(Translated by Saya)
A true story, happened 6 years ago.
I got into a hotel elevator, meaning to go up from the 2nd floor to the 4th floor.
I pressed the 4th floor button and the the up-direction arrow lit up.
But the elevator started going down by itself.
It stopped on the 1st floor.
I assumed it would go up if I waited so I didn't get out.
Soon I felt the elevator start to go down again, and this time the door opened.
And I saw a long, gloomy corridor stretching endlessly ahead of me and felt goosebumps break out on my skin.
I took one step out of the elevator and looked around but saw nothing.
I knew something wasn't right but my fear kept me from venturing out more, and I went back inside; and as soon as I was in, the door shut by itself.
I didn't press any buttons but the elevator started ascending and stopped on the 1st floor.
I was a bit creeped out so I went to look for my mum who was shopping on the 2nd floor.
When she heard my story she said,
"Huh? I think this hotel doesn't have basement floors."
I'm glad I didn't get out at the floor with the corridor.
A true story, happened 6 years ago.
I got into a hotel elevator, meaning to go up from the 2nd floor to the 4th floor.
I pressed the 4th floor button and the the up-direction arrow lit up.
But the elevator started going down by itself.
It stopped on the 1st floor.
I assumed it would go up if I waited so I didn't get out.
Soon I felt the elevator start to go down again, and this time the door opened.
And I saw a long, gloomy corridor stretching endlessly ahead of me and felt goosebumps break out on my skin.
I took one step out of the elevator and looked around but saw nothing.
I knew something wasn't right but my fear kept me from venturing out more, and I went back inside; and as soon as I was in, the door shut by itself.
I didn't press any buttons but the elevator started ascending and stopped on the 1st floor.
I was a bit creeped out so I went to look for my mum who was shopping on the 2nd floor.
When she heard my story she said,
"Huh? I think this hotel doesn't have basement floors."
I'm glad I didn't get out at the floor with the corridor.
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Also glad to see you posting again!
I guess i'm not gonna use any elevator anymore...
btw great story saya and i'm so glad that you finally updated your blog..
What could he possibly have found anyway? A pot of gold? Singing garden gnomes? 70 virgins? Grandma's cookies?
-Rupsha
@BlueRio: Hahaha, I'm discouraging so many people from using elevators. Feeling like a fitness evangelist now! XD
@lenalei: Goodness gracious, is that true? Is this a God's way of telling you not to use the elevator anymore? haha. Don't get too scared, my dear. In these stories, it seems as long as you don't get out of the elevator at weird places, you'll be fine.
@Diogo: Curiosity killed the cat!
But I would go there for Grandma's cookies! XD
@Ragnarok: Love your username.
I'll remember your trick, dear, if I ever find myself stuck with that kind of situation!
@Rupsha: Thank you, Rupsha! I said this to others before, but once I translate these stories, they cease to be scary to me, for some reason. I somehow become immune to them. By the time they're ready to be published, I'm no longer sure if they're scary or not! So your positive comments help me enormously. Thanks a bunch!
@Tia: Everytime I speak to you I remember about a friend I had a long time ago. She was from Cyprus, and she was beautiful and intelligent, just like you. I wish I still kept in touch with her. We were such close friends back then.
Anyway, thank you for your interesting thoughts. Yes, I wonder what it is that gives the elevator the power to make these weird things to happen! I hope to collect and translate more stories about elevators so that we can investigate further! :D
THANK YOU EVERYONE, FOR YOUR COMMENTS!!
I only like to use elevator when I am by myself or not too many people as I have a very sensitive nose. Breathing in smoke residue from someone's clothes or even body smell is not really pleasant.
I like the idea of having something as a portal to enter another world,spiritual world maybe, just like the mirror you know.My closest friend never watched that horror movie '' The mirror '' with me no matter how I insisted her :))
Back when I lived with my sisters ( we lived in 19th floors ) and I was always the one who came home late due to classes so it's quite scary to walk back from the basement to the elevator, even there were few guards around.And because the building I stayed in was a new constructed one so four sides of elevator were mostly attached with big mirrors, seriously its like you in the changing rooms.Normally it would be fine if you were with s.o but you know how creepy and eerie being locked up in a tiny shiny little box lol.
And I could recall there was one time when I went out with my sisters and we were all waiting for the elevator and I heard some weird noises coming from s.where.It annoyed me so much that I decided to go to check it out and one of my sister - she was literally freaking out and shouted at me as I moved towards to the noise : Stop it, you're scaring me haha.I didn't find out afterall but stimes I guess I was being lucky cuz imagine sth just suddenly jumped out and could have eaten me alive lol
@loner: An elevator with mirrors on all four sides! That would scare me especially if it were night time. You hear lots of urban legends and horror stories about facing mirrors.
@Sadae: Oh! That episode sounds scary!
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS!
Beside people who are claustophobic and the fear of being stuck in an elvator, it's interesting that there is a of fear being transported to somewhere else!
However, I don't like the look of old elevators (I've seen some in older buildings), I think there is more of a risk of trouble with older elevators...and the cage part looks a bit scary.
I think it would be cool to be transported somewhere, as long as the place wasn't too scary and I could get back! It would be fun~(｡＾▽＾｡)
If Princess ever had a chance to be transported to another world, I imagine that world would be somewhere like a fairyland! (*^^*)
When I pressed the ground floor,It goes up,I was afraid.The most scary moments is...it stopped at the 7 th floor.I shivering,crying.My cousin was warn me to not go 7 th and 9 th floor.I just thinking that I will die.The door opened,I saw a diffrent place,like weird.It also dark.I brave myself to pressed the ground floor and it worked.I was glad that I'm safe.
Not just me that have creepy situation,my sister and my younger cousin also have it.My sister is on the 9 th floor,she tried to close to door but opens back.My sister push many times to close it,but it didn't work.Finally,after 10 minutes (or 15 minutes) the door close itself.
Until now,I just wonder how I can be in 7 th floor.Or I wansn't alone in that situation.I will never go into the elevator,ALONE.
sorry for my english.I hope you can understand it.
-Rika
I'm glad that theres no elevator in both of the house I lived at and the my workplace or else I will be afraid to use it!lol
Sometimes when I ride an elevator alone it feels creepy too (I always somehow remember many scary stories that u post here), esp. In my uni...since our faculty is in 12th floor....
Well, there's a rumour abt our university's elevator since long time ago that I heard from my cousin. When I was still in 1st year, the "bad" floor were 7th and 11th bcause is still under-development, but the elevator often stop at both of the floor, even if the ppl inside didn't pressed the button to that level. And someday at a normal day, with the normal busy campus life, my cousin and her friend cramped inside the it (it's always cramped during the day) and nobody pressed the 11F button (cause it cannot be pressed n still under-development).
But suddenly before their reach 12F, it stop at 11F and opened by itself. Everybody inside was froze and just staring each other searching for information, because what they saw is just a floor that looked like another normal floor but it isn't 'complete' yet, and there's just one chair sit in the center of the room. Nobody dare to get off the elevator, and luckily it got closed again.
That's what my cousin told me tho, idk if she's just playing pranks on me =)) but I just feel to share it here with u guys.
And sorry for my crappy-english, thank you again!
RS-
That's a creepy story you told me! The part about one single chair sitting in the middle of the room creeps me out the most. I find it more scary when there's no explanation for a weird phenomenon than when there's a clear explanation.
Thank you for sharing your story with us! Don't be sorry about your English, it's great and I understood your every word!
Take care and thank you for commenting! :D
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