Skip This Creepypasta
I don’t have much time to explain. You have to hear me out urgently, it’s very important that you do so. I have, for the past couple of weeks, heard of something being passed around on the internet. A simple message that you will stumble upon when you least expect it. According to the people that have been passing around the rumours, when you receive this message you will die soon after reading. Frozen with an intense look of horror upon your face, staring with clouded eyes at whatever attacked you. As any sane person would I believed all this to be nonsense, as you do.
According to rumours the message is similar to a virus. Unlike its more devious counterparts the message spreads one thing, death. Apparently it’s quite structured and concise, seemingly innocent. Some have even hypothesised that the message has a consciousness, as odd as that sounds. That it is an entity roaming about the internet looking for human prey. It can take many forms, a post on a social forum, perhaps being read out in a video. It may even be posing as an innocent story intended to entertain or scare readers.
What’s so brilliant about this message is the fact that you rarely realise when you’ve stumbled upon it. It lures you in like prey, tricking you by conveying a feeling of trust. Creating this immediate partnership with the narrator, that they are looking out for you. This is not the case. You may be a quarter of the way through the message already and not even realise it. And even when you do finally catch on to what’s happening you won’t leave. You can’t leave, because there is some fundamental belief in humans that these things can’t be real. That these ‘demonic entities’ only exist in the imagination, in movies and horror films. Even those more switched on than the rest, those who catch on quickly will still remain regardless, despite the warning signs.
The ‘entity’ has adapted itself to the human world you see. It has listened, watched and taken in everything around it. Regarding the behaviour of its prey, what do they fear? What do they seek? What are their weaknesses? An attempt to form the greatest means of killing humans it can muster. And it succeeded. The internet. What better place? Millions of people tune in everyday, on their phones, computers, laptops. And humans are stupid as well. Stupid because they won’t believe in such things, they have be raised in such a way to regard anything paranormal as make believe. Like fools they will pass around the demonic message to each other, showing their friends how ‘weird’ or ‘cool’ it is. After all, why should you fear something if you do not believe in it?
It would blend in perfectly as well. Think of it, a message that has comments like all the rest, perhaps even a rating. A post that has likes from humans expressing their enthusiasm for it. A video that perhaps seems like any other, with a narrator that is unwittingly dooming listeners and themselves. The prey will idiotically create the perfect disguise in this way, aiding the demonic entity in its efforts.
The message itself even uses language devices to attract the prey. Similar to how a carnivorous plant may draw a fly to its death. Devices such as reverse psychology are used in the title. The fact that the narrator feigns fear or panic in the first opening sentences to intrigue. As the message continues the humans will realise that the narrator is in fact the malicious entity they had heard about.
You must have realised by now that this is the message. Will you leave the page? No, you won’t. That’s what’s so fiendishly brilliant about it. A little bit more to go and you’re all powerless to leave, powerless to stop your eyes passing from word to word. You see there’s no way humans can resist the urge to find out how this message will conclude. Even afterwards you may still refuse to believe, will still cast away any fearful thoughts. This can’t be real. These things are never real. It’s just designed to frighten me…
You’ve been occupied now for approximately three minutes. During that time you have licked your lips subconsciously once. Wiped your brow, even scratched an itch on the back of your neck. You didn’t notice you had done all this. But I did. How? Because I have left out one big gap in the story. What is it that kills you? The message itself? Oh no. The message is a distraction. You don’t notice things when you are so captivated by something. Your scratches and itches are one thing, but did you not see your door open briefly? Did you not hear that rustle as something slid into your room? It has already moved into position, just out of sight, and has been watching your movements for a while. You have until you turn off your computer, then it will attack.
Oh, and feel free to warn others about this. Not that they’ll listen. Seeing a warning that reads ‘leave the page now!’ will just spark further curiosity.
Credit To – Meek
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Well shit. I hope the creature does not count Android phones ?
Life hack: never turn off your computer. You can order food online. You don’t need to shower. Just stare at the screen. You live online now.
Genius!
Not gonna lie, I was expecting to get Rickrolled at the end.
Who else saw skip this creepy pasta and was just like “Ok bye now’ and skipped
Well then, guess I wont be sleeping tonight.
Absolutely loved it. Immediately thought I knew the twist, but was wrong. Did I turn around and look at my bedroom door during reading the last paragraph?
Why, yes I did. I had to you see. I had to because I really HAD scratched the back of my neck whilst reading this pasta! Lol
Well done. One of the few pastas that really creeped me out. Really well written and spot on when describing the contemporary human condition too. 10 out of 10.
Well I guess it’s a good thing I am on the toiled with only the wall behind me, and in the middle of the day, with a clear view of the door…
“…but did you not see your door open briefly?…” Door opens and I throw my toast across the room, yelp like a girl, and hide under my desk.
I liked it.
Told me I won’t leave…
4 words later, left the page.
We’re humans, not idiots.
It helps when you read this outside in the middle of the day while drinking.
Aint no doors to open here.
No, I did not notice the door open because I am in a car ?
This is very creative.bt didn’t scare me.:-D brcause I didn’t wipe my brow or scratch my neck or anything like that.and my door is wide open, didn’t make any sounds. Or any other thing that is mentioned here.
My door is open, and was open the entire time I was reading this.
Yum
Considering I read this while on the john on my phone I’m either saved or my death is going to be exceedingly undignified.
Same
As horrific as this story was, I had a huge ass smile on my face the whole time. xD
So I’m that idiot that’s deathly afraid of ghosts/demons/angels/all that hosty paranormal stuff, yet I stay up and read creepypasta. Note to self: never shut off my laptop ever again.
good thing I’m at school
Same here, im on my phone.. Nice and safe xD
Up until i turn my pc off?damn, this guys in for a loong wait..i never turn my pc off..:3
well, I read this at work :D didn’t really make an impression…
This read seriously creeped me out, we need more like this!
Cute.
what if i believ in the dark entities that this message spoke of and i never finished reading so ha. lol and i am able to leave such horrors because i do not fear it. i fear nothing. not even death in fact i welcome it. but it had me going for a minute… NOT
Well I would have been scared about the door part, except I’m in an extremly well lit bathroom getting some late night “castoffs” taken care of. Which kinda killed the scary part, of course it could know this and be waiting in my room…this is the worst final action ever.
It reminds me of old e-mail spams and even older chains of messages we’d actually write and pass around to our classmates in primary school. ^_^
Well executed, but not really original and not really creepy. 6/10 for the little twist on the old “do not read this message or bad things will happen” copy pastas that have been practically in every even slightly popular site that allowed teens in and provided a comment section.
Makes me want to reread Mr. B. Gone.
Is it only me or did you lick your lips and scratched your brow too
lel this doesn’t exactly scrae me as my computer never goes off and im in a classroom right now #0fucksgiven
I feel you bro