This guy’s real life ghost story on Twitter is scarier than most horror movies

This gave us the creeps.

We all love a good ghost story, but there's something about someone genuinely freaked out and looking for help online that really makes the hairs on the back of our necks stand up. Adam Ellis (who calls himself @MobyDickhead on Twitter) starting tweeting his story early this week, and he got right into the deep end of it: https://twitter.com/moby_dickhead/status/894582846907482113 https://twitter.com/moby_dickhead/status/894582846907482113 Oh..... kay. That's not ideal, but maybe he's just freaked himself out and overthinking something?   https://twitter.com/moby_dickhead/status/894582899663446017 Maybe he's just somehow pitching his idea for a short horror story online? https://twitter.com/moby_dickhead/status/894583013383708673 https://twitter.com/moby_dickhead/status/894583138713718785 Well... that is genuinely disturbing. We'd be freaked out too. https://twitter.com/moby_dickhead/status/894583198738391040   Oh. Oh no. No thank you. No. https://twitter.com/moby_dickhead/status/894583255747502080 https://twitter.com/moby_dickhead/status/894583304669847552   Well, at least he woke up. That's some scary stuff, but it appears to be over now, right? Wrong. https://twitter.com/moby_dickhead/status/894583379714203648 https://twitter.com/moby_dickhead/status/894583429345325056 https://twitter.com/moby_dickhead/status/894583542759518209 https://twitter.com/moby_dickhead/status/894583595309842432 Okay, completely freaked out. We've got a real Candyman/The Ring thing going on here, with rules and everything. Avoid avoid avoid. Of course, poor Adam has no say in the matter, and the story continues... https://twitter.com/moby_dickhead/status/894583710443425794 https://twitter.com/moby_dickhead/status/894583790038917120 https://twitter.com/moby_dickhead/status/894583841079255045   And that's two questions and that should be when Adam stops asking questions and everything should be just fi- https://twitter.com/moby_dickhead/status/894583890844696577   NNOOOOOOOO! YOU IDIOT! https://twitter.com/moby_dickhead/status/894583946989772801   We're not sure we'd ever be able to sleep again. We're not sure we'll even be even to sleep knowing this story, and it isn't even happening to us!

The next couple days I google deaths in the city, but can't find anything about a kid named David dying in a store.

— ˗ˏˋ ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ᴇʟʟɪs ˊˎ˗‏ (@moby_dickhead) August 7, 2017

I even try different names—Daniel, Dylan, Devon. Nothing. A few weeks go by without incident.

— ˗ˏˋ ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ᴇʟʟɪs ˊˎ˗‏ (@moby_dickhead) August 7, 2017

Sort of randomly, the apartment above mine is vacated, and I have the opportunity to move into it. It's a larger apartment, so I'm thrilled.

— ˗ˏˋ ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ᴇʟʟɪs ˊˎ˗‏ (@moby_dickhead) August 7, 2017

Another month or two goes by, and I sort of forget about Dear David. I think he lost track of me because I moved upstairs.

— ˗ˏˋ ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ᴇʟʟɪs ˊˎ˗‏ (@moby_dickhead) August 7, 2017

And everyone lived happily ever after, right? Wrong.

But lately, something strange is happening.

— ˗ˏˋ ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ᴇʟʟɪs ˊˎ˗‏ (@moby_dickhead) August 7, 2017

Oh, here we go...

For the past 4 nights, my cats gather at the front door at exactly midnight & just stare at it, almost like something is on the other side. pic.twitter.com/Y8nnVLv6b4

— ˗ˏˋ ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ᴇʟʟɪs ˊˎ˗‏ (@moby_dickhead) August 7, 2017

Last night I got a weird feeling and looked out the peephole, and I'm dead certain I saw movement on the other side.

— ˗ˏˋ ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ᴇʟʟɪs ˊˎ˗‏ (@moby_dickhead) August 7, 2017

When I opened the door and turned on the hall light, nothing was there, but my cats seemed unnerved. Bushy tails, etc.

— ˗ˏˋ ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ᴇʟʟɪs ˊˎ˗‏ (@moby_dickhead) August 7, 2017

And that's where I am right now. Dear David found me, I think. I don't know what to do. I'll keep you updated.

— ˗ˏˋ ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ᴇʟʟɪs ˊˎ˗‏ (@moby_dickhead) August 7, 2017

Adam went quiet for two days, meaning either (A) it all blew over, or (B) Dear David found him and he was not super alive anymore. Then he returned to Twitter to give us an update on the situation...

Update: for the sixth night in a row, my cat has walked over to the door promptly at midnight and stared at it. pic.twitter.com/97oSBLfOIw

— ˗ˏˋ ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ᴇʟʟɪs ˊˎ˗‏ (@moby_dickhead) August 9, 2017

What is going on? pic.twitter.com/30mLSqYhXo

— ˗ˏˋ ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ᴇʟʟɪs ˊˎ˗‏ (@moby_dickhead) August 9, 2017

Cats are inherently evil anyway (ask anyone who doesn't own a cat, they'll tell you), so we're not sure we'd trust their instincts. However, things don't stop there...

Ok, so I took a photo through the peephole cuz I'm too scared to open the door. I feel like I saw something.

— ˗ˏˋ ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ᴇʟʟɪs ˊˎ˗‏ (@moby_dickhead) August 9, 2017

I couldn't tell so I mustered the courage to open the door. Nothing was out there but I took another photo. Look at this:

— ˗ˏˋ ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ᴇʟʟɪs ˊˎ˗‏ (@moby_dickhead) August 9, 2017

Is it just me or is is there something in the first photo, right where the bannister meets the shelves? Hiding on the stairs. pic.twitter.com/s1g9bRzOPj

— ˗ˏˋ ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ᴇʟʟɪs ˊˎ˗‏ (@moby_dickhead) August 9, 2017

I wasn't sure if it was a smudge or something so I took a second photo from inside. There was something out there. pic.twitter.com/NnHepK90aC

— ˗ˏˋ ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ᴇʟʟɪs ˊˎ˗‏ (@moby_dickhead) August 9, 2017

I deadbolted the lock and got in bed because I don't know what else to do. I can still hear my cat meowing at the door.

— ˗ˏˋ ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ᴇʟʟɪs ˊˎ˗‏ (@moby_dickhead) August 9, 2017

I am pretty scared. pic.twitter.com/Z6CZ8c20EA

— ˗ˏˋ ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ᴇʟʟɪs ˊˎ˗‏ (@moby_dickhead) August 9, 2017

Well that f*cking cat can't be helping any! And so each and every night since the began tweeting, the cats have been at the door, freaking their owner out.

I'm heading to bed, but the cats are back at the door. They *only* do this in the middle of the night. It's routine now. pic.twitter.com/Ycb2JXpnFl

— ˗ˏˋ ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ᴇʟʟɪs ˊˎ˗‏ (@moby_dickhead) August 10, 2017

And here we go. Just minutes before midnight. pic.twitter.com/vZ7MGCumpu

— ˗ˏˋ ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ᴇʟʟɪs ˊˎ˗‏ (@moby_dickhead) August 11, 2017

I don't even know if this is the right kind of salt. pic.twitter.com/aE7QapNarC

— ˗ˏˋ ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ᴇʟʟɪs ˊˎ˗‏ (@moby_dickhead) August 11, 2017

And as of now, that is where we are. Adam is alive and well and still super haunted. On the plus side, if Adam does survive this, he's got some, uhm, supporters...

I know you're tweeting through trauma and all, but I just wanted to say that you're cute. pic.twitter.com/4EohfDcvOq

— Stephanie Yeboah (@NerdAboutTown) August 8, 2017