A little girl hears disturbing sounds in her house in the middle of the night while her parents are away. He rushes to check the doors and windows, finding nothing suspicious. So he goes back to bed and tries to sleep. To calm down, he reaches out his hand, and then his dog licks his hand. This allows you to relax without major shocks. That is, until the next morning, when he wakes up to find his bed covered in blood. her parents screamed next to her and a dark message written on the mirror. “I can lick too.”
With various variations, this story frightened an entire generation of Internet users in late 1999 and in the following years. At that time, the Internet had not yet become widespread and had not yet become an essential service. This allowed forums to create their own dynamics and even a subculture of jokes, customs, and even issues that became breeding grounds for future online communities. But few of these stories, jokes and great conversations between users have had the same impact on pop culture as horror stories. Calls creepypastawere taken for granted, and readers added information that seemed to make them more truthful. As a result, many of them have become part of Internet history in their own right.
Currently, some of them are included in the best works of horror in cinema and literature. To demonstrate this, we leave you creepypasta the most famous and what is true about them. From a children’s book that became a creepy legend to a look at the dark side of online communities. Everything there is to explore integral part of a better understanding of modern culture, chronically online, and its unique legacy for the future.
Never open the collection of short stories “Tumbler”
According to several interconnected stories, a children’s storybook Roly Poly It’s cursed. There is no clear reason why this is so – versions vary between a spirit summoned at the time of writing and a blood sacrifice – but what is clear is its consequences. On the one hand, it can turn children into cannibals. On the other hand, it forces them to run away from their parents and eventually disappear without a trace. This is after reading aloud the collection of poems it contains.
The origin of the story can be found on the Reddit forum. u/Clarimondcurrently closed. But what the now-defunct user left for posterity is the story of a book that, while not particularly scary, seemed to have immediate consequences. Everything from the moment you open the first page.
The above is based on the original post, apparently written by the victim’s father on January 15, 2017. From unjustified violence to simply abductions by dark entities. The truth is that this creepypastaseems to cover all the fears parents have about their children and possible encounters with unexplained threats.
Is there any truth to this story?
Of course, no one is complaining about a book in which mysterious creatures abduct children. Moreover, they awaken in their young readers a craving for human flesh. As curious as it may seem, this is a real book. Roly Poly, Written by Mem Fox and illustrated by Jane Dyer, it tells the story of a bear who has to deal with his little brother. This makes him think about life, love and empathy. Curious thing? The book was published in 2019, years after creepypasta has become part of the Internet world.
Back rooms or back rooms of reality
This time the story includes our understanding of the world and the very essence of reality. According to numerous stories on the Internet, there are specific places that can lead to other dimensions. Which translates as border spaces between worlds and even towards the past or future. The idea is becoming increasingly popular on forums of all kinds. Especially due to the popularity of witness testimony who claim to have visited several entrances to several similar places.
Always, according to creepypastaThese types of wormholes, which defy all modern knowledge, look like dark corridors. Or even just tunnels leading to spaces similar to those built by humans, but this is something completely different. Over the years, purported witnesses to events ranging from chance encounters to exploration of utility rooms have expanded upon the original concept. Thus, they already cover levels that vary in degree of danger and their ability to change matter – even the creatures that inhabit them.
Is there any truth to this story?
A Tale of Assumptions Utility rooms or behind the scenes of reality, dates back to the 4Chan forum in 2019. That first publication hypothetically discussed the theory of extradimensional places. But soon the conversation thread was filled with supposedly truthful testimonies about the experiences of witnesses. Most of them told the same story with some variations. They climbed stairs that led nowhere, or walked along corridors that ended in deserted places. without specifying the period, time or even country.
In 2022, American YouTuber Kane Parsons took this idea and turned it into a series of short films about forays into unexplained corridors and locations. Most of the productions went viral and eventually became an important part of internet culture. The impact was so significant that the content creator’s material, there will be a film adaptation A24.
“Pen pals” or the terror of oppression
According to the central plot, it all begins with a twelve-year-old boy participating in a school letter exchange event, sending them in balloons. It takes so long for your item to arrive that you end up thinking it’s just lost, but when you do, you get a Polaroid photo. In it you can see a child and his mother, observed from a nearby place.
Over the years, the victim received hundreds of different Polaroids. This seems to suggest an increasingly complex, sinister and dangerous pursuit of them. Naturally, the situation ends with a complaint to the authorities, who admit that they cannot solve the mystery. After, in the boy’s – now a young man’s – decision to remove his online presence entirely.
Finally and now, as an anonymous person, go to internet forums looking for similar experiences or someone who can explain the mystery. However, the story never ends and the boy ends up deleting his account and now disappears completely. The full story, told in several versions, is part of web folklore.
Is there any truth to this story?
In this case, the origin creepypasta in a chapter-based story written by author Dathan Auerbach and originally published on Reddit. The author included the first chapter in the forum in 2011 and continued to update the story – increasingly complex and always in the first person – throughout the year. In fact, this premise became a sensation on the platform, especially because Auerbach He reacted to the comments he received as if they were his characters.
Inspired by his enthusiasm, Auerbach decided to publish a book with this story. So he started a Kickstarter campaign, which allowed him to raise $15,946. Thanks to fan donations, he was able to not only publish a book with the title Pen palbut also to open your own online publishing house. Not bad for a terrifying internet legend.
Experiment “Russian Dream”
This is one of creepypasta most popular on the Internet and has long remained a mystery. According to history, in 1947, a group of Soviet scientists decided to conduct an experiment to test the effects of lack of sleep on the human body. And all this by exposing a group of five volunteers to exposure to a gas that can inhibit the ability to sleep.
For thirty days, the scientists photographed and interviewed their subjects. But gradually they realized that in addition to the physical consequences, there were many frightening symptoms. Autocannibalism – physical injuries caused by some type of unexplained energy produced bodies of patients, up to total deformation of the face and limbs.
By the end of the experiment, the creatures in the room had lost any connection to humanity and had to be sacrificed. Of course, these results, unlike any other research material, disappeared with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Only to later, almost miraculously, reappear on forums claiming to have images and documents confirming this terrible event.
Is there any truth to this story?
Apart from the fact that this story has persisted over time in online forums and debates, it has not been verified in any way. And this despite the fact that there are a large number of photomontages, documents imitating Russian aesthetics and even recordings. which various users insist are part of a failed experiment.
But the truth is that creepypasta comes from the page. Creepypasta Wiki And specifically from the publication dated August 10, 2010, made by the user OrangeAnnual. The publication contained the main story, to which details were added and, in addition, all types of images over the Internet over time.
Squidward’s Suicide
This is probably one of the creepypasta the most delusional of all those that can now be found on the Internet. Not only because it features a character from the SpongeBob SquarePants series, but also because due to the large amount of spilled blood and guts they entail.
According to a story circulating on online forums, a former Nickelodeon intern claims that there is a scene in the anime that graphically depicts Squidward’s suicide. Including images of the corpses of a boy and a girl, which the character dismembered and killed before committing suicide.
The screams of terror are always rumored to be based on real sounds obtained from mental institutions. And, in fact, the scene of Squidward’s death is identical to the image of a real suicide. Of course, something like that never made it onto the screen, but I’m sure there’s a recording somewhere, safe from the curiosity of the networks.
Is there any truth to this story?
No, of course, there is no indication that anything like this was ever discussed or animated for the popular children’s series. And indeed, this has been refuted more than once. Even more curious? The author himself admitted the process of creating a similar hoax in Reddit.
Source: Hiper Textual
