Sarah O’Bannon
Coffins used to be built with holes in them, attached to six feet of copper tubing and a bell. The tubing would allow air for victims buried under the mistaken impression they were dead. Harold, the Oakdale gravedigger, upon hearing a bell, went to go see if it was children pretending to be spirits. Sometimes it was also the wind. This time it wasn’t either. A voice from below begged, pleaded to be unburied.
“You Sarah O’Bannon?” Yes! the voice assured.
“You were born on September 17, 1827?”
“Yes!”
“The gravestone here says you died on February 19?”
“No I’m alive, it was a mistake! Dig me up, set me free!”
“Sorry about this, ma’am,” Harold said, stepping on the bell to silence it and plugging up the copper tube with dirt. “But this is August. Whatever you is down there, you ain’t alive no more, and you ain’t comin’ up.”
She could’ve been in a coma all that time… But it’s said that the only spirits that need to ask for permission to join you are evil spirits, too…
Even people in comas need to eat. Today we use feeding tubes. That bitch dead.
That tricky fucking whore. Not on Harold’s watch, bitch.
Poor zombie ;_;
These ones make me laugh really, really hard.
I have no idea why.
Holy shit, a smart guy in a scary story.
It’s a sign of the end.
How could he tell if she was a spirit/zombie if she was BORN september 17, 1827 and died febuary.it makes perfect sence. she was born and they thought she died, so how is he smart? that means he’s murderer.
@Daniel O’Briant:
He asked if she was born Sept. 17, 1827 to confirm that it was the one they had placed in the ground (The parents would know their daughter/husband would know his wife).
He cites the date she was buried because it’s been half a year since she was buried. She’s obviously died in that time if she were buried alive.
@Aphia
okay, then it was a simple misunderstanding. still a good short short story.
I can’t believe I didn’t get this one for two months.
Hey…hey…/win.
FUCK YEAH! Harold taught that bitch a lesson.
i still dont get it…
YOU GO HAROLD.
come on she was under there for like more than a year.
The way Harold tells the bitch to die brings a smile to my face.
Ah, quainte old words!
HAROLD ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Having people in these stories not be so stupid is really refreshing.
What a badass.
I sure taught that bitch, amirite guys?
hoo-rah
*gives harold a cookie* :3
harold you lunatic let me out of here!
No means no, ma’am.
all the internetz are belong to Harold
Harold…
Did you ever know that your my Hero? And everything i would like to be? i can fly higher than an eagle. ‘Cause you are the wind beneath my wings
Sounds like Harold knows how to lay down the law.
Hey Harold, would you mind if I had your babies?
You don’t have a choice in the matter anyways.
Kudos for screwing the bitch over.
Dayum dat guy awmost gat ded by that ghost lade but he smart liek me and saw grave!
Harold is the new Chuck Norris.
So what’s the big fuss? A little common sense put to use was never meant to be equivalent to an act of heroism.
I just told the bitch, “i don’t believe you’re alive. Enjoy your unrest in the grave.”
Harold, in this day in age, an act of common sense and it is equivalent to an act of heroism.
i wish i could be chuck norris
but the story was good too
The wierd thing about this, is that the person on the surface could be lying to her… We’ll never know, I guess. No bri/x/ were shat.
If I were Harold, I’d pour acid down the tube, just to be safe ^_^ .
Harold + shovel = fuck yeah!
and is it wierd that i’m listening to living dead girl by rob zombie while reading this?
OH NOES!!! TALKING ZOMBEHZ!!! THE ZOMPOCALYPSE IS UPON US!!! PREPARE YOUR WEAPONS AND FIND SAFE GROUND!!!!!!!!!
Hey, the cemetery on the other side of my small town is called Oakdale…
I should look for her.
A fave, for sure. GO HAROLD!
hey harold, does this happen alot where you live?
Jeez, Im really thinking of changing my ‘name’. -.-”
Harold has to be the ONLY intelligent person in a creepy pasta, ever.
I love this one!
lulz.
i pawned her behind.
Harold pawned you noobzor!
>_>
Harold, you magnificent bastard!
THAT’S how we deal with the undead in Oakdale, bitch!
Harold is an hero.
whats a ‘chuck norris’ LOL
this one scarey me, i dont like zombies
DAMN RIGHT, HAROLD. No zombie bitches on YOUR watch!
>>1
*facepalm*
This is my favourite storyy
@ anon 1: Even if you’re in a coma, you still need AIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRRR. Whatever’s down there ain’t breathing.
i probably would have been the dumbass who let’s her out.
