At first, people thought it was a printing error. But then students started flipping back through older yearbooks—middle school, elementary, even kindergarten. In every single one, Zachary’s face was missing. Sometimes smudged. Sometimes replaced by a dark oval. Sometimes turned away from the camera, even though everyone remembered him looking forward.
Derek never showed up to school again. When the police searched his house, they found his phone on the nightstand, still open to the camera roll. zachary creepypasta
The reply came at 3:13 AM: Derek laughed nervously and went to bed. The next morning, his phone was dead. When he finally got it charged, he opened his photos. At first, people thought it was a printing error
In the last photo, taken at 3:13 AM that same night, Zachary was smiling. And he was holding Derek’s phone. Sometimes smudged
Until the yearbook came out.
One kid, Derek, decided to text Zachary about it. He scrolled through his contacts— Zachary M. —and sent: Hey, why aren’t you in the yearbook?