the science lab storage room whispered at us and I'm still not okay

okay I wasn't going to post this but it's been years and I still think about it sometimes and get chills so here we go.

I graduated from a general high school in Dobong-gu, Seoul. this happened when I was a senior (고3), which if you know Korean high school culture, you already know that's the worst possible time to be dealing with ANYTHING extra.

every Korean school has those rooms. the science lab, the music room, the art room. the special classrooms that just feel... off. ours was the second science lab, all the way at the end of the third floor. lights always off. trees blocking the windows so sunlight barely got in. nobody used it regularly. you know the vibe.

it was a Friday night. late study hall just ended (야자¹ had us there until like 10pm). my desk partner Taekyung comes up to me and goes "hey I left my lab report in the science room, come with me."

ngl I did NOT want to go. there were already rumors floating around about that place. people saying they heard mumbling from the storage closet at night. one kid who stayed late to clean said the closet door opened by itself. just... classic bad omens.

but Taekyung said he was scared to go alone so I went. the school gates were already locked. there was one duty teacher in the faculty office but we didn't tell him where we were going. we were just gonna grab it and leave fast.

we got there at like 10:20pm.

the hallway was empty. the fluorescent lights were flickering, half of them out. Taekyung walked in like he knew what he was doing and I stayed by the door. inside, only one row of lights was on, so just the area near the teacher's desk was lit up. the rest of the room? dark.

I was just zoning out staring at the hallway when I heard it.

from the back of the room, near the storage closet. this scraping sound. like something being dragged across the floor. or fingernails on concrete.

"hey, did you go near the closet?"

"no I'm by the desk. why?"

he was definitely by the desk. but the sound kept going.

"I'm going back to the hallway."

"why, are you scared lmao"

"I'm SERIOUS there's a sound coming from the closet."

Taekyung laughed at me and walked toward the closet. I stepped out into the hallway.

not even 10 seconds later I heard a BANG and then Taekyung screaming.

I ran back in. the closet door was half open. Taekyung was sitting on the floor, completely pale, mouth open, not making a sound. I pulled him up and after a second he finally said something.

"there's... someone in there. I made eye contact with them. their eyes were... wrong."

we bolted. went straight to the faculty office and told the duty teacher. he just laughed and said "stop making stuff up."

Taekyung had a fever the next day and didn't come to school.

the rumors got worse after that. someone said they looked through the window near the closet and saw a woman in white standing inside.

few years later at a class reunion I heard the backstory. apparently that storage room used to be a chemical reagent closet. there was an accident during an experiment. a student got badly burned and died in the hospital.

never officially reported. school buried it quietly.

the building got renovated since then, closet's gone now. but the security guard who does night shifts? he still says he sees someone standing at the window at the end of the third floor hallway.

if you're anywhere near a school science lab right now...

be careful. and if the storage closet door is open. don't look inside.