It’s 3AM and you’ve been up all night on a horror binge. You’ve watched your favorite horrors movies, read your favorite scary stories, and even attempted the old “Bloody Mary” trick in your mirror. You stretch and yawn, deciding now is about the time to hit the hay, so you move into your bedroom and lay down to sleep.
After awhile, however, you realize that you can’t get the images of some of the fictional creatures you saw on your TV out of your head. “Meh… I’m going to hate myself for this tomorrow,” You say aloud as you flick on your bedroom lamp, knowing that having a nightlight used to help get rid of your nightmares as a little kid. Within minutes you’re close to sleep, snuggled up comfortably under the blankets with your eyes closed and more pleasant thoughts on your mind.
…That is, until you detect something moving in front of the light, casting a shadow over you. You blink, beginning to turn towards the lamp before a rotting hand grabs hold of your shoulder. “Thanks for turning on the light; I wouldn’t have been able to find you in that darkness.”
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You’re welcome?…
uhh…
Just as I reached the part with the rotten hand (it’s midnight BTW) my phone started vibrating thanks to an email. Such a fucking jumpscare!
I love it! It gave me a nice little giggle.
wtf Dr creepy who is the lamp lol
Quite funny! Good twist on the whole “light keeping the monsters away.”
I LOLed.
Lixian animated this on YouTube! Neato! I recognized it when I saw the “Bloody Mary” trick bit.
So gonna tell my kids this one day! >:)
so cool i love this story’s i like to tell them to my friends when out camping. i tell them the stories of thump thump and thanks they thought this story was scary not to me hahahahaha see u all at the night under ur bed hahaha
cool story i found a animated story its short but good
The world never changed…YOU DID. XD
Anyways, nice story. X) I rate this 6/10!
Sincerely,
Grim Gamer
OH SHIT THE WRAITH GOT HIM!!!
Lazy monster, but polite at least.
First i had to worry about the darkness and now the lights!!the hell man Dx
This is awesome
I’m a strong believer that the light thing only works if 1. The room becomes very well lit. 2. They are not in the room already. Night lights and lights from another room do not work. The creature has to be outside of your room when the light goes on AND the light has to light up your entire room, otherwise you’re good as dead.
First of all L u rock DEATH NOTE FOREVER! 2nd of all:
Nice pasta, more thought provoking than creepy.
Light is suppose to dispell the monsters D:
Classic
WHO WAS LAMP??????
But… but…
The light protects you! It protects…. ;_;
*curls into ball, cries*
I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE IN ANYMORE!!!
ERL OH ERL
Haha …Well THANKS for ruining my only comforter when being scared. 0-0
Ifthat hapend to you you are serud!!!!
I liked that. Nice job bro.
No, YOU shouldn’t have done that, ya bitchass!
Aw!!! Custom signature fail…
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You shouldn’t have done that.
Who cares who the hand is? It’s not a real story, so hand=nothing, because the rotting hand isn’t real… but yah, them WallMASTERS could be whut da evil hand is.
I
HATE
THOSE
THINGS!
Used to scare me, but now they don’t.
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You shouldn\\\’t have done that.
the more i thought about, the more the ending reminds of that scene in jurassic park (1dt one) when the girl turned on the damn flashlight thing and the t-rex started coming, they tried turning the light off but it was too late lol
great story btw
Hahaha this is funny I <3 it!
Brill love it
Since i have told my friends about this they keep trying to pull this as a prank when i sleep round
Yeah, you welcome.
Imagine, if you will, a rotten, slimy hand actually grasping your face in the night.
Fear the Darkness (And the Light)
-Nex
Love the twist at the end. Told you guys not to leave that stupid light on!11!!!!1
But really, narrator or “you” deserved it for going on that horror binge.
THEN WHO WAS BED?
3 things:
1.) LOL @ Rabbot, love ATHF
2.) OH SHI-
3.) It was candlejack
im surprised no1 suggested him t begin with i mean the guy prolly sai his name and then he wou
@NCFangirl: Win.XDD I should try that.
