9 TRUE Scary Elevator Stories | #TrueScaryStories

it feels pretty corny to start this by saying it was a dark and stormy night so let's just say there was bad weather I was on my way to a convention in Chicago with two of my good friends we went every year and this was the fourth time the weather channel called for severe weather but we refused to miss our annual overnight trip we all piled in my car for a six-hour drive the first few hours was fine just raining in kind of humid then the typical Midwest severe thunderstorm had started the kind where you just looked down at the lines in the road so you don't end up in the ditch since you can't see anything else once when the lightning flashed my friend swore he saw a tornado in the cornfield in the distance we finally gave up and pulled under a bridge until the rain let up enough for us to see we waited a good 45 minutes and we were running hours late from driving so slow through the storm the rest of the trip was drizzle and that post thunderstorm fog that has always felt creepy to me there were hardly any other cars on the interstate since most people were too smart to be out driving which just added to the creepy feeling we didn't get to our motel until about 2:00 a.m. since we were poor college kids we never stayed at the convention hotel luckily we found a little motel a 20-minute drive away that was dirt cheap we stayed at this Motel every time we came to the convention it was three stories tall with no interior hallways all of the rooms were accessed from outside unfortunately the cheapest rooms were on the third floor and the elevator hadn't worked any of the times we visited checking into the motel in the middle of night was interesting it was still foggy and drizzling out but also humid and hot there were only about two to three other cars in the dark parking lots and the only lights were from the lobby and streetlights we walked inside and no one was at the desk after ringing the bell for about 15 minutes with no response we actually called the motel from my friend's cell phone an older man in certain sim came out to the desk from a backroom we tried to negotiate a first four rooms since obviously they were not busy he was a jerk that one kept saying they're booked there were only about two to three other cars there certainly some of the first four rooms had to be available being exhausted we took our third floor room and prepared ourselves to drag our suitcases up three flights of outside stairs in the drizzle and heat as we left the lobby the old man called out to us you kids be sure to walk their door and don't ever answer it after dark he went back into the back room and then slam the door God that really creeps me out when loaded the car in the foggy dark parking lot and dragged our luggage to the stairs as we came around the back of the building we all saw the elevator the out of order sign that was there before was now gone and the doors were open the light in the elevator was the only light source on the entire back of the building it seemed like something good finally happened to us on the trip the elevator was working and we didn't have to log all of our things up those slippery stairs I remember thinking it was weird that the doors were open didn't elevator doors usually stay closed until you push the button but whatever it was better than the stairs we'll voted our luggage and got in I pushed the button for the third floor and the door started to close the doors were the typical standard elevator doors and right before they closed all the way words appeared written in red paint or marker on the far side of the elevator so that it was only visible when the door closed it said well you're all screwed now sorry suckers the elevator started moving we all just stared at the door my friend Chris from behind said the obvious thing we were all thinking guys I think we're screwed it took that dang elevator forever to get to the third floor with a dink the door slowly opened none of us moved I think we were all waiting for something to come out of the fog or one of those sirens from saala hill to start nothing happened the door started to closed and my friend Amy quickly shoved her suitcase in the way of the door we all scrambled out the elevator door closed and we heard a go down to the ground level again abandoning us to our fate slowly we all three came around to the side of the building nothing was there but a long walkway open to the elements with doors along the left side completely terrified now we crept towards our room which was half way down the hallway which was half way down the hallway we were almost there when we heard it loud and clear in the night it was that dang elevator returning to the third floor we sprint into the room Chris had the key and frantically trying to get our door open as the other two of us stared towards the back of the building to see who would come around the corner click the door was open and we bolted into the room we walked every single walk on that door and braced our suitcases up against it for good measure we stood inside listening for anything else we heard nothing being the only guy in the group Chris decided to look outside after a few minutes but he couldn't say anything I don't think any of us slept well that night and we never stayed in that motel ever again this encounter happened thirteen years ago and at the time I was 14 years old my then best friend lived just down the street from me and my cousin was dating her older brother so I basically spent every day at her place she lived on the fifth floor of a block of flats it had 18 floors so more often than not died just get on the elevator on this particular day I was waiting on the elevator and it was taking a while not so unusual as I said this building had 18 floors so sometimes you had to wait a while with other people were using it while I was waiting a man entered the building and stood beside me waiting to get on the elevator as well not so odd but something