The Thing In The Basement Is Getting Better At Mimicking People

[@carlhelter2289]

"Im the one they call when shit gets spooky, and this shit is spooky." Best quote ever.

[@PietroMaximoff.]

Who you gonna call?

[@luckisluck]

@@PietroMaximoff. Spooky man.

[@tobysvibin5533]

ikr?! I busted out laughing when that came out.

[@joann3190]

That person stole that quote from Lilo and Stitch. Lol

[@AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH]

@@joann3190 THANK YOU!!

[@heyheyheyhey588]

The fact that I can't tell if he's losing his mind, if it's real or if it's both makes this story so intriguing. Haven't even finished it but just wow.

[@SuperNerd9695]

Ya this story is amazing

[@Latedozer]

Yea. I felt like I was going a little crazy as all the clues floated around my head

[@TheTrueNehme]

It is pretty good, it reminded me heavily of Address Unknown from Max Payne

[@naliag3432]

I have this theory on the ending that could explain the reproduction process? He looses his voice, very raw and spends hours being inactive, in and out of consciousness. He’s slowly becoming a shell of himself. He’s obviously incapable of getting out of the basement by himself. Kinda like the mimic at the very beginning? Slowly learning to talk, starting with a raspy voice, only active a few minutes at night at first, has to beg to be let out of the basement. Either it’s just ironic or that’s actually how they plan to turn him into a mimic. They needed him weak, broken and possibly near enough the basement or somewhere to keep him captive but otherwise intact. There’s a possibility Sarah’s mimic was in the basement for over two decades (I think, correct me if I’m wrong). If anything survives not getting food or water for that long, it’s clearly not human, but could it be something that used to be? Anyway, those are my 1am thoughts on it. Amazing story! Let me know what you think!

[@heyheyheyhey588]

@@naliag3432 omg that sounds so good.

[@ygimm599]

One of the few stories that didn’t just unnerve me but straight up scared me, psychosis is a terrifying concept and playing on paranoia and doubt makes it so much more terrifying

[@Starsixsixtysix]

I've experienced psychosis before and dear lord it's awful. I could not imagine involving fucking mimics 🙃

[@meatism6546]

can you imagine just not being able to trust your own thoughts and you stay awake in your bed at night knowing that your mind is lying to you but you cant trust that thought because it might be a lie and not being able to trust you beloved family because they tried to murder you but then they didn't but you do know they didn't but you cant trust yourself because you've been told you are going crazy but you don't remember if anybody told you that

[@IwrsTheKing007]

dude, it took me sec to look around and convince myself that that wasn't real, holy shit

[@Em.Anneta]

Same. I listen to another of stories and this one was one of the only ones I actually felt the fear from😭 great story frfr

[@oriondragonstar7057]

Not psychosis, Mimic Town.

[@mostwoek]

When she said "all in due time" I did a perfect backflip

[@robotic_voice]

at what time frame did she say that

[@Soverhine]

@@robotic_voice at about the 1hr mark

[@spadeofhearts713]

I finished the story but don’t remember the significance.

[@calebcoyle532]

@@spadeofhearts713it was subtle, basically it was something that Markus kept repeating at the start which implies that Amy was a mimic as well

[@r00fles]

DUUUUUUUUUUUDE ME TOO! My mind went to all sorts of conspiracies!

[@Error40631]

The mimics deleted the detectives’ number when they broke into the cabin. Also in the beginning Sarah’s mimic said Marcus catchphrase “All in due time”. I’m guessing the mimics can invade dreams. That’s why they’re always trying to exhaust you and encourage you to “sleep”.

[@Acetyl53]

That was my first thought as well, which is why she knew the code to unlock his phone and stop the recording. Kind of confirmed later on.

[@sweetsirenaine]

Ohh, a la Invasion of the Body Snatchers! I can't believe I didn't make the connection until now, thanks!

[@The2984]

That explains alot. Good observation

[@sgazzo8712]

Even her friend at the end says at the due time

[@EmrysMerlinTB]

Not to mention that Clancy never mentioned the Mimics but “Sarah” knew what he called them, and provided to his sleep deprived brain “Tell you what, If you’re so sure I’m the mimic, strike me down, I won’t fight back.” These things are good.

[@LincolnLJL]

The entire time i was questioning everything anyone said. Thats how you properly write a story and you and everyone else’s narrations fit so well. This is a masterpiece truly outstanding work you’ve done (also did anyone see the parallel to the first mimic at the start and the end ?)

[@destroytheboxes]

So what happened at the end. Are we supposed to be left hanging?

[@BlueTunda0000g]

@@destroytheboxes they were mimics all along and he was most likely replaced with one. Or theory is that the mental illness was real and when they pushed him into the basement, it was really him going into a psych ward. Being forcefully admitted but his mind seeing is differently. But that’s just my theory.

[@reap3rofsouls271]

@@BlueTunda0000g frankly, it's hard to say which is real.

[@pandatheandroid4606]

Dude me too! I had like 4 or 5 theories i all totally thought could be it

[@brendanfligger1669]

@@BlueTunda0000g I personally subscribe to the latter. Wouldn't have made much sense to me otherwise.

[@xxrieanrinei4922]

Its the fact that we dont know what they look like, how they multiply, and how they kill that makes them such good horror monsters. When you mix that with the increasing uncertainty throughout the story it legit makes you feel crazy to accuse an entire town of people of being monsters. We are only given just enough to put together the subtle clues that they're not what they say they are and I love it. Id love some type of part 2 to this.

[@atlf3357]

Agreed. The element of uncertainty is such a hard thing to make into something scary, especially since a lot of us are so used to stories where the concepts of unreliable narrators and uncertainty are burnt out prematurely. Normally I’d feel bored and impatient waiting for the reveal of the antagonist/monster/entity but for some reason this story had me fully hooked. Still not sure exactly why that is.

[@xxrieanrinei4922]

@@atlf3357 fr, I was surprised at how well the twists were handled.

[@ryukiiko]

@@xxrieanrinei4922 It's a finalized series by the author, meaning at most, we'd get a spinoff but not a direct continuation, it doesnt really have closure for the protagonist, except him being trapped in the basement now, much like the first entity and calling out with exactly the same words, so most people think it's supposed to be some sort of time loop or cycle where the original entity is Clancy himself.

[@lornahill7123]

Me as well, I'm so confused🤔🤪😬

[@atlf3357]

@@ryukiiko that makes so much sense. To expand on that theory, I think every character in the story (minus the detective) went through the same time loop as the MC, albeit in an alternate reality. I believe the basement is a convergence of all those different realities, all those different people who have been trapped by mimics of their own reality, pleading to be let out. The basement acquires all the characteristics of each victim from each timeline and spits out the designated mimic as it wreaks havoc on a new timeline.

[@IHeartsDrummers]

The fact that Amy didn't think Sarah was dead, when she came to meet Sarah at the house, should have been a big hint to Markus that something was up.

[@lookatdemijipers]

*Clancy

[@Upper_echelon_exotics]

Yeah Marcus was the detective

[@ozramblue117]

The second hint was at the diner. She answered a question he was thinking not speaking. On top of that, had the parents gone on a trip the spares would still be where they belong.

[@Fsreaper065]

What was the question she answered that Clancy was thinking?

[@TiredMonarch]

oh seriously?? I didn't notice that- Timestamp?? @@ozramblue117

[@Destinestinestiny]

Aw, I was kind of hoping to hear Sarah yell down to him, and for him to say his "mimic" lines from the beginning, like "Sarah help they trapped me in the basement, let me out!" Like a time loop sort of thing. Besides the weird soft ending, this is the absolute best story I've listened to in a while! The voice acting a music was phenomenal as always.

[@audreywilliber7078]

Same

[@learningagain4094]

Yeah I thought so too, in fact I thought she was going to lock her parents down there as well.

[@ch1ckenm4ster78]

The ending seemed thought out to me, i think there’s an overarching plot but I don’t know how it all connects

[@eight216]

@@ch1ckenm4ster78 i mean... i figure the point is that even by the end you STILL dont know if he's a mimic or crazy or what exactly is going on, so i wouldn't say it's not thought out, but definitely not my preference.

[@illbeyourstumbleine]

@@eight216 I would say if you have 2 cops, his parents, and his sister all in the house, why would they push him into the basement if they were "normal" people and he was the mentally ill one. That definitely wouldn't help make him better and clear delusions, not to mention the physical harm you bring from pushing someone down a flight of stairs, you literally could kill them. Basically no caring family members would use that tactic to help their sick son. Also those cops would never still be driving around in a wrecked car. So that leads me to believe they really did run the other guy off the road. One of the biggest mistakes was the OP not questioning why they wanted him at the sisrers house after they caught him, not the hospital or even his parents house. No EMS called. He was basically surrounded by all the suspected mimics in the place of origin. All the repeated sayings like "In due time", and Sara asking Clancy where the parents were in the first night and then the narrative changing that everyone including Amy knew they were in the Grand Canyon, the place he lied to Sara about. So much great hints of reality sprinkled in, I just wish the ending wasn't so open. Inception is one of my favorite movies, so I'm not opposed to open endings, but I felt like this left way too many things unanswered. Like the author knew it was getting long and wanted to wrap it up but just didn't know how to do so quickly and make all the pieces fit leaving the listener feeling satisfied. Great story, but a think a part 2 that could be much shorter might help so many unanswered questions. Again, I don't mind some lingering questions, this just left a few too many which was disappointing because it had so much potential. Just my 2 cents.

[@Lucidirus]

The fact that even you, the reader/listener aren't even able to tell the difference most of the time is... just so hooking to the story. Makes you want to dive deeper to see what is real or not. And then there are those little bits like at the cemetery, where you hear "...I'm not a mimic..." that can just pop out and hit you square in the face.

