No Trespassing
A Texas Scary Story
retold by S.E. Schlosser
Peggy and her boyfriend Tommy were driving down a lonely stretch of highway at dusk when a thunderstorm came crashing down on them. Tommy slowed the car and they crept their way past a formidable abandoned house. Plastered all over the fences and trees were no trespassing signs.A mile past the house, the car hydroplaned. Peggy screamed as the car slid off the road, plunging down into a gully. The car slammed into a large boulder, throwing Peggy violently into the door, before it came to a rest under a pecan tree. Her head banged against the window, and a stabbing pain shot through her shoulder and arm.
Tommy turned to her. “Are you all right? You’re bleeding!”
“Arm, shoulder. Feel bad,” Peggy managed to gasp.
Tommy glanced cautiously at her right arm. “I think your arm is broken,” he said, and he tore a strip off his shirt and pressed it to the cut on her head. “I’m going to call for help,” he said when it became obvious that the bleeding was not going to stop right away. But neither of them had their cell phones.
“That house we just passed will have a phone I can use.” Tommy said.
Peggy’s eyes popped wide open at this statement. Despite her pain, she remembered the creepy abandoned house. “Stay here. A . . . car . . . will come,”
“I can’t stay, Peggy,” Tommy said, “It could take hours for another car to come, and you‘re losing too much blood.” He tore another strip of his shirt and placed it gently on the cut on her head. Then he went out and retrieved a couple of blankets from the trunk to cover her with. “I’ll be back as soon as I can.” He raced out into the storm, shutting the dented car door behind him.
Peggy drifted in a kind of daze. Something at the back of her mind was making her uneasy. She slid down on to the floor and put her head on the seat, completely covering herself with the blankets, head and all. Feeling safer, she allowed the weariness caused by the wounds to take over and fell asleep.
Peggy wasn’t sure what woke her. Had a beam of light shown briefly through the blanket? Did she hear someone curse outside? She strained eyes and ears, but heard nothing save the soft thudding of the rain, and no light shown through the blanket now. If Tommy had arrived with the rescue squad, there surely would be noise and light and many voices. But she heard nothing save the swish of the rain and an occasional thumping noise which she put down to the rubbing of the branches of the pecan tree in the wind. The sound should have been comforting, but it was not. Goosebumps crawled across her arms – even the broken one -- and she almost ceased breathing for some time as some deep part of her inner mind instructed her to freeze and not make a sound.
She did not know how long fear kept her immobile. But suddenly the raw terror ceased, replaced by cold shivers of apprehension and a sick coil in her stomach that had nothing to do with her injuries. Something terrible had happened, she thought wearily, fear adding yet more fatigue to her already wounded body. Then she scolded herself for a ninny. It was just her sore head making her imagine things. Somewhat comforted by this thought, she dozed again, only vaguely aware of a new sound that had not been there before; a soft thud-thud sound as of something gently tapping the roof. Thud-thud. Pattering of the rain. Thud-thud. Silence. Sometimes she would almost waken and listen to it in a puzzled manner. Thud-thud. Patter of rain. Thud-thud. Had a branch dislodged from the tree?
Peggy wasn’t sure how long she’d been unconscious when she was awakened by a bright light blazing through the window of the car and the sound of male voices exclaiming in horror. A door was wrenched open, and someone crawled inside. She lifted her head and looked up at a young state policeman.
“Miss, are you all right?” he asked and then turned over his shoulder to call for help. Peggy told the officers her story and begged them to look for Tommy. They deftly avoided answering her and instead called the paramedics.
As the paramedics carried her carefully up the slope of the incline, Peggy looked back at the car—and saw a grotesque figure hanging from a branch of the pecan tree. For a moment, her brain couldn’t decipher what she was seeing in the bright lights of the police car parked at the side of the road. Then she heard a thud-thud sound as the foot of the figure scraped the top of the totaled car, and she started screaming over and over in horror. One of the police officers hastened to block her view and a paramedic fumbled for some valium to give her as her mind finally registered what she had seen. Tommy’s mangled, dead body was hanging from the pecan tree just above the car, and nailed to the center of his chest was a No Trespassing sign.
You can read more Texas ghost stories in Spooky Texas, by S.E. Schlosser.
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Comments
thats so sad cuz he only did that to save his girl friend it way more sad than scary
Posted by: brittany | October 11, 2008 07:56 PM
i thought it was really scary
Posted by: michaela | October 20, 2008 03:46 AM
I thought it was very scary especially at the end when tommy had a tresspassing sign ion him. It gave me the creeps!!!!!
Posted by: Zoe | October 20, 2008 03:47 AM
hey this is a good story!! i didnt expect the end to be like that but really good.
Posted by: victoria | October 20, 2008 09:48 AM
omg aweseome story!!! real tight yo lol i love it it feraked me out just reading it!!
