Mr. Tickletwist

"Ah why hello young man, its a pleasure to make your acquaintance!"

- Mr. Tickletwist

Mr. Tickletwist is a humanoid entity and the main antagonist of the short story of the same name.

History
The story "Mr. Tickletwist" was posted to the Creepypasta website by the user ProfessorCreep in July of 2015.

Biography
In 1959, a boy went to a carnival called Fantasmo’s Funland with his mother. His mother had terminal cancer, and wanted to make the boy's last months with her special. While in the crowds, the boy became separated from his mother and ended up in a circus tent that housed a wooden figure with a clown face. Upon inserting a coin into the figure's slot, the wooden figure came to life and introduced itself as Mr. Tickletwist, acting affable and friendly towards the boy. Mr. Tickletwist then gave the boy a wooden coin, and offered him a challenge: if he flipped heads, he would grant him a wish. If he flipped tails, Mr. Tickletwist would take something from him. he boy agreed and flipped heads, earning a wish. When the boy wished for his mother to beat the cancer, Mr. Tickletwist teleported away in a cloud of red mist. The boy then heard screams, and found his mother dead with a look of horror on her face.

Mr. Tickletwist continued to haunt the boy throughout his life, offering challenges. Every time, the coin would land heads-up, and a tragedy would befall someone the boy cared about, no matter how simple or seemingly harmless the wish was. When the boy grew into an old man and a grandfather, he became a recluse and did not allow anyone near him until he was too sick to survive on his own. On his deathbed, the old man tells his grandson the story, and the grandson swears he can hear the sound of creaking wood.

Powers and Abilities
Aside from being a seemingly possessed wooden figure, Mr. Tickletwist seems to have an unnatural ability to cause unexplainable death to those he encounters. He also seems to have control over probability, as his coin tosses are rigged to always land on one side. He can also teleport by vanishing in a cloud of red mist.