Writer Tweets The Perfect Scary Childhood Story Just In Time For Halloween

You'll want to check your vents and attics after reading this thread...Ahead of Halloween, people are sharing #ScaryStories. One writer shared a tale that might make it harder for you to fall asleep.


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    Text - Grady Hendrix @grady_hendrix Everyone's telling scary stories for Halloween so I'll talk about something that happened to me when I was a kid because hey, trauma never gets old. #ScaryStories 2:18 am 30 Oct 2019 Twitter Web App 19.4K Retweets 54.8K Likes
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    Text - Grady Hendrix @grady_hendrix When I turned 9 I realized I could sneak downstairs after everyone was asleep and eat anything I wanted in the fridge. No one ever noticed! 2:18 am 30 Oct 2019 Twitter Web App 6.1K Likes 268 Retweets
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    Text - Grady Hendrix @grady_hendrix I could make a peanut butter, Cheez Whiz, & mayo sandwich, eat leftover pizza, scrape off the icing from birthday cakes - as long as I was careful I could do anything! 2:18 am 30 Oct 2019 Twitter Web App 147 Retweets 5K Likes
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    Text - Grady Hendrix @grady_hendrix Creeping down was the hardest part. I had to navigate the pitch dark house all the way downstairs in total darkness like a tiny ninja. 2:18 am 30 Oct 2019 Twitter Web App 142 Retweets 4.8K Likes
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    Text - Grady Hendrix @grady_hendrix One night in May, '81 we ordered from Fish & Shrimp House. I waited until everyone was asleep & crept downstairs to eat the leftover sweet n'sour pork. 2:18 am 30 Oct 2019 Twitter Web App 4.7K Likes 134 Retweets
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    Text - Grady Hendrix @grady_hendrix It took forever. I finally stepped into the totally dark den & let down my guard. All of a sudden I heard a fork click on the counter. I froze. The microwave clock light showed the outline of a man sitting at our kitchen counter. 2:18 am 30 Oct 2019 Twitter Web App 157 Retweets 4.8K Likes
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    Text - Grady Hendrix @grady_hendrix He couldn't see me, but I saw him: a skinny guy, eating our leftovers, and drinking our milk from the carton. 2:18 am 30 Oct 2019 Twitter Web App 141 Retweets 4.7K Likes
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    Text - Grady Hendrix @grady_hendrix I can't explain how terrifying it is for someone to BE IN YOUR HOUSE. I slooooowly backed away, crept upstairs, and woke up my mom & dad. 2:18 am 30 Oct 2019 Twitter Web App 4.9K Likes 146 Retweets
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    Text - Grady Hendrix @grady_hendrix They made way too much noise & took way too long & by the time they got downstairs the kitchen was empty. 2:18 am 30 Oct 2019 Twitter Web App 4.4K Likes 134 Retweets >
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    Text - Grady Hendrix @grady_hendrix Everyone said I read too many horror comics so they blew off what I said. But no way was I pouring milk on my cereal. 2:18 am 30 Oct 2019 Twitter Web App 4.7K Likes 130 Retweets
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    Text - Grady Hendrix @grady_hendrix I started tracking the position of everything in the kitchen. One day the paper napkin holder was on the wrong side of the counter. Another day a mug was in the sink that was NOT there the night before. 2:18 am 30 Oct 2019 Twitter Web App 5.1K Likes 139 Retweets
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    Text - Grady Hendrix @grady_hendrix My bedroom door didn't lock so I kept a steak knife under my pillow. I must've stabbed myself in the hand 1000 times checking to make sure it was there. 2:18 am 30 Oct 2019 Twitter Web App 5.5K Likes 143 Retweets
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    Text - Grady Hendrix @grady_hendrix Then in August, I was in my room reading when I looked up. There's an A/C vent over my bed. Behind the vent a pair of eyes were watching me. 2:18 am 30 Oct 2019 Twitter Web App 5.8K Likes 194 Retweets
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    Text - Grady Hendrix @grady_hendrix I freaked & raised hell until my parents searched our attic and the crawl space under our house. Nothing. I wasn't very popular for a few weeks. 2:18 am 30 Oct 2019 Twitter Web App 145 Retweets 5.2K Likes
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    Text - Grady Hendrix @grady_hendrix The last week of August our house started to smell. One night, rice fell out of the vent over my bed. Maggots. The A/C people said something had probably crawled into our vents & died. 2:18 am 30 Oct 2019 Twitter Web App 167 Retweets 5.2K Likes
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    Text - Grady Hendrix @grady_hendrix Turns out what had crawled into our vents & died was the guy. We lived in an old house with lots of space between the walls & big ducts. He'd been living in them since May. At least. 2:18 am 30 Oct 2019 Twitter Web App 7.7K Likes 306 Retweets
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    Text - Grady Hendrix @grady_hendrix He'd put a foam pad beside my bedroom vent so he'd be comfortable while he watched me. The police said he'd made lots of "drawings" but when I asked they pretended they hadn't said anything. 2:18 am 30 Oct 2019 Twitter Web App 6.2K Likes 192 Retweets
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    Text - Grady Hendrix @grady_hendrix No one ever identified him. He was buried as a John Doe. To this day I can't look inside the vents in houses. 2:18 am 30 Oct 2019 Twitter Web App 6.3K Likes 158 Retweets
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    Text - Grady Hendrix @grady_hendrix But sometimes when I'm at someone's house I'll smell a little BO coming from their central air conditioning, and I'll wonder who's living back there in their ducts. Who's living in the dark? 2:18 am 30 Oct 2019 Twitter Web App 13.4K Likes 364 Retweets
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