"People You May Know" | Horror Story | Creepypasta | Suspense

[@ClancyPasta]

Sammy Scott sent me this story a while ago, and I was blown away on my first readthrough. I'm always happy to feature his stories on my channel, and I'm confident you guys (especially those who like his other stories!) are going to love this one. Huge thanks to Sammy Scott for sharing this story with me and letting me share it with all of you. Take care, everyone!

[@gabrielchavez5750]

Dad?

[@lemons6001]

I like the longer stories (15-40 Minutes), Clancy

[@jamierowe_]

i actually slightly prefer the story b4 the shock ending, although it was really good,i do have a question....was he crazy and trying (and obviously forgetting) to replay those aforementioned "what if's?" or was the whole thing just a a schizo trip on his part? either way great narration as usual Clancy..🍻

[@andrewashington1001]

But the ending didn't make any sense, it's implied the timeline changed, but the event(Jason's assault/arrest) was the driving force, Pepper in the changed timeline explained in the end that event happened in it's entirety, so Lynn shouldn't have married Jason because she should've met the MC in the parking lot which Pepper confirmed he was in. It also wouldn't make sense he would remember Pepper since at the beginning he only saw her on FB because he was looking at Lynn's profile because she was his wife, something that wouldn't happen if the timeline changed. No offense to the author, I think he's pretty good, I'm just saying this particular story could use a few course corrections.

[@Wakkorotti]

@@andrewashington1001 Reality shifted once - when Pepper didn't recognize Greg. It shifted again when she finally remembered him. What's to keep reality from continually shifting on Greg? There are at least four reality shifts in the story, none of them locked permanently into place. That's the narrator's purgatory.

[@relatedreality]

This story is like listening to a train wreck in slow motion.

[@danieldunbar1843]

This confident ken is like his namesake. Dickless.

[@anthonydefilippo8526]

Good suspense

[@relatedreality]

It’s a good metaphor or whatever it’s called for the “want what you can’t have” ideology. But man listening to this makes me so mad. I know it’s a fake story but as a guy who would kill to have this kind of life this guy just throws everything away.

[@bobow4075]

When he said "I'm a nice guy" I was done

[@DoNotTrustHorses]

Wow!!! That is an absolutely PERFECT description of the way this shit went down.

[@AstralAlpaca]

The whole time I'm just like Dude! Your have a WIFE AND KID!

[@1..0w0..3]

Turns out the only thing he has is schizophrenia linked to past trauma. No wife or kids.

[@anthonydefilippo8526]

@@1..0w0..3 Wait, you have any evidence of that? I thought it was a timeline change. Hallucinations are not that long lasting and consistent, and Pepper saw that he had wedding ring on too, and why did his memory sudden got lost at the end.

[@mendedfaun1372]

@@anthonydefilippo8526 hallucinations arent that long lasting but delusions can last a lifetime, schizophrenia is different for everyone

[@ViSCERA-ANIMATION]

Same

[@catlover2223]

Same!

[@winstonwins1096]

I liked this one. We base our whole identity around our memories and perspectives and yet we can trust neither.

[@brettcoutanche6653]