about this guy had me very creeped out I can't say what about him made me so uneasy looking back as he seemed like just a normal guy he looked at be in his late 30s or early 40s with short dark hair medium height and build sure beard and dress well enough but something about him just seemed off I could feel his eyes on me as I continued to wait for the elevator I'm a girl and I've always been small and looked younger than I was back then I was lucky if I was even 5 feet and I looked about 11 or 12 I've had stranger danger and how dangerous people can be drilled into my head since I was little and while it seems silly to be this terrified of a random man just waiting on an elevator same as me I decided to still listen to my instincts it was the best decision I have ever made I casually walked to the stairwell which is around the corner from the elevator I walk in and the second amount of sight and the door closed I begin to run up those stairs as fast as I can now back then I was fairly athletic I did a lot of sports in my free time so it didn't win me too bad to run up those stairs about halfway up I hear the stairwell door slam open and footsteps running up the stairs I pause for a second terrified and look down the stairwell seeing the face of the guy staring up at me from the two floors below before he begins to run up them I run as fast as I can up the remaining fours my legs burning from how fast I was running barely able to catch a breath I finally get to my friends for and exit the stairwell I get to her door and begin to pound on her door crying and begging her to let me in she opens the door pretty confused and I run inside slamming the door behind me so there I am crying and shaking as she gets the story out of me her older brother who was a 20 year old guy and built really big heard all of this and he came out of his room to find out what the commotion was he charged out of the flat and began to hunt the building for the guy but he couldn't find him anywhere I never saw that man from the elevator ever again I don't know what he wanted me for or what he planned to do if he caught me but I'm really glad I never found out my first year of college was a real challenge for me I'm extremely introverted and while I do have friends that I spend time with I don't make friends very easily I'm simply too shy to approach others and I'm no good at connecting with strangers it's just who I am and I'm okay with that when I started classes that fall I was the invisible girl never called attention to myself if I could help it you know the type I'm sure there's a lot of people who specialize in invisibility so I didn't really have a lot of friends that semester just people I would call acquaintances we got along fine but couldn't really be called friends now at this time I was battling my own issues too when I was 16 I had some really bad stuff happened to me and by no means was I over it it was a major factor in my life I went to therapy regularly and was treated for major depression extreme anxiety disorder and PTSD I was walking a thin line trying to pull myself together and get on with life while at the same time feeling very isolated around others I avoided men whenever I could simply because I wasn't ready to let my guard down and it was exhausting being on constant high alert I was also rather paranoid it's impossible to avoid potentially dangerous situations when living on campus and being the loner that I was there were times when I simply had to walk back to my dorm in the dark or participate in a group project with men I worked hard on my self-confidence and while I eventually overcame my fears at that time I was always on edge I'm sure you can understand one day I went to class in the humanities building not a big deal but the classroom was on the top floor of a tall building and I usually rode the elevator that elevator was slow as crap but still better than walking up 12 flights of stairs I'm sure you guys get it I get to the building called the elevator and then wait to my surprise when the doors opened I was the only one who got in that was a relief because of my paranoia then it happened the doors were closing when someone stuck a hand in the middle and four guys got in this wasn't good my anxiety hit the roof and I banged myself in a corner so I felt somewhat safer I kept telling myself I was safe and that these men were going to hurt me and I should just relax then one of them turned to me grim maliciously and then said there's only one girl in here let's get her and all crap broke out I'm sure now it was a joke but at the time I didn't take it that way not at all when he made that comment I panicked I had my bookbag on the ground in front of me and my terror I then picked it up and started swinging when the doors finally opened there were about four very surprised men either on the ground or huddling away from me while I stood in the middle hyperventilating and still swinging I have never seen anyone exit an elevator that fast and I'm not talking about me those guys actually stumbled over each other trying to get away from me it took me a long time to calm down but in the end it was a huge step in building my confidence I've been in a potentially dangerous position with four men and I defended myself quite effectively that was the beginning of reclaiming myself so did those four creepy guys whether you are making a joke or you were serious and you were actually going to do something to me please stay away from me and don't ever come near me ever again this takes place a few years back when I was in university so basically young and dumb there was a class gathering at a restaurant for a small Christmas party and my friend Karen and I decided to meet up beforehand we agreed to take the train and meet up at a certain stop instead of driving to save us the hassle I stepped into a nearly empty train cart and sat down immediately pulling out my ipod and turning up the music it was cold and early in the afternoon so the