The Cryptids Creepypasta Iceberg Explained (1)

[Music] welcome back friends it's time that we take another trip into the world of creepy pastas this time we'll be looking into stories involving Cryptids creatures and entities this specific subgenre has a lot of stories to cover far more than any of the previous icebergs I've done just about every story has some kind of entity involved this is the fifth iceberg in my creepy pasta series i' like to think that I've learned a lot about what goes into these types of videos what stories people want and how they want them covered I'm going to go more into the stories than I usually do covering their Origins themes and my personal thoughts or connections to them I hope you're all ready this is the crypted and entities Creepy Pasta iceburg explained part one [Music] the flesh gate is an Internet crypted that was created mostly on for Jan I say mostly because I can't find the actual origin where the flesh gate was created the reason for the flesh Gate's creation was simple it was a better term for the stories that were being created about the skin walker in the late 2000s and early 2010s there's a craze with creating stories about skinwalkers these Skinwalker stories were spread all around and found on just about any website forchain played a big role in the spread of these stories the problem was these stories didn't follow the skinwalker lore closely at all usually the skinwalker was given more traits than it normally had or more abilities it would act differently to to fit each and every story so in order to differentiate from Skin Walkers a new term was created for these internet creatures flesh gate literally just two synonyms for skin and Walker it was a name that worked though flesh gate stories can be tracked back as far as 2013 I remember seeing stories comparing the flesh gate to the rake in those early days there were a lot of varying stories as no one could quite pen down exactly what a flesh gate was or what its purpose and goals were the flesh gate was an amalgamation of different focal creatures mainly they took bits and pieces of lore from skinwalkers the windigo the Goatman and even from the rake they're described as tall lanky able to mimic human speech even wear the skin of humans they also fed on humans so they had to be in forests and parks where humans would Traverse more importantly though they need to be in areas where a person going missing could be seen as normal there are a multitude of Flesh gate stories but the one I want to talk about today is flesh gate gate by MP real invective this is probably one of my favorite stories but more than that it's really well written and uses the lore of the flesh gate really well it's also pretty long but well worth reading the full thing the story opens with our narrator named Evan Evan is explaining how he had lost some friends recently that they were gone and he was left with nothing but the memory of them which then leads into him explaining that he was going on a trip with his brother Ian Ian's girlfriend Jessica and another couple that he forgets the names of due to being tired when they all finally met Evan had recently had a breakdown about something at work this led to him going to a therapist and being diagnosed with social anxiety disorder this led to him being cooped up all alone in his apartment most of the time which Ian saw as a poor way to handle his situation this is why he was invited on a hiking trip though he was under the impression that it would only be the two of them going 3 hours later they were arriving at their destination they were to hike for the weekend in hila National Park the hike would take up to that Sunday so everyone would be home in time for rest before work started on Monday the parking lot was empty when they arrived this was because the trail they were taking was closed it was Clos due to flooding all summer the trail wasn't clean by the Rangers yet but it was still walkable but this also meant that they wouldn't see any other hikers during the whole weekend they started down the trail taking in the surroundings it was mostly with rough bark for Miles the path took them deeper into the Wilderness soon they couldn't even see the car they arrived in this is when Evan realized how out of his elements he was as in he couldn't keep up with the others they were likely experienced hikers he was not this led to him trailing behind quite a bit for the hike he was always able to keep sight of Ian's friends though so he didn't get lost though the Solitude of walking at the rear of the party left him with more time to think and no attempts to actually social socialize that's not to say that he didn't try he just wasn't successful that first night everyone was in good spirits they took a bottle and passed it around to the fire that they had just made stories were quickly shared with the topic of what your most embarrassing moment was everyone shared their moments and it was a good chance for building camaraderie when it came to Evan though he was struggling with his actual most embarrassing moment and knew it had to do with the door but chose to tell them a lie about ripping his pants during an interview instead he felt bad but he couldn't muster the strengths to tell them the truth later that night Evan awoke with the need to pee he left to go do his business and as he was finishing heard Nadia calling him from the darkness she asked if he had a lighter she dropped hers and needed help finding it Evan said that he was still too drunk to help her find anything and that he'd look for in the morning to which she grumbled something at him in return the next day Evan felt dumb the rest of the group had heard yelling from the woods all night but he hadn't waking up in the middle of the night to go go out by himself was a dumb idea he could have been mauled by a wolf or some other Predator the next day was pretty uneventful the group made good time and were approaching a spot to rest for the night they made a fire and chatted around it again Ian and Jessica went off to bed first leaving Evan with the others they chatted for a bit longer before heading off to bed as well just as Evan was ding the fire to also go to sleep Jerry walked up to him he asked Evan if he could borrow the map so we could chart some interesting sites for them to see on their way Evan stopped for a second before walking over to Ian's bag and grabbing the map for him he went to sleep soon after the next day the group was in a tizzy the map was gone which was only not a surprise to Evan as he said that Jerry had taken it the group all turned to him with similar looks of confusion who's Jerry do you mean Oliver was the response that came from Ian Evan explained that no he handed the map to Jerry the tall linky guy that came with them Ian turned red as he explained to him that there was no one in their group named Jerry Ian went on a tie raade about how he'd just given away their only means of reversal to a random stranger in the woods Evan tried to explain himself but no one would listen to him Jerry was someone they knew he had memories of them traveling together on the first day how could they all not remember him the walk continued with Ian luckily having memorized all of the trail markers beforehand the walk would just be a little slower now every Trail break they would need to examine it before moving forward this would take some time but not much luckily Ian was mad yessica was on the verge of tears Oliver was holding a compass and trying to keep everyone Saye while his girlfriend just stared down at her feet as they walked which seemed like the right call as Lucas was struggling to stay upright it looked like maybe he wasn't done with his hangover yet Evan asked what was wrong with him and got a rude reply from Ian apparently he had multiple sclerosis oh yeah I remembered now this was supposed to be his last hike before he wouldn't be able to do it anymore it was really sad and he felt bad for saying he was walking funny Evan turned to apologize to Lucas but something happened Lucas growled and dropped down to all fours his skin looked like it was bristling under the sun the group stared at Lucas in confusion as he ran off into the woods behind the trees the last thing they saw was his clothes falling off of his body realization set in and the group started running up the trail like it would do them any good they're pretty deep into the park by now they got a pretty decent ways away and Ian asked what that thing was here's an excerpt from the story the short answer is that it was Lucas the long of it is this there was no Lucas not really I'm sorry for interrupting the story in the middle like this but I think now is the best time to try and explain everything I know how confusing this all seems with Jerry and Lucas the truth is I did that because I don't think I could have appropriately explained it to you without you first experiencing it from my eyes I don't know what to call those things but they do something to your mind they insinuate themselves into your memories they wrap themselves up in a wall of your Recollections and even though you know something is wrong you can't quite put your finger on it your group of four friends could grow to five and you wouldn't be any the wiser a part of you