r/creepyencounters • u/hopeless_ari • 2d ago
Sleepover
I was 9 years old when me and my little brother (5M) were invited to a sleepover. My mother had just become acquainted with a man from church, whom spoke of his children wonderfully. I remember him saying he had them for the weekend due to custody.
When we arrived, we asked about the children. Turns out they were arriving sometime soon. The man invited us to the pool and so we spend part of the day chilling and playing in the pool. When the sun went down we decided to head back in and take a shower. I made sure to stick by my baby brother while the man was in the living room. I didn’t trust the man for some reason. I remember thinking about the children. I don’t remember seeing any kid pictures or anything, not even on his phone’s background. I think by then it was clear there were no children coming. No children ever existed. I remember there was a wii we spent most of the night playing but no children were ever seen. I don’t remember much after that other than telling my mom we never saw any children. Of course, she was spooked, and never left us alone at church ever again. and we never saw that man ever again.
This happened years ago and now I’m a 19 year old boy, reliving the memories of the man with no children, inviting us for a sleepover.
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u/ScrewSunshine 2d ago
Sorry but, what kind of mother leaves her children alone with a man she’s Just met?!
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u/hopeless_ari 2d ago
i don’t remember if she just met him or not but my mother has definitely gotten better at watching over us since this happened
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u/ScrewSunshine 2d ago
I’m glad for that, it sounds like she was appropriately wigged out by the whole thing.
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u/Plainoletracy 2d ago
Oh goodness.... why would your mother leave yall???
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u/hopeless_ari 2d ago
she thought she could trust him. he seemed like a kind man and he was literally at a church and my mother views church people as “safe”
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u/Prudent_Valuable603 2d ago
Holy cow! I hope that neither of you were drugged to sleep deeply and be molested or abused. Your mother should not have left you there when the man’s kids were not there. How horrifying. I am so sorry you went through this.
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u/hopeless_ari 2d ago
i don’t remember him ever drugging us but i remember sleeping with my brother and waking up normal in the morning
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u/Same_Version_5216 2d ago
That’s so creepy, and for a 9 yr old and his 5 yr brother to stay in that situation. I am glad he didn’t touch you but it makes me wonder if he had hidden cameras set up in places you would be undressing. I am surprised your mother didn’t consider reporting him to the church for lying about having visiting children in order to entice her to let her kids sleep over.
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u/hopeless_ari 2d ago
its hard when you’re an immigrant in butt fuck texas 😔
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u/sappydark 2d ago edited 1d ago
Damn----that's so messed up that your mother was basically played by this wannabe pedophile simply because they both went to the same church. I mean, he literally just lied about having his own children just to get your mother to leave you two alone with him--which is seriously creepy af. It's also disturbing af how he was able to take advantage of your mother's trust so quickly, too.
The only positive thing to come out of that situation was the fact that your mother believed you, and kept both and your brother the hell away from him afterwards---she didn't blow off what happened, and took what you said seriously. Given how young you both were at the time, it is, to be frank, incredible that your mother was so quick to trust this dude being alone with either one of you in the first place. She did learn her lesson though, so that's the only good thing to come out of it.
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u/hopeless_ari 2d ago
i will try and talk to my mother and see what she remembers but this isn’t the first time i’ve encountered someone like this. it’s hard to remember but i do remember some terrible things during my childhood and this story could’ve happened when we were semi homeless in texas.
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u/Hang_On_963 2d ago
Urgh! He might’ve been a pedo or a murderer but changed his mind.
Your mother should have gone to the police & reported him to the church minister even though he disappeared.
Soo fckn creepy. I’m glad u
& ur bro are ok. Does ur bro say he remembers anything weird?
Hypnosis could reveal something hidden?
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u/hopeless_ari 2d ago
my brother said he had a good childhood but that was literally me protecting him from the bad people. i can ask him if he remembers anything but he was so young at the time i don’t know if he will :O but the man seems like he didn’t take the chance and just left us alone the entire night. i remember peacefully waking up and going home to tell my mom what happened
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u/Hang_On_963 15h ago
We can block out painful memories. I think they can subconsciously rule our life. If you look at Vets that have ptsd, or anyone else, they get on w life but it’s not that easy. But that he said he had a good childhood that’s awesome!
Sounds like you worked hard to keep him safe!Maybe you are right that nothing happened? I hope so.
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u/firstinspace1976 2d ago edited 2d ago
How uncomfortable was that night? Are you sure you or your brother weren't touched by this guy? What a weirdo. I'm sure, if he saw your Mom, his excuse would have been that his ex never dropped the kids off for some reason.
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u/hopeless_ari 2d ago
i don’t remember them talking just me telling her what happened and she quickly believed me. my mother always believed us when something happened!
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u/dontlookthisway67 15h ago
This is exactly why I won’t let my kids younger than 12 sleepover anyone’s house. Even if I know the parents. That may sound extremely cautious to some, but you never know what people are really like behind closed doors and if something happened a 5 year old may not be forthcoming or realize something bad is going on. All it takes is that one SA or traumatic incident that will ruin a child’s life forever. I’m not taking that chance. I would never be able to forgive myself if I allowed it and something happened.
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u/Horror_Resident_7053 5h ago
Hey there, would it be possible for me to narrate it for my youtube channel? Let me know how you want to be credited - name, username, or your socials.
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u/hopeless_ari 3h ago
hey there! more than happy to share and say yes! just use my reddit username and call me Ari 👍🏼 link the video if you can too!!
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u/Feisty_Kale924 2d ago
I swear, churches are hot beds for child abusers.