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Car demon?!!!! Shrieking demon or something else?!

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Freakyfriday777 · 04/04/2026 10:13

Hi all,

Please talk me down as I am super freaked out!! I’m not spiritual/ a believer of the supernatural but something really creepy happened last night and I need it rationalising. So was driving home with husband, on a motorway, brand new car. Kids asleep in the back, it was dark. Suddenly, a really high pitch shrieking/ screeching sound that lasted about 3 seconds. I whipped my head to the sound (next to my partners window) as it sounded very similar to heavy metal or metal scraping, I honestly thought I’d hit something. Nothing there. Husband also turned head at same time and put his hand to left ear which is where the area of the sound came from! We both said “what the hell was that?!” He said “that sounded like a shrieking demon!!” And my stomach dropped because it honestly did, it was a horrendous sound and I had goosebumps all over. I wasn’t applying breaks, windows closed, no car faults (as I say it’s brand new less that 200 miles on clock). Radio was on but a song we are familiar with. My husband is a very unspooked “man’s man” that is straight downstairs in the middle of night to any sounds etc. so he isn’t a scared man or one that would humour anything like this but we honestly can’t explain it! We then get home and he gets out to check the side of the car and we see finger marks dragged along the side of the car where the sound come from!!! What the hell! I found it really hard to sleep. Really creeped me out. Please help my otherwise rational brain explain it 😭😭 if anyone is a bit supernatural what would this mean?!

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monicagellerbing · 04/04/2026 10:22

You knocked a ghost over

UncannyToad · 04/04/2026 10:47

monicagellerbing · 04/04/2026 10:22

You knocked a ghost over

Hah! I came on to say the same.

More likely you just caught some litter for a moment. Unless you have actual fingerprints on the car, the marks would come from that, or were there before.

No demons. They don’t hang out on motorways.

ItsSoHot · 04/04/2026 10:50

Obviously, the ghost is the obvious answer.

but if you wanted a less supernatural one, you probably temporarily had a stone stuck between your brake pad and brake disc. They can flick up and get stuck, make the most awful noise and then just drop back out again.

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Fafner · 04/04/2026 10:51

I hate to be the one to break it to you, but you are definitely a superstitious person. You scraped something. You didn’t encounter a supernatural entity that attacked your car on the motorway.

FeelingSadToday1 · 04/04/2026 10:53

Agree with something in brake disk and marks were from one of your children running their hand down the car.

toomanydicksonthedancefloor1 · 04/04/2026 10:56

Yeah the stone in the brakes is the obvious one and it can sound very very loud. I once had one for weeks and as I work at a garage they took the wheel off and couldn't find anything as it went on so long and was so loud. It continued for a couple more days after that then suddenly stopped when whatever was stuck must have worked its way free. It can be very very loud.

or it could be a demon I suppose!

Freakyfriday777 · 04/04/2026 15:18

Thank you all for your answers! I looked up the stone stuck in break pad sound and it’s very similar! 🤣🙌🏻praise the lord!

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Besafeeatcake · 04/04/2026 15:53

I think it’s hilarious that you jumped to supernatural reason and thought it was fingernail marks BEFORE one of many normal and natural reasons.

Fafner · 04/04/2026 16:00

Freakyfriday777 · 04/04/2026 15:18

Thank you all for your answers! I looked up the stone stuck in break pad sound and it’s very similar! 🤣🙌🏻praise the lord!

So you and your easily frightened partner can maybe give yourselves a bit of a talking to about not leaping to the ‘shrieking demon’ explanation of car trouble?

Freakyfriday777 · 04/04/2026 17:51

Fafner · 04/04/2026 16:00

So you and your easily frightened partner can maybe give yourselves a bit of a talking to about not leaping to the ‘shrieking demon’ explanation of car trouble?

Haha absolutely! Lost our heads a bit last night which is very out of character for us but honestly it was just so uncharacteristic of the situation and SO loud!! Nothing I’ve ever heard related to a car either as had LOTS of car troubles over the years. Oh well, at least we have a sensible, logical explanation now 🤪

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Freakyfriday777 · 04/04/2026 18:01

Besafeeatcake · 04/04/2026 15:53

I think it’s hilarious that you jumped to supernatural reason and thought it was fingernail marks BEFORE one of many normal and natural reasons.

In hindsight I’m slightly mortified at myself 🤣🤣

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