[@jameslambert5198]

Not only that but several phrases were repeated, word for word by different characters. Something like "we can meet wherever you want" was said by the sister's friend and Marcus. It was as if Marcus if he was really, may have been a mimic and was trying to help our character come to terms with being so. God this story is incredible

[@PlayBoX-qq9kr]

What do you mean about the part in the cemetery. I looked back through the video where they were at the cemetery and I didn’t hear anyone say that.

[@pixelgaming5254]

@@PlayBoX-qq9kr the sister did

[@PlayBoX-qq9kr]

@@pixelgaming5254 time stamp? I never heard her say “I’m not a mimic” at the graveyard.

[@The_real_silver]

@@jameslambert5198 same thing with the phrase “in due time” that Marcus and the friend repeated. This story was wild

[@lexmortis5722]

One of my favorite story’s so far, even tho I knew he was right. The most obvious tell was the damages police car and the second most obvious the moment where Sarah used Markus’s phrase “all in due time”. Super engaging story telling, hope the author makes more stories of this length

[@forgotten1s]

Whatya mean that was a tell?

[@doomygloomy1]

@@forgotten1s the mimic copies people's mannerisms, that was a slip up, he copied Markus's

[@sarahelizabeth6713]

Not to mention that, if there was no Marcus, there was no way he could have known about Sarah's recordings.

[@HarriBarriTarri]

@@sarahelizabeth6713 OMG! Didnt even think of that!

[@Barghest-3]

Also remember he lied about the parents being on vacation but when they are seen again they talk about the supposed vacation like it was an actual thing

[@aamon9562]

Because of the fact "Sarah" spread mimics around the town and that she stayed at Amy's for several months after her disappearance make it more than likely that Amy was already a mimic the first time she met Clancy. So I think Clancy was screwed the moment he accepted to meet Amy. And the reason why he couldn’t sense Amy staring like the others is that some of them only did it to make him let his guard down to the others who didn’t stare at him, the fact that he didn’t sense Sarah in the graveyards adds to this theory. Shit’s spooky

[@Robbie_The_Froggie]

Maybe everyone was a mimic just to get this one person 🤷 spooky

[@Nyssine]

@@Robbie_The_Froggie their plan sucked! all they did was lock him in a basement, he'll get out eventually and go doom slayer mode on all them fake ass mfs and then be locked in a psych ward for the rest of his life for committing mass murder during a psychotic break but... peace of mind!

[@SystematicallyGrey]

i suspected Marcus was a mimic when he didnt answer his phone the first time

[@cadencewicker358]

I've never heard a creepypasta with so many twists and turns. This absolutely chilled me and the voice work made it much more effective.

[@Darksomnium]

I'm glad you liked it!

[@katsuro497]

@@Darksomnium fr man this is one of my favs thank you it was so good. i enjoy the long vids like this perfect for listening to while doing homework.

[@Idk_i_realy_idk]

@Darksomnium did he really went crazy

[@karenduguid3943]

Ronnie's voice is so soothing but this one is too all over the place for sleep 😴 I usually have him playing when I get in bed. Found this one in my search for my 3 favorites "ANGELS AREN'T BEAUTIFUL" "BECAUSE YOU ARE MY BABY " and "WHY I DON'T DO DRUGS ANYMORE (or something like that)" But I have to go back and listen again if I fall asleep 😂! But when I get long ones like this one I listen to them over several nights. "LEFT RIGHT GAME" was GREAT. But all of them are great! This one sounds like he has Romnex and Big Daddy Stone working with him. I think 🤔

[@nakitomosquito8273]

as a person who lives in a basement, I can confirm this is, in fact, accurate life 👍

[@Darksomnium]

😆

[@trshpizza]

@@Darksomnium I will reside in the attic. Mimicking your family's voices and also using my steam account to play games. I will lure you in and play some Gmod with you, but again, I can't force you.

[@youryoutubeyoda]

Trying to steal other peoples life since you dont have one?

[@tacodogge7773]

I too, skitter up the stairs in the middle of the night from my basement to practice my impressions of my family members 😌

[@tommygunn2939]

basement dwellers unite

[@rohverr]

So it seems the mimic purposely tries to tire out its victims, as it did with Sarah and finally with Clancy. The mind is a strong thing, not so easily broken and Markus pointed out Clancy had an oddly strong fortitude when listening to the recordings. Clancy was right, but he was broken down physically, mentally and emotionally, the same as Sarah. At the end, he was in perfect condition for the mimic and it likely did possess him. There are certain clues that Clancy was right before the end: - The Grand Canyon story was a lie made up by Clancy to fool Sarah. One that "Sarah" believed. Clancy's dad was also ready to pick Clancy up when he texted him, so if he was truly going on vacation he would've mentioned it. Not just then but way before. - The "Don't take too long!" from Sarah when Clancy goes to phone Markus had a crack in it, it was also something Clancy picked up on. - The recordings and conversations being cut and deleted by Sarah. The recording literally catches Sarah in the act. - The missing furniture and the fact the house has been cleared out when Sarah returns. She doesn't question it. There's no reason for her house and belongings to be cleaned out if she was just missing or at a friend's. - When Clancy explains to Sarah about what happened, she doesn't argue that there was a fire and that someone died in it. Meaning the evidence of the fire is very much real and still there. Amy also doesn't question the fire or someone dying in it, yet suddenly goes to him and says it wasn't real. - The cop car being damaged, which we're aware of because of the last phone call between Clancy and Markus. - Everything from Amy meeting up with Clancy and the ending is basically the mimics using Clancy's own lies against him. All of the mimics took his stories and, because there were so many of them, made Clancy believe he had lost it. - Clancy fucked up the moment he ran away from the house. It basically lit a fire underneath the mimic's ass and it went into action immediately. Markus specifically told Clancy not to leave Sarah alone or out of his sight, he even questions him when Clancy is paying his bar tab because Markus likely thought he was still at Sarah's. - Annnnnd the recordings from Markus. Mental illness can be a horrifying thing, but to create such a detailed scenario of Clancy meeting Markus and listening to 17 recordings just isn't possible. Markus and the recordings were real, because no one mentioned mimics to Clancy before this. - Sarah's use of the phrase "all in due time" which is literally the biggest red flag, at this point the mimic is already in his head and plucking information from it. - Sarah's grave which apparently had a blank gravestone. As far as I'm aware, gravestones are properly prepared before a person is laid to rest, even Jane and John Does have marked gravestones. And I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure plots in graveyards don't have blank gravestones on them as funeral preparations may call for unique gravestones. - Sarah using the word "mimic" at the end. When Sarah first returns, she's trying to convince Clancy she just had a mental breakdown and was hearing voices. She never mentioned mimics, they were also never mentioned in the initial recordings. - Sarah's too friendly persona when she comes back. Remember, while they never fought or anything, they never talked or even interacted much unless it was a family get together. Sarah was far too friendly and touchy for someone who was estranged from her brother, even in that situation she would have still been a bit standoffish because there wasn't a relationship there. I believe Amy was initially human, but after being left alone with Sarah she was possessed by the mimic. In the same timeframe, Clancy's parents were also possessed. Had Clancy stayed at Sarah's house, he may have had a better chance, because he would have been watching Sarah. Amy was also there too. But when he left, he sealed his fate. This story was definitely compelling from beginning to end, hell the ending got me. I thought maybe he was suffering from a mental breakdown, but I knew what was coming when the basement door was opened for him to look down. Spooky shit.

[@DMDrew]

Also they really got me with the missing business card and no number for the detective in the phone. But the police car is smashed from the accident on the call. It’s likely before they woke him up from the “nightmare” they took the card and deleted everything in the phone mentioning Marcus.

[@rohverr]

@@DMDrew Exactly! I was also confused and wasn’t sure if Clancy was truly suffering from a mental breakdown because of this. But yep, it’s clear the mimics just erased any evidence of Marcus existing to try and push Clancy over the edge.

[@cap-ml7ky]

Clancy played it off very well imo, Marcus did tell him to get out the moment it got too heavy. The problems arose the moment he got to his parent's house, I wouldn't blame him for waiting for his parents, but he should've broken in the moment sundown hit given the situation. He should've called them and find that their phones were at home, ringing alarm bells. From there he should've just camped it out waiting for marcus. Amy was a complete mistake imo though. The fact that the mimic suggested her to come implies that she was gonna be an ally to it no matter what Clancy does, meaning had he stayed it would've been a 2v1 on him. Had he camped and waited for Marcus, the mimics wouldn't know of the detective's arrival, leading him to safely arrive. I think Marcus then would've called for back up, once he realizes the severity of the situation. Cause at that point, idt even marcus would be able to beat the mimics had he arrived in perfect condition. Though imo the main issue was that the mimic's indentity felt inconsistent. Which threw the direction of the story all over the place. Initially, it was a creature stuck in the basement that only manifested at night. Then, it was able mimic people in just a day, like for example amy. Idk, the story went from figuring out what exactly happened to my sister and what the thing that caused it was, to am I losing my mind? Its dissapointing that we literally know nothing more about what happened to his sister after Markus left.

[@rexviperfan]

Why would Amy and parents be succumbed so quickly to mimic meanwhile Clancy take such a long time?

[@hungrymusicwolf]

​@@rexviperfan While in the basement it couldn't steal memories very well. That's why it kept being close to them while they're sleeping. That would also explain why he felt the whispers in the back of his mind when his parents were standing next to his bed. Also lets not forget that Clancy and Sarah were both very resistant and aggressive. That also goes for while he was sleeping as he was fighting the whispers he was hearing in his head when his parents stood next to him. So those whispers probably have something to do with the stealing of memories. That would explain why Amy turned so quickly because she came to help a friend and had 0 resistance or distance. So distance + resistance (or the lack thereof) seem to be the factors playing into how fast they can steal memories and/or turn others.

