What Is Creepypasta? 10 Scariest Internet Stories, Including Slender Man

Essentially internet horror stories or a myth passed around other sites, to frighten readers and viewers. Now, instead of huddling beneath blankets with flashlights trying to freak out our friends, we spin our tales of terror by the eerie glow of our phones or tablets… and thanks to the phenomenal rise of the creepypasta community, our audience is more than just a handful of friends, but can often number in the hundreds of thousands.

I'm sure you'll hear the sound of his video games or something,” Bridgette stated with very little humor to her voice. I was already wondering how I could politely excuse myself from the situation when he would tell me he had no idea what a video game was, but to my surprise he said he had a few ones in an old box.

It begins with Rob, 17 years old, sitting in a burning car in the middle of a crowded parking lot one Monday night in October. In the same spirit as Scooby-Doo meeting classic movie monsters, here is Daria and Jane meeting some of the most popular creepypastas.

He heard the soft noise of tire on pavement as his mother pulled ghost stories out from the driveway to go play with men for money. Sometimes the most frightening monsters look like just another face in the crowd, like in this untitled creepypasta It's easy to miss the horror in this one, but once you see it, you won't be able to unsee it.

And I love the kind of organic nature of the stories - they can come from anywhere…no matter who you are, you can write one and put it on the internet - and they kind of draw from one another and evolve and incorporate other media. Weird West : Home on Derranged is about a cowboy who gets lost on his ranch one day, and is chased back to his house by an undead horse in the middle of the night.