Are there any real - life scary sundowning stories?

There was a nursing home where an elderly patient would experience sundowning. Every evening, she would start to scream and claim that there were dark figures hovering over her bed. She said they had cold hands and were trying to drag her away. The nurses couldn't find any logical explanation. One day, during a particularly intense episode, she passed away, leaving the staff with a chill that still lingers in that room at sundown.

Yes. There was a warehouse where workers reported items being moved around mysteriously. They would come in the morning to find boxes in different places than they left them the night before. No one could explain it, and it gave everyone the creeps.

Yes, sometimes. Maybe a spooky old building in a town could inspire aredit scary story about a haunted place.

One story could be about a person who always heard strange whispers in an old, empty house they moved into. Every night, when they were about to fall asleep, the whispers would start, making the hair on their neck stand up.

Yes, there are. For example, a girl made a friendship bracelet for her friend. But then she found out her friend was talking badly about her behind her back. Every time she saw the bracelet she made for that so - called friend, it made her feel sad and a bit scared about how people can be false. It was a scary realization about friendship through that bracelet.

Yes. There was a group of hunters who went deep into the woods. One night, they heard howls that were not like any wolf or coyote. Then they saw a massive, bipedal figure. It was so large and menacing that they quickly made a fire to keep it away. They stayed up all night, terrified. In the morning, they found huge footprints around their campsite.

There could be a story about a man who worked late in an old office building. One night, he heard typing noises from an empty room. When he went to check, there was no one there, but the typing continued. It made him wonder if there was a ghostly presence in the building. This kind of story is really interesting as it plays on our fears of the unknown in a familiar setting.

Yes. Storms at sea, for example. The extreme power and unpredictability of them can be terrifying. A sudden, violent storm could easily capsize a ship, and many sailors have lost their lives in such events. These real - life perils likely inspired stories of vengeful sea gods or supernatural forces causing the chaos.

Yes, there could be. For example, if there were a history of accidents or tragedies in the area, like drownings in the river. These real - life events can easily get embellished over time and turn into scary stories. Maybe a particular family had a series of misfortunes in an old house, and as the story was passed down, it became something much more spooky.

Yes. The Apollo 13 mission had some really tense moments that could be considered part of space scary stories. There was an explosion on board, and the astronauts had to fight for their lives in a crippled spacecraft. They were in a race against time and dwindling resources to get back to Earth safely.