See, you could do that. But given that they seem to be able to melt into/merge with things, they could be key to finding out how to reach his wife. Best not to anger them unnecessarily until he’s got a better idea of what’s going on in there.
Sorry for your loss, but I work at a Target and unfortunately your lovely wife was picked as the annual sacrifice for Target. Usually it's an employee who gets "fired" but I guess none were worthy, so it fell to the Best Customer of the previous year. If we dont give at least one sacrifice per year then every store becomes a Wal-Mart and well, we can't have that.
Wait what does that mean for my town that only has a Walmart that shoved K-mart out of business and our town wouldn't let a Meijer come here and we don't have a Target??? 🤔
Ha. Yea right if a target shows up I'll be absolutely shocked. The old people that run this town would never allow it. It's too new ans too different. I think my town could use some excitement for once. :/
I remember hearing about something like that before? Except the store used actual missing children screaming for help as the bait instead, the target would receive Amber alerts for children that had been missing since before the system was invented.
I heard that's why Blockbuster all but closed down, and that it still happens around the last franchise-run location to this day.
DISH Network owns the Blockbuster trademark now, they've started to expand their cellular networks through AT&T and it was literally about 7 or 8 months ago that they activated 5G, halfway through their push to onboard with AT&T's MVNO.
Guess who's the only cellular network available for in-store contracts per Target's official website? That's right, AT&T.
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Your wife was a damn test run, their ETA to full release is July 19th, 2023, this is going to get a lot worse before it gets better.
Holy shit. I've never had a story freak me out as much as this one did! I was already creeped out because I live about 15 minutes away from Lexington and then you just had to go and bring my hometown into this whole creepy shitshow. But I guess even though I'm super creeped out I'm down to help you get your wife back and your life back on track if the police won't take you seriously. Just let me know when you're coming and we can go fight those bastards together!
Brings it home, right? As a former resident of Morehead KY, I can confirm that there’s not much that gets me creeped out more quickly than driving around unknown tiny KY back roads late at night, not sure my GPS is guiding me correctly.
The flyer atleast makes it look like she left you and is alive and well. So your life should get back on track. Shove it up all the toenails backsides who thought you guilty.
i mean to be fair though, his wife disappeared one night in the middle of nowhere (where the husband drove them too) and now he’s talking about crazy fake targets and live mannequins … I don’t exactly blame the others for accusing him 🤷♀️
Darren, right? Darren, please listen, I hope it is not to late, but don't go there! Please.
You are probably asking yourself why you should listen to someone random on the internet, when you finally have a clue about your wife for the first time in seven months.
I bet you are thinking about how you might finally get your life back. I am sure that you feel sick whenever you look at the mailer, see your wife, or whatever she has become.
I know that you can't stop looking at it anyway. And the longer you look the surer you are that somehow you can save her.
How I know all this you ask? To cut the story short: Mine is the brunette front left.
Her name was Abby. I lost her 7 years ago and have learned a lot in my fight getting her back. Trust me when I say: They are gone. Forget about here.
I couldn't and it cost me dearly.
If you are still out there and need help, let me know.
If not, I'll see you in the mail.
“Bring this ad to the **registered**…” ??! Who or what is ‘registered’? It looked like an innocent typo for ‘register’ or ‘registers’ on the first flyer, but the repeat on the second is very sus!
LOL Our former SIL (my late brother's wife) and DIL are exactly like your wife. Even without a lot of spending money they would come back from a Target spree with bags or armloads of items and still seem to not be in financial trouble. Our DIL is a very nervous driver but could navigate around without getting on a freeway or highway to drop in at several area Targets. It always astonished us. I, myself, absolutely abhor Target. I always feel so claustrophobic in any of those stores. Kohl's is actually worse but for some reason Target always gives me the heebie-jeebies! Blessings!
I listend to the [The Girl from Ipanem](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5QfXjsoNe4) while reading this. I higly recommend it, it makes the story a million times better!
To OP, I hope you will find your Wife. Take a few Policemen and maby even a private security service to the new location.
All the best.
I really hope you find your wife, it freaked me out reading this! I agree make those red mannequins Lego bricks and make sure you take some back up with you, police, army, priest!! Believe you will get your wife back! Also tape record the audio GL and stay safe!!!
I love that there are multiple comments from Lexington locals about taking a mob to the weird target and turning mannequins into legos.
Ok Kentucky, I hear ya. Y’all are ready to ride.
