Short Horror Stories

this guy has a built in get out of there sense

Not sure if paranormal or not, but I have a weird warning system that functions without any obvious triggers.

For example: Once I hiked through the forest to some old castle on a hill. To get there, I needed to cross a bridge that goes over a 20 meter deep canyon. I’ve been there a thousand times, as I used to live in the area.

This particular time I started to get a weird feeling as soon as I stepped into the forest. It got stronger and stronger until it was pure fear. I thought I must have eaten something wrong or so because there was no reason whatsoever to be afraid. So I tried to ignore it and went on.

Right before I stepped onto the bridge that weird feeling acted up so wildly I almost turned back.

Again, I convinced myself that I was being stupid and made it to the middle of the bridge. One has quite a nice view from that position into the forest and the rock formations below, so as always I stopped and looked down to the right side of the bridge. Then I turned to the left, but before I could look down, that feeling didn’t let me. At that point, I really thought that I must go crazy, but still I “obeyed”, didn’t look down and made my way to the castle ruin complex that started right behind the bridge.

Been there for 15 minutes, when some police officers arrived, started to scream at me to come down (as I was climbing the old walls), interrogated me who I was, what I did there, who I saw on my way to the castle, how long I have been there, and how come I didn’t see the dead guy under the bridge, on the left side. So apparently he jumped shortly before I arrived. And I guess they thought I was involved or a suicide buddy of him and was about to jump from the ruin walls.

–saschatellerwerfer
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