[@NotThePoint-r7n]

What made this story really good for me is how the sister wasn't even dumb or anything. She called the cops, tried to get a roommate, slept over at friend's house. She wasn't stupid just in a really shitty situation. She wasn't "perfectly rational" but believable, that's half of what made it so scary.

[@HadrianGuardiola]

That part about her not thinking she could reach out to family because she was the kid from the first marriage hurt my heart. It is so common to be defeated and not even try with family or even friends sometimes when we are in need. I think thats why in so many horror stories they say the bad thing feeds on depression and sadness. It is like quicksand.

[@NotThePoint-r7n]

@@ThomasWarhammer I don't think that most people can just move whenever they want, especially if they just moved.

[@NotThePoint-r7n]

@@ThomasWarhammer so do you think she should've moved or stayed at someone else's place?

[@justaneditygangstar]

The stories that scare me/disturb me the most is when characters are actually smart and cautious but STILL LOSE

[@Lixxie612]

I mean sure, but the family aspect took me out of it. I’m not on good terms with most of my family, but I’d still go there if I had too; she did everything but talk to her family, she said it was her last resort after even one night stands and confronting the creature and burning her house down ffs. If there was more to give reason why she absolutely does not trust her family, like if she talked about how after his dad remarried and that her step mother just felt like an intruder in their house and she didn’t trust her that would add to the theme of mimics and not knowing who to trust, and then getting a half brother added to this because she just felt she was living in another family’s house and that nobody in the family actually saw her as family, even if it wasn’t true and it was just her isolating herself due to paranoia, that would’ve been great AND added to all the existing themes! This story has sooo much potential but the dialogue is a joke, especially compared to something like Penpal or Borrasca. It’s not bad at all, I still really like it, but it’s just got a lot of plotholes.

[@SaltLazer]

This story is so good, the entire time I couldn't tell if the MC was going insane or if the mimics were gaslighting him and it's something no other story has made me feel.

[@IskeletuBr]

If he was going insane locking him up in the basement is not the way to go about it lol

[@madkirk7431]

He sure has hell seemed insane to me. Ruined the whole story for me.

[@madkirk7431]

@@IskeletuBr him getting forced into the basement is probably what he thinks is happening while he's being put in the asylum.

[@oliverm9110]

"i'm the one they call when shit gets spooky. and let me tell you, this shit is very spooky" best line in history of lines

[@joann3190]

Also, that quote was from a Disney movie called Lilo and Stitch. Lol that dude stole that quote.

[@unicornactual3432]

Isn't it redundant to say it's spooky shit at that point? If he indeed is called for spooky shit, and he's been called then wouldn't it go without saying that the shit is spooky? "I'm the one they call when shit gets spooky, you were right to call."

[@madkirk7431]

Yes

[@madkirk7431]

@@joann3190 I don't remember someone in Lilo And Stitch saying "I'm the one they call when shit gets spooky, and let me tell you, this shit is very spooky."

[@raginbacon9202]

@@madkirk7431 the quote was "I am the one they call when things go wrong, and things have indeed gone wrong." -Cobra Bubbles Its close, stolen idk maybe

[@bigjayjay2x597]

Like how the mimic caught on to him lying to it earlier, and recreated his story about his parents making him actually believe his own lie. Also suprised he did question Amy further on his sister being able mimic others voices while sleepwalking. Like was she making a attempt with her own voice to mimic someone or did her voice perfectly match up with person she was mimicking.

[@ozramblue117]

Really like the hint that he’s not mad when the other woman answers a question he hadn’t spoken out loud yet he didn’t notice. Also had the parents gone away the spare keys would still have been there. Loving this and part way through.

[@Praetor_Atraxa]

This was an immaculate story and really nearing the end everything reminded me of Capgras Delusion. A disorder that basically sees everyone as fakes or like they’ve been replaced by an imposter. It’s really interesting and makes this story one of my favorites because of it

[@thelagg2820]

I was 90 percent sure of that till the very end. Then I had no clue.

[@reynaldoponce2062]

@@thelagg2820 a delusion at the end that rewrites what he experienced of being forcefully admitted into the psyche ward into a basement door

[@alguldandoce7982]

imposter

[@cursedalien]

Like Finding Vanessa?

[@nastyachernomorchenko1065]

Yeah, and I heard that in some cases one on one keeps the delusion, but calls are ok.

[@Ewout761]

Sarah: locks the thing in her basement Also Sarah 24:49 : "It won't go the fuck away" tf you expect?

[@snowbal516]

Lol that had me laughing

[@shablammy]

Lol but wouldn't it be worse if she let it out?

[@Ewout761]

@@shablammy true

[@n0b0d1bg5]

Yeah but, how did it get there in the first place, or how and where did it hide when the policemen were checking out the basement?

[@boxtroxrequiem4882]

@@n0b0d1bg5 Mimic turns into chair maybe?

[@churchy9863]

Just hearing it, I starting thinking, if it was fake, why was the cop car broken, why was there a grave with no body especially if Sarah was I contact, if everyone knew of the vacation, why bury something you knew would be a crack in the lie. It shows the extent of how flawed the plan was, but how well it worked, how his reality was true, but made to be false. Perfectly told through the eyes on uncertainty

[@derpyboi2828]

Yea i kinda thought what about the other recordings with clancy’s voice and her moms voice

[@lonecalzone6901]

ok but what the fuck is happening i thought the mom died 20 years ago

[@Ame865]

@@lonecalzone6901 there’s a comment above this that explains it. Seems like they see your mind when you sleep

[@alanjacob4948]

@@lonecalzone6901 she's no her real mom, her mom died and her father remarried.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

OH, IF THERE WAS ONLY SOLUTIONS TO BIG ISSUES Like Homeless People and No-Knock-Raids or Drug-Overusage or Such-and-Such. Oh, if KZbinr Some More News only had come up with really good Solutions. But he doesnt even have 1 Mio Subs, so how can it be expected his Solutions even reach the Ears of Politic-Dude-Humans? Oh well, if my mass-commenting to get Attention to this doesnt work, i just migrate to Mars. Whatever.

[@HUMhumuluslupulus]

Can we just admire Marcus's voicemail -

[@TylerLarsen-du1di]

its my new voicemail

[@HUMhumuluslupulus]

@@TylerLarsen-du1di XD

[@4lc4tr4y]

can i gat a timestamp please?

[@user-crane]

@@4lc4tr4y it's about 1:10:16 , you're welcome.

[@claranadine1086]

His voice is just so MM

[@maikelcardeno1441]

Man, I put this on as background noise to sleep but here I am 18 minutes in wide awake and pondering whether I need sleep or answers.

[@Darksomnium]

>:D

[@grass4874]

I know I’m late but I did the same thing as this guy I tried to go to bed at eleven now it’s almost 2am

[@CCheukKa]

What kind of gigachad uses horror stories as background noise for sleep??

[@joushima2963]

@@grass4874 same and its almost 4am and I'm still wide awake searching for answers m

[@joushima2963]

@@CCheukKa a lot actually, including me.. Some even listen to true crimes

[@tackington...3172]

40:46 WOW the attention to detail is amazing, the fact that the monsters facade cracked just a tiny bit here is so god damn cool, it's insane how much attention you put into this

[@Darksomnium]

Thank you :)

[@mmacedok]

Ohh shit I didn't notice at first but you're right

[@ElleeDraws]

I noticed that while listening to this in the background and went "wow ok"

[@renatamorales5521]

1:01:50

[@FireOccator]

Yeah, that one was the final straw for me.

[@AureliusDux99]

These monsters are just professional gaslighters 😂

[@omiaislost]

'gas lit' lolll

[@joshuajamesweiss]

@@omiaislost what?

[@jannoyes6248]

Which ones people monsters or alein monsters.

[@Ken-ru6or]

Bc the fire goober ​@@joshuajamesweiss

[@trevormurray5942]

Psychological warfare

[@mudnarchist]

*pulls out a monster hunter business card* "I'm the one they call when shit gets spooky."

[@Unregistered.HyperCam.2]

"And this shit, is SPOOKY."

[@gracefrederick6633]

(American psycho) "Oh my god... it even has a watermark"

[@mudnarchist]

@@gracefrederick6633 Another martini, Paul!

[@buggit]

This is the scariest story I've heard in a long while, at the beginning of it I thought it was going to go down the stereotypical monster hunter route and turn into an action story, but then things just got worse, and even more paranoid, I don't think you could really find any other story that makes you feel like what it must feel like to be insane, all of this is just perfect storytelling at it's finest, though the twist at the end was a bit guessable the scene before it made it hit so much harder, it truly felt like, even to the reader, that she just wanted to help, thank you for this truly enamoring story.

[@wavemediaincorperated892]

it was similar to the stolen tongues one, spooky and long, just how i like them

[@anthonyarcanumsanctumregnu9551]

I saw the end coming as soon as he went with Her I knew it was a wrap because to much happened proving He wasn't for him to all of a sudden be crazy.

[@podomuss]

I did enjoy this one, but the one, I think it’s called the hidden webpage, made me feel way more paranoid. That one made me feel like I couldn’t trust anything.

[@flyingbassett4332]

I mean, I guess. No dig against the narrator, or the voice actors but this is not creepy, scary or anything. Kinda zzzzzzzz. Just my opinion.

[@dattromboneguy]

This story isn't scary, perse, as more of the other ones I've listened to, but DAMN was this a good one. Either I'm a bit stupid, or something else, because I did NOT see the ending at ALL... as soon as I heard that everyone was saying he was crazy, and he admitted that he was insane, I thought about other similar ending stories DS has narrated, where the insane person ends up being completely wrong about their delusions, but then as SOON as he got pushed down the stairs, I got actual shivers down my back, much like the plot twist endings of "Chicken Bones" and "The Abstergo Man" narrated by CreepsMcPasta, or other events in other DS stories, such as deaths and whatnot in "The Left/Right Game" Good story, amazing narration as well, as always!

