" Well , I did n’t ask to sleep tonight anyway . "

There’s no denying that the basement is the scariest part of the house.

For me, the fear all started with this infamousGoosebumpsbook:

As I’ve gotten older, I’ve tried to get over it. But unfortunately, I recently stumbled upon some horrifying basement pics that reignited my fear. Luckily, I’m a broke millennial who will probably never have a house:

1.“I went exploring at our local abandoned high school. Found this in the basement.”

2.“My basement Ring camera picking up motion via an unidentified orb. This went on all night long.”

3.“Creepy basement. Could anyone help me figure out what this is or what it was doing on a random SD card?”

4.“The Rod of Discipline…”

5.“This mystery bone found in my basement.”

6.“Two black cats guarding an ominous basement.”

7.“The handlike markings in our apartment basement.”

8.“Well, I didn’t need to sleep tonight anyway.”

9.“This basement entrance in a bathroom.”

10.“What I found on a wall in my basement.”

11.“There’s a real metal casket in the basement of the fire station I work at.”

12.“This creepy tub in my basement with tamperproof bars, hooks above it, a metal room next to it, handprints all over the walls, and a metal grate looking into the room. Previous owners said it was to help Grandma get in the tub, but it’s down a flight of extra-steep stairs, and there was another tub closer.”

13.“I found these horns and a billiard ball mounted in the wall of my basement. Any ideas?”

14.And finally: “I found this symbol in the basement of a house we were looking to buy. Any idea what it means?”

Note : Some responses have been edited for duration and/or clarity .

Man opening the door to a basement

Cover of Goosebumps book "Stay Out of the Basement" by RL Stine

Empty, narrow, windowless room with dirty walls, a single light bulb, and a metal folding chair

Screenshot of a darkened room with a large TV and three chairs at a bar and stairs in the background

Exposed brick walls in a basement with small stick-figures in a row on the floor in various crouched positions

Close-up of a long, thick wooden stick with "Rod of discipline" written on it

What looks like a short leg bone amid rubble on the floor

Two black cats sitting at the top of stairs descending into a basement

Lines and streaks that look a bit like handprints on a wall

Person saying that their sister went to an estate sale, and shows a picture of a basement with many dolls hanging from the ceiling

A dark stairway extending from a bathroom next to the sink and mirror

Smaller "before" and larger "after" figures, with body measurements, drawn on either side of a pipe on a basement wall

A casket against a wall in a fire station

A tub in the corner of a basement amid many pipes and machines

A dusty billiard ball attached to dusty horns emerging from a wall

An eye/bullseye surrounded by red splotches of paint