only people on there excluding myself was an elderly couple and a bundled up man sitting across from me I dismissed the man and turned to my music until I felt an uneasy feeling I looked up and saw him smiling a friendly smile I nodded at him but ignored him I held my purse tighter and saw we started to put away my iPod so I can make a break for it when my stop came as soon as the train stopped I stepped off and I started a speed walk towards the elevator to go above ground the guy swept in as I fear and he was a big man that looked even bigger all bundled up and I was a young petite girl so I was even more terrified now he smiled down at me and then said you have the most beautiful shoes ever I was so shocked I couldn't do anything but stare down and I noticed I was wearing my favor black stiletto heels a mutter - quiet thank you and inched away from him in the confined space he sighed and said you must have beautiful feet I would do anything to have them I was freaking out on the inside and I pressed myself up against the wall the best I could he continued do you want to come to my place I'm sure I have more beautiful shoes for your beautiful feet I promise I'll do anything for you at this point I was so scared I didn't know what to do except stick my hand in my bag and grew up around for the mace that my boyfriend bought me really hoping I wouldn't have to use it the man began to smile and then he said I'm pretty sure that I have a pair of Red Hills that'll make your black hair stand out even more i mutter - no thank you aunt I was absolutely relieved when the elevator door opened but in order to get past the door I had to squeeze past the man who was positioned half in front of the door he then grinned and leaned in for a hug which I quickly dodged fearing for my life I'll never forget his angry chilling eyes when I turned back to see if he was following he remains by the elevator smiling sinisterly and waving still muttering about beautiful red shoes thankfully for me my friends showed up and at the sight of her he fled down a flight of stairs it's been a long time since this story happened to me but still I think I'm going to avoid elevators for a long time to come this experience happened to me a long time ago when I was very young around seven or eight years old so basically my entire family was throwing a reunion slash New Year's Eve party at this huge hotel and all of the adults decided to go down to the bar to drink thanking all of us kids were asleep obviously we weren't and we decided to go run out in the hallway to play a game of hide and seek yeah real smart idea anyway there were six children and we split into two groups of three each group hiding together so no one would wonder off and get us all in trouble when it was my group's turn to hide we somehow managed to get lost at different corners of the hotel and being the child that I was the thought of being lost was already frightening enough to me after circling the floor of our room about five times I decided it would be the logical thing to just go down to the bar where my parents were big mistake I walked to the elevator and when the doors opened there was already a man inside I didn't think much of it as this was a big hotel it's no surprise that someone else had to take the elevator to the main floor as well he asked if I needed to go down to the first for two and I said yes the man was very tall and wreaked of beer and he had a dirty trenchcoat in sunglasses I tried to maintain as a little eye contact with him as possible until he asked me a rather odd question he asked you're looking for your friends right I stood speechless wondering how he knew what I was doing before he then stated you're the one who was playing hide-and-seek aren't you I've been mumble too scared um yeah that was me finding it really weird that he seemed to have been watching us play this game the whole time we both remain quiet until the doors had opened to the third floor not the main one I just thought the man hit the wrong button or something so I reached to hit the first button when he reached for my arm and tried to drag me out of the elevator I then froze up as he then said come on unaware your friends are gesturing to the dead end of the hallway where all of the vending machines were he walked closer to me grabbing my arm and again attempting to drag me to the isolated section of the hall I managed to twist away and bolted to the stairs practically screeching the whole time I managed to reach the main door only to run into my entire family including the relatives I was playing hide-and-seek with whom were looking for me the whole time I was with this man needless to say I still get a little weary when I'm alone with a stranger in an elevator I was in a junior college in a local university that is located in the city the campus is about a mile wide and I lived a little over a mile from it I lived in an apartment building that was owned by the University so only students lived there it was known as the poor kids apartments and was the farthest from campus and also in a bad part of town the apartments had recently had issues with break-ins so how was extra cautious about who I held the door open for the door to the elevators was the one that locked when it closed and only people who lived there had keys but sometimes people held the door to save you needing to find your key it was about 6:00 p.m. one night and I was just getting back from class I had planned on just stopping in my apartments and then leaving to drive to my mom's house for the weekend I worked about 40 minutes away near my mom's house so I tended to stay there on the weekends as I was approaching the elevator I noticed that someone was holding it open for a group of us as I was walking to the elevator I noticed that one of the people he held it open for didn't appear to be a college student not only was he much older late 30s early 40s but he looked homeless for a lack of better words he was dirty and was