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True Scary Story

The Bonfire

True Scary Story

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4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

In this ghost story, Emily retells her experience at a bonfire with an uninvited guest that has left her with more questions than answers ever since. 

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0:00.0

Have you ever been in a situation so bizarre that you have nowhere to turn to but to consider

0:12.0

another worldly reason?

0:14.0

In today's story, Emily wrote up her experience during what was supposed to be a regular

0:19.5

get-together with some of her friends and family, and perhaps an uninvited guest.

0:28.2

My name is Edwin, and here is Emily's true, scary story.

0:42.2

A quick hello to everyone listening.

0:44.0

My name is Emily, and the story I have to share with you today is one of the unexplainable

0:48.4

instances that I have experienced in my life that stands out highly above the rest.

0:54.8

An occurrence that left me absolutely shook and to this day still raises the hair in

0:59.1

the back of my neck when it crosses my thoughts.

1:02.5

So this instance occurred about 10 years ago now on a warm evening in the fall.

1:07.8

My then boyfriend's family was hosting a bonfire in a little farming town outside of

1:11.9

Jackson, Michigan, out in the countryside.

1:15.5

I brought my friend Annie along with me and there were other friends of the family there

1:18.7

as well.

1:20.8

One of the guests was a boy named Landon, who was seven at the time that I had known

1:24.6

since he was just a baby.

1:27.3

Shortly after I had arrived, we were in the house getting some food ready to enjoy, and

1:31.7

Landon had pointed to a picture on the wall pey behind the couch.

1:35.8

The picture was of my boyfriend's grandfather whom I had never met, but was pretty sure

1:40.1

had passed away.

1:42.4

Landon said to me as he pointed to the picture, I saw this man the other day.

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