serial killer responsible for murders in the 1970s and 80s, and later attempted to kill again in the 1990s.
• 💻 Investigators eventually arrested him after finding evidence on his computer.
• ⛪ The narrator mentions that a Para from their special education class knew Dennis as the pastor of her church, and another friend's neighbor encountered him when he brought an animal to their door, possibly seeking another victim.
• ⚖️ Dennis Rader, known as the BTK killer, was sentenced to 10 life sentences on August 18, 2005, and is currently in a maximum-security prison in Kansas.