wearing dirty clothes he obviously stood out to me but apparently not the other people in the elevator because no one really watched him except for me I watched to see what for he pushed when he walked in well he didn't push a floor big red flag I was on the top floor and that was one of the last people to enter and noticed I was the only one to push that for crap if this guy doesn't get out on a lower floor he might be up to something as the fours open and people get out I noticed that he's looking at me and not getting off at any of the other floors before long it's just me and him I have to think fast because the fact that he did impress my for but entered before me and the fact that he appeared out of place were both red flags for me I decided I would let him get out of the elevator first because he would have the choice of left or right and if he chose left I could run right and get to my door I got my key ready and let him out he hesitated for a second and I pretended to be looking for something in my purse he got out when left awesome I go right and right into my apartment which was located close to the elevator I glanced left as I'm walking in and I just see him standing in front of one of the doors and looking at me I get into my room and locked the door right away I grabbed a few things I need and keep thinking about how freaking weird that was I start to think that maybe he was dating someone in one of the apartments and I start to try to rationalize his behavior but I knew it was weird I grabbed my things and head back out and make sure to check the hallway before going back to the elevator it was empty whew I get back in the elevator and take it down to the lobby I go to get out and who do I see getting in with a group of new people well you guessed it the homeless guy what the crap okay so now I'm sure he's up to something he sees me and his eyes get big I go to pull out my phone because I knew I had to do something about this I'm about to call the cops while walking out of the lobby and I run into the security guard who watches our building after a certain time I tell him everything he decides to contact the police and have them waiting when he gets back down and he said he would go up and try to find him he tells me I did the right thing I felt really bad that someone else could have potentially been in danger I just hope that he was only a thief and something more dangerous I didn't hear anything else about its end I never ran into that same security guard ever again so I can't say for sure of what happened I what can we caught a good look at him so hopefully my description helped but he might have known I was going to do something and aborted his mission before he got caught either way I always tell people to watch for stuff like that you really never know what someone's real intentions are this happened last year in October so pretty much three months ago but technically last year anywho my girlfriend and I decided to make a Walmart run she was having nuclear like crimps and demanded that I take her to go get some ibuprofen rule number one you never say no to a woman that's on her period it was already late and we got back at around 2:00 a.m. we live on campus says we're both College sophomores a park in a parking garage that is about five minute walk away from our dorm not very far at all I parked on the third floor but to the exit was on the sixth floor so we decided to take the elevator it was a Thursday morning so everyone was in dead so the campus was usually silent as the elevator doors opened there was a man standing there I was taken aback because he was holding about 6 foot 5 280 pounds muscular and had that stereotypical look of a tough guy I didn't move but again my girlfriend could have taken down an entire army of troops with the way she was feeling she got on right beside him and I followed we rode up to the 6th floor and the guy began to make small talk he asked about our majors and where we lived how we liked school excetera he was pretty decent all the while I forgot to press the button of where we were supposed to get off so instead we just rode the elevator up to the ninth floor which was in the parking garage office sector there was really nothing but offices up there my girlfriend and I awkwardly laughed about it when we got to the 9th for we expected the man to leave but he just stood there he was waiting for the doors to close and said he'd follow us down and make sure we got out ok I suddenly got creeped out and I could tell my girlfriend was too because she tucked herself behind me I'm only about 6 foot 1 107 th pounds with the arm strength of Spongebob Squarepants but instead of hitting the six button here and Umrah hits the three and in my state of shock I just blankly stare at him my girlfriend realized what he did and immediately tried to hit the six but we had already passed the floor so she reached out again butted the man grabbed her hand his face suddenly changed he no longer small pleasantly or grinned courteously the look of malice on his face will forever haunt me I intervened and I pulled my girlfriend back the elevator arrived on four three and we both bolted out of there luckily we were on the same floor as my car the man from the elevator gave chase for a few feet but once we're in my car he went off around a corner we drove to the campus security station and told them what happened it wasn't an hour later that they had caught the guy and arrested him he was out on probation and apparently he was on something and just messed up in general but that didn't stop my girlfriend and I for making late night trips after that that really freaked us out for a while and we didn't use the elevator for a really long time only the stairs when I was 17 I was renting a unit in a decent condo building in downtown Toronto while I went to school most of the people who live there were older people who had lived in the building for years and they all seemed to know each other so people often