Real life can sometimes feel like a scary movie. These 14 true stories include strange sights, sounds, and unexplained events that will make you think twice before turning off the lights.

One night, I heard my daughter ask for a blanket at 2 a.m., but she was at a sleepover. It turned out the TV was on, and my tired brain tricked me. Another story tells of a six-year-old talking to his grandfather—who had died the night before.

Other tales include a bedroom sign falling by itself before someone moved out, a mysterious battery-free music box playing for days, and a radio turning on and off by itself. One person saw a dog by a grandfather’s grave that disappeared mysteriously.

There’s a story of a child hearing a voice telling him to sleep, a boyfriend getting scratched by an unseen force, and a faucet turning on by itself in a bedroom. One worker heard footsteps in an empty building and saw strange security footage, while another found a mysterious key in a locked car.

Finally, a second-grader suddenly lost color vision at school and later got sent home with a fever—an unexplained, eerie event that still puzzles their family.These stories remind us that sometimes reality can be stranger and more unsettling than fiction.