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When I was a senior in high school, we were having a “fun” senior assembly where we were watching people play a family feud style of game. The category was popular dog names or something, and my friend next to me and someone else in the row before us both yell out “onomatopoeia!” at the exact same time.

When I was around 6-7 years old (I am now 68) I was given money to get something at the store by my parents. All I remember is I no longer had the money when I got home . I did not spend the money. Have no idea what happened. Was razzed about it for years. They said I spent it on candy.

Why are there no ghost stories in this thread... Im disappointed.

Was buying Pokemon cards 14 or so years ago. Was trying to buy a specific booster pack, but for some resaon I felt "dissociated" while my hand grabbed a totally different pack. I was so confused as to why I didn't pick the booster I initially wanted... When I opened the pack outside the shop, I was surprised to see there was actually a super rare Lvl X holo card inside...

Back when I was 17, I had a neighbor pull a gun right to my forehead. I shoved him away and said, in essence, "yeah, fuck you with your BB gun, I have some shopping to do". He shot another neighbor in the gut not long after. I avoided death by dumbfounding him in a way that sound like it comes right out a daydreaming teenage fantasy.

Neo-nazis kicked down my front door when I was around 19-20.

The underage sister of a friend was being trafficked by them and managed to escape. They came looking. Lucky for us, they showed up expecting, at most, a couple emo kids, but we just happened have a few guys over that were training for mma that night, which means they got the ever-living-fuck beat out of them and never came looking again. One of the mma guys punched a tooth out of one of their heads, got it gold plated and keeps it on a necklace now lol

Was driving down the road with my wife and came to a stop light. We both witnessed a lone potato rolling down the street through the intersection at a pretty good clip. We both looked at each other, making sure we were seeing what we were seeing and busted out laughing.

I have absolutely no clue where it came from, and to this day remains one of the most random things I've seen and NOONE ever believes me when I mention it.

I woke up one morning and found a skinned moose in my yard.

I almost shot myself in the knee with an arrow. I was at an archery taster session and the arrow bounced off a wooden block on the edge of the target. Arrow came flying back at me and cut a few threads on the knee pad of my trousers as it brushed my leg.

I was riding my moose one day, when we almost got ran over by some dude in a ship

I got a moose one hunting season and decided to butcher it myself. Finished skinning the thing (took hours) and it just disappeared, no clue where it ended up.

I once waited in line at a costume shop while two guys argued about whether getting hit by a ship voided the "no fault" deposit warranty on a moose costume.

I almost ran over a moose with a ship

I got harassed by men by the gay bar outside my apartment multiple times in my early twenties, back when I was a guy. They were all pretty minor overall, but it definitely freaked me out at the time. I lived in an apartment complex above a gay bar in downtown. It was a shitty, cheap place where there was no washer or dryer in unit and no fan in the bathroom. Mold was a constant problem.

One time, I was informed I "swish so hard I bring three people with me", a quote that's stuck with me forever, and then a dude stood close by while another guy stroked my face. I had my dog with me so I didn't know what else to do and basically just ran.

Another time I was leaving the pizza shop also in this building complex, and a couple drunk guys out there struck up a conversation that quickly became my chest and crotch getting groped. Honestly less creepy than the face stroking, ngl.

I uh, transitioned since all of that happened though. And some random chick like me saying some drunk guys at the gay bar really wanted to grope me doesn't really carry much weight at this point.

Went to an orgy and didn't have sex with anyone, on purpose. I did, however, play naked baby oil handcuff twister. Which was hilarious and painful.

I was the victim of a drive-by ketchupping.