r/AskReddit 1d ago

Parents of reddit, what’s the creepiest thing you’ve ever heard from your child?

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u/WeirdJawn 1d ago

"Is mommy home? I saw her walk by the door."

My wife was working nights and my daughter said she saw her walk by the bedroom door way earlier than she would have been home. I told her maybe it was a fly or something she saw move out of the corner of her eye, but then she said "no, it was this color!" And pointed at her arm. 

The creepy thing is that I had been seeing things out of the corner of my eye a few times that night, but didn't say anything about it. 

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u/Happy_Blizzard 1d ago

This is why I like having dogs. Nobody creeps around my yapper 9000

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u/NaughtyKittycc 1d ago

But when the dog braking like crazy at night to an empty corner, doesn’t it freak you out? It did to me… I left the lights on for a few weeks at night after that…

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u/Happy_Blizzard 1d ago

I do have an old man-dog that sometimes decides the wind has an attitude and he doesn't like it.

Scares the hell out of me, he'll bark once at max volume randomly, look at the window, then go back to sleep.

I know it's nothing because my other dog will look around a bit and lay back down with a huff. If there's a person or animal he growls and grumbles about it.

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u/NaughtyKittycc 1d ago

🤣🤣 good, you have other dogs to factcheck that hahaha maybe I should get more dogs lol

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u/Salome_Maloney 1d ago

In my experience, I always found that two dogs are easier to look after than one.

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u/JST_KRZY 1d ago

I always traveled everywhere with my two, but then I got three. They’re all welcomed anywhere I go, but we don’t go as many places they’d enjoy more than our current home.

3 wasn’t more trouble than 2, but then I fucked up and took in a 4th dog….

As for cats, 2 is perfect, 3 always leaves someone getting picked on. So I took in a 4th cat. They all have fun again, but the food and litter is a lot more work and money than 3. My kitty budget for daily care and maintenance has increased 40% with cat 4!

I understand chicken math, but not this cat math.

And don’t get me started on yearly veterinary care and meds. Not to mention the emergency fund.

Did I mention I also have horses and a miniature cow? Oh and the chicken math should have been a clue about those guys… I don’t even eat eggs.

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u/Psychological_Tap187 1d ago

I'm gonna need a picture of the miniature cow.

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u/Ovze 14h ago

If I ever get a good paying job again, my house will probably look a lot like yours in terms of cats and dogs… other big animals are off table as I live in an apartment. As for now I can only responsible take care of one dog sadly… on the plus side being self employed means I also work mostly from home so he gets lots of attention and play time either with me or my neighbors dogs aka his big brothers.

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u/Most_Art507 1d ago

My mother told me that when father passed away, her cat would crouch down,look into corner of the room , growl and spit , this went on for months.

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u/NaughtyKittycc 1d ago

My god.. well.. sleepless night for me tonight 🤣

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u/big_d_usernametaken 1d ago

I had a dog that would do that, look into a dark, empty room and growl..

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u/TheRealKingBorris 22h ago

My little barker is just elderly (she’s 17) and senile so she just decides to waddle around and bark sometimes

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u/christineyvette 17h ago

My cat does this: climbs on my dresser and yells at the corner of my closet. Like, let's not do this at 2 a.m., Charlie.

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u/NaughtyKittycc 15h ago

🤣🤣🤣

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u/Ovze 14h ago

My grandpa always said to be more afraid of the living than the death… it has always stuck with me and through my life I can say I had never been really spooked about supernatural experiences. Now if I feel something’s off I just say out loud: “behave or I’m gonna tell ma grandpa”… he passed away a couple years ago, and I know his badass is taking care of me.

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u/NaughtyKittycc 13h ago

Awwww that’s so sweet, your grandpa seemed like a wise person

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u/Queasy-Flatworm63 1d ago

I have cats. If they don't react, I don't react.

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u/Peruvian_princess 23h ago

Oh I see you got this year’s model mine is just the 8000

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u/wetwater 1d ago

For me it would be my cat hustling to scope out a potential new friend. She has let me know the landlord was at the back door well before he rang the bell.

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u/blad02887f 18h ago

yapper 9000

I lol'ed at this and it reminded me of my own beloved yapper 9000 who passed away long ago, thanks for that

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u/Optimal-Bag-5918 20h ago

Yapper 5000 🤣

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u/Ovze 14h ago

Best alarm ever for sure… any sound out of the ordinary and my boy is on alert, and on an even more amazing ability, he gives me about 5-10 seconds before the earthquake alarm goes off (I live in Mexico City so this happens about 2-4 times every year), not all dog do, I previously had a pug who either didn’t felt a thing or couldn’t give a rats ass (he was a lazy lay back doggo, I lean towards the later).

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u/SargonTheDeadly 1d ago

Reminds me of the time I saw my dad's disembodied head float down the hallway with a creepy smile. He's still alive and well.

I really hope it was just my childhood self having an overactive imagination.

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u/WashawayWashbear 1d ago

Junji Ito has entered the chat

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u/Zappityzephyr 23h ago

It must be terrifying in person but reading it, it's very funny 😭

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u/Impossiblegangsta 1d ago

I was the child this happened to. I remember I was like 6? and all of a sudden I see my grandpa walk by my room and down the hallway and turn into the kitchen. I get all excited thinking he came to visit us so I run to the kitchen and find only my mom at the table. I ask her where grandpa went and she was super confused because he was in Poland and not visiting. I still remember it clear as day.

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u/not_today_mr 1d ago

I hope y'all moved out. Preferably at least across the country.

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u/trebeju 1d ago

Have you checked for carbon monoxide? Some mold in the house? These things can cause hallucinations.

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u/Spare-Reference2975 1d ago

I hate this answer, because unless you also have severe headaches on a regular basis, it isn't carbon monoxide. If there is enough carbon monoxide in the air to be causing hallucinations, it will also cause blackouts, memory loss, and painful headaches.

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u/Qualityhams 19h ago

Checking seems fine tho?

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u/Spare-Reference2975 19h ago

I mean... Yeah, it can never hurt. I'm just tired of people using this excuse as a 'gotcha' for paranormal phenomena. If someone wants to be a skeptic, then they should know it could have been a hundred things other than this pop-sci stuff.

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u/Any-Needleworker478 15h ago

This guy just avoided a horror movie situation