No one gets out of living in this chaotic world without a few scary and terrifying stories, but some people truly take the trophy when it comes to close calls and horror movie level situations.

In a recent Reddit thread, people shared the scariest things that ever happened to them, and each of these situations could easily be a central plot point for an Oscar winning movie.

Read these at your own risk, since most of them are pure nightmare fuel.

1. HopefulHyena ran into an attempted murderer, TWICE.

"In my old job, I used to cycle home from work along the country backroads just before midnight. There were no streetlights along those roads and I hated cycling on the main road because I was anxious about being in the way of traffic. I had an LED light that was fixed to the front of my bike, though. Anyway, I was on my way back home from work one night, and after turning a corner, my light shone on someone who was sitting with their legs crossed in the middle of the road."

"The guy was just sitting there in complete silence and darkness by himself. I pulled on the brakes and stopped in front of him and asked if he was alright. He just looked at me and said that he trying to get to a location that was approximately 20 miles or so from where we currently were. I told him that, and he said that he knew and that he was waiting for someone else. Then he got up and walked off into one of the nearby fields without saying anything."

"I had another encounter with this same person a week later in the exact same spot. It honestly gave me the freaking creeps... especially when he said that he'd found who he was looking for. Turns out the guy was waiting for a specific car to drive that way. The owner of said car was someone he loved (but was with someone else), and he was planning to kidnap her. I found this out when I saw his face in one of the local newspapers not long after this incident. He'd been arrested for sexual assault and attempted murder."

2. 314159265358979326 briefly lost their memory.

"Probably the aftermath of a grand mal/tonic-clonic seizure in which I fractured a vertebra. I woke up on the ground with two strangers over me while I was in the worst pain I had ever experienced and I didn't know where I was or who these people were (turned out to be EMTs) or why I was in too much pain to move. They kept asking really simple questions and I just didn't know the answers which freaked me out more. It was May and they asked what month it was. I thought really hard and didn't know and I looked outside and thought it looked like August and gave that as my guess. They asked where I was. I didn't know that either; it turned out to be my living room."

"My girlfriend was also right there, having called the ambulance. They asked me my girlfriend's name. I said I didn't have a girlfriend. This was a very different form of negative emotion, I feel so guilty about that even though there was nothing I could have done about it. I also feel guilty about having had a seizure in front of her because it scared the shit out of her."

3. _iNerd_ thought they were going to lose their wife to a missile.

"My wife was stationed in Hawaii when they had the false incoming missile warning. I was not. She called me and we basically said our goodbyes. Then she lost phone service. I thought that was it. She called me back only a few seconds later, but it seemed like an eternity."

4. SilverWingsofMorning lost their foot.

"I once had my foot cut off in a car accident. The doctor reattached it. Lots of nerve damage. I fall down occasionally. Most of the time I don't. I worry that at some point in my life it will be amputated. I fear the concept of ruining my body."

5. Havosian literally found a noose in the woods.

"One day me and a friend were playing in the woods. We spent a good 3-4 hours there because it was sunny and a day before Christmas Eve."

"I realized I forgot something there the next day. It’s now Christmas Eve, and it snowed a whole inch over night. As I’m walking to the spot where we were. I noticed that someone set up (in a previously trashed area that someone probably camped in) 5 expensive foldable chairs in a semi circle with a ladder and a noose in the middle."

"I bolted out of there because if someone is crazy enough to set that up in the middle of the night when it’s snowing on Christmas Eve, then they might have still been there waiting for someone"

6. eternalrefuge86 knows a meth induced psychosis is no joke.

"Amphetamine induced psychosis. I spent a period of time addicted to crystal meth, and the psychosis one goes through after having not slept for days at a time is scary."

"You see “shadow people.” You believe everyone is out to get you. Every conversation out of your earshot is about you. Your delusions become very real. At one point I though there were leprechauns that were out to kill me. I saw the leprechauns. I heard them whispering and plotting against me. It’s insane. I’m so glad that’s in the past!"

7. illyay heard a man's blood curdling car crash screams.

"Hearing a car crash right outside my apartment.

Afterwards hearing blood curdling screams of pain from the guy that was injured."

