User blog comment:Holly Bailey/How I Discovered Creepypastas/@comment-24101790-20170315195059

I first stumbled across creepypastas around 2012 in Nicaragua by trading legends and myths with the kids in my community which made me realize that I didn't have too many stories they hadn't already heard a Spanish counterpart for. The headless Horseman/El hombre sin cabaza, goblins/duendes, even Bigfoot had a Central American counterpart (El Sisinique)

So I decided to consult the internet the next time I went into Esteli (the closest town) to find stories they hadn't heard. I googled creepy stories and voila! I stumbled across Creepypastas and spent a majority of the day and night (as I was too engrossed to realize I had missed the last bus back to my village.) reading them. I made an account here shortly after and the rest is history (terrible, terrible history).