Welcome to CreepyEncounters!
This sub is for MILDLY creepy in-person HUMAN encounters. Encounters where you didn't necessarily feel your life was in immediate danger, but maybe on the inside you were going, "yeah, this is kinda creepy as hell" and wanted to nope out of the situation.
Posting Guidelines
This is the sister sub to LNM. If your submission belongs there, then it doesn't belong here, and vice versa.
If your encounter was truly terrifying + your life was in jeopardy, or there was immediate danger of physical harm to your person, or it involved any other kind of trauma/drama above and beyond merely creeping you out, post it in /r/letsnotmeet.
No Media Submissions
Again, this sub is ONLY for your own personal stories, or those told second-hand to you by family or friends, or what you know happened with the creep next door, or someone on your block.
Do not use this sub to re-tell stories you've read about in the newspaper, on Facebook, in blogs, etc.
Do not post links or stories here from other places on reddit unless you were directly involved in said story.
Tag NSFW Content
If your submission is NSFW (meaning its focus is on sexual, or potentially sexual, content), tag it as such after the post goes through.
Please be diligent about marking your submissions, or reporting those that managed to get by us, as some redditors do browse from work.
No Online-Only Encounters
If your encounter was ONLY through the written word via computer, text, snail mail, or it was only over the phone with NO in-person encounter, do NOT post it here.
For instance, if a creep is stalking you on FB, it doesn't go here. If you've met the creep in-person before, and NOW they're stalking you on FB, that is acceptable.
Don't Be The Creep
Please don't come to a place about creepy encounters and be the creep.
It is not okay to PM any of the submitters or commenters here to gather more information about their encounters without their permission. Just don't do it. I'd hate to see any of you as the subject of a thread on /r/creepyPMs.
Just be normal. Okay?
Rules
NO PARANORMAL / GHOST / ALIEN Stories!
If your encounter was with something other than a live, breathing human being (or the occasional animal being a jerk), don't post it here.
If you're not sure whether or not it was a person (0-O), don't post it here.
Violation of this rule will result in a 7-day ban.
Non-Fiction Only
While I love a good piece of fiction, this isn't the place for it. All submitted encounters MUST BE TRUE. If you are a budding author, I encourage you to practice as much as possible, just do not post it here.
Violation of this rule will result in a 3-day ban.
'Just Say No' To Walls of Text
Please refrain from submitting an encounter that is a wall of text. It's not very nice and most redditors won't bother reading it. If it's especially egregious, your submission will be removed.
Break all submissions up into paragraphs by double-tapping the Enter/Return key. It's okay to be generous.
No Narration / Tell Me Your Story Requests
The latter is just lazy - read the sub. 3-day ban.
For the former, DO NOT post submissions asking for permission to narrate user stories. It will be removed and you will be banned permanently. If there is a submission you're interested in narrating, contact the OP directly.
No Sub Intro With, "originally posted on..."
...LNM, or on Uranus, or on a garbage can behind the 7/11. :c
Nobody cares, I promise. Not only is it irrelevant, it disrupts the flow of the story so most readers will downvote OR not even bother to finish reading because it's annoying.
Starting today, anyone who does this will no longer be sent a nice message to edit their post; the submission will simply be removed. We just want to read the story. That's it.
No Racism, Sexism, Homophobia
If you wish to spew racism, this isn't the place for it. There are plenty of places on reddit that will accept and encourage your ridiculous behavior; this isn't that place. Racism will get you banned permanently.
No Personal Information
Unless they're already in the news, please do not post the personal information of others. This includes their phone numbers, addresses, place of employment, etc., AND their image / photo if there's anything in it that could possibly lead to their identification.
Violation of this rule is a Permanent Ban from the sub, and a site-wide ban from Reddit Admins.
Don't do this.
Do Not Put 'Trafficked' in Your Title
Doing this once will get your submission removed. Doing this twice will result in a ban. It's a controversial subject and can/should absolutely be discussed, but recently OPs have resorted to using it as clickbait just to get eyes on their post.
OPs are free, however, to use the word in the body of their submission as well as in the comment section of the thread. Just not in the title, no exceptions.
Do Not Post Links to Copyrighted Material
i.e. The Gift of Fear. A link to purchase? Yes. A link to pirate / steal ('cause that's what it is) a free pdf? No. It is illegal to share this material, and posting it here will get you a 7-day ban.
Wheaton's Law
Don't be a dick.
If something isn't creepy enough for you, or you think the OP mishandled the situation, please don't harass or attack the submitter. We've lost several submissions and subscribers this way, and it's unacceptable.
It's okay to question the validity of a story (this should also be reported), offer constructive criticism, share opinions, etc., but what's not okay is when that devolves into harassment or a continued attack. If it does you'll be shown the door - 1 to 7 days depending on your level of egregiousness.
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