I love this one. This could easily be the one to tell at a kids slumber party. You have a friend in another room, you keep the kids facing away from the door. You tell the story. Near the end your friend sneaks in, and…
NO WAIT! Even better. You keep the kids facing the DOOR, and have your friend sneak in near the end, all dressed in black. Then when the kids go, “OMG LOOK BEHIND YOU!” you pause from telling the story and go, “Yeah, right kids…” and resume…then when it gets to the part about the hand, your friend puts his hand on your shoulder, and you scream really loudly.Then…idk he drags you off or something….Wow…that would be so fun.
Aww, :3 look at the irony…
Yet another one of my favorites that I never commented on. This one probably makes my top 3, but that might only be because it was one of the first ones I read. Either way, loved it!
i would have grabbed her and done her from behind
x_x Somebody needs a roundhouse to the face.
Hawt!
NOT FAIR! D: The lights are supposed to make things SAFE!
I agree with whoever said it shouldn’t have written in the 2nd person, that did sort of wreck it. I couldn’t have done all that, I lack a T.V. and living in university halls, I just have 1 room. Plus if I go on a horror binge, I watch Rocky Horror Picture Show at the end just for lulz. Tim Curry in stockings is still scary, but I can deal.
Wow, we got M Night Shamylan’d!
Ugh… do whatever you want to my butt, just don’t wake me up again, Harrold.
you r welcum.
=*_*=
that was awesome, i really felt creeped out by the ending
WHO WAS IRONY
This one’s so cute, hahaha.
WHO WAS HAND-
Hand was probably those goddamned Wall Crawler/Ceiling Crawlers from Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Mystery solved d(^^d)
Good pasta. Creeped me the fsck out.
They were shat
Oh, I ate that!
LOL I love this one! XD I’m kinda afraid to turn on the light when I feel uncomfortable in the dark now! ^_^’
damn it.
I got to teh end and then thought “FUUUUUUUUUU-“
sorry if i scared u, but u had put ur head unda the pillow and i’d thort i’d attatch it to my tooth necklace.
soz babes
There are way too many people saying this already, but…
WHO WAS ROTTED HAND?
-shot’d-
Ha! I hate sleeping with the light on. Now this gives me an even better reason to.
Actually, my best defence against the monsters was to give them the finger (older brothers advice). Worked like a charm.
OH GOD
I love this and it is so Ironic!! I love it.
This one actually scared me a little. I’m not going to be able to rest easy now, fearing the darkness, and the light. Though, then again, there are some things that hide better when concealed with light, instead of shadows. Think about that.
@ DJLo0Na,
lol
LMAO @ 64 n_n
Love it.
Brix have officially been shat.
WHO WAS THANKS?
One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Zero
Funny pasta.
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
I lol’d…but only because it’s not me. if it was me i would’ve shat myself then fainted. [i hate the dark, but now i hate the light! thanks a fucking lot rotting hand!]
that is all.
AHHH
god i love this one…
this just might be my new favourite…
:C moomoon scared
Short and sweet.
wow that was good i don’t think i,m scare of the dark any more but now i am scared of light dang it
Wasn’t man, swear
Nice one,It shows how wrong people are.Made me laugh,the irony is too precious.
THEN WHO WAS LAMP?!
Love the irony. Good stuff. XD
Fail in only that it wasn’t effectively creepy. Definitely more entertaining than spooky. Which, I suppose, is a good thing; if I’m scared by creepypastas in the dark AND the light, I’d be a wreck. :D
Now that I found you, if you don’t mind, I’d like my DVD of “Batman and Robin” back. You borrowed it 3 months ago and have yet to return it to me.
…..
that is funny…. x3
I lol’ed at the last part. Its good though..
Oh, the irony. I like it.
Too bad this is one of those second person ones, those very rarely work out, especially considering few people share many of the same habits when it come to horror stories. I really do thing this would have been better had it been written in the third or first person.
