Reddit userGoldTNecklacerecentlyasked, “What’s the creepiest thing you have ever heard a child say?”
It turns out that A LOT of kids say terrifying things.
Here’s what people shared:
1.
I looked and couldn’t see anything, so I asked what she looked like.
My 3-year-old explained that the other mummy was dirty and muddy and had blue lips and blonde hair.
I kind of froze because we were home alone together.
She said she had a good boy like me once.'
u/Lanky-Armadillo-2979
2.
“My niece was talking to her imaginary friends in the back of the car.
She said it was a boy and girl about her age, brother and sister.
Then, as we approached the end of a road, she said, ‘This is their home.
Can we drop them off here?’
She gave a little wave and said goodbye as we passed.”
u/Ravenchef
3.
“‘Mommy, can we sleep with the TV on?
I don’t want the big people to watch us sleep again.’
The night before, I had a terrible nightmare that aliens were watching us sleep.
She was only 2 at the time.”
u/luciouslashess
4.
“My nephew told me the basement people want my skin.”
u/pg67awx
5.
“We were at a family gathering, and my then-4-year-old daughter did not want to leave.
She kept repeating, ‘But it’s the last time we will all be together!’
We had to football-carry her out while wrangling our other kids.
We were at a beloved aunt’s home, who suddenly passed two weeks later.
It was indeed the last time we were ‘all’ together.
I wish I’d listened to my daughter and stayed longer at my aunt’s house.”
u/Riding4Biden
6.
“‘Look, mommy, it’s the daddy ghost and the baby ghost!’
My 2.5-year-old son said this excitedly, pointing at nothing I could see while I pulled into our garage.
The baby ghost was usually in his room.
The sightings stopped after maybe three months.”
u/sanslumiere
7.
“My son tells me stories of ‘scary uncle Michael’ in his bedroom at night.
Yep, nightmare fuel.”
u/AmeliaSwannx
8. and returned to playing.
That was my godfather’s rocking chair.
His name was Hugh.
He died almost 10 years before she was born."
u/HakunaYouTaTas
9.
“Once, my son looked at me and said, ‘Oh, you’re having a baby!’
I had just found out I was expecting and hadn’t told anyone.
I asked him why he said that, and he just shrugged and said, ‘Just a feeling.’
The pregnancy, miscarriage, etc., had never been discussed around him.
It was so strange.”
u/seekingzion0806
10. u/neuroctopus
11.
“I have three children: one girl (the eldest) and two boys.
When my daughter was about 4, she used to talk frequently about how she was here before.
And [big sister] too?'”
u/UnicornOnTheJayneCob
12.
“When I worked at a daycare, one little boy always asked about ‘the man.’
We would eat lunch, and he would stop, turn around, and stare at the door.
We were in a building with only female coworkers.
It still creeps me out.”
u/baristaprobs
13.
I asked her what was so funny.
She said, ‘The man,’ to which I replied, ‘What man?’
She then pointed at the closet and said, ‘The man with the snake neck.’
I turned around, but nothing was there.
At least she wasn’t scared."
u/Hazel_Bees
14. u/Chituck
15.
“‘Go back to sleep.
There isn’t anything under your bed.’
‘He’s behind you now.’
I still haven’t gotten over that one, and I shiver at the memory.”
u/Blossom_Bees
16. while pointing at a gravestone.
It had no little statues or any indicators that it was a child’s grave.
My niece had not learned to read yet.
She spoke as if she was looking at the girl."
u/syjess5
17. with the biggest smile.
It was the creepiest and sweetest thing I had ever seen!"
u/Puzzleheaded_Tax4077
18.
“When my brother was little, he was in the kitchen with my mum while she was cooking.
Suddenly, my brother asked, ‘Mum, why is that boy crying in the corner?’
My mum looked over, but no one was there.”
u/Xiaoge_
19.
“My 2-year-old grandson has been telling his parents ‘The Man’ visits him in his bedroom at night.
u/Bonifer
20.
“My 3-year-old: ‘Something is staring at me from the window!’
I looked out the window and saw nothing.
Me: What did it look like?'
My 3-year-old: ‘It has green eyes!’
I remember seeing the same green-eyed creature many times in my childhood.
I never told anyone about it.
It gave me chills knowing my child was seeing the same thing.”
u/zuka88
21.
She died on December 20.
She wasn’t even sick at the time!
He was 3 and doesn’t remember saying it.”
u/SnrInfant
22.
“My little cousin once said he has a friend named Mr. Bones who lives in the closet.
Bro, that’s terrifying.”
u/omssweetie
23. u/Swozor
24.
“Our eldest was 3 when she often talked about ‘when she was a grown-up.’
She also used to ask when we (her parents) would be kids again.
She also promised to care for me when she was a mummy and I was a baby.”
u/quin_teiro
25.
“‘I used to be a policeman, but then I died.
I was trying to stop a burglary, and the burglars were really rough with me.
They were really rough with me, and then I died.’
This was a 4-year-old I used to babysit.”
u/RiskyMama
26.
She said they couldn’t come inside unless she invited them.
There were also red-eyed children in the woods."
u/saintzman
27.
She’s 9 now."
u/SleepBeneficial5094
28.And: “My 2-year-old saw me organizing my basketball cards.
He tottered over and said, ‘When I was big, I used to buy those for you.’
My dad bought me those cards 25 years ago, shortly before he passed away.”
u/firstbreathOOC
Note: Submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.
