The Lost Boy and the Graveyard by Oubre K. – 2025 Youth Scary Story Contest Winner

Ready for a scare?  The 2025 winner of the Youth Scary Story Contest for PreK through 2nd grade is Oubre K., a kindergartner at Forest Park Elementary School.  Judges loved the fast pace and high energy of Oubre’s storytelling and felt he used “very expressive language and some fun twists and turns.”  One judge stated, “I loved that Bobby was 100% scared, and the story showed how brave he was as he persevered and was eventually found by his parents.”

Want to read more scary stories?  Check these out:

• “The Girl Named Ella” by Samantha R., our winner for grades 3 - 5
• “Between the Trees” by Madison R., our winner for grades 6 - 7
• “Whispers in the Woods” by Julia K., our winner for grades 8 - 12

The Lost Boy and The Graveyard by Oubre K.

There was a boy named Bobby.  He was 10 years old.  It was Bobby's birthday!  He loved video games and Halloween.  Bobby was going to play video games in the living room when he saw a giant scorpion in the living room!  The giant scorpion was drinking everything in the house.  When he saw Bobby, the scorpion went underground trying to eat Bobby!

Bobby decided to run away from home!  Bobby was trying to go to his neighbor's house for safety.  On the way to his neighbor's house, there was a big scary earthquake!  

Everything was shaking and a building fell over.  The building landed on Bobby! Now, under the fallen building Bobby was lost!  Bobby was 100% scared!  Bobby decided to dig under the street to get away from the building.  Bobby managed to get out!  When he got out, he found himself in a graveyard.  Now Bobby was even more lost! 

Bobby walked around the graveyard trying to find his way out.  He went right and ran into a ghost!  He ran to the left and ran into a zombie!  Bobby kept running around the graveyard scared for the next spooky around the corner. 

Bobby walked around the graveyard trying to find his way until he ran into dark figures.  Scared again, Bobby looked and discovered they were his parents!