The Thing In The Basement Is Getting Better At Mimicking People

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  • @carlhelter2289
    @carlhelter2289 2 роки тому +6296

    "Im the one they call when shit gets spooky, and this shit is spooky."
    Best quote ever.

  • @heyheyheyhey588
    @heyheyheyhey588 2 роки тому +10930

    The fact that I can't tell if he's losing his mind, if it's real or if it's both makes this story so intriguing. Haven't even finished it but just wow.

    • @SuperNerd9695
      @SuperNerd9695 2 роки тому +143

      Ya this story is amazing

    • @Latedozer
      @Latedozer 2 роки тому +335

      Yea. I felt like I was going a little crazy as all the clues floated around my head

    • @TheTrueNehme
      @TheTrueNehme 2 роки тому +80

      It is pretty good, it reminded me heavily of Address Unknown from Max Payne

    • @naliag3432
      @naliag3432 2 роки тому +313

      I have this theory on the ending that could explain the reproduction process? He looses his voice, very raw and spends hours being inactive, in and out of consciousness. He’s slowly becoming a shell of himself. He’s obviously incapable of getting out of the basement by himself. Kinda like the mimic at the very beginning? Slowly learning to talk, starting with a raspy voice, only active a few minutes at night at first, has to beg to be let out of the basement. Either it’s just ironic or that’s actually how they plan to turn him into a mimic. They needed him weak, broken and possibly near enough the basement or somewhere to keep him captive but otherwise intact. There’s a possibility Sarah’s mimic was in the basement for over two decades (I think, correct me if I’m wrong). If anything survives not getting food or water for that long, it’s clearly not human, but could it be something that used to be? Anyway, those are my 1am thoughts on it. Amazing story! Let me know what you think!

    • @heyheyheyhey588
      @heyheyheyhey588 2 роки тому +37

      @@naliag3432 omg that sounds so good.

  • @Error40631
    @Error40631 2 роки тому +2913

    The mimics deleted the detectives’ number when they broke into the cabin.
    Also in the beginning Sarah’s mimic said Marcus catchphrase “All in due time”.
    I’m guessing the mimics can invade dreams. That’s why they’re always trying to exhaust you and encourage you to “sleep”.

    • @Acetyl53
      @Acetyl53 2 роки тому +246

      That was my first thought as well, which is why she knew the code to unlock his phone and stop the recording. Kind of confirmed later on.

    • @sweetsirenaine
      @sweetsirenaine 2 роки тому +61

      Ohh, a la Invasion of the Body Snatchers! I can't believe I didn't make the connection until now, thanks!

    • @The2984
      @The2984 2 роки тому +27

      That explains alot. Good observation

    • @sgazzo8712
      @sgazzo8712 2 роки тому +48

      Even her friend at the end says at the due time

    • @EmrysMerlinTB
      @EmrysMerlinTB 2 роки тому +132

      Not to mention that Clancy never mentioned the Mimics but “Sarah” knew what he called them, and provided to his sleep deprived brain “Tell you what, If you’re so sure I’m the mimic, strike me down, I won’t fight back.” These things are good.

  • @mostwoek
    @mostwoek Рік тому +643

    When she said "all in due time" I did a perfect backflip

    • @robotic_voice
      @robotic_voice 10 місяців тому +1

      at what time frame did she say that

    • @Soverhine
      @Soverhine 10 місяців тому +5

      @@robotic_voice at about the 1hr mark

    • @spadeofhearts713
      @spadeofhearts713 10 місяців тому +3

      I finished the story but don’t remember the significance.

    • @calebcoyle532
      @calebcoyle532 10 місяців тому +31

      @@spadeofhearts713it was subtle, basically it was something that Markus kept repeating at the start which implies that Amy was a mimic as well

    • @r00fles
      @r00fles 7 місяців тому +1

      DUUUUUUUUUUUDE ME TOO!
      My mind went to all sorts of conspiracies!

  • @ygimm599
    @ygimm599 2 роки тому +1790

    One of the few stories that didn’t just unnerve me but straight up scared me, psychosis is a terrifying concept and playing on paranoia and doubt makes it so much more terrifying

    • @Starsixsixtysix
      @Starsixsixtysix 2 роки тому +50

      I've experienced psychosis before and dear lord it's awful. I could not imagine involving fucking mimics 🙃

    • @meatism6546
      @meatism6546 2 роки тому +22

      can you imagine just not being able to trust your own thoughts and you stay awake in your bed at night knowing that your mind is lying to you but you cant trust that thought because it might be a lie and not being able to trust you beloved family because they tried to murder you but then they didn't but you do know they didn't but you cant trust yourself because you've been told you are going crazy but you don't remember if anybody told you that

    • @IwrsTheKing007
      @IwrsTheKing007 2 роки тому +6

      dude, it took me sec to look around and convince myself that that wasn't real, holy shit

    • @Em.Anneta
      @Em.Anneta 2 роки тому +4

      Same. I listen to another of stories and this one was one of the only ones I actually felt the fear from😭 great story frfr

    • @oriondragonstar7057
      @oriondragonstar7057 2 роки тому +1

      Not psychosis, Mimic Town.

  • @LincolnLJL
    @LincolnLJL 2 роки тому +3774

    The entire time i was questioning everything anyone said. Thats how you properly write a story and you and everyone else’s narrations fit so well. This is a masterpiece truly outstanding work you’ve done (also did anyone see the parallel to the first mimic at the start and the end ?)

    • @destroytheboxes
      @destroytheboxes 2 роки тому +45

      So what happened at the end. Are we supposed to be left hanging?

    • @BlueTunda0000g
      @BlueTunda0000g 2 роки тому +129

      @@destroytheboxes they were mimics all along and he was most likely replaced with one.
      Or theory is that the mental illness was real and when they pushed him into the basement, it was really him going into a psych ward. Being forcefully admitted but his mind seeing is differently. But that’s just my theory.

    • @reap3rofsouls271
      @reap3rofsouls271 2 роки тому +73

      @@BlueTunda0000g frankly, it's hard to say which is real.

    • @pandatheandroid4606
      @pandatheandroid4606 2 роки тому +41

      Dude me too! I had like 4 or 5 theories i all totally thought could be it

    • @brendanfligger1669
      @brendanfligger1669 2 роки тому +15

      @@BlueTunda0000g I personally subscribe to the latter. Wouldn't have made much sense to me otherwise.

  • @Destinestinestiny
    @Destinestinestiny 2 роки тому +1259

    Aw, I was kind of hoping to hear Sarah yell down to him, and for him to say his "mimic" lines from the beginning, like "Sarah help they trapped me in the basement, let me out!"
    Like a time loop sort of thing.
    Besides the weird soft ending, this is the absolute best story I've listened to in a while! The voice acting a music was phenomenal as always.

    • @audreywilliber7078
      @audreywilliber7078 2 роки тому +13

      Same

    • @learningagain4094
      @learningagain4094 2 роки тому +28

      Yeah I thought so too, in fact I thought she was going to lock her parents down there as well.

    • @ch1ckenm4ster78
      @ch1ckenm4ster78 2 роки тому +24

      The ending seemed thought out to me, i think there’s an overarching plot but I don’t know how it all connects

    • @eight216
      @eight216 2 роки тому +21

      @@ch1ckenm4ster78 i mean... i figure the point is that even by the end you STILL dont know if he's a mimic or crazy or what exactly is going on, so i wouldn't say it's not thought out, but definitely not my preference.

    • @illbeyourstumbleine
      @illbeyourstumbleine 2 роки тому +54

      @@eight216 I would say if you have 2 cops, his parents, and his sister all in the house, why would they push him into the basement if they were "normal" people and he was the mentally ill one. That definitely wouldn't help make him better and clear delusions, not to mention the physical harm you bring from pushing someone down a flight of stairs, you literally could kill them.
      Basically no caring family members would use that tactic to help their sick son.
      Also those cops would never still be driving around in a wrecked car. So that leads me to believe they really did run the other guy off the road.
      One of the biggest mistakes was the OP not questioning why they wanted him at the sisrers house after they caught him, not the hospital or even his parents house. No EMS called. He was basically surrounded by all the suspected mimics in the place of origin.
      All the repeated sayings like "In due time", and Sara asking Clancy where the parents were in the first night and then the narrative changing that everyone including Amy knew they were in the Grand Canyon, the place he lied to Sara about. So much great hints of reality sprinkled in, I just wish the ending wasn't so open.
      Inception is one of my favorite movies, so I'm not opposed to open endings, but I felt like this left way too many things unanswered. Like the author knew it was getting long and wanted to wrap it up but just didn't know how to do so quickly and make all the pieces fit leaving the listener feeling satisfied.
      Great story, but a think a part 2 that could be much shorter might help so many unanswered questions. Again, I don't mind some lingering questions, this just left a few too many which was disappointing because it had so much potential. Just my 2 cents.

  • @IHeartsDrummers
    @IHeartsDrummers Рік тому +957

    The fact that Amy didn't think Sarah was dead, when she came to meet Sarah at the house, should have been a big hint to Markus that something was up.

    • @lookatdemijipers
      @lookatdemijipers Рік тому +62

      *Clancy

    • @Upper_echelon_exotics
      @Upper_echelon_exotics 11 місяців тому +13

      Yeah Marcus was the detective

    • @ozramblue117
      @ozramblue117 11 місяців тому +61

      The second hint was at the diner. She answered a question he was thinking not speaking. On top of that, had the parents gone on a trip the spares would still be where they belong.

    • @Fsreaper065
      @Fsreaper065 11 місяців тому +9

      What was the question she answered that Clancy was thinking?

    • @TiredMonarch
      @TiredMonarch 11 місяців тому

      oh seriously?? I didn't notice that- Timestamp?? @@ozramblue117

  • @xxrieanrinei4922
    @xxrieanrinei4922 2 роки тому +924

    Its the fact that we dont know what they look like, how they multiply, and how they kill that makes them such good horror monsters. When you mix that with the increasing uncertainty throughout the story it legit makes you feel crazy to accuse an entire town of people of being monsters. We are only given just enough to put together the subtle clues that they're not what they say they are and I love it. Id love some type of part 2 to this.

    • @atlf3357
      @atlf3357 2 роки тому +57

      Agreed. The element of uncertainty is such a hard thing to make into something scary, especially since a lot of us are so used to stories where the concepts of unreliable narrators and uncertainty are burnt out prematurely. Normally I’d feel bored and impatient waiting for the reveal of the antagonist/monster/entity but for some reason this story had me fully hooked. Still not sure exactly why that is.

    • @xxrieanrinei4922
      @xxrieanrinei4922 2 роки тому +21

      @@atlf3357 fr, I was surprised at how well the twists were handled.

    • @ryukiiko
      @ryukiiko 2 роки тому +61

      @@xxrieanrinei4922 It's a finalized series by the author, meaning at most, we'd get a spinoff but not a direct continuation, it doesnt really have closure for the protagonist, except him being trapped in the basement now, much like the first entity and calling out with exactly the same words, so most people think it's supposed to be some sort of time loop or cycle where the original entity is Clancy himself.

    • @lornahill7123
      @lornahill7123 2 роки тому

      Me as well, I'm so confused🤔🤪😬

    • @atlf3357
      @atlf3357 2 роки тому +25

      @@ryukiiko that makes so much sense. To expand on that theory, I think every character in the story (minus the detective) went through the same time loop as the MC, albeit in an alternate reality. I believe the basement is a convergence of all those different realities, all those different people who have been trapped by mimics of their own reality, pleading to be let out. The basement acquires all the characteristics of each victim from each timeline and spits out the designated mimic as it wreaks havoc on a new timeline.

  • @lexmortis5722
    @lexmortis5722 2 роки тому +2262

    One of my favorite story’s so far, even tho I knew he was right. The most obvious tell was the damages police car and the second most obvious the moment where Sarah used Markus’s phrase “all in due time”. Super engaging story telling, hope the author makes more stories of this length

    • @forgotten1s
      @forgotten1s 2 роки тому +24

      Whatya mean that was a tell?

