Achtung! DARK SMURFCO: Have you ever, in your life, experienced true horror? Like felt the emotion of terror or horror beyond just feeling scared or frightened

[jbj]

Sleep paralysis twice.

Had that a few times out in Saudi. Could see / sense a dark figure in the room, tried to get out of bed to fight it but couldn't move, tried to shout at it but nothing came out - serious vibes of dread.

After a few times something clicked what was happening so I just closed my eyes and went back to sleep and it never happened again.

 

[Pine Apple Slim]

One time right after college I had just gotten my new 85' Ford Ranger & moved to a town about 2 hr away from my hometown and started a new job. Left work on a Fri afternoon and headed back to Mom & Dads around dark. It was winter, in the 30s and drizzling rain. About 1/2 way I was on a 2 lane state hwy and started down this mountain at around 55mph. Suddenly I hit black ice and spun around a couple of times and came to a stop in the middle of the road facing back uphilll. To my left was the mountainside cliff face and to my right it was a LONG way down.
I somehow carefully got tuned around and inched my way the final 1/2 mi down the mountain. When I got to the bottom I had to pull off in some farmers driveway and smoke like 3 cigarettes until I calmed down enough to finish he trip.

 

[Pine Apple Slim]

If we’re not counting drug related stories. I had a gig in New Orleans that a buddy of mine tagged along for. As part of the gig, I was given a place to stay. Went there before the gig and dropped everything off. After the gig something was very off about that place. I thought I was just being weird but when I looked at my buddy, he looked terrified. Didn’t stick around to find out what was up. We grabbed our shit and left.

Sometimes a place just doesn't feel right. It's happened to me a couple of times either in an unfamiliar campsite or a crappy motel. When that happens it's always best to trust your instincts. Even if you can't really articulate what is wrong, something is. Your best bet is to GTFO and go somewhere else. Sleep in the car or drive all night if you have to.

 

[surfsteve]

Had that a few times out in Saudi. Could see / sense a dark figure in the room, tried to get out of bed to fight it but couldn't move, tried to shout at it but nothing came out - serious vibes of dread.

After a few times something clicked what was happening so I just closed my eyes and went back to sleep and it never happened again.

Same here

 

[surfsteve]

Yea there's been a couple wrecks and a few near misses but those things usually happen so fast you don't have time to be scared till its over.
But there was this one time going down Interstate and ahead of me an entire wheel spun off a semi and came bouncing down the road straight at me and bounced over the top of my car and missed me. That was a scary couple of seconds. Another time I was driving down the Interstate and a fighter jet from the nearby AF base flew over me from behind so low I could count the rivets. I about shit my pants.

LOL, Made me remember when I was younger and it was a minor offense, used to fish at some reservoirs which was a no-no. Seriously awesome fishing. One evening A-10 Warthogs simulated bombing the dam. Harshed my vibe quite a bit.

 

[jrockbridge]

A few years ago, I was driving a company truck when a young boy jumped from behind a parked car into the street in front of the truck. I was horrified as I locked up the brakes immediately and just missed him. He was standing there with his arms raised up in the air, aimed at the truck. His friends were off to the side. They must have dared him to do it.

During the 80’s, while enrolled at NAU in Flagstaff, AZ, I took 4 grams of magic mushrooms with a small group of friends and one stranger. At some point in the night, I was convinced the stranger was Satan. I was terrified. The next day, the stranger was gone, nobody knew where he went. We never saw him again. I suspect he was a serial killer. Even on drugs, my spidey senses are pretty spot-on.

 

[Lerxst]

Probably the weirdest situation I ever experienced was when I bullied into inhaling something likely laced with PCP or something else not good.

An unexpected 12 hour dissociative episode is no one’s idea of a good time, I’d wager. Wasn’t really horrified/terrified but it was a bad scene and I still have a sense of unreality around the episode and when I’m back in the place where it happened I’m still a little unclear on what exactly was real

Same, it was bananas. I've posted it before:

Achtung! - Machinegunner

Start this at. The 8:50 mark (I’m on my iPad and can’t figure out how to link to a certain point) Steer clear of this stuff ok :o

markweinguitarlessons.com

 

[Lerxst]

I've seen some terrible bad things happen to other folks that were either immediately disturbing or sunk in later. Fortunately for me, I'm usually just a bystander in the wrong place at the wrong time who got to go home that night. Some low lights:

Watched a guy get stabbed on the subway platform as we departed. All I could do was tell the conductor. No cellphone at the time.

Saw a guy get hit by a car on route 13 trying to cross the highway between two strip clubs. Never will forget his sneaker flying though the air and that sound of the collision.

Came round a corner late night after some guys got shot up and the cops just arrived on scene. One guys dead wide open eyes were staring right at me. He had this expression. Can't describe it but it just made me profoundly sad.

 

[smurfco]

note to self: do not go near @Lerxst

 

[Knox in Box]

I forgot the time my cousin saw "something moving over by the shed" at his farm in the middle of the night. I was 15 at the time. We were home alone and grabbed a little .22 he had because he said they had skunks moping around and we went out. We saw nothing and made a circle around the house. As we approached the door we heard a loud feline scream from directly behind us. It made my ribs rattle and every single muscle jump at once, even like behind your ears, it was weird. I told him to walk, not run to the door and don't look back. We closed the door and looked out, but saw nothing there. Nobody from my friends ever believed it happened and I'm pretty sure the scream wasn't a Bobcat which would be likely for Pennsylvania. Even if it was, and not a mountain lion (which it definitely sounded like) it scared the everliving piss out of us.

 

[Lerxst]

note to self: do not go near @Lerxst

I used to spend a lot of time fucking around in sketchy places late at night with sketchy people. I don't anymore and my life is pretty tame in comparison these days.