There was this case where a girl's hairbrush in the dorm started to move on its own. She thought she was seeing things at first. But then it happened again when her roommate was also in the room. They were both really freaked out. Later they found out that there was a loose wire in the wall behind the dresser that was causing some kind of electrical interference which made the hairbrush vibrate in a really strange way.
A student returned to his dorm to find a large snake curled up in the corner. He had no idea how it got in. Maybe it came through a ventilation shaft or something. He was so scared that he didn't know what to do at first. Eventually, he managed to call the campus security who came and removed the snake.
A student's laptop kept turning on by itself in the dorm at night. He thought it was a technical glitch at first. But then he saw the webcam light blink on when he was sure it was off. He was terrified, fearing that someone was hacking into his laptop. After some checks, it was found that there was a problem with the power supply that caused these strange occurrences.
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.
There was a college bathroom where people often complained about a really bad smell. One day, a maintenance worker went to check it out and found a dead mouse stuck in the drain pipe. The smell had been coming from the decomposing mouse for days. And then there was the time when a girl was in the bathroom and she heard someone singing a really eerie song in a low voice. When she opened the stall door to see who it was, there was no one there. It was so spooky that she avoided using that bathroom for a long time.
One horror story is about a student who constantly heard strange scratching noises coming from inside the walls at night. It was so loud that it kept her awake. She reported it to the dorm management but they found nothing. Later, she found out that a raccoon had made a nest in the attic above her room.
A guy was in a locker room at a sports center. He was the only one there. Suddenly, he heard very loud and aggressive breathing right next to his ear. He spun around but there was no one. He ran out of the locker room immediately.
The scariest one I've heard is from a college near a cemetery. Students say that at midnight, they can see ghostly figures walking from the cemetery towards the college dormitories. It's really creepy because it seems like they are drawn to the living students.
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.
Another common horror story is the inconsiderate roommate. For example, they use the other person's things without asking. One of my classmates had a roommate who used his shampoo, conditioner and even his towel without permission.
I heard of a Holi horror story where a woman's white dress got completely ruined by some boys who threw not just colored powder but also muddy water at her. She was humiliated and felt very scared as she was all alone and they were being very aggressive. It was a horrible experience for her during what should have been a festive time.
I heard about a waterpark where a person almost drowned in the main pool. The lifeguards were slow to react as they were chatting among themselves. It was a really close call and the victim was in the water gasping for air for what felt like an eternity before help finally arrived.