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Nightfall Crypt
  • 5/5/2025
During a harmless game of flashlight tag in the countryside, something unnatural joined in. It whispered our names, screamed in familiar voices, and vanished into the trees… What if something was mimicking us all along?

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00:00Spring break was supposed to be carefree. No school, no alarms, just long days of sun
00:06and late nights with cousins under the stars. Where we lived, deep in the countryside,
00:13you could see every constellation above. The silence was both peaceful and unsettling,
00:20especially at night. That year, I was 11, and we'd all gathered at my uncle's place,
00:26a property nestled between nothing but hills, trees, and the occasional coyote call.
00:33With barely any neighbors and acres of empty land, we had the perfect space for games.
00:39One night, we played flashlight tag. A harmless tradition. But what none of us knew was that
00:45something else wanted to join. Have you ever felt unseen eyes watching you in the dark?
00:52Welcome to Nightfall Crypt, where shadows whisper, the unknown lingers, and every story is waiting
01:00for you to listen, if you dare.
01:03It was just past 9pm, pitch black except for our flashlights, and the moon casting long shadows
01:12across the fields. The barn stood in the distance like a sentinel, silent and abandoned. We were only
01:19five minutes into our game when my cousin and I decided to split up. He took the house, and I made
01:25my way toward the barn. That's when I saw it. At first, it looked like a reflection. Maybe my
01:33flashlight hit some metal or glass. But no, it wasn't a reflection. It didn't flicker. It stayed
01:41constant. Two bright, symmetrical lights, like eyes. They were just beyond the fence. Frozen, I stared.
01:50I knew the barn was empty. There were no animals. Nothing should have been there. But those eyes?
01:59They were watching me. Not blinking. Not moving. Just… there. I turned and bolted, heart pounding,
02:12straight back to the house. I needed to find my cousin. When I reached him, panting and wild-eyed,
02:20he looked at me like I was the one being weird. Stop trying to scare me, he said. That's not funny.
02:28I blinked. What are you talking about? You whispered my name, then the dogs, and then you screamed your
02:36brother's name. But you didn't sound like you. The scream sounded like me. Goosebumps rippled across
02:43my skin. I hadn't said a word. Not a whisper. Not a scream. When I'm scared, I go dead silent.
02:52That's always been my thing. I didn't say anything, I told him. I saw something by the barn. It had…
03:00eyes. That's when we both yelled, we give up, into the darkness.
03:05It was the unspoken rule. Say that, and everyone meets back up. But no one replied.
03:14We ran inside. Inside, we expected to find everyone else huddled up, maybe hiding or laughing.
03:24But they were all sitting casually in the living room. None of them had been outside.
03:29They'd thought it would be funny to stay inside and see how long we'd search for them.
03:35Which meant, my cousin and I were completely alone outside. But we'd heard multiple voices.
03:43My voice. His voice. Whispering names. Screaming names.
03:51The rest of the night passed in silence. No one mentioned it again. But I never forgot.
03:58Even now I can still hear it. That scream. My cousin's voice coming from the woods.
04:05The way it echoed just wrong enough to make my stomach twist.
04:09Was it mocking us? Calling us closer? Mimicking to lure us?
04:15Years later, I learned about a kind of spirit or creature known in some folklore. Entities that mimic
04:22voices, faces, even behaviors to lure people away. Some call them skinwalkers. Others say they're forest
04:31mimics. Some just label it as malevolent energy that feeds on confusion and fear.
04:36I never told anyone else. But my cousin remembers. Every spring break, one of us brings it up. Always
04:45with a nervous laugh. Always quickly changing the subject. Because the truth is, neither of us is
04:52really sure how many of us were out there that night. It's been over a decade since that spring break.
04:59The barn is still there. The house is too. Sometimes, I wonder what would have happened if we hadn't run.
05:08What if we had followed the voices? Would we have seen something we weren't meant to?
05:13Would we have disappeared entirely? Here's a question I'll leave with you. If something calls your name
05:22from the darkness, and it sounds exactly like you, do you answer?
05:29And so, the shadows stretch further, and the mystery only deepens. But this is far from the end.
05:37It's merely the beginning. What lingers beyond the door? Who is whispering your name? And what is that
05:45shifting in the corner of your eye? The answers await in the next chapter of these chilling tales.
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06:00and the darkness never sleeps. Until next time, stay in the light, if you can.