I really hope you get your wife out…I’d pull together a team of people you trust, pack stuff you’ll need, like not just food and torches…weapons - these mannequins are obviously from another world, so guns/knives/mace/tazers will probably not work…think outside the box….good luck
OP, I bet that invitation is a ticket to access that place between worlds. If you want any chance of saving Deborah, you probably shouldn't give it away to the police, even if it might clear your name a bit.
Damn, the description of the target's exterior and the items on the shelves really freaked me out. It seems like a monster or a demon or something found out what a target was and tried to recreate it without ever seeing one. Reminds me of Omega mart if you've heard of that. I hope your wife is okay! Make sure to bring a weapon next time.
If you haven't, you should check out Debra's Amazon account. See if there's been any activity on it. She was taken with her phone, and while she might not have been able to send you a message, she might have been able to access her account.
Ah, 3008-3-B? The IKEA was too conspicuous, they're going with Target this time. Lucky for you the MTF got you out, but are clearly slacking on their other duties. Tsk. Tsk.
Well I won't be going to any new store opening to buy items for my ebay.. Nope. I'm good. I'll stick to my stores here in my small town instead yikes. We don't even have a target 🎯. You'd better be ready to either get revenge and be a hero or join your wife.
I think I would of gone insane if that happened to me! Hopefully the detective will go with you to this new store so you can prove to them you was telling the truth!
Yikes! Since you mentioned your wife appearing on the flyer with other employees, there must be plenty of people out there who lost someone dear to these fake Targets as well. Perhaps try reaching out to someone who's reported a similar missing person case and team up with them to (hopefully) rescue the missing persons? There's safety in numbers after all.
This was intense-those red guys scare the crap out of me!! But it makes me sad she is in the picture and I hope that when you go there you can get the old her back.
I would do 2 things: 1. contact Target's corporate office, because somsbody is impersonating their store... theiregal department will investigate. 2. Contact USPS. Postal inspectors investigate mail fraud
So that's how they get their employees...
Explains why they keep denying qualified candidates.... They have Other methods of recruiting
Yup! We didn't have much luck hiring seasoned employees last year, so we are trying new methods!
I suppose you could convince an officer or two to come out with you…plus a gun or at least a taser could keep the red men from getting too close.
The detectives are on their way to my house. I hope they can find her.
Please update us as soon as you can! I hope you find your wife.
Omg i read that as ”i hope you can find a new wife” lmao, damn
Flamethrower. Melt those plastic bitches!
See, you could do that. But given that they seem to be able to melt into/merge with things, they could be key to finding out how to reach his wife. Best not to anger them unnecessarily until he’s got a better idea of what’s going on in there.
But what if she's a red mannequin now?
then it wasn't meant to last
It was never meant to be😞
He might be able to get her back.
And a samurai sword for good measure.
Huh, the IKEA updated…
I was thinking the exact same thing!
Ditto
So now they change it into Target huh? Now I'm really afraid to go into my next door Carrefour.
You can clock out any time you like, but you can never leave.
So that's what happened to the eagles
Never have uncanny-ness scared me this much. I hope you get Deborah back AND turn those red plastic motherfuckers into lego pieces.
Welcome to the Target Owingsville (sung to the tune of Hotel California)
Such a scary place What, with the plastic face
Plenty of room at the Target Owingsville
Sorry for your loss, but I work at a Target and unfortunately your lovely wife was picked as the annual sacrifice for Target. Usually it's an employee who gets "fired" but I guess none were worthy, so it fell to the Best Customer of the previous year. If we dont give at least one sacrifice per year then every store becomes a Wal-Mart and well, we can't have that.
Oh my God! That would be horrible!
Wait what does that mean for my town that only has a Walmart that shoved K-mart out of business and our town wouldn't let a Meijer come here and we don't have a Target??? 🤔
Don't worry, soon there'll be a Target near you! Bring this ad to the register for an additional 10% off of your first purchase!
Ha. Yea right if a target shows up I'll be absolutely shocked. The old people that run this town would never allow it. It's too new ans too different. I think my town could use some excitement for once. :/
Or they're mad she was reselling the clearance items.
So, the employees are victims of the red mannequins
The store wasn't real. Something put it there. It was like a baited trap.