will stupidly admonish you for ever wondering how many there were you look at it and you recognize the face you remember events you remember getting drunk at a bar together you remember them crying on your shoulder after a rough breakup you remember everything that happened between you but none of it's true I don't know how it does it it crawls into your head somehow and makes you see things in a way that benefits them it can mold memories but it can't mimic human movement it walks on four claws not two feet it growls hisses and snars it doesn't talk it infiltrates observes and waits it was hunting us and trying to drive us deeper into the woods it was succeeding during the run a look came over Ian's features only Evan was able to see it but he knew what it was immediately they were lost they had lost the trail and were now somewhere unknown in the trees Ian didn't tell this to the others instead started leading them like he knew where he was going Evan didn't know what to think about the creatures about where they were going and about what they were going to do the thing seemed to be able to easily infiltrate a group of people it seemed to be able to mess with your mind and Forge fake memories for anyone who saw it he was just happy that there were six of them and they'd only seen one creature so far this is when yes brought up a very important topic while they were walking they'd only come down in one car Ian's tiny Prius a car that only seats five people there were currently six people there the group gathered up and looked around no one said anything but Oliver's girlfriend started screaming as she looked around at each person the only person to speak was Sarah she said something that sounded like it's me Sarah but the words weren't quite right as she finished saying it again her jaw fell off Ian stepped toward the creature to wave it off it then dropped onto all fours and stared down the group but particularly looking at Jessica before they could get any closer it tore off through the thick of the woods and out of sight that night the group huddled closely together there was no talk there was no sleep just the sounds of yelling off in every direction they stayed close like that until the next day when Dawn broke sleeplessly they continued their hike while searching for another landmark Ian bumped Evan and told them what he saw one of their friends didn't have a backpack or any gear it was clearly another one of those creatures the scariest part though this one seemed seemed to have figure out how to blend in better with a walk that looked almost perfect but still not quite Evan approached this mimic and pushed it back doing so left a residue on his hand the clothes of the creature weren't actually clothed it was the creature's skin which was now in his hands the creature fell onto its back hard and started yelping it sounded like an injured animal almost like if you were to accidentally step on your pet's tail in the middle of the night he felt sorry for it but knew that it was most likely the creature messing with his head again again 6 hours later they were setting up a new camp they decided that one person should stay watch and the others could catch some sleep Evan decided to stay up as he had a startling realization about the creatures they were likely trying to lead them deeper into the woods get them lost and tired then eat them this thought plus the theory that Oliver had put forth about them walking like they had Pyon disorder which you get from eating humans put him off from sleep entirely while on watch Evan realized how truly tired he was he couldn't sleep though even if he wanted to about 2 hours into his watch Jessica had joined him she explained to him that she couldn't sleep either they had both seen something traumatic and were now trauma bonding this led to Evan finally telling his story to her the reason he was here in the first place was because he' backed out of going to a work party he was invited by some guys at work and was actually excited to make some work friends he'd planned it all for weeks when the time came he arrived and parked a little ways up the street he could hear the party going on inside and approached the door in that moment he saw the door differently there was a sudden nagging voice at the back of his head one that said that they didn't actually want him there at the party they were just being nice they're going to laugh at him for even thinking of going in the voice won and he took off before entering he wasn't sure if he actually remembered seeing people laughing from the window as he raced back to his car or if he'd seen nothing it was all a blur that led to him seeking out a therapist which then led him to where he is now Jessica listened they talked some more then they kissed it was shameful he admits but he felt vulnerable he fell asleep later that evening he wasn't sure when but it was a blissful sleep that led to the dread in the morning Evan woke up and was ready to tell Ian everything but couldn't get it out before Jessica was pointing to all their missing stuff their backpacks supplies it had all been stolen creatures knew how they were able to recognize it last time so it took that away from them the day was filled with more walking but no talking talking it would be hard to tell if anyone joined their group with how easy it was for them to create memories it could slink in whenever it wanted to Oliver spotted one trailing them and tipped off Evan but told him to keep it only in the corner of his eye he figured that it would need full contact to create those memories night came again and this time they didn't even have a person to stay up on watch they just huddled together and hoped to survive the night they couldn't even sleep as every time they started to get comfortable the yelling would start it would stop and start all throughout the night the sun arose but everyone was groggy they hadn't really slept that night much like the prior nights they were walking and trying their best to make it somewhere Evan had been watching his brother he even picked up his walking stick Ian dropped it while walking forward aimlessly a thought crept into his mind that his brother had been replaced he saw it in the way he walked he saw in everything that he was doing he' accidentally dropped his stick and he didn't even turn around to pick it up the stick was Hefty and Evan decided that he would be able to kill the creature easily if he got to get hit from behind he Reed his stick and called out to his brother before he swung he stopped mere inches from his face when he saw a foggy look in his eyes he wasn't one of those monsters he was severely dehydrated just like the rest of them yet he'd almost killed his brother on a whim he apologized but his brother didn't even seem to notice he tried to murder him he just turned around and kept walking Amy watched on numbly But Then followed with all of her close behind in a days on they walked soon they came up to a sign it was a sign for an area that was close to where they'd started their Trek if they followed Route 15 it would only be a few miles until they were home free Evan called back to everyone Ian Jessica Oliver Heather Amy were almost out of here and just as he said this he realized how many names he just called out Evan walked up to the clear impostor they weren't sweating and they weren't as clearly disheveled as the rest of them they walked with a similar fashion but they seemed to not be tired at all Evan confronted the girl Heather telling her to leave that he knew what she was she called out to him reminded him of who she was she was his girlfriend she'd been with him the whole time she started to bring up memories that he didn't remember having she brought up a point that there were originally six of them and that they wanted him to believe that there were only five so they could take one Evan for a moment believed her but then she spoke again and he snapped he raised his stick and beat her to death she tried to talk as each hit collided with her skull it fell limply to the ground and he felt sad sadness swept over him but he had to push forward even as he heard his brother call out for Heather before they made it onto the main road he turned and saw one of those creatures come out of the trees and grab Heather's corpse it was emaciated and Tall it crept back into the forest with the corpse in toe the group was able to Flack down a car and get some help help they were all hospitalized for a week and of course no one believed them about what they saw it was all hallucinations caused by the lack of food sleep and water none of them believed that though no one would talk about it after that Evan decided that the only way he'd be able to get this all off his chest was by posting it online the flesh gate is a creature that the internet co-opted from Skinwalker lore that was being changed online it's more of an Internet creation than anything to do with the skinwalker though this story I believe accentuates that perfectly from the start the story uses the lore of the inspired crypted having it take place in New Mexico which is near where Skinwalker lore originates it sets the pace really well early on and continues to do so as it adds the characters to the story the use of those characters is really smart