    • @doomygloomy1
      @doomygloomy1 2 роки тому +217

      @@forgotten1s the mimic copies people's mannerisms, that was a slip up, he copied Markus's

    • @sarahelizabeth6713
      @sarahelizabeth6713 2 роки тому +226

      Not to mention that, if there was no Marcus, there was no way he could have known about Sarah's recordings.

    • @HarriBarriTarri
      @HarriBarriTarri 2 роки тому +45

      @@sarahelizabeth6713 OMG! Didnt even think of that!

    • @Barghest-3
      @Barghest-3 2 роки тому +107

      Also remember he lied about the parents being on vacation but when they are seen again they talk about the supposed vacation like it was an actual thing

  • @caramellpanda
    @caramellpanda Рік тому +2845

    So it seems the mimic purposely tries to tire out its victims, as it did with Sarah and finally with Clancy. The mind is a strong thing, not so easily broken and Markus pointed out Clancy had an oddly strong fortitude when listening to the recordings.
    Clancy was right, but he was broken down physically, mentally and emotionally, the same as Sarah. At the end, he was in perfect condition for the mimic and it likely did possess him.
    There are certain clues that Clancy was right before the end:
    - The Grand Canyon story was a lie made up by Clancy to fool Sarah. One that "Sarah" believed. Clancy's dad was also ready to pick Clancy up when he texted him, so if he was truly going on vacation he would've mentioned it. Not just then but way before.
    - The "Don't take too long!" from Sarah when Clancy goes to phone Markus had a crack in it, it was also something Clancy picked up on.
    - The recordings and conversations being cut and deleted by Sarah. The recording literally catches Sarah in the act.
    - The missing furniture and the fact the house has been cleared out when Sarah returns. She doesn't question it. There's no reason for her house and belongings to be cleaned out if she was just missing or at a friend's.
    - When Clancy explains to Sarah about what happened, she doesn't argue that there was a fire and that someone died in it. Meaning the evidence of the fire is very much real and still there. Amy also doesn't question the fire or someone dying in it, yet suddenly goes to him and says it wasn't real.
    - The cop car being damaged, which we're aware of because of the last phone call between Clancy and Markus.
    - Everything from Amy meeting up with Clancy and the ending is basically the mimics using Clancy's own lies against him. All of the mimics took his stories and, because there were so many of them, made Clancy believe he had lost it.
    - Clancy fucked up the moment he ran away from the house. It basically lit a fire underneath the mimic's ass and it went into action immediately. Markus specifically told Clancy not to leave Sarah alone or out of his sight, he even questions him when Clancy is paying his bar tab because Markus likely thought he was still at Sarah's.
    - Annnnnd the recordings from Markus. Mental illness can be a horrifying thing, but to create such a detailed scenario of Clancy meeting Markus and listening to 17 recordings just isn't possible. Markus and the recordings were real, because no one mentioned mimics to Clancy before this.
    - Sarah's use of the phrase "all in due time" which is literally the biggest red flag, at this point the mimic is already in his head and plucking information from it.
    - Sarah's grave which apparently had a blank gravestone. As far as I'm aware, gravestones are properly prepared before a person is laid to rest, even Jane and John Does have marked gravestones. And I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure plots in graveyards don't have blank gravestones on them as funeral preparations may call for unique gravestones.
    - Sarah using the word "mimic" at the end. When Sarah first returns, she's trying to convince Clancy she just had a mental breakdown and was hearing voices. She never mentioned mimics, they were also never mentioned in the initial recordings.
    - Sarah's too friendly persona when she comes back. Remember, while they never fought or anything, they never talked or even interacted much unless it was a family get together. Sarah was far too friendly and touchy for someone who was estranged from her brother, even in that situation she would have still been a bit standoffish because there wasn't a relationship there.
    I believe Amy was initially human, but after being left alone with Sarah she was possessed by the mimic. In the same timeframe, Clancy's parents were also possessed.
    Had Clancy stayed at Sarah's house, he may have had a better chance, because he would have been watching Sarah. Amy was also there too. But when he left, he sealed his fate.
    This story was definitely compelling from beginning to end, hell the ending got me. I thought maybe he was suffering from a mental breakdown, but I knew what was coming when the basement door was opened for him to look down. Spooky shit.

    • @DMDrew
      @DMDrew Рік тому +250

      Also they really got me with the missing business card and no number for the detective in the phone.
      But the police car is smashed from the accident on the call. It’s likely before they woke him up from the “nightmare” they took the card and deleted everything in the phone mentioning Marcus.

    • @caramellpanda
      @caramellpanda Рік тому +113

      @@DMDrew Exactly! I was also confused and wasn’t sure if Clancy was truly suffering from a mental breakdown because of this. But yep, it’s clear the mimics just erased any evidence of Marcus existing to try and push Clancy over the edge.

    • @cap-ml7ky
      @cap-ml7ky Рік тому +110

      Clancy played it off very well imo, Marcus did tell him to get out the moment it got too heavy. The problems arose the moment he got to his parent's house, I wouldn't blame him for waiting for his parents, but he should've broken in the moment sundown hit given the situation. He should've called them and find that their phones were at home, ringing alarm bells. From there he should've just camped it out waiting for marcus. Amy was a complete mistake imo though. The fact that the mimic suggested her to come implies that she was gonna be an ally to it no matter what Clancy does, meaning had he stayed it would've been a 2v1 on him.
      Had he camped and waited for Marcus, the mimics wouldn't know of the detective's arrival, leading him to safely arrive. I think Marcus then would've called for back up, once he realizes the severity of the situation. Cause at that point, idt even marcus would be able to beat the mimics had he arrived in perfect condition.
      Though imo the main issue was that the mimic's indentity felt inconsistent. Which threw the direction of the story all over the place. Initially, it was a creature stuck in the basement that only manifested at night. Then, it was able mimic people in just a day, like for example amy. Idk, the story went from figuring out what exactly happened to my sister and what the thing that caused it was, to am I losing my mind? Its dissapointing that we literally know nothing more about what happened to his sister after Markus left.

    • @rexviperfan
      @rexviperfan Рік тому +31

      Why would Amy and parents be succumbed so quickly to mimic meanwhile Clancy take such a long time?

    • @hungrymusicwolf
      @hungrymusicwolf Рік тому +84

      ​@@rexviperfan While in the basement it couldn't steal memories very well. That's why it kept being close to them while they're sleeping. That would also explain why he felt the whispers in the back of his mind when his parents were standing next to his bed.
      Also lets not forget that Clancy and Sarah were both very resistant and aggressive. That also goes for while he was sleeping as he was fighting the whispers he was hearing in his head when his parents stood next to him. So those whispers probably have something to do with the stealing of memories. That would explain why Amy turned so quickly because she came to help a friend and had 0 resistance or distance.
      So distance + resistance (or the lack thereof) seem to be the factors playing into how fast they can steal memories and/or turn others.

  • @aamon9562
    @aamon9562 Рік тому +517

    Because of the fact "Sarah" spread mimics around the town and that she stayed at Amy's for several months after her disappearance make it more than likely that Amy was already a mimic the first time she met Clancy. So I think Clancy was screwed the moment he accepted to meet Amy. And the reason why he couldn’t sense Amy staring like the others is that some of them only did it to make him let his guard down to the others who didn’t stare at him, the fact that he didn’t sense Sarah in the graveyards adds to this theory.
    Shit’s spooky

    • @Robbie_The_Froggie
      @Robbie_The_Froggie 11 місяців тому +4

      Maybe everyone was a mimic just to get this one person 🤷 spooky

    • @Nyssine
      @Nyssine 11 місяців тому

      @@Robbie_The_Froggie their plan sucked! all they did was lock him in a basement, he'll get out eventually and go doom slayer mode on all them fake ass mfs
      and then be locked in a psych ward for the rest of his life for committing mass murder during a psychotic break but... peace of mind!

    • @SystematicallyGrey
      @SystematicallyGrey 9 місяців тому +4

      i suspected Marcus was a mimic when he didnt answer his phone the first time

  • @cadencewicker358
    @cadencewicker358 Рік тому +1641

    I've never heard a creepypasta with so many twists and turns. This absolutely chilled me and the voice work made it much more effective.

    • @Darksomnium
      @Darksomnium  Рік тому +109

      I'm glad you liked it!

    • @katsuro497
      @katsuro497 Рік тому +20

      @@Darksomnium fr man this is one of my favs thank you it was so good. i enjoy the long vids like this perfect for listening to while doing homework.

    • @Idk_i_realy_idk
      @Idk_i_realy_idk 11 місяців тому

      @Darksomnium did he really went crazy

    • @karenduguid3943
      @karenduguid3943 10 місяців тому

      Ronnie's voice is so soothing but this one is too all over the place for sleep 😴 I usually have him playing when I get in bed. Found this one in my search for my 3 favorites "ANGELS AREN'T BEAUTIFUL" "BECAUSE YOU ARE MY BABY " and "WHY I DON'T DO DRUGS ANYMORE (or something like that)" But I have to go back and listen again if I fall asleep 😂! But when I get long ones like this one I listen to them over several nights. "LEFT RIGHT GAME" was GREAT. But all of them are great! This one sounds like he has Romnex and Big Daddy Stone working with him. I think 🤔

  • @Lucidirus
    @Lucidirus 2 роки тому +1344

    The fact that even you, the reader/listener aren't even able to tell the difference most of the time is... just so hooking to the story. Makes you want to dive deeper to see what is real or not. And then there are those little bits like at the cemetery, where you hear "...I'm not a mimic..." that can just pop out and hit you square in the face.

    • @jameslambert5198
      @jameslambert5198 2 роки тому +76

      Not only that but several phrases were repeated, word for word by different characters. Something like "we can meet wherever you want" was said by the sister's friend and Marcus. It was as if Marcus if he was really, may have been a mimic and was trying to help our character come to terms with being so. God this story is incredible

    • @PlayBoX-qq9kr
      @PlayBoX-qq9kr 2 роки тому +6

      What do you mean about the part in the cemetery. I looked back through the video where they were at the cemetery and I didn’t hear anyone say that.

    • @pixelgaming5254
      @pixelgaming5254 2 роки тому

      @@PlayBoX-qq9kr the sister did

    • @PlayBoX-qq9kr
      @PlayBoX-qq9kr 2 роки тому +1

      @@pixelgaming5254 time stamp? I never heard her say “I’m not a mimic” at the graveyard.

    • @The_real_silver
      @The_real_silver 2 роки тому +37

      @@jameslambert5198 same thing with the phrase “in due time” that Marcus and the friend repeated. This story was wild

  • @nakitomosquito8273
    @nakitomosquito8273 2 роки тому +2781

    as a person who lives in a basement, I can confirm this is, in fact, accurate life 👍

    • @Darksomnium
      @Darksomnium  2 роки тому +152

      😆

    • @trshpizza
      @trshpizza 2 роки тому +148

      @@Darksomnium I will reside in the attic. Mimicking your family's voices and also using my steam account to play games. I will lure you in and play some Gmod with you, but again, I can't force you.

    • @youryoutubeyoda
      @youryoutubeyoda Рік тому +8

      Trying to steal other peoples life since you dont have one?

    • @tacodogge7773
      @tacodogge7773 Рік тому +35

      I too, skitter up the stairs in the middle of the night from my basement to practice my impressions of my family members 😌

    • @tommygunn2939
      @tommygunn2939 Рік тому +10

      basement dwellers unite

  • @NotThePoint-r7n
    @NotThePoint-r7n Рік тому +390

    What made this story really good for me is how the sister wasn't even dumb or anything. She called the cops, tried to get a roommate, slept over at friend's house. She wasn't stupid just in a really shitty situation. She wasn't "perfectly rational" but believable, that's half of what made it so scary.

    • @HadrianGuardiola
      @HadrianGuardiola 11 місяців тому +29

      That part about her not thinking she could reach out to family because she was the kid from the first marriage hurt my heart. It is so common to be defeated and not even try with family or even friends sometimes when we are in need. I think thats why in so many horror stories they say the bad thing feeds on depression and sadness. It is like quicksand.

