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Performance
Video #12029 · Yap
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The speaker shares a scary story about her mother's experience in a hotel in China, explaining why she is afraid of sleeping alone and with the lights off. She recounts the details of the incident and its lasting impact on her fear of spirits and ghosts.
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What stops the scroll in the first 3 seconds
Title hook · 55%
YOU KNOW THE REASON
Verbal hook · 40%
You know the reason why I'm so afraid?
Visual hook · 5%
Close-up shot of the speaker against a pink background, creating a visually engaging and intimate feel.
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The promise the opener makes, and how the video pays it back
Hook
Introduce a personal fear and its surprising persistence.
Payoff
Reinforce the validity and persistence of the personal fear due to the shared experience.
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The structural pattern this video runs on
Framework
The Haunted Revelation
A personal fear is justified by a related, more intense, experience of a close relative.
The Fear Foundation
Establish a personal fear and its unusual nature (e.g., fear of sleeping alone, lights off).
The Mother's Tale Teaser
Hint at a past event involving a close relative (mother) as the root cause of the fear.
The Setting Introduction
Describe the setting where the relative's experience occurred (e.g., hotel in China).
The Initial Incident
Introduce the first unsettling event experienced by the relative (e.g., feeling someone pulling legs).
The Cultural Explanation
Provide a cultural belief or superstition related to the setting and circumstances.
The Disregarded Warning
Describe how the relative ignored a warning or precaution related to the cultural belief.
The Escalating Anomaly
Detail a series of increasingly strange and inexplicable events that followed.
The Unexplained Resolution
Present the final, most unsettling event, leaving the experience unresolved and mysterious.
The Shared Fear Confirmation
Reiterate the personal fear and its direct connection to the relative's experience.
👻 spooky season is just around the corner... share your stories ⬇ 🍿 And if you're more interested in fictional horror than real life stories, tune into this episode of Popcorn Culture where we talk scary movies, from Insidious to Final Destination and everything in between. 🎙 Weapons + What Kind Of Horror Do You Like #BFMLightsOn
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YOU KNOW THE REASON
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WHY I'M SO AFRAID
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She felt someone pulling her legs.
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Surprisingly, until today
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I don't like sleeping alone
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and I don't like sleeping with the lights off.
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So I would turn on all the lights
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because I'm afraid of...
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spirits
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ghosts
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whatever you want to call it.
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So...
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I would sleep with all the lights on.
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You know the reason why I'm so afraid?
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It's because it actually happened
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to my mum before.
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We were in the same hotel together
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in China.
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She felt someone pulling her legs.
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They say...
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If you go overseas
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and the weather is very dry
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you should fill your basin with water.
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So my mum
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she did not fill it up that day
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because she was like,
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"Oh, it's not very dry."
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"It's okay."
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So she unplugged it
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and she left it in the corner.
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But the next morning
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it was plugged
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and the water was full.
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So she thought it was me.
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And I was like,
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"No, I didn't do it."
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"Why would I do it?"
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She did it a couple of nights before
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and probably something in the room felt like
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"You should do it again."
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And you know her windows...
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So she only opened them a bit.
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And if the wind on the outside is very strong
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it would only close.
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And it's the window that does not move.
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It has a hinge
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that kind of holds the window.
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So even if it there is strong wind
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it will not slam the window, right?
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So she said she left one inch open.
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But the next morning
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it was all open.
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The toilet door was open.
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The water was plugged.
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And the hotel door was open.
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As if someone just came in and cleaned the whole room.
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TV was on.
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And my mum was like,
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"We're moving out!"
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So that happened before.
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And...
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I'm still afraid of it until today.
You know the reason why I'm so afraid? She felt someone pulling her legs. Surprisingly, until today, I don't like sleeping alone, and I don't like sleeping with the lights off. So I would turn on all the lights because I'm afraid of, spirits, ghosts, whatever you wanna call it. So I would sleep with all the lights on. You know the reason why I'm so afraid? It's because it actually happened to my mom before. We were in the same hotel together in China. She felt someone pulling her legs. They say, we're Malaysians, right, if you go overseas and the weather is very dry, you should fill your basin with water. So my mom, she did not fill it up that day because she was like, oh, it's not very dry. It's okay. So she unplugged it and she left it on the corner. But the next morning, it was plugged and the water was full. So she thought it was me. And I was like, no, I didn't do it. Why would I do it? She did it a couple of nights before rank probably something in the room felt like, oh, you know what? You should you should do it again. And you know how the windows no she only opened a better. And if the wind on the outside is very strong, it would only close. And it's the window that is not not you know, it has a hinge that kinda holds the window. So even if it there is strong wind, it will not slam the window. Right? So I she said she left one inch open, but the next morning, it was all open. The toilet door was open, the water was plugged, and the hotel door was open. As if someone just came in and cleaned the whole room. Tier was on. And I was like, whoop, we're moving out. So that happened before, and, I'm still afraid of it tier today.