Aja Romano, writing for The Daily Dot, stated that Ted the Caver was arguably the earliest example of creepypasta. The story, posted on Angelfire in 2001, was written in the first person from the perspective of Ted as he and several friends explored an increasingly frightening cave system.

The story of Sonic.exe starts in 2011, when a web user by the name JC the Hyena  posted a short story to the Creepypasta Wiki that described a disturbing and violent Sonic game his friend supposedly mailed him. ... Eggman are each hunted down and killed by a demonic version of Sonic the Hedgehog.