as well making it easy for the reader to fall into what's happening in the story especially the parts where a new character is named there's a part that leaves me wondering though aming was a name given to Oliver's girlfriend at the end of the story that name wasn't mentioned though most of the story and in fact just appeared out of nowhere Oliver was introduced by the brother during a line but we never get that with Amy what if Amy was secretly one of the flesh Gates what if they'd already taken the girl that they were planning to eat and replaced her with Amy it was clear that Heather wasn't real but there's also a line about another flesh gate grabbing the body and dragging it into the woods what if that was actually Oliver's girlfriend but she had memories changed so that Evan would kill her for them and just before they escaped these are questions that I don't think we get an answer to when it comes to creatures that can mess with your memory there's always going to be a lingering doubt this is a good story and the topic of Flesh Gates is one that I think I'll need to make a return to one [Music] day The Rake is the first official internet crypted I've covered this monster multiple times on my Channel and just want to give you guys the simple of it if you want to know more I have a video dedicated to the rake already on my Channel The Rake is a creation of the internet it was created in the depths of four chance message boards they wanted to make a new monster and slowly created the basis for the rake eventually the concept of the rake was further pushed into another 4chan thread The Rake was described as 6 ft tall gaunt with Razorsharp claws on its hands these features don't make the creature unique but they do make it menacing its mouth opened on a hinge and inside were dozens of teeth the creature appeared tall but always walked on all fours The Rake was known more for observing people it would stop and stare at people usually in Suburban areas it would look through Windows stand by doors and occasionally appear at the end of Roads always just watching The Rake wouldn't attack unless provoked if it did attack you were already as good as dead it would use its claws and teeth to rip you apart a vicious creature but only if you dared to approach it this is the first and original interpretation of the rake he was known more for watching than attacking it seemed curious and terrifying this would all change as the internet got a full hold on the creature it would take on more of the Monstrous traits that one would expect of a creature that looked the way it did this was shown in the plethora of creepy pastas that used the creature the main one that most people point to is called The Rake by Brian Somerville this story would be posted to the something awful forums and really bring the rake to the Forefront of the internet Collective this story showed the rake as some intelligent being the story was told through journals of those that had encountered the creature throughout history let me read a few of them to you as I prepare to take my life I feel it necessary to assuage any guilt or pain I have introduced through this act it is not the fault of anyone other than him for once I awoke and felt his presence and once I awoke and saw his form once again I awoke and heard his voice and looked into his eyes I cannot sleep without fear of what I might next awake to experience I cannot everwake goodbye found on the same wooden box were two empty envelopes addressed to William and Rose and one loose personal letter with no envelope dearest Lenny I have prayed for you he spoke your name this was taken from a suicide note from 1964 in it the rake appears to be tormenting these people when it got the writer to bring it all to an end it whispered the name of its next victim this wasn't the earliest mention of the creature either there's another note from 1691 this note reads he came to me in my sleep from the foot of my bed I felt the sensation he took everything we must return to England we shall not return here again at the request of the rake the story would end with a mother losing her husband and child to the rake she then goes into an investigation to find the creature her biggest fear being waking up and seeing it standing over her just like the night it took her family from her The Rake is probably my favorite Creepy Pasta creation that the internet has created even over all these years it somehow keeps its creepy charm which is more than I can say for some other Creepy Pasta [Music] characters the wendo isn't really a creepy pasta crypted nor is it a crypted at all it's a creature of folklore that originated from the Algonquin people it's a creature that has permeated pop culture for a while in all art forms from movies books games and music there's something so captivating about the windo the windo is a creature or evil spirit created by man when a person commits the ultimate sin of cannibalism they're said to become a windigo the windo is a creature that represents greed destruction and hunger these themes stem from their place of origin the environment of windos is usually a place that has harsh Winters where food could be or would be considered scarce as such a serious issue with food shortages leading to cannibalism could be seen this can also be seen as a way to scare people off of the idea of eating their fellow man the wendigo in modern interpretations is a tall gaunt figure with antlers on its head the skin is stuck to the creature so tightly that you can see its bone they always smell of rot and Decay and usually carry a coldness with them in some interpretations the windo is even able to mimic human speech to some extent the windo is also described as the world's greatest hunter able to easily kill a pack of people it uses its human mimicry to lure humans away from their groups or to sew chaos in groups making it easier to devour them one at a time the wendigo is always hungry as that's the price of the sin that created it so they are always trying to find food there are some stories that say that the windo will hang up its victims and bleed them until they die then they will eat them others say that they kill indiscriminately and eat whenever they can no matter how much they eat they will always keep their gaunt shape and they will always be hungry as far as creepy pastas go for the windigo there are a few on the creepy pasta wiki the first is called The W too uploaded in 2012 by The Syndicate 152 the story is pretty short and is a retelling of a retelling the story comes from the narrator's grandpa he talks about a hunting trip that three men went on in 13m woods in Northern New Hampshire it took place in 1957 where three men decided to go on a hunting trip since they hadn't been together in a while the three men drove to the woods and had their car break down they forgotten to fill it up before starting the long journey deciding that there was nothing they could do about it they set off a little ways into the woods to set up a camp they woke their the next morning to find that a bear had taken all of their food and thrown their equipment into a nearby River they couldn't do anything about it and set off to try to find the broken down car as it had more ammo in it in case the bear came back this walk took a while and one of the men stopped for a break he promised you'd follow as soon as he was able to walk again the other two walked for a bit before hearing an anxiety inducing scream from somewhere behind them they ran back to find a creature was towering over their friend's body it ran off and they saw that he was already half eaten the sight was grotesque but the smell was worse burning at the nose like an ember freshly made in a fire the two men started to argue about how they just left their friend to die this led to a physical altercation one of the men threw the other against a tree his head hit with a sickening crunch as he leaned against the tree a trail of blood followed his path downward the last remaining man then bent down his her trying to eat his friend's arm before he did he broke from whatever trance he was in it was like the force was taking taking him over well it clearly already did with no other choices he started to walk in a direction that he'd hoped let out of the woods an hour later he heard the crunch of leaves and branches behind him then he felt the warm sticky breath on the back of his neck he turned to see a tall emaciated creature with antlers protruding from the sides of its head it stared down at him and before he could run it pounced on him he managed to break free from its hole before it pounced again the creature bit his leg taking a small chunk out of it he escaped again again and pushed the creature down a hill towards the river the creature landed hard on the rocks with its head face down in the water the man ran over to the creature and pushed its head into the water until it stopped moving the man triumphant limped out of the woods and onto a road a pickup truck stopped as he saw the distressed man he gave him a ride to the hospital along with some water from his bottle that man was the narrator's grandfather he said that the Man passed away at the hospital from an infection in his leg the grandfather stressed to the narrator to avoid the area of