What are the scariest real life halloween horror stories you've heard?

A woman received death threats on social media just because she expressed her different political views. It was so scary as she didn't know if the person behind the threats would actually act on it. She had to involve the police and increase her personal security measures.

A friend of mine was camping and in the middle of the night, he felt something heavy on his sleeping bag. When he turned on his flashlight, he saw a large snake coiled up right beside him. He was frozen with fear for a moment before slowly edging away and getting help. Luckily, the snake wasn't venomous.

A scary 'Second Life Horror Story' is when a user's avatar started acting on its own. The person wasn't controlling it, but it was walking into strange, dark places in the virtual world and interacting with creepy - looking avatars. It was really freaky as if the avatar had been possessed.

A scariest one I've heard is about a Spirit Halloween store that used to be an old building with a tragic past. People say that every Halloween night, the ghosts of the people who died in the building long ago would roam the aisles. Customers have reported seeing old - fashioned clothes moving on their own and hearing screams that seemed to come from nowhere. It was so bad that some employees refused to work on Halloween night.

The scariest one I've heard was about a couple on a road trip. They stopped at an old motel for the night. In the middle of the night, the woman woke up to see a face staring at her through the window. When she screamed, it disappeared. But then they heard scratching on the door. They quickly packed and left, and later found out that there had been several unexplained deaths in that motel.

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.

A haunted house story that really creeps me out is about a place where pictures on the walls would change. One day it was a normal family portrait, and the next day it showed distorted faces. The family living there felt like they were being watched all the time. They tried to perform some cleansing rituals, but nothing worked and they eventually left.

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.

I heard a story about a pet dog that was snatched by an alligator while playing near a riverbank. The owner could only watch in horror as the alligator disappeared with their beloved pet. It was so sudden and tragic.