There was a story about an old building where rats had overrun the place. People living there would often see rats in their beds or on their kitchen counters. They tried everything to get rid of them, but the rats just kept coming back. The fear of being bitten or getting a disease from the rats was constantly on their minds.
A guy found a rat nest in his car engine. When he started the car, some of the rats got caught in the belts and made a horrible screeching noise. He was so scared that he immediately stopped the car and ran out.
One of the scariest is when a cloud service provider had a major outage. Many businesses relying on their services were left in the lurch. Their websites went down, and they couldn't access important data stored in the cloud. It showed how vulnerable businesses are when they put all their digital eggs in one basket.
The scariest one I heard was when a person's uverse TV started changing channels on its own in the middle of the night. It would stop on channels that were just static and there was a feeling of being watched. It made the person really paranoid and they ended up unplugging the TV for a while.
A really scary one was about a Sims family whose house was constantly filled with a cold draft. They could never find the source. One day, a Sim saw a pair of icy blue feet walking in the hallway but there was no body attached. It sent chills down their spines.
A really scary one was when a student smelled a strange, rotting smell in his dorm room. He searched everywhere but couldn't find the source. Eventually, he found out that a previous tenant had hidden some food in a very hidden corner which had completely rotted away. It was so disgusting and the smell was truly horrifying.
A DCP server crashed during a sold - out screening. The theater had no immediate solution and had to refund all the tickets. It was a financial and reputational disaster for them.
I heard about a person who was driving and felt like someone was in the back seat. They kept getting a cold feeling on their neck. When they finally looked back, there was nothing there. But it was a really spooky feeling throughout the drive.
I once heard a story about a family whose photos were stolen from their private cloud and then sold on the darkweb. People were using those photos to create false identities and commit fraud. The family was harassed by debt collectors and the police for things they didn't do. It shows how vulnerable we are to the darkweb's malicious intents.
I once heard of a case where a person's entire digital identity was stolen through their computer. The thief managed to access their bank accounts, social media, and other important accounts. They emptied the bank accounts and started posting inappropriate things on social media, ruining the person's reputation. It was terrifying as it took the victim months to try and regain control of their identity.
The scariest one I heard was about a janitor who worked in the dlsl basement. He claimed to see a ghostly figure every night while cleaning. The figure would always be in a corner, just staring at him. One night, he tried to approach it, but it vanished. After that, he started having nightmares and eventually quit his job because he couldn't take the fear anymore.
I heard about a geocacher who entered an old mine shaft to find a cache. The deeper he went, the colder it got. Then his flashlight started flickering. He heard the sound of something heavy being dragged. He was so scared that he couldn't move for a moment. But then he managed to run out, leaving the cache behind.