Okay here goes: First off, nothing reality altering happens in this story besides Greg receiving a reality check. Greg establishes himself early on as someone who’s psyche is abnormal. He jumps between past and present, he reads into Pepper’s kindness towards him in high school, he obsesses over a woman he hasn’t seen in years despite having a wife and child of his own, etc. This in itself isn’t damning evidence of an unreliable narrator, but recall the newspaper article that Lynn shows him. In that article Jason kills his wife, himself and almost his daughter. This has NOT occurred yet, and may never. When Greg takes Pepper out on a date Jason shows up and abuses her in front of him. This is a woman whom he has obsessed over for a while and she obviously means a great deal to him. His inability to act is the beginning of the end for his mental state going forward, it is the driving force that leads to all the confusion surrounding the circumstances going forward. Up until this point the story is 100% true. After Greg fails to act and then leaves the restaurant he sees Pepper who now hates him for his cowardly act. Greg blames himself for this, not Jason. Guilt brought on by a traumatic event such as this can seriously screw someone up, as we later see happen to Greg. Lynn was with Jason through all of this, after she leaves Greg may or may not have actually spoken to her, due to all of this happening after a series of traumatic events. Regardless, Greg proceeds to comfort Lynn in a way that he failed to with Pepper. This is most likely his mind’s way of convincing himself that he is redeemable. As time passes (with Greg living in his fantasy world) Greg gets a Facebook notification from Pepper. This is the point where true reality starts to take control again. Greg meets Pepper after all those years but she does not recognize him. Why would she? We’ve already accepted that Greg is scarred from that event, therefore we can assume that Pepper is also effected. When young Greg tells Pepper that he is a good guy she believes him, but when she needed him most he fled. As a result, Pepper as suppressed the memory in an effort to heal. Greg asks her about Jason and she gets visibly uncomfortable. She is now confronting something that she has moved past by someone her mind has deliberately forgotten. From this point on Pepper is herself coming back to reality as her mind can no longer hide Greg’s identity from her. This is especially hard as he keeps returning to talk to her. Back on the home front, (or mind front as my theory suggests), Greg and Lynn’s relationship is deteriorating. This is because Lynn is actually Greg’s mind, his coping mechanism, and if he mentions the events of that night he will have to accept the reality of what he did. When Lynn becomes visibly upset it is Greg’s mind telling him to drop it in order to keep up his charade. The final cracks begin to develop in his pretend world when Greg mentions the fact that Lynn used to date Jason. Keep in mind we don’t know that Lynn actually had a relationship with Jason, they supposedly were only seem together that night. This could mean that Greg knows they are still together and the ending begins to make sense. She then proceeds to call him by Jason’s name, something that the real Lynn might do because she is married to Jason and associates him as her husband. In their conversation Lynn also explains her interest in Jason was due to his “confidence”. Of course Greg would accept that because he sees confidence as one of the greatest traits, and one that he lacked that night at the restaurant. When Greg receives the message from Pepper (real life now) he leaves to meet her. On his way out he sees a lump in the bed. Notice I didn’t say “Lynn in the bed”, this is because she was never there. By not seeing Lynn, Greg’s mind has finally stopped trying to convince him of his delusion. Greg meets Pepper and she has realized who he really is: the jerk that told her he would be there for her and lied. With this, Greg attempts to return to his fake life with Lynn and arrives at the real Lynn’s house. Real Lynn, as Greg has accurately guessed, is being abused just like Pepper was. This is why Greg makes up the part about fake Lynn showing him the newspaper article. Real Lynn and her daughter could very well meet that fate as evidenced by the black eye and verbal altercation. When he opens the door and sees all of the evidence pointing to his delusion, Greg panics and leaves. Now that he is forced to confront his demons, Greg begins to forget the details of his fake life with Lynn starting with his son’s name and then his reason for driving to real Lynn’s home. Ultimately this is a story of a man who failed to act and convinced himself that he saved someone else from the same fate through trauma induced delusions. If you managed to read this all the way through give yourself a pat on the back and hopefully I helped clear up this convoluted plot!

[@anthonydefilippo8526]

But Pepper saw that Greg had wedding ring on though, so it couldn't be in his imagination. And you kinda lost me when you said Lynn might have stayed with Jason after she saw his violence and arrest. Timeline switch is more in line with the story.

[@ilmmall]

nice theory but i dont really think a "reality" theory makes much sense since we don't tend to forget like that.. denial and trauma can lock memories but as far as i know it kinda doesn't work like that, but hey its a story so maybe its posible...

[@MiddayLady]

An honestly good explanation, I liked it a lot, but I still think it was just a timeline change and magical realism: he never appreciated what he had and kept up with 'what ifs' and in the end, it came true bc he kpet willing it into reality: his reality changed to a one in which he never married Lynn, instead the Abusive Ex did because he kept - lowkey - WISHING for this to happen because he wanted his Pepper so much. And he ends up without Pepper and without his wife, a tragic end that makes sense. Lynn mentioning Abusive Ex instead of him is just a way to show the tragic reality: they both married the 'second-best one' and always remembered their REAL love and attraction, which for the OP was Pepper and for his wife was AbusiveEx

[@JonesFlores]

I agree with this theory. He was living in a delusion that he was able to save Lynn when the truth is, he didn't save anyone including himself from his damaged mind.

[@jakbos2377]

@@MiddayLady so lynn saw Jason beat his ex unprovoked and stayed with him?

[@radiantshay2146]

This man straight up stood and watched his date get slapped twice by a man...AND HE DID NOTHING. Yet he's upset that she did not acknowledge his memory a decade later. What a coward. I would've paid him dust too. She owes him NOTHING

[@nimobashi4767]

Bug factz

[@HolyAssassinX]

Exactly. You don't even let it get to the first slap. Soon as some bitch ass ex starts staring another dude down you get in his face immediately. You don't let your female date get up in her ex's face. Dude should have been there from the jump.

