okay idk if this is even where i should be posting this but whatever, i just need to get it out. this happened like 3 months ago and i still can't even articulate it. i rented this small shit hole out near town. low rent, it was in decent condition, nothing suspicious except that it just. seemed empty. like someone left in a hurry. the realtor had told me the last guy "disappeared" or something but i figured she was joking lol. anyway, first few days were fine, but i started to notice something was weird — there were no mirrors. none. not in the bathroom, nowhere. i didn't think twice about it until like the 3rd night when i went downstairs to clean out the basement. there was this humongous covered thing behind this old table, beneath this filthy gray blanket. i took it out and it was a f***ing mirror. ancient, sort of cloudy, the glass was warped a bit. i gazed at myself and i swear to god my reflection didn't move at all. i smiled and it just lingered there. no smile. then suddenly after a second it began to tilt its head slowly, and before i knew it, i was doing it too. like my body did it by itself. it was like something was tugging on my neck. lost it, threw the sheet over it again and ran upstairs. told myself it was the lights or that i was tired or whatever. later in the evening there were scratching sounds. not from the door. under my bed. like fingernails on wood. slow, irregular. i breathed and it kept going. in sync with me. i did not sleep, waited for the sun to come up. next morning went down to the basement to get rid of that mirror but it was GONE. like completely. just the sheet, folded up neat on the floor. i packed my stuff and departed on the same day. some weeks later a buddy sends me a link to some home forum like "yo isn't this your old place? " and it was. somebody had posted photos like "found this humongous mirror in the basement, should i keep it? " and bro… i saw my own face in it. like, in the photo. same clothes, same spot i found it first. except that i was smiling this time. not normal smiling.too wide.undefinedway too wide.
Stake Id - Remiross