    • @NotThePoint-r7n
      @NotThePoint-r7n 10 місяців тому +16

      @@ThomasWarhammer I don't think that most people can just move whenever they want, especially if they just moved.

    • @NotThePoint-r7n
      @NotThePoint-r7n 10 місяців тому

      @@ThomasWarhammer so do you think she should've moved or stayed at someone else's place?

    • @justaneditygangstar
      @justaneditygangstar 9 місяців тому +6

      The stories that scare me/disturb me the most is when characters are actually smart and cautious but STILL LOSE

    • @Lixxie612
      @Lixxie612 7 місяців тому +1

      I mean sure, but the family aspect took me out of it. I’m not on good terms with most of my family, but I’d still go there if I had too; she did everything but talk to her family, she said it was her last resort after even one night stands and confronting the creature and burning her house down ffs. If there was more to give reason why she absolutely does not trust her family, like if she talked about how after his dad remarried and that her step mother just felt like an intruder in their house and she didn’t trust her that would add to the theme of mimics and not knowing who to trust, and then getting a half brother added to this because she just felt she was living in another family’s house and that nobody in the family actually saw her as family, even if it wasn’t true and it was just her isolating herself due to paranoia, that would’ve been great AND added to all the existing themes! This story has sooo much potential but the dialogue is a joke, especially compared to something like Penpal or Borrasca. It’s not bad at all, I still really like it, but it’s just got a lot of plotholes.

  • @Praetor_Atraxa
    @Praetor_Atraxa 2 роки тому +760

    This was an immaculate story and really nearing the end everything reminded me of Capgras Delusion. A disorder that basically sees everyone as fakes or like they’ve been replaced by an imposter. It’s really interesting and makes this story one of my favorites because of it

    • @thelagg2820
      @thelagg2820 2 роки тому +14

      I was 90 percent sure of that till the very end. Then I had no clue.

    • @reynaldoponce2062
      @reynaldoponce2062 2 роки тому +1

      @@thelagg2820 a delusion at the end that rewrites what he experienced of being forcefully admitted into the psyche ward into a basement door

    • @alguldandoce7982
      @alguldandoce7982 2 роки тому +3

      imposter

    • @cursedalien
      @cursedalien 2 роки тому

      Like Finding Vanessa?

    • @nastyachernomorchenko1065
      @nastyachernomorchenko1065 2 роки тому +1

      Yeah, and I heard that in some cases one on one keeps the delusion, but calls are ok.

  • @tackington...3172
    @tackington...3172 Рік тому +647

    40:46 WOW the attention to detail is amazing, the fact that the monsters facade cracked just a tiny bit here is so god damn cool, it's insane how much attention you put into this

    • @Darksomnium
      @Darksomnium  Рік тому +79

      Thank you :)

    • @mmacedok
      @mmacedok Рік тому +11

      Ohh shit I didn't notice at first but you're right

    • @ElleeDraws
      @ElleeDraws Рік тому +12

      I noticed that while listening to this in the background and went "wow ok"

    • @renatamorales5521
      @renatamorales5521 Рік тому +11

      1:01:50

    • @FireOccator
      @FireOccator 11 місяців тому +1

      Yeah, that one was the final straw for me.

  • @churchy9863
    @churchy9863 2 роки тому +608

    Just hearing it, I starting thinking, if it was fake, why was the cop car broken, why was there a grave with no body especially if Sarah was I contact, if everyone knew of the vacation, why bury something you knew would be a crack in the lie. It shows the extent of how flawed the plan was, but how well it worked, how his reality was true, but made to be false. Perfectly told through the eyes on uncertainty

    • @derpyboi2828
      @derpyboi2828 2 роки тому +32

      Yea i kinda thought what about the other recordings with clancy’s voice and her moms voice

    • @lonecalzone6901
      @lonecalzone6901 2 роки тому +17

      ok but what the fuck is happening i thought the mom died 20 years ago

    • @Ame865
      @Ame865 2 роки тому

      @@lonecalzone6901 there’s a comment above this that explains it. Seems like they see your mind when you sleep

    • @alanjacob4948
      @alanjacob4948 2 роки тому

      @@lonecalzone6901 she's no her real mom, her mom died and her father remarried.

    • @loturzelrestaurant
      @loturzelrestaurant 2 роки тому +1

      OH, IF THERE WAS ONLY SOLUTIONS TO BIG ISSUES
      Like Homeless People and No-Knock-Raids or Drug-Overusage or Such-and-Such.
      Oh, if UA-camr Some More News only had come up with really good Solutions. But he doesnt even have 1 Mio Subs, so how can it be expected his Solutions even reach the Ears of Politic-Dude-Humans?
      Oh well, if my mass-commenting to get Attention to this doesnt work, i just migrate to Mars. Whatever.

  • @HUMhumuluslupulus
    @HUMhumuluslupulus Рік тому +609

    Can we just admire Marcus's voicemail -

  • @Ewout761
    @Ewout761 2 роки тому +1788

    Sarah: locks the thing in her basement
    Also Sarah 24:49 : "It won't go the fuck away"
    tf you expect?

    • @snowbal516
      @snowbal516 2 роки тому +71

      Lol that had me laughing

    • @shablammy
      @shablammy 2 роки тому +64

      Lol but wouldn't it be worse if she let it out?

    • @Ewout761
      @Ewout761 2 роки тому +24

      @@shablammy true

    • @n0b0d1bg5
      @n0b0d1bg5 2 роки тому +53

      Yeah but, how did it get there in the first place, or how and where did it hide when the policemen were checking out the basement?

    • @boxtroxrequiem4882
      @boxtroxrequiem4882 2 роки тому +37

      @@n0b0d1bg5 Mimic turns into chair maybe?

  • @SaltLazer
    @SaltLazer 2 роки тому +528

    This story is so good, the entire time I couldn't tell if the MC was going insane or if the mimics were gaslighting him and it's something no other story has made me feel.

    • @IskeletuBr
      @IskeletuBr 2 роки тому +23

      If he was going insane locking him up in the basement is not the way to go about it lol

    • @madkirk7431
      @madkirk7431 2 роки тому

      He sure has hell seemed insane to me.
      Ruined the whole story for me.

    • @madkirk7431
      @madkirk7431 2 роки тому +6

      @@IskeletuBr him getting forced into the basement is probably what he thinks is happening while he's being put in the asylum.

  • @AureliusDux99
    @AureliusDux99 Рік тому +347

    These monsters are just professional gaslighters 😂

    • @omiaislost
      @omiaislost 11 місяців тому +6

      'gas lit' lolll

    • @joshuajamesweiss
      @joshuajamesweiss 10 місяців тому

      @@omiaislost what?

    • @jannoyes6248
      @jannoyes6248 10 місяців тому

      Which ones people monsters or alein monsters.

    • @Ken-ru6or
      @Ken-ru6or 9 місяців тому +1

      Bc the fire goober ​@@joshuajamesweiss

    • @trevormurray5942
      @trevormurray5942 8 місяців тому

      Psychological warfare

  • @mudnarchist
    @mudnarchist 8 місяців тому +163

    *pulls out a monster hunter business card*
    "I'm the one they call when shit gets spooky."

  • @maikelcardeno1441
    @maikelcardeno1441 2 роки тому +740

    Man, I put this on as background noise to sleep but here I am 18 minutes in wide awake and pondering whether I need sleep or answers.

    • @Darksomnium
      @Darksomnium  2 роки тому +98

      >:D

    • @grass4874
      @grass4874 2 роки тому +18

      I know I’m late but I did the same thing as this guy I tried to go to bed at eleven now it’s almost 2am

    • @CCheukKa
      @CCheukKa Рік тому +40

      What kind of gigachad uses horror stories as background noise for sleep??

    • @joushima2963
      @joushima2963 Рік тому +5

      @@grass4874 same and its almost 4am and I'm still wide awake searching for answers m

    • @joushima2963
      @joushima2963 Рік тому +10

      @@CCheukKa a lot actually, including me.. Some even listen to true crimes

  • @buggit
    @buggit 2 роки тому +664

    This is the scariest story I've heard in a long while, at the beginning of it I thought it was going to go down the stereotypical monster hunter route and turn into an action story, but then things just got worse, and even more paranoid, I don't think you could really find any other story that makes you feel like what it must feel like to be insane, all of this is just perfect storytelling at it's finest, though the twist at the end was a bit guessable the scene before it made it hit so much harder, it truly felt like, even to the reader, that she just wanted to help, thank you for this truly enamoring story.

    • @wavemediaincorperated892
      @wavemediaincorperated892 2 роки тому +20

      it was similar to the stolen tongues one, spooky and long, just how i like them

    • @anthonyarcanumsanctumregnu9551
      @anthonyarcanumsanctumregnu9551 2 роки тому +16

      I saw the end coming as soon as he went with Her I knew it was a wrap because to much happened proving He wasn't for him to all of a sudden be crazy.

    • @podomuss
      @podomuss 2 роки тому +15

      I did enjoy this one, but the one, I think it’s called the hidden webpage, made me feel way more paranoid.
      That one made me feel like I couldn’t trust anything.

    • @flyingbassett4332
      @flyingbassett4332 2 роки тому +4

      I mean, I guess. No dig against the narrator, or the voice actors but this is not creepy, scary or anything. Kinda zzzzzzzz. Just my opinion.

    • @dattromboneguy
      @dattromboneguy 2 роки тому +19

      This story isn't scary, perse, as more of the other ones I've listened to, but DAMN was this a good one. Either I'm a bit stupid, or something else, because I did NOT see the ending at ALL... as soon as I heard that everyone was saying he was crazy, and he admitted that he was insane, I thought about other similar ending stories DS has narrated, where the insane person ends up being completely wrong about their delusions, but then as SOON as he got pushed down the stairs, I got actual shivers down my back, much like the plot twist endings of "Chicken Bones" and "The Abstergo Man" narrated by CreepsMcPasta, or other events in other DS stories, such as deaths and whatnot in "The Left/Right Game"
      Good story, amazing narration as well, as always!

  • @jigandwag2377
    @jigandwag2377 Рік тому +631

    I just realized that these stories are 10x scarier when you focus on them completely instead of listening while doing something else

    • @ernie9538
      @ernie9538 Рік тому +3

      Ong

    • @alexispaquette3184
      @alexispaquette3184 Рік тому +25

      i agree. i stopped playing just to listen to this shit

    • @backup.player
      @backup.player Рік тому +1

      yes yes indeed

    • @GenericProtagonist7
      @GenericProtagonist7 11 місяців тому +13

      Absolutely not, try working nightshift in a hotel while listening to these, I literally get too jumpy to go down to the basement to do the daily readings on the boilers and pumps.
      Typically I'm pretty brave but something about scary stories and the almost entirely empty basement of a large building is spooky.

    • @jigandwag2377
      @jigandwag2377 11 місяців тому

      @@GenericProtagonist7 well, you've definitely got me there.

  • @ozramblue117
    @ozramblue117 11 місяців тому +56

    Really like the hint that he’s not mad when the other woman answers a question he hadn’t spoken out loud yet he didn’t notice. Also had the parents gone away the spare keys would still have been there. Loving this and part way through.

  • @allisterlobo7107
    @allisterlobo7107 2 роки тому +495

    This wasn't just a story, this was an audio movie. Amazing quality as always DS

    • @ComeInAlone00000
      @ComeInAlone00000 2 роки тому +1

      or an audio book .........aka........ a story ::mind blown emoji::

  • @MikePaul32
    @MikePaul32 Рік тому +612

    This needs to be a movie man. I got shivers listening to this

    • @Kayo4Iife
      @Kayo4Iife Рік тому +36

      A lot of r/nosleep stories need to be movies. Maybe a big budget corporation like Netflix or Disney could take horror stories from reddit, give royalties to the authors, and make a bunch of them like black mirror or love death robots.

    • @Samconery
      @Samconery Рік тому +4

      It does indeed deserve to be a movie but somewhere along the story to reach a particular conclusion some problems do appear which is not much noticeable in a story however would be in a movie.

