What are some creepypastas that turned out to be true?

Well, there's the Green Man aka Charlie No-Face (real name Raymond Robinson), who's a real guy even if the stories about him aren't true. By this point, I'm pretty sure everyone who's heard of him knows the real story, though, and that's not so might frightening as it is kinda sad. Poor guy. read more

Polybius is an urban legend turned true arcade game. Suicidemouse. avi is actually named Mickey Mouse in Hell, and the crew did watch that in 1929. read more

And it turns out that the story, while not necessarily based on true events, did likely gain its inspiration from something that actually happened. When the episode “Denno Senshi Porygon” of the Pokemon anime aired in 1997, 685 Japanese children and teens ended up in the hospital after a scene with flashing lights triggered epileptic seizures. read more