It Stood Watching Us… and Only I Knew | Into the Paranormal

Real Ghost Stories Online

Tony Brueski

Religion & Spirituality, Natural Sciences, Science, Spirituality

4.2 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, we dig into the haunting tale of a childhood memory that never faded. A boy moves to a new town, eager to make friends and explore the landscape behind his home. What begins as a simple adventure to a hidden riverbed quickly devolves into something far darker—and far more real—than anything he could have imagined.

As shadows lengthen and an unseen presence stirs, a chilling figure emerges. Faceless. Motionless. Watching. The story, recounted in a deeply personal letter, challenges the boundary between perception and reality, and raises a terrifying question: why was he the only one who saw it?

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1:10.9	It was supposed to be just another day. A new town, a new backyard, and a curious kid eager to explore the woods beyond his home.
1:16.9	But what he found down there, hidden in the thick brush along a swollen riverbed,
1:22.2	wasn't something you'd expect to find in daylight, or any time for that matter.
1:27.1	He was nine years old, too young to understand
1:30.0	what fear really was, until it stood across from him, silent and still, black from head to toe.
1:37.7	Watching. What you're about to hear is a firsthand account. There are no embellishments, no retellings passed down over years of faded memory.
1:47.6	This is one voice, one letter, and a single moment that's haunted someone well into adulthood,
1:54.7	a presence no one else saw, a presence that didn't move, didn't speak, but never looked away.
2:02.8	So what do we do with that kind of memory?
2:06.4	A hallucination? A figment of youthful imagination?
2:10.8	Or did something truly step out from the shadows that day?
2:16.1	Drawn to someone who could see what others couldn't?
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