Ghost Stories with Idioms

Today I brought to you some short scary stories where you can find different types of idioms.  You will use these expressions if you want to tell someone else a scary story. 

 

Idioms 

In the middle of nowhere means a long way from towns, villages, or houses.

To keep an eye out for something/somebody means watch for someone/thing to appear.

Sleep like a log means sleep very well.

Out of the blue means completely unexpected

Pull someone's leg means telling somebody something that is not true as a joke.

To be scared stiff means to be so frightened that you can't move. 

To take something with a pinch of salt means do not believe something to be true or accurate.

Story 1

When I was 12 years old, I went on a camping trip with my school that was in the middle of nowhere. We were told to keep an eye out for 10 ghosts (fake ones), which the school had set up around the area. But I counted 11. The extra one was real. I remember it clearly; it was of an old man’s head with a long white beard, and it was on top of a hill. He was smiling at me so I wasn’t scared, and there was a bright light coming from behind him. Nobody else saw it, but I will always remember his kind smile.

Story 2

My parents and I were driving along a country road one night. I was in the back seat sleeping like a log when I was suddenly awoken by my dad braking hard followed by a loud thud. He and my mother were panicking because they said that a little girl had appeared on the road out of the blue and they had hit her. They got out of the car but there was nothing – no child and no damage to the car. At first, I thought they were pulling my leg but I could see that they were both scared stiff. So I never saw the ghost but I believe that they did. I later found out that a girl was run over about 10 years before and that her ghost can now be seen quite often.

Story 3

When I was at school I had a friend who lived in a house that was haunted. He had a pet bird that would go crazy during the night like someone was rattling its cage. Also, his dog would always look up at the ceiling, like it could hear someone walking in the attic. I always took what he said with a pinch of salt until I stayed over one night. His parents were out and we were playing computer games when his dog started barking loudly towards the kitchen. Nobody was in there, but then all of sudden we heard footsteps coming from above. At that moment, we both felt cold, as if someone made of ice had passed in front of us.

Have you ever experienced something like that?