The reality can occasionally be more terrifying than anything you’ve read in a cliffhanger. Unexpected events in real life might leave us shocked, perplexed, or even afraid. Short but gripping stories from regular people who experienced what seemed like scenes from a twisted drama are told in this article.
Story 1: A quiet 24-year-old girl was the nanny we hired. When she was gone, my 7-year-old son had fits because he became so connected so quickly.
In her bag yesterday, I discovered a laminated picture of my son. I found it to be sweet at first. I turned it, though, and froze in fear. “MY son” was the only word she had written. I chose to hold off on asking what it meant until her next visit because I was perplexed.
However, I received a panicked phone from a mother that same evening. “This girl is going to take over your family,” she said. She became fixated on my son and eventually wooed my spouse after I hired her a year ago. Take caution. Before it’s too late, fire her.
My whole universe collapsed. I followed the woman’s instructions. I couldn’t let the nanny stay in my house for another minute, even though she sobbed and insisted it was all lies.
Second Story:
My supervisor set up an obligatory video conference for 7 a.m. Cameras activated, everyone logged in. He failed to appear. Before HR halted it, we waited for twenty minutes.
We received an email later that day informing us that he had passed away while sleeping. I assumed the call was the result of a scheduling problem. However, after reexamining the invitation…
That same morning, at 9:12 a.m., it was sent. from his work account. “Please be on time” is the subject line.
When I questioned the IT department, they said that either his email was compromised or there must have been a problem. But the thought of it still shivers me.
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Story 4: At 8:00 a.m., the elevator at my workplace on floor 4 would always stop. Nobody ever entered or exited. Simply opened, waited, and shut. Each day.
I began to ascend the stairs and observed it from the window of the corridor. I eventually questioned security about why it did it every time. They said that since the layout change last year, nobody has had an office on 4.
I looked over our system logs. They were manually opening the door. And there was a badging-in person. utilizing a deleted employee ID from eleven months ago.
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I believed my stepfather to be my biological father until I was nine years old. When they got divorced, I was feeling really conflicted. My mom wouldn’t explain why I couldn’t live with my stepdad, even though I wanted to.
I came into a newspaper piece for my father’s obituary one day while sorting through my mother’s belongings. At the age of 24, dad was involved in a car crash, and I was only 18 months old at the time. I still don’t understand why she lied to me about it, and I’m not even sure whether I should question her about it. © Reddit/G0-Kart
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Story 7: My dad summoned me over to our computer one day as I was leaving a movie. “When did you travel to Costa Rica with your school?” he asked. They recently shared a group photo of you.
I had no idea what he was talking about because I hadn’t gone on the trip with the community college I was attending. The man he was referring to, however, bore a striking resemblance to me, even down to the white Polo I was wearing at the time. I experienced the most bizarre encounter of my life. How coincidental! © Reddit/Capt_GingerBeard93
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It is said that my mother has a fraternal twin. My grandma donated the male child to a friend who was moving away because she couldn’t bear the idea of having two children.
My grandma once yelled at my mom that she had kept the incorrect child one night while she was furious. Neither before nor after that time was it ever brought up. At the time, my mom was about twelve years old. When she questioned my great-grandmother about it, she was aware of the boy’s name but not of their new residence or the people he was living with.
Although my mother had met him once, she was unaware of his true identity. My middle name is actually his middle name, which my mother asked my great-grandmother for when she was expecting me. © Reddit/ps***ot***man
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Story 10: My mother was discussing a party she threw for her coworkers over 25 years ago while perusing an old photo album. She mentioned that my assistance in setting up the tables and other things there was kind of her. Since I don’t remember anything about that party, I assumed she was kidding.
I was present when she showed me the photos! I was maybe 19 or 20, so it’s not like I was a child. What else did my brain erase? © Reddit/sonia72quebec
Narrative 11:
I had just finished making a purchase inside a gas station. When I emerged, a stout man with a T-shirt bearing a logo from a meat company approached me and asked if I wanted to buy frozen meats in quantity. With the exception of roughly $500 that was accessible on my credit card, I was completely broke.
As though my life depended on it, I shouted out “yes” even though I didn’t want to buy anything. I brought home a month’s supply of vacuum-sealed chicken and fish a little while later. It was not me, but I’m not sure who said “yes.” © Reddit/NeuralBreakDancing