3 Allegedly True Horror Stories from School Lockdowns

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00:00I was in my second year of high school.

00:13Every year, our school was required to perform at least two lockdown drills.

00:17But our principal at the time would always have us do more like three or four, so I was pretty used to it.

00:22All the teachers would always warn us ahead of time to save any panic.

00:25That morning, as I walked into my first period of class, I was informed by my history teacher that the school would be having a lockdown drill that day.

00:34I actually kind of liked them, because it meant we'd have less work to do considering the 20 or 25 minutes they always take.

00:4130 minutes into class, and a short buzzer went off, followed by our principal's voice on the intercom.

00:47Like every other drill, he explained how the school was going into lockdown, but that it was just a practice drill.

00:52He explained that should there ever be a real lockdown, the buzzer would sound for longer, and there would be no intercom announcement.

00:59Our teacher instructed all of us to shut the curtains and go into the corner of the classroom that was not visible from the outside door.

01:05He then shut off the lights and locked the door.

01:08For the next few minutes, we sat in silence.

01:12Eventually, we heard footsteps outside.

01:14It was the principal trying every classroom door to make sure they were locked, and that the classes were responding to the lockdown correctly.

01:20Before I knew it, the drill was over.

01:24The day progressed, and I was now sitting in my physics class, which was right after lunch.

01:29At some point, I ducked out of the class to use the bathroom.

01:32Now, our school building had a basement.

01:35Down there, they had a bathroom that was much more private and a lot less busy, so I would always try to use that one.

01:41There were a couple classrooms down there, so it didn't look weird for me to go down there.

01:45I was sitting in one of the back stalls.

01:49I was the only one in there, which was usually the case.

01:52All of a sudden, I heard the lockdown buzzer start going off from outside in the hall.

01:59It sounded for about a full minute before it abruptly stopped.

02:02I waited for the principal's voice to come over the speakers, but it never did, which, like I mentioned earlier, was supposed to signify a real lockdown.

02:12At first, I didn't really think it was a real lockdown, though.

02:15It happened too close to the practice lockdown earlier that morning.

02:19I thought it was just a second part to the drill.

02:21But, as I sat there for a few more minutes, I started to realize that, if that were the case, that probably would have been explained over the intercom.

02:30I started to panic, now thinking this was real.

02:33I wasn't safe in the bathroom.

02:35The door had no lock, so I ran outside to try and find a classroom.

02:39There wasn't much for options in that basement.

02:42It was also hard to see now that they turned the hall lights off.

02:45But, I did eventually find a classroom door.

02:48I tried the handle.

02:49It was locked.

02:51I looked in through the glass part of the door.

02:54In one of the corners, I could barely make out a kid hiding.

02:57There was a class inside.

02:59I banged on the door, explaining that I was a student and trying to hide.

03:03I got no response.

03:05I was both terrified and frustrated at the same time.

03:09I realized protocol was to never let anyone inside, no matter what.

03:13I was on my own.

03:15I thought about going back to the bathroom, but found an empty computer lab first and settled on that.

03:20I got under one of the back desks, and for the second time that day, sat in silence.

03:25Only this time, for a real lockdown.

03:29Ten minutes went by.

03:31Nothing.

03:32Not even an update over the intercom.

03:33Then, the hard-dropping sound of running footsteps from outside coming down the basement stairs.

03:39I could hear the person's heavy breathing.

03:44It kept getting closer.

03:47It now sounded like it was just outside the room.

03:50I started adjusting my body position to try and duck down more to get further out of view.

03:54When a light turned on.

03:57It was the light to the computer on the desk above me, waking up.

04:01I must have accidentally pulled the mouse cord.

04:03It wasn't that bright, but it was enough for me to make out a silhouette in the doorway to the room.

04:09I genuinely feared for my life in that moment.

04:12The person was just standing there.

04:14I prayed they wouldn't enter the room.

04:17And after what felt like an eternity, they turned and continued running down the hallway.

04:23A few minutes later, and the lockdown was over.

04:27The school tried to keep the incident silent, but it eventually got out.

04:32Apparently, a kid in my grade, that I actually slightly knew, stole his dad's gun

04:36and got in the school through a back door he'd left propped open earlier in the day.

