[DaSeaBass_]

Anyone have any spooky stories to tell? As in ghosts, aliens, cryptids or anything else of that sort. I'll start out by sharing one of my own. Two years ago my Dad and I were driving back home late in the night after being done with work. Since the area was unfamiliar as all the roads were surrounded by forest so we used a gps to guide us. For whatever reason the gps haywire as it attempts to guide us through the woods rather than through any street. My dad yelled at me in frustration as I failed to fix it then we heard merry go round music. I attempted to find the source of the music within the car but I couldn't find it anywhere. Then there was the laughter. It was high pitched like that of a child yet bearing malice. My dad began to realize what was going on and turned his shirt insideout. He told me to do the same to which I initially refused to due to it sounding stupid considering the situation but I eventually gave in. It all stopped. The music and laughter gone while the gps went back to guiding us through a normal route. My dad then explained to me what had happened. A "duende" is what he called it. An elf of mexican folklore but it was nothing like the fairy tales. They are grotesque looking and were more goblinesque and demonic. This specific version of duende was the "chaneque" the soul of a child who had died unbaptized. They lure people into the forest under the pretense of guiding them to safety when in reality their objective is to get their victims lost in the woods so they can prey upon them. Turning your shirt insideout was one of the only two ways to break their spell. What such a creature was doing in North Carolina I am not certain or if it truly did exist but then again where would I be if I didn't turn my shirt insideout? There is so much in this world that we don't understand and never will.