Since the advent of the internet, people have been sharing their stories with the world. Some are heartwarming, some hilarious, some downright eerie — and then there are those that make you question everything you thought you knew. In this article, we’ve gathered real stories from across the web that reveal just how bizarre, funny, and utterly jaw-dropping life can be.
Story1
One night, I was up reading when my radio turned on full volume without me touching it. I turned it off and fell asleep without much thought. In the middle of the night, I woke up to the abrupt sound of my radio turning on again and shuffling channels. I unplugged the radio and quickly felt uneasy about how it happened.
There was then a faint tapping on my bedroom window. When I looked at the window, it was completely fogged over except mouth prints outside. I ran to my sister’s room and begged to sleep next to her that night.
A few days later, I came home from school to a bunch of cop cars outside my neighbor’s house. Turns out the guy next door was cutting down a tree when he fell off his ladder and passed away. © whelpseeyoulaterr / Reddit
Story2
I fell in love in high school and got pregnant my senior year. After much discussion and counseling, we decided to place our son in an open adoption with a family here in town. We become close with the family and get together with them a few times a year. After dating for 5 yrs and living together for 2, I get married to my high school sweetheart, with our birth son and his family in attendance. Life couldn’t be sweeter!
Plot twist: We’ve now been married for 11 and a half years, and we’ve been dealing with secondary infertility for 6 and a half. I’m pretty sure we can’t have any more biological children. © TheGeeksWife / Reddit
Story3
Fell in love with the boy next door. Then my parents split, we moved. Fast-forward, got a job with a man I knew I was supposed to be with. Got fired (his GF was the boss’ daughter). A month later, he moved in next door! © Crazykatlaydee / Reddit
Story4
I found out two weeks ago that my parents tried to hide both of my half-brothers from me and my sister when we were kids. We only found out because my sister ended up in the same primary school as them, and our brother told her, “Your dad looks like my dad.” I was too young at the time to remember it, and honestly, I’m not sure if I’m glad I was told about it two weeks ago. © starsandsunandmoon / Reddit
Story5
My ex-girlfriend married the ex-husband of my sister. So now my ex GF is my nephews’ stepmom, and she had a kid with my ex BIL. So now my ex’s kid might as well be my niece, and my mom sold them her old home which is my childhood home. Everyone’s cool with each other. © HalfSoul30 / Reddit
Story6
My little brother hitchhikes a lot. He was trying to hitch to Valdez, Alaska to run a half-marathon there before hitching to my parent’s house near Fairbanks.
He gets picked up near Seattle by a woman. They’re chatting, and my brother is telling her the story of how he rode his bike from Alaska to Argentina. The woman says her neighbor’s son had done the same thing. Turns out she was my parent’s next door neighbor. © discreet1 / Reddit
Story7
Stranded in the mountains in Utah on a Scout cross-country skiing day trip. Unexpected 24-hour early snow storm, then dead battery in van, then blown tire. After all the delays, we were coming back down the mountain about 6 hours overdue, late at night, when we came upon an older couple trudging through the snow on foot. The man said their car was dead also, and he begged for to save them, but he never expected it to be in the form of a troop of Boy Scouts. © eron6000ad / Reddit
Story8
About 20 years ago, I discovered I had a brother (6 years older), that nobody in my family knew about. My dad’s GF from before I was born was from overseas, and discovered on her way back to her home country that she was pregnant. Nearly three decades later, her son reached out to find his dad and other family in our country. © sapperbloggs / Reddit
Story9
I had been dating a woman for about 9 months, and it felt as though things had run its course. So one day, I picked her up with the plan of discussing ending the relationship with her. Well, before I got a word out about it, she reveals she’s pregnant and keeping the baby.
So instead of breaking up with her, I ended up proposing to her and getting married, lol. It lasted about 5 years, but at the end of the day, we just weren’t cut out to be a couple, however we work great as friends and co-parents. © Etticos / Reddit
Story10
My husband and I divorced 2 months after the wedding. I was truly happy with him — until our wedding night. He held my hands, kissed me, and whispered, “You look beautiful as always, Sam.” He then turned pale, and my heart dropped, because that’s his ex’s name, and she had been one of our guests at the reception. He insisted it was an honest mistake and that he wasn’t still hung up on her — but that was all I needed to hear.
I left that very night. Last I heard, he’s now engaged to her.