Dad: Hey Son.
Son: Hey Dad. What is it now?
Dad: Sorry I can’t be there. I was delayed on business.462Please respect copyright.PENANAMJd4O58EGd
Dad: It’s only for one night. I’ll be home tomorrow.462Please respect copyright.PENANAgyPdSBuQFQ
Dad: Are you sure you’re OK on your own?462Please respect copyright.PENANA1ycbHFHEAQ
Dad: I could still get a babysitter to come over…
Son: *GROAN* I don’t need a babysitter.462Please respect copyright.PENANAlD2z6f5ywH
Son: I’m 10. I can take care of myself.
Dad: Are you sure? It can be scary spending the night alone.
Son: Yeah, I’m sure.
Dad: Well it’s past your bedtime.
Son: GAH!
Dad: How about I tell you a bedtime story?
Son: *SIGH* If you must.
Dad: Something wrong?
Son: Is this going to be another stupid scary story?
Dad: What? I thought you liked my stories.
Son: Maybe when I was a little kid, but they’re not scary now.
Dad: Alright. I get it. So now you’re 10, you’re a big man.462Please respect copyright.PENANAk3Tszb3a0h
Dad: All grown up and nothing can scare you anymore.
Son: Well… Your stories are kind of lame.462Please respect copyright.PENANAhVgW3MC7Dg
Son: Sorry, Dad. Just being honest.462Please respect copyright.PENANABAXgckCAKp
Son: If you’re going to tell a scary story,462Please respect copyright.PENANAvIlUiAPIpG
Son: You need to make sure it’s REALLY scary.
Dad: I see…462Please respect copyright.PENANAxIf5DhVnsV
Dad: Well, there is one story I could tell you…462Please respect copyright.PENANAK4cmMGG2AL
Dad: But… I don’t know…462Please respect copyright.PENANAObGOmO1A0b
Dad: It might be a bit too scary.
Son: I can handle it.
Dad: OK… Here we go.462Please respect copyright.PENANAduq1IhMPEi
Dad: Once upon a time, there was a boy named Colby.
Son: Ugh. The start is like a fairytale.
Dad: Bear with me…462Please respect copyright.PENANAWYnNfyxO64
Dad: This boy named Colby used the Internet a lot.462Please respect copyright.PENANAX7baCXQpJ1
Dad: He joined a lot of websites.462Please respect copyright.PENANArbqZLP0M3U
Dad: He started talking to other kids online.462Please respect copyright.PENANApAj9tq3AKN
Dad: He made friends with another boy named StrangerDanger23.462Please respect copyright.PENANAMw2ZPZBk65
Dad: They liked the same movies and TV shows.462Please respect copyright.PENANA9vwAWSY4hf
Dad: They played games together online.462Please respect copyright.PENANA5MbD3GklUo
Dad: They chatted and laughed at each other’s jokes.
Son: Then they got married and lived happily ever after. The End.
Dad: Not quite…462Please respect copyright.PENANAI5nFfUJS7O
Dad: After they had been friends for a few months,462Please respect copyright.PENANALtJ9ZNIZPe
Dad: StrangerDanger heard that Colby’s birthday was coming up.462Please respect copyright.PENANAI9ZNYk6JXL
Dad: Since they were best friends,462Please respect copyright.PENANAlRyWh4NYzu
Dad: StrangerDanger23 wanted to send him a cool present.462Please respect copyright.PENANAojXNil4nie
Dad: He asked Colby for his home address.462Please respect copyright.PENANAvCs5mLh3ox
Dad: Colby was hesitant at first.462Please respect copyright.PENANAUVfKx62xEj
Dad: He thought about it for a while.462Please respect copyright.PENANAKVKfAVkoRV
Dad: He has known StrangerDanger23 for a long time,462Please respect copyright.PENANArrq5ecqDiv
Dad: So he figured it wouldn’t hurt to give him his address462Please respect copyright.PENANAuZcVAmEUhZ
Dad: As long as he promised not to give it to anyone else.462Please respect copyright.PENANAW1U3INeMVR
Dad: StrangerDanger23 swore he wouldn’t.462Please respect copyright.PENANAiaVLCtBJyM
Dad: So Colby gave him the address and StrangerDanger23 said462Please respect copyright.PENANAUIxNAHBywN
Dad: He would mail the package right away.462Please respect copyright.PENANAWRkrupZ6sQ
Dad: Do you think that was a good idea?
