Does SCP count?

If so, it's SCP-8980. Just read the content warning before reading.

There is seriously no other story that has ever punched my gut as much as this one.

creepypastas...it's been a long time. like someone else in the comments, the most recent thing i've read that could qualify are SCPs or a youtube video talking about barney being an alien that eats children's imagination

I used to, but I couldn't tell you a definite favorite. I could tell you the ones I ironically enjoy because I think they're absolutely hilarious. Those being Jeff The Killer and Slender Man, both were a part of my childhood and now I find them extremely funny.

If I were to say one that I remember pretty well fondly, it'd be Anansi's Goatman Story. I just enjoy the implications of the "monster" and the different interpretations about it. Another one I remember starting well but kinda falling flat was "1999".

Sorry if I went on for too long, these stories are all just a bit nostalgic for me. I really enjoy the development and tropes of internet horror, both because of my own childhood fascination and also because I just find the proliferation of tropes to be interesting in how they change over time.

I could probably talk for more than an hour about different childhood creepypastas, cryptids, and ghost stories. What may seem Surprising for comrades here is, although I'm not a particularly strong believer in supernatural occurrences, I absolutely adore reading the stories and conspiracies.

This is my second apology for gushing about this nonsense.

I read Ben Drowned back in the day

I do love a good SCP.

Especially when I was younger I basically soaked up every creepypasta I found.

There's also Minecraft ARGs. My favorite one is from OneShef. It's very leaned towards comedy, but it still has its scary moments.

It's pretty hard to find a decent Minecraft creepypasta nowadays.

I am not an avid reader of Creepypasta, but I thought this one was decent.

https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/The_Queen's_Guard

I don't anymore, but back probably 15 years ago, I went down the rabbit hole of creepy things on Reddit. Here's a comment I saved from way back then that linked a bunch of posts: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5msqx7/whats_the_creepiest_true_story_that_happened_to/dc7gsp2/?context=3

Wow, thanks for the blast from the past. I started my writing career on Creepypasta Wiki and SCP back in the day, so I might be biased in saying that mine are among my favorite.

Though, while one of the better known options, 1999 was always a favorite.

dionaea house is interesting, house of leaves is similar