How scary is the 'Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Big Toe Story'?

It's a really creepy story. Usually, it involves a big toe that has some sort of spooky or supernatural element to it. Maybe it's a disembodied big toe that moves on its own or causes strange things to happen.

There was once a girl in a small town from one of the stories in 'Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark'. One night, she heard strange scratching at her window. When she looked out, she saw a shadowy figure with long, bony fingers. She quickly hid under her covers, but the scratching continued all night long. In the morning, she found deep scratches on her window sill, as if something had been desperately trying to get in.

There was a girl who always had this feeling that something was wrong with her big toe. Every night, she would have a nightmare where a long - fingered hand would come out from under her bed and start squeezing her big toe. One day, she woke up to find a bruise on her big toe exactly like in her dreams. From that day on, she was too scared to sleep alone, always fearing the return of that unseen hand.

In a small, remote village, there was a superstition about big toes. It was said that if a black cat licked your big toe on a full moon night, you would be cursed. One full moon, a woman was walking home when she felt a soft, wet touch on her big toe. She looked down and saw a black cat. After that night, she started having strange visions. She would see a pair of big toes walking around her room at night without a body attached. The fear of what might happen next was always on her mind, all because of that one fateful touch on her big toe.

One scary element could be the unexpected and grotesque events that occur in the toe story. For example, there might be some sort of strange transformation related to the toe that is both disturbing and frightening.

The unknown elements. There are often strange noises, shadowy figures and unexplained phenomena. For example, a character might hear a sound that they can't identify, or see a shape that disappears as soon as they look directly at it. This plays on our natural fear of the unknown. Also, the stories usually have a slow build - up of tension. They start with something small, like a strange feeling, and gradually escalate to full - blown horror, which keeps the reader or listener on the edge of their seat.

Once upon a time, there was a woman who was always seen wearing long skirts. One night, a young girl was walking alone in an alley. Suddenly, she heard a strange clicking sound, like something hard hitting the ground. As she turned around, she saw the silhouette of a woman. The only thing visible was the woman's big toe, which was huge and gnarled. The girl tried to run, but the clicking sound got closer and closer. The big toe woman seemed to glide towards her, and the girl fainted in fear.

It builds suspense through its pacing. It might start slowly, introducing the toe in an ordinary way at first and then gradually revealing more and more strange things about it.

One scary story could be that a girl woke up in the middle of the night and saw a long, shadowy figure lurking at the end of her bed. As her eyes adjusted, she realized it was a bony hand reaching out from under the bed, slowly inching towards her big toe. She was too frozen in fear to move, and just as the hand was about to touch her toe, she screamed and the figure disappeared.

Yes, there are some big toe scary stories that claim to be based on real events. For example, there was a story about a surgical mistake where a patient's big toe was amputated wrongly. After that, the patient reported seeing apparitions of their lost big toe at night. They said it would float around their room, which was really terrifying for them.