Son: Uh… probably not.
Dad: Well, after a while, neither did Colby.462Please respect copyright.PENANAevJUFeko5w
Dad: The boy had second thoughts about giving out his address462Please respect copyright.PENANAVOIp1JGLSJ
Dad: Especially to someone he didn’t really know.462Please respect copyright.PENANAjgrX4QcKsq
Dad: His parents had always told him not to do that.462Please respect copyright.PENANAgDWOAhJSg4
Dad: He felt nervous and guilty about it.462Please respect copyright.PENANART9n4wCwFC
Dad: The fear and the guilt grew and grew,462Please respect copyright.PENANA48TyhjuYW2
Dad: Until they were gnawing away at him.462Please respect copyright.PENANAquTXsw3D3k
Dad: By bedtime the next night,462Please respect copyright.PENANAHhBTPczXUp
Dad: He decided to tell his parents what he had done.462Please respect copyright.PENANAoBgCVNfGOi
Dad: They would probably be angry. They might even punish him.462Please respect copyright.PENANAQMTRiaftMS
Dad: But it would be worth it to put his mind at ease.462Please respect copyright.PENANAJKlRYfHh6J
Dad: He lay in his bed as he waited for his parents to come upstairs to tuck him in.
Dad: Colby lay there in the darkness and listened.462Please respect copyright.PENANADmzNOdBmH9
Dad: He listened to all the noises throughout the house.462Please respect copyright.PENANAkdaDUY05jq
Dad: The humming of the refrigerator in the kitchen.462Please respect copyright.PENANAsqdN9vOA6I
Dad: The sound of the TV in the living room.462Please respect copyright.PENANAY76I4HeKxa
Dad: The cries of his baby brother in the next room.462Please respect copyright.PENANAE8i65w1DMA
Dad: The soft patter of the rain outside.462Please respect copyright.PENANADwUdcGSD2x
Dad: The scraping of branches against his window.
Son: This story is putting me to sleep.
Dad: But there were some other noises he couldn’t quite account for.462Please respect copyright.PENANAO4ATIvwMje
Dad: Finally, he heard his dad’s footsteps coming up the stairs.462Please respect copyright.PENANAWbpUvNw0ga
Dad: “Hey Dad?” Colby called out nervously.462Please respect copyright.PENANAKoadT3FyfN
Dad: “Can I talk to you for a minute?”462Please respect copyright.PENANAdrjebaT669
Dad: In the darkness, he saw the bedroom door slowly creak open.462Please respect copyright.PENANAeEd1qjUGTd
Dad: His dad stuck his head through the doorway.462Please respect copyright.PENANAlwMpscNHIK
Dad: “Yes, son” said his dad in a muffled voice.462Please respect copyright.PENANARvsZhNXy4M
Dad: “Are you okay, Dad?” the boy asked.462Please respect copyright.PENANAWUclwVQDZC
Dad: “Yes, Son,” his dad replied.462Please respect copyright.PENANAyP4spnVzOE
Dad: “Ummm… Is Mom around?”462Please respect copyright.PENANALzgGRlLFzi
Dad: “Here I am!” said his mom in a high-pitched voice.462Please respect copyright.PENANA8K1ShocfHp
Dad: She stuck her head through the doorway as well.462Please respect copyright.PENANAqXq7QBiAbV
Dad: “What do you want to tell us?” she asked.462Please respect copyright.PENANAZOWqFF5GiV
Dad: “Um… I think I made a big mistake,” said Colby.462Please respect copyright.PENANAfmvriR1urj
Dad: “I accidentally gave our address to someone on the internet”462Please respect copyright.PENANAxlQUlL9juI
Dad: “Oh, you shouldn’t have done that!” said his mom.462Please respect copyright.PENANAgXE7pHlvPu
Dad: “We told you never to do that!”462Please respect copyright.PENANAmHCeWyQY92
Dad: “Who did you give it to?” asked his dad.462Please respect copyright.PENANAbZKCCQ9RSf
Dad: “Um… this kid named StrangerDanger23,” said Colby.462Please respect copyright.PENANAtCagp6m2Rp
Dad: “Oh, but he wasn’t really a kid!” said his mom.462Please respect copyright.PENANAoESYffFz3G
Dad: “He just pretended to be a kid to fool you.”462Please respect copyright.PENANAHCI5K50RYZ
Dad: “And do you know what he did?”462Please respect copyright.PENANAPD6Mu56qop
Dad: “He broke into our house and murdered both of us!”462Please respect copyright.PENANAaFfajUJvQB
Dad: “Just so he could spend some time with you!”