the 13- milei woods if if you happen to see a broken down pickup truck the story doesn't do anything amazing with the windigo in fact it makes it less intimidating by simply killing it it does go to show how others are sharing and using the lore of the windigo though the internet loves to take things and twist them to their own needs this goes for all forms of folklore not just the windigo and skinwalkers there are more stories on the website about the windigo but they are more of the same mostly just modern interpretations of the creature there's more to find though if you go looking [Music] Skinwalker is a topic that I had to cover on this Iceberg they're considered one of the most infamous Cryptids but that's the thing they're not really Cryptids they are part of Navajo culture and don't fall the same rules as a crypted does the reason they are included here is the prevalence with which the internet has used them especially in storytelling some of the earliest creepy pasta stories were just Skinwalker stories of course the internet used their own version of the skinwalker these would eventually become the flesh gate that I talked about before I'm not going to go fully into the skinwalker and it's transitioned into an internet creation because I have a full video about that on my channel already actually cover some of the more popular Skinwalker stories from online including a very popular Reddit thread there are also a multitude of Skinwalker stories spread around forchan but most of those weren't archived the only thing you really need to know about the skinwalkers is that the mythology and the internet versions are very different they aren't even that closely related except for a name alone a skinwalker feels more like a catch-all term for a humanoid creature that you'd find in the woods while on a camping [Music] trip one of the creepy pastas that really brought me into this genre was God's mouth it's a short story about a couple that finds a cave during their vacation the story was uploaded to the wiki in 2010 and it's credited to ABRA aav the story starts with a couple hiking somewhere during their vacation the man Waits at top a small hill staring into a cave the old war sign at the entrance read God's mouth cave keep out this didn't really put the man off as he loved the s of stuff his girlfriend finally caught up to him and took his water bottle as she drank from it he shown his flashlight down into the cave all he could see was complete Blackness it must be pretty deep he thought the two entered the cave though it was clear that the narrator's girlfriend wasn't as excited as he was they made it deep enough into the cave that they could no longer see the outside light they walked along together talking until they just walked on in Silence the two got into a small argument about why they were even in the cave this lasted for a moment before the narrator started walking into the cave again his girlfriend called out after him and then ran up to stand beside him they decided they were done with the cave and turned around to leave hoping the exit was that way they walked for what felt like hours before stopping for a moment the cave walls felt warm to the touch the narrator moved deeper into the cave and hit his head it must have taken a wrong turn they turned and began walking in the opposite direction it felt like they' been walking even longer this time the space in the cave seemed to be getting smaller no matter which way they went eventually he let go of his girlfriend's hand and started feeling the walls he hit a spot in the cave that he couldn't walk ight in and called out to his girlfriend that they need to turn around again but no one replied he called out for her for a while but heard nothing in return after standing still for a moment he swore he heard a static noise coming from a section of the walls he bent down next to it and swore he could hear his girlfriend screams from the other side he yelled for her but got no answer as he tried to stand back up that's when he realized that he couldn't turning his flashlight in all directions he saw that the cave was closing in on him slowly he huddled on the ground and felt the rocky walls closing in on all sides he peered up to see a hand Jing from the wall her Perfect Nails colored as red as the blood that fell from his head God's mouth was devouring its latest meal God's mouth is a straightforward enough story couple goes on vacation finds an off limit place there it's a pretty standard story formula but it works well for a reason it's simple enough to follow and provides enough information to feel the story come to life the cave is the real crypted in this story it's a cave that clearly has led to The Disappearance of many a spelunker or hiker the sign is clearly not enough to Ward people off or it actually is a lower itself people want to explore what they're not allowed to it could be a trap to feed whatever eldrich Abomination is using this cave as a feeding area [Music] Bob is a creepy pasta from 2011 it was uploaded to the wiki by The Forbidden soul and is a pretty short story a man named Andrew woke to the sound of glass shattering in his kitchen downstairs he already knew what caused this there was this creature that he'd seen a few times before but each time he'd seen it it had run away the this time however it seemed to have taken the next step and broken into his home he grabbed his Bat and headed downstairs it might be his only chance to save himself maybe he could scared off like the other times prior he gripped the bat and descended the steps the sound of glass beneath the creature's feet was the only sound to accompany him as he waited by the entryway into his living room the sound of glass crunching stopped and he knew it was right around the corner from him now he swung with all of his might and smashed the creature in the chest the creature merely stumbled slightly before staring into Andrew's eyes the creature had an almost humanoid appearance skin eyes teeth all human but not quite it had no arms just two long legs with pointed sharp toenails it screeched at Andrew displaying all of its disgusting rotted teeth creature then kicked him in the stomach and sent him tumbling onto his back it stepped on him and pushed its foot into his stomach he did this until Andrew died on the ground and then bent down and started to eat him once it had eaten enough it leapt through the same window that it had entered from and was gone into the night short and simple a good story to tell around a campfire no explanations no characters just a monster killing and eating someone sometimes that's all you need out of a [Music] story some stories stick with with you when you first read them a few are hard-coded into my memory actually that is the case with our next story cave children it's a story told through journal entries by a scientist named Mason Perry he and his team of three head into a caving system in Pompei I've always had a fear of caves being enclosed in a small space is a phobia that I've had my entire life there are a few things more horrific to me so when I read this story back when I found it on the wiki it stuck with me it's well written and I can feel the terror of the crew in the story cave Jan was uploaded to the wiki in 2012 by the baker it follows the journal entries of Dr Mason he took three fellow scientists on an expedition into a cave in Pompei their goal was to record and study a lizard that lived in that cave that was known for throwing rocks as a defense mechanism sadly one of the scientists had to stay behind as he got food poisoning the day prior to the Expedition maybe he was lucky as there were rumors about the caves by the locals which made setting the lizards a little harder here's an excerpt from the story The reason no such Expedition has been attempted despite knowledge of the lizards existence within the scientific Community some 60 odd years are various local reports of the danger of the caves the folklore of the indigenous people natives to the area for thousands of years tells of the progeny of the earth demon Bond dul dwell within the caves guarding the entrance to his Subterranean Kingdom these demon children are said to slay any who attempt to make Passage through the caves which were sealed off until roughly a thousand years ago when the heavy rocks which covered the miles of the cave range were moved to construct ancient buildings by foolish men folklore is simply folklore of course the locals are not an isolated tribe they are perfectly modern people and seldom take the old myths and legends of their culture as literal fact however on two separate occasions within the last 70 years young men have set out into the caves to prove their bravery and returned with Terri ified Tales of having seen creatures exactly like those described in the old Legends they told of large four-legged animals with the pale translucent skin characteristic of cave albanism these creatures had severely arched Backs from each of the four corners of which protruded spindly limbs bisected by single outward facing joints and at the bottom tips of which were flat feet they lumbered about like awkward spiders with a wriggling left to right motion of their bodies which appeared flexible they had two large immobile protrusions