Kicking Off This Spooky Project
Okay so last Tuesday felt totally ordinary until I stumbled upon this creepy documentary while scrolling YouTube at midnight. My coffee went cold as I watched blurred footage of something darting through a cemetery. That's when I realized – I barely knew anything about actual supernatural creatures beyond movie monsters. Grabbed my notebook right then, spilled coffee everywhere, and decided to properly document these things myself.
How I Dug Into The Research
Started simple – hit up dusty old folklore books at our local library next morning. The librarian gave me this weird side-eye when I checked out five volumes on Slavic legends. Got home, cleared my dining table, and just piled sources everywhere:
- Interviewed my Polish grandma for two hours – she kept blessing me after every creature description
- Dove into reddit forums where hunters shared "real encounters"
- Checked historical police reports about unexplained attacks
- Even tracked down blurry security cam footage from Romania
My partner thought I’d lost it when they saw me pausing grainy videos frame-by-frame at 3AM shouting "SEE! That shadow totally twisted unnaturally!"
The Spine-Chilling Top 5 Revealed
After three all-nighters comparing notes, these five stood out as genuinely terrifying based on global reports:
- The Rake – Crawlers that watch bedrooms windows. Found seven separate night-vision videos showing same bony silhouette.
- Skinwalkers – Navajo accounts convinced me fastest. Way too many detailed missing person connections.
- Black-Eyed Children – Police transcripts from highway encounters creeped me out more than any horror movie.
- Shadow People – My OWN sleep paralysis experiences suddenly made awful sense.
- Wendigos – Cannibalism + supernatural? Yeah nope. Canadian wilderness cases still active.
Had to sleep with lights on after compiling that list. Seriously.
Conclusion With Extra Paranoia
Finished my research Thursday but honestly? I regret it. Never noticed shadows in corners before. Every tree branch tapping my window makes me freeze now. Would I do it again? Absolutely. But maybe warn your housemates first – my cat’s been giving me judgemental stares since I started checking closets with a flashlight nightly. Stay creepy, friends.
