Is Something Wrong?

Is Something Wrong? is the twenty-second scary story from Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill your Bones. The story is meant to be comedic. Inspired by an African American ghost story in "The Ghosts of New York" by Louis C Jones.

The first title card depicts the creature hovering above the driver while tapping him on his back as he flees. The second title card depicts the driver feeling horrified while he is tapped on his back by the creature's skeletal hand.

Plot

A man's car broke down late at night way out in the country, after remembering passing an empty house minutes before the car broke down, the Driver of the car decided to stay the night there in order to get sleep, While in the house, he found wood in the corner of the living room and made a fire in the fireplace. Thereafter, he covered himself with his coat and slept.

The fire went out, freezing the room and awakening the driver. The man decided to get help when it nearly became morning. Failing to fall back to sleep as a large crash occurred, something large fell out of the chimney and laid on the floor for about a minute before it stood up and stared down at him. The man looked at the creature once and was horrified by it's appearance, provoking him to immediately start running until he paused long enough to be able to jump out of a window.

After jumping through the window, the driver continued running until he stopped due to his lungs hurting. As the driver stood in the road panting and trying to catch his breath, he felt something tap him on the shoulder. Turning around, he was confronted by the creature, who asked him "Is Something Wrong?"

Trivia

The concept of a monster coming down a chimney was previously used in Me Tie Dough-ty Walker and What Do You Come For?.

Stories
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark	Strange and Scary Things • The Big Toe • The Walk • What Do You Come For? • Me Tie Dough-ty Walker! • A Man Who Lived In Leeds • Old Woman All Skin and Bone • The Thing • Cold As Clay • The White Wolf • The Haunted House • The Guests • The Hearse Song • The Girl Who Stood on a Grave • A New Horse • Alligators • Room for One More • The Wendigo • The Dead Man's Brains • May I Carry Your Basket? • The Hook • The White Gown • High Beams • The Babysitter • The Viper • The Attic • The Slithery-Dee • Aaron Kelly's Bones • Wait Till Martin Comes • The Ghost with the Bloody Fingers
More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark	Hoo-Ha's • Something Was Wrong • The Wreck • One Sunday Morning • Sounds • A Weird Blue Light • Somebody Fell From Aloft • The Little Black Dog • Clinkity-Clink • The Bride • Rings On Her Fingers • The Drum • The Window • Wonderful Sausage • The Cat's Paw • The Voice • "Oh, Susannah!" • The Man In The Middle • The Cat in a Shopping Bag • The Bed by the Window • The Dead Man's Hand • A Ghost in the Mirror • The Curse • The Church • The Bad News • Cemetery Soup • The Brown Suit • Ba-Rooom! • Thumpity-Thump
Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill your Bones	Boo Men • The Appointment • The Bus Stop • Faster And Faster • Just Delicious • Hello, Kate! • The Black Dog • Footsteps • Like Cats' Eyes • Bess • Harold • The Dead Hand • Such Things Happen • The Wolf Girl • The Dream • Sam's New Pet • Maybe You Will Remember • The Red Spot • No, Thanks • The Trouble • Strangers • The Hog • Is Something Wrong? • It's Him! • T-H-U-P-P-P-P-P-P-P! • You May Be The Next...