Lieutenant at sleepover dared to turn off lights and chant 'Sergeant Major' in mirror three times
Some nightmares are real.
By Cat Astronaut
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — At a junior officer sleepover party over the weekend, fellow partygoers dared Marine 2nd. Lt. Dustin McBride to go into the bathroom with the lights off and chant “sergeant major” in the mirror three times, sources say.
“I’m not afraid of Sergeant Major!” McBride reportedly said before the other lieutenants closed the bathroom door behind him. “I outrank him!”
Witnesses said the sleepover party was playing truth or dare prior to the incident. At first, McBride chose truth, but he quickly switched to dare after the other lieutenants asked if his Marines respected him.
While some legends say the Sergeant Major is a benevolent apparition who appears to young lieutenants to guide them with leadership and life advice, most lieutenants believe he is an evil poltergeist who comes to stab his victims’ eyes out with bloody knife-hands and a skin blistering glare.
“He was giddy about the idea at first, and he even went in there with a little bit of stubble…
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