    • @mythiccheese_
      @mythiccheese_ Рік тому +4

      real, this story could legit be a movie, if it was made well enough, it could take you on an absolute emotional rollercoaster same as this did

    • @Brittanyisbrutal
      @Brittanyisbrutal Рік тому +3

      Agreed

    • @prodhighnickybeats3712
      @prodhighnickybeats3712 10 місяців тому +2

      I like to imagine Marcus survives and saves Clancy from the basement and they figure out how to escape together.

  • @bigjayjay2x597
    @bigjayjay2x597 2 роки тому +476

    Like how the mimic caught on to him lying to it earlier, and recreated his story about his parents making him actually believe his own lie. Also suprised he did question Amy further on his sister being able mimic others voices while sleepwalking. Like was she making a attempt with her own voice to mimic someone or did her voice perfectly match up with person she was mimicking.

  • @loafoftofu6773
    @loafoftofu6773 11 місяців тому +36

    The voice acting in this was top notch, my heart legitimately dropped at the “don’t take long” at 40:45

    • @DatboiDemonX
      @DatboiDemonX 3 місяці тому

      Happens again at 1:01:50 when Clancy says "all that" during "I mean, monster hunters and mimics, and all that?"

  • @lol-cp2eg
    @lol-cp2eg 2 роки тому +1133

    If we're to believe that Clancy is truly having a mental break throughout the story then we cant take everything Clancy says as true. Some details and conversations could just be his mind twisting reality to fit this Mimic obsession he has. As many people have said, the Basement could be him going to a psych ward, or it could be him going deeper into a state of delusions. The feeling of people watching him could just be his family trying to help him come to.

    • @farklegriffen2624
      @farklegriffen2624 2 роки тому +95

      Finally!! Everyone is so obsessed with trying to make the mimic story fit and no one is talking about the fact that the narrator is meant to be unreliable!
      It's a truly facing story, brilliantly written such that you don't know what's happening when it ends.

    • @AR15andGOD
      @AR15andGOD 2 роки тому +11

      The basement can't be a psych ward because psych wards are a place you go and not a basement in someones house

    • @Khoros-Mythos
      @Khoros-Mythos 2 роки тому +56

      @@AR15andGOD He's saying that Clancy is perceiving it as a basement, when in reality it is a ward.

    • @TriCutNinja
      @TriCutNinja 2 роки тому +26

      @@AR15andGOD Clancy himself says at the very end you can't trust a word he himself says, meaning anything Clancy has said in the story could just be his own perception, and not reality

    • @4460N
      @4460N 2 роки тому +4

      @@AR15andGOD you’re so slow

  • @oliverm9110
    @oliverm9110 2 роки тому +577

    "i'm the one they call when shit gets spooky. and let me tell you, this shit is very spooky" best line in history of lines

    • @joann3190
      @joann3190 2 роки тому +2

      Also, that quote was from a Disney movie called Lilo and Stitch. Lol that dude stole that quote.

    • @unicornactual3432
      @unicornactual3432 2 роки тому

      Isn't it redundant to say it's spooky shit at that point?
      If he indeed is called for spooky shit, and he's been called then wouldn't it go without saying that the shit is spooky?
      "I'm the one they call when shit gets spooky, you were right to call."

    • @madkirk7431
      @madkirk7431 2 роки тому

      Yes

    • @madkirk7431
      @madkirk7431 2 роки тому +10

      @@joann3190 I don't remember someone in Lilo And Stitch saying "I'm the one they call when shit gets spooky, and let me tell you, this shit is very spooky."

    • @raginbacon9202
      @raginbacon9202 2 роки тому +1

      @@madkirk7431 the quote was "I am the one they call when things go wrong, and things have indeed gone wrong." -Cobra Bubbles
      Its close, stolen idk maybe

  • @thedregking9410
    @thedregking9410 2 роки тому +355

    Holy hell that was a good story. I actually started to believe at the end that he was going crazy, that nothing that had happened was actually real. But that twist ending, well, damn that was something else. And huge props to all the voice actors that brought these characters to life!

    • @alexmarsh4624
      @alexmarsh4624 2 роки тому +2

      yea this story was amazing

    • @w0nd3rs
      @w0nd3rs 2 роки тому +40

      it was a good story, but when the cops showed up with their "bumper in utter ruins"
      I knew shit was real. Scary as hell though. Also, idk why he didn't use the bumper as a ploy to catch sarah off guard in the cemetery.

    • @ataarono
      @ataarono 2 роки тому +6

      but why did his phone not have any proof on it when he needed it?

    • @kungfuvoodoo9889
      @kungfuvoodoo9889 2 роки тому +6

      The final twist could have also been in his head.

    • @deathsodyssey9553
      @deathsodyssey9553 2 роки тому

      You spoiled this for people like me that go through the comments listening to this story

  • @cHoppigLemOns-bn3el
    @cHoppigLemOns-bn3el 2 місяці тому +23

    "Clancy. He"s right behind me isnt he"

    • @meowth9686
      @meowth9686 13 днів тому +5

      *Sound of a motorized wheelchair approaching and a shotgun shell clicking into place.*

    • @kietneeddiaper5214
      @kietneeddiaper5214 7 днів тому +1

      @@meowth9686 the mental image of Markus rolling up and starts blasting the mimics lol

  • @kilmindaro3
    @kilmindaro3 2 роки тому +1737

    My interpretation is that Clancy is the one and only mimic, though he's so good at being a mimic he doesn't even know he's a monster.
    He can't be killed, only locked back into the basement again, that's why everyone in the town is collaborating to lure him back in the basement and lock him back inside.

    • @iluminaeri8422
      @iluminaeri8422 2 роки тому +177

      Oh this one is so good Holy shit

    • @Pompadourius
      @Pompadourius 2 роки тому +437

      I kinda felt this too at the start when it almost felt like Marcus was interrogating or getting Clancy's measure as the prime suspect and was maybe just using the monster hunter "test" as an excuse so as not to arouse too much suspicion. And then with describing Clancy's "skittering" up the stairs at the end, and his voice getting raspier as he pleaded to be let out. It almost feels like the natural end point for the mimic's evolution was to convince itself so hard it was a real person that it thought everybody else was the monster, and that it went from being able to maintain a consistent voice for a few hours to days or maybe even weeks.
      What I find interesting about this story is just how many ways you can conclude it in your head. Was he the mimic all along? Was this just the most advanced monster gaslighting ever and it really was a town full of mimics? Or was Clancy just crazy? It's wild.

    • @No_complaints.__
      @No_complaints.__ 2 роки тому +180

      @@Pompadourius omg I didn't even realize they described him "skittering" up the stairs at the end. That was a good catch and I totally agree with this theory.

    • @thatchil
      @thatchil 2 роки тому +130

      @@Pompadourius I can also see Clancy having schizophrenia and capgras syndrome ( this is a mental issue that makes people believe that people around them have been replaced) seeing the "mimic" in the shadow while running and getting pushed into the basement can be a metaphor for getting sent to a psychiatric hospital but who knows I love your theory made me think probably the best one I've read

    • @mossthatrules77
      @mossthatrules77 2 роки тому +4

      Nah

  • @Mr.Daniel297
    @Mr.Daniel297 2 роки тому +398

    Man. I’m a grown ass, 23 year old, and this made me turn my light back on in bed. Great narration and voice acting all around.
    Intruder stories of any kind put me on edge. They always make me think of that story about the guy in Japan that had an old woman hiding in his attic.

    • @redcharger4796
      @redcharger4796 2 роки тому +4

      Dude it made me turn every light on

    • @legendarybanana9
      @legendarybanana9 2 роки тому +3

      my aunties friend had a random person hiding in her crawl space

    • @ubofgamesubgames6993
      @ubofgamesubgames6993 2 роки тому +3

      which story i wanna read it

    • @Trollamollex
      @Trollamollex 2 роки тому +1

      Not gonna lie, a gang of spooky stuff started happening to me while listening to the story from 2 am to 4 am. Too bad for the spooky shit though coz I had a great story to finish.

    • @FlatEarthOracle
      @FlatEarthOracle 9 місяців тому +3

      “Grown ass 23yr old” 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Stardust_7273
    @Stardust_7273 2 роки тому +432

    Marcus’s voicemail greeting makes me lmao every time 😂

    • @Neo_Satedoriiii
      @Neo_Satedoriiii Рік тому +29

      Honestly like I love his personality

    • @Stardust_7273
      @Stardust_7273 Рік тому +13

      @@Neo_Satedoriiii me too! If he was real. If not, this young man has a very strong imagination

    • @TylerLarsen-du1di
      @TylerLarsen-du1di Рік тому +12

      resurect him

    • @jamesthomas9246
      @jamesthomas9246 Рік тому +3

      Marcus voice reminds me of sounds like "The walking Dead" negan!!!

    • @Stardust_7273
      @Stardust_7273 Рік тому

      @@jamesthomas9246 I’ve never seen it but I trust you 😊

  • @RedEyesSV
    @RedEyesSV Рік тому +197

    I was listening to this with my brother, and this was apparently very heavy hitting for him.
    Around a year back he experianced a paranoid psychotic break due caused by Schizoprenia, and apparently the whole ordeal in this creepypasta hit very close to home for him. The feeling that something is horribly wrong with the people around you and the generally chaotic and confusing mentality especially struck him. That extreme paranoia in general.

    • @blixten2928
      @blixten2928 Рік тому

      Yes, this post is helpful. That it goes from one person being untrustworthy to everyone being after you, is like schizophrenia. The only thing is that that seems to make the story less interesting, because then *anything* could be made up and imagined. Grand Canyon was not a spur-of-the-moment lie, he hallucinated the smashed cop car, etc. On the other hand, *everyone* *having always* been mimics makes things a bit boring, too. I was a little sorry when the story went in that direction.

    • @pegasBaO23
      @pegasBaO23 11 місяців тому +3

      @@blixten2928 schizophrenia can go that hard, but so can an eldritch mimic, and I like that the story is written in a way you can't know for certain if Clancy had a psychotic break and was pulled back, or if the mimic messed with him so much it got him to submit

    • @ozramblue117
      @ozramblue117 11 місяців тому +2

      Quiet, mimick!

    • @Dollapfin
      @Dollapfin 11 місяців тому +8

      I had a schizophrenic break about three months ago and yes this is what happens exactly. It’s worse when you have some people like Marcus who agree with you. Then sleep is really impossible and you become violent. It’s really bad when the hospital is trying to use your blood to make clones of you to endlessly torture for your stem cells and the panic causes your veins to constrict so they have to jab you ten times. That coupled with the fact that you’re waking up with real marks on you that are unexplainable that look like injection sites. Hearing people walking on your roof or in your crawlspace at 3 AM multiple nights in a row. Seeing them dart across the lawn from the corner of your eye while you’re out smoking cigarettes making sure they don’t come in the house. Everyone speaks in codes and you begin to believe it’s a post rapture world where the good must use metaphors to make messages to each other (like the mafia does). It gets so fucked. I still to this day am not sure if some of my delusions are real or not. I just have to put them away because I can’t live that way anymore. My brain is destroyed from weeks of no sleep.

    • @1God2savem3
      @1God2savem3 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@Dollapfin pray. Pray to Jesus to come into your heart. It's the only way I found not only sleep again, but a sense of sanity. If you're at that point then what have you got to lose? Give it a try!

  • @pineapplestudios8309
    @pineapplestudios8309 2 роки тому +995

    I think the 2 main red flags that Clancy totally missed was at first when his parents said they were at the grand canyon. That was a lie he told Sara when she asked if he called dad, yet the parents now use it to try and calm him. Next was in the grave yard when Sara says she isn't a mimic, and talks about Mimics. Clancy has never mentioned mimic to anybody other than Markus, and only actually never had the chance to tell anybody Sara was a monster as her best friend denied Sara being a monster before he even makes the accusation. It is my belief that there isn't more than one mimic, however it's an entity taking control over the minds of other people. It explains how the police find Clancy mere moments after he leaves the house, suggesting everyone involved are connected telepathically in some way. The entity can use any bodies voice it hears from the minds from people it is manipulating. I t would also explain why there is only one dark entity, and why everyone else doesn't turn into some monster form to send Clancy to his doom.
    Or maybe the entity doesn't have a physical form at all, and instead rests within your mind and makes you see what it wants you to see.
    Overall a very insane story, and working this out seems to be really fun.