Posted by: sirena ibarra | October 20, 2008 12:37 PM
that was so not scary. and a really boring story
Posted by: bob | October 20, 2008 06:35 PM
i don't know i thought it was pretty obvouse whut was going to happen but it was still scary but your right britney it was sad in that sense
Posted by: kathryn | October 20, 2008 09:01 PM
that was not scary
Posted by: danny | October 20, 2008 09:42 PM
That Was crazy!
Posted by: Neec | October 21, 2008 12:20 PM
AWESOME story didn't expect a thing!!
Posted by: ayshia | October 21, 2008 01:28 PM
it was sad
Posted by: tynazia | October 21, 2008 03:03 PM
OMJ! That was scary, but at the same time sad. The part when Tommy had the NO TRESPASSING sign nailed to his chest was the scariest.
Posted by: Hannah | October 21, 2008 03:33 PM
this was so cool it was like i was there
Posted by: marissa | October 21, 2008 03:57 PM
thats a good one
Posted by: Melissa | October 21, 2008 04:56 PM
omg scarry
Posted by: Anonymous | October 21, 2008 07:31 PM
i think that was scary and i think that is sad. that is also nasty. i would do the same thing as her
Posted by: becca imler | October 22, 2008 11:09 AM
awww thats so sad but the wierd thing is if she had seen him then why did she not see somebody coming to put him up there. im freaked out too.
Posted by: kaleigh | October 22, 2008 11:10 AM
omg that was soo scary but it was not one of the scariest
Posted by: Anonymous | October 22, 2008 11:56 AM
i lake to learn this store
Posted by: mohamed | October 22, 2008 12:18 PM
that was a good story i liked it.
Posted by: kendra | October 22, 2008 12:46 PM
i really liked this story it was cool i wonder why that happened
Posted by: Ashlynn | October 22, 2008 12:53 PM
i really liked this story
Posted by: Ashlynn | October 22, 2008 12:53 PM
i felt sad and scared. the sad part was when she was waiting for the boyfriend to return. and the scary part was when tommy had the sign nailed right through him on the chest.
Posted by: lucas shark | October 23, 2008 11:42 AM
this wasn't dat scary i could have lived with iiiiiiitttttttt
Posted by: ashley | October 23, 2008 12:59 PM
KOOL!!!!!!!!!
HTAT WAZ SOOOOOOO GROSSISH!!!!
i liked it
Posted by: ghh | October 23, 2008 01:00 PM
This story freaked me out!!! Its really good....do you have anymore???
Posted by: Emalie | October 23, 2008 04:52 PM
OMG!!! that is soooo good.....like i said before....plus, i live in texas.....so its really scary.....was that based on a true story???
Kudos for the author....
:)
Posted by: Emalie.....again | October 23, 2008 04:55 PM
wow now that is very scary
and i know how scary it is because i was in one just like that
Posted by: jay | October 24, 2008 06:06 AM
I didnt think that was going to happen omg that part with the NO TRESSPASSING SIGN on him creeped me out in some way awesome story. great job
Posted by: Missie | October 24, 2008 04:12 PM
this was a good story
i think the most creepyest part was when she saw her boyfriend hanging from the tree :|
Posted by: Anonymous | October 25, 2008 12:22 PM
THat was kinda creepy I heard it at a halloween party
Posted by: Jordan | October 25, 2008 07:42 PM
Oh, I just loved it! It was great Miss Sandy!!
Posted by: Coley | October 26, 2008 02:08 PM
That wss the freekiest thing I've ever heard I'm goin 2 recomend it to all my m8s I feel so bad about poor little Peggy I'll never tresspass again
Posted by: Bobbi-lee murray | October 27, 2008 08:46 AM
it wasnt even close to scary i need something to bring to school on holloween that will scare my classmates
Posted by: jymeika | October 27, 2008 06:30 PM
OMG!!! This story was amazing!!! I didn't expect that Tommy was going to die(jk)!
Posted by: Kaitlyn | October 27, 2008 08:03 PM
i love scary stories iat dis web site
Posted by: valerie cain | October 27, 2008 08:55 PM
aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh
Posted by: Anonymous | October 27, 2008 11:43 PM
Kind of a weird story with the Thud Thud on top of the car but when she was taken out of the car and saw that it was her boyfriend I felt sad for her.
Posted by: Dustin Gilbert | October 28, 2008 10:20 AM
it was scary all of you
Posted by: colby keating | October 28, 2008 12:11 PM
good story.it was gereat!
Posted by: Ashley | October 28, 2008 12:54 PM
omg that was soo sad! it wasnt very scary but that is soooo sad!!!!
Posted by: Silvia | October 28, 2008 07:40 PM
did not expect a thing sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo friken awsom later dueds love yall
Posted by: anna m bowen | October 29, 2008 05:51 PM
it was a mistireous story GOOD JOB
Posted by: Anonymous | October 29, 2008 07:24 PM
omg sweet, scary,sad iloved it
Posted by: samantha | October 29, 2008 08:25 PM
i love this story it is so good! i will tell it to all my friends! but i felt bad for the girl:( I also felt bad for tommy because he died just to help; his girlfriend.
