14 Stories With Better Twists Than Oscar-Winning Movies

There are 10 types of plot twists in fiction. But real-life stories can have a countless number of unexpected endings. Even if the situation is simple, like a rock concert or a car purchase, there’s still a chance that it’ll end in a surprising way.

Twists are waiting for you everywhere. And you be sure of this after reading the stories that Bright Side prepared for you.

• I urgently needed to get to the bank and called a taxi. I sat down in the car and commanded, “Go to the bank and hurry up!” When we arrived, I gave money to the driver, and he said: “Lady, I’m not a taxi driver, this is the first time I’ve met you. You got into my car and gave such a sharp command that I got scared and just drove.” © Podslushano / Ideer

• 10-year-old me sat in a swim ring and swam so far into the sea that the coastline was barely visible. I started paddling back, and after a while felt a push on my back. I was really scared, turned around, and there was a DOLPHIN. It “pushed” me all the way to the shore and swam away wagging its tail. © Podslushano / Ideer

• I’m dating a girl who lives in another hemisphere. We rarely see each other, but we always send gifts for the holidays. Last New Year I decided to surprise her. I flew to her, called her on Skype, she answered and... She was in my country. © Podslushano / Ideer

• A friend’s wife is very poorly oriented in the city even though she has lived here all her life. She always calls him and asks him to explain how to get to this or that place, even if she’s already been there. And I was speechless when I found out about her job. The girl is a cartographer — she has been making maps of our city for several years. © Podslushano / Ideer

• I am a hairdresser. One day, a middle-aged lady came in to get her hair dyed and cut. The result was excellent and I did the styling carefully. She was delighted with the hairstyle. But then she takes a wig out of her bag and puts it on her head, saying, “I wear this instead of a hat.” © Podslushano / Ideer

• I was bored and came across some videos about junk food. I watched more than 100 videos about what everyone’s favorite foods are made of, and how they affect the body. Since then, for a year, I didn’t even look at sausages, sweets, pre-prepared products, etc. Only simple homemade food. As a result, I lost 154 lbs. This is how a lifelong dream came true, simply because there was nothing to do one evening. © Podslushano / Ideer

• I usually fly with a black suitcase, but this time I carried an orange one. I was waiting for the luggage at the airport. I saw a black suitcase and grabbed it out of habit. A man came up and said: “Lady, this is mine.” I said: “Sorry, it’s very similar to mine.” You should have seen the face of this man when my bright orange suitcase came and I grabbed it. © Podslushano / Ideer

• I was moving my wardrobe and my ferret came running. It started to yell loudly, jumping and swinging its legs. It turned out that he had a “stash” under my wardrobe. Сandies and chicken hearts were all lined up. And while I couldn’t stop laughing, my ferret went and hid his stuff elsewhere. © Podslushano / Ideer

• An epic fail is when your boss is sitting in front of you, and both of you are working with concentration, peering at your monitors. But in reality, you aren’t working and are playing an online game. And then you accidentally meet your boss in a duel in this game. © Podslushano / Twitter

• I was walking in a park. Suddenly, in the fog, I saw a HUGE silhouette of a black dog running straight at me. I was terribly scared and ready to say goodbye to the world. But the dog popped up to me with a squeal, poked its forehead into my palm, and started whine to get a scratch. I was shocked. It then licked my fingers and suddenly disappeared. I never saw it again. © Podslushano / Ideer

• My husband had been playing a computer game for several years when one day he came home and said: “Let’s take a vacation.” It turned out that my gamer had sold his account, and we used the money to spend 2 weeks by the ocean. © Podslushano / Ideer

• Once, I was at a rock concert of a famous rock band. Everything was great right up until the moment I caught the drumstick. It was then that a fan standing next to me pounced on me, and started to try to get the stick from me. I was ready for anything, but not for being bitten! I am still in shock. © Podslushano / Ideer

• I work at a car dealership. A young couple bought a car and I drove it out the gate and gave them some instructions. And all of a sudden they said: “Please don’t leave us, we don’t know how to drive.” Can’t drive! And they revealed this after they bought the car! © Podslushano / Ideer

• I woke up at night because someone was whispering creepily nearby. My husband was sleeping peacefully. I panicked and woke him up, but he couldn’t hear anything. I searched the whole room and in the end, it turned out that I had fallen asleep with an audiobook turned on. Headphones were lying next to my pillow, so only I could hear these sounds. © Podslushano / Ideer

Do you have stories with unexpected twists? We’d like to hear them in the comments.