    • @Ultiminium
      @Ultiminium 2 роки тому +17

      I love this theory

    • @350love3
      @350love3 2 роки тому +24

      I ain’t reading allat 🙏

    • @notNyxiann
      @notNyxiann 2 роки тому +44

      @@350love3 bruh moment

    • @orthodus9408
      @orthodus9408 2 роки тому +20

      Perhaps a hive mind?

    • @knightblade1953
      @knightblade1953 2 роки тому +36

      Allow me to add that Clancy only mentioned the mimics to Markus, and Sarah said that she wasn’t a mimic after they already got Markus.

  • @SaIti2
    @SaIti2 2 роки тому +412

    The way he specified the way he went back up the stairs makes me think that he was the mimic the whole time because is the recordings it mentions scurrying and trying to get out just like he did but then again it could just be like an irony thing like in a world of mimics your the monster

    • @connyaaaa5555
      @connyaaaa5555 2 роки тому +40

      That and when hearing his own voice in the recording at the beginning he a) shattered the screen by hitting the phone and b) Markus commented about how much the mimic had nailed down Clancy’s voice and mannerism
      Although what wouldn’t make sense about Clancy being the mimic is how determined he is to think that everyone around him is the mimic, that and Amy commenting that Sarah was doing the voices in her sleep and sleepwalking. There’s things that don’t add up to the whole ‘Clancy’s the mimic’ thing

    • @beniboy2274
      @beniboy2274 2 роки тому +9

      yeah and how the mimics pretend to be confused and need help, Clancy wouldn't really know how he got down there since he can't really trust himself, and he would be scared and in need of help which is what the mimics would say, although this is a stretch and i dont actually care

    • @mlk0-0
      @mlk0-0 2 роки тому +9

      That's what I'm thinking, too. Sort of like they deluded him into deluding himself so well that he starts becoming what he feared from the beginning. I like your idea...If everyone else is a mimic, what does that make Clancy? That makes more sense to me than Clancy being the original/only mimic

    • @mochipanda7574
      @mochipanda7574 2 роки тому +1

      When he started asking if anyone was there in his cracked voice i really thought it was a loop of sorts

    • @sznxerokd145
      @sznxerokd145 2 роки тому

      🫦

  • @SpartanFilms1997
    @SpartanFilms1997 2 роки тому +142

    That was the BEST creepypasta I have ever heard. The audio, narration, storyline, etc. Sheeeeeesh. That was great.

  • @klutzmtg2310
    @klutzmtg2310 Рік тому +143

    I think the big thing a lot of people are missing is the very ending of the story. Clancy says “Don’t believe a word I say because I might be one of them.” This final line is actually extremely powerful because it could mean everything you’ve just heard is a complete fabrication in itself cleverly crafted by the mimic who took over Clancy. Shock and intrigue surrounding the mystery of Clancy’s words driving attention from outside parties to come from all over to the town to try and investigate it. The seed of doubt that it’s just a story rather than an actual account of his experience being planted with those few final words. This gives the mimic more opportunity to influence even more people and copy them. It’s ability to reach even further growing with everyone it can mimic. It’s really just a fantastic way to end the story honestly.

    • @Nyssine
      @Nyssine 11 місяців тому +11

      why does this comment look AI generated... are you a mimic?!

    • @pinkCEO
      @pinkCEO 9 місяців тому +1

      It's a good "ooh spooky" line but it's actually a really terrible way to end the story. Think about it, for starters, what's the framing of this story? When/where/to whom is it being told? It may as well be "...and then I died! bOo!"

    • @aparnarai3708
      @aparnarai3708 2 місяці тому

      @@pinkCEO The ending is perfect actually.
      The story is being posted on reddit so it's being told to anyone willing to read it.
      The main concept is that the mimics exploit your doubts
      They mentally drain you by making you second guess everything
      Then they take control/replace you when you finally fall asleep, tired from all the mental strain and restlessness.
      The final lines "Don't believe a word I say" plant the seed in the minds of the readers... thus indicating that the mimics will try to take over the world.

  • @woopboop2580
    @woopboop2580 Рік тому +291

    This was so well voiced. The whole premise is my deepest darkest fear. Great stuff

    • @Darksomnium
      @Darksomnium  Рік тому +30

      Thank you!

    • @LucaFox
      @LucaFox Рік тому +5

      I like Stephen King's take on one of his three types of horror, the one on terror: when you come home and notice everything you own had been taken away and replaced by an exact substitute.

    • @Noctua8
      @Noctua8 Рік тому

      You might be crazy then bro 😭

    • @Istilldontknowagoodname
      @Istilldontknowagoodname 11 місяців тому

      @@Noctua8 nah man you're the crazy one if you don't fear those kinds of things 💀

  • @sofialozano4031
    @sofialozano4031 2 роки тому +360

    Congrats for the 500k subscribers!
    I'd like to ask two things:
    1. do you have any original creepypastas (like, any you wrote)?
    2. of the creepypastas you read, which one do you like the most?

    • @ThornWolf1
      @ThornWolf1 2 роки тому +8

      Sort tacking onto question 2: Is there a particular genre of creepypasta you like; gaming, feelpastas, lost episodes, etc,?

    • @theinsomniumofthenight5932
      @theinsomniumofthenight5932 2 роки тому +10

      If I remember well, he wrote "The Void" but I am not sure. It's an old narration he did. I assume he wrote it because if I remember well, his real name is in it.
      Feel free to correct me if I am wrong Dark Gathering.

    • @jcdenton4534
      @jcdenton4534 2 роки тому +6

      I believe he does have an original I know of and it was basically BirdBox before BirdBox.

    • @theunknownartisttua8210
      @theunknownartisttua8210 2 роки тому +4

      Holy Frick! That was an amazing story it just traps you and makes you feel like your actually loosing your mind with him you all did an amazing job this channel has really become my go to for good stories

    • @Darksomnium
      @Darksomnium  2 роки тому +3

      @@theunknownartisttua8210 thank you! :)

  • @helpmeimlockedinadungeon9519
    @helpmeimlockedinadungeon9519 2 роки тому +125

    The double twist at the end was amazing and the fact it keeps switching between knowing what's going on and then not Is even better

  • @perijohnson6523
    @perijohnson6523 10 місяців тому +53

    Did anyone notice how Sarah was asking if he still thought she was “the mimic” but he never referred to it as “the mimic” around her?

    • @Thoron_of_Neto
      @Thoron_of_Neto 7 місяців тому +5

      Not only that, but Markus doesn't refer to it as a mimic until *after* Clancy does. As soon as Clancy calls it a mimic, every single reference to it, even if it's from someone else, is to call it a mimic, except when he refers to it as a "monster" to Amy, but then she switches back to Mimic after he does.

    • @СергійСавелов
      @СергійСавелов 7 місяців тому +4

      Well, this is a story with phrases that punch you in the gut, but not in a horror kind of way.
      - Given enough time to learn, that thing could be a top predator.
      - And let me guess, you can't let that happen.
      - We can't let that happen.
      - All in due time.
      - Get fucked.
      - So, monster hunter, huh?
      - Pretty much, I'm the one they call when shit gets spooky, and let me tell you, this shit is very fucking spooky.
      And many, many more.

    • @blaken2651
      @blaken2651 7 місяців тому

      It’s just a continuity error lmao.

    • @shibo2319
      @shibo2319 7 місяців тому +1

      Amy would have told Sarah about his mimic delusions after she talked with Clancy, if he really was crazy and there were no mimics, so thats still a possibility.

  • @shinyy8918
    @shinyy8918 2 роки тому +348

    Absolutely phenomenal. I questioned every sentence until the very end. Was it real? Was it a hallucination? So many twists and turns. This is up there along with “the last man of faith” and that other story about the supernatural prisoners as some of my favourite stories ever, all brought to me by your awesome narration.

    • @edominguez02
      @edominguez02 2 роки тому +31

      my standing theory remains that the detective wasnt human to begin with, considering how he would say the same exact phrase as both sarah, and the father, which has to have been a deliberate choice

    • @smelk4774
      @smelk4774 2 роки тому +17

      @@edominguez02 same but I thought it was either Markus or Amy same reason for Markus as you said but for Amy the reason I thought it could have been her was because
      1. She tried to deter every thing that was a lie as real especially the body
      2. She used the term the detective used

    • @illbeyourstumbleine
      @illbeyourstumbleine 2 роки тому +6

      @@smelk4774 Amy was a mimic for sure. Sara asked Clancy where her dad was that first night. That establishes that she never could have talked to Amy weeks before about them going to the Grand Canyon. Also the father never once said the reason Clancy had to stay was because they would be out of town, the reason was people squatting.
      If we are to believe that dad wasn't a mimic at the beginning, then he is our most reliable narrator for the real truth. Someone did burn inside of that basement who they thought to be Sara, and there was a funeral held and burial afterwards. I really question why her best friend Amy wasn't there, making the talk in the kitchen and the diner encounter all sound like new news for her to hear, makes absolutely no sense at all.
      I love the little clues where multiple people say the same line, mimic each other and the overall storyline. I do wish the author would go back in and clear up some glaring plotholes that makes the story start to become a reach where you have to do a lot of the piecing together and assuming yourself.
      Open endings can be great, just look at Inception. I just felt like not only is the ending too open here, so were many other plotlines and that created a ton of missed opportunities.
      For Clancy to be so smart he made so many dumb errors. I know he was sleep deprived, but your whole family thinks you're unwell and instead of taking you to the hospital they take you back to the source of your stress, your sisters house...not even home, huge missed red flags everywhere...too many for my taste.
      How did the cops wreck their car and why on Earth would they still be driving it unless they were mimics who ran the detective off the road and now have just one objective, catching Clancy and creating more mimics, because at the diner it seems as if at least half the town has turned by this point. Also why is Clancy the only "non turned mimic" not to be seeing signs things are off and freaking out? In similar books and movies you at least have a handful of non oblivious people, here it's like Clancey is the only one. All alone with no other rational person to help him establish reality and a timeline.
      Last that I will touch on, all the people who are doubting the mimic thing and think this is really a sharded delusion that started with Sara and moved to Clancy. What kind of treatment for mental illness is pushing someone down a flight of stairs and locking them away in the very place that started this all? Clearly that isn't anywhere close to what a real, non mimic caring family would do for a sick child. That Clancy didn't question all of these very suspicious actions just really killed the end for me. I see the big picture, loved where it was going, but assume the author didn't know how to wrap it up so we got LOST 2.0 😔
      Edit; wow...guess I went on a tangent. Sorry for writing my own novel🤦‍♀️

  • @YourMaxii
    @YourMaxii 2 роки тому +94

    That was genuinely impressive writing. The slow burn of doubt being set in by the hints that it was a hallucination was absolutely brilliant. Props to the author and props to you for, yet again, brilliantly transforming this story into audio.

  • @beefytaquitos
    @beefytaquitos 2 роки тому +277

    This story had me tense just about the whole way through. Much praise to the writer and to your amazing sound work as well as all the guest voices. You guys were phenomenal and not a bad mic between you. Even though the ending seems pretty clear, it still leaves a little ambiguity as to whether he was actually the mimic or if mimics are people who got replaced or why he would have "skittered" up the steps and suddenly had a fucked up voice.
    Either way, this was an amazing way to celebrate 500k and I'm happy to have been a part of that audience for... idk however long I've been subscribed and watch things progress. The wait for your next story is always a long one.

    • @theonetemplar9401
      @theonetemplar9401 2 роки тому +22

      The real mimic was inside of us all along

    • @AsterBonRacioArec
      @AsterBonRacioArec 2 роки тому +14

      I keep thinking it is just as clear, but if he is the mimic, how do we explain the two police officers running into the monster hunter?