[@jigandwag2377]

I just realized that these stories are 10x scarier when you focus on them completely instead of listening while doing something else

[@ernie9538]

Ong

[@alexispaquette3184]

i agree. i stopped playing just to listen to this shit

[@backup.player]

yes yes indeed

[@GenericProtagonist7]

Absolutely not, try working nightshift in a hotel while listening to these, I literally get too jumpy to go down to the basement to do the daily readings on the boilers and pumps. Typically I'm pretty brave but something about scary stories and the almost entirely empty basement of a large building is spooky.

[@jigandwag2377]

@@GenericProtagonist7 well, you've definitely got me there.

[@allisterlobo7107]

This wasn't just a story, this was an audio movie. Amazing quality as always DS

[@ComeInAlone00000]

or an audio book .........aka........ a story ::mind blown emoji::

[@RedEyesSV]

I was listening to this with my brother, and this was apparently very heavy hitting for him. Around a year back he experianced a paranoid psychotic break due caused by Schizoprenia, and apparently the whole ordeal in this creepypasta hit very close to home for him. The feeling that something is horribly wrong with the people around you and the generally chaotic and confusing mentality especially struck him. That extreme paranoia in general.

[@blixten2928]

Yes, this post is helpful. That it goes from one person being untrustworthy to everyone being after you, is like schizophrenia. The only thing is that that seems to make the story less interesting, because then *anything* could be made up and imagined. Grand Canyon was not a spur-of-the-moment lie, he hallucinated the smashed cop car, etc. On the other hand, *everyone* *having always* been mimics makes things a bit boring, too. I was a little sorry when the story went in that direction.

[@pegasBaO23]

@@blixten2928 schizophrenia can go that hard, but so can an eldritch mimic, and I like that the story is written in a way you can't know for certain if Clancy had a psychotic break and was pulled back, or if the mimic messed with him so much it got him to submit

[@ozramblue117]

Quiet, mimick!

[@Dollapfin]

I had a schizophrenic break about three months ago and yes this is what happens exactly. It’s worse when you have some people like Marcus who agree with you. Then sleep is really impossible and you become violent. It’s really bad when the hospital is trying to use your blood to make clones of you to endlessly torture for your stem cells and the panic causes your veins to constrict so they have to jab you ten times. That coupled with the fact that you’re waking up with real marks on you that are unexplainable that look like injection sites. Hearing people walking on your roof or in your crawlspace at 3 AM multiple nights in a row. Seeing them dart across the lawn from the corner of your eye while you’re out smoking cigarettes making sure they don’t come in the house. Everyone speaks in codes and you begin to believe it’s a post rapture world where the good must use metaphors to make messages to each other (like the mafia does). It gets so fucked. I still to this day am not sure if some of my delusions are real or not. I just have to put them away because I can’t live that way anymore. My brain is destroyed from weeks of no sleep.

[@1God2savem3]

​@@Dollapfin pray. Pray to Jesus to come into your heart. It's the only way I found not only sleep again, but a sense of sanity. If you're at that point then what have you got to lose? Give it a try!

[@Mr.Daniel297]

Man. I’m a grown ass, 23 year old, and this made me turn my light back on in bed. Great narration and voice acting all around. Intruder stories of any kind put me on edge. They always make me think of that story about the guy in Japan that had an old woman hiding in his attic.

[@redcharger4796]

Dude it made me turn every light on

[@legendarybanana9]

my aunties friend had a random person hiding in her crawl space

[@ubofgamesubgames6993]

which story i wanna read it

[@Trollamollex]

Not gonna lie, a gang of spooky stuff started happening to me while listening to the story from 2 am to 4 am. Too bad for the spooky shit though coz I had a great story to finish.

[@ApocalypticTruthTeller]

“Grown ass 23yr old” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@lol-cp2eg]

If we're to believe that Clancy is truly having a mental break throughout the story then we cant take everything Clancy says as true. Some details and conversations could just be his mind twisting reality to fit this Mimic obsession he has. As many people have said, the Basement could be him going to a psych ward, or it could be him going deeper into a state of delusions. The feeling of people watching him could just be his family trying to help him come to.

[@farklegriffen2624]

Finally!! Everyone is so obsessed with trying to make the mimic story fit and no one is talking about the fact that the narrator is meant to be unreliable! It's a truly facing story, brilliantly written such that you don't know what's happening when it ends.

[@AR15andGOD]

The basement can't be a psych ward because psych wards are a place you go and not a basement in someones house

[@Khoros-Mythos]

@@AR15andGOD He's saying that Clancy is perceiving it as a basement, when in reality it is a ward.

[@TriCutNinja]

@@AR15andGOD Clancy himself says at the very end you can't trust a word he himself says, meaning anything Clancy has said in the story could just be his own perception, and not reality

[@4460N]

@@AR15andGOD you’re so slow

[@kilmindaro3]

My interpretation is that Clancy is the one and only mimic, though he's so good at being a mimic he doesn't even know he's a monster. He can't be killed, only locked back into the basement again, that's why everyone in the town is collaborating to lure him back in the basement and lock him back inside.

[@iluminaeri8422]

Oh this one is so good Holy shit

[@Pompadourius]

I kinda felt this too at the start when it almost felt like Marcus was interrogating or getting Clancy's measure as the prime suspect and was maybe just using the monster hunter "test" as an excuse so as not to arouse too much suspicion. And then with describing Clancy's "skittering" up the stairs at the end, and his voice getting raspier as he pleaded to be let out. It almost feels like the natural end point for the mimic's evolution was to convince itself so hard it was a real person that it thought everybody else was the monster, and that it went from being able to maintain a consistent voice for a few hours to days or maybe even weeks. What I find interesting about this story is just how many ways you can conclude it in your head. Was he the mimic all along? Was this just the most advanced monster gaslighting ever and it really was a town full of mimics? Or was Clancy just crazy? It's wild.

[@No_complaints.__]

@@Pompadourius omg I didn't even realize they described him "skittering" up the stairs at the end. That was a good catch and I totally agree with this theory.

[@thatchil]

@@Pompadourius I can also see Clancy having schizophrenia and capgras syndrome ( this is a mental issue that makes people believe that people around them have been replaced) seeing the "mimic" in the shadow while running and getting pushed into the basement can be a metaphor for getting sent to a psychiatric hospital but who knows I love your theory made me think probably the best one I've read

[@mossthatrules77]

Nah

[@loafoftofu6773]

The voice acting in this was top notch, my heart legitimately dropped at the “don’t take long” at 40:45

[@DatboiDemonX]

Happens again at 1:01:50 when Clancy says "all that" during "I mean, monster hunters and mimics, and all that?"

[@Stardust_7273]

Marcus’s voicemail greeting makes me lmao every time 😂

[@Neo_Satedoriiii]

Honestly like I love his personality

[@Stardust_7273]

@@Neo_Satedoriiii me too! If he was real. If not, this young man has a very strong imagination

[@TylerLarsen-du1di]

resurect him

[@jamesthomas9246]

Marcus voice reminds me of sounds like "The walking Dead" negan!!!

[@Stardust_7273]

@@jamesthomas9246 I’ve never seen it but I trust you 😊

[@MikePaul32]

This needs to be a movie man. I got shivers listening to this

[@Kayo4Iife]

A lot of r/nosleep stories need to be movies. Maybe a big budget corporation like Netflix or Disney could take horror stories from reddit, give royalties to the authors, and make a bunch of them like black mirror or love death robots.

[@Samconery]

It does indeed deserve to be a movie but somewhere along the story to reach a particular conclusion some problems do appear which is not much noticeable in a story however would be in a movie.

[@mythiccheese_]

real, this story could legit be a movie, if it was made well enough, it could take you on an absolute emotional rollercoaster same as this did

[@Brittanyisbrutal]

Agreed

[@prodhighnickybeats3712]

I like to imagine Marcus survives and saves Clancy from the basement and they figure out how to escape together.

[@thedregking9410]

Holy hell that was a good story. I actually started to believe at the end that he was going crazy, that nothing that had happened was actually real. But that twist ending, well, damn that was something else. And huge props to all the voice actors that brought these characters to life!

[@alexmarsh4624]

yea this story was amazing

[@w0nd3rs]

it was a good story, but when the cops showed up with their "bumper in utter ruins" I knew shit was real. Scary as hell though. Also, idk why he didn't use the bumper as a ploy to catch sarah off guard in the cemetery.

[@ataarono]

but why did his phone not have any proof on it when he needed it?

[@kungfuvoodoo9889]

The final twist could have also been in his head.

[@deathsodyssey9553]

You spoiled this for people like me that go through the comments listening to this story

[@cHoppigLemOns-bn3el]

"Clancy. He"s right behind me isnt he"

[@meowth9686]

*Sound of a motorized wheelchair approaching and a shotgun shell clicking into place.*

[@kietneeddiaper5214]

@@meowth9686 the mental image of Markus rolling up and starts blasting the mimics lol

[@blcksvvan]

little did i know the creature could control fire

[@AiTsukimiya]

Uhh, Markus? You’re… gonna want to see this

[@stephanietoms]

Honestly you’ve become my fave channel to watch now! So well deserved 👏

[@Darksomnium]

Thank you so much Stephanie! :D

[@kiralonely]

Same, tbh! Best voice acting, best special effects, best music to set the tone in the background, 10/10, no other channel hits all the points perfect like Dark Somnium.

[@helpmeimlockedinadungeon9519]

The double twist at the end was amazing and the fact it keeps switching between knowing what's going on and then not Is even better

[@definitelynotthefoundation5646]

I know right? It's giving Moon Knight energy

[@sekiro_the_one-armed_wolf]

It’s fucking infuriating lmao, amazing at making you feel just as crazy as Clancy probably does

[@YourMaxii]

That was genuinely impressive writing. The slow burn of doubt being set in by the hints that it was a hallucination was absolutely brilliant. Props to the author and props to you for, yet again, brilliantly transforming this story into audio.