8. BraveCombination almost witnessed a murder.

"When I was a kid I woke up in the middle of the morning hearing a loud argument between two guys in the street. My windows were turned to where they were so I opened it just a little so I could watch what was happening (after all, kids are curious), right after I open it, I hear my mother coming to get me from behind saying "stop watching it!!", and then as soon as she grabbed me I heard a gunshot, and a scream I'll probably never forget."

"It was weird, at the time I kinda didnt understand what had just happened, but she was so afraid for me because the guys arguing were literally in front of my house, and she said that in that moment all that she was doing was praying that he wouldnt enter our house after we became witnesses to the crime."

"That shit was too real. All the people gathering outside to watch and make sure someone called an ambulance."

9. sweet_saying_ was afraid a car was going to crash into their dining room.

"When I was in 6th grade a car came crashing into our backyard. The thing about our yard was it was sloped meaning the road was a bit higher than where our house was, maybe 10 feet higher. I remember screaming thinking that the car was going to crash into the dining room, but it got stuck on a tree thankfully."

10. alliemacc27 received a nightmare "prank" call.

"I got a call from a unsolicited number. I answered and it was a guy saying he was going to come to my dorm room and kill me. He then went into graphic detail about how he would do it, he went on about it for like 5 minutes before i finally hung up."

"He then called again, and i didn’t answer but he left a voicemail. I called the police, and it was a person out in Vegas. They said it was a prank... So many questions still. How did they know my name? How did they know i was in a dorm? I was super on edge for the remainder of that semester."

11. RadioJared got a notification when the man who robbed them was released from jail.

"I was 21 working the overnight shift at a 24 hour pharmacy when a guy ran in with a ski mask and gun and robbed the store. He made me get on the ground and took my coworker to all the registers and empty them in to bag, then ran out and jumped into a getaway car and drove off. Still had to finish my shift after that, too."

"He and his accomplices were arrested a couple weeks later and he did six years in prison for armed robbery. I got a notification in the mail from the state when he was released. Gee, thanks."

12. speech-geek was saved by the beagles.

"When I was in high school about ten years ago I was home alone while my mom went to pick up my brother and before my mom left she told me to bring the dogs in. Now we had two beagles: one that was friendly but barked loud and an older one that we had gotten from the shelter was extremely protective and was not afraid to show his teeth. I ignored her and left them outside for a bit."

"I was in the back part of the house and was on the computer when I heard a noise. I walked to our front room and saw a young guy near the front door who knocked. I stood slightly out of sight and saw him walk near our window and then back to the door and knocked again but also tried the door."

"Immediately, my blood went cold and I rushed to the back door and quietly yelled for the dogs to come in. They ran in and I herded them to the front room and I heard the mailbox slot open. Right away my older beagle got on the defensive and growled the “I’m gonna fucking bite you” growl while the other one barked. I got my phone and called my mom and begged her to come back home which she did with my brother. They looked around and saw no other signs of entry. I triple check every door now and even though those two dogs have passed away, I keep our current dog near me when home alone."

13. PD_120 almost drowned with their family.

"Got caught in a riptide 200 yards of shore with all of my family, including my at the time 6 year old little sister. We all made it out fine except my dad. He was so exhausted from carrying my sister that he was barely able to stay afloat, they had to send a rescue crew to get him. We all made it out alive, thank God"

14. Punconscious got bitten by a poisonous snake.

"I was bitten by a King Brown on a remote mine site. Full envenomation > hospital > antivenin etc.

The side effects from the antivenin were worse than the snake bite."

"Upon discharge from the hospital, they gave me an A4 sheet of paper with about 30 known side effects including death and paralysis. (About 6% of humans are allergic to horses and they derive the venom from them)."

"I ended up with chronic joint and muscle pains for 3 months, I went temporarily blind for about 45-50mins and I couldn’t sleep longer than four hours due to the impacts to my lymphatic system."

15. ringo24601's sister tried to murder them.

"Growing up I had a bad relationship with my 3 older sisters, but particularly the one closest in age to me. There isn't one moment in particular but a series of them."