on their backs which were thought to conceal Wings though they were never seen to fly Jing out from between their two front legs was a round head with a single enormous red eye which blinked rapidly thinking nothing of the warnings and local Legends the group sets off the three scientists Dr Mason another male doctor by the name of William kingcade and a female doctor named Janette Briggs set off on their expedition they would be spending 18 hours in the caves at a time before making their way towards the surface to resupply and rest the first day into the caves and The Rock tail lizard is already found they observe it collecting rocks it seems to know exactly which kind of rock it wants and tosses Away the ones it doesn't previously thought to be used only as a defense mechanism it actually tosses a rock at a bat and kills it then proceeds to eat it so it was also used for hunting while the team is noting all this down a series of Clacks jolts them out of their thoughts lizard had thrown a few rocks at something that jolted out of the away rather quickly Dr Briggs was the only one to see the creature with such a short Glimpse she described it as looking like an insect it attached itself to the ceiling and crawled across it it was 2 ft in height and about 5 ft long she confirmed that there was a large blinking eye at the front just like the legend said Janet immediately wanted to leave the Cave the spider as they were now referring to it as was fast and easily able to avoid the rocks that were being thrown at it it was pretty big for a spider and she didn't like what she saw the other two were excited with what could be a huge scientific discovery they finally convinced her by saying that they were armed so it wouldn't be an issue if they were to get aggressive after some observation they slowly start to uncover what these things might be so far they believe that they aren't actually spiders at all they seem to be more like lizards or even mammals though it's hard to tell without getting too close to them after their observation they decided to follow the Rope back to the entrance to leave after following it for 300 ft they discover a pool of water one that they didn't pass by before meaning that they were somehow going the wrong way they kept following it hoping that some rain had entered the cave while they were observing the creatures during the next update Dr Mason tells us that they lost Dr kingcade He Slipped while traversing a passage and hit his head on the way down he was likely unconscious but Dr Brigg says that one of the creatures grabbed his leg and pulled him down Mason doesn't believe this continues pushing forward they get a rescue party in here for him after they get out after this they actually end up killing one of the children as they're calling them now up close they're better able to examine them they look way more human than at first glance they don't have eyes instead the giant section in the front is actually a mouth they walk like an upside down human with their stomachs pushing forward like a spine in the front Dr Briggs is freaking out the entire time but agrees to take the second watch so Mason can sleep there's an update from Dr Briggs in the journal she says that she is going to offer herself up to the Earth God as she knows that she won't be able to leave this place she leaves a message for Mason and then takes off when Mason finds Briggs she's being mauled by the children she never screams not once during the whole ordeal it happen so fast that he wasn't able to do anything about it he goes back to his camp and tries to formulate a plan for escape the next few updates from Dr Mason are about his dwindling food supply he has been watching the children and has noted that they appear to be early humanoids ones that evolved with the need for staying on the ceiling he suspects that this was to avoid the rocktail lizards throwing rocks at them or it could have been to get the drop on the lizard for food Dr Mason then decides that he has no other choice than to eat the meat of the Dead creature that he has at his Camp there's no way he can kill a rock lizard eating the creature provides no negative effects on him at first so he decides it must be safe Dr Mason loses his watch and cuts his hands at some point luckily he has plenty of medical supplies he noticed that the rope that that he'd been following to try and escape the cave was tied in a knot one that he believes the children Were Somehow able to tie they must have some kind of higher intelligence to them he suspects he doesn't know and he doesn't care as his back starts to hurt the tape ends there with Rescuers showing up and finding the tapes in Camp but nothing else on the second Expedition into the cave to find the missing scientists they saw a few of the creatures crawling across the ceiling they say they saw one that was a little bigger than the others and it had bandages on on its hands that's cave children it's a story that I think about from time to time mostly because this would be several of my worst nightmares rolled into one the story progresses well even if it goes a little fast near the end especially like the twist ending that Dr Mason became one of the children as I thought it worked well for the story found footage is an interesting way to tell a creepy pasta in my opinion it allows you to kill off all of your characters without needing to worry about how the story ended up online it's a a clean and easy way to craft a story it's a pretty graphic scene with Dr jenet Briggs but I didn't include it fully it might get flagged by YouTube and that's no fun the full story will be linked down below just like the rest if you want to check it out for yourself it's a good read and it's well written [Music] too what one of my favorite Creepy Pasta Trends are creatures that appear to us as children there's something so terrifying about childhood monsters like the one we're going to cover next Mr Widemouth is a story created by Perfect Circle 35 the story isn't terribly long so we'll go through it in full before discussing it further during my childhood my family was like a drop of water in a vast River never remaining in one location for long we settled in Rhode Island when I was 8 and there we remained until I went to college and Colorado Springs most of my memories are rooted in Rhode Island but there are fragments in the Attic of my brain which belongs to the various homes we had lived in when I was much younger most of these memories are unclear and pointless chasing after another boy in the backyard of a house in North Carolina trying to build a raft to float on the creek behind the apartment we rented in Pennsylvania and so on but there's one set of memories which remains as clear as glass as though they were just made yesterday I often wonder whether these memories are simply lucid dreams produced by the long sickness I experienced that spring but in my heart I know that they are real we were living in a house just inside the bustling Metropolis of new vineyard Maine population 643 it was a large structure especially for a family of three there were a number of rooms that I didn't see in the 5 months we resided there in some ways it was a waste of space but it was the only house on the market at the time at least within an hours commute to my father's place of work the day after my fifth birthday attended by my parents alone I came down with a fever the doctor said I had mononucleosis which meant no rough play and more fever for at least another 3 weeks it was a horrible timing to be bedridden we were in the process of packing our things to move to Pennsylvania and most of my things were already packed away in boxes leaving my room Barren my mother brought me ginger ale and books several times a day and these served the function of being my primary form of entertainment for the next few weeks boredom always loomed just just around the corner waiting to rear its ugly head and compound my misery I don't exactly recall how I met Mr Widemouth I think it was about a week after I was diagnosed with mono my first memory of the small creature was asking him if he had a name he told me to call him Mr WID mouth because his mouth was large in fact everything about him was large in comparison to his body his head his eyes his crooked ears but his mouth was by far the largest you look kind of like a Furby I said as he flipped through one of my books Mr White mouth sto St and gave me a puzzled look Furby what's a Furby he asked I Shrugged you know the toy the little robot with big ears you can pet and feed them almost like a real pet oh Mr Widemouth resumed his activity you don't need one of those they aren't the same as having a real friend I remember Mr Widemouth disappearing every time my mother stopped by to check in on me I lay under your bed he later explained I don't want your parents to see me because I'm afraid they won't let us play anymore we didn't do much during those first few days Mr Widemouth just looked at my books fascinated by the stories and pictures they contained the third or fourth morning after I met him he greeted me with a large smile on his face I have a new game we can play he said we have to wait until after your mother comes to check in on you because she can't see us play it it's a secret