Under The Blanket
Looking back, I’d say I had a pretty enjoyable childhood, nothing bad ever happened to me. I barely ever got sick, never broke any bones, or got into fights with my cousins when I visited. I was basically a picture perfect child, not to brag. Except, one time when I was visiting my older cousins I experienced the strangest event, and even today, I still can’t tell myself that it was just my imagination.
I was probably about six years old at the time, but I still remember everything about that night like it was yesterday. I was climbing trees with my cousins most of the day, and when it got dark, we went inside. My aunt and uncle went out for dinner so it was just us left in the old house. And then I suggested it, “Let’s play hide and seek!” Sometimes I wonder how it would have been if I hadn’t suggested that.
Either way, it was Alex’s turn to be it first since he lost ‘rock, paper, scissors,’ and Ray and I scattered to find a hiding place. First, I tried squeezing behind the sofa, my favourite hiding spot, but it was closer to the wall than normal. As lanky as I was as, I couldn’t fit that time. Alex was half way done counting, so as a last resort I ran into their bedroom and looked around, trying to find any place to hide, obvious or not. Thankfully, the room was quite messy, so I figured that if I hid under the desk, I would blend in enough. Anything was better than being caught without a hiding spot. As I was about to dive under the desk, I noticed my other cousin, Ray, had already beat me there. I could see some of her long dark hair peeking out from beneath the blanket she was hiding under. Alex was almost done counting, so I had no choice but to join Ray.
I said to let me under the blanket with her, but when I reached out to pull some of it over me she scooted away. I scooted closer and reached out again whispering a really long ‘pleaaase,’ but she jerked away to completely avoid my touch. Fine, I thought, I guess that’s fair anyway, since she was here before me, it makes sense for me to be the one to be caught first. I teasingly whispered that I could see her hair anyways, and she rustled around in the blanket trying to cover it, not succeeding. When I looked around from my hiding spot, I could see that it was definitely a good place, with some boxes blocking the view of the door around the corner, so if someone just gave a quick glance over the room, they wouldn’t have seen us. I leaned over and whispered how this was a really good hiding spot. Ray rustled around under the blanket in response. Then suddenly I heard Alex walk into the room, he looked around, checking under the bunk beds, right across from the desk. I held my breath. He got up and walked to the closet, checking in there, before going back out of the room. I let out a quiet sigh of relief, and whispered to Ray how close that was. Ray rustled under the blanket again.
From outside the room, I heard both Alex and Ray shout the traditional, “OLLIE OLLIE OXEN FREE!” from the other room. So I started to get up, proud of not having lost hide and seek, and said come on to Ray, but she didn’t move from under the blanket.
That’s when I realised that I had heard both of my cousins call for me to come out. I backtracked in my mind to realise that only my two cousins and I were home. Panic fell over me as I ran to the other room as fast as I could and saw both of my cousins standing right there. I tried to explain to them as fast as I could that someone else was in the room with me, and they of course, being older, were reluctant to believe me. I tried pulling them to the hiding spot so I could prove it to them, and it took some actual pulling, but I finally got them there.
My heart sunk when we looked under the desk.
The blanket was completely flat.
My cousins laughed at me as I frantically I searched the whole room, top to bottom, and scoured the boxes next to the desk for any trace of the figure, or anything I could have mistaken it for, with no luck.
It was gone. And still, many years later, I have no explanation of what it could have been, and frankly, I’m glad I never got to see what was underneath that blanket.
Credit To – Cori
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very original concept, short and sweet pasta! just what i like.
It was really good I loved it and I hope people like it as well
I AM LEGIT CRYING RIT NOW LIKE NO. I feel real bad for her because its basically that kind of thing where its there one mnute and gone the next. Like come on now.
Pics or it didn’t happen
omg that was soooooo cool
Me and my friend would love to make a video of this. Would you mind if we did? We’ll give all credit of the story to you
The way the story was told was so good that it gave me shivers. Btw, I think the obvious plot thingy was one of it’s charms because from the readers’ view, you would clearly know that it was a ghost or something and what would happen to the narrator along the encounter is what gives you the thrill. Love it!
id give it a 5 out of 10 only because it wasnt scary
wow. that was good and creepy. i enjoyed it. keep writing great stories like this one! ^^
NOPE! NOPE NOPE NOPE
I KNEW it wasn’t her under the desk. I just knew.
My cousin had a similar thing happen to him. he was the seeker and he thought my sister was in the closet cause he saw long hair and what he thought was a girl. Turned my sister was in another room
Hey, would you( the author) mind if I did a read of this on YouTube? Ill credit you and everything. My name I’m YouTube is Kittylover2772.
Of course!! If you haven’t already! I’ve already seen so many great readings of it (I just realised today that people have been reading it on YouTube, and leaving more comments here and I’m soo flattered, oh my gosh.)
I really appreciate the playful tone contrasting with whatever dark entity we’re left to believe the narrator encountered. A bit predictable but coming off as the naive obliviousness of a young child. If I may add a suggestion, elaborate a tad bit more on your conclusion; it’s not bad by any means, but many stories these days end abruptly with no proper ending. Otherwise, great job! 8.5/10
First time on this website also and it was good but TO ME it wasn’t very scary
Doesn’t really seem like any good reasons to be afraid of it. It didn’t attack or anything. Seemed more afraid than anything else.
Would have been funny if it was like a cat or something :P
If that ever happened to me I would never go back into that room again. I’ve had a few sick paranormal experiences in my life with being screamed in the ear and being face-to-face with an apparition but I never had an experience like that.
Great just needs a little tweeking
A amazing story guys make More please:-)
Not bad. Saw it from a mile away with the hair and not talking… still good though.
Punctuation is crucial.
If she’s 6, and her cousins are only a little older, why are they home alone? And if the cousins are old enough to babysit (12-14) why are they playing with someone that young.
omg i think it was the grudge cuz LONG BLACK HAIR it obvious
I thought this was well written and it made me remember that when I was younger my bro tried to scare me by hiding with a gorilla mask on
Good story! I wonder if it’s truly real though :)
Well this was a great story!
it could have been a dog lol
me…i’ve read better.. it’s pretty predictable
Hmm, I didn’t exactly like this one too much. There was a great sense of atmosphere and the reveal was rather unnerving. However, it ended very abruptly. Perhaps it’s my own personal preferences, but I would have liked a bit more back story. There is nothing wrong with the unknown, but here, way too much was in the dark. I will give a 6/10. Good buildup, not so much with the ending.
as someone who has lived in a haunted house I can tell you that you captured the moment very well.
I myself was in denile over the fact until I walked into my home and saw who i thought was a friend leaving the room, when I followed I saw my “friend” turn into another room. When I entered the room I was alone… I know there are weird things that people miss every day because they don’t notice them…
just as a side note.
I shared my experiance to relate to the story. I know CreepyPasta is getting heat right now because of the incident with those three kids. I just want to say to anyone reading this that while I have had odd things happen to me in RL that doesn’t hold any grounds with this website and anyone on it.
Great story, very creepy. I did a reading of it on my youtube channel, Hope that’s okay,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgFLYm2xlkc&feature=youtu.be