Random Creepiest Small Towns They've Ever Passed Through (15 items)

• (#8) They Stumbled Into Some Kind Of Time Loop

  From Redditor /u/americanslang59:

  When I first started working [in] music, I was on my first tour and driving from Phoenix, AZ to Austin, TX. We drove straight there (about 18 hours). The scary part about driving through Texas from Arizona is that once you hit El Paso, you are in the middle of nowhere for about 11 hours. Well, we got off the I-10... and went through a really small town. There were absolutely no cars, nothing was open and no signs of life. We drove for about 15 minutes through there and didn't see a single car... In a couple stores, there were lights on here and there but they were dimly lit. The creepiest thing was a sign that said "Happy Homecoming 2005!" on a store front window but it was actually 2008.

  We stayed in Austin for a few days and drove the same roads back to Phoenix. On the way back, we drove through the town around noon on a Friday and the town was busy as sh*t, with hundreds of people just walking around like it was a carnival. Most uncomfortable feeling ever.
• (#7) They Wandered Into A Saloon For Dolls

  From Redditor /u/MiddleGrayStudios:

  Once stopped for gas at the liquor store in this small town in Colorado of no more than a few hundred people. I asked to use a restroom and the clerk points me to this door. I go through the door and it's like an old Western saloon. However, there are life size stuffed dummies dressed in Western wear EVERYWHERE. This was around 6 pm. There should have been real people in there by then, right? I got a Deliverance vibe and bolted.
• (#1) A Group Was Accosted By A Woman With Two Eye Patches

  From Redditor /u/clownparade:

  We found a small town, I can’t remember the name of it now because we didn't end up staying long - but the population sign [said] about 200-ish (can’t remember exact number) and we saw a campground, a hotel, one gas station, and one restaurant. We pulled up to the gas station and while we were filling up we didn’t see a single person on the street or anywhere, and it was early evening, about 5 pm-ish. We are just standing around looking at the old buildings and the gas station garage area. Suddenly we saw movement in a window, the blinds were down but open, and we saw what looked like a child in the corner, but he was bald, and he quickly moved away when he saw we noticed him. We were going to go into the store area to buy some food and drinks, but decided to keep moving. Creepy as hell, it reminded us of being in The Hills Have Eyes or something. Same landscape, same creepy gas station.

  We finish filling and then get back in the car and stop about two blocks away at the only restaurant in town. It was a dinky little place named Pat's Diner. There [were] two cars in the parking lot and the open sign was on, so we figured hey it’s the only place here and we gotta eat so let’s go.

  As we approach we can hear lots of people talking and laughing inside, seems like a nice place. What happened next was both the most confusing and disturbing thing I've ever been a part of. I feel like I walked into some B horror movie. As soon as we open the door and step in everyone in the whole place instantly stops talking, moving, doing whatever they were doing, and turns around and stares at us. The place was packed; I figure there were probably 10-15 tables but like 50+ people in this place. We just stood there in silence for what seemed like hours but was probably only 10 seconds. All of a sudden this very old lady in the booth right in front of us slooooooowly turns her head around, wearing TWO eye patches... and says in a creepy old voice "What do you want here?"
• (#12) One Redditor's Town Is Lined With Puppets

  From Redditor /u/benrules2:

  There is a famous puppeteer (by puppeteering standards) who lives in our town and most of the store owners have commissioned puppets made in their image. As a result, our main street has creepy puppets in the front window of every shop.
• (#13) They Found A House That Had A Lot Of Pet Snakes

  From Redditor /u/Zee_WeeWee:

  I drove deep into the WV hills looking for a Jeep get-together. Pulled into the first house I saw in miles, which had a plexiglass housing filled with rattlesnakes on the porch. GTFO there.
• (#5) A Family Discovers A Creepy, Secretive Town

  From Redditor /u/Mike7676:

  The weirdest, or just flat out ODD thing I ever witnessed was when I lived in Kansas.

  Small backstory: I was in the Army at the time, early in my career with my wife and two very young children. No money, not a lot to do around Ft. Riley unless you liked hunting and fishing, or could afford it. What we would do to alleviate boredom was drive. Just drive around quietly hoping the noise of the road kept the babies quiet. One Saturday in the fall of 2001 we came upon a tiny town. I believe it was south of Topeka as we would go there fairly often just to walk around.

  As we drove toward it, we noticed that the little town was laid out... oddly. Like a grid square or suburb but miniscule. Perhaps a dozen homes? At one end of this layout was a large (for its size) barnlike building or school. Clearly abandoned, obvious fire damage the cause. Creepy, interesting, yes, but as we drove around the pattern of homes something else caused us to speed right out. At least five homes, as we drove past, not only slammed doors shut but also closed curtains, shades and faces near windows furtively poked out. Absolutely made our skin crawl and we never went back.

  For reference, our car at the time was a light green old Dodge Neon, so its not like they thought it was a police cruiser.

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