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You’re 91 years old, living alone a mile from a neighbor, the power goes out and you can’t find your cellphone.
Harold R. Clark, Nueces EC | Kingsville
It’s the bottom of your empty bag of chocolates.
Monica Miller, CoServ | Denton County
You’re 10 years old and have to go to the outhouse at night.
Norma Kranz, United Cooperative Services | Somervell County
You feel something furry and you know the dog is outside.
Gayla Leech, CECA | Albany
You can’t see what is making noise and coming toward you.
Bobby Rea, Trinity Valley EC | Elkhart
It’s accompanied by a creepy moaning noise.
Donna Elliott, Pedernales EC and Houston County EC | Austin and Lovelady
You can’t find the light switch.
Carol Giese, Bowie-Cass EC | Hooks
You’re out of gas.
Clydell Wallace, Pedernales EC | Lampasas
You are all alone with your thoughts.
Phyllis Suttle, MidSouth EC | Iola
My husband’s snoring wakes me up.
Sandra Valderaz, Pedernales EC | Leander
It occurs during the day.
W. Grant Braly, GVEC | Cuero
You’re in a cave and your light goes out, and it isn’t one of those tour things where they turn the light out and back on.
Laurita Vodak, Cherokee County EC | Tyler
You realize you haven’t been over to the co-op office to pay the electric bill lately.
Jerry Lynn, Grayson-Collin EC | Melissa
It’s a stormy night.
Lela Cargill, Pedernales EC | Leander
You step on a snake.
Jake Sheeran, Nueces EC | Ben Bolt
The power is out during a heatwave.
Joseph Winston | Via Facebook
You are alone in your house, and you hear noises and don’t know where they are coming from.
Dottie Billman, Lamar Electric | Reno
You don’t know where you are, even in your own home.
Martha Beimer | Via Facebook
You’re on a blowup float in the ocean.
Ruth Cook, Houston County EC | Crockett
The closet door is open.
Juanita Shaw | Via Facebook
The light at the end of the tunnel goes dark.
Glenda Harrison, Deep East Texas EC | San Augustine
Something growls too close.
Lisa Vigil | Via Facebook
I can’t see what’s in it.
James Huff, Rusk County EC | Carthage
The gargoyle on the roof moved positions and I hear muffled breathing outside.
Brian Raatz | Via Facebook
It comes from within.
Russell Don and Deanne M. Knox, Tri-County EC | Weatherford
You let it be.
Don Martin | Via Facebook
The alarm goes off.
Chris Uzelmeier, MidSouth EC | Montgomery
You’re staring into a mirror.
Frank Stribling | Via Facebook
You think you’re alone but hear someone else breathing.
Carolyn Banks, Bluebonnet EC | Bastrop
The moon is full and the wolfsbane is in bloom.
Mack Carolyn Cloud | Via Facebook
You hear a growl.
Cynthia Batten, Deep East Texas EC | Huxley
Our loved ones are far away.
Jessica Ross | Via Facebook
There’s no way out.
Marlene Tucker, Navasota Valley EC | Axtell
You can’t tell what slithered by.
Jim Wright | Via Facebook
You know you’re going to stump your toe.
Deborah Due, Houston County EC | Groveton
You think there is a clown nearby.
Jim Glover | Via Facebook
You’re at a girls sleepover in a tent outside.
Debby Lankford, Houston County EC | Apple Springs
You’re watching a really scary movie, the electricity goes off and you’re by yourself.
Margaret Ondrias | Via Facebook
You can’t find the bathroom door.
Memo Benavides, Medina EC | Laredo
It suddenly descends on you in an eerie building and you hear a door slowly creaking open.
Gerald Granat | Via Facebook
You can’t see the sky.
Molly Wilson, Heart of Texas EC | Rosebud
Your imagination is running wild.
Helen Temple | Via Facebook
It’s supposed to be light outside.
Frank Thomas, San Bernard EC | Hockley
You are a kid, tell ghost stories with cousins, then run a half-mile to bring your correct rag color back off the gate to prove you did it.
Scott Singleton, Pedernales EC | Marble Falls
You can’t see what’s down the road.
R. Weatherall, CoServ | Little Elm
It is caused by glaucoma.
Edie Booth, Trinity Valley EC | Canton
You are camping alone in the forest at night.
Tito Sanchez, MidSouth EC | Montgomery
You can’t see your hand in front of you.
Susan Huyck, Pedernales EC | Lago Vista
The only hand you have to hold is yours.
Carol Anne Mercer, Grayson-Collin EC | Fairview
If you open your eyes.
Bonnie Easley, Bowie-Cass EC | Texarkana
There are spiders there.
Stacie Wright, MidSouth EC | Huntsville
You hear a noise.
Laura Horodnyckye, HILCO EC | Maypearl
Your imagination exceeds your common sense.
Andrea Maunder, Tri-County EC | Springtown
It is storming out.
Althea Elliott, Sam Houston EC | Livingston
You don’t know where the light switches are.
Joan Adams, CoServ | Justin
You can’t see the stars.
Melissa Cole, Bluebonnet EC | Elgin
You are a blind man in a dark house looking for a black cat.
Lee Powell, Sam Houston EC | Coldspring
You’re awake.
Ed Zastawny, Pedernales EC | New Braunfels
You give your fear too much power.
Summer Odom, Tri-County EC | Aledo
You feel there is no hope.
John Mrla, Wood County EC | Tyler
