Latest / Shallow Nights: Scary Bedtime Stories / Hidden Truths - Scary Paranormal Story
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- 0:29We live on several acres in rural Indiana, USA.
- 0:33Our neighbors aren't too far apart, but we all live on a lot
- 0:36of property. On our properties, we have a lot
- 0:39of trees and our neighbor doesn't maintain their property
- 0:42well, so a lot of it's overgrown, you know, a couple of
- 0:45fallen trees and a lot of downed branches.
- 0:49We knew the state of their property was probably because it
- 0:51was an older couple that owned the house and the property was
- 0:54vast. We have a Creek separating our
- 0:57homes as well, but a small strip of their property is accessible
- 1:01from our backyard. Due to the overgrowth in trees.
- 1:04We weren't able to see much of their property when we first
- 1:07moved in in the summer, and of course we didn't go onto their
- 1:10land because we didn't want to trespass.
- 1:12One night my daughter and her friend were camping in the
- 1:15backyard and ran inside swearing that they heard a kid laughing
- 1:19or crying in our backyard. I figured it was their
- 1:22imagination from too many scary stories while in the tent, but
- 1:26went out to investigate briefly just in case.
- 1:29I heard a faint noise coming from just beyond our property
- 1:32line. I moved the flashlight into the
- 1:34general direction and called out to whoever may be in the trees.
- 1:38The sound stopped. I decided it was probably just a
- 1:42couple of stray cats, but just in case, I had the girls set up
- 1:46the tent in the living room. The next day after taking my
- 1:49daughter's friend home, curiosity got the best of me and
- 1:53I decided to investigate the area by our property line.
- 1:57As I neared the line of trees, I saw a small path I had never
- 2:01noticed before. Since I knew my neighbors were
- 2:04too far and the trees were too thick, they couldn't see me on
- 2:07their property, so I stepped onto the small path.
- 2:11I walked slowly looking down watching for Poison Ivy and
- 2:14fallen branches. I wasn't too far in when I saw a
- 2:18dirty broken kids toy on the ground wrapped in overgrown
- 2:22weeds. I looked up and in the distance
- 2:25I saw a small white shed like structure.
- 2:29As I got closer there were more and more toys scattered on the
- 2:32ground, some partially buried, all broken and dirty.
- 2:37Then there was barbed wire and I could see the front of the shed
- 2:40and realized it was a large Playhouse with a wooden alphabet
- 2:44decorating the outside. I was starting to feel uneasy.
- 2:49This Playhouse was at least half a mile or more from the only
- 2:52house on the property. I stopped in my tracks, letting
- 2:56my imagination go a little when I felt a tap on my shoulder.
- 3:00I must have jumped a foot off the ground, only to turn around
- 3:04and see that my daughter had followed me.
- 3:06Once my heart slowed down, I decided to get a closer look.
- 3:10There was more broken barbed wire fencing on the ground the
- 3:13closer we got. The window on the side was
- 3:16broken and there was a hole in the roof.
- 3:20There was a broken train set, one the kid would be able to
- 3:23ride on. The front door had a white piece
- 3:27of wood said to lock someone in, not keep people out.
- 3:32At this point my daughter was in full panic mode and begging for
- 3:35us to walk back to our house. But I had to at least look
- 3:38through the window or my mind would wander with all the
- 3:41possibilities of what could be in there.
- 3:44As I was stepping to the side of the shed, my daughter was
- 3:47following close behind. In her fear, she was paying more
- 3:50attention to me than where she was stepping, and she cut her
- 3:54leg pretty deep on some barbed wire that was hidden in
- 3:57overgrowth. I quickly glanced inside the
- 4:00window only to see a partially dirt floor and broken wood and a
- 4:04large wooden bench with a dark stain on top.
- 4:08I picked up my daughter who was determined her leg was going to
- 4:11fall off. We left the neighbor's property
- 4:13and I took her to the doctor to get a tetanus shot and get her
- 4:16cleaned up. That night after dinner, I let
- 4:19the dog out but couldn't get her to come back in.
- 4:22I let her stay outside for a while and checked again a little
- 4:25later. Our dog still wouldn't come in
- 4:29and I noticed she was standing by the path we took earlier.
- 4:32I grabbed a flashlight in her leash and headed out to her.
- 4:36She was pacing, whining and sniffing around everywhere.
- 4:39I figured it was from the blood earlier, but she never ventured
- 4:43onto the path. Then I heard the giggling of a
- 4:46little girl. I called out to the child, but
- 4:49there was no answer in return, just some rustling in the
- 4:52leaves. I ran inside with the dog to
- 4:55check on my daughter to make sure that she was still in the
- 4:58house. She was laying in bed, fast
- 5:00asleep. The next morning I went straight
- 5:03to the Playhouse, but as I was approaching, something was
- 5:06wrong. The broken toys seemed to be in
- 5:09different places, and when I got to the Playhouse, my heart felt
- 5:13like it was a ton of bricks. All over the side of the
- 5:17Playhouse were children's drawings in my daughter's blood.