Borrasca

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Borrasca is a four-part horror short story by Rebecca Klingel (pen name C.K. Walker) first serialized on Reddit's /r/nosleep in July 2015. The creepypasta follows a boy investigating disappearances in the fictional Ozark town of Drisking, Missouri, and won the subreddit's Scariest Story of 2015 award.

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Overview

Borrasca is a four-part horror story written by Rebecca Klingel under the pen name C.K. Walker, first serialized as a creepypasta on Reddit's /r/nosleep community2. The narrative follows nine-year-old Sam, whose family moves to the fictional Ozark town of Drisking, Missouri, where locals whisper about "skinned men" haunting the surrounding forest1. When his older sister Whitney disappears alongside several other women from town, Sam spends the next five years with two friends piecing together what happened to them1.

The story stood out from typical short scares on /r/nosleep because of its novella length and slow-burn structure, and it won the subreddit's "Scariest Story of 2015" award4. Klingel later collected the complete text on her personal author site in April 20161.

How It Spread

On November 13th, 2015, the YouTube channel MrCreepyPasta uploaded a complete narrated reading of Borrasca, which passed 1.1 million views over the following years5. Fan artists on DeviantArt started sketching Sam, Whitney, and the skinned men from the woods soon after the story caught on with horror readers7.

Interest surged again on May 25th, 2020, when actor Cole Sprouse launched a scripted podcast adaptation produced by QCODE. The first episode reached over 78,000 views on QCODE's YouTube channel3. On November 20th, 2021, animator ODDity released a short film based on the story that hit more than 22,000 views4.

A second wave of attention arrived on February 26th, 2023, after YouTuber and TikToker @wendigoon uploaded a video calling Borrasca the scariest creepypasta he had ever read; the clip passed 1.4 million views inside a week4.

Frequently Asked Questions

Borrasca

2015creepypastaclassic

Borrasca is a four-part horror short story by Rebecca Klingel (pen name C.K. Walker) first serialized on Reddit's /r/nosleep in July 2015. The creepypasta follows a boy investigating disappearances in the fictional Ozark town of Drisking, Missouri, and won the subreddit's Scariest Story of 2015 award.

creepypasta memes horror memes subreddit origin memes collaborative fiction memes mid 2010s memes

Overview

Borrasca is a four-part horror story written by Rebecca Klingel under the pen name C.K. Walker, first serialized as a creepypasta on Reddit's /r/nosleep community2. The narrative follows nine-year-old Sam, whose family moves to the fictional Ozark town of Drisking, Missouri, where locals whisper about "skinned men" haunting the surrounding forest1. When his older sister Whitney disappears alongside several other women from town, Sam spends the next five years with two friends piecing together what happened to them1.

The story stood out from typical short scares on /r/nosleep because of its novella length and slow-burn structure, and it won the subreddit's "Scariest Story of 2015" award4. Klingel later collected the complete text on her personal author site in April 20161.

How It Spread

On November 13th, 2015, the YouTube channel MrCreepyPasta uploaded a complete narrated reading of Borrasca, which passed 1.1 million views over the following years5. Fan artists on DeviantArt started sketching Sam, Whitney, and the skinned men from the woods soon after the story caught on with horror readers7.

Interest surged again on May 25th, 2020, when actor Cole Sprouse launched a scripted podcast adaptation produced by QCODE. The first episode reached over 78,000 views on QCODE's YouTube channel3. On November 20th, 2021, animator ODDity released a short film based on the story that hit more than 22,000 views4.

A second wave of attention arrived on February 26th, 2023, after YouTuber and TikToker @wendigoon uploaded a video calling Borrasca the scariest creepypasta he had ever read; the clip passed 1.4 million views inside a week4.

Frequently Asked Questions