[@TheFox517]

Eh, I don't know. People have very different responses to something like that, especially when it's this sudden. Fight, flight or freeze.

[@lawnakate2814]

@@TheFox517 but still the fact he didn’t even check up on her ever after was a cowardly move.

[@helenoftroy6265]

The minute he said “but I’m a nice guy”, I knew it was over for any hope I had for him.

[@juliasmalley2014]

This story actually pissed me off, such a actual creep for stalking a girl so much and going to her place of employment is one thing but him being married made it way worse lmao

[@Ela.elizabeth]

Julia Smalley - Men and women do this. A lot. They could be in a perfect relationship, totally happy, and then they come across a Facebook profile of their ex, one or their first loves. The draw of the first love is powerful - it's not as much about the person as it is about how they felt about them, how they felt when they were with them, the hope of young love and youth. I think people think they can recapture some of that if they go after that person. Like they can be transported back into their youth, and be rid of their present day responsibilities, and find that feeling that you only have in youth, that by the time you realize how wonderful it is, it's already over. When people think they'll be able to tap into that, and it doesn't happen, they get desperate. Like they're entitled to that feeling, and it just doesn't make sense that someone would deny it from them. Nothing quite so powerful as reminiscing about love and youth, I guess.

[@sherylF5610]

@@Ela.elizabeth I really like what you've said here. Thank you for sharing.

[@1..0w0..3]

Yea, but then the ending was shocking and saddening. So I really *pity* him. The whole plot of him being married and having a son with Lynn, then coming across his first love "Pepper" on internet, whom he stalks online to get together with, then Pepper remembers the coward he was when she got abused by Jason, she tells him off, then all those happenings make him realize how he should be thankful for the life he has, with his wife and son. *All that, only to come back to reality, that none of that was ever his actual life.* I think the only REAL things were: He knew Lynn, Greg Jason and Pepper, at some point in his life. All the events he mentions were his imaginations. When we dream or hallucinate, our brain mostly "casts" the people we've met at some point in our lives, as the "actors", in our fictional stories. He might be someone who has schizophrenia and also a lot of past trauma. Especially regarding his teenage days, has a lot of deep regrets how his life "should've, could've" been. Hence it leads the point, where his mind, fabricates such stories, to his pleasing. The whole story "I almost cheated on my wife, but then I remembered what a great family I've built" sounds so "full of life", to someone who has, no life. "Having a bit of relationship drama since the school days" is such a mundane or normie thing to most people. But there are so many others, who end up with the worst of misfortunes. Who don't even have a normal family life, leading to disrupted school life, corrupted emotional life, leading to not having good job opportunities, etc. A cycle of misfortunes. Hence even such *an average Joe lifestyle* is something he can only *dream about.* Which is why, the ending really saddens me...

[@psycosyin]

m⳽. jⲇckaloᕈe .ʝ. joᖾnstoŋe have you ever read “Winter Dreams” by F. Scott Fitzgerald? You’ve pretty much described its theme to a T.

[@unsalted_pepper550]

And the worst part is that there are actually people like this irl

[@alchemicmercury]

Haven't finished the story yet but how obsessed and idolized this girl is by him is fucking terrifying.

[@Chronicler9]

Very well written, although I understand why the ending angered some people. For me, I loved it. I mean, it sucked for those who really have to have those neatly-tied perfect endings or if you're emotionally invested in him sorting things out with Lynn, but it's poetic. He spent all this time trying to "What if" his life, and when he finally decides "oh... that was dumb... i actually want my current life-" it's ONLY when it's become apparent to him that his personality never had a chance with Pepper in the first place - and THEN he gets pushed *into* that "What if" universe where he's still not with Pepper AND there is no Lynn for him to go home to.

[@xHgameingx]

I had a lurch in my stomach and this story kept me at the edge of my seat the WHOLE TIME. Great story

[@Slowther87]

Every couple who hits their 10 year wedding anniversary should listen to this

[@a-3841]

I saw this comment before the video started. I just had my 10 year wedding anniversary a few weeks ago. Now I’m scared to listen. 😂

[@Slowther87]

@@a-3841 awww I'm sorry don't worry tho. I just see many couples after years wondering What if (fill in the blank) and I would've gotten together instead. It's ruined many relationships because it often can take someone down a road of regretful thoughts and depression

[@rolando8708]

Last name First name it happens more often around the 7 year mark.