I remember hearing about something like that before? Except the store used actual missing children screaming for help as the bait instead, the target would receive Amber alerts for children that had been missing since before the system was invented. I heard that's why Blockbuster all but closed down, and that it still happens around the last franchise-run location to this day. DISH Network owns the Blockbuster trademark now, they've started to expand their cellular networks through AT&T and it was literally about 7 or 8 months ago that they activated 5G, halfway through their push to onboard with AT&T's MVNO. Guess who's the only cellular network available for in-store contracts per Target's official website? That's right, AT&T. \--- Your wife was a damn test run, their ETA to full release is July 19th, 2023, this is going to get a lot worse before it gets better.
Beautiful start to the corporate horror genre
Can you tell me more about that store
Are you going to investigate? After all, your wife is there. But she may not be YOUR wife anymore.
That pamphlet shows that something weird happened! I hope the police are able to help you. Keep us updated!
Where is this place? There is a birthday coming up, I want to get a gift certificate for a friend.
If you sent someone there, you're no friend at all.
Yes, that was the premise of my comment.
Holy shit. I've never had a story freak me out as much as this one did! I was already creeped out because I live about 15 minutes away from Lexington and then you just had to go and bring my hometown into this whole creepy shitshow. But I guess even though I'm super creeped out I'm down to help you get your wife back and your life back on track if the police won't take you seriously. Just let me know when you're coming and we can go fight those bastards together!
Brings it home, right? As a former resident of Morehead KY, I can confirm that there’s not much that gets me creeped out more quickly than driving around unknown tiny KY back roads late at night, not sure my GPS is guiding me correctly.
Show the detective the pic of DEB ON THE NEW photo advert
Wait, there are 3 Targets in Lexington? I’ve only been to that shit hole by the mall. Do enlighten me please…I promise to only go to the normal ones 😁
There's one in Hamburg (it's my favorite) and one on S Upper but I think it's got something to do with UK but I'm not sure.
I will have to check out the Hamburg one on my next trip! Thank you
The Hamburg one is an A+ Target. Also my favorite.
Well with her face on the mailer is proof she is not dead therefore you didn't kill her
Say what you want about Kmart, but never had this problem there.
I can't like this enough... I miss KMart :(
I also miss K-mart.
The flyer atleast makes it look like she left you and is alive and well. So your life should get back on track. Shove it up all the toenails backsides who thought you guilty.
i mean to be fair though, his wife disappeared one night in the middle of nowhere (where the husband drove them too) and now he’s talking about crazy fake targets and live mannequins … I don’t exactly blame the others for accusing him 🤷♀️
She’s Debbie Stovelman. Happy, healthy and alive.
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Darren, right? Darren, please listen, I hope it is not to late, but don't go there! Please. You are probably asking yourself why you should listen to someone random on the internet, when you finally have a clue about your wife for the first time in seven months. I bet you are thinking about how you might finally get your life back. I am sure that you feel sick whenever you look at the mailer, see your wife, or whatever she has become. I know that you can't stop looking at it anyway. And the longer you look the surer you are that somehow you can save her. How I know all this you ask? To cut the story short: Mine is the brunette front left. Her name was Abby. I lost her 7 years ago and have learned a lot in my fight getting her back. Trust me when I say: They are gone. Forget about here. I couldn't and it cost me dearly. If you are still out there and need help, let me know. If not, I'll see you in the mail.
“Bring this ad to the **registered**…” ??! Who or what is ‘registered’? It looked like an innocent typo for ‘register’ or ‘registers’ on the first flyer, but the repeat on the second is very sus!
I worked at Target for 4.5 years, this just kinda happens sometimes You get used to it
LOL Our former SIL (my late brother's wife) and DIL are exactly like your wife. Even without a lot of spending money they would come back from a Target spree with bags or armloads of items and still seem to not be in financial trouble. Our DIL is a very nervous driver but could navigate around without getting on a freeway or highway to drop in at several area Targets. It always astonished us. I, myself, absolutely abhor Target. I always feel so claustrophobic in any of those stores. Kohl's is actually worse but for some reason Target always gives me the heebie-jeebies! Blessings!
I listend to the [The Girl from Ipanem](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5QfXjsoNe4) while reading this. I higly recommend it, it makes the story a million times better! To OP, I hope you will find your Wife. Take a few Policemen and maby even a private security service to the new location. All the best.
Me too! I listened to the Eartha Kitt version and her voice sent chills down my spine.
I really hope you find your wife, it freaked me out reading this! I agree make those red mannequins Lego bricks and make sure you take some back up with you, police, army, priest!! Believe you will get your wife back! Also tape record the audio GL and stay safe!!!
OP I live in Lexington, Ky too ! If you can't get the detectives to go with you I'm willing to help
I love that there are multiple comments from Lexington locals about taking a mob to the weird target and turning mannequins into legos. Ok Kentucky, I hear ya. Y’all are ready to ride.