game after my mother delivered more books and soda at the usual time Mr Widemouth slipped out from under the bed and tucked my hand we have to go to the room at the end of this hallway he said I objected at first as my parents had forbidden me to leave my bed without their permission but Mr Widemouth persisted until I gave in the room in question had no furniture or wallpaper its only distinguishing feature was a window opposite the doorway Mr Widemouth darted across the room and gave the window a firm push flinging it open he then beckoned me to look out at the ground below we were on the second story of the house but it was on a hill and from this angle the drop was further than two stories due to the incline I like to play pretend up here Mr wiou explained I pretend that there's a big soft trampoline below this window and I jump if you pretend hard enough you bounce back up like a feather I want you to try I was a 5-year-old with a fever so only a hint of skepticism darted through my thoughts as I looked down and considered the possibility it's a long drop I said but that's all a part of the fun it wouldn't be fun if it was only a short drop if it were that way you may as well just bounce on a real trampoline I Ted with the idea picturing myself falling through thin air only to bounce back to the window on something unseen by human eyes but the realist in me prevailed maybe some other time I said I don't know if I have enough imagination I could get hurt Mr WID mouth's face contorted into a snarl but only for a moment another gave way to disappointment if you say so he said he spent the rest of the day under my bed quiet as a mouse the following morning Mr Widemouth arrived holding a small box I want to teach you how to juggle he said here's some things you can use to practice before I start giving you lessons I looked in the Box it was full of knives my parents would kill me I shouted horrified that Mr Widemouth had brought knives into my room objects that my parents would never allow me to touch I'll be spanked and grounded for a year Mr Widemouth frowned it's fun to juggle with these I want you to try it I pushed the Box away I can't I'll get in trouble knives aren't safe to just throw in the air Mr wi Mouse frowned deepen into a scowl he took the box of knives and slid under my bed remaining there the rest of the day I began to wonder how often he was under me I started having trouble sleeping after that Mr Widemouth often woke me up at night saying he put a real trampoline under the window a big one one that I couldn't see in the dark I was declined and try to go back to sleep but Mr wide mouth persisted sometimes he stayed by my side until the early morning encouraging me to jump he wasn't so fun to play with anymore my mother came to me one morning and told me I had her permission to walk around outside she thought the fresh air would be good for me especially after being confined to my room for so long ecstatic I put on my sneakers and trot it out into the back porch yearning for the feeling of sun on my face Mr Widemouth was waiting for me I have something I want you to see he said I must have given him a weird look because he then said it's safe I promise I followed him to the beginning of a deer trail which ran through the woods behind the house this is an important path he explained I've had a lot of friends about your age when they were ready I took them down this path to a special place you aren't ready yet but one day I hope to take you there I returned to the house wondering what kind of place lay beyond the trail 2 weeks after I met Mr Widemouth the last load of our things had been backed into a moving truck I would be in the cab of that truck sitting next to my father for that long drive to Pennsylvania I considered telling Mr Widemouth that I would be leaving but even at 5 years old I was beginning to suspect that perhaps the creature's intentions were not to my benefit despite what he said otherwise for this reason I decid to keep my departure a secret my father and I were in the truck at 4:00 a.m. he was hoping to make it to Pennsylvania by lunchtime tomorrow with the help of an endless supply of coffee and a sixpack of energy drinks he seemed more like a man who's about to run a marathon rather than one who's about to spend 2 days sitting still early enough for you my father asked with a hint of sympathy I nodded and placed my head against the window hoping for some sleep before the sun came up I felt my father's hand on my shoulder this is the last move Son I promise I know it's hard for you as sick as you've been once daddy gets promoted we can settle down and you can make friends I opened my eyes as we backed out of the driveway I saw Mr wide mou silhouette my bedroom window he stood motionless until the truck was about to turn onto the main road he gave a pitiful little wave goodbye steak knife in hand I didn't wave back years later I returned to new vineyard the piece of land our house stood upon was empty except for the foundation as the house burned down a few years after my family left out of curiosity I followed the dear trail that Mr Widemouth had shown me part of me expected him to jump out from behind a tree and scare the living V Jesus out of me but I felt that Mr wide mouth was gone somehow tied of the house that no longer existed the trail ended at the new vineyard Memorial Cemetery I noticed that many of the Tombstones belong to [Music] Children there's something especially dark about this story to me it's one that has stuck with me since the year that I read it I can't imagine this little Gremlin leading kids to their death so easily especially with the writing style it reminds me of a boogeyman that we all dreamt up as kids Mr w m is a story that not many people talk about and that's kind of a shame it should be considered one of the classics it is in some cases but is also largely forgotten by the larger Community maybe a tiny killer Furby doesn't resonate with everyone it does with me though in fact I'd say this story probably goes in my top 10 creepy pastas of all time I've never actually written down a list but this one would be pretty high it has this strange childlike wonder and horror all wrapped in one maybe he's just a sleep paralysis demon that it only targets children who knows [Music] really Nails is a creepy pasta that was one of the earliest ones I'd read it's written by as the rot and can be found on creepypasta.com the story is one that might jolt your memory if you're unfamiliar with the name alone our unnamed narrator starts by explaining that 3:00 a.m. a time when Spirits become active for him 3:00 a.m. was usually filled with an eerie silence as if his house was surrounded by a fog so dense that all sound from outside couldn't penetrate it it was also the time when he would hear a strange scratching sound like nails on hardwood the sound bothered him enough that he would cover his head some nights it was never very close but it was always very audible this sound became part of his routine he would go to work at his boring job then return home and sit on his computer after he was sufficiently worn out he'd go go to sleep one day while bored at work he decided he needed to know the source of the sound he decided that he would search his apartment at 3:00 a.m. when the sound started that night he logged off his computer a little later than usual and grabbed a flashlight the narrator waited until 3:00 a.m. and the scratching sound started right on time this night though there was something different the scratching was louder and there was a tinking noise like moras filled with metal pieces he waited terrified in his bed then the sound stopped but not for long as he heard a loud thud against his door he jolted from his covers and turned on his flashlight getting out of bed slowly he turned on his light embraced himself by the door he grabbed the handle and twisted it opening it to reveal a wafik creature it was pale and skinny like a corpse that had been dropped in cold water the creature was covered from head to toe and protruding nails they're jetting out from every wi angle making its grotesque appearance even more so at the bottom of its feet were long cracked and bloody toenails the thing began to move closer to the narrator he backed away noticing the sound of its feet dragging on the floor in its hands were two different items a hammer in his right and a bag with something in his left as the creature moved forward it opened the left bag to reveal it was full of nails before the narrator could scream the creature was already upon him it grabbed hold of him and began to hammer Nails into him it started with his eyes then continued down his body it kept going until he was entirely covered in nails and could no longer see the creature then left it was gone but the narrator knew it would be back it would be back at 3:00 a.m. to do it all over again and so at he there's a bag in his hand and it's ready to be open check your clock because he's so excited to see you Nails has that early Creepy Pasta energy which is a good thing it carries a very basic premise forward this creature shows up at 3:00 a.m. dragging its Bag of Nails and Hammer and then proceeds to turn another person into it this I guess continues forever I like the story for the