04:40Police showed up to the school and detained him before any bullets were shot.

04:45They later searched his backpack and found a paper with a list of names on it,

04:49which they believe was who he meant to kill that day.

04:52Pictures of the list itself leaked.

04:55My name was number four on that list.

04:58I never heard if the kid just got scared and decided not to do anything,

05:02or if he just genuinely didn't find anybody after entering the building.

05:05Either way, I believe the person that I saw while hiding in the computer lab was him,

05:11and that I could have lost my life in that moment.

05:19Back in October of 2016, for whatever reason,

05:22these killer clown sightings kept getting reported around America.

05:26Real or fake, videos of them would almost always get posted somewhere online.

05:30For that whole month, it was all over the news.

05:34I remember in our town specifically, it kind of got out of hand.

05:37People in the area were committing real crimes wearing clown masks,

05:41or sometimes full-body clown outfits.

05:43It was honestly terrifying.

05:46Anyway, back when this was happening, I was in high school.

05:50Throughout that whole month, many of the staff and student school emails received threats.

05:54They were always from a different, random email address,

05:58so there was no real way of blocking them.

06:01It was always something like,

06:02killerclown at cvx dot zy,

06:06or something random.

06:08It usually had something to the effect of killer clown followed by some random characters.

06:13It got so bad that the school had to send out a mass email to all students and parents

06:18saying they were aware of the threats and were taking them seriously.

06:20I remember some days, the teachers were instructed to teach with their classroom doors locked.

06:26We weren't even allowed to leave to go to the bathroom.

06:30Needless to say, a lot of us were on edge.

06:32I have no shame in saying it was really scary.

06:35I saw some of the things the emails were saying.

06:38A lot of it was really graphic and truly disturbing.

06:42Of course, at the time, none of us knew if anyone was really planning to act on these threats,

06:46or if it was just someone somewhere behind a computer screen playing a sick joke.

06:51But, honestly, it felt like only a matter of time before something would go down.

06:56And finally, one day something would.

06:59I was in my trigonometry class, when the school's lockdown alarm went off.

07:03Our principal's voice then came over the loudspeaker.

07:10His voice was shaky.

07:12Now, our principal was a pretty intimidating dude, so hearing fear in his voice only furthered

07:17my own fear.

07:18I knew this lockdown had to be related to the threat.

07:22In that classroom, there wasn't really a good corner for all of us to hide in.

07:26You could see a good portion of the room from outside the door.

07:29So, our teacher ordered us to barricade the door with all the desks and chairs in the room.

07:32We then sat as far away from the door as we could, although even this provided a clear

07:38view of the glass window on the door.

07:40I watched as all the lights abruptly turned off in the hallway, shortly followed by the

07:45lights in the classroom.

07:46The familiar hum of the heating system faded.

07:50The school had cut the power.

07:53It was eerie.

07:55The whole building was quiet, and there wasn't the usual whispering or joking around from other

07:59students like there was during practice drills for this kind of thing.

08:03Even our teacher had a look of fear on his face, putting me more on edge.

08:08We sat there for multiple minutes.

08:11We then heard a metal banging sound, like someone was hitting the lockers down the hall.

08:16A voice started yelling.

08:23One of the girls sitting next to me quietly began crying.

08:27The noises continued off and on for the next few minutes.

08:30As time passed, the noises kept getting louder, as whoever was making them seemingly kept getting

08:36closer.

08:37At this point, my classmates and I were staring at each other, all of us gauging each other's

08:41reactions.

08:42Then, the sound of the classroom's door handle rattling.

08:48I looked up.

08:50Through the glass on the door, I saw a clown mask looking in.

08:54The person stood there for a while, not doing anything.

08:57Then, they abruptly ducked down out of view, and the sound of the door handle rattling continued.

09:01They were trying to pick the lock.

09:05We all sat there, listening to this happen, when the lock disengaged.

09:10Immediately, the full-body force of this person smashed into the door.

09:14The desks barricading the door slightly shifted back.

09:17This happened a few more times, but not much progress was made.

09:21They eventually gave up, and we could hear their footsteps running away down the hall.

09:27When police arrived, they cleared the building and escorted all of us out.

09:32No one was ever found responsible for the lockdown.

