Reddit Explains Conspiracy & the Unknown

A commenter said they were driving in South Africa and pulled over, when suddenly a stranger opened the passenger door and sat down. The OP started screaming at the top of their lungs, followed by equally terrified screams from this new passenger, who then jumped out of the car and fled.
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In 2018, 16-year-old Karlie Gusé attended a party. Karlie allegedly smoked weed, and suffered adverse effects the entire night. Scared, Karlie called her stepmother to pick her up from the party. Later, during the early hours of the morning, Karlie vanished from her home. She hasn’t been seen since.
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In 1998, Lenny Dirickson was having breakfast with his son when an unidentified man inquired about a horse Lenny had for sale. Lenny left with the man, but failed to return home. It was later revealed that Lenny had never advertised he had a horse for sale, leading to many unanswered questions.
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OP heard a noise at the back of her door that sounded like someone trying to get into her home. After investigating and finding no one, she and her boyfriend continued on with normal life, but things started happening that would suggest someone is unexplainably messing with and using her stuff.
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OP’s sister has gone outside with a knife to see who this stranger is lurking outside before quickly running inside and locking the door with a terrified look in her eye.
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OP was walking her dogs with her foster sister at the park when a man passed them, said hello, and kept on walking. He then came back around and kept passing them, saying hello, and each time a bit closer than the last. They decided to leave as they didn’t feel very comfortable about this creep, but realized as they were driving home that someone was following them.
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“When I was 15 I was walking home from the bus stop about 5 blocks away from my house when an older man on a bike stopped me. He grabbed my arm and started going on about how he didn’t like me out and about and that if he sees me agan, he will kill me. He then kisses my hand and let it go. I ran to the closest house I knew and had someone drive me the rest of the way home.”
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OP was about to head out of the building he lived in when he suddenly met a stranger. The stranger seemed nice at first, but then he said he needed to deliver something to an address/apartment number that didn’t exist. Things escalated from there. Submit your stories: [email protected]

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On August 18, 2021, the bodies of married couple Kylen Schulte and Crystal Turner were found in Moab, Utah, United States. Both victims were killed by gunshot wounds, and had last been seen alive five days earlier. The case remains unsolved.
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OP struggles with sleep paralysis and often experiences the weird things that accompany it like hearing whispers or seeing a presence above them, but one night they noticed what looked like a humanoid in the center of their room. A tall, thin, red skinned lady, with pure malice in its eyes. Submit your stories: [email protected]

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