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[Horror/Mystery] I Sent a Reply to My Dead Boyfriend’s Email Address
I’m the person who wrote this post before (link).
Huchu | 20xx. 08. 24. (19:26)
Someone told me I should try replying…
I thought about it for a while and ended up sending a reply.
Asking who they were.
Telling them to stop this kind of malicious prank.
A reply came back, saying that he was my boyfriend, ㅇㅇ, and that he’d sent the email because he missed me.
Yeah.
I was just feeling vaguely unsettled before, but after reading that, I got angry.
I thought someone was making fun of me by pretending to be a dead person, so I fired back a harsh reply.
I told them to stop before I tracked down the crazy bastard and killed him; even I think I wrote it a bit aggressively…
But then another reply came.
Asking if I was angry because he wasn’t by my side.
Saying he’d come see me tonight, so I should calm down….
That all happened this afternoon;
No way someone’s actually going to show up, right?
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Comments
(19:28)
;; Sir, don’t do this. Report it to the police.
(19:29)
The police won’t do anything over something like that. They only care after you actually get hurt lol. Hell Joseon really is hard to live in as a woman.
(19:29)
The most suspicious people are the ones around you.
The people who’d know the situation are people close to you, right? If someone actually comes tonight, that’s basically proof.
Huchu (19:33)
Sorry for not saying it earlier, but… I’m a guy. My partner was a guy too….
I’ve gotten shit before for dating another man, so I deliberately wrote it vaguely, but I think I accidentally misled everyone, so I’m clearing it up ㅠㅠ Sorry…..
(19:34)
Oh, I see. That’s fine. Thanks for telling us.
(19:34)
Ugh, fucking disgusting gay bastard.
(19:35)
Even in 20xx there are still phobic idiots like the guy above, so I get why you hid it.
Haha, they say hatred is something only dumbasses engage in.
(19:35)
Honestly, I would’ve just assumed it either way LOL
OK, OK, no worries, no worries.
(19:35)
But if you’re really a guy, the police are even less likely to take it seriously.
(19:36)
If somebody breaks in, can you handle them?
At least get a baseball bat ready.
Huchu (19:37)
As long as they don’t come with a knife….
I should be fine unless some huge burly guy shows up.
(19:38)
That’s some serious confidence.
(19:38)
Do you do martial arts or something? In good shape?
(19:39)
Where do you live? Is it safe?
Huchu (19:40)
I like working out. I’m about 180 cm tall.
My boyfriend liked exercising and worried about me a lot, so;
I kept at it consistently… I boxed for seven years too.
After he died, I just couldn’t bring myself to keep going, so I’ve been taking a break for about a year.
But I don’t think I’d lose to an average person.
(19:41)
?
Then why were you scared in the first place?
(19:42)
Just beat up the ghost, bro.
Huchu (19:47)
My place is… normal, I guess?
It’s an officetel in an alley area, but there are still quite a lot of people around even at dawn.
The neighborhood itself is pretty safe too.
I think the area in front of here is one of those Women’s Safe Walking Route zones?
Something like that.
There are lots of CCTV cameras around, so I heard the crime rate is low.
(19:48)
Don’t you mean Women’s Safe Route Home?
Huchu (19:50)
Ah, right. Route Home.
(19:51)
Wouldn’t it actually feel better if someone really did show up?
Catch the criminal and head straight to the police station.
If they actually try to break in or something, the police would have to take it seriously then, right?
Huchu (19:53)
Yeah, when I think about it that way, it doesn’t seem scary anymore.
I’ll stay calm and wait; if anything happens later, I’ll update here.
(19:55)
I’ve got nothing to do anyway, so I’ll check in from time to time.
(19:59)
If nothing happens, give us a survival report.
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Comments
Huchu (02:00)
It’s suddenly started raining, and now I’m getting scared;
Huchu (02:07)
Why does it have to rain tonight of all nights?
(02:09)
It’s not raining where I am. Where are you?
Huchu (02:10)
Seoul.
(02:14)
Perfect weather for a ghost to show up.
Huchu (02:22)
W-wait a sec.
Huchu (02:22)
I just heard something that sounded like knocking at the window.
(02:23)
What?
(02:23)
????
(02:23)
Didn’t you say you’re on the third floor?
(02:23)
Third floor is climbable, though.
(02:24)
Wouldn’t it be slippery in the rain?
Huchu (02:27)
Ah, sorry, hold on.
(02:28)
Still alive, I see.
(02:29)
LOL, that’s some dedication to a fake story.
Huchu (02:31)
I wish I were making this up too.
(Photo of shattered glass scattered across the floor from a broken window)
(02:31)
Holy shit.
(02:31)
What the fuck;
(02:32)
Why did it break?
(02:33)
Stop posting here and call the cops, you terminally online idiot.
Huchu (02:34)
I was late because I went to call them.
(02:35)
Good thing you reported it. There are a lot of fake stories here.
(02:35)
Still, now that the window’s broken, the police should actually pay attention.
(02:35)
I want an explanation, though.
Huchu (02:39)
I told you I heard knocking earlier.
There was knocking….
The window at my place isn’t one of those thin windows. It’s the thick exterior glass they use for things like balcony doors…
It was a dull sound, like someone tapping on it with their hand.
At first it went knock, knock, knock at regular intervals, so I posted here and took a few deep breaths;;
I mean, this is the third floor; it was raining too, and it’s not even the kind of height someone could easily climb up to.
Hearing knocking there genuinely made me wonder if it was a ghost, so I got scared and contacted a friend first….
If it’s a human, I can beat them up, but you can’t beat up a ghost.
But my friend wouldn’t answer ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
So just as I was about to call again, something suddenly came flying from outside and smashed the window.