[@perijohnson6523]

Did anyone notice how Sarah was asking if he still thought she was “the mimic” but he never referred to it as “the mimic” around her?

[@Thoron_of_Neto]

Not only that, but Markus doesn't refer to it as a mimic until *after* Clancy does. As soon as Clancy calls it a mimic, every single reference to it, even if it's from someone else, is to call it a mimic, except when he refers to it as a "monster" to Amy, but then she switches back to Mimic after he does.

[@СергійСавелов]

Well, this is a story with phrases that punch you in the gut, but not in a horror kind of way. - Given enough time to learn, that thing could be a top predator. - And let me guess, you can't let that happen. - We can't let that happen. - All in due time. - Get fucked. - So, monster hunter, huh? - Pretty much, I'm the one they call when shit gets spooky, and let me tell you, this shit is very fucking spooky. And many, many more.

[@blaken2651]

It’s just a continuity error lmao.

[@shibo2319]

Amy would have told Sarah about his mimic delusions after she talked with Clancy, if he really was crazy and there were no mimics, so thats still a possibility.

[@SaIti2]

The way he specified the way he went back up the stairs makes me think that he was the mimic the whole time because is the recordings it mentions scurrying and trying to get out just like he did but then again it could just be like an irony thing like in a world of mimics your the monster

[@connyaaaa5555]

That and when hearing his own voice in the recording at the beginning he a) shattered the screen by hitting the phone and b) Markus commented about how much the mimic had nailed down Clancy’s voice and mannerism Although what wouldn’t make sense about Clancy being the mimic is how determined he is to think that everyone around him is the mimic, that and Amy commenting that Sarah was doing the voices in her sleep and sleepwalking. There’s things that don’t add up to the whole ‘Clancy’s the mimic’ thing

[@beniboy2274]

yeah and how the mimics pretend to be confused and need help, Clancy wouldn't really know how he got down there since he can't really trust himself, and he would be scared and in need of help which is what the mimics would say, although this is a stretch and i dont actually care

[@mlk0-0]

That's what I'm thinking, too. Sort of like they deluded him into deluding himself so well that he starts becoming what he feared from the beginning. I like your idea...If everyone else is a mimic, what does that make Clancy? That makes more sense to me than Clancy being the original/only mimic

[@mochipanda7574]

When he started asking if anyone was there in his cracked voice i really thought it was a loop of sorts

[@sznxerokd145]

🫦

[@shinyy8918]

Absolutely phenomenal. I questioned every sentence until the very end. Was it real? Was it a hallucination? So many twists and turns. This is up there along with “the last man of faith” and that other story about the supernatural prisoners as some of my favourite stories ever, all brought to me by your awesome narration.

[@edominguez02]

my standing theory remains that the detective wasnt human to begin with, considering how he would say the same exact phrase as both sarah, and the father, which has to have been a deliberate choice

[@smelk4774]

@@edominguez02 same but I thought it was either Markus or Amy same reason for Markus as you said but for Amy the reason I thought it could have been her was because 1. She tried to deter every thing that was a lie as real especially the body 2. She used the term the detective used

[@illbeyourstumbleine]

@@smelk4774 Amy was a mimic for sure. Sara asked Clancy where her dad was that first night. That establishes that she never could have talked to Amy weeks before about them going to the Grand Canyon. Also the father never once said the reason Clancy had to stay was because they would be out of town, the reason was people squatting. If we are to believe that dad wasn't a mimic at the beginning, then he is our most reliable narrator for the real truth. Someone did burn inside of that basement who they thought to be Sara, and there was a funeral held and burial afterwards. I really question why her best friend Amy wasn't there, making the talk in the kitchen and the diner encounter all sound like new news for her to hear, makes absolutely no sense at all. I love the little clues where multiple people say the same line, mimic each other and the overall storyline. I do wish the author would go back in and clear up some glaring plotholes that makes the story start to become a reach where you have to do a lot of the piecing together and assuming yourself. Open endings can be great, just look at Inception. I just felt like not only is the ending too open here, so were many other plotlines and that created a ton of missed opportunities. For Clancy to be so smart he made so many dumb errors. I know he was sleep deprived, but your whole family thinks you're unwell and instead of taking you to the hospital they take you back to the source of your stress, your sisters house...not even home, huge missed red flags everywhere...too many for my taste. How did the cops wreck their car and why on Earth would they still be driving it unless they were mimics who ran the detective off the road and now have just one objective, catching Clancy and creating more mimics, because at the diner it seems as if at least half the town has turned by this point. Also why is Clancy the only "non turned mimic" not to be seeing signs things are off and freaking out? In similar books and movies you at least have a handful of non oblivious people, here it's like Clancey is the only one. All alone with no other rational person to help him establish reality and a timeline. Last that I will touch on, all the people who are doubting the mimic thing and think this is really a sharded delusion that started with Sara and moved to Clancy. What kind of treatment for mental illness is pushing someone down a flight of stairs and locking them away in the very place that started this all? Clearly that isn't anywhere close to what a real, non mimic caring family would do for a sick child. That Clancy didn't question all of these very suspicious actions just really killed the end for me. I see the big picture, loved where it was going, but assume the author didn't know how to wrap it up so we got LOST 2.0 😔 Edit; wow...guess I went on a tangent. Sorry for writing my own novel🤦‍♀️

[@pineapplestudios8309]

I think the 2 main red flags that Clancy totally missed was at first when his parents said they were at the grand canyon. That was a lie he told Sara when she asked if he called dad, yet the parents now use it to try and calm him. Next was in the grave yard when Sara says she isn't a mimic, and talks about Mimics. Clancy has never mentioned mimic to anybody other than Markus, and only actually never had the chance to tell anybody Sara was a monster as her best friend denied Sara being a monster before he even makes the accusation. It is my belief that there isn't more than one mimic, however it's an entity taking control over the minds of other people. It explains how the police find Clancy mere moments after he leaves the house, suggesting everyone involved are connected telepathically in some way. The entity can use any bodies voice it hears from the minds from people it is manipulating. I t would also explain why there is only one dark entity, and why everyone else doesn't turn into some monster form to send Clancy to his doom. Or maybe the entity doesn't have a physical form at all, and instead rests within your mind and makes you see what it wants you to see. Overall a very insane story, and working this out seems to be really fun.

[@Ultiminium]

I love this theory

[@350love3]

I ain’t reading allat 🙏

[@notNyxiann]

@@350love3 bruh moment

[@orthodus9408]

Perhaps a hive mind?

[@knightblade1953]

Allow me to add that Clancy only mentioned the mimics to Markus, and Sarah said that she wasn’t a mimic after they already got Markus.

[@ShaggyDabbyDank]

It was definitely all real. Marcus' last words were that of a seasoned, veteran Monster Hunter. He understood the Mimics had already infiltrated the police department, potentially made the connection that these cops were the ones who had checked Sarah's basement previously, and realized that instead of them hunting just one of these things they were potentially in the middle of a nest/colony of them. He had recognized Clancy had potential as a Monster Hunter, but he knew from experience this was the type of situation you'd need several seasoned hunters in order to get under control and it was way over Clancy's head. And since he knew he was likely dead and could only relay the most important information in his last words to Clancy, he told him to run. There was no safety being anywhere near that town anymore, and he needed to get as far away from it and any of the people in it as possible.

[@beefytaquitos]

This story had me tense just about the whole way through. Much praise to the writer and to your amazing sound work as well as all the guest voices. You guys were phenomenal and not a bad mic between you. Even though the ending seems pretty clear, it still leaves a little ambiguity as to whether he was actually the mimic or if mimics are people who got replaced or why he would have "skittered" up the steps and suddenly had a fucked up voice. Either way, this was an amazing way to celebrate 500k and I'm happy to have been a part of that audience for... idk however long I've been subscribed and watch things progress. The wait for your next story is always a long one.

[@theonetemplar9401]

The real mimic was inside of us all along

[@AsterBonRacioArec]

I keep thinking it is just as clear, but if he is the mimic, how do we explain the two police officers running into the monster hunter?

[@doubled57690]

@@AsterBonRacioArec maybe he was the first mimic. Then he infected the main character.

[@leviticusmcwilliams3534]

Yes om fairly confused as well about the damaged bumper of the cop car, the rear-end of Marcus as he was coming into town and the family pushing him down the stairs. Also the waitress was the only one to not give him the creeps by staring at him while he wasn't looking.

[@AsterBonRacioArec]

@@leviticusmcwilliams3534 So we can explain the looks away even if he is the mimic. If he was the mimic he was clearly a broken mimic. His paranoia and slipping grip on reality were part of him being broken. Additionally, if he was the mimic, it may have been many people working together to get him back into the basement. However, none of this explains the bumper or Marcus. If there was no bumper damage we could explain away Marcus as a figment of his imagination. It's harder to do that with physical evidence which ties to the phone calls he has been making. Remember, that was a key theme. You heard it, but did you see it. That's where a lot of credible doubt came from. In this case we both heard and saw it.

[@klutzmtg2310]

I think the big thing a lot of people are missing is the very ending of the story. Clancy says “Don’t believe a word I say because I might be one of them.” This final line is actually extremely powerful because it could mean everything you’ve just heard is a complete fabrication in itself cleverly crafted by the mimic who took over Clancy. Shock and intrigue surrounding the mystery of Clancy’s words driving attention from outside parties to come from all over to the town to try and investigate it. The seed of doubt that it’s just a story rather than an actual account of his experience being planted with those few final words. This gives the mimic more opportunity to influence even more people and copy them. It’s ability to reach even further growing with everyone it can mimic. It’s really just a fantastic way to end the story honestly.