Simplicity in its storytelling it just wants to be a short scary story for you there's nothing more to it than that the author wants to spread the story around and hopefully enjoy the horror that they've written in that regard it's a fine story though I would have liked a little more buildup myself there's a jump from The Sound he's hearing to work then back to the sound I would have preferred maybe if each night the sounds were getting a little louder or something along those lines the story is still fine for what it is and the description of the creature was also well executed in my [Music] opinion the crawl space by ktie H is a creepy pasta that's been kind of floating around the community for a long time it was popular as one of the more General creepy pasta stories it was great as a story that you pass around a camp fire and that's a perfect creepy pasta for sharing the story starts with an unnamed narrator talking about a cautionary tale they had to share with everyone she had recently had the chance to study abroad she was ecstatic and took the first opportunity to go she'd be going to Rome in rooming with three girls they were all friends but she was the odd one out as soon as they arrived in Rome they were required to find a place to stay since all of the girls had little to no money they had to find something cheap eventually they found an apartment in a prime location but most importantly it was cheap of course she was wary at first things that appeared too good to be true usually are she wasn't able to argue with her roommates though and they moved in quickly the apartment was old but rather large it had three bedrooms so the girls would need to pair up for one the narrator ended up sharing a room with a girl named Stephanie this worked out for the narrator since Stephanie was pretty quiet the apartment also as they found out had a master bathroom it had a claw foot tub balcony and even a bedet the fighting over the bathroom started almost immediately the narrator stayed out of it she just couldn't be bothered which then evidently led to her and Stephanie getting it because they were already sharing a room at first she was super excited to have access to such a nice room but every time she would use the room she felt like she was being watched the feeling was making her anxious it wasn't the feeling of being watched though it was a feeling that whoever was watching her wanted to harm her it was a hard feeling to explain her time there was spent mostly avoiding that room she even made a deal with one of the other girls to let her use their bathroom instead that made it easy for her to enjoy the rest of her stay in Rome it was also easier for her to just use the bathroom closest to her bedroom during the last month of the apartment is when they found it the girls were brushing their teeth and one of them broke into a fit of laughter she leaned on a wall and jolted her hand away from it they looked at her and then to the wall only it wasn't a wall no it was a small door one that had been painted over in order to not be seen one of the girls tried to pull the door open but couldn't they jiggled the handle but it just wouldn't budge another girl pulled a pocket knife out from her bag and cut the space where the door had been sealed once open it was clear that it was just a crawl space though it wasn't that small of one it could easily fit three or four people if they crouched down the excitement of the new room waned rather quickly and they just used it to store extra towels and a laundry hamper this is when things in the apartment went from Eerie to terrifying as the narrator was for into using the bathroom again she did so but would always feel trepidation when in there this all came to a head one night while she was brushing her teeth she felt a little apprehensive but didn't know why she then heard a faint sound like items being shuffled around this last it only momentarily before she ran into the bathroom as it was clear where they were coming from she ran and told the other girls that she had heard something moving in the crawl space the girls looked worried and followed her into the bathroom the crawl space was now open when it hadn't been previous ly the narrator was terrified by the realization but the other girls chocked it up to some pigeons that they saw outside their balcony window the balcony had been opened to air out the bathroom so they must have opened the door somehow this sounded like a stupid excuse to the narrator as the door shut tight and had a twisting handle it wasn't something that a bird let alone a pigeon could open they closed the door and laughed on their way to the living room the narrator then would go back and snap a photo of the crawl space which was empty she did this so she could send a picture of the crawl space to her friend over Skype that's when she noticed the face in the top right corner of the picture there was clearly something living in their apartment with them that night the narrator closed and locked her bedroom door tight she even dead bolted it Stephanie looked at her funny for doing so but she gave a lame excuse about one of the other girls stealing her Nutella which they both laughed at she went to bed and hoped that nothing would happen that night at 2: a.m. she was awoken by a sound coming from Beyond her door there was a sound like a door being opened on the other side of the apartment it was followed by the muffled sounds of footsteps she got up to check what it might be and saw a looming Shadow through the cracken in her door then it started jiggling the handle frantically Stephanie woke to the sound but just as she started to rise the jiggling stopped She asked the narrator what she was doing up so early she couldn't even give a good excuse and told her that something was trying to get in and it probably came from the crawl space Stephanie obviously didn't believe her and told her that she needed to get more sleep the next day the narrator went to the program manager and begged to be let out of the program early they were able to work something out for her and she was able to convince her parents to let her leave the next day she wanted to leave that day but it was the best she could do she just needed to survive one more night and convince her roommates to leave as well night finally came and she was once again awoken at 2: a.m. this time she heard the footsteps but noticed something that made her heart jump the door wasn't locked Stephanie probably forgot to lock it before she could get up to correct this grave error the door handle jiggled she sat in horror as a humanoid shape pushed open the door it was a monster with bluish gray skin bulging eyes and teeth that protruded past its non-existent and lips it stood at 6 ft tall at least it looked to the narrator and slowly moved towards her each step was filled with sickening cracks from its skeletal body the creature closed a distance quickly and stood at the foot of her bed it reached out one of its bony fingers this is when she was hit with the smell of sulfur and Decay with the creature's hand mirr inches from her face she let out the loudest scream she could muster the creature reacted to this by running away it dropped on all fours and crawled like a spider out of the room its movement was still jerky and unnatural Stephanie had woken up by this point and asked her what was wrong when she was told she responded by calling her a nutcase the rest of the night was spent with the narrator watching the door her taxi arrived and she quickly fled the apartment she told the other girls what happened and why she was leaving but they clearly didn't believe her as she was pulling away in the taxi she cast one more glance at the apartment and saw the creature in the window she sore she saw its gnarled teeth turn up in the hint of a devious grin a week after she'd been back in the States she was contacted by the program director apparently all three of her room roommates were being declared as missing persons they never showed up to the last meeting and the apartment was empty when investigators arrived the only noticeable odity was the rancid smell that came from the crawl space the narrator warns of those looking for something that seems too good to be true it probably is she then shares the photo of the crawl space for us all to see the photo is kind of the Saving Grace of the story I liked it overall but there's a few weird plot choices that pull me out of the story the main one being why didn't they believe her she took a photo and you can clearly see a creepy face shouldn't that be enough I don't think she ever actually showed them the photo now that I think about it the monster itself was pretty stock standard as far as design goes but it living in the crawl space was creepy I like that concept the concept of living with a monster that's just hiding behind the door it's creepy overall but it feels more like a cheap horror movie with how no one would believe her and that's really my only pet peeve they should have at least tried to believe her the build up with the story was good but sometimes focuses a lot of its energy on non-relevant things still a good story and definitely one worth sharing around a [Music] campfire Laughing Jack where to start with this Creepy Pasta Laughing Jack was