[@GlitterismyCRACK]

See what happens when you “What If”!!! Great story and fantastic narration! Thank you Mr. Clancy. Blessings and good health to you and yours! XOX Luna

[@BlaqueCzar]

So far this dude is looking for trouble. Has a wife good job and a new kid and he's chasing his high school crush.

[@BlaqueCzar]

@Your Ex I couldn't even finish it but I guessed that would be his fate from the start, thank you for the heads up!

[@1..0w0..3]

I see lot of people mad at him cheating on his wife, yall saw the ending right? It didn't happen. The whole plot of him being married and having a son with Lynn, then coming across his first love "Pepper" on internet, whom he stalks online to get together with, then Pepper remembers the coward he was when she got abused by Jason, she tells him off, then all those happenings make him realize how he should be thankful for the life he has, with his wife and son. *All that, only to come back to reality, that none of that was ever his actual life.* I think the only REAL things were: He knew Lynn, Greg Jason and Pepper, at some point in his life. All the events he mentions were his imaginations. When we dream or hallucinate, our brain mostly "casts" the people we've met at some point in our lives, as the "actors", in our fictional stories. He might be someone who has schizophrenia and also a lot of past trauma. Especially regarding his teenage days, has a lot of deep regrets how his life "should've, could've" been. Hence it leads the point, where his mind, fabricates such stories, to his pleasing. The whole story "I almost cheated on my wife, but then I remembered what a great family I've built" sounds so "full of life", to someone who has, no life. "Having a bit of relationship drama since the school days" is such a mundane or normie thing to most people. But there are so many others, who end up with the worst of misfortunes. Who don't even have a normal family life, leading to disrupted school life, corrupted emotional life, leading to not having good job opportunities, etc. A cycle of misfortunes. Hence even such *an average Joe lifestyle* is something he can only *dream about.* Which is why, the ending really saddens me...

[@Buhleep]

an actual loser. I stopped listening after he called himself a catch. 🤢🤢🤢

[@heygirl0624]

When you simp so hard that you change reality

[@brycelhuillier5737]

It felt so good to hear pepper destroy this loser

[@TheSCPStudio]

I hate stories like this. Such a long story for a random ending that doesn’t get explained whatsoever. Not to say it wasn’t expected halfway through. And the main character was deliberately written to be dense to progress the story. A "lady killer" such as himself should have understood that you shouldn’t talk about a girl like that from the past to your Wife.

[@jackdare]

Yeah pretty dense for a 'lady killer' 🤣

[@mrrandom3064]

To the ending is kinda like a "Its a Wonderful Life" sorta deal. For some reason its like he wanted to get back with her and it clouded his mind so much it actually happened. Or kinda like a Twilight Zone kinda thing.

[@Convicted_Melon]

Yeah this was some Slimebeast tier bullshit.

[@kibariou]

Yeah. Makes zero sense. It's a creepy pasta, so suspension of disbelief is par for the course. What makes no sense is that in this new time line that he isn't with pepper but Lynn is still with Jason? The catalyst for Lynn leaving Jason and eventually ending up with Greg was the fight that Jason had with pepper, right? So it can only be surmised that the event never occurred, because Lynn didn't leave Jason, but instead stayed and had a kid with him. So shouldn't Greg still be with pepper?

[@Invalourrr-vb3xo]

Yeah I agree, that ending seemed pretty bizarre and not at all explained. The story really didn't need some sort if super natural angle.

[@MiddayLady]

Amazing story!! he did not appreciate what he had... so he lost it. That is just amazing. Loved it

[@retroactivated]

Always love to fold some laundry with these long stories on in the background. Your narrations are always the best!

[@tylerrogers3714]

Love to fold laundry? What kind of monster are you?!

[@josephpicaro151]

These stories get me through the horror of laundry folding lol

[@Ultrasound700]

I don't think I'd consider this a creepypasta but it's very well written.

[@chrisnorman2994]

A coward dies a thousand deaths a hero only once

[@WoozyCool]

_Hoist the colors_ plays in the bg.

[@956Doooo]

The story is really well written and it was spectacular to listen to again. ❤ Amazing work Clancy!❤

[@jkrenz77]

As always, happy to see a Sammy story!!!! Sammy, you always make me listen to these over and over. Clancy, thanks again for choosing these to narrate. Well done, all!❤

[@davidlittlejohn6636]

I did't see that ending coming....A great story and your reading was outstanding....!!!👍👍👍

[@joerazo8210]

Amazing narration Clancy! just amazing!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 I hope there’s a part 2!

[@noelle-xochitllumaye7262]

This story is one of the BEST creepy pastas I have ever heard.

