Do Not Answer the Third Call

Hi.
I need to tell you something strange that happened to me last month.

It started with a phone call.
Actually—three of them.

Everyone has heard the rumor by now. That if you get three calls from the same unknown number and answer the third one, something bad happens. Something you can't undo.

Most people just laugh it off. A dumb urban legend. A TikTok trend.
I laughed too—until I got my first call.

1. The First Call
It was 2:47 AM.

I was sleeping. My phone buzzed once and lit up with a number I didn’t know.

No caller ID. Just: UNKNOWN.

I didn’t answer. Who would?

But when I unlocked my phone the next morning, there was no missed call. No number. Just a message in my notes app:

"One."

I never wrote that.

And the note was timestamped: 2:47 AM.

2. The Warning
At school, I mentioned it to my friend Kayla.

Her face changed immediately.

"You didn’t get the first call, did you?"

I nodded slowly.

Kayla pulled me aside and lowered her voice.

“That happened to my cousin. She got three calls. Answered the third. Then she went missing the next day. No signs. Phone still ringing, but no one picks up. Her voice just keeps whispering ‘help me’ on the voicemail.”

I didn’t believe her. Not really.

But something in her eyes told me she wasn’t making it up.

3. The Second Call
It came two nights later. 3:03 AM.

My phone didn’t even ring. It just lit up with a missed call. “Unknown.”

I checked the call log—empty.

But this time, my lock screen had changed.

It showed a photo.
Of me.
Asleep.
In my bed.
Taken from above.

I live alone.

I stared at it for a long time, heart pounding. Then I noticed something in the corner of the photo. A figure—thin, tall, head tilted sideways—standing in the dark near my closet.

I didn’t sleep that night.

4. Everyone Gets Three
I started digging.

Online, there are thousands of posts about it. People from all over the world.

They all say the same thing:

You get three calls.

You don’t know why you were chosen.

You can ignore the first two.

But if you answer the third, something hears your voice… and comes for you.

And once it knows what you sound like, it can mimic you.

One user posted this before their account was deleted:

“It answered when I called back. But it used my voice to tell my mom I was dead. She believed it.”

5. The Third Call
The third call came exactly three days later.

It was 3:00 AM sharp.

This time, my screen didn’t show a number or even say “Unknown.”
It just said:

“Answer me.”

I froze.

My thumb hovered over the screen. I told myself I wouldn't touch it.

But the phone buzzed again—and again—and again.

“ANSWER ME.”

Something inside me snapped.

I pressed "accept."

And instantly, my room went ice-cold.

6. The Voice
At first, it was just silence.

Then, breathing.

Slow. Wet. Too close.

Then I heard a whisper, in my own voice:

“You shouldn’t have answered.”

The call ended.

I stared at the screen. It was completely black—even the brightness wouldn’t come back.

Then the text popped up:

“I’m in.”

7. After the Call
Weird things started happening.

My reflection blinked when I didn’t.

My friends said they got texts from me that I never sent.

My phone played recordings of me crying at night—recordings I never made.

I found wet footprints leading from my bathroom to my bed… even though I had locked the door.

I tried smashing the phone. It didn’t work.

I bought a new one.

The same three calls came again.

8. It Can Speak For You
Then came the scariest part.

My mom called me one evening.

"You okay?" she asked.

"Yeah. Why?"

"You just called. Said something awful happened. That you… weren’t yourself.”

I hadn’t called her.

Something used my voice. It’s learning.

That night, I unplugged everything. Turned off the lights. Sat in the dark with a knife in my hand.

And from my closet, I heard it:

“You answered me. Now I can come through.”

9. The Missing
I stopped going to school. People started asking where I was.

But they’d get weird replies.

A friend told me I posted a video online—but when I checked, I hadn’t.

The video? It looked like me. Sounded like me.

But the smile was wrong. Too wide. Too still.

That version of me said:

“The third call is never the end. It’s the doorway.”

And then the screen went black.

10. If You're Reading This
I don’t know how long I have left.

I don’t sleep anymore. When I do, I wake up with bruises I didn’t have before.
Voicemails show up that I never record.
I saw myself walking past a window yesterday.

I live on the 12th floor.

Please. If you get a call from an unknown number—especially at night—don’t answer it.

If it calls again, block it.

If it calls a third time…

Run.

And never speak a word.

Because once it knows your voice—

It can become you.

Do Not Answer the Third Call
Some phone calls aren’t scams. Some are invitations.