Adults Share Some Of The Creepiest Things Kids Have Said To Them – And Honestly, We're Terrified

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68efbec5150000ff1b26a41e.jpg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Let's face it, sometimes kids can be really creepy — and whether it's just their imaginations (or not) they can create some serious nightmare fuel. " data-caption="Let's face it, sometimes kids can be really creepy — and whether it's just their imaginations (or not) they can create some serious nightmare fuel. " data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="Illustration: HuffPost; Photos: Getty" />Let's face it, sometimes kids can be really creepy — and whether it's just their imaginations (or not) they can create some serious nightmare fuel. </div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><span style="font-weight:400">It’s 3am. Your eyes snap open as you’re rudely jolted from slumber by your 4-year-old standing silently at your bedside, backlit by the hallway light like some tiny, pyjama-clad spectre.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">“The old man in my closet wants to know if I can come play,”</span><span style="font-weight:400"> they whisper. Cool, cool, cool, cool. Totally normal. Nothing to freak out about.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">If a kid you know has ever said something that made you question reality, you’re in good company. Children have an unmatched talent for delivering lines that would make a horror screenwriter jealous. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">But what’s </span><em><span style="font-weight:400">actually</span></em><span style="font-weight:400"> going on here? Are kids tapped into a supernatural frequency adults have tuned out? Or is there a much more down-to-earth explanation?</span>&l