chatted in the elevator in Lobby anyway one time I'm running the elevator like normal and the short bald man about 60 years old gets on we not at each other lying normal and I'm pretty much just zoning out then all of a sudden this dude jumps up snaps around to be facing me and starts screaming the following things at me who the heck are you and then he basically starts accusing me of being in some sort of nefarious organisation that I've never heard of and my wife mind you I'm a six foot teenager and he's a tiny old man I really had no idea what to say to this guy so I basically told him to screw off and stop yelling he continues screaming random nonsense lovely we go back to silence the elevator stops and another old guy gets on as if this scene couldn't get any more surreal these two old guys start chit-chatting they're clearly old friends this guy was literally screaming random crap in my face seconds before and was now talking like it was the most normal thing in the world I'm seriously doubting my own sanity at this point the next stop the crazy dude gets off the elevator so now it's just me and the crazy dudes friend I turned to him and asked who his friend was because he just screamed abuse in my face for no reason well his response he laughs and then tells me yeah he's like that what the crap the very next day I went to the condo office and tried to report him but all I really had was a description and a four so basically they told me to try to find out his name and maybe they could find out what's going on I'm pretty sure I never saw him again while I live there but Syd was definitely my craziest moments of living in that city I was about 13 years old when this incident occurred so it was around 8 years ago me and my family were on vacation in Orlando and we were staying at the Nickelodeon hotel very very cool place nice water parks and nice rooms I was with my family my mom dad brother two sisters and me I'm the oldest well we're at Universal Studios for the day and got back rather late on the way to our room my parents were carrying all the merchandise we had bought so they kind of fell behind and me and my two sisters all got ahead of them my parents and my brother were behind us the elevator was just around the corner me and my sisters got to it first the elevator opened it just as we were walking around the corner as were walking around the corner a man stepped off the elevator I barely got a look at him because as soon as he saw me and my sisters he immediately got back on without missing a beat I should have known that was a bad sign but unfortunately I was a little slow back then so it never occurred to me that this guy was trouble plus my parents weren't there to see the man so they never stopped us from getting onto the elevator my sisters were rushing to get on the elevator because they were at the I want to press that button age we all get on to see that the man is standing with his head facing the ground and both hands behind his back in the back of the elevator he was very creepy looking he had brown hair that reached the middle of his neck and looked like he had a showered in weeks he looked like he was in his late 40s or early 50s because he had many wrinkles on his face and a creepy grin he was wearing black jeans a red black and white flannel and a black turtleneck underneath keep in mind we're in Florida and this was a hot night so it was weird that he was wearing all these layers my youngest sister goes to press the fourth four button butts all of the buttons weren't lit up already I wish I could say that's what made me realize we were in trouble but it didn't click just yet - that's that the guy had pressed all of the buttons I held the door open for my parents and brother and my mom looked at the guy I will never forget the face that she made she had a huge smile on her face while looking at my brother but when she looked at the man that smile instantly dropped I saw the look of terror in my mom's face even my dad gave the guy a strange look like a new to watch out for him that was the moment when I realized this man was up to no good the elevator doors then closed my parents stood on each side of the man each were staring at him just waiting to jump into action in case he made a move my brother asked aloud why did you guys press all the buttons and the older one of my two sisters still completely oblivious to what was happening then blurted out that guy did it and pointed right at the man MA mom then let out a nervous giggle the elevator was slow but finally got to the second floor the man quickly got out of the elevator and went down to the hallway as soon as he left my mom quickly closed the doors and we continued up we stopped at the third floor closed the doors and then got to our fours on the fourth floor my parents made sure we stayed with them this time we got to our room and that is when my parents started to freak out my dad called the front desk to one them about what happened so they could check it out that was the last we ever saw of that man we don't even know if the people at the hotel found him god only knows what he was up to hey everyone I hope you enjoyed today's video and if you have your own personal scary story be sure to submit that to my subreddit at reddit.com slash are slash southern cannibal or to my email at southern cannibal at gmail.com I'm always looking for new stories and before we bring this video to a close I just want to shout out all of my $5 or more patrons as well as my $3 or more patrons featured on screen shout out to babe Lincoln Beth a Kate II Celeste s le s emily w hether B Howard our Jacqueline w jz g jonathan see Lauri J Matthew B Michael G random Randi Steph L Tammy yes and Terry H thank all of you so much for supporting me on patreon I really appreciate it 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Channel: Southern Cannibal

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Length: 32min 5sec (1925 seconds)

Published: Mon Apr 15 2019