[@Nyssine]

why does this comment look AI generated... are you a mimic?!

[@pinkCEO]

It's a good "ooh spooky" line but it's actually a really terrible way to end the story. Think about it, for starters, what's the framing of this story? When/where/to whom is it being told? It may as well be "...and then I died! bOo!"

[@aparnarai3708]

@@pinkCEO The ending is perfect actually. The story is being posted on reddit so it's being told to anyone willing to read it. The main concept is that the mimics exploit your doubts They mentally drain you by making you second guess everything Then they take control/replace you when you finally fall asleep, tired from all the mental strain and restlessness. The final lines "Don't believe a word I say" plant the seed in the minds of the readers... thus indicating that the mimics will try to take over the world.

[@noel3198]

This story was a massive emotional roller coaster followed by a sh*t tone of unexpected plot twists leaving you at the end of it with a huge impact into your mind and changing your appreciation for life, and how you will look at the ppl from now on. I gotta be honest, ive watched 3-4 hour movies with audio,video and everything and they still haven't entertained me as mutch as this 2 hour voice recording with you just closing your eyes and listening to it as you start to imagine the whole story scene in your mind with your own way. Absolutely a masterpiece of a story, atleast for me cuz everyone probably has different preferences for how the story shouldve progressed. But at the end i just want to say that if this recording ever turns into a movie i would gladly spend every required penny for me to see it. 10/10 banger story🔥💯

[@Tiosedan]

I was so focused on the story that I felt every single step he hit at the end in the basement.

[@Candiezbeautie24]

I agree 100% so damn good !

[@princekatana8792]

100% this. Whoever wrote this story needs to be a professional writer cuz this was one of the best stories I have heard period.

[@OnceMoreWithLove777]

I just have to say I am incredibly shocked and yet happy that the captions aren't auto generated. I didn't expect for this 2 hour long story to have that, but it's very much appreciated. Thank you so much for the content, I am absolutely going to be binge watching this channel soon.

[@m.r.9215]

The “don’t take long” at around 40:40 sounds only sliiightly wonky and it’s making me paranoid. This channel’s narration is so good.

[@sankatsu9962]

I’m so glad i’m not the only once who instantly noticed this 😓

[@sunnyfields1845]

Clancy never mentioned it so I thought maybe it was an unintentional error in the audio. I'm so excited to know more people caught that! There were a few other voice cracks I heard where they weren't addressed, and at the end where Sarah was convincing Clancy he was insane and said she could "hear his voice crack too," I thought back "no. his voice hasn't cracked at all that I can remember. Bullshit"

[@latelyimryan2542]

yea lol i had to slow it down to make sure. good to know other ppl heard it too.

[@victorgamez8885]

@@sunnyfields1845 Actually Clancy mentioned it right after at 41:00. He said the facade was good but its voice cracked.

[@karenamyx2205]

@@sunnyfields1845 What? Clancy IMMEDIATELY mentions it... first thing he does is call Marcus, and claim that Sarah's a mimick.. because he heard the exact thing you're talking about.

[@Downbadman21]

Damn, this story took a dark turn. A man’s fall into insanity as his life is taken over by Capgras delusions and finally, he feels that he also was replaced. Congrats on 500k dude!!

[@nrg6245]

Yeah man this one was amazing but I think it left some shit unanswered

[@nrg6245]

He literally got set up by his family and shit it’s awful

[@TheAshYam]

@@nrg6245 yeah I almost wish someone did an analysis of this creepypasta because there's a lot of things I don't understand still and I guess that's part of the story. Like for instance the cruiser from the police officer was banged up from attacking the Hunter and a lot of other things that can't be explained by just him going crazy but at the same time a lot of physical evidence was changed around which makes you think that it's all in his head at the end of the day it could go either way but if it was actually mimics I believe that it would be a lot closer to a djin that was messing with him because they have the power to distort reality itself and change things which would be the only explanation for a lot of the discrepancies of the story

[@dattromboneguy]

@@TheAshYam Here's a thought I had after reading your comments. The main character is the one who comes up with the term "mimic"... that was more likely not an accurate guess, but more of a generalized term, since they obviously didn't know what they were dealing with initially

[@TheAshYam]

@@dattromboneguy I've also had the theory that it almost seems like things only happen once he starts to worry about them almost as if he's the one creating his own monsters in some way

[@SpartanFilms1997]

That was the BEST creepypasta I have ever heard. The audio, narration, storyline, etc. Sheeeeeesh. That was great.

[@catluv3r791]

Little late to this creepypasta but I just wanted to say how awesome the narration and voice acting is! It feels rare to see a creator put this much effort into relaying a story and it's often susceptible to missing its mark when there's a lack of life given from the narrator, even if well-written. I felt unnerved and alert throughout this entire video so kudos to everyone who worked on this. :3

[@jamesgarofolo7576]

I’m new here. This channel uses voice acting and subtle audio clues for foreshadowing in a way that I’ve never heard from a creepypasta reader channel before and it’s phenomenal. There’s a few instances across multiple videos that I’ve noticed, but the one that is making me comment is at 40:55 when she says “don’t take long.” Super cool immersion and truly chilling.

[@Darksomnium]

Thank you so much :)

[@woopboop2580]

This was so well voiced. The whole premise is my deepest darkest fear. Great stuff

[@Darksomnium]

Thank you!

[@LucaFox]

I like Stephen King's take on one of his three types of horror, the one on terror: when you come home and notice everything you own had been taken away and replaced by an exact substitute.

[@Noctua8]

You might be crazy then bro 😭

[@Istilldontknowagoodname]

@@Noctua8 nah man you're the crazy one if you don't fear those kinds of things 💀

[@ericmangum4058]

It really put me into his mind frame it felt so dissociative and irreversible i started to think maybe he was the mimick from the start- he was locked in the basement and skuttered up the stairs - beat on the door begging in a raspy voice for help- what if sarah was the one in the basement all along?

[@emmajenkins4732]

Thats exactly the impression i got. So well written!

[@Kymoraaa]

But it kinda doesn’t make sense I mean if he was the mimick from the start that’d mean he’d be locked in Sarah’s basement for like almost 2 months (of course any human would die eventually being locked in a basement that long without food and water) but also if he was locked in that basement he’d be missing from his own home I mean the parents would surely notice their son missing I feel like if he was a mimic he’d turn into it later not from the start

[@mr_okami8487]

The moment when Marcus said "Run there's more of them" that's shit when from 0 to 100....a story evolving from a paranormal incident to a phycological thriller to a full on invasion of mimics

[@DarkSharkDomilian]

Honestly thrilled. This story was roller coaster of questioning my sanity, and Clancy's sanity as well. Then at the end, I am left confused. It feels like everyone else is good, but Clancy was what he feared. The references to how the "mimic" acted in the recordings, the skittering, the questions of anyone being there, it was all just so great. 10/10 would recommend anyone to looking for a good horror story.

[@daina4368]

mental health issues run in my family (including me) and this story was so accurate to both sides that it was almost hard to listen to lol. "mimics" are one of my biggest fears and most frequent objects of paranoia, i actually had a run in similar to this the other day where my dad was calling to me from the other side of my door and i was convinced that it was something copying his voice

[@Distructionofpoems]

That’s happened to me before and it’s definitely not fun :/

[@KronoCrimes]

That sounds terrifying! How do you cope with all of that?

[@Papabigcheese]

Damn that sucks

[@drewmyers3916]

Are you a woman?

[@Distructionofpoems]

@@drewmyers3916 what does that have anything to do about it-?

[@Faint366]

Question for anyone who thinks it was a delusion, if Markus didn’t exist then where did Clancy hear the recordings Sarah made? He learned about Sarah’s encounter with a mimic from someone other than Sarah, since at no point in the story does Sarah explain what her experience actually was to Clancy. Other things can be explained away like why Sarah asks him to call their dad if she knew he was already out of town without a phone, perhaps that conversation simply never happened. But Clancy learning about the first mimic was something told to him by Markus and no one else, yet at the end Sarah confirms that it was true knowledge and not a delusion since she talks about thinking she sees/hears mimics.

[@jaxisdefnotstoned24]

thats a really good point. maybe it was part of the "dream" ? i could also be completely wrong.

[@notveryintelligent6239]

Markus was the real mimic probably

[@jaxisdefnotstoned24]

@@notveryintelligent6239 that's a good point, markus did sound like a manipulator. there's a good possibility he was a mimic. it's so insane though.

[@knightblade1953]

I never thought about how Sarah should know that their dad would be without a phone, that part flew past me.

[@bulletmog]

It might have just been a police detective, but his mental health takes a rapid decline over the course of the meeting, with him quickly hallucinating the rest of the recordings

[@bradc7254]

I found you a long time ago, and I'm so glad I did. I genuinely think you found your true calling! You are THE #1 storyteller on youtube and def my favorite storyteller in general, and you even add sound effects to make it more immersive! All while not making the sfx obnoxiously loud just for jump scares. You're so good at storytelling that instead of watching TV or a movie, especially when trying to sleep, i watch your videos. And yes, i mean WATCH your videos because they're so descriptive, immersive all with the perfect amount of ambiance and also setting the scene perfectly, so we'll in fact that I just close my eyes and its like a movie in my mind! And you always pick the best stories imo. The only person on this app that is close to your level of story telling id say, is Mr. Ballen. Another thing i really like that u do is callabing with people, so there are actual characters, not only quotes. But even when you just quote the characters or do the voice yourself, you still do an amazing job and still make it a 10/10!!! Again, I'm so glad I found your channel about 2½ years ago!! It's the only creepy pasta channel that will actually make me feel fear. Like I said, I go to bed listening, but there's some episodes; like this one, for example. Or the one with the dying mom and brother and the cabbage things that are a dead looking girl. Or the one with the picture that is a creepy looking dog that talks and I think lives in the basement or attic. It's been like 2 years since I saw those ones. Proud to have been here for a lot of it! And I don't miss any of the stories, even if it's takes me a little while. That's why i specifically have the dark somnium playlist! And there's a reason it's the 2nd one down. It would be the 1st if the watch later Playlist could move! Also, last but not least, congratulations on the 500,000+ subs!! Keep it going and I'll see you when you reach million subs! (P.s. I bet if you get a tiktok and share ur shorts on there or just basically a part of one of the more popular stories then cut it off at a cliffhanger part and have a thing pop up that says listen to the full story on youtube! You'd reach 1 million so fast!) This specific story would be perfect for promoting ur youtube on tiktok! Or one of the many shorts you've already made!