I did it for the lulz.
ok ok, i loved this story but the comments were fucking bril!
harold basically rocks my socks and i salute u!
at sarah o’bannon…pwned bitch! i say let her out and let chuck norris give her a swift roundhouse kick to her undead face!
ye, i enjoyed this A+ for entertainment fer suuuure!
she said she did it for the lulz
stuuupid
Chuck Norris wears Harold pjs to bed! Go Harold! It’s nice to see smart people in these stories.
PISS IN THE TUBE TO THE GRAVE THEN FART IN IT THEN SHIT INTO IT.
i agree with just a girl,thank god someone in a scary story has a brain cell!
Harold sounds hot.
I guess its true. Common sense really is so rare, it’s a fucking super power. Harold is now a superhero with his amazing abilities to think logically.
GO HAROLD!!
In the event of a zombie apocalypse, everyone go to Harold the Oakdale Gravedigger. He is qualified to be Moses. He will save us all. In Harold, and God, we trust.
That is all.
Even if it really was Sarah O’Bannon, clinging to her mortal body long after its demise, and she was quite innocent and pleading, the life she would return to is not one to be enjoyed.
@ Anon #45
“The tubing would allow air for victims buried under the mistaken impression they were dead.”
それを沈黙させる鐘の「残念なこれについて、夫人」、ハロルドは言った、歩み、土が付いている銅管の上で差し込むこと。 「しかしこれは8月である。 であるそこにものは何でも、これ以上生きていないし、上がっていない」。
WHO WAS BELL?!
WHO WAS COFFIN?!
Oh hell yes. Brilliant story. XD
@18 fuc kyeahs you did harold,septs,you could put like,tnt down the tube first
extra long cord
fucking booked it
fuckin jsut
BROOLMSHK
lol at 56.
Man I may have to travel if that happens. No Oakdale around my area.
Love this story by the way.
Entertaining short. I humbly submit that in future versions, Harold should rip the clapper off the bell.
Or, if you really want to be dumb, have him say something like “Stop Calling! Sarah don’t live here no mo’”
Wait, scratch all that…. IGNORE ME!
That’s not supposed to happen! WHY ARE THERE SMART PEOPLE FOR ONCE!?!?
This is pretty neato. Yay!
XD nice brixs were shat 4 a while to much roflmao
If you have five dolars and Harold has five dolars, then Harold has more money than you.
Everytime Chuck Norris goes to sleep, he checks the closet for Harold.
Harold is one in a million.
Wow. I totally would have let her out. Until I read it for the 8th time.
i cant believe anyone would have bought that
cmon
Harold is a god among men anyway since he also puts a final word in that is far more elequen then what i woud say:
yeah, well how about go fuck yourself.
:haha Go harold. :haha
I would have ended it with something like… “zombie ghosts leave this place!!!” lulz
Harold = full of win. c:
What if it was a kid playing a prank?
Harold says it like its everyday business. >:3
What Harold should have done is exactly that, then stopped the zombie apocalypse alone using a shovel, and once that broke his bare hands.
“A little common sense” IS a heroic act, nowadays.
Harold…
I love you <3
I like to think that this sort of shit happens all the time to Harold. Corpses try to crawl out of their graves and Harold just whacks them on the head with his shovel, then tells them to get back in the ground. And by god those corpses get back in the ground, because you do not want to cross Harold.
Creepy but bad-ass. Refreshing pasta is refreshing.
Favorite pasta ever!
Finally some common scence
harold is god.
@ everyone
LMFAO
Harold, i love you
clearly harold is chuck norris long lost brother
Dang, I’m impressed.
Looks like I’ll be wearing Harold jammies.
For some reason, I really like this story. The smart guy resonates with me.
Harold BOOSH!
He must be related to Ashley J. Williams. Harold has style and class.
Harold FTW!
Thank you guys
That was beautiful.
This is one of my favorites of all time. It’s a little sinister, and very funny.
Harold > Chuck Norris + Bruce Lee + Jackie Chan (COMBINED!!!)
penis
HAROLD SOUNDS BLACK YA DIG/?
I love this one. One of my favourites.
Fuck yeah! Even solid piles of unintelligent rock like me salute Harold!
Mistake?
THIS IS AUGUST!
And then Harold found out someone had been messing with his calendar….
Nice to see someone who isn’t on the intellectual level of a braindead chmipanzee in one of these stories for once.
Umm, this story is from the 1800s and it’s now 2010. Harold should be dead now. THE ZOMBIE MUST BE KILLED!
(too bad Harold wasn’t there to not let himself out of his coffin)