part of a creepy pasta Trend that dates back to nearly the beginning of the genre Jeff the Killer inspired many serial killer Creepy Pasta characters usually they would be named things like blank the killer this turn didn't follow with Laughing Jack but he followed the same serial killer Vibe though not as much since he's more of a supernatural entity Laughing Jack was a character created by snuffbomb and has two main creepy pastas Laughing Jack and the origin of Laughing Jack the origin came out after but it's probably the more interesting of the two stories though you should read both if you want to know the gist of the character and some of the themes presented in the first story are explained in the origins the first story was posted posted in 2013 By snuffbomb to his da page where you can still find the story today the rest of their da is full of creepy pasta art cosplays and a whole section dedicated to Laughing Jack for this dive I think we need to start with the origins and then talk about the other story in 1800s London There lives a sad lonely boy named Isaac he was very poor his dad was an abusive drunk and his mother was also abusive due to this on Christmas Eve one year he would receive a special gift it was the gift of a lifelong friend he would receive a Jack in thebox toy with a real friend inside Laughing Jack Laughing Jack was everything a child could want he could play games make toys come to life with his magic and bring a smile to even the saddest kid he would even adapt to the child's personality so he'd literally be a lifelong friend growing as they did he would always like what you liked even as you became an adult later in the story Isaac is sent to boarding school after he and Jack killed the neighbor's cat this means that Jack has to be left behind in his box there's no way for him to go with him to the school 13 years later he would return but then Jack had lost all of his color as he had been stuck in confinement in his box Isaac's parents were both dead one from a beating and the other from the subsequent hanging this meant that Isaac now owned his child at home Isaac had been changed by his time in boarding school he was no longer the wide-eyed little boy now he had more of a chip on his shoulder one night he brought home a woman from the bar he then proceeded to kill her she would be his first of many victims Jack who was still confined to his box witnessed the whole thing his personality changed he also liked the adrenaline rush of the kill Jack would watch Isaac kill more and more people in that house until one day he was freed when freed he would kill Isaac in turn finding the joy that he' been missing from his life for the last 13 years this is how Jack would go from the happy clown he was meant to be to Laughing Jack the murderous clown the origin of Laughing Jack is pretty simple but there's an element I really like like the idea of a childhood imaginary friend getting tainted by what the adult version of that child would become this is something I feel needs to be explored more there's something here something that needs another story to attempt Laughing Jack's original story brings up some interesting Concepts the story is very stock standard it's a murderous clown that nearly kills a child then forces the mom to accidentally kill her child there's a bit of buildup but that's essentially the story there's a bit about a dream that the mother has before Laughing Jack starts to torment the pair she has a dream about a carnival that she sees mutilated kids all chasing her around these are the souls of Jack's victims as he seems to Target mainly her only children they haunt whoever Jack is currently targeting this is another concept I like overall Laughing Jack is an entity that breaks some of the tropes of the blank the killer Trend but also follows a few of them these Concepts I mentioned are some that I find enjoyment in [Music] though our last story for this tier is the Blackbird of Chernobyl I'm just going to read it to you in full beginning in early April 1986 the people in and around the little known Chernobyl nuclear power plant began to experience a series of strange events revolving around sightings of a mysterious creature described as a large dark and mutated man with gigantic wings and piercing red eyes people affected by this phenomena experienced horrific nightmares threatening phone calls and firsthand encounters with the winged Beast which became known as the Blackbird of Chernobyl reports of these strange happenings continued to increase until the morning of April 26th 1986 when at 1:23 a.m. reactor 4 the Chernobyl nuclear power plant suffered a catastrophic steam explosion that resulted in a fire which caused a series of additional explosions followed by a nuclear meltdown the power plant located near Prat Ukraine Soviet Union spewed a plume of radioactive fallout which drifted over parts of the western s Soviet Union eastern and western Europe Scandinavia the UK Ireland and eastern North America large areas of Ukraine bellarus and Russia were badly contaminated resulting in the evacuation and resettlement of over 336,000 people the Chernobyl disaster as the incident has been dubbed is considered the worst accident ever in the history of nuclear power following the Meltdown and subsequent explosions and fires Soviet helicopters were dispatched to the scene with special firefighting gear these helicopters circled the plant dropping clay sand lead and other extinguishing chemicals on the burning facility most of the fire was put out by 5:00 a.m. with the fire burning within reactor 4 continuing to blaze for several hours after the firefighters who responded were unaware of the nature of the fire assuming it was simply an electrical fire and received massive overdoses of radiation leading to many of their deaths including Lieutenant Vladimir provic who died on May 9th 1986 the workers who survived the initial blast and fire but would later die of radiation poisoning claim to have witnessed what has been described as a large bird-like creature with a 20ft wingspan gliding through the swirling plumes of ir radiated smoke pouring from the reactor no further sightings of the Blackbird of Chernobyl were reported after the Chernobyl disaster leaving researchers to speculate just what haunted the workers of the plant during the days leading up to the disaster the most commonly accepted theory suggest that the Blackbird of Chernobyl may have been the same creature spotted in Point Pleasant West Virginia leading to the collapse of the Silver Bridge on December 15th 1968 investigators have suggested that the appearance of this creature is an omen of disasters to come in the area in which it shows itself the physical description of both the Blackbird of Chernobyl and The Moth Man the creatures cited in West Virginia are very similar and the reports of nightmares and threatening phone calls leading to these disasters are shared in both cases a second less accepted Theory suggests that the Blackbird of Chernobyl was nothing more than a misidentification of the black St an endangered species endemic to Southern Eurasia the black St stands nearly 3T tall and has a wingspan of nearly 6 ft this Theory however fails to take into account the menacing phone calls and the disturbing nightmares also the physical description given by the majority of eyewitnesses who actually saw the Blackbird of Chernobyl does not in any way match the physical appearance of the black stor both the Blackbird of Chernobyl and The Moth Man have not been cited since their respective disasters leaving us with many unanswered questions all we can do is wait for the Beast to show itself again and give us a chance to figure out what it may be unfortunately it would appear that for this creature to show up again we will have to anticipate some form of disaster in the area it has selected to appear this is The Moth Man but at a different tragedy when I first read this story I thought that was all it had to it it was just a story that wanted to use the Moth Man for another historical tragedy yet as I did some research I found the Blackbird of Chernobyl was a real sighting it was see seen by many of those that would go on to die of radiation poisoning making it very hard to confirm or look into now there were some individuals who swore they saw the creature flying over the town as everyone was evacuated later than they should have been the whole disaster was attempted to be covered up by the Soviet Union but that didn't stop the sightings and everything from getting out there's a lot to the Chernobyl disaster and more to this creature but most of that relevant information was covered in the story already it's not really a creepy pasta at all and more of an actual crypted sighting thank you so much for watching friends here we are on our fifth Creepy Pasta Iceberg and I've got a lot of stories that I can't wait to get to the amount of stories here is quite a bit more than I'm used to reading through but that makes it more fun a big thanks to my bendr and slender tier supporters Scott with a name Nora Kingsley ryom icy man and bazingo thank you to everyone who tried the free trial of my patreon I have new content coming to 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Published: Sun Mar 03 2024