3-Year-Old's Terrifying Imaginary Friend Drawing Will Give You Nightmares
By Dave Basner
June 13, 2020
Plenty of kids have imaginary friends and while there is a little bit of a creep factor to watching a child interact with an invisible entity, usually it's just a harmless pretend tea party. However, when one three-year-old was asked by a magazine to draw and describe her imaginary friend, the results were chilling.
The little girl, named Ruby, described her pretend pal as her "imaginary mum" named Grateful. She went on to say, "Her yellow eyelashes mean she can see in the dark - she only comes to see me at night-time. It scares me sometimes, but I always want her to come back. She has two babies in her belly. She's 14, but can never have a birthday."
Ruby, you have a ghost. This is straight up terrifying. pic.twitter.com/DM0y77CWHI
— Natalie Morales (@nataliemorales) May 28, 2018
Obviously, everyone on Twitter is pointing out that what Ruby is describing is clearly a ghost haunting her room.
"She's 14 but she can never have a birthday" is maybe the most horrifying phrase I've ever heard
— Stuart (@stuwhen) May 28, 2018
That's ok, I never wanted to sleep again anyway
— Sarah Kav (@scousey) May 28, 2018
"She's 14 but she can never have a birthday" is maybe the most horrifying phrase I've ever heard
— Stuart (@stuwhen) May 28, 2018
Some people added more details to Ruby's story, taking the creepy factor up a few notches:
"Grateful" sounds like an early Puritan name that might've been given to a little girl - they had a preference for naming their children names that conveyed virtue. Haunting to think that "can never have a birthday" could be three-year-old speak for "died before she could give
— LuckyNumber861 (@FugaPericulum) May 29, 2018
birth to her twins." Fourteen would've been a totally marriageable age prior to the 1800s or thereabouts.
— LuckyNumber861 (@FugaPericulum) May 29, 2018
Then one person made a visual for "Grateful," and it's horrifying:
I spent more time on this than I'd hoped. Here ya go!https://t.co/sfOIzy9cek pic.twitter.com/DQqBhAw2eo
— An Overwhelming Surplus of Diggity (@kemiroart) May 29, 2018
Pleasant dreams tonight!
Photo Credit: Getty