What the actual. That’s ... amazing. I love this. Also very interesting how the large black dog is always portrayed as menacing, but here it is protective of you. The two could be completely unrelated, or we are misunderstanding the nature of this magnificent beast.

This is really very well written, I was breathlessly visualizing the whole thing.  

Summer ‘97. I was nine and scared of my own shadow, so this experience only furthered my fear of the world.

It’s early fall, 2017. We had just fully fenced and added gardens to our backyard, including a lovely fairy path on a narrow stretch of dirt that separated our property from the apartment complex next door. With tall grasses, flowers, and stepping stones it made a magical little space that my daughter loved to run…

Let me just preface this by saying I’m not a writer so please bear with me…

Growing up we always had a ton of cats, and I came to view them as protectors since our home was very chaotic. I could always grab a cat and detach from all the chaos around me.

In high school I worked at a small health food store to make extra money. The summer before I started college we had a customer who started coming in once a month to pick up a special order of a crate of milk. Since I was working in the perishables department I would be to help him with his order. He was a younger guy…

You’re welcome!

The fact that she was so large is TERRIFYING. 

As an anxious child, I’d wake up several times overnight to use the bathroom. This happened so often and for so long that my parents forbid me from turning on the lights because it would wake them up. 

I live in Wales, and the Welsh word for grandfather is Tadcu. My daughter has sadly never known either of her grandfathers as they passed away before she was born. My father had polio as a child, and as a consequence lived with a very pronounced limp for the rest of his life, having to wear an orthopaedic shoe.…

I’ve written about the haunted house that I live in a few times over the years (https://jezebel.com/1838851052) and (https://jezebel.com/1849658024). Last night, my wife and I were out at her sisters and my stepdaughter was home alone with the dogs. We left around 4:00 and around an hour later, both my wife and I…

Not necessarily super spooky, but it really scared me at the time!

Oooh this one is so good! Sorry for your mothers loss. The stories of kids being in touch with family members they never knew about always bewilder me. 

After my divorce, I spent 4+ years looking for a home to buy for my son and I. I had a very hectic government job and my son had a rare genetic disorder that caused a myriad of health issues. I had hired a private caregiver for him who spent 12+ hours caring for him each weekday. Life was very busy.

I think I submitted this year’s ago, but here I am, in the greys, submitting again!

This is my first time posting because until recently I’ve never had anything that spooky happen, but this event floats back to my brain every so often and I still have no idea what the fuck this was about.

The time my oldest’s friends from school came to spend the night. They were a brother and sister who were both undersized for their age - like you’d think they were a good few years younger than their actual ages.

Years ago, in late fall, we moved our young family from a house in the city to my grandmother’s old home, which was rural and secluded. My grandparents had passed on, and so had my mother, but she grew up in that house. It’s a two-story farmhouse with hidden rooms, and it’s more than 150 years old. When we moved…

When I was in fourth grade, my mom and I moved a few hours away to live with my grandma. I was an only child and painfully shy; all my friends had been my friends since forever, and I had no idea how to talk to these new kids at school.