"When my parents would go off on dates there were too many times where my sister ended up chasing me with a knife and she wasn't just playing around. She meant real harm. We would spend 15 minutes on opposite sides of the table running around it, trying to prevent my sister getting close enough to stab me ,all the while trying to get to the phone so I could call my parents."

"Then try to get to the bathroom because it was the only room with a lock on the door. She would then sometimes threaten to come into my room and kill me in my sleep. I would pile laundry baskets and dishes near my door when I went to bed at night so the noise would wake me if she tried to get in."

"My sister would get in trouble sometimes but usually it was chalked up to normal sibling rivalry. And I was gaslighted by my parents into thinking it WAS normal."

16. brodellthe6th burned their legs with hot metal.

"I pour steel in a foundry I’ve had a mold blow up on my legs causing 3rd degree burns down my legs. Still dealing with aftercare now about it."

17. warpedkawaii was almost murdered as a child.

"I've actually never told this story before but when I was about seven I was lured into a shed by a person who had in the past sexually assaulted me. I guess they were afraid I was going to tell so they tied my long shirt sleeves behind my back and slowly covered my nose and mouth with duct tape and left me laying there. It was like falling down a long tunnel."

"I had left my mouth open slightly so I started pushing with my tongue to break the seal around my mouth as I worked my hands free. I managed to get out and I was so scared I never told anyone. it's honestly the only time I remember fearing for my life."

18. modernphilanthropy's coworker was a murderer.

"Watching the news and seeing an old coworker on the evening news. He had been convicted of murder by bludgeoning and realizing he used to work with me on early shifts to "keep me safe""

19. Seated_Heats risked losing their wife and baby on the same day.

"Sitting in a hospital room with my pregnant wife who was five weeks away from her due date and a nurse came in to tell her she had HELLP Syndrome. I’m the corner of the room I Google it like an idiot and read that 25% of the time the mother, the child, or both don’t survive the pregnancy and the only cure is immediate delivery. It only took like 30 minutes, but the pacing and waiting was fucking terrifying. A 75% chance of things going well never felt so slim."

20. thisisfelix_ built a guillotine for their own tongue.

"Since about a year and a half ago, I've been treated for schizophrenia. I don't have a lot of hallucinations besides some voices as I'm going to sleep, and my delusions weren't paranoid delusions, but more grandiose and religious. Anyway, I was treated after I designed and built a miniature guillotine out of 3D printed parts and a box cutter blade and used it to cut my tongue off. I actually only managed to cut it about half off, so they reattached it and I can speak and eat fine now."

"But it took me months to plan this and build the device, and every morning as I woke up and I struggled to pull my dreams apart from reality, I had to realize over and over again that the horror hidden in my desk a few feet away was not a dream, but something very real that was going to hurt me very bad. Every morning that my mom came to wake me up, I hoped she would somehow see it and help me. But I couldn't get my thoughts together until I was awake, and when I was awake it wouldn't scare me anymore. So I never cried for help."

21. mynameismegnotegg almost got kidnapped by a rapist.

"When I was 15, I was walking alone down a busy road in my suburb to the local coffee shop. I had shoulder surgery two weeks earlier and was still in rough shape in my sling, but wanted to get out of the house. A jeep with a large "Fox Racing" windshield decal drove by and the middle-aged man driving it waved excitedly at me. I didn't know him and shrugged it off. About thirty seconds later, he had turned around and very quickly pulled up to the side of the road right in front of me, blocking my way to walk forward."

"He started screaming at me to get in the car. I got a very vivid, clear look at his face. He got out and lunged towards me, but I dodged him and ran behind his car. I knew that if he caught me I was really in trouble because I only had one working arm, and the guy was pretty big. I tried waiving down passing drivers who saw me, but no one stopped. I kept running and he eventually stopped chasing me and got back into his car. I told the police what happened, but they didn't seem to really look into it much beyond taking my report."

"A few years later, I was looking through my area's sex offender map, and found that son of a bitch. He had been arrested very soon after my incident for raping a fourteen-year-old girl. By that time, it was too late to do anything about it, and I have since moved several states away. He has been released from prison, and I know exactly where he lives."

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21 everyday people share the extraordinarily scary situations they've survived.