It Scared Me
By Jo Ann
@akalinus (43169)
United States
March 21, 2019 5:27pm CST
The other night, I looked toward my living room and saw this strange thing. It scared the heck out of me. It was green and there were things moving on it, like a small TV but too close to be the TV.
I had to go check on this because I did not know what to think. It was a green gift bag sitting on the top of a stuffed chair. I used it to pack up some things that belong to my son and was hoping he would take his stuff with him.
I guess I forgot about it. The stuff moving was lights and shadows and reflections from my laptop. It was so silly but I think my blood pressure was up and my heart was pounding.
Do you ever think ridiculous stuff like there are beings invading your living room? What scares you at night?
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
21 Mar 19
All the time, I can write short stories about my weirdo life 
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
21 Mar 19
I've had similar things happen, but always when I'm by myself. Sorry this frightened you so much!
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@akalinus (43169)
• United States
21 Mar 19
@kobesbuddy Wow, how did that make you feel? I have heard of things like that before.
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
22 Mar 19
@akalinus I told my husband and he didn't believe it was real.
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@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
22 Mar 19
I have had this situation happen a few times, I have sweaters that kind of stick out of my closet since my closet is open and when it is really dark but a hint of light it looks like a looming dark figure is standing in the corner of my room. Which is funny because there is another looming figure standing on the side...but there are no clothes there! HAha!
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@akalinus (43169)
• United States
23 Mar 19
@DesirousDreamer Anything strange looking that you can't identify is scary until proven otherwise.
@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
22 Mar 19
@akalinus Well sometimes things get moved around in my closet so the shadow doesn't appear for a while or there is just too much light in my room. So it only shows up when conveniently I am watching something spooky or something that doesn't have a lot of light haha
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@Shivram59 (35215)
• India
22 Mar 19
@akalinus I had never got scared by seeing anything like that only to discover later it was something else.
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@akalinus (43169)
• United States
23 Mar 19
@Shivram59 Because you said that you don't get scared by strange things only to find it was something else.
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@snowy22315 (180362)
• United States
22 Mar 19
Sometimes I see glowing lights and wonder what they are..it usually turns out to be some kind of light from the house reflected in the window or something. I don't think it has been an alien..yet anyway..lol.
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
22 Mar 19
Lol that has happened to me before with shadows and such.
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@RasmaSandra (79648)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Mar 19
With two cats here coming and going out the window all the time, nothing scares me. Like early this morning my kitty niece as I call her Oreo jumped on my bed, I just told her to let me sleep some more or my cat Sid starts yowling early in the morning. But I could understand why that scared you. Lucky it wasn't the little green men from Mars 
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@RasmaSandra (79648)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Mar 19
@akalinus the only two who come and go are Sid and Oreo but yes, it is a riot. I let Oreo out the front door and next thing I know there she is in front of me having come in through the window.
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@akalinus (43169)
• United States
23 Mar 19
@RasmaSandra So funny. Most cats go in and out the door. Some people have a small pet gate built into the door so they can come and go as they please.
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@moffittjc (121540)
• Gainesville, Florida
24 Mar 19
About a week ago, I left the blinds open on my sliding glass door, and out of the corner of my eye I kept seeing movement out on the back patio. It kind of freaked me out a little, I thought someone had broken into my screened patio and was rummaging around on my back porch. But then I realized it was all just the reflection of the TV off of the glass on the sliding door. It just caught me by surprise because I always close the blinds when it gets dark, but on this occasion I had forgotten to.
@akalinus (43169)
• United States
31 Mar 19
@moffittjc I am glad that you are safe and secure. Not everyone can say that.
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@moffittjc (121540)
• Gainesville, Florida
30 Mar 19
@akalinus Thankfully, I live in a very secure gated community, and all the neighbors look out for each other day and night, so I never worry about intruders.
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@just4him (317040)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
23 Mar 19
I've had my heart tested a few times like that. I'm glad it wasn't anything to be afraid of.
Not much because I'm usually asleep soon after my head touches the pillow.
@akalinus (43169)
• United States
25 Mar 19
@just4him Thanks for the laugh. Are you sure it was the moon? I am reading things about the moon that are strange. The moon is a machine, a computer that spies on the earth, the purpose unknown. It sees what you are watching on TV and reports to the home planet.
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@JudyEv (339433)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Mar 19
This would worry me like crazy too until I worked out what it was. I'm glad there was a logical explanation.
@isweartokira (3460)
• United States
22 Mar 19
i freak myself out over things like this too! once I slid my hands under my pillow and they brushed against the tag on the pillowcase, i almost screamed 
another time, my cousin had a cardboard cutout of some celebrity in her room and i forgot he was there when i walked down the hall in the dark and saw it standing there out of the corner of my eye. i jumped a foot in the air!
another time, my cousin had a cardboard cutout of some celebrity in her room and i forgot he was there when i walked down the hall in the dark and saw it standing there out of the corner of my eye. i jumped a foot in the air!@akalinus (43169)
• United States
22 Mar 19
I don't blame you. I get jumpy when I don't know what something is. Like that green bag. I thought it was something paranormal.
I have been scared of objects that looked like bugs. And I would freak out if I got up at night and saw someone standing there. It is because there is something unexpected or it looks like a spider.
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