I had awaken from a horrible, horrible nightmare. My whole body was trembling and I was honestly incredibly scared. I tried to speak, but no sound was coming out. I was shaking really bad. I tried to lift my finger, but nothing would move. I felt entirely awake, coherent, but I couldn't move. Then out of no where, I my body jolted and my eyes opened in terror. I had no idea what I had just experienced. As I sit in my bed, I tried to recall the dream I was having.

I was hanging out with a couple friends of mine, Casley and Aliza. They had been my friends since the dawn of time, and we three are inseparable. Some people refer to us as triplets because we were all born on the same day, in the same year. We stumbled upon this dark woods, and I felt immediate danger, so I tried to stop Casley and Aliza from entering, but they didn't listen. I knew I had to follow them because I couldn't let them go in alone. Off in the distance I noticed this ran down bus, so I wanted to check it out because it looked cool.

"Hey Aliza, Casley, let's go check out this bus over there!" I spoke.

"Kalista, are you insane? There may be like a crazy stalker that lives inside of there!" Aliza said to me, clearly joking.

I shrugged off her comment and made my way closer to the bus, and walked up the stairs on the side, and carefully examined all of my surroundings There was nothing that seemed out of the ordinary that could indicate someone, or something had been in here for a very, very long time. I grew disappointed, and exited. Casley looked at me as I walked out, and her mouth dropped in completely terror. Her hand was held up pointing at some unknown figure standing behind me.

"Kassie get out of there now!" Her voice sounded like an echo in a cave. She was so close but she felt so far away. I tried to hurry and get down, but before I knew it, everything was completely black.

I tried to move, I tried to breathe, I couldn't do anything. Just nothing but darkness surrounding me. I could feel my heart in my chest beat louder, and louder. I didn't know what to do.

And then I awoke.

I walked by the ocean as I needed clear my head late one evening. The crashing of the waves sounded like bliss, completely peaceful. As I walked closer to this grass along side of the sea, I noticed that there was an overhang leading down to the ocean. My mind was curious, so I decided to walk closer to the edge. Upon arrival at the edge, I noticed that there was hands hanging on to the edge. My first instinct what that it was all an illusion brought on by my fear of the night, so I closed my eyes, hoping when I opened them, the horrifying image would go away, but it didn't. They were still there. My next instinct was to run. I ran to the edge, and grabbed onto the hands of the unknown stranger. I tried to pull up the unknown human, but once I did, I realized they were just that, hands. I began to panic at this moment. I didn't know what to do, how to explain what I just witnessed, or if this was still all in my head. I decided to call the police. The minutes felt like hours before the police arrived, and I was still in shock had what I just witnessed.

A police officer walked up behind me as I was looking out at the ocean, completely absorbed in thought. I jumped.

"Ma'am, would you like to show me what you were telling our dispatcher?" His voice was soft, he knew I was scared.

"Uh, yeah, it's over there." I said as I took in a deep breath, and tears were rolling down my face. I lead him over towards the hands.

His voice was silent as he made his way over to them. His eyes slowly observed them, and he looked back at me. He stayed silent as he made his way back to his car, and called someone. He let out a heavily deep sigh when he walked back to me.

"Ma'am, I regret to inform you, but this appears to be a part of an art project a local college was doing. I don't know how they got in the position they were in, or why they are still out here at this hour of the night, but I spoke to one of my colleagues whose daughter is a member of the art class and they were something the class was working on for a play they did two months ago."

I stared at him, completely in shock. "How..why..I don't understand." My voice was incredibly low, almost inaudible.

The police officer picked up the hands, and took them by the ocean to wash off all the dirt. Once he did, it was very clear that it was just plaster and resin the hands were made of.

My eyes drifted to him, and back to the hands nearly 10 times before I spoke. "Officer, I'm sorry for wasting your time when you have other important matters to attend to." I cleared my throat, and just walked back over to the ocean, staring out at the water.

I felt the police officer's hand on my shoulder. "Ma'am you did the right thing by letting us know, and I am more than happy to know that it was just part of an art project. I'm going to head back to the station. I advise you go home and get some sleep." He walked off from me and took the hands with him to return to the local college.

I stayed by the ocean for an extra few minutes, in complete silence and thought to myself, "Why did they look so real if they were only plaster and resin?"

It was late the eve of Halloween and I could feel this sense of dread washing over me. I didn't know what was causing this feeling, so I tried to brush it off the best I knew how to do. I reached across the table, and picked up a bottle of vodka. I twisted the top off, and brought the bottle to my lips for a drink. Off in the distance, I heard the wind howling. It sounded like something out of a horror movie. Uneasy by the sound, I went to turn on my TV, and watched an episode of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. It was my favorite TV series. After finishing that episode I decided to get some sleep. I woke up nearly at 3am to a loud banging sound outside which startled me. I didn't know what could possibly be outside at this hour of the morning, but being the curious person I am, I decided to go check it out. Everything was dark. There wasn't a light on, not even lamp posts, which is rather unusual. A thin fog covered everything, making it nearly impossible to see anything almost 10 yards away. I fumbled around in search of a flashlight, but then I realized I had my phone in hand. After turning on my flashlight, I looked around to see where the banging may had came from. Nothing. There was nothing that could have made the sound outside. Once again, I hear a banging sound by it seemed like it came from behind me, inside of my house. I was terrified at this point because I don't have any animals, or anyone else who is living with me. This is my first time living on my own, I am only 23 years old, and recently moved out of my parents house to go to college. I decided to take a deep breath in, and exhale before going inside to see if I can locate the banging sound from within. As I slowly made my way inside, I felt the rush of dread wash over me again. This time it was more intense than the last time. Hesitant, I went ahead and walked inside because I knew I couldn't just say outside all night especially over a little fear. I searched my kitchen, my living room, my bathroom, there was nothing. I decided it would be best to return to my sleep since it more than likely was just something I was hearing, especially with it being so early in the morning. I thought I had went insane at this point. As I moved closer to my bedroom, I felt a strong gust of wind, almost knocking me onto my feet. That through me aback as all the windows are locked in the house and shut, and I closed my door and locked it when I came inside. My eyes drifted to my bedroom and then all a sudden I heard this extremely loud banging sound come from behind me. My eyes immediately closed and when they opened in front of my face, his back turned to me, I saw someone or something that came from a horror movie. He was tall, his eyes were glossed over, and out of no where the umbrella in his hand banged against my wall. I didn't know rather to run, or stay still. I didn't know rather I should let him know that I realized he was there, or not. I was frozen in fear. My eyes immediately closed again when I realize he had saw me. My body collapsed to the floor, shaking. In this moment I thought I was going to die. I got enough strength built up to open my eyes, and to look around, but he was no where to be found. I didn't know if I should call the police, or if I should just leave my house all together until the morning. I stood back up, and walked into the living room, and off in the distance through the window in my dining room, I saw the ghostly man look at me, smile, and disappear into the fine mist that was outside. My body trembled, and I thought to myself, "Was this all in my head?" Horrified by the thought, I walked over to my couch and sat back down. I turned on the TV, and the man was on the local news station. The headline read, "Beware if you see this man tonight."