Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-31507371-20170313154749

Wumpth

I’m startled awake by the sound. It was faint, but distinct enough to wake me from a deep nap. I laid there still for a bit, waiting to see if it occurred again. Nothing. Must have been in my dream. The longer I laid there, the tougher sleep began to try and tug me back in. I sat up wiping the sleep from my eyes, working on clearing the haze in my mind. It’s been a long week, and a late afternoon nap seemed like the right way to kick off my weekend.

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There it was again. Awake now, I tried to pinpoint what the sound was. It was very faint, but it almost sounded like a sudden burst of air coming through a door, but also sounded like a growl or something. Weird.

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I got up off of the couch and began to walk around the house to find the source of the sound. Being in the living room, I checked the kitchen first. Nothing. Dishwasher was off, ice maker was off, and nothing else in there really made noise. I decided to head up stairs to see if maybe Mary had come home early and started some laundry. Should've thought of that first, but hey I was sleeping only a few minutes ago. “Hey Mary, you up there?” I called out. No response. I walked up stairs to see that everything was the same as I left it this morning. Every room had all electronics off.

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Just as I began to hope the sound went away, it returned. Slightly louder. I went back downstairs. Only other place I could think of was the garage. I expected to find a raccoon or possum stuck in there and trying to claw it’s way out. Turned on the light to only see my car sitting in it’s spot. I looked under the car and in every nook and cranny. Nothing. A large mechanical sound broke the silence causing me to jump. It was the garage door. My girlfriend was returning home from work. I jokingly grab my heart as she got out of the car and say “you scared the shit out of me.” “My bad” she said with a smile, “what are you doing in here?” I explained to her the sound I’ve been hearing and my attempt to locate it. She offers her own theories as to what the sound could’ve been.

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I point to the air in a ‘see?’ motion. She looks at me oddly. “The sound. Did you hear it?” I asked. She shook her head, no. Strange. Even with her talking, it was loud enough to hear it distinctly. She could see the confused look on my face and smiled “you sure you’re not going crazy?” She walked into the house as I followed. She plopped down on the couch and began to look through her phone. I decided to check the backyard. I grabbed a flashlight and went out the back door. Still expecting to find a raccoon or something as I passed the beam of light across our yard. Nothing. I saw another beam of light a couple of doors down and saw someone else in their backyard seemingly looking for something. Strange. As I stood there watching him walk around his yard, I heard Mary call my name. I returned inside. “What’s up?” I asked. She walked over to me with her phone out to show me what she was seeing. StrangeSound was trending on Twitter. “What the fuck?” I mumbled softly as she scrolled through several tweets. There were dozens of tweets. More were coming in as Mary and I scrolled through to read them. A chill went down my spine. This isn’t normal. I could see in Mary’s face that she’s weirded out by this news as well. “What’s going on?” she asked, still scrolling through her phone. I shrug, “I have no idea”.
 * This random noise is driving me crazy #StrangeSound
 * Annoying ass sound @ the house. Can’t find it #StrangeSound
 * CREEPY!!! My friend 2 hours away can hear the same thing I’m hearing #WhatIsGoingOn #StrangeSound
 * Thought my radio was busted but others are saying they’re hearing the same thing????? #StrangeSound
 * Are you all serious? I can’t hear shit #StrangeSound
 * <span style="color:rgb(229,229,229);font-weight:600;">OMG I’m the only one in my house that can hear this thing. Everyone thinks I’m lying XD #StrangeSound
 * <span style="color:rgb(229,229,229);font-weight:600;">Am I the only 1 legit freaked out by this? Like 4 real #StrangeSound

<p style="color:rgb(229,229,229);margin-top:0.357143em;margin-bottom:0.357143em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5em;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;">Wumpth

<p style="color:rgb(229,229,229);margin-top:0.357143em;margin-bottom:0.357143em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5em;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;">It’s getting louder. She saw me jump when I heard it. I grab the flashlight from before and began to head out front, talking to her as I walked. “It’ll be alright. I’m going to check out front. I’ll be right back.” I shined my flashlight around the front yard looking for something. Anything that’ll explain where that noise is coming from. Next door, I could see my neighbor digging through her trash can. She stopped and covered her ears, wincing in pain. I didn’t hear the sound then. She looked over to me. You could see the fear in her eyes. She knew that I knew. I was about to speak out to her, when I heard Mary call out my name. It sounded more like she screamed it. I ran back inside. “What’s wrong?” I asked. She handed me her phone. The latest tweets have taken a new turn.