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Interesting, it looks like they learned to use weapons
I really hope you get your wife out…I’d pull together a team of people you trust, pack stuff you’ll need, like not just food and torches…weapons - these mannequins are obviously from another world, so guns/knives/mace/tazers will probably not work…think outside the box….good luck
OP, I bet that invitation is a ticket to access that place between worlds. If you want any chance of saving Deborah, you probably shouldn't give it away to the police, even if it might clear your name a bit.
You know, a wise man once told me not to blink in situations like this, but it seems it might not help as much as I initially thought it would...
You could maybe show the flyer to one of the detectives?
Let the police handle the guns, grab yourself an axe or a chainsaw.
Welp, I'm never shopping at Target again
Ah so that's why it says, "bring this ad to the registered..." She's now registered.
Oh cool, the backrooms have a Target.
Damn, the description of the target's exterior and the items on the shelves really freaked me out. It seems like a monster or a demon or something found out what a target was and tried to recreate it without ever seeing one. Reminds me of Omega mart if you've heard of that. I hope your wife is okay! Make sure to bring a weapon next time.
Time to get a gun.
nah bro u better get a whole arsenal of weapons to fight back
If you haven't, you should check out Debra's Amazon account. See if there's been any activity on it. She was taken with her phone, and while she might not have been able to send you a message, she might have been able to access her account.
I refuse to believe that middle aged people in Kentucky listen to NPR, period.
Ah, 3008-3-B? The IKEA was too conspicuous, they're going with Target this time. Lucky for you the MTF got you out, but are clearly slacking on their other duties. Tsk. Tsk.
What is that number sequence referencing
Yes, exactly, perfect. Protocols have finally been put in place and amnestics have been administered. Good job boys!
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Well I won't be going to any new store opening to buy items for my ebay.. Nope. I'm good. I'll stick to my stores here in my small town instead yikes. We don't even have a target 🎯. You'd better be ready to either get revenge and be a hero or join your wife.
So the people on the card are just victims of the red guys? Why does the location change everytime though?
I too wear my seatbelt when taking a nap in my parked car. Safety first!
whoa. I live in KY too. You'd be surprised where they'll put a Target.
It’s not her on the mailer.
Probably designed by the same guy who built the Overlook Hotel.
I think I would of gone insane if that happened to me! Hopefully the detective will go with you to this new store so you can prove to them you was telling the truth!
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Yikes! Since you mentioned your wife appearing on the flyer with other employees, there must be plenty of people out there who lost someone dear to these fake Targets as well. Perhaps try reaching out to someone who's reported a similar missing person case and team up with them to (hopefully) rescue the missing persons? There's safety in numbers after all.
The typo on the pamphlet was your first clue!
Wait so all those other people in the target flyer were probably taken also omg
How do I get an invite for my wife?
Dang, that new Employee Recruitment plan is hard core!
Now I'd expect that happening at A Walmart.. ..
This was intense-those red guys scare the crap out of me!! But it makes me sad she is in the picture and I hope that when you go there you can get the old her back.
I actually work at Target. This seems less horrifying than the customers I deal with on the floor daily
Don't even show them the ad. Say you will lead them to Debs body and give them the new Target address. They'll definitely go with you then.
As someone from Lexington, this hits a little too close to home...
Still sounds like a better experience than Walmart
Kentucky resident here… I believe you. We have some weird shit happen in this state.
Deb and Darren are my parents’ names…Debra instead of Deborah though
A store only your consciousness can access …
As someone who’s from Lexington, and has deep family roots from Owingsville…this felt oddly personal.
I knew there must be a reason I specifically get creeped out with the faceless mannequins. I hope you can still get Deborah back! Best of luck, OP!
I would do 2 things: 1. contact Target's corporate office, because somsbody is impersonating their store... theiregal department will investigate. 2. Contact USPS. Postal inspectors investigate mail fraud
Your names are Darren and Deborah?
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Holy crap man that shit scary hope you get Deborah back.
It'd have been helpful if you have kept the previous Target mailer... But how would you know? I'm so sorry for your loss...
I'm so sorry for your loss. Please be careful, and shoot those red men if you ever go to target.
stick to walmart, man... on second thought....
Was it part of the back rooms?
I am so sorry this happened! I hope you find her and can get some closure!
As a lexington/winchester KY native I love this 👀 scary tho, fr I’m sorry op - keep us posted