Random Grown-Ups Describe Imaginary Friends That May Not Have Been Imaginary (20 items)

• (#8) He Was A Black Ball Of Energy

  From NobodyWhatsoever:

  "When my sister and I were young, we both had imaginary friends but we could both sense hers. It was like a black ball of energy.

  My sister claimed her imaginary friend told her its - her - name. We played with her outside, and my sister talked our mom into setting a place for her at the table a few times.

  Eventually our parents were uncomfortable with how convinced we both were of this imaginary friend, and forbade all mention of her.

  Some years later we learned there had been a small group of Native Americans living in that are who had been wiped out about a hundred years before. The name of the group was that which my sister's imaginary friend had said was hers so long ago."
• (#5) "Bra And Underpants" Girl

  From Johnnypsychotic:

  "When I was between three and six I had three imaginary friends, two who were the usual little kid stuff. They were invisible and and friendly and I only heard them in my head.

  My third friend, she was not invisible, I could see her. I called her 'Bra-and-underpants girl' because that's all she had on. I can still see her in my mind clear as day, she looked almost black and white, like black lacy underwear contrast with pale skin and what I always thought was dirt around her frazzled blonde hair. I can't even wrap my head around how I had even been able to come up with a friend like that at three. 

  While my other two friends were nice, she wasn't; she wasn't mean, just really sad, constantly. If asked where she lived and she'd say 'those woods' (points to forest behind my house.) I'd tell her she could stay in my house but she'd just say 'I can't.' It wasn't a big deal when I stopped seeing her either. Do you think it was something more?"
• (#19) The Old Lady

  From JumpingBean12:

  "When I was just a toddler, between the age of one and two,my mom said I would sit in my crib and talk to someone. I vaguely remember an old lady who would tell me Mommy would be coming soon to help me. Mom said out of the corner of her eye she would see the old lady from time to time, and that lights would shut off on their own sometimes.

  I think the house was haunted and I was talking to a ghost..."
• (#20) Even Made Food For "Splashy"

  From intermag:

  "His name was splashy.

  In kindergarten I told a girl she could most definitely not swing on the swing next to me because splashy was swinging there and she could god damn wait her turn. Needless to say the teacher had a talk with me about that.

  I also used to make splashy 'soup' which consisted of everything I could get my hands on thrown in the food processor/blender and baked in the oven to a crrisp puke like consistency.

  Miss that guy."
• (#14) An Imaginary Evil Twin Named June

  From orabrooch:

  "I had an imaginary evil twin named June who lived in the attic. Whenever I did anything wrong I blamed her, so my parents would make 'her' write apology letters. I'm right-handed, so I used my left hand to write them, thinking this would fool them.

  Twenty years later, I'm playing poker and a dude at the table called me June. I honestly did a double take until I realized he just had forgotten my actual name."
• (#6) Skeleton Dog Scared Off Everyone

  From epsdelta:

  "When I was a kid, young maybe five-to-eight -years-old, I had an imaginary friend that was a skeleton dog. It would race everywhere, and always be beside me when I reached my destination. The animals in the woods around me were afraid of it, of course."

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