Is that you Jesus?
Do they go on an adventure later?
Do they go on an adventure later?
At least he’s polite.
The ending reminds me of the ICP song Boogie Woogie Wu… lol
THEN WHO WAS HAND?
Well there goes my time to watch TV in the night.
haha
but there goes my main defense mechanism against the things that go bump in the night.
=/
This one made me laugh. :U
then who was rotting hand?
Well fuck.
People just cause all sorts of trouble for themselves, dont they?
I can relate to this pasta a lot. I feel the same almost every night.
Damn it, I may not be sleeping tonight.
lol and then she screamed and screamed, even though i told her patiently that i was just playing a joke on her. some people just have no sense of humor.
Hell, it’s candlejack, isn’t it? Damn, why did he have to turn on the li
Wtf
i loved it! D<
woo
Meh, not so good.
Oh, Irony!
More funny than creepy.
lulz
WHO WAS ROTTING HAND?>
Waaaait a minute!! Now what kinda “creepy” dead person would try to scare someone with the light on ¬_¬
I don’t know which is more terrifying? The thought of something dead grabbing me like that or the thought of the power bill for leaving the light on all night.
THEN WHO WAS HAND?
BUT WHO WAS HAND?
and now I won’t be able to feel safe in the light either.
BUT WHO WAS “THAT ONE”?
Well at least it said thanks :]
Bitch needs glasses.
Agreed
Had potential in the beginning of the story,because everyone has been there. Ending wasn’t so great.
well*
damn my typos!!
LOL it wasn’t written very wel but made me laugh xD
Coming from someone who cannot even spell ‘well’ correctly, you really have no room to comment on poor writing skills.
no buildup, needed more suspense
plus could have made the mottled lurker much creepier(dont ask why I just named it after an enemy in a game)
Oh god. This plays right off of the fear I had when growing up. Everyone’s thought this way before too, where once you see something happen on the t.v. then it will happen to you in real life. Like right after watching scream, I was scared half to death that some knife wielding psycho would break into my house and kill me. Great job.
If the thing’s hand is rotting? Wouldn’t I have been able to smell it before it even got near me?
Either way… I would’ve shat brix.
BUT WHO WAS ROTTING HAND?
hahaha.
That story made me laugh.
I find it hard to believe that that hand wouldn’t have found him (oh, wait, it’s me apparently) eventually in the dark.
that’s awesome. the person wanted horror and thats just what they got.
buh buh buh……last night i couldnt sleep,so i turned on my lamp,i thought the demons were jsut me in a lucid dream….f-f-f-fu-fuuu——*faints*
YES!!!!!!! Best pasta in a while. Love the irony in the light. ^^
WHAT AN LOL!
LOL! the classic ¨if you can’t see them, they can’t see you¨. cute. i remember my mom told me that once when i was small so i would turn off the light (wasnt very helpful ¬¬) loly.
…this just screwed with my entire world.
BUT WHO WAS HAND?
Holy fuck this is a good one.
Irony! XD
Oh fuck twist. Thanks for making me scared of THE LIGHT asshole.
I luffs teh irony in this one. Good to have a funny pasta every now and again.
I love this pasta.
Me too. The sauce is delicious on my pasta.
Oh,its not problem at all Mr.Monster.Leave the weed on the desk and switch off the light on your way out.Thanks!
And the heroine!
Thanks jackass! MWAUHAHAHAHAHHA!
Did bloody marry snatch him or what???Oh and WHO WAS LAMP???
A lamp is an object which projects light and the thing that grabbed him was Alfred, on behalf of Wayne Enterprises.
SHUT UP THAT STORY WASN’T EVEN FUNNY JUST NO
Dude. This story wasn’t suppose to be funny. And who the heck doesn’t know what a lamp is?
Bloody Mary.
lame. if youre gonna use an old joke at least have it make some kind of sense. did you not get to say it enough or something? jeez