(02:39)
What flew in?
Huchu (02:40)
It was something black, but I don’t know what.
Maybe it got mixed in with the glass shards. I can’t find it.
(02:40)
This is why people are scarier than ghosts.
What kind of psycho breaks a third-floor window?
(02:41)
?? That’s kind of strange.
If it’s the type of glass used in balcony doors, it’s thick, right?
Something powerful enough to shatter a thick window like that would be so small that you can’t distinguish it from the glass fragments?
(02:42)
Oh.
(02:43)
;;
(02:43)
I’m going to my parents’ room and sleeping while holding my mom’s hand. Bye.
Huchu (02:44)
Ah; you’re right;;
No… it probably flew somewhere else and got lodged somewhere.
(02:45)
Can’t you check?
Huchu (02:46)
ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ Now you’ve got me scared.
I’ll check together with the police when they get here.
(02:46)
Where’d the guy who was acting all tough a few hours ago go?
Huchu (02:48)
ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ I’d rather wrap my arms in packing tape and beat up zombies.
Anything but ghosts.
(02:49)
Ghost vs. Stalker vs. Zombie
(02:50)
I’d pick the zombie.
You can kill it by cutting off its head.
(02:50)
A good-looking stalker.
(02:51)
Maybe you’ll shut your mouth once a good-looking stalker cuts your dick off.
Huchu (02:52)
The police are here.
I’ll come back later after they leave.
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Comments
Huchu (15:33)
I got a call at work, and this is ridiculous.
(15:40)
??
(15:48)
They couldn’t catch whoever did it?
(15:52)
Or was it someone you know?
(15:53)
If it’s someone close to you, that’s creepy as hell;
(16:02)
–?? What? Why isn’t he coming back?
(16:09)
He said he’s at work. He’s probably busy. Just wait.
Huchu (16:21)
Sorry, work’s been hectic, so I got back late.
I got a call from the police.
They reviewed the CCTV footage, but apparently there was no sign of anyone passing through at the time it happened.
Judging by the angle, whatever came flying should have been thrown from the alley side,
but there was no trace of anyone.
Just in case, they checked the nearby convenience store cameras too, but again, nobody had passed by.
So they said that, to begin with, it’d be difficult to throw something all the way up to a third-floor window, and maybe the glass had simply weakened and shattered on its own….
They said they’d increase patrols, but there wasn’t anything more they could do…
That’s it.
(16:23)
–How does a window that big just break by itself?
(16:24)
Isn’t that at least a plausible explanation?
The wind was pretty strong yesterday.
(16:24)
Strong wind is one thing, but it wasn’t a damn typhoon.
(16:25)
Couldn’t someone have thrown it from the building across the street?
(16:25)
Figures. They won’t investigate until somebody gets hurt or dies. Tsk tsk.
(16:27)
What are you going to do?
Huchu (16:40)
I don’t know. This is driving me crazy….
It’s not even an old building; I think it’s only been around five years since it was built.
It’d be nice if I knew what broke the window, but since there’s no physical evidence, they’re basically treating it like I imagined the whole thing. Seriously.
For now, someone’s coming tonight to replace the window…
Nothing like this is going to happen again, right?
(16:42)
Make sure all your locks are secured.
Huchu (16:45)
Yeah. At least they said they’d be doing patrols….
If anything feels off while I’m sleeping, I’ll just run to a sauna.
(16:47)
Hang in there.
(16:49)
Just in case, keep your phone next to your pillow when you sleep!
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Comments
Huchu (02:25)
Ah;
Something feels wrong.
(02:25)
???
(02:25)
What’s going on?
(02:26)
What happened?
(02:27)
Wow, there are a lot of unemployed people still awake. Me included.
(02:27)
You know there’s a thing called summer vacation for students, right, old man?
(02:28)
ㅠㅠ Fuck.
Huchu (02:28)
I was just about to fall asleep when a notification woke me up.
Huchu (02:28)
But then I felt someone staring at me.
(02:29)
Staring?
(02:29)
Oh, finally a post that actually belongs on this board.
(02:30)
=.= Is now really the time for that?
(02:30)
Aren’t you just overly on edge?
Huchu (02:32)
While I was sleeping, something brushed against my cheek.
I thought it was a cat, but then I remembered that the cat I used to have was taken in by my boyfriend’s younger sibling after he died….
So it isn’t here anymore.
I woke up screaming….
But then I suddenly felt someone staring at me.
I looked toward where the feeling was coming from, but there was nothing there.
I thought maybe I’d imagined it, but then I felt it again, this time from the direction of the window.
(02:33)
Oh….
(02:33)
It kind of sounds like you’re becoming overly sensitive, but….
You might not like hearing this, but have you considered going to a hospital?
(02:34)
You’re on the third floor, and there are lots of people around.
It definitely isn’t the kind of height someone could secretly climb up to.
(02:34)
I wish there were some concrete detail to point to, but there isn’t.
Huchu (02:36)
I was seeing a doctor before; after my boyfriend died….
I can’t go into details because it’d reveal too much about who I am.
I received medication treatment.
It’s been four months since I stopped taking the medication, and I’ve continued counseling.
It’s not like I’m in a state where I’d suddenly start losing it.
(02:36)
Damn… this is starting to get creepy.
Huchu (02:38)
Maybe I’m just being way too sensitive, or maybe I’m losing my mind… ㅠㅠ
The truth is, it’s almost been one year since my boyfriend died….
Part of me wonders if I’m really just being overly anxious.
(02:39)
Ah… ㅠㅠ
(02:40)
You must be under a lot of stress.
(02:40)
This might be hard to hear, but…you need to overcome it and move forward.
(02:43)
Stay strong.
