Chapter 1: The Grandfather Clock Spirit

== Quote ==
"Space and time are the framework within which the mind is constrained to construct its experience of reality." -Immanuel Kant
== Story ==
(11:00 PM, June 18, 2014):
Jason Narrating: Hi, my name is Jason. Jason Zachariah. I... I can't exactly say it. Otherwise, I'd be called a weirdo and people would make fun of me. But... I have an embarrassing question for you. Yes, you. Do you believe in monsters? Or demons? Or ghosts? Crazy to say, but... I... do. I even used to highly doubt the existence of them, but until that one night, that all changed. You can call me crazy. I don't care what you call me. I know what I've seen. It's no hallucination! It's all real! I still remember that night like it was yesterday. It was 11:00 PM on the night of Wednesday, June 18, 2014. I was 15 years old that time. Me and my family were supposed to camp that night, but the weather was stormy, and we can't stand sleeping in the heavy rain. So, we returned home. It was enough time for us Zachariah's to wash and go to bed. My whole family were already asleep. I was the only one awake. It was finally midnight, and we have a grandfather clock near my room. I can hear it chiming the midnight melody. I was going to go to sleep.
(12:05 AM):
I don't know what time it was, but I do know for sure that midnight has passed. It's at least like... 12:08 or less, but out of nowhere, the midnight chimes start chiming again! I was surprised that it's chiming. I KNOW I heard it already... so what's this? A mistake? Well, I don't know, but I was about to open my room door to see the clock, but until my instincts strongly told me not to. I looked under the door where there's a peep to the outside of my room, and out of nowhere, I see something that just horrifies me. I see long, big feet. The toes, I see it's boney and they DO NOT look like one of a human. I was so scared at that moment, that I quickly, but quietly, snuck back to bed and got a wooden pipe to get ready to defend myself. I was just looking at the door, waiting for whatever that is to open the door.
(1:09 AM):
I don't know how many hours or minutes I've been up for, but never in my life I woken up this late. I can't believe my eyes are still open, and that midnight chime keeps playing!!! It's been playing for a long time now!!! I am terrified! I'm never usually scared of the midnight melody, but now that it's keep on repeating in the dark night, it's just slowly terrorizing me. I can't anymore. I quietly got up from my bed and snuck to the door looking at the lock hole. Through the lock hole, I can see it. What I'm about to tell you is horrifying and definitely not human! It had wide open eye sockets that has blood surrounding its tiny eyeballs!!! It also had a wide-opened mouth, and its torso... OH MY GOSH!!! It was so thin, scrawny, and boney that you can see its ribcages and it had long, boney arms. It was tall, that I had to look up to look at its face. After seeing this, I immediately ran away and definitely got ready to defend myself. I'm assuming that it was the one imitating the midnight chimes. I slowly closed my eyes, and I somehow fell asleep.
(1:09 AM):
I woke up, and I don't know what time it is. I think it was around 3 AM or so, but I quickly squinted my eyes, fake sleeping, when I saw it whole for the first time. It was at my door, I saw half of its body, peaking at me, watching me. After a little while, it quickly crept to me. It was so tall, that it took big, quiet steps to sneak up on me. After it got to me, I tightly gripped my wooden pipe and I was still squinting my eyes, looking at it. It was looking down at me. My heart was pounding for the first time in years. I couldn't believe my eyes, for what I was seeing was just a nightmare, right? No. It's not a nightmare. It's been a long while, and it hasn't moved a bit. It's still in the same, exact, position looking down at me. I was still scared. I thought to myself, "Why isn't it attacking me? Am I going to die?" But it's been another long while, and yet it still hasn't moved. It's like that thing wasn't even tickled or itchy to itch itself. I'm so scared, that eventually I began to sweat. My back was soaked, my forehead was wet. It's all overwhelming. It's like the thing is just here to watch me. I was afraid to open my eyes, because what if it did kill me if I do?
(1:09 AM):
We have been here for long now. It has to be 5 AM or something, but yet the thing STILL didn't move!!! Neither did I! It was still staring at me, and it was like the thing was some statue. It just feels like I've been awake for centuries! I could see it in color for the first time a bit. It's a bit light brown in its skin tone, and it has red stains and scars all over it. Is that blood?! Did this thing killed other people as well?! I had many questions, and I couldn't answer myself in this very moment. But finally, it was backing away. It was backing away slowly, but still kept an eye on me as it did. Outside the window, a car light flashed through my room. And in the light of the car, that flashed on the walls of my room, I could see a shadow. A shadow of what looked like another tall man with a hat. So, it looks like other people are awake out there. But the thing went out my room, and quietly shut the door. I finally moved out of that position quietly and I was in relief. I was wondering if the thing is still out there, but I didn't want to think about it much and I fell asleep.
(8:00 AM):
I woke up what felt like a long night, and I was wondering if it was all a nightmare. I went out my door and I was closely observing the ground. I found nothing and immediately, I searched near the grandfather clock. I saw nothing as well. I thought it was all a nightmare and I was optimistic and glad.
(9:30 PM):
It's about time to go to sleep, and I'm done washing. My parents were going out to watch a movie. I was calm and I was tired. I was ready to go to sleep. Until out of nowhere, I heard footsteps outside my door. I looked down at the peep underneath my door to see the feet. The feet were too long to be human. Then all of the sudden... I heard the midnight chimes, playing outside my room. So... it was real... all real!!! I still remember it to this day. The sounds of the grandfather clock, chiming in the dark... and that thing!
Category:Scary Story
Category:Proxies
Category:Monsters