I heard a footsteps scary story from my grandfather. He was in an abandoned building once. He heard footsteps that seemed to be coming from the basement. He was curious and went to check. As he got closer to the basement stairs, the footsteps grew more intense. He then saw a shadowy figure at the bottom of the stairs. He quickly ran out of the building, and he said he never went back there again.
A really terrifying story could be the one where a person is being haunted by a vengeful spirit. This spirit follows them everywhere, causing strange things to happen around them. They might see the spirit in their dreams, and then start to see signs of it in their waking life too. Doors slam shut on their own, and they feel a cold breath on their neck, making them constantly on edge.
Well, there was this story where a man was going down the stairs in an abandoned building. As he descended, the steps seemed to become steeper and darker with each step. He heard what sounded like someone dragging a heavy chain behind him. When he finally reached the bottom, he saw a pair of glowing eyes in the corner. He ran out of there as fast as he could.
I once heard a hotel scary story. A friend of mine checked into an old hotel. At night, he heard strange scratching noises on the door. When he looked through the peephole, he saw a shadowy figure but when he opened the door, there was nothing there. It really freaked him out and he couldn't sleep the whole night.
Once, I saw an old wheelchair in an abandoned house. It was creaking on its own as if someone was sitting in it. I got so scared and ran away immediately.
Once I read a dog scary text story about a stray dog that wandered into an old, abandoned house at night. The way the author described the dog's glowing eyes in the dark and its low growls made it really spooky. It was like the dog was guarding some dark secret within that house.
Once I was staying in a very old hotel. In the middle of the night, I heard strange scratching noises on the wall. I thought it might be a mouse at first. But then the lights started to flicker. I was so scared that I hid under the covers. When I finally gathered the courage to look out, I saw a shadowy figure by the window. I ran out of the room immediately and asked to change rooms.
One time I was driving on a lonely highway at night. A semi - truck came up behind me with its high beams on. It started tailgating me really close. I was so scared that it might hit me. I sped up a bit to get some distance, but it just kept following closely. Finally, I took an exit, and the truck just roared past without stopping. It was terrifying.
I don't have personal experiences of gosts as I'm just a person sharing stories. But I know a story where a traveler stayed at an old inn. In the middle of the night, he saw a figure at the foot of his bed. It was a transparent man with a sad face. The man just stared at him for a while and then disappeared. The traveler was so scared that he left the inn at first light.
One time in a VR horror game, I was in a haunted house. The graphics were so realistic that when a ghost suddenly appeared right in front of me, I actually jumped back in real life. It felt like it was really there. The creaking floors and the cold wind sound effects made it even scarier.
One of the spookiest is 'The Tell - Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe. It's about a man who kills an old man because of his 'vulture - like' eye. The murderer hides the body under the floorboards, but he starts to hear the old man's heart still beating, which drives him insane.