Your True Tales
January 2004 – Page 24

Under the Bed
by Lauryl

I was at my friend's house for a party, and we were in her basement rousing around and just having a good time. Then, my friend decided we should all play a game of "hide and seek" in the pitch-black dark. I had no objection; in fact, I have fun doing these type of things. So then we shut all the lights off and began. I was picked to be "it." As I gathered my bearings of the vague basement I barely knew as it was, I could hear all my friends scurry off into various nooks while I fumbled around after the muffled noises. So I set off, and tried to find my friends. I searched for a LONG time. I had looked everywhere! Except for one room... an especially dark room. It was my last resort. My friends had to be there.

So I started to walk down the hallway, feeling against the walls. I entered the doorway... and I had this amazingly sharp feeling, a bad sharp feeling within my very gut. I felt like going in there would just be horrible, but then the thought crossed my mind that everyone feels that way when we are not accustomed to a space. Well, as uncertain as I was feeling, I did it anyway. I walked in, and this room was a spare bedroom. I knew there was a bed, and I assumed my friends were underneath it and ready to freak me out. So I thought, "Better just get it over with"... and I did so...

I reached under the bed and began to feel around a bit. That's when it happened. This enormous spark occurred under the bed. Like, I could see it's brightness. And it was loud too, and it was this shock that vibrated through my whole body. I immediately began to pull back my hand, but it was stopped. Something grabbed my arm! It started to pull me under the bed. Luckily, I was able to retrieve control of my arm and ran from the room. I screamed for my friends and they popped out and turned on the lights... and they did NOT come from the room. They came from the totally other side of the basement, and there was no way they could have sneaked past me. We went back to the room, flipped the lights on and checked under the bed. NOTHING. I would like to note that my friend's parents and sibling were NOT home.

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