[@1..0w0..3]

I see lot of people mad at him cheating on his wife, yall saw the ending right? It didn't happen. The whole plot of him being married and having a son with Lynn, then coming across his first love "Pepper" on internet, whom he stalks online to get together with, then Pepper remembers the coward he was when she got abused by Jason, she tells him off, then all those happenings make him realize how he should be thankful for the life he has, with his wife and son. *All that, only to come back to reality, that none of that was ever his actual life.* I think the only REAL things were: He knew Lynn, Greg Jason and Pepper, at some point in his life. All the events he mentions were his imaginations. When we dream or hallucinate, our brain mostly "casts" the people we've met at some point in our lives, as the "actors", in our fictional stories. He might be someone who has schizophrenia and also a lot of past trauma. Especially regarding his teenage days, has a lot of deep regrets how his life "should've, could've" been. Hence it leads the point, where his mind, fabricates such stories, to his pleasing. The whole story "I almost cheated on my wife, but then I remembered what a great family I've built" sounds so "full of life", to someone who has, no life. "Having a bit of relationship drama since the school days" is such a mundane or normie thing to most people. But there are so many others, who end up with the worst of misfortunes. Who don't even have a normal family life, leading to disrupted school life, corrupted emotional life, leading to not having good job opportunities, etc. A cycle of misfortunes. Hence even such *an average Joe lifestyle* is something he can only *dream about.* Which is why, the ending really saddens me...

[@Firnienarya]

Ty for this. Was a bit confused for the ending but they way you put it together for me let me piece together what it was I was thinking too.

[@nimobashi4767]

Girl you got your self an easy 🤣🤣, fair pint tho 👏🏾

[@nothinghappens9811]

This character is a real creep. Aside from being 'married', his weird intensity over the most casual shit is a massive red flag. I really hope that's what the author was going for, otherwise holy hell.

[@SisuGirl]

I just spent 6 hours in the car driving across the State with my broken back to see a Specialist. When I received the notification of this Narration, I was obviously going to listen to it ASAP. Then I saw it was an hour long & decided to save it for the drive from hell... I’m so glad I did! Thank you for keeping my mind off the pain. I absolutely adore your work. You & Sammy Scott are a force to be reckoned with! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Excellent! 🖤 ~L~

[@SisuGirl]

Laurie May ♥️ Thank you, Sweetie ♥️

[@AR1GAT0]

That was trippy, I sat and listened to this while clearing out boxes. Good stuff!

[@kevinmortimer5681]

I absolutely loved this story!!! The characters are wonderfully drawn, especially Greg. Brilliant narration!!! 👏i👏👏👏👏

[@1..0w0..3]

Him: I used to have good looks, now I only have a wife and a kid. Reality: No son, you only have schizophrenia which began with your "how my life could've, should've been", linked to some sort of extreme past trauma.

[@EightJane]

Oh God what a creepy dude. Even got jealous over her acknowledging his coworker

[@JL-to9vg]

What gave me creep vibes was how he never bothered to check up on Pepper after the incident, but instead was busy getting another girl's phone number. I half expected the whole "I don't remember you thing" to be a play on how had treated her. I guess it kind of was at the end. He really was just obsessed with his delusional perfect image of her and not the actual person.

[@gekkokoalaman9385]

Damn he messssssssed up

[@gekkokoalaman9385]

Your Ex I have a restraining order against you 😂

[@Chartreuse_Colors]

I have a playlist of every story you've read by sammy scott, including "Becca", "What we have here", A story of fiction", this one abd others.

[@anthonystark7873]

And they all end the same way .

[@deprimada3560]

@@anthonystark7873 Haha yeah. If I'm remembering correctly the ending of Becca was very disappointing and seemed like an easy cope out so the author could end it quickly.

[@notoriouswhitemoth]

Wait through the entire story for the horror to hit, and when it finally does... wow. Hot damn. _Totally_ worth the wait!

[@WestwoodC21]

This is a high-quality story. Props to the writer

[@johngouin7716]

Absolutely loved it.... Until the end. Sammy Scott and Clancypasta are a great team. Sammy is a terrific writer. I really get lost in his stories. And if Clancypasta narrated the phone, book I'd listen. A work of fiction is one of my favorites. My only issue with this one is the ending. To me it didn't make sense. But I look forward to more collaborations from them.