<p style="color:rgb(229,229,229);margin-top:0.357143em;margin-bottom:0.357143em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5em;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;">Wumpth

<p style="color:rgb(229,229,229);margin-top:0.357143em;margin-bottom:0.357143em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5em;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;">I winced a bit and tried to tune it out. She looked at me frightened. “Read” she said nodding towards her phone. I complied. <p style="color:rgb(229,229,229);margin-top:0.357143em;margin-bottom:0.357143em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5em;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;">The messages continued to come through. People are scared. I’m scared. “You need to hide”, she said to me. Her voice beginning to crack, “You need to hide right now!”. As I was about to try and reason with her, someone posted a picture with the caption: <p style="color:rgb(229,229,229);margin-top:0.357143em;margin-bottom:0.357143em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5em;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;">My hands began to shake looking at it. It looked like a person. A naked person, but I couldn’t see any genitalia, yet the creature was facing the camera. The arms and legs were wrong. They were bent backwards. Like the legs and arms were attached wrong. It’s face was blurry, so I couldn’t make out any features. I turned off the phone. I can’t look at it anymore. I handed the phone back and began to pace back and forth. I don’t know what to do. I need to hide. I need to hide now. Outside I heard my neighbor scream suddenly and then silence.
 * <span style="color:rgb(229,229,229);font-weight:600;">HIDE! IF YOU CAN HEAR IT, HIDE NOW!! NO FUCKING JOKE #StrangeSound
 * <span style="color:rgb(229,229,229);font-weight:600;">My bf just went missing! Please if you know where he is DM me. I’m freaking out! He said he heard the #StrangeSound
 * <span style="color:rgb(229,229,229);font-weight:600;">If you hear it, CALL 911 and GET OUTT NOW!!! #StrangeSound
 * <span style="color:rgb(229,229,229);font-weight:600;">R people fucking serious right now? R people really getting snatched up? #StrangeSound
 * <span style="color:rgb(229,229,229);font-weight:600;">WTF IS THIS??? THIS THING CAME OUT OF MY NEIGHBORS HOUSE AND HE WAS SCREAMING!

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<p style="color:rgb(229,229,229);margin-top:0.357143em;margin-bottom:0.357143em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5em;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;">I winced and covered my ears to the sound. It was the loudest I’ve heard it. I need to go. I need to hide. I ran upstairs to try and hide myself in the bathroom. The moment I turn towards the hallway upstairs, I see it. It’s back facing me. I froze in terror. Shaking. It turned to face me. It was me. It was my hairless face staring back at me. It didn’t have eyes. It was hollow. Like a walking skin suit. It stared me down and then opened it’s mouth.

<p style="color:rgb(229,229,229);margin-top:0.357143em;margin-bottom:0.357143em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5em;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;">Wumpth

<p style="color:rgb(229,229,229);margin-top:0.357143em;margin-bottom:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5em;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;">It began to walk slowly towards me. I couldn’t move. It began to move faster. I tried to back away, but my knees gave out and I fell. Right after I fell, it jumped at me. I began to crawl away. It grabbed my foot. It’s skin began to stick to me. I couldn’t pull away. I reached my hand forward to pull it off. My hand was now stuck to it’s arm. I began to scream. I heard Mary running up stairs. It was moving up my body, sticking to me. I heard Mary behind me scream. I turned to her and tried to call out for help, but the creature grabbed my mouth with it’s hand; sealing it closed. She couldn’t move. She was frozen in place, unable to look away. It’s legs now fully engulfed mine, like it was absorbing me. I could feel my legs being moved by it. They were bending the wrong way, but wouldn’t break. I tried to scream as a result of the pain, but the hand prevented it. The other arm began to take over my own. It then let go of my mouth so it could grab the other. I screamed for Mary to run. The creature opened its mouth wide and lunged at my head. Darkness completely engulfed me. The sounds of Mary screaming were slowly drowned out until I could hear nor see anything. The last thing I heard was Wumpth. <ac_metadata title="#StrangeSound or Strange Sound"> </ac_metadata>