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The original was posted on /r/truescarystories by /u/IndigoFlowers7 on 2024-09-01 16:24:48+00:00.


Years ago, I used to do yard work for an aunt while I was pregnant and in between jobs. At the time she was helping an older couple in their 50’s out that was down on their luck, William and Jenny. They were staying in my aunt’s house trying to get back on their feet and William also did repairs around the house in exchange for their room there. One day I was out in the yard and I noticed William outside, staring at the road. He was a very quiet guy, kind but didn’t have much to say usually. He looked very troubled for some reason so I asked him if he was alright. “Yes, well…I guess.” He replied. I’ve always tried to be empathic to others, regardless of me knowing them very well. I told him if anything was bothering him or if he just needed to talk about or vent, if it was something I could help with I was happy to just listen. “Well…” he replied. He pulled a cigarette case out of his pocket, snapped his zippo lighter open and took a long drag of a cigarette. I didn’t really notice he smoked before this day. He started telling me about where he and Jenny had been staying before they were living at my aunt’s house. They had a very broken down small RV, that still could run and they’d drive it different places and Park for the night. One night, they parked on a dark and shabby part of town up in the city (about 30 minutes away from where my aunt’s house was). It was a run down area next to some old train tracks. It was after dark, not sure what time at night but he did mention it was after dark and late. William told me the second they parked there, he just was hit with a HORRIBLE sense of anxiety, doom, fear…he couldn’t describe it precisely. William was not a believer in the paranormal at this time, but he said he absolutely sensed something and he said “It didn’t feel like a human presence. It just felt like evil was sharing space with us.” William and Jenny had a small dog, Jenny was going to just take the dog out to use the bathroom and Jenny didn’t seem to feel what William was initially feeling. Jenny got the dog and went outside. William was standing alone in the RV when the RV door swung right open on its own. He said he called for Jenny, she didn’t answer. All the sudden he felt an ice cold chill. And he heard something, almost like heavy breathing and low tone snarling. He just heard it, didn’t see anything. Then all the sudden he could feel heavy footsteps running right towards him and then he felt something go THROUGH HIM. He said his entire body went ice cold, the smell of Sulphur was in the air and he felt paralyzed for a few moments. He fell and got back up and flew out of the RV. He couldn’t find Jenny and was screaming for her. Then she suddenly appeared, seemingly out of breath The dog had ran off as soon as she took him out, the dog was shaking and seemed to be terrified by something and neither one of them ever saw the dog look that way. They got their things and immediately left that area. William told me that it felt demonic, whatever that was wanted him and wanted to harm him. It took months to tell Jenny what happened in that RV while she was outside with the dog. William was shaking telling this story, the quiet guy that he was and how scared he looked talking about it…I absolutely believe that all happened. He said occasionally after that he’d have flashbacks of that presence going through his body and the ice cold chill that enveloped his body, the feelings of pure fear and paralysis. Feeling whatever that was, wasn’t human and wanted to harm him. “Never, ever felt anything like that” he said under his breath. He lit another cigarette. This happened 10+ years ago, sorry if some of this is hard to read…I’m definitely not a professional storyteller. But listening to him describe this has been something that’s never left my mind and I’ve always wondered what was really out there by those run down train tracks.