    • @doubled57690
      @doubled57690 2 роки тому +2

      @@AsterBonRacioArec maybe he was the first mimic. Then he infected the main character.

    • @leviticusmcwilliams3534
      @leviticusmcwilliams3534 2 роки тому +14

      Yes om fairly confused as well about the damaged bumper of the cop car, the rear-end of Marcus as he was coming into town and the family pushing him down the stairs. Also the waitress was the only one to not give him the creeps by staring at him while he wasn't looking.

    • @AsterBonRacioArec
      @AsterBonRacioArec 2 роки тому +15

      @@leviticusmcwilliams3534 So we can explain the looks away even if he is the mimic. If he was the mimic he was clearly a broken mimic. His paranoia and slipping grip on reality were part of him being broken.
      Additionally, if he was the mimic, it may have been many people working together to get him back into the basement.
      However, none of this explains the bumper or Marcus. If there was no bumper damage we could explain away Marcus as a figment of his imagination. It's harder to do that with physical evidence which ties to the phone calls he has been making.
      Remember, that was a key theme. You heard it, but did you see it. That's where a lot of credible doubt came from. In this case we both heard and saw it.

  • @ShaggyDabbyDank
    @ShaggyDabbyDank 9 місяців тому +26

    It was definitely all real. Marcus' last words were that of a seasoned, veteran Monster Hunter. He understood the Mimics had already infiltrated the police department, potentially made the connection that these cops were the ones who had checked Sarah's basement previously, and realized that instead of them hunting just one of these things they were potentially in the middle of a nest/colony of them. He had recognized Clancy had potential as a Monster Hunter, but he knew from experience this was the type of situation you'd need several seasoned hunters in order to get under control and it was way over Clancy's head. And since he knew he was likely dead and could only relay the most important information in his last words to Clancy, he told him to run. There was no safety being anywhere near that town anymore, and he needed to get as far away from it and any of the people in it as possible.

  • @m.r.9215
    @m.r.9215 2 роки тому +402

    The “don’t take long” at around 40:40 sounds only sliiightly wonky and it’s making me paranoid. This channel’s narration is so good.

    • @sankatsu9962
      @sankatsu9962 2 роки тому +26

      I’m so glad i’m not the only once who instantly noticed this 😓

    • @sunnyfields1845
      @sunnyfields1845 2 роки тому +21

      Clancy never mentioned it so I thought maybe it was an unintentional error in the audio. I'm so excited to know more people caught that! There were a few other voice cracks I heard where they weren't addressed, and at the end where Sarah was convincing Clancy he was insane and said she could "hear his voice crack too," I thought back "no. his voice hasn't cracked at all that I can remember. Bullshit"

    • @latelyimryan2542
      @latelyimryan2542 2 роки тому +2

      yea lol i had to slow it down to make sure. good to know other ppl heard it too.

    • @victorgamez8885
      @victorgamez8885 2 роки тому +20

      @@sunnyfields1845 Actually Clancy mentioned it right after at 41:00. He said the facade was good but its voice cracked.

    • @karenamyx2205
      @karenamyx2205 2 роки тому +6

      @@sunnyfields1845
      What? Clancy IMMEDIATELY mentions it... first thing he does is call Marcus, and claim that Sarah's a mimick.. because he heard the exact thing you're talking about.

  • @Faint366
    @Faint366 2 роки тому +353

    Question for anyone who thinks it was a delusion, if Markus didn’t exist then where did Clancy hear the recordings Sarah made? He learned about Sarah’s encounter with a mimic from someone other than Sarah, since at no point in the story does Sarah explain what her experience actually was to Clancy. Other things can be explained away like why Sarah asks him to call their dad if she knew he was already out of town without a phone, perhaps that conversation simply never happened. But Clancy learning about the first mimic was something told to him by Markus and no one else, yet at the end Sarah confirms that it was true knowledge and not a delusion since she talks about thinking she sees/hears mimics.

    • @jaxisdefnotstoned24
      @jaxisdefnotstoned24 2 роки тому +9

      thats a really good point. maybe it was part of the "dream" ? i could also be completely wrong.

    • @notveryintelligent6239
      @notveryintelligent6239 2 роки тому +29

      Markus was the real mimic probably

    • @jaxisdefnotstoned24
      @jaxisdefnotstoned24 2 роки тому +28

      @@notveryintelligent6239 that's a good point, markus did sound like a manipulator. there's a good possibility he was a mimic. it's so insane though.

    • @knightblade1953
      @knightblade1953 2 роки тому +18

      I never thought about how Sarah should know that their dad would be without a phone, that part flew past me.

    • @bulletmog
      @bulletmog 2 роки тому +8

      It might have just been a police detective, but his mental health takes a rapid decline over the course of the meeting, with him quickly hallucinating the rest of the recordings

  • @DarkSharkDomilian
    @DarkSharkDomilian 2 роки тому +95

    Honestly thrilled. This story was roller coaster of questioning my sanity, and Clancy's sanity as well. Then at the end, I am left confused. It feels like everyone else is good, but Clancy was what he feared. The references to how the "mimic" acted in the recordings, the skittering, the questions of anyone being there, it was all just so great. 10/10 would recommend anyone to looking for a good horror story.

  • @OnceMoreWithLove777
    @OnceMoreWithLove777 Рік тому +44

    I just have to say I am incredibly shocked and yet happy that the captions aren't auto generated. I didn't expect for this 2 hour long story to have that, but it's very much appreciated. Thank you so much for the content, I am absolutely going to be binge watching this channel soon.

  • @Downbadman21
    @Downbadman21 2 роки тому +282

    Damn, this story took a dark turn. A man’s fall into insanity as his life is taken over by Capgras delusions and finally, he feels that he also was replaced. Congrats on 500k dude!!

    • @nrg6245
      @nrg6245 2 роки тому +14

      Yeah man this one was amazing but I think it left some shit unanswered

    • @nrg6245
      @nrg6245 2 роки тому +2

      He literally got set up by his family and shit it’s awful

    • @TheAshYam
      @TheAshYam 2 роки тому +44

      @@nrg6245 yeah I almost wish someone did an analysis of this creepypasta because there's a lot of things I don't understand still and I guess that's part of the story.
      Like for instance the cruiser from the police officer was banged up from attacking the Hunter and a lot of other things that can't be explained by just him going crazy but at the same time a lot of physical evidence was changed around which makes you think that it's all in his head at the end of the day it could go either way but if it was actually mimics I believe that it would be a lot closer to a djin that was messing with him because they have the power to distort reality itself and change things which would be the only explanation for a lot of the discrepancies of the story

    • @dattromboneguy
      @dattromboneguy 2 роки тому +11

      @@TheAshYam Here's a thought I had after reading your comments. The main character is the one who comes up with the term "mimic"... that was more likely not an accurate guess, but more of a generalized term, since they obviously didn't know what they were dealing with initially

    • @TheAshYam
      @TheAshYam 2 роки тому +18

      @@dattromboneguy I've also had the theory that it almost seems like things only happen once he starts to worry about them almost as if he's the one creating his own monsters in some way

  • @stephanietoms
    @stephanietoms 2 роки тому +782

    Honestly you’ve become my fave channel to watch now! So well deserved 👏

    • @Darksomnium
      @Darksomnium  2 роки тому +39

      Thank you so much Stephanie! :D

    • @kiralonely
      @kiralonely 2 роки тому +6

      Same, tbh! Best voice acting, best special effects, best music to set the tone in the background, 10/10, no other channel hits all the points perfect like Dark Somnium.

  • @daina4368
    @daina4368 2 роки тому +585

    mental health issues run in my family (including me) and this story was so accurate to both sides that it was almost hard to listen to lol. "mimics" are one of my biggest fears and most frequent objects of paranoia, i actually had a run in similar to this the other day where my dad was calling to me from the other side of my door and i was convinced that it was something copying his voice

    • @Distructionofpoems
      @Distructionofpoems 2 роки тому +22

      That’s happened to me before and it’s definitely not fun :/

    • @KronoCrimes
      @KronoCrimes 2 роки тому +14

      That sounds terrifying! How do you cope with all of that?

    • @Papabigcheese
      @Papabigcheese 2 роки тому +4

      Damn that sucks

    • @drewmyers3916
      @drewmyers3916 2 роки тому +5

      Are you a woman?

    • @Distructionofpoems
      @Distructionofpoems 2 роки тому +32

      @@drewmyers3916 what does that have anything to do about it-?

  • @edgyguns
    @edgyguns Рік тому +44

    I was so immersed that at the end when he started talking to the audience and said "I might be one of them" as the music stopped I genuinely predicted that something would be behind me as part of the the story. 10/10 story and 11/10 narration

  • @micahwest1304
    @micahwest1304 2 роки тому +273

    Q- How do you read with do much emotion, every time I listen, I feel as if you are telling a story from your past to me personally.
    Congrats on 500k!! You earned it

    • @McdonaldsInFallujah
      @McdonaldsInFallujah 2 роки тому +4

      You just have to feel the story, put yourself in the person's shoes and try to experience the emotions

  • @labaebae
    @labaebae Рік тому +215

    That was a phenomenal story. The ending sent chills through my body. Thanks for the great reading and to those who helped

  • @noel3198
    @noel3198 2 роки тому +380

    This story was a massive emotional roller coaster followed by a sh*t tone of unexpected plot twists leaving you at the end of it with a huge impact into your mind and changing your appreciation for life, and how you will look at the ppl from now on. I gotta be honest, ive watched 3-4 hour movies with audio,video and everything and they still haven't entertained me as mutch as this 2 hour voice recording with you just closing your eyes and listening to it as you start to imagine the whole story scene in your mind with your own way. Absolutely a masterpiece of a story, atleast for me cuz everyone probably has different preferences for how the story shouldve progressed. But at the end i just want to say that if this recording ever turns into a movie i would gladly spend every required penny for me to see it. 10/10 banger story🔥💯

    • @Tiosedan
      @Tiosedan 2 роки тому

      I was so focused on the story that I felt every single step he hit at the end in the basement.

    • @Candiezbeautie24
      @Candiezbeautie24 2 роки тому

      I agree 100% so damn good !

    • @princekatana8792
      @princekatana8792 2 роки тому +1

      100% this. Whoever wrote this story needs to be a professional writer cuz this was one of the best stories I have heard period.

  • @Texan_Patriot
    @Texan_Patriot Рік тому +8

    This is a modern classic....absolutely stunning in its quality and depth!

  • @jamesgarofolo7576
    @jamesgarofolo7576 2 роки тому +199

    I’m new here. This channel uses voice acting and subtle audio clues for foreshadowing in a way that I’ve never heard from a creepypasta reader channel before and it’s phenomenal. There’s a few instances across multiple videos that I’ve noticed, but the one that is making me comment is at 40:55 when she says “don’t take long.” Super cool immersion and truly chilling.

  • @musafirghayrmaeruf1
    @musafirghayrmaeruf1 2 роки тому +81

    This story was amazing.I felt the desperation of the character and knew what it was like to be in their place.I did not even know what to think anymore.Nothing seemed right but then again nothing was wrong either.Big props to the narrators for bringing such an already awesome story to life.

    • @nenmaster5218
      @nenmaster5218 2 роки тому +1

      Youre comment would be even more amazing if you'd edit some grammar into it.

  • @ericmangum4058
    @ericmangum4058 2 роки тому +135

    It really put me into his mind frame it felt so dissociative and irreversible i started to think maybe he was the mimick from the start- he was locked in the basement and skuttered up the stairs - beat on the door begging in a raspy voice for help- what if sarah was the one in the basement all along?

    • @emmajenkins4732
      @emmajenkins4732 2 роки тому +9

      Thats exactly the impression i got. So well written!

    • @Kymoraaa
      @Kymoraaa 2 роки тому

      But it kinda doesn’t make sense I mean if he was the mimick from the start that’d mean he’d be locked in Sarah’s basement for like almost 2 months (of course any human would die eventually being locked in a basement that long without food and water) but also if he was locked in that basement he’d be missing from his own home I mean the parents would surely notice their son missing I feel like if he was a mimic he’d turn into it later not from the start

  • @maesmemories7402
    @maesmemories7402 11 місяців тому +14

    I've been listening to r/nosleep for over a year and I'm SHOCKED I didn't come across this gem of a channel before!!

