Dad: Hey Son.
Son: Hey Dad. What is it now?
Dad: Sorry I can’t be there. I was delayed on business.794Please respect copyright.PENANAWZV5ndqAqg
Dad: It’s only for one night. I’ll be home tomorrow.794Please respect copyright.PENANAoLDAU5GGwm
Dad: Are you sure you’re OK on your own?794Please respect copyright.PENANAm5wRW6aYvP
Dad: I could still get a babysitter to come over…
Son: *GROAN* I don’t need a babysitter.794Please respect copyright.PENANAvg1HYVInep
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.794Please respect copyright.PENANAbaYG4nDWpK
Dad: All grown up and nothing can scare you anymore.
Son: Well… Your stories are kind of lame.794Please respect copyright.PENANA1ac95UFjDv
Son: Sorry, Dad. Just being honest.794Please respect copyright.PENANAw1qkJAOB9U
Son: If you’re going to tell a scary story,794Please respect copyright.PENANAnDVdEJh9aU
Son: You need to make sure it’s REALLY scary.
Dad: I see…794Please respect copyright.PENANAmEyCzlKis9
Dad: Well, there is one story I could tell you…794Please respect copyright.PENANAgf4FWhXg9t
Dad: But… I don’t know…794Please respect copyright.PENANAyeuJV5h19E
Dad: It might be a bit too scary.
Son: I can handle it.
Dad: OK… Here we go.794Please respect copyright.PENANAr00EhE7oa3
Dad: Once upon a time, there was a boy named Colby.
Son: Ugh. The start is like a fairytale.
Dad: Bear with me…794Please respect copyright.PENANAdM5hn2fSGZ
Dad: This boy named Colby used the Internet a lot.794Please respect copyright.PENANAr2bQXMNHTj
Dad: He joined a lot of websites.794Please respect copyright.PENANATpG39IBa6G
Dad: He started talking to other kids online.794Please respect copyright.PENANAX4cgktHjhG
Dad: He made friends with another boy named StrangerDanger23.794Please respect copyright.PENANA79xxPXBOel
Dad: They liked the same movies and TV shows.794Please respect copyright.PENANAl3KPqHJUdN
Dad: They played games together online.794Please respect copyright.PENANAWKJhLd3XE4
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…794Please respect copyright.PENANACYmA3erhnj
Dad: After they had been friends for a few months,794Please respect copyright.PENANA7h8yZ3luZW
Dad: StrangerDanger heard that Colby’s birthday was coming up.794Please respect copyright.PENANAOqxnsw86A9
Dad: Since they were best friends,794Please respect copyright.PENANAgVlYVVIhhV
Dad: StrangerDanger23 wanted to send him a cool present.794Please respect copyright.PENANAWf9Glt91mP
Dad: He asked Colby for his home address.794Please respect copyright.PENANAIkV2AmmcSG
Dad: Colby was hesitant at first.794Please respect copyright.PENANAof9xDVJ3br
Dad: He thought about it for a while.794Please respect copyright.PENANAWYGWIPTzAB
Dad: He has known StrangerDanger23 for a long time,794Please respect copyright.PENANA0DUMPwCdsf
Dad: So he figured it wouldn’t hurt to give him his address794Please respect copyright.PENANAY6OPXLoXFm
Dad: As long as he promised not to give it to anyone else.794Please respect copyright.PENANARBJYX934kP
Dad: StrangerDanger23 swore he wouldn’t.794Please respect copyright.PENANAWTnpPlKID4
Dad: So Colby gave him the address and StrangerDanger23 said794Please respect copyright.PENANAMvZACWfCZR
Dad: He would mail the package right away.794Please respect copyright.PENANA1Ex2vKKz3o
Dad: Do you think that was a good idea?
Son: Uh… probably not.
Dad: Well, after a while, neither did Colby.794Please respect copyright.PENANAhavuVJi2s5
Dad: The boy had second thoughts about giving out his address794Please respect copyright.PENANA0ZUTnOFmmX
Dad: Especially to someone he didn’t really know.794Please respect copyright.PENANA5WISYJQvbM
Dad: His parents had always told him not to do that.794Please respect copyright.PENANAqaLUKixPJ8
Dad: He felt nervous and guilty about it.794Please respect copyright.PENANAb3gbxQqI2W
Dad: The fear and the guilt grew and grew,794Please respect copyright.PENANANFALiFBfry
Dad: Until they were gnawing away at him.794Please respect copyright.PENANANdR8JxoYTe
Dad: By bedtime the next night,794Please respect copyright.PENANAVTDwFdomSb
Dad: He decided to tell his parents what he had done.794Please respect copyright.PENANAuHb9Xkoljo
Dad: They would probably be angry. They might even punish him.794Please respect copyright.PENANA3PiIhlm6zY
Dad: But it would be worth it to put his mind at ease.794Please respect copyright.PENANAun85t7uD54
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.794Please respect copyright.PENANArkyGFrtO5U
Dad: He listened to all the noises throughout the house.794Please respect copyright.PENANAHxoD14zSuh
Dad: The humming of the refrigerator in the kitchen.794Please respect copyright.PENANALiM0j6stli
Dad: The sound of the TV in the living room.794Please respect copyright.PENANATlJfRcHp6B