09:35It's believed that at least three people dressed in clown costumes entered the back entrance of

09:39the school that day, intent on making true to the threat sent over email.

09:44At the time, the school did have some cameras, but during the lockdown, they cut the power,

09:49so they never caught anything.

09:52School was canceled for the next few days.

09:54When we came back, the school had installed a new auto-locking feature on the doors and windows.

10:05This happened in 2013.

10:07I had graduated college the year prior with a degree in education.

10:12I wanted to be a teacher, and was able to land a job at a nearby high school.

10:16The first few weeks, I was shadowing another teacher, as they called it.

10:20It was meant to help me prepare to teach my own class, but it really just felt like a glorified

10:24TA position.

10:26I would sit in the class with the other students and help the teacher when needed.

10:30It was a chemistry class, and on one of the lab days, we required those flasks used for

10:35chemical reactions, measuring solutions, and stuff like that.

10:39All of that type of stuff was kept in a supply closet on the other side of the building.

10:44I made my way out of the class and started heading over there.

10:48After two minutes, I was there and began looking for the flasks.

10:52All of a sudden, my phone went off.

10:53It was an automatic text message from the school.

10:58Being a part of the staff, we were required to sign up to receive these automated messages.

11:03The text explained how the school was going into lockdown, and that it was not a drill.

11:08By the time I would have made it back to my class, the door would have likely already been

11:12locked, so I opted to hide in the closet by myself.

11:15I turned off the light and closed the door.

11:18There wasn't much room to sit down.

11:20I had to just stand there in the dark.

11:23After a few seconds, the lockdown alarm sounded from the speakers throughout the building.

11:29The usual ambience from inside nearby classrooms immediately died down.

11:34It was now completely quiet.

11:37Breaking the silence was the sound of my phone going off again.

11:41It was an update.

11:42It read,

11:44Please remain in lockdown.

11:46A suspected armed intruder has entered the building.

11:48Police have been notified.

11:51I could feel my heart picking up speed.

11:53I didn't feel safe where I was.

11:56Suddenly, I heard running footsteps in the hall.

12:01They ran right up to the closet door and stopped.

12:04The doorknob turned and the door opened.

12:07It all happened before I even had time to react.

12:09Standing outside was an older man, in maybe his 50s.

12:14He was wearing a regular t-shirt with jeans.

12:17I'd never seen the man before.

12:20He asked if he could hide in here with me, and feeling bad for the guy, I said yes.

12:25There wasn't much room at all, but we both still fit.

12:27The man explained how he had been teaching a class down the hall, when he heard the lockdown alarm.

12:34In my mind, this raised a red flag.

12:36Why then was he here instead of with his class?

12:39I asked him this.

12:42He didn't immediately respond.

12:43Interrupting the silence was again the sound of my phone.

12:48It was another update from the school.

12:51The text said to not open our classroom doors for any reason, and that the suspect was believed to be an older man with a beard.

12:57I frantically re-read the words on my screen.

13:00I didn't get the best look at this guy, but from what I did see, he fit that description.

13:05I could now distinctly hear my heart beating out of my chest.

13:09I made a split-second decision.

13:10I opened up the closet door and ran.

13:13I went straight to the nearest exit, and out to my car in the parking lot.

13:17When I got there, I looked back behind me.

13:20I didn't see anything.

13:22I don't think the man followed me, or at least he didn't follow me outside.

13:26From there, I got in my car and left.

13:30I'd say around 25 minutes later, I received a final update text explaining that the police had cleared the building and the lockdown was over.

13:38I later learned a man had gotten inside by convincing the front desk that he was there to pick up his kid,

13:43but that a lockdown was called when they saw a gun holster around his waist as he was walking down the hall.

13:49Several teachers reported their classroom doors being forcefully struck during the lockdown from someone trying to open them.

13:55The man was gone when police arrived, and they were never able to identify him.

14:01He was caught on the school's security cameras, but they never showed a full view of his face.

14:06However, they did show that he was indeed armed.

14:08I saw the videos myself, and I'm almost sure it was the same man hiding with me.

14:14But it was also dark in that closet, so I can't be certain.

14:17And I saw the Mendel, in that closet ST.

14:18It was all of my laughs.

14:19I think it was the most likely to be something the port of beautiful people's face.

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