[@Ela.elizabeth]

It was beautifully written, but yes, the ending made zero sense. There needs to be a little more from the author to get people to guess at what's going on, or a little more detail at the end as to where he ends up. Is he driving back to the bar he owns with Pepper? Is he heading to his bachelor pad, full of newspaper clippings about Lynn or Pepper? Is he crazy or is it a time shift? If it's a time shift, it doesn't make any sense that Pepper rejected him for not standing up for her. Lynn would have never married Jason after he hit Pepper, so she wouldn't be married to him. Unless he didn't bring Pepper to that specific bar that night, in which case Lynn might not have found out how abusive he is and married him, but then he'd be with Pepper bc the fight where he didn't act wouldn't have happened. Or, he wouldn't be with Pepper because their date didn't go anywhere, but again, she wouldn't be angry with him about Jason. I thought the author was starting to go somewhere when Lynn called Greg Jason, but then it fizzled. Great groundwork for a story, but disappointing ending that never gets to that "OMG what a twist!" moment. Needs a lot of work.

[@tempbauer2131]

He should be happy Pepper doesn’t remember bc if I was in her shoes, I would remember that a bunch of strangers had to help me. The guy I kinda knew and was on a date with just stood there like an idiot. And then he never even followed up to see if I was ok. In my 20’s I was still a dick and if I had been in that situation and then he popped up, I’d tell him about himself and make sure he knew to stay away from me! Yes! Pepper! Greg got the no one he deserved. And wow! Not surprised at all by anything. I don’t mean that in a bad way like it was predictable. I mean Sammy is a great writer!

[@DryRiceBall]

This story was amazing you did a fantastic job narrating it

[@missyfaulker3797]

Awesome Story! Don't dig up the past!

[@LAZURAYOFFICIAL]

Not scary...more unnerving. Really accurate insight into "what if" fantasies. When you're in a happy relationship but the one who got away is never too far from your mind. Great story.

[@flohiggins4210]

Nice little twist at the end. Excellent👍

[@wdehey7853]

Great story! I wasn’t expecting that ending!

[@bigc9094]

Brilliant as usual Clancy. Great read. Love what you do bro!

[@fistnation667]

Man! No wonder pepper doesn't remember that dude. Guys remember defend your women!

[@ValentinoElago]

This was one of the best.stories i have ever heard, completely engulfed my mind to the point where i could see things happening vividly! Gosh.. such a shame it ddnt wokr out for Greg in the end but hey you lose the one u love when u don't let go of "what if it had played out differently with someone else".

[@claredyj2015]

Ooohh this was a doozie!! Absolutely brilliant in every way! Clance you’re spoiling us with all these uploads, love it!!! 😍

[@CurvyAries]

New subscriber here. This was a really good story. This married creep, stalking this girl from his past... I always think about the stories of people who end up with someone they settled for because they couldn’t have the person they really wanted. I’d hate to be in the wife’s position, thinking my husband adores me, we’re happy together and have a good life, all the while he’s desperately pining away for some other woman and settled for me because he couldn’t have her. You’d never know the truth of the matter unless presented with evidence that confirms your suspicions because you never know what’s going on in another person’s head.

[@acetrainer_zack2455]

So let me get this straight. He’s just simping

[@drjekyllmshyde]

Nah he progressed from simping to straight up stalking

[@acetrainer_zack2455]

Erin Roberts you’re right

[@AstralAlpaca]

While married!

[@flavoracid]

Way to be tragically 15 years old

[@LC-wi2nm]

.😆😆 basically

[@nicholasnguyen5181]

Well this story’s mind boggling… . I’m frightened… .

[@darylphipps890]

People you may know.... Or NOT!

[@dubitataugustinus]

Alternative title: "The Simpening"

[@TheWhatsawesome]

I 31:34 it’s so easy to tell when a story like this is a self insert incell fairytale 😂

[@MrSpook]

Clancy! Every Sunday is better when I get to stop and enjoy a spooky story! I appreciate your work and hope one day to be as great as you 👻

[@LaceyAnn]

Okay you guys but lynn called him by the guys name that she ended up with and he had to correct her that his name is greg and she goes "whatever" and goes to bed and he doesn't see her until he leaves pepper for the last time. Was lynn even in the bed? We don't know, she was under the covers, and he didn't mention his son either so..hmm.....