Son: Oh God!
Dad: All of a sudden, the door opened wide.462Please respect copyright.PENANA2jV7OZKNHq
Dad: A fat man in a yellow raincoat stood there in the doorway.462Please respect copyright.PENANAzqQklYGrnV
Dad: He was holding something in his hands.462Please respect copyright.PENANADUX3gSBwVP
Dad: The severed heads of Colby’s mom and dad.462Please respect copyright.PENANAUIcF9qIZWo
Dad: Colby gasped and let out a shriek of terror.462Please respect copyright.PENANAx96Y5GrVQc
Dad: The man dropped the heads on the floor and took out his knife.
Son: NO NO NO!
Dad: After several hours, the boy was almost dead.462Please respect copyright.PENANApwM9yV1STl
Dad: His terrified screams had become pitiful whimpers.462Please respect copyright.PENANA8nLs98Zrci
Dad: Then the killer noticed something.462Please respect copyright.PENANAXYiW9T5Te2
Dad: He heard the baby crying in the other room.462Please respect copyright.PENANAi4mjzyIfbG
Dad: He bent down and pulled his knife out of the462Please respect copyright.PENANA3WC5Xe2kZ2
Dad: Bloody mess that had once been Colby.462Please respect copyright.PENANAUIlI8bmpCj
Dad: Then he turned and followed the sound of the baby’s cries.462Please respect copyright.PENANAJykGfXW7OZ
Dad: When he got to the nursery, he walked up to the crib.462Please respect copyright.PENANAJseKFR5Rbr
Dad: He picked the baby up and held it in his arms.462Please respect copyright.PENANAKujF1X9K5q
Dad: The baby stopped crying. It looked up at him and smiled.462Please respect copyright.PENANAp4dbZIf3qk
Dad: The man had never held a baby before.462Please respect copyright.PENANAteMBprUjL7
Dad: He stroked the baby’s cheek.462Please respect copyright.PENANAb8RPsqEA8l
Dad: He walked out of the nursery and took the baby with him.462Please respect copyright.PENANADfzB3Cvyi6
Dad: He took the baby home and raised him as his very own son.462Please respect copyright.PENANAjMBgBsjLNm
Dad: He named him “William”.
Son: But Dad… my name is William.
Dad: I know it is, Son.462Please respect copyright.PENANAEz92zFQOwM
Dad: Son?462Please respect copyright.PENANAffq0FZtw3l
Dad: Will?462Please respect copyright.PENANA0isS2DfXIV
Dad: William?462Please respect copyright.PENANA8Bs5e55zKH
Dad: You still there, Son?462Please respect copyright.PENANAZFz66bpZ2i
Dad: Was that story scary enough for you?462Please respect copyright.PENANAH9Nrva4UnT
Dad: Want to hear another?462Please respect copyright.PENANADdsl4J2Rz2
Dad: LOL. Sleep tight, Son.