They’re Coming

My first TRUE creepypasta, I guess. Might make this a trilogy.

GORE WARNING I GUESS

prologue — 6.8.17
June 8th, 2017 was the day I joined Animal Jam. I saw it as a fun distraction to reduce my anxiety; but the more I played, the more the sinister feelings piled up.

I decided to try and scam. I didn’t realize what kind of horrible mistake I had made by doing so. I managed to scavenge up a few decently rare items before getting bored of it, and I honestly didn‘t find it too fun. I thought it would never have a lasting impact on me; and if it did, I wouldn’t care.

I should’ve been more careful with choosing the perfect victims.

1 — wendigos
I loved reading any and all facts about mythological creatures before joining Animal Jam; specifically the wendigos. Monstrous, deer-like creatures. The grimoire guardians of darkened forests. The more I learned, the less I cared. When I joined Animal Jam, I didnt believe that they would possibly add mythical beasts into the game. Not even as an extremely rare special secret animal or something. My animal was pretty simple: A black and white wolf wearing rare nerd glasses. Nothing else. No pattern.

Why am I talking about wendigos in an Animal-Jam related story, you may ask? Well, they were the only mythical beasts in Jamaa. Here’s an e-mail I was sent regarding the existence of mythical creatures in Animal Jam:

”Hello, there!

We understand that mythical creatures are kind of a big deal, but we don’t think we‘ll ever be adding them unless they can be used to prevent bad behavior in some way, shape, or form.

Thanks for sending your inquiries!

—AJHQ Staff”

I personally didn’t believe that they would add mythical creatures to prevent malicious intent. Sure, I was a former scammer, but I was a reformed Jammer. I promised myself to never scam. Again. At all. Not even once.

2 — broken
I was bored, and something was off about my account status. I was a non-member, but whenever I checked my parent account, it said my account was indeed a member of the Club. Now, sure, you may be asking yourself why it’d happen, but I simply ignored it and kept playing Falling Phantoms, my favorite game on the site.

Well, that is until I saw what looked like the silhouette of a deer, but something wasn't right with it. Its forelimbs were much larger than normal, and it had strange, twisted antlers. It reminded me of wendigos.