[@1..0w0..3]

The whole plot of him being married and having a son with Lynn, then coming across his first love "Pepper" on internet, whom he stalks online to get together with, then Pepper remembers the coward he was when she got abused by Jason, she tells him off, then all those happenings make him realize how he should be thankful for the life he has, with his wife and son. *All that, only to come back to reality, that none of that was ever his actual life.* I think the only REAL things were: He knew Lynn, Greg Jason and Pepper, at some point in his life. All the events he mentions were his imaginations. When we dream or hallucinate, our brain mostly "casts" the people we've met at some point in our lives, as the "actors", in our fictional stories. He might be someone who has schizophrenia and also a lot of past trauma. Especially regarding his teenage days, has a lot of deep regrets how his life "should've, could've" been. Hence it leads the point, where his mind, fabricates such stories, to his pleasing. The whole story "I almost cheated on my wife, but then I remembered what a great family I've built" sounds so "full of life", to someone who has, no life. "Having a bit of relationship drama since the school days" is such a mundane or normie thing to most people. But there are so many others, who end up with the worst of misfortunes. Who don't even have a normal family life, leading to disrupted school life, corrupted emotional life, leading to not having good job opportunities, etc. A cycle of misfortunes. Hence even such *an average Joe lifestyle* is something he can only *dream about.* Which is why, the ending really saddens me...

[@LaceyAnn]

@@1..0w0..3 Wow you are so insightful, thanks for this analysis! I didn't think to see it that way and I'll listen again with new ears. I appreciate the reply, thanks again :)

[@SuperR-uh5cx]

I gotta say Clancypasta, I got into creepypastas like 6 years ago when I started a new job. I would listen to them for hours while working to pass the time. It might sound sad but sometimes I couldn't wait to punch in and throw on some headphones, and work in my own little world. Anyway, back then I never thought I'd be able to name so many narrators of this genre. There's creepsmcpasta, mr nightmare, chilling tales, unit something lol, letsreadscarystories, there's SO many! I'll run out of room if I actually name them all. But within all of them I just want to pay my respects here because I dont get the chance to listen as much as I used to. That said, when I can listen it's like the last ones standing out of all the great narrators TO ME, that I enjoy listening too the most would be Dr. Creepen in -3rd- 2nd, and 1st would have to split between you, ClancyPasta and Natenator. You 2 have very different styles and I like them both way too much to put one over the other. So yeah! I dont know why I like creepypastas so much, but I just want to say thanks for all the efforts you put into the Creepypasta community. I dont know who else feels the same way or whatever but thanks man. You've sure helped me get through -some- MANY of my longest days.

[@triciagadd9372]

Didn't necessarily care for the ending bc it left too much to the imagination when the rest of the story was so detailed. However, going with the alternate reality theory, I don't think it's that much of a stretch to imagine that Lynn could have still ended up with Jason after she saw him hit Pepper. Women have stuck around for a lot worse. He could have pulled some "Come on baby, I'm sorry. You know I would never hit you" BS and she might have fallen for it.

[@anthonydefilippo8526]

Best story I've seen in a long time! I was engaged the entire way thru. Please more. And it was a timeline switch / Mandela Effect situation right?

[@chadraygun5268]

After that night, Greg felt extremely guilty for failing to do anything about Jason hitting Pepper, his mind came up with the whole Lynn part, which was a fantasy concocted by that guilt, to make Greg believe that he did _something_ good that night. But when he comes across Pepper’s FB, his mind slowly begins to reveal to him of the fantasy world he’s been living in for all those years. In simpler terms, Greg was emotionally distraught after that night, and he created a fantasy world where something good came out of that night, but when he comes across the catalyst as to why he created this scenario in the first place, it leads to him finally getting a reality check which he clearly is shocked of.

[@heatherlee9880]

You are now my favorite narrator as of this past year.

[@coreyharrison8850]

This time really good. Two thumbs way way up!!!

[@davidstrumpf9305]

The ending doesn’t make any sense because we’re supposed to assume that Greg all of the sudden ended up in an alternate timeline where him and Lynn never let but him and Pepper never worked out because he did nothing when the Wagner guy hit her, but if that’s the case why would Lynn stay with Wagner if she just saw him beat his ex in plain sight in public?

[@vaporweeb9537]

Woah...this story is a freakin wild ride of emotions

[@rjkmannusaf0166]

Oh my gosh I loved that story and almost cried at the end I did not see that coming...Thank you once again for your awesome delivery....

[@austind7373]

Spoiler: Im assuming if he gets Lynn to remember what happened that night then he should be able to get his life back right? But i guess that cant happen because he seems to be losing his memory too.

[@yusukestail5449]

Or as someone else in the comments suggested all the lynn moments except the end and a little bit of the flash back lynn moments were delusions

[@kikiblair5132]

That ending was dark.

