After someone posted about the creepy things kids say the other day, I went and read the original Reddit post and most of the responses to it (there were thousands).

ETA: The post asked parents to comment with the creepiest thing their child ever said/did.

I couldn't help but notice that a recurring theme in the responses was kids between ages 2 and 7(ish) having imaginary friends that they talked to, played with, and often described in great detail. Several parents said they did some research and discovered that a person with the same name as their child's imaginary friend, had, in fact, existed, and had some tie to the house they lived in or the surrounding area. Normally, the imaginary friend would disappear between ages 7 and 10. The implications of the responses were that these imaginary friends were actually ghosts or spirits, and some kids could see them because they hadn't yet been taught to believe things like that don't exist.

I thought it was freaky, but super interesting.

I didn't have an imaginary friend growing up, but my younger sister did. He had a very unique name and she'd talk to him and play games with him and talk about him to us. She said he was "just a little boy." I'd pretend to see/talk to him and she'd usually tell me he wasn't there right now or that I was facing the opposite direction he was, etc, looking at me like I was a total moron. He disappeared one day and I can't remember where she said he went.

I was kind of jealous and wanted an imaginary friend for myself, so I tried to make one up, but I couldn't.

I know all the psychological explanations for childhood imaginary friends, but that Reddit post got me thinking.

Did you have an imaginary friend when you were little? What was his/her name? What happened to that friend as you grew up?