[@musafirghayrmaeruf1]

This story was amazing.I felt the desperation of the character and knew what it was like to be in their place.I did not even know what to think anymore.Nothing seemed right but then again nothing was wrong either.Big props to the narrators for bringing such an already awesome story to life.

[@nenmaster5218]

Youre comment would be even more amazing if you'd edit some grammar into it.

[@sofialozano11]

Congrats for the 500k subscribers! I'd like to ask two things: 1. do you have any original creepypastas (like, any you wrote)? 2. of the creepypastas you read, which one do you like the most?

[@ThornWolf1]

Sort tacking onto question 2: Is there a particular genre of creepypasta you like; gaming, feelpastas, lost episodes, etc,?

[@theinsomniumofthenight5932]

If I remember well, he wrote "The Void" but I am not sure. It's an old narration he did. I assume he wrote it because if I remember well, his real name is in it. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong Dark Gathering.

[@jcdenton4534]

I believe he does have an original I know of and it was basically BirdBox before BirdBox.

[@theunknownartisttua8210]

Holy Frick! That was an amazing story it just traps you and makes you feel like your actually loosing your mind with him you all did an amazing job this channel has really become my go to for good stories

[@Darksomnium]

@@theunknownartisttua8210 thank you! :)

[@ruukuv]

Here's some reasons why this is perfect storytelling; One, you change your mind based on the character changing his mind. Something he thinks is real is real to you, something he doubts is something you doubt. Two, the way the reasons are told. "The stonecutter hadn't engraved the stone yet, but..." "His contact was gone. It could have been my parents but..." "It's just to stall for time, but..." All were perfectly good reasons, but they were doubted by everyone because of the way it was presented. And finally, this is my favorite bit about the story... Marcus was rammed by a cop car. Only mentioned once. The cop car's front end was totaled. Only mentioned once. At any point that could have been brought up as undeniable proof, because what we've seen so far says that the mimics are fast, crafty, but can't fix a car in seconds. But it isn't brought up because Clancy had already made his mind up, even when denying it.

[@nuclearocean]

Yeah, I was thinking about the totaled cop car all the way through the ending. But then, even if Clancy noticed it, after he arrived at the graveyard, it was already over

[@pillgrimm]

Doubt? Nah, I'm listening to a horror story. I know what's happening.

[@bigman-uj8xy]

i dont know what, but theres something to him skittering up the stairs on all fours then yelling in a raspy voice for sarah to open the door at the end, it connects somehow i swear

[@labaebae]

That was a phenomenal story. The ending sent chills through my body. Thanks for the great reading and to those who helped

[@Darksomnium]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@micahwest1304]

Q- How do you read with do much emotion, every time I listen, I feel as if you are telling a story from your past to me personally. Congrats on 500k!! You earned it

[@McdonaldsInFallujah]

You just have to feel the story, put yourself in the person's shoes and try to experience the emotions

[@raulbanderas6428]

So this is where John Winchester went... he was recruiting/hunting a monster... you are such a great Narrator/Composer/Storyteller! Really happy I found your channel!

[@CerealExperimentsMizuki]

If only other stories could take place in that Verse, Hunters are a crazy and pretty dark thing to be, you could do almost anything with such a great and expansive Universe, even Multiverse in the later Seasons, I do miss the show and I hope more from some fresh new people will come up in the future.

[@TusharSharma-oi2vt]

What story are you taking about

[@TusharSharma-oi2vt]

@@CerealExperimentsMizuki What story are you taking about

[@CerealExperimentsMizuki]

@@TusharSharma-oi2vt a T.V. series called Supernatural, John Winchester is a charwcter from there who appeared in seasons 1, 2 and 15 and is the father of the Two main characters Sam and Dean Winchester. They're known as Hunters, people who hunt creatures like Vampires, Werewolves, Ghosts, Poltergeists, Ghouls, Old Pagan Gods, Wraths, Pistacos, Angels, Demons, Gods, Super Gods, GOD etc.. it has 15 seasons in total and ran from 2005 to 2020 I think. I have every season and the Animated series so I know my stuff.

[@rebeccaprice4292]

As soon as he said are you really a cop All in due time, I was like Issa Winchester

[@maesmemories7402]

I've been listening to r/nosleep for over a year and I'm SHOCKED I didn't come across this gem of a channel before!!

[@maesmemories7402]

whoever wrote this is an absolute GENIUS... as a writer myself i cannot imagine how LONG it took to come up with all these twists and turns omg

[@Darksomnium]

im so glad youre enjoying it!

[@0yCrazyb]

Been listening to creepypastas for about 6 years now and this one genuinely made me question sanity. Such a profound story. And an amazing read by you, Dark. I can't express how thrilling these 2 hours were

[@joshsucksatlife4400]

This story literally made me go crazy and overthink everything. We rarely get incredible stories like these

[@daphnegarciaholkan7648]

@The wanderer Lol everyone knows… no one listens to horror stories and thinks they’re real

[@connormorrison1457]

Go to a library

[@nothing89898]

It was maybe not my cleverest moment, but I took the joke "welcome to the mimic's club" seriously. And it was to me such a perfect ending I got shills up on my spine. The narrator never stopping its narration, being more and more confused, fearful, only for him to say "I'm a mimic yeah, now we'll be targeting that person", and leaving us with the question of when the switch was made. When, in all this story, did we stop following the real narrator, and followed a mimic instead? When did it trick us, the reader? The real ending paled in comparison, in my humble opinion.

[@PrettyGirlGraveYard]

"welcome to the mimics club" has the same sentiment as "welcome to the family son" from resident Evil biohazard. Line itself is slightly comical, but the scene is serious

[@distra_xo]

@@PrettyGirlGraveYard *Hit's Ethan unconscious and brings him to family dinner*

[@PrettyGirlGraveYard]

@@distra_xo not just unconscious, fucking dead. Lol

[@FingerinUrDaughter]

nah you misunderstood. he WAS the mimic. he was confused because it seemed such a strange thing to say, so when he just went with it like it was no big deal to say right after all the shit hed just gone through, it made it very clear that he was the mimic.

[@KronoCrimes]

@@FingerinUrDaughter i thought about it like they were trying to make jokes to hide the pain instead of him just suddenly for no reason admitting that he was a mimic and then still thinking that mimics are going to kill him in the basement

[@mikethegoo]

I loved how they all slightly slipped up repeating stuff Marcus said or whatever, and at the end I was convinced that either he was the mimmic or he actually did go insane. This story was so fk good OMG

[@edgyguns]

I was so immersed that at the end when he started talking to the audience and said "I might be one of them" as the music stopped I genuinely predicted that something would be behind me as part of the the story. 10/10 story and 11/10 narration

[@thatonejerry9092]

Holy shit. This story is genuinely one of the best ones I’ve ever heard. I felt genuine dread and fear where it was necessary. The fact it leaves the creature so vaguely understood, and the fact it plays mind games with you and the main character as you listen on, just adds to the fear factor. Not to mention, even though the main character tries not to act dumb like he’s in a horror movie and still loses adds to this. It left me with questions, but not in a way that made me feel like the story was unfinished. Where did the creatures come from? How powerful are they really? Is even the ending just his deteriorating mind? Personally I think the mimics aren’t in his mind, but much rather schemed everything.

[@soulr3apz615]

Yo, the change in her voice at 40:45 So subtle yet such great story telling👏👏

[@FinnA07]

I caught that too and was like, AhA you thought you could sneak that in did ya xD

[@asseating_mailman]

Alright so im not gonna lie, i have some hearing issues and i cant quite catch what happens? Ive seen a few comments mentioning these strange like cracks or changes but i cant pick it up, can you help point out what im looking for?

[@FinnA07]

@@asseating_mailman If you hear the mimicks natural voice, do you know what i mean with the vibration like tone in it? That deeper Vibration tone is what you're looking for. It's on the "long" it goes deeper like in a song when the singer has a background double of his voice with effects applied, that's basically what they are doing.

[@dr.paroxysm4702]

Holly molly. This was so intense I was genuinely spooked and rooting for the main characters. I wish this was 10 hours long.

[@ОлегБочаров-щ8к]

That is an amazing story! It is my favourite horror-story so far. It is long, complex and hold your attention to the end. After the final plot twist you look at what happened with a new perspective with understanding of the mimic's plan and see that Clancy actually never was in control of anything. As I understood, the mimic intentionally waited until the detective left the town before showing up. As it seems, the detective was actually dangerous, so mimics didnt try to manipulate him and just killed the detective when they had a chance. And Amy was brought up by the mimic on purpose, I dont know if she too was a mimic or she was manipulated, but her role was to manipulate Clancy into believing he lost his marbles, since Sarah could not do it herself, MC suspected her. Idea that Clancy might be insane came from Amy, she suggested genetic mental illness, gave false version of the story that forced Clancy to doubt himself. Sarah's purpose at this point was to scare MC, to make him paranoid, to not let him sleep. And he, mostly, did the rest. Probably there were a body in the grave, Clancy stood above it and could easily discover the truth. But he gave up too early and believed in bluff. So he voluntarily followed the mimic. I think evidences from his phone disappeared because of some weird mimic's umba-wumba magic with his brain. That is the only explanation I can come up with, apart from the "he was actually insane" theory - in which I cant believe since a family must be fucked up to lock a poor paranoid bastard in the dark basement for hours. And magical umba-wumba theory makes sense for me because "dad" tried something what looked like it while Clancy was asleep, and exactly after what MC started to see what weird shadow with glowly eyes. So my guess is that they made him to not see any traces of detective's existence. Thats pretty much everything I understood. Probably i will listen the story second time to catch details I could miss. I still have some big questions. They probably had so elaborate plan because they wanted to turn Clancy into a new mimic, not to kill him, i guess. But when did they multiply? How many mimics were out there? What happened to the MC's sister? And why did I write all of this, that took forever, am I crazy?