    • @maesmemories7402
      @maesmemories7402 11 місяців тому +2

      whoever wrote this is an absolute GENIUS... as a writer myself i cannot imagine how LONG it took to come up with all these twists and turns omg

    • @Darksomnium
      @Darksomnium  11 місяців тому +2

      im so glad youre enjoying it!

  • @ruukuv
    @ruukuv Рік тому +83

    Here's some reasons why this is perfect storytelling;
    One, you change your mind based on the character changing his mind. Something he thinks is real is real to you, something he doubts is something you doubt.
    Two, the way the reasons are told. "The stonecutter hadn't engraved the stone yet, but..." "His contact was gone. It could have been my parents but..." "It's just to stall for time, but..." All were perfectly good reasons, but they were doubted by everyone because of the way it was presented.
    And finally, this is my favorite bit about the story... Marcus was rammed by a cop car. Only mentioned once. The cop car's front end was totaled. Only mentioned once. At any point that could have been brought up as undeniable proof, because what we've seen so far says that the mimics are fast, crafty, but can't fix a car in seconds. But it isn't brought up because Clancy had already made his mind up, even when denying it.

    • @nuclearocean
      @nuclearocean 11 місяців тому +3

      Yeah, I was thinking about the totaled cop car all the way through the ending. But then, even if Clancy noticed it, after he arrived at the graveyard, it was already over

    • @pillgrimm
      @pillgrimm 10 місяців тому

      Doubt? Nah, I'm listening to a horror story. I know what's happening.

  • @ОлегБочаров-щ8к
    @ОлегБочаров-щ8к 2 роки тому +213

    That is an amazing story! It is my favourite horror-story so far. It is long, complex and hold your attention to the end.
    After the final plot twist you look at what happened with a new perspective with understanding of the mimic's plan and see that Clancy actually never was in control of anything. As I understood, the mimic intentionally waited until the detective left the town before showing up. As it seems, the detective was actually dangerous, so mimics didnt try to manipulate him and just killed the detective when they had a chance. And Amy was brought up by the mimic on purpose, I dont know if she too was a mimic or she was manipulated, but her role was to manipulate Clancy into believing he lost his marbles, since Sarah could not do it herself, MC suspected her. Idea that Clancy might be insane came from Amy, she suggested genetic mental illness, gave false version of the story that forced Clancy to doubt himself. Sarah's purpose at this point was to scare MC, to make him paranoid, to not let him sleep. And he, mostly, did the rest. Probably there were a body in the grave, Clancy stood above it and could easily discover the truth. But he gave up too early and believed in bluff. So he voluntarily followed the mimic.
    I think evidences from his phone disappeared because of some weird mimic's umba-wumba magic with his brain. That is the only explanation I can come up with, apart from the "he was actually insane" theory - in which I cant believe since a family must be fucked up to lock a poor paranoid bastard in the dark basement for hours. And magical umba-wumba theory makes sense for me because "dad" tried something what looked like it while Clancy was asleep, and exactly after what MC started to see what weird shadow with glowly eyes. So my guess is that they made him to not see any traces of detective's existence.
    Thats pretty much everything I understood. Probably i will listen the story second time to catch details I could miss. I still have some big questions. They probably had so elaborate plan because they wanted to turn Clancy into a new mimic, not to kill him, i guess. But when did they multiply? How many mimics were out there? What happened to the MC's sister? And why did I write all of this, that took forever, am I crazy?

    • @lornahill7123
      @lornahill7123 2 роки тому +34

      I also think the key is where is Detective Marcus and what's up with everyone saying "in due time"? Did they steal it from Det. Marcus?

    • @majinganon3087
      @majinganon3087 2 роки тому +27

      I immediately caught that as soon as Sarah said it the first time, I figured that Clancy would think (like I think) that Sarah was in the house while they were listening to the recordings and since he kept saying it, she started to as well. But they never addressed it, so it’s just another great piece of writing to make you second guess yourself through the whole story and keep you wondering.

    • @MrTehDBear
      @MrTehDBear 2 роки тому +30

      I don't think its so much umba-wumba magic as mind reading/altering. Both times his texts were blank was after he fell asleep. The last time he even felt the thing probing his mind and he resisted before hitting his father. Maybe before all that they probe enough to get his password, change it, wipe just enough texts and then go in for the mind altering. Maybe they can only possess broken minds. Maybe he is just crazy as this doesn't explain his parents unless they were taken long before. I say this only because of the time it took to break him and his sister.
      I do love to simple possibility that he is simply crazy. Maybe they were jus putting him in a padded cell in an asylum at the end and he's imagining it. I kept hoping there'd be some last minute voice mimicking his to confirm the monster but I love that there wasn't one. Without the voice at the end its just more ambiguous and creepy even if that voice would have made it a more chilling end. This ending is much more thought provoking and makes it something ill have to re-listen to soon to catch more details i may have missed.

    • @AlesiiTS
      @AlesiiTS 2 роки тому +4

      I think maybe it was real but Clancy did start to become more and more paranoid as time went on, it was real but it still made him go insane

    • @Kymoraaa
      @Kymoraaa 2 роки тому +1

      I feel like Markus was real and they killed him I mean Clancy did kinda fall asleep multiple times that could have given his parents or even Sarah enough time to steal the business card etc and erase all proof of Markus even existing but the fact proving that he did in fact exist was the damaged cop car so it was confirmed that the cops were mimics and killed Markus or atleast hurt him but they definitely damaged his car damaging their car in the process plus I found it strange that they declared it as Clancy being mentally I’ll and needing to go to a psychiatric hospital or therapist yet all the people who were suspected or could possibly be mimics all met up at the place it all started with the basement door open like hm suspicious I feel like Clancy lost his marbles but was definitely right I feel like to answer a ton of peoples questions on “if he was suspected why didn’t he get turned into a mimic then and there” I feel like along with his paranoia his mental fortitude was too strong for the mimics to control him so they locked him away to never expose the truth it’s more than heavily implied that they can mimic people through memories most likely when they sleep and so “coincidentally” when Clancy was sleeping back at his house he described his nightmare as something trying to pry into his mind and memories but he fought it off I just wonder what’s gonna happen to him now will they let him die in the basement? But I mean putting him into the basement didn’t make sense even if they saw him as a threat they already convinced him that he was going nuts and lost his mind no wait I’m wrong maybe as Sarah hinted that they (the mimics) we’re going to probably spread and take over more people if they kept Clancy he would have maybe caught on again so I guess he’ll just rot away in the basement to death sadly

  • @raulbanderas6428
    @raulbanderas6428 2 роки тому +154

    So this is where John Winchester went... he was recruiting/hunting a monster... you are such a great Narrator/Composer/Storyteller! Really happy I found your channel!

    • @CerealExperimentsMizuki
      @CerealExperimentsMizuki 2 роки тому +5

      If only other stories could take place in that Verse, Hunters are a crazy and pretty dark thing to be, you could do almost anything with such a great and expansive Universe, even Multiverse in the later Seasons, I do miss the show and I hope more from some fresh new people will come up in the future.

    • @TusharSharma-oi2vt
      @TusharSharma-oi2vt 2 роки тому

      What story are you taking about

    • @TusharSharma-oi2vt
      @TusharSharma-oi2vt 2 роки тому

      @@CerealExperimentsMizuki What story are you taking about

    • @CerealExperimentsMizuki
      @CerealExperimentsMizuki 2 роки тому +9

      @@TusharSharma-oi2vt a T.V. series called Supernatural, John Winchester is a charwcter from there who appeared in seasons 1, 2 and 15 and is the father of the Two main characters Sam and Dean Winchester. They're known as Hunters, people who hunt creatures like Vampires, Werewolves, Ghosts, Poltergeists, Ghouls, Old Pagan Gods, Wraths, Pistacos, Angels, Demons, Gods, Super Gods, GOD etc.. it has 15 seasons in total and ran from 2005 to 2020 I think.
      I have every season and the Animated series so I know my stuff.

    • @rebeccaprice4292
      @rebeccaprice4292 2 роки тому +3

      As soon as he said are you really a cop
      All in due time, I was like Issa Winchester

  • @UsorThem07
    @UsorThem07 Рік тому +9

    I loved the skittering noises of the monster. It was my absolute favourite out of all of it, genuinly creepy.

  • @GrayTimber
    @GrayTimber Рік тому +41

    This story truly makes you feel gaslit in the most deliberate way. One of my favourite story types, for sure. Love the narration as well!

  • @nothing89898
    @nothing89898 2 роки тому +384

    It was maybe not my cleverest moment, but I took the joke "welcome to the mimic's club" seriously. And it was to me such a perfect ending I got shills up on my spine. The narrator never stopping its narration, being more and more confused, fearful, only for him to say "I'm a mimic yeah, now we'll be targeting that person", and leaving us with the question of when the switch was made. When, in all this story, did we stop following the real narrator, and followed a mimic instead? When did it trick us, the reader?
    The real ending paled in comparison, in my humble opinion.

    • @PrettyGirlGraveYard
      @PrettyGirlGraveYard 2 роки тому +53

      "welcome to the mimics club" has the same sentiment as "welcome to the family son" from resident Evil biohazard. Line itself is slightly comical, but the scene is serious

    • @Endingerrr
      @Endingerrr 2 роки тому +12

      @@PrettyGirlGraveYard *Hit's Ethan unconscious and brings him to family dinner*

    • @PrettyGirlGraveYard
      @PrettyGirlGraveYard 2 роки тому +6

      @@Endingerrr not just unconscious, fucking dead. Lol

    • @FingerinUrDaughter
      @FingerinUrDaughter 2 роки тому +18

      nah you misunderstood. he WAS the mimic. he was confused because it seemed such a strange thing to say, so when he just went with it like it was no big deal to say right after all the shit hed just gone through, it made it very clear that he was the mimic.

    • @KronoCrimes
      @KronoCrimes 2 роки тому +23

      @@FingerinUrDaughter i thought about it like they were trying to make jokes to hide the pain instead of him just suddenly for no reason admitting that he was a mimic and then still thinking that mimics are going to kill him in the basement

  • @joshsucksatlife4400
    @joshsucksatlife4400 2 роки тому +93

    This story literally made me go crazy and overthink everything. We rarely get incredible stories like these

  • @dr.paroxysm4702
    @dr.paroxysm4702 Рік тому +9

    Holly molly. This was so intense I was genuinely spooked and rooting for the main characters. I wish this was 10 hours long.

  • @AsterBonRacioArec
    @AsterBonRacioArec 2 роки тому +106

    I can't believe Clancypasta never told his personal story. This is unbelievable and riveting.

    • @Coast0608
      @Coast0608 2 роки тому +6

      First thing I thought. Two favorite story tellers

    • @Mrjakokos
      @Mrjakokos 2 роки тому +11

      He created his channel just to have something to do in this basement

    • @AsterBonRacioArec
      @AsterBonRacioArec 2 роки тому +5

      @@Mrjakokos This explains a lot. If I were stuck in a basement and I could imitate any voice I wanted to, I'd probably start narrating stories as well.

    • @Behemoth9030
      @Behemoth9030 2 роки тому +6

      This is now canon.

    • @AsterBonRacioArec
      @AsterBonRacioArec 2 роки тому +1

      @@Behemoth9030 Let's get on this stat. First we have to finish understanding this story before we can apply it to Clancypasta.

  • @madlad3414
    @madlad3414 2 роки тому +54

    Dude you knocked it out of the park with this one! I usually keep your narrations on in the background while I work, but this one needed my full attention. I haven’t been this invested in a long time

  • @sagemoore1246
    @sagemoore1246 2 роки тому +231

    What if it's a loop? In the recordings there is skittering and yelling to get out of the basement, and at the end they use the same word for Clancy going up to the basement door, and he also yells to get out. When he gets trapped in the basement it almost seems like the time reverted to before Sarah supposedly died, before she burned the basement, and before Markus was in the picture. The only thing that doesn't make sense is that the body they find in the basement would be Clancy's, but that itself explains why people around town were looking at him wierd; he "died" and reappeared. Also explains why the grave was blank.

