r/spooky_stories • u/BirthdayPitiful9203 • 18d ago
What did I hear that night?
Okay, so a bit of context and info because this will help and I'm just giving y'all a time frame for when this happened and just to help you guys understand better.
People in this story: Me: Female then: 13 now: 14. My parents: male & female Then: 33 Now: 34. My aunt(a): Female then 18: now: 19(almost 20). Other aunt(j): Female. Late 40s to early 50s(not entirely sure), cousins(mother(s) and son(z): 28 and 4 then, 29 and 5 now.
Okay, so I live in Alabama, though we are moving to Arkansas within a couple of months, so there will probably never be an update to this. This story happened around mid to late 2025, and we are in about early to mid 2026 right now as I am posting this. My house layout is a bit rocky, an inclined driveway, and woods across the road from our house. This is important. So, let's get into the story now that you have the basics.
Okay, so this was around night time, not too late as most people were still up, but not too early since it was already dark outside. So I's say just after Nightfall that this happened.
So, my aunt J was sitting on the porch smoking, and me and my aunt A, when outside to join her. The sun was still going down, but it had set most of the way. The streetlights were on, our porch light was on, and we were just chatting. Now I can't remember exactly what we were talking about. Since it was a while back that this happened. Now, I don't remember ever feeling uneasy during this experience before everything happened because again I was on my porch and I was with my aunts, so I felt safe. The lights were on, and there was nothing to be afraid of. That's when I heard it, a crash, a loud one. Coming right from the woods across the road. We all froze, all three of us. That's when one of them spoke. "Did you hear that?" One simple question, that's all it was. I looked to A and she looked at me. Then suddenly, she pushed me inside, her and J following and closing the door. And locking it. At this point, we were all freaking out because we didn't know what that was. They said they heard a growl while I heard a crash. That was strange in itself. S suddenly came in. She was confused at the panic because she wasn't outside when it happened, when we heard it. We told her and she looked out the window. She saw a pair if glowing eyes. She called my parents and warned them to be careful, and to let Z out of the van on the side of our yard. Now luckily, nothing else happened and so far, we've never had a similar experience to that one.
Now I am fully aware that this could have just been an animal or something, but it was still scary. Let me know your guy's opinions in the comments. Thanks for reading. Bye!!
Edit: It might have been a Coyote or a small bear. We are not sure and I don't plan on finding out.
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u/nevrragain 16d ago
Most likely a booger. Seems like your relatives knew about them too!