[@lornahill7123]

I also think the key is where is Detective Marcus and what's up with everyone saying "in due time"? Did they steal it from Det. Marcus?

[@majinganon3087]

I immediately caught that as soon as Sarah said it the first time, I figured that Clancy would think (like I think) that Sarah was in the house while they were listening to the recordings and since he kept saying it, she started to as well. But they never addressed it, so it’s just another great piece of writing to make you second guess yourself through the whole story and keep you wondering.

[@MrTehDBear]

I don't think its so much umba-wumba magic as mind reading/altering. Both times his texts were blank was after he fell asleep. The last time he even felt the thing probing his mind and he resisted before hitting his father. Maybe before all that they probe enough to get his password, change it, wipe just enough texts and then go in for the mind altering. Maybe they can only possess broken minds. Maybe he is just crazy as this doesn't explain his parents unless they were taken long before. I say this only because of the time it took to break him and his sister. I do love to simple possibility that he is simply crazy. Maybe they were jus putting him in a padded cell in an asylum at the end and he's imagining it. I kept hoping there'd be some last minute voice mimicking his to confirm the monster but I love that there wasn't one. Without the voice at the end its just more ambiguous and creepy even if that voice would have made it a more chilling end. This ending is much more thought provoking and makes it something ill have to re-listen to soon to catch more details i may have missed.

[@AlesiiTS]

I think maybe it was real but Clancy did start to become more and more paranoid as time went on, it was real but it still made him go insane

[@Kymoraaa]

I feel like Markus was real and they killed him I mean Clancy did kinda fall asleep multiple times that could have given his parents or even Sarah enough time to steal the business card etc and erase all proof of Markus even existing but the fact proving that he did in fact exist was the damaged cop car so it was confirmed that the cops were mimics and killed Markus or atleast hurt him but they definitely damaged his car damaging their car in the process plus I found it strange that they declared it as Clancy being mentally I’ll and needing to go to a psychiatric hospital or therapist yet all the people who were suspected or could possibly be mimics all met up at the place it all started with the basement door open like hm suspicious I feel like Clancy lost his marbles but was definitely right I feel like to answer a ton of peoples questions on “if he was suspected why didn’t he get turned into a mimic then and there” I feel like along with his paranoia his mental fortitude was too strong for the mimics to control him so they locked him away to never expose the truth it’s more than heavily implied that they can mimic people through memories most likely when they sleep and so “coincidentally” when Clancy was sleeping back at his house he described his nightmare as something trying to pry into his mind and memories but he fought it off I just wonder what’s gonna happen to him now will they let him die in the basement? But I mean putting him into the basement didn’t make sense even if they saw him as a threat they already convinced him that he was going nuts and lost his mind no wait I’m wrong maybe as Sarah hinted that they (the mimics) we’re going to probably spread and take over more people if they kept Clancy he would have maybe caught on again so I guess he’ll just rot away in the basement to death sadly

[@sagemoore1246]

What if it's a loop? In the recordings there is skittering and yelling to get out of the basement, and at the end they use the same word for Clancy going up to the basement door, and he also yells to get out. When he gets trapped in the basement it almost seems like the time reverted to before Sarah supposedly died, before she burned the basement, and before Markus was in the picture. The only thing that doesn't make sense is that the body they find in the basement would be Clancy's, but that itself explains why people around town were looking at him wierd; he "died" and reappeared. Also explains why the grave was blank.

[@ridleytweedle7714]

This was my thoughts. Sounds a bit time-loopy

[@024racS]

Well I assumed the body was unidentifiable considering at the start it says that they just assumed the body was sarahs

[@moonwolf6540]

So Clancy's a mimic with amnesia?

[@sera1143]

@@moonwolf6540 maybe, but also the whole universe/this specific story could be a time loop with Sarah and Clancy switching roles in it. like in this one, Clancy was the body in the basement that Sarah burned, and then in the next one Sarah is the body in the basement that Clancy burned. it could really be anything.

[@thedude4414]

Sherlock Holmes

[@GrayTimber]

This story truly makes you feel gaslit in the most deliberate way. One of my favourite story types, for sure. Love the narration as well!

[@Texan_Patriot]

This is a modern classic....absolutely stunning in its quality and depth!

[@AsterBonRacioArec]

I can't believe Clancypasta never told his personal story. This is unbelievable and riveting.

[@Coast0608]

First thing I thought. Two favorite story tellers

[@Mrjakokos]

He created his channel just to have something to do in this basement

[@AsterBonRacioArec]

@@Mrjakokos This explains a lot. If I were stuck in a basement and I could imitate any voice I wanted to, I'd probably start narrating stories as well.

[@Behemoth9030]

This is now canon.

[@AsterBonRacioArec]

@@Behemoth9030 Let's get on this stat. First we have to finish understanding this story before we can apply it to Clancypasta.

[@thechessboard6863]

The amount of plot twists in this story is phenomenal I love it

[@samjuan4899]

This is really good. The clues were subtly provided and could be easily missed if you don't pay attention like when they say Clancy's parents were on vacation despite his father saying he will be picking him up. Or the missing furnitures won't have been thrown out if Sarah wasn't realy considered dead. Clancy's biggest mistake was opening up to Amy. I'm pretty sure she a mimic the whole time. Anyways, fantastic job on this. Shame that I didn't stumble on your channel sooner. But I guess it's never too late to subscribe. Gonna binge watch/listen your other contents now.

[@UsorThem07]

I loved the skittering noises of the monster. It was my absolute favourite out of all of it, genuinly creepy.

[@madlad3414]

Dude you knocked it out of the park with this one! I usually keep your narrations on in the background while I work, but this one needed my full attention. I haven’t been this invested in a long time

[@MincecraftCrafter]

During an incredibly dark time of my life the last two years losing my older brother and father while in the military. I found you and your story telling and I will say it helped me a extremely. It helped me sleep with some or get in touch with emotions I really lost and I’m so grateful to you.

[@touchstarving]

hope your doing good man, best wishes to you!!

[@powerpufflesbo]

sending love your way

[@zenni_boii]

I really love this story especially the little clues that Sarah's mimic dropped in the first half like "all in due time" I like the idea of the creature to honestly I haven't ever heard a story as good as this is the way it makes me second guess myself like u feel like he actually was going crazy well done to the writer 👏

[@socalstorm2590]

As a person who’s been struggling with insane mental delusions/paranoia and bipolar mood swings the last few years, the lines towards the end from Sarah “I know how a broken mind thinks” really hit close to home for me…

[@networkofneurons]

The thing in the basement: The thing upstairs is getting better at mimicking us

[@maezwrld]

PLS THAT MADE ME LAUGH

[@networkofneurons]

@@maezwrld wow! I wasn't expecting that, for how underapreciated I am. I must ask: did you like my comment? with 24, you surely liked it

[@ellendaniels8715]

picturing that Spiderman meme lol

[@ElderJack-ye7sb]

Clancy did say he "skittered" up the stairs at the end...

[@kris-ti-an-uh]

​@@ElderJack-ye7sbyea lol did you hear how he "skittered" up to?

[@nrg6245]

The fact you said you’re content with what you’ve done already just shows how amazing you are and truly one of the best composers and narrators ever. Who knows what the future brings. But I know you will bring amazing narrators and compositions.

[@205carreviews8]

Who thinks this story needs to be turned into a movie? I’ve heard so many great horror stories that make pretty awesome short films/movies this being one of the best. 10/10 love it

[@ijornhribrudkrvir]

Yes! I'm generally not super into horror movies because I don't find them scary, I enjoy horror stories but generally find them more interesting than frightening. This one, however... this one was very unnerving. I'd love to see a full movie production of it

[@kushagraxcix9093]

Nah movie will ruin this masterpiece by using old horror troupes like jumpscares ... It sounds good cause of the format being just audio...

[@shishoka]

Doesn't have to, though. Now and again you get a gem like the Man from Earth.

[@irishman2334]

trueing

[@trueblue9560]

The story is very similar to Invasion of the Body Snatchers, but a bit better in some ways. Would make a good movie.

[@ren_lightfoot]

I think most people missed this, but after listening - it's pretty clear. Clancy is the mimic. Everyone else is "normal" and Sarah is working with the detective to capture him. "I skittered up the stairs on all fours." Clancy's words, near the end after they push him into the basement. They had to lull him into a false sense of security in order to trick him back into the basement.

[@bettertobethoughtafool]

@@ren_lightfoot huh

[@SpinDip42069]

Wow... usually the ending of these stories is underwhelming, this was the opposite. I love how the author almost wrote the creatures' "origin story" in reverse at the end.

[@fool9899]

Can we just stop and appreciate the voice acting? So much emotion it's actually crazy great story

[@RandomMackem0069_Official]

This would make a perfect psychological-thriller horror movie I hope there’s a follow up I kinda wanna know how this ends entirely

[@lily117j4]

i agreeee

[@henryhoofenburg]

got literal goosebumps when she regurgitated his lie about his parents being out for vacation