[@kirstenornelas881]

Trippy adaptation of the movie "it's a wonderful life", only his ending was not a happy one... he was alone and had nothing because of choices he never made and was living vicariously through the stories he saw about the people he went to school with as he sat on his computer letting his own life pass him by.

[@caraminnaar1644]

Your future is because of your past. I know at times I look back and I am astonished at how dumb I was but ultimately it made me who I am today!

[@wolverinephoenix5663]

This was more thrilling than I thought

[@a.l.2339]

This story is one big "oof"

[@Herootime-ii8eb]

This dude easily has the dopest merch on YT

[@melissaperez4270]

Very good story and as always a great narration

[@FPS-eu9mi]

"My ride just went to jail"

[@vincentshadetree]

This dude sure had some ego issues, the part where he complimented himself I knew he was gonna have a problem with rejection

[@Everythingaaliyah4eva]

Amazing 😁 I love your narrations!!!!

[@PrimateProductions]

This one was excellent! Thanks

[@MeleMelJ]

"My heart clenches in an explicable way" me: he's gonna cheat isn't he

[@DoNotTrustHorses]

PLEASE TELL MW THAT THERE IS A CONTINUATION TO THIS!!! I remember a story that is similar to this one, but it does not stop at the point where this one does. It goes on to describe the details of the protagonist's altered life and him trying to find out what happened to his wife, son and how the OG timeline got f***end up. Does anyone know of the story that I have described? Idk if it was a completely different creepy pasta OR if my brain is making this shit up because I needed a sequel. WTF? DOES ANYONE ELSE REMEMBER A STORY LIKE THAT?

[@singh23x]

A bit different from the usual stuff but yet so amazing!

[@ohnocamie]

Coming to the comments for answers and finding a ton of people as confused as I am.

[@thebluerose7648]

Oh man this is one on the list of things that terrify me the most , this was a very , very good and well written story , these are the ones I like the best , it don't have to be slice em dice em to be scary

[@godbreaker6596]

I actually have my own pepper situation at the moment

[@misjudg6969]

That was awesome! What a twist! You made a not so great weekend end pretty damn good! Thanks Clanc!

[@heatherlee9880]

I may be the only person who really understands this whole story. Part of my life. But I wound up happily ever after.

[@AR1GAT0]

Lol "me and my all American boy cheesiness" while saying how much he could get any girl he wanted, and taking whiffs of her hair. That's kinda stalkerish

[@LordNelson6]

Ok... I'm listening I'm like how is this a creepypasta... I'm waiting for it... ah there it is... very good burn speed lol

[@arvie5715]

Pepper chewing him out was so satisfying

[@AjawEnjoyer]

A new video! And I'm early :O Keep up the great work Clancy, I love watching your videos :)

[@bluedragonfly8139]

I'd love a continuation to see just WTF happened. Like, what caused this, other than Pepper tearing him a new one? What's his 'official' life now? And what I'm most curious about: how is Pepper doing in this new reality? Cause she seems awesome.

[@rataraven1345]

You already know I’m ready to sit down and listen to every second of this

[@issraw5788]

So did I, but the ending had me like 😳

[@rataraven1345]

Iss Raw ikrrr

[@batsnghostz]

Oh bro that ending fucking hit me I was like ‘damn where is this going’ then it fucking hhhh

[@MadChatterYT]

Love these long stories for when I'm on the road

[@aprilleerose]

My husband is a truck driver and listens to these all the time

[@austinhenshaw2140]

I love the longer ones too!

[@av0278]

This was one of the best stories I've ever heard. Incredibly talented author.

[@anamericangirl4078]

Yay!! A long one. This just made my night🌙

[@belindabradley3443]

Wow, i didnt see that coming. I didnt know where it was going, but i didnt think it was goin their lol. Good story tho. To many commercials tho 😔

[@justinchabot4440]

better to forget then to forgive, you may not like what you hear and see.....

[@charmariem1324]

This one...im speechless. Those what ifs, what could be's, what should be's....wow! What a story!!!

[@Brandibb]

Did anyone else, out of curiosity, look for a Pepper Lauren for shits and giggles?

[@jaclynmiles8447]

That’s some Twilight Zone business. Loved it

[@channelxhorror]

I was enjoying the story until the end. Spoilers --> Incomplete ending. He's now in an alternate reality in which Lynn was still with the other guy, meaning that they hadn't met that night, which also means that he and Pepper would possibly be together as well. The reader/listener got cock blocked with the ending.

[@widoweaver]

Thank you, Sammy !!