Yes, it's fictional. Actually, I think that whole series is marketing campaign for this David Paulides guy, who, beyond being a bigfoot obsessive and writer hawking his books online... It's tough to say who this guy really is. Not a single reference on his Wikipedia page is from a credible source. I'm thinking a pen…

“I’m convinced fear makes you more susceptible to belief and they know it and take advantage of it.”

Oh. God. The "Bear Man" one. We live in Colorado and have two little kids who we take out in the mountains, all the time, in every season. I used to only worry about my kids getting grabbed by a freak in the city...

They also tell you never to turn and run (they'll think you're a delicious deer and you cannot outrun them) and if they attack, gouge their eyes.

Yeah, that was my first experience with sleep paralysis with a bit of a panic attack thrown in. I was living at college, away from home for the first time in the basement, ahem, garden level of a very old, supposedly haunted (natch) dormitory. I woke up one night to a woman choking me, and I could have sworn it was…

Not the scariest, but by far the most beautiful!

Is there a true spooky stories thread happening this year? I've been shivering with anticipation—and still nothing!