Others imagined what it would be like to be buried alive or operate on while awake.

还有些人大开脑洞，想像被活埋或者在清醒时被执行手术的感觉。

'After struggling desperately to move any part of his paralytic body just to alert the doctors that he was conscious before they made the first incision, he was relieved to see that one of the nurses had noticed his pupils dilating from the bright light,' Clayboy731 wrote. 'She leaned in close and, in a whisper that tickled his ear, said: "You think we don't know you're awake?"'

“在医生划下第一道切口前他奋力挣扎着麻痹的身体，想要让医生知道他仍然意识清醒，一名护士终于注意到他的瞳孔在强光下会扩大，他松了一口气，”名为“Clayboy731”的网友写道，“她凑近在他耳边悄声说道：‘你以为我们不知道你醒着吗？’”

Meanwhile, KnowsGoodThanYou took shared a more sci-f version, writing: 'They celebrated the first successful cryogenic freezing. He had no way of letting them know he was still conscious.'

网友“KnowsGoodThanYou”写的故事则有更多的科幻意味。“他们在为第一次成功实行低温冰冻术而庆祝，但他却没办法让他们知道他仍有意识。”

And Graboid27 added: 'I can't move, breathe, speak or hear and it's so dark all the time. If I knew it would be this lonely, I would have been cremated instead.'

名为“Graboid27”的网友为这个故事加了一段后续：“我动弹不得，无法呼吸，叫不出来也听不见，这里是如此漆黑，如果我早知道冷冻是如此寂寞的后果，我就会选择火葬了。”

Some of the creepiest responses featured people who were haunted by the dead.

还有一些恐怖故事描述了被死者缠住的人。

'"I can't sleep," she whispered, crawling into bed with me. I woke up cold, clutching the dress she was buried in,' one Reddit user with a since-deleted account wrote.

“‘我睡不着。’她悄声说道，爬上我的床和我一起躺着。我猛地醒来，手中却紧握着她下葬时穿的连衣裙，”一位账户已注销的网友这样写道。

Skuppy shared a similar story, writing: 'My daughter won't stop crying and screaming in the middle of the night. I visit her grave and ask her to stop, but it doesn't help.'

“Skuppy”写了个相似的故事：“我的女儿在半夜一直哭喊尖叫。我去她坟上要她停下，但没用。”

Others made readers think about the terror they would feel if they realized they weren't alone in their own homes.

还有一些恐怖故事让人们想像家里还有别的东西存在。

'The last thing I saw was my alarm clock flashing 12:07 before she pushed her long rotting nails through my chest, her other hand muffling my screams,' jmperson wrote.

“她腐烂的手指甲划过我的胸脯，我惊声尖叫，她用另一只手捂住我的嘴巴，我看见的最后一幕就是闹钟闪动，到了12:07，”网友“jmperson”写道。

'I sat bolt upright, relieved it was only a dream, but as I saw my alarm clock read 12:06, I heard my closet door creak open.'

“我笔直地坐了起来，松了一口气，还好只是个梦，但我看见闹钟显示12:06，我的壁橱门嘎吱一声开了。”

And guztaluz added: 'There was a picture in my phone of me sleeping. I live alone.'

“guztaluz”写道：“我的手机里出现过一张我睡觉的照片，可我是一个人住。”

However, one of the Reddit users' bone-chilling stories is actually true.

好吧，有一位网友的恐怖故事是真实发生过的。

'My grandfather, who died of Alzheimer's several years ago, refused to let the house lights be turned off at night,' wkukinslayer explained. 'The light, he offered, was the only thing keeping the dark men away. What terrifies me about those two sentences is that they're true. The lights didn't go off in that house at night for three months.'

“我的祖父，数年前患阿兹海默症去世，以前他晚上睡觉总是不愿意关灯，”名叫“wkukinslayer”的网友写道，“他说光是唯一能驱散黑影人的东西。而让我觉得惊悚的是这居然是真的，家里那些灯连着三个月一直亮着。”

DO YOU DARE TO READ EVEN MORE OF THESE SCARY TALES?

你还敢接着再看几个吗？

'I kiss my wife and daughter goodnight before I go to sleep. When I wake up, I'm in a padded room and the nurses tell me it was just a dream.' - StoryTellerBob

“我亲了亲妻子和女儿，说了晚安然后就去睡觉。但当我醒来，却发现自己在病房里，护士告诉我那只是一个梦而已。”——“StoryTellerBob”

'I ignore the sound of my roommate tapping on the door, asking me to let him in. I ignore it as I watch him sleep on the other side of the room.' - SpicedJazz

“室友在敲门让我放他进来，但我没理他。因为我分明看见他就睡在房间里另一边。”-——SpicedJazz

'His reputation as the best surgeon in the world is well-deserved. In a lesser talent's hands, I would have died weeks ago and escaped his revenge.' - OddSteven

“他被誉为世界上最好的外科医生，这绝不是徒有虚名。如果是个技术略差的医生来给我做手术，我早在几周前就该死了，也就不会被他复仇了。”——OddSteven

'The lady with the mangled bleeding face chased you in the staircase up to the buildings roof. You jump off, turn your head to the right, and see her falling next to you.' - xeuphoriae

“一个脸部已血肉模糊的女人追着你，你一路跑上楼顶跳了下去，侧脸看，她竟然就在你身边，和你一起坠落。”——xeuphoriae

'The trains were delayed today. There's something in the tunnels.' - curioandcollector

“火车今天延误了，似乎有东西在隧道里。”——curioandcollector

'Neatly laid across my dining room table, I found a dull kitchen knife, a torn, crusty rag, and a Flip video camera which seemed to be recording. I own none of these items.' - NuclearPink

“在餐厅的桌子上，有一把很钝的厨刀，一块裂开的已发硬的抹布，还有一个Flip录像机似乎正在录影。但这些东西都不是我的。”——NuclearPink

'You hear your mom calling you into the kitchen. As you are heading down the stairs you hear a whisper from the closet saying "Don't go down there honey, I heard it too.' - comparativelysane

“你听见妈妈在厨房叫你，当你正准备下楼去时，却听见壁橱里传来低语：‘亲爱的别去，我也听见了。’”——comparativelysane

'For years we heard the little voices and footsteps of the ghost children in our old farmhouse, and we got used to them. Then one day they went quiet, which should have been our own cue to leave.' - gorillasaurusrexx

“多年来，在旧农舍里我们会听见一些声音，和鬼孩子的脚步声，但我们已经习惯了，突然有一天这些声音都没了，这大概是表示我们该走了。”——gorillasaurusrexx

'The doctors told the amputee he might experience a phantom limb from time to time. Nobody prepared him for the moments though, when he felt cold fingers brush across his phantom hand.' - Gagege

“医生告诉那个被截肢的患者他可能会时不时出现幻肢症状，但有一次他却感觉到冰冷的手指扫过他的幻手，这个可没人提醒过他。”——Gagege