    • @ridleytweedle7714
      @ridleytweedle7714 Рік тому +30

      This was my thoughts. Sounds a bit time-loopy

    • @024racS
      @024racS Рік тому +17

      Well I assumed the body was unidentifiable considering at the start it says that they just assumed the body was sarahs

    • @moonwolf6540
      @moonwolf6540 Рік тому +14

      So Clancy's a mimic with amnesia?

    • @sera1143
      @sera1143 Рік тому +23

      @@moonwolf6540 maybe, but also the whole universe/this specific story could be a time loop with Sarah and Clancy switching roles in it. like in this one, Clancy was the body in the basement that Sarah burned, and then in the next one Sarah is the body in the basement that Clancy burned. it could really be anything.

    • @thedude4414
      @thedude4414 Рік тому +2

      Sherlock Holmes

  • @ThahnG413
    @ThahnG413 Рік тому +37

    I think this story delivers an important message to always trust yourself. If the main character simply trusted his own judgments and suspicions, he could have gotten a better outcome.
    As a side note, I feel like Amy was a mimick the before our MC met her. A hint we get a this is the fact that Amy is very reluctant to acknowledge anything the MC says to her. She tries to act like he is crazy, but lends her ear regardless, as if she wants to gather Intel. I'm unsure if Amy got turned into a Mimic after Sarah died or if Amy was possibly the original mimic outside of Sarah's house, or related to the mimic outside of her house in some way.
    I really liked how at the end of the story the MC started doubting the detective was real. It goes to show just how wrong the detective was about the MC being monster hunter material. The MC was good at picking up clues but useless at using them to his advantage or taking action on them when it really mattered.

  • @sylviethetg7598
    @sylviethetg7598 2 роки тому +61

    I love how at the end it doesn't actually say if the monsters are real or not, and how it could have been just them trying to help him by forcing him to see his fear of the basement in order to get him to accept there really was nothing there

    • @matthewlipoufski2464
      @matthewlipoufski2464 2 роки тому +11

      Damn. Should've finished it before reading comments I guess..

    • @reaganjaegan
      @reaganjaegan 2 роки тому +34

      Ah yes, because a loving, concerned family pushes their loved one down the stairs in order to make them face their fear :)

    • @sylviethetg7598
      @sylviethetg7598 2 роки тому

      @@reaganjaegan
      Never said it was a good thing lol, just their own way of "helping" their child

    • @user-tr2dh4xx6u
      @user-tr2dh4xx6u 2 роки тому +18

      @@sylviethetg7598 they left him there for hours in the dark with him yelling at the top of his lungs right after a schizo episode? And pushed him down the stairs as well which could have killed him. Yah sure...

    • @doubled57690
      @doubled57690 2 роки тому +4

      My theory is that the monster hunter “recruited “ him to hunt humans. Monster hunter meaning human hunter maybe? Dude was sketchy at the beginning

  • @0yCrazyb
    @0yCrazyb 2 роки тому +217

    Been listening to creepypastas for about 6 years now and this one genuinely made me question sanity.
    Such a profound story. And an amazing read by you, Dark.
    I can't express how thrilling these 2 hours were

  • @thechessboard6863
    @thechessboard6863 2 роки тому +52

    The amount of plot twists in this story is phenomenal I love it

  • @mr_okami8487
    @mr_okami8487 7 місяців тому +5

    The moment when Marcus said "Run there's more of them" that's shit when from 0 to 100....a story evolving from a paranormal incident to a phycological thriller to a full on invasion of mimics

  • @thatonejerry9092
    @thatonejerry9092 2 роки тому +100

    Holy shit. This story is genuinely one of the best ones I’ve ever heard. I felt genuine dread and fear where it was necessary. The fact it leaves the creature so vaguely understood, and the fact it plays mind games with you and the main character as you listen on, just adds to the fear factor. Not to mention, even though the main character tries not to act dumb like he’s in a horror movie and still loses adds to this. It left me with questions, but not in a way that made me feel like the story was unfinished. Where did the creatures come from? How powerful are they really? Is even the ending just his deteriorating mind? Personally I think the mimics aren’t in his mind, but much rather schemed everything.

  • @soulr3apz615
    @soulr3apz615 Рік тому +95

    Yo, the change in her voice at 40:45 So subtle yet such great story telling👏👏

    • @FinnA07
      @FinnA07 Рік тому +2

      I caught that too and was like, AhA you thought you could sneak that in did ya xD

    • @asseating_mailman
      @asseating_mailman Рік тому +3

      Alright so im not gonna lie, i have some hearing issues and i cant quite catch what happens? Ive seen a few comments mentioning these strange like cracks or changes but i cant pick it up, can you help point out what im looking for?

    • @FinnA07
      @FinnA07 Рік тому

      @@asseating_mailman If you hear the mimicks natural voice, do you know what i mean with the vibration like tone in it?
      That deeper Vibration tone is what you're looking for.
      It's on the "long"
      it goes deeper like in a song when the singer has a background double of his voice with effects applied, that's basically what they are doing.

  • @samjuan4899
    @samjuan4899 Рік тому +65

    This is really good. The clues were subtly provided and could be easily missed if you don't pay attention like when they say Clancy's parents were on vacation despite his father saying he will be picking him up. Or the missing furnitures won't have been thrown out if Sarah wasn't realy considered dead. Clancy's biggest mistake was opening up to Amy. I'm pretty sure she a mimic the whole time. Anyways, fantastic job on this. Shame that I didn't stumble on your channel sooner. But I guess it's never too late to subscribe. Gonna binge watch/listen your other contents now.

  • @socalstorm2590
    @socalstorm2590 Рік тому +10

    As a person who’s been struggling with insane mental delusions/paranoia and bipolar mood swings the last few years, the lines towards the end from Sarah “I know how a broken mind thinks” really hit close to home for me…

  • @205carreviews8
    @205carreviews8 2 роки тому +187

    Who thinks this story needs to be turned into a movie? I’ve heard so many great horror stories that make pretty awesome short films/movies this being one of the best. 10/10 love it

    • @ijornhribrudkrvir
      @ijornhribrudkrvir 2 роки тому +2

      Yes! I'm generally not super into horror movies because I don't find them scary, I enjoy horror stories but generally find them more interesting than frightening. This one, however... this one was very unnerving. I'd love to see a full movie production of it

    • @kushagraxcix9093
      @kushagraxcix9093 2 роки тому +1

      Nah movie will ruin this masterpiece by using old horror troupes like jumpscares ... It sounds good cause of the format being just audio...

    • @shishoka
      @shishoka 2 роки тому +1

      Doesn't have to, though. Now and again you get a gem like the Man from Earth.

    • @irishman2334
      @irishman2334 2 роки тому

      trueing

    • @trueblue9560
      @trueblue9560 2 роки тому

      The story is very similar to Invasion of the Body Snatchers, but a bit better in some ways. Would make a good movie.

  • @networkofneurons
    @networkofneurons 2 роки тому +255

    The thing in the basement:
    The thing upstairs is getting better at mimicking us

    • @maezwrld
      @maezwrld Рік тому +7

      PLS THAT MADE ME LAUGH

    • @networkofneurons
      @networkofneurons Рік тому +5

      @@maezwrld wow! I wasn't expecting that, for how underapreciated I am. I must ask: did you like my comment? with 24, you surely liked it

    • @ellendaniels8715
      @ellendaniels8715 Рік тому +3

      picturing that Spiderman meme lol

    • @ElderJack-ye7sb
      @ElderJack-ye7sb Рік тому +6

      Clancy did say he "skittered" up the stairs at the end...

    • @moonluvvaa
      @moonluvvaa Рік тому

      ​@@ElderJack-ye7sbyea lol did you hear how he "skittered" up to?

  • @nrg6245
    @nrg6245 2 роки тому +59

    The fact you said you’re content with what you’ve done already just shows how amazing you are and truly one of the best composers and narrators ever. Who knows what the future brings. But I know you will bring amazing narrators and compositions.

  • @Thrsillybean
    @Thrsillybean Рік тому +16

    HOLY HELL I JUST REALIZED SOMETHING-- if you listen to this on loop its just a continuing story, the explanation of the phrase "those who are not aware of the past are doomed to repeat it." mimic sarah was unaware of the past and was doomed to repeat it as she locked clancy in her basement. when clancy isnt able to fight back at all the mimic will take control of clancy and mimic sarah goes insane because of mimic clancy and repeats the same story. pay attention to how at the end clancy skids up the stairs on all fours and the thing skids up on all fours and how clancies voice changes, so does the mimics. its a break in the fabric of time someone fix it please-

  • @MincecraftCrafter
    @MincecraftCrafter 2 роки тому +58

    During an incredibly dark time of my life the last two years losing my older brother and father while in the military. I found you and your story telling and I will say it helped me a extremely. It helped me sleep with some or get in touch with emotions I really lost and I’m so grateful to you.

  • @fool9899
    @fool9899 2 роки тому +37

    Can we just stop and appreciate the voice acting? So much emotion it's actually crazy great story

  • @sweetbeanpaste6987
    @sweetbeanpaste6987 2 роки тому +31

    Congrats! I have multiple questions!
    -what made you get into narration?
    -what's your favourite part of doing narrations?
    -what do you do on days you don't feel motivated?

    • @sweetbeanpaste6987
      @sweetbeanpaste6987 2 роки тому

      Damn this story was such a mindfuck

    • @Max-ie1rj
      @Max-ie1rj 2 роки тому

      He's probably been told more than once that he's got a good voice. That's my guess to the first question...

    • @sweetbeanpaste6987
      @sweetbeanpaste6987 2 роки тому

      @@Max-ie1rj He absolutely does! But I wonder if he realised that before starting, y'know?

  • @darthvaderisawesome2573
    @darthvaderisawesome2573 Рік тому +7

    This is the probably the best story I've ever heard so far, and this channel did such a wonderful job bringing it alive, well done !

  • @austinhadley6086
    @austinhadley6086 2 роки тому +57

    This is hands down the best pasta I've heard in the last 3 years. Incredible.
    Perfect pacing
    Flawless narration
    Great plot
    11/10 on the video for a 9.5/10 story

    • @darthtun
      @darthtun Рік тому +2

      Pasta so good that even Italians were scared out of their assess

  • @Darksomnium
    @Darksomnium  2 роки тому +1898

    Hey everyone! thank you all so much for your support and helping the channel get to 500k, this is something I never thought would happen and I am so honored that you all enjoy the videos i make this much

    • @queennefertiti35
      @queennefertiti35 2 роки тому +6

      Thank you so much ❤️

    • @leinsb.4908
      @leinsb.4908 2 роки тому +16

      Congratulations on reaching 500k subscribers. You content has been a godsend for passing the time, focusing on assignments and writing my own short stories.

    • @catfeatherss
      @catfeatherss 2 роки тому +11

      You deserve every one of those subs, plus many many more. The effort, skill, and pure raw talent you've put into this channel over the 4+ years I've followed you is incredible and I look forward to seeing where you take it in the future! Congratulations!! ❤

    • @noobsaibot9490
      @noobsaibot9490 2 роки тому +4

      Thanks for all your hard work. Your channel is amazing and your narratives are superb!

    • @dayvoh5740
      @dayvoh5740 2 роки тому +3

      ily

  • @zenni_boii
    @zenni_boii 2 роки тому +87

    I really love this story especially the little clues that Sarah's mimic dropped in the first half like "all in due time" I like the idea of the creature to honestly I haven't ever heard a story as good as this is the way it makes me second guess myself like u feel like he actually was going crazy well done to the writer 👏

  • @jibbstriespc5106
    @jibbstriespc5106 8 місяців тому +2

    Holy moly where to start.
    That’s how you write a freaking story! Narration was also perfect and each voice seemed to fit their character. 10/10 just started listening to you about a year ago and you’ve moved up to my favorite channel. Your story selection, music, and whole ambiance are amazing!