What are the scariest Reddit horror stories you know?

I once read a Reddit horror story about a family who bought an old house. They discovered a locked room in the basement. When they finally managed to open it, they found a bunch of old portraits, and in each portrait, the eyes seemed to follow them. Then, at night, they would hear voices coming from the basement, as if the people in the portraits were talking. It was so spooky that they sold the house soon after.

A Redditor shared a story about a horror RPG. He was in a dark forest area in the game. His character's flashlight started flickering randomly. Then, he noticed a figure in the distance that looked like it was made of shadows. As he moved closer, the figure disappeared. But when he turned around, it was right behind him. His screen went black, and when it came back, his character was dead with a strange symbol on the ground where he died.

There's a story about a woman who had too much to drink at a friend's house in the countryside. She decided to go for a walk to clear her head. But she ended up in a field with a big old oak tree. Under the tree, she saw a figure that looked like a ghostly apparition. She ran back to the house as fast as she could, but she felt like something was chasing her all the way. When she got back, she found out that the area was known for some old superstitions and spooky sightings.

There's a story about a religious artifact that brought doom. A small village discovered an ancient religious idol. After it was brought into the village, people started having nightmares. The children were the first to be affected, seeing apparitions of a dark figure. As time passed, the adults also fell ill, and the crops failed. The villagers believed it was a curse from the idol because it was from a long - forgotten and perhaps malevolent religious sect.

A group of fishermen were on a riverbank when a bear showed up. It seemed interested in their catch. As they tried to shoo it away, it attacked one of them. The man was bitten on his arm and dragged a short distance. His friends had to fight off the bear with oars and fishing rods. It was a chaotic and scary situation.

Well, there's this one where a man put a fake spider the size of a dinner plate on his wife's pillow. His wife has a huge fear of spiders. When she saw it, she let out a blood - curdling scream. She was so shaken that she couldn't sleep in their bedroom for days. The man felt really bad afterwards but it was a very effective horror prank.

One time, a blender's cord started to spark while it was running. It was really terrifying as it could have led to an electrical fire. The person using it quickly unplugged it, but it was a close call. This might have been because of a frayed wire inside the cord that wasn't noticed before. Blenders need to be checked regularly for such safety hazards.

A girl rented an apartment. Every time she took a shower, she felt cold hands touch her. She thought she was imagining it at first. But it happened so often that she couldn't ignore it. She finally told her landlord, who just brushed it off. She was so terrified that she broke the lease and left.

A story involves sisters who visit a small, seemingly idyllic town. But the townspeople are very strange. The sisters start to notice that all the women in the town seem to be under some kind of spell. They discover that there was once a pair of sisters in the town who were witches. And now, the spirits of those witches are trying to possess the visiting sisters. The sisters have to fight against the unseen forces to get out of the town alive.

One really scary story is about a haunted bridge. Legend has it that if you cross it at midnight, a ghostly figure will appear and try to push you off. Many locals have reported seeing this figure and some even claim to have been touched by cold hands while on the bridge.