18 people share their scariest experiences with the paranormal. Sleep with the lights on.

There are some experiences that are truly unexplainable. Regardless of where you sit on the afterlife, religion, ghosts, and the spirit world at large, some people have stories that can only be chalked up to the supernatural.

Sometimes, these stories take shape through the visit of a deceased family member, the dark vibe of a house where a murder occurred years back, or the sight of household objects somehow levitating. Other times, there are shadow creatures, disembodied voices, and strange experiences with time itself.

In a recent Reddit thread, people share their encounters with the paranormal, and these are legitimately scarier than any episode of Ghosthunters.

1. The ghost of kinderbuenowhore's dad came back to say goodbye.

"On the day my father died I was alone in the apartment we lived in, while everyone was out mourning at my uncles, I stayed home because I didn't want to people to stare at me sobbing. Anyways, I'm in the living room and I hear foot steps in my mother's room that has a balcony, I straight up hear the balcony door open so now I'm like sobbing and shouting asking who's there, I go check it out and there's no one there except a strong smell of tobacco in the room, my father used to smoke on the balcony."