Welcome to Paranormal Night Shift, your home for all things that go bump in the dark and where your fan stories are told. Today’s tale comes from Ryan, and it’s titled “The Monster Under the Bed.” As parents, we have our nighttime routines: saying prayers, brushing teeth, tucking everyone in, and always checking under the bed for monsters. But I never imagined that the monster under my son’s bed would become a terrifying reality.
It all started when we moved into our new house. Everything seemed fine, and my little man loved it. However, he kept talking about monsters under his bed, in the closet, and I dismissed it as childish fantasies. I told him he was too old to believe in monsters. “Say your prayers and go to sleep. No more talk of monsters,” I’d say.
I had joint custody of my son due to marital issues, and I mostly had him on weekends. I worked night shifts, so I wasn’t home much during the week. Weekends were the only time I was truly at home, and one weekend, my ex-wife asked to take him, leaving me with the house to myself for the first time since the divorce.
Being alone, I heard strange sounds, as if the house was breathing. At first, I dismissed it as loneliness and fatigue. But as days passed, I noticed more eerie occurrences, and the house felt off, like it had a strange energy.
When I had my son for the weekend, we spent time together, but I felt uneasy inside the house. At night, as I tucked him in, he asked me to check under his bed for monsters. I complied, finding only candy wrappers and such. But later, at 2 a.m., he woke me, panicked, claiming there was a monster under his bed.
I heard it too, something moving. I crept to his room and heard unmistakable sounds of someone or something in there. I mustered the courage to open the door and found a hand and eyes under his bed. A man had been living there, in a crawl space beneath our house, since we moved in. Terrified, I called 911, and the police arrived.
They discovered the man living under my house, using our home as his own. He had watched us, knew my work schedule, and used our house when I was away. He was arrested but faced only minor charges. A homeless man had been living under our house, eating our food, and scaring my children.
Sometimes, there really are monsters under the bed. Thank you, Ryan, for sharing your chilling story. We’ll be sending you some Paranormal Night Shift stickers as a token of our appreciation. As a parent, this story truly sent shivers down my spine. If you have your own paranormal tales to share, please send them to Paranormal Night Shift. We hope you enjoyed this spine-tingling story!
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