Dad: The cries of his baby brother in the next room.794Please respect copyright.PENANASD3Cq4y3LS
Dad: The soft patter of the rain outside.794Please respect copyright.PENANAbpfNr0X9sD
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.794Please respect copyright.PENANAkFsHtl1iMu
Dad: Finally, he heard his dad’s footsteps coming up the stairs.794Please respect copyright.PENANAOJBosHsqAI
Dad: “Hey Dad?” Colby called out nervously.794Please respect copyright.PENANArWCtFuKF0m
Dad: “Can I talk to you for a minute?”794Please respect copyright.PENANAyiN3ToosAV
Dad: In the darkness, he saw the bedroom door slowly creak open.794Please respect copyright.PENANAbdzdZMtnge
Dad: His dad stuck his head through the doorway.794Please respect copyright.PENANAkoExl8eE9w
Dad: “Yes, son” said his dad in a muffled voice.794Please respect copyright.PENANAwxmRPlwEd7
Dad: “Are you okay, Dad?” the boy asked.794Please respect copyright.PENANAhd8apn1eVn
Dad: “Yes, Son,” his dad replied.794Please respect copyright.PENANAIvBncQH2R9
Dad: “Ummm… Is Mom around?”794Please respect copyright.PENANAUllh3VbBsT
Dad: “Here I am!” said his mom in a high-pitched voice.794Please respect copyright.PENANAzEk4ATNo4n
Dad: She stuck her head through the doorway as well.794Please respect copyright.PENANAmVTof3GIvD
Dad: “What do you want to tell us?” she asked.794Please respect copyright.PENANAclLT3nLnco
Dad: “Um… I think I made a big mistake,” said Colby.794Please respect copyright.PENANAcrpfQjafnd
Dad: “I accidentally gave our address to someone on the internet”794Please respect copyright.PENANAwrzfQHWCCw
Dad: “Oh, you shouldn’t have done that!” said his mom.794Please respect copyright.PENANAHENZY5LK8o
Dad: “We told you never to do that!”794Please respect copyright.PENANAnStgJ3x0d0
Dad: “Who did you give it to?” asked his dad.794Please respect copyright.PENANAHkjIdgIMOT
Dad: “Um… this kid named StrangerDanger23,” said Colby.794Please respect copyright.PENANANgSTkBEIn9
Dad: “Oh, but he wasn’t really a kid!” said his mom.794Please respect copyright.PENANAadqHnGPOaG
Dad: “He just pretended to be a kid to fool you.”794Please respect copyright.PENANAy2aGipajT9
Dad: “And do you know what he did?”794Please respect copyright.PENANAv9xihvF9mx
Dad: “He broke into our house and murdered both of us!”794Please respect copyright.PENANAhejpe4C0DN
Dad: “Just so he could spend some time with you!”
Son: Oh God!
Dad: All of a sudden, the door opened wide.794Please respect copyright.PENANAfrVCGQ1gxf
Dad: A fat man in a yellow raincoat stood there in the doorway.794Please respect copyright.PENANAcECeOypo7B
Dad: He was holding something in his hands.794Please respect copyright.PENANAREKzIdp7Fk
Dad: The severed heads of Colby’s mom and dad.794Please respect copyright.PENANAgnxACMJE8H
Dad: Colby gasped and let out a shriek of terror.794Please respect copyright.PENANAZRzLziWPhK
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.794Please respect copyright.PENANASjuQXp76Yu
Dad: His terrified screams had become pitiful whimpers.794Please respect copyright.PENANAry3uvhSQTo
Dad: Then the killer noticed something.794Please respect copyright.PENANAnHhz5a30Yt
Dad: He heard the baby crying in the other room.794Please respect copyright.PENANA1ZbWJkp2Q5
Dad: He bent down and pulled his knife out of the794Please respect copyright.PENANAFlidn3qMTl
Dad: Bloody mess that had once been Colby.794Please respect copyright.PENANAp0P2Kktd2v
Dad: Then he turned and followed the sound of the baby’s cries.794Please respect copyright.PENANA4Qb1t8Vu1E
Dad: When he got to the nursery, he walked up to the crib.794Please respect copyright.PENANAxWn6s7OPhi
Dad: He picked the baby up and held it in his arms.794Please respect copyright.PENANAO1r1I04OWJ
Dad: The baby stopped crying. It looked up at him and smiled.794Please respect copyright.PENANArdIKe0QmuQ
Dad: The man had never held a baby before.794Please respect copyright.PENANAlKf8yQyqAb
Dad: He stroked the baby’s cheek.794Please respect copyright.PENANA1z0d4ZB4gY
Dad: He walked out of the nursery and took the baby with him.794Please respect copyright.PENANAecOugIaOkS
Dad: He took the baby home and raised him as his very own son.794Please respect copyright.PENANA6HKPygD0Mc
Dad: He named him “William”.
Son: But Dad… my name is William.
Dad: I know it is, Son.794Please respect copyright.PENANAbmuYJmHHhy
Dad: Son?794Please respect copyright.PENANAI7Vj3IOCyc
Dad: Will?794Please respect copyright.PENANAp1Syk7l21X
Dad: William?794Please respect copyright.PENANAS9FZ7w8cFb
Dad: You still there, Son?794Please respect copyright.PENANAZGSvkiNkxy
Dad: Was that story scary enough for you?794Please respect copyright.PENANARMyQjCwwE7
Dad: Want to hear another?794Please respect copyright.PENANAR7NGwGrL4X
Dad: LOL. Sleep tight, Son.