I’m Rewriting the Creepypasta “The Hooded Man”, Input Needed
Hello, I’m a 19F and I’ve recently got back into Creepypasta because I rewatched Marble Hornets and thought it would be nice to rewrite one of the more poorly written Creepypastas as a break from my usual books. I decided to rewrite The Hooded Man. I started writing it and I depicted the main character as the worst person, a violent kid who grows up to do terrible things. However, I realized this story might be a bit too violent.
I sat there, locked in, wrote like 3,000 words, then got distracted. When I looked back at what I had written I was like “… Jesus Christ.” I genuinely don’t know if I can post it. The violence towards women in this was actually making me sick to my stomach. He is targeting girls at his high school because they’re small or because he doesn’t think they’d be missed, trying to find a first victim that would be easy to make disappear. Not because he hates these girls or women as a whole, not because he has a tragic past or because of a bad ex girlfriend, simply because they’re smaller than he is. Something about it hits too close to home, maybe because of my experience with violent men. I don’t know, I don’t know how to gauge if someone would actually want to read this.
On top of that, I don’t know how long to make the story. I have a tendency to write a lot (if you can’t tell), but I feel like Creepypastas are supposed to be shorter. I don’t know. I’d love to hear what you think.
(Post taken down FOUR TIMES. Said I needed graphic tag? Thank you so, so much for being so helpful, Auto-Mod. What would anyone do without you? 🙄)
Posted Feb 28, 2026, 1:10 PM UTC