9: Can I sleep with you?
Me: Why?
9: Had a dream about the Lullaby Lady.
M: Who?
9: An old woman with no skin on her hands.
M: Why do you call her that?
9: Because she stands next to your bed and hums while you sleep.
M: Sure, just let Daddy put the house up for sale real quick.

— Barlow Adams (@BarlowAdams) February 29, 2020

7: I saw a bat in the house last night.
Me: Really, where?
7: It flew in my room and then down the stairs.
Me: Wow, were you scared?
7: No, it said it wasn’t a problem until it grows its other wings.
Me: Cool, here’s your coat time for a sleepover at Gramma’s forever.

— Jon Sawatsky ?✏️ (@JonSawatsky) March 1, 2020

My 2yo started talking about a ghost a while ago. Mostly it seems to be an imaginary friend. She plays hide & seek w/ it, talks to it, plays catch w/ it (throws a ball at nothing).

Then one day hubs asked if she wanted to hug it, to which she said: “No! It burn all the toys.”?

— Katie (@BloggingStaten) February 29, 2020

When my son was 4 he would crawl across the bedroom floor or stand by the bed asking to be let in the bed for cuddles.

He’d speak in Polish to his mum, I’d wake up and see a small shadowy figure whispering strange sounds.

— Richard Kemp (@boredwizard) February 29, 2020

My 5yo: Don’t die mommy
Me: I wasn’t planning on, babe.
My 5yo: It already happened before
Me: ?
5yo: Before you were my mommy

ALRIGHT SON LET’S JUST GO COLOR OR SOMETHING

— Bramblecraft Bonewitch (@Mama_Ghuleh) March 1, 2020

My 4yo talks about seeing shadows with fire eyes in the corners of rooms, floating down the hall…standing behind me. Kids are creepy.

— Lauren Brazeal (@laurenbrazeal) February 29, 2020

When I was a kid I imagined there was a witch in the field outside my window who could only come closer if I looked at her, whether I realized I was looking at her or not. I’ve long gotten over that fear, but I still sleep with my back to the window.

— ? Rob Killam (@KillamRob) February 29, 2020

My 3 yo asked if she could get a canopy to protect her from the horned lady. The picture she drew of her was terrifying.

— Carrie Firestone (@CLLFirestone) March 1, 2020

My 6 year old had a princess bed with curtains around it. She used to get really hot in bed so I suggested not drawing the curtains around her. She replied, ‘No, I have to have the curtains drawn then I can’t see the old lady standing next to my bed. I don’t like her watching me’

— Sue Smart (@MrsS_Smart) March 1, 2020

once when my oldest daughter was 2, I was laying with her in bed to get her to go to sleep. After 15 minutes she turns to me and—very matter-of-factly—asks “daddy, who is the man in my closet?”

I calmly say “there’s no one there babe, time for sleep.” And then I died inside ☠️

— see no evil pictures (@seenoevilpix) March 1, 2020

A friend & her husband bought a very old, historical house. They were in the process of restoring it when her then 4 year old told her there was a voice in the ceiling that would speak to her.

— Melissa (@MelissaAnne_78) March 1, 2020

Family trip to war museum:

6: Dad did you see the man?
Me: What man?
6: The man in the plane.
4: The man with the blood on his face!
Me: *looks around. None of the planes have mannequins in.*
6: Its the blood man!
6,4,2: THE BLOOD MAN THE BLOOD MAN

— Stephen Collins (@stephen_collins) March 1, 2020

6-year-old runs out into the hall in the middle of the night.
Me: Hey, hey, what’s the matter?
6 (disoriented and terrified): I don’t like that one.
Me: What one?
6: *points to her room* That one.
Me: What does it look like?
6: You.

— Mike Keesey (@tmkeesey) March 1, 2020

When my kid was 3 he told me I had always been his mummy , but the time before he was a girl and I looked different, “but mummy I was me , and you were you , we have always been together “ ??

— Cuppa? (@hayleyhoopla) March 1, 2020