After reading that great post "what's the creepiest thing that you've experienced that you wouldn't believe had you not been there," I was reminded of something really strange that happened to me when I was 15 that I sort of forgot about, mostly because it sounds so ludicrous that I don't think anyone would believe me.
But since finding this sub, I figured this would be the right place to post it and see if anyone has any insight or similar experiences.
Basically, when I was 15, I hung out with these three girls (let's call them M, C, and K) who were my best friends at the time, though they turned out to be trouble later on. Anyway, when we were still friends, we got really into crystals and their "spiritual powers" (for lack of a better term). Us being 15-year-old girls, we were mostly interested in the idea that carrying certain crystals and burning certain incense could bring us love or make our crushes like us back, things like that. We started visiting spiritual shops after school, learned how to use pendulums to ask questions and get answers (mostly innocent questions like, "where did I leave my keys?" or "should I go to Troy's house this weekend?"), bought tarot card decks, burned incense, etc. It was pretty fun and exciting to think that these things could benefit our lives. It was very, very innocent.
Then things became dark, almost like a switch. There was one night when M, C, K and I were sitting in C and K's backyard, probably around midnight. We were having a "tough" night because none of our crushes liked us back (I know, boohoo) so K suggested we light some incense and just hang out. So we sat in the grass and lit the incense and were probably out there for an hour just chatting, nothing unusual. Then something changed. It felt like something in the air just switched. We all just wordlessly looked at each other like we all felt it; like whatever positivity that was there was suddenly gone. At that moment, at least one (maybe more, I don't remember) of the incense sticks went out mid-burn, and we heard something in the woods sprinting. Maybe it was an animal? But it sounded like two feet suddenly running towards us. We screamed and jumped up and sprinted back into the house where we barreled into C's room and jumped on the bed.
We must have all been on the bed for a few seconds before we heard what I can only describe as a group of people singing. Very faintly - the voices were definitely outside - but there was vocal tone and harmonization and it was THERE. It was high up too, like it was above the house/roof, but was moving over the house toward C's bedroom and grew louder. I remember we all just yelled, "What is that?!" and dove under the blanket and C turned on her TV on full blast. What's weird is I don't remember the rest of the night.
For a month following I vividly remember having the sensation that something was following me and that I was often being watched. I often felt lightheaded and weak. C reported the same feelings and M was ill for almost four weeks. Then at once, we all seemed to get better. I got rid of my crystals and we just never talked about it again or dabbled in anything spiritual ever again. Except for K, who seemed to go off the deep-end, and grew more interested in that stuff and began taking a lot of drugs. Strange enough, within 3 months of this, K, M, and C began bullying me, intensely. To the point where my mom got me a restraining order against them because of their threats to burn down my house and hurt me. I coincidentally moved out of state that summer and haven't spoken to any of them since (am 23 now).
I know this sounds insane. But I would really be interested to hear any feedback. I've never told anyone about this because I know how crazy it sounds but hopefully this community might understand. What was that? Am I just crazy? I know I heard something that night. I know we all felt something too.
But since finding this sub, I figured this would be the right place to post it and see if anyone has any insight or similar experiences.
Basically, when I was 15, I hung out with these three girls (let's call them M, C, and K) who were my best friends at the time, though they turned out to be trouble later on. Anyway, when we were still friends, we got really into crystals and their "spiritual powers" (for lack of a better term). Us being 15-year-old girls, we were mostly interested in the idea that carrying certain crystals and burning certain incense could bring us love or make our crushes like us back, things like that. We started visiting spiritual shops after school, learned how to use pendulums to ask questions and get answers (mostly innocent questions like, "where did I leave my keys?" or "should I go to Troy's house this weekend?"), bought tarot card decks, burned incense, etc. It was pretty fun and exciting to think that these things could benefit our lives. It was very, very innocent.
Then things became dark, almost like a switch. There was one night when M, C, K and I were sitting in C and K's backyard, probably around midnight. We were having a "tough" night because none of our crushes liked us back (I know, boohoo) so K suggested we light some incense and just hang out. So we sat in the grass and lit the incense and were probably out there for an hour just chatting, nothing unusual. Then something changed. It felt like something in the air just switched. We all just wordlessly looked at each other like we all felt it; like whatever positivity that was there was suddenly gone. At that moment, at least one (maybe more, I don't remember) of the incense sticks went out mid-burn, and we heard something in the woods sprinting. Maybe it was an animal? But it sounded like two feet suddenly running towards us. We screamed and jumped up and sprinted back into the house where we barreled into C's room and jumped on the bed.
We must have all been on the bed for a few seconds before we heard what I can only describe as a group of people singing. Very faintly - the voices were definitely outside - but there was vocal tone and harmonization and it was THERE. It was high up too, like it was above the house/roof, but was moving over the house toward C's bedroom and grew louder. I remember we all just yelled, "What is that?!" and dove under the blanket and C turned on her TV on full blast. What's weird is I don't remember the rest of the night.
For a month following I vividly remember having the sensation that something was following me and that I was often being watched. I often felt lightheaded and weak. C reported the same feelings and M was ill for almost four weeks. Then at once, we all seemed to get better. I got rid of my crystals and we just never talked about it again or dabbled in anything spiritual ever again. Except for K, who seemed to go off the deep-end, and grew more interested in that stuff and began taking a lot of drugs. Strange enough, within 3 months of this, K, M, and C began bullying me, intensely. To the point where my mom got me a restraining order against them because of their threats to burn down my house and hurt me. I coincidentally moved out of state that summer and haven't spoken to any of them since (am 23 now).
I know this sounds insane. But I would really be interested to hear any feedback. I've never told anyone about this because I know how crazy it sounds but hopefully this community might understand. What was that? Am I just crazy? I know I heard something that night. I know we all felt something too.
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