Creepy Legends: The Elevator Killer

Elevators can be pretty creepy if you think about it. You are taken up several floors in a metal cage hoisted by cables. Imagine if the cable snaps. Imagine if there is a technical problem and the door doesn't close properly or the elevator arrives but without a floor. If you think about it a lot, you'll see the several flaws of getting into an elevator. Apart from the aforementioned issues, there are also issues of several people getting in at once. Doesn't help people with claustrophobia.
So yes, elevators are scary on their own and it's best not to think about plunging to your death if the metal cage malfunctions or the cables snap.

But here's a legend to give you the creeps. In Korea there is a story about a young woman who gets delayed at the University. When she heads back home, it is very late and there is no one around in the streets. She reaches her apartment building and no one is around on the ground floor. She gets into the elevator and just as the door is about to close, a handsome young man pushes his hand through and stops the elevator.
The young woman lives on the fourteenth floor and he presses the button for the thirteenth. Throughout the ride up, the young woman steals glances at the man, developing a crush. As they reach the thirteenth floor, the man smiles and says, "See you..."
The young woman blushes and replies, "Yes, see you." Apparently, she thinks he means see you around. Nope.
He continues, "... Upstairs." He laughs maniacally and takes out a knife. Before the elevator door closes, the young woman sees him rushing upstairs. The young woman is terrified. There really is nothing you can do in such a short span of two floors, can she? The door opens at her floor, and her worst nightmare has come true. The next day, her neighbors find her body sliced into ribbons.
 Ever since it is rumored that Korea has made it mandatory for all elevators to have a stop button. This story still gives me the creeps every time I think about it. There really isn't a way to escape the killer, is there?

 Scare scale: 4.5/5

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