Spoopy may be all the rage right now (sigh), but in an Ask Reddit post, user 1NSUR4NC3 posed a question to the community: “Redditors who spend a lot of time in seclusion (at sea, in the air, or out in the wilderness), what’s the creepiest or most mysterious thing you’ve seen, found, or experienced?”

The responses, as expected, are about as unnerving as it could get, with tales of the unknown front and center:

And then there’s story, which probably would never have ended well if user WaffleHump (heh) decided to actually stick around for the strange man with the shotgun:

Just when the stories were getting decidedly eerie, this story dropped in…

See? That one wasn’t so bad, right? User whatthefuckssspiders agrees.

Oh, and before you get too comfortable, here’s a tale about a stranger pounding at a front door—probably, maybe, asking for help. Maybe things could have ended differently.

Head over to the post for more stories of cryptic things in the night. Sleep well!