Hi everyone, as Halloween is coming up, here are some stories guaranteed to give you shivers. As usual, they are not for the faint of heart, so don’t read them by yourself. Write your scary stories in the comment section.
BURIED
The nonprofit was small and scrappy. The staff prided themselves on being resourceful, so they always took whatever free stuff that was offered and hardly ever threw anything away. A pallet of math text books. 3,000 swag pens from another org that had shuttered. 200 infinity scarves.
One day, their event coordinator went missing, his phone left behind mysteriously at his cubicle. For days the community searched for him, with no signs of his whereabouts. Sometimes, though, the staff could swear they heard pounding or scratching coming from the walls.
One evening, the ED was working late when her pen stopped working. She decided to go get out some of the swag pens in the supply closet. As she opened the closet, a feeling of dread and horror overwhelmed her.
For inside, lying on the floor behind boxes of 20-year-old gala program booklets, was the event coordinator. She screamed.
“What? What?!” said the event coordinator, sitting up. “Oh thank goodness,” he said, “I accidentally locked myself in here. I tried to yell and pound the walls for help, but these 300 D.A.R.E To Keep Kids Off Drugs teddy bears absorbed the sounds. I’ve been surviving on these jars of beets that expired in 1994.”
“I’m so glad you’re safe,” said the ED, laughing, relieved, “our luncheon is next week!”
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