Posted by: Anonymous | October 30, 2008 08:17 AM
Good Grief! That Was a great story, i actually thought the boyfriend was gonna make it. After doing such a good deed and all then getting killed by god only knows...Great Story!
Posted by: Anonymous | October 30, 2008 03:36 PM
wow that was freakin creepy
Posted by: Anonymous | October 30, 2008 04:44 PM
that was the scariest story i had ever read
Posted by: steven | October 30, 2008 08:44 PM
dats wats up that was a great story but i think it should be a little bit more scarier than it is sad
Posted by: KABRINA BROWN | October 31, 2008 09:42 AM
this story was really depressing i frlt like crying poor gurl seeing her boyfriend dying like that but oh well she only told him not to go
Posted by: Hanna Montana | October 31, 2008 01:27 PM
it was scary i didnt know that they were going to kill her boyfriend
Posted by: brittany | October 31, 2008 03:44 PM
0MG THAT WAS S000 SAD!!! ii DiiDNT THiiNK iiT WAS THAT SCARY...JUST V3RY V3RY SAD!!! =[
Posted by: Maddie! | November 1, 2008 04:51 PM
creepy.................
Posted by: shane | November 1, 2008 07:47 PM
omg i liked it but it would have been better if tommy would stayed alive.... now peggy doesnt have anyone to luv her:(
Posted by: brittany | November 3, 2008 12:42 PM
OMG THAT WAS REALLY CREEPY!! I GOT GOOSEBUMPS AFTER I READ IT! I FELT REALLY SORRY FOR THE GIR THO!!:(
Posted by: bob | November 3, 2008 02:04 PM
that was such a good story. its so detailed and vivid... i love it!!!
Posted by: jenn<3 | November 3, 2008 06:18 PM
OMG I FELT SO SORRY FOR THE HAPPY COUPLE AND MORE SORRY FOR TOMMY
Posted by: samantha buttney | November 3, 2008 09:07 PM
WOW AWSOME
Posted by: Anonymous | November 4, 2008 07:42 PM
that was pretty creepy hey?? allthough it wasnt one of the scariest. the scariest part was when he was hanging from the tree with the sign through his chest.
(so sad):(
Posted by: funkedelic | November 8, 2008 03:06 AM
SOOOOO SCARY!OMG! HOW SCARY AND WEIRD WAS THAT!
Posted by: sarah | November 8, 2008 04:41 PM
OMG!!!that was so scary espiecally the part when the NO TRESPASSING sign was nailed to her boyfriend's chest
Posted by: Ryan | November 9, 2008 09:37 AM
AWS0ME ST0RY:D LALALAL0VED iT(:
Posted by: IM JUST A GiRL KAY?:D | November 10, 2008 05:54 PM
screeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeem.That was so scary.I got an adrinilin rush in the mittle.
Posted by: sunnie | November 11, 2008 08:19 PM
wow...i was listening to winds of change by the scorpions, so i wasnt as scared as most of u were
Posted by: Omid | November 13, 2008 11:05 PM
That gave me the shivers
Posted by: Skye | November 16, 2008 07:53 PM
omg that was the best story ive heard in a long time i was amazed about how she did she any thing or hear him screaming or anything that should be made into a movie thats how good it is great job author make more and more stories to tell more people
Posted by: desitny | November 17, 2008 11:07 AM
omg poor tommy
Posted by: Anonymous | November 18, 2008 02:22 PM
i liked this story kinda. it wasn't scray-scary, but it was still good! i loved the ending it was the best!
you should make a video of this movie!!! lol
Posted by: cate | November 21, 2008 03:41 PM
I can't believe that happened!
Posted by: cindy | November 24, 2008 06:30 PM
man that wuz sad, not even scary..
Posted by: Monsoon | November 29, 2008 07:53 PM
that was sad
Posted by: secret | December 5, 2008 08:26 PM
this was sad & scary if i was tommy i would of stayed in the car with peggy and called the peramedics.
Posted by: mary brown | December 6, 2008 08:59 PM
it was scary 4 her not 4 me though cuz, i dont know why it wasnt that scary 4 me exactly
Posted by: Chrissyp7@gmail.com | December 10, 2008 03:48 PM
I thought the scariest part was when she saw Tommy's body hanging from the tree
with the sign in his chest. Tommy was so brave to try to find help for her. I also think that the girl was brave 2.
Posted by: Rebecca | December 14, 2008 10:04 AM
NOT SCARY AT ALL
Posted by: tania | December 15, 2008 06:47 PM
so not scary
Posted by: cyana | December 24, 2008 02:45 PM
that was an wonderfull story i like the last paragrah
Posted by: Anonymous | December 29, 2008 07:10 PM