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last year a<font color="#E5E5E5"> friend</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Julie and I decided</font> to<font color="#E5E5E5"> go backpacking in an NC section of</font> the Appalachian<font color="#CCCCCC"> Mountains it was a</font> relatively remote mountain or trail with a Boy Scouts camp at the base<font color="#CCCCCC"> we were</font> planning on hiking<font color="#E5E5E5"> the length of the</font> trail<font color="#CCCCCC"> from one</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> side</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the mountain to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the other which was supposed to take</font> about<font color="#E5E5E5"> four days I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> think we drove</font> separately<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the mountain and Julie</font> beat me to<font color="#E5E5E5"> the parking</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> area of the trail</font> which<font color="#E5E5E5"> had consisted of dirt road right</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">next to a creek</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> there were three other</font> cars parked including hers<font color="#E5E5E5"> I met up with</font> her and we<font color="#E5E5E5"> started hiking up the</font> approximately<font color="#CCCCCC"> 3000 feet</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to the summit at</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">around 3 p.m. you know my backpack</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 2</font> times before and came to<font color="#CCCCCC"> Bath</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> three</font> times before<font color="#E5E5E5"> this I was pretty</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> young</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">each time and someone else was in charge</font> of researching<font color="#E5E5E5"> the area</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that we were in</font> but<font color="#CCCCCC"> basically checking</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the weather for</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> time that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we be there and what the</font> camping area<font color="#CCCCCC"> was like but this time</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> the one who had decided</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> where</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">hide I didn't look at</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the weather or</font> what was<font color="#E5E5E5"> going on with the trail at the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">time just that it looked beautiful and</font> like a fun track<font color="#E5E5E5"> well Julie was quite</font> experienced with backpacking<font color="#CCCCCC"> yeah</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> she</font> used<font color="#CCCCCC"> to work</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a company that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> led</font> school kids on Appalachian<font color="#E5E5E5"> Trail trips</font> and was the reason<font color="#CCCCCC"> that I trusted her is</font> my backpacking partner<font color="#E5E5E5"> she looked up the</font> weather<font color="#E5E5E5"> and the status of the trail</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> apparently we were in for thunderstorms for<font color="#CCCCCC"> the week on top</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of that the</font> accomplice<font color="#CCCCCC"> in an unresolved homicide</font> case was last seen on this trail stupidly though<font color="#E5E5E5"> I wasn't</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> port off by</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">this so as we hiked up the mountain we</font> passed what I now know were the owners of the other cars<font color="#E5E5E5"> in the parking</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> lots at</font> the base<font color="#CCCCCC"> of the trail a woman and a man</font> who were walking<font color="#CCCCCC"> there</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> adorable dog</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font> man with a<font color="#CCCCCC"> fully-equipped</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> backpack</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> didn't think about<font color="#E5E5E5"> it at the time and</font> another man<font color="#CCCCCC"> who had hiking stakes and</font> seemed<font color="#E5E5E5"> to be just out for a day hike I</font> suppose and around<font color="#CCCCCC"> 5 p.m. we were</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">exhausted because the trail was pretty</font> much straight up<font color="#E5E5E5"> we found ourselves in a</font> relatively<font color="#E5E5E5"> open area close to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the summit</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> decided</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to set up camp despite</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> area<font color="#E5E5E5"> being cleared no one was around</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">besides</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> if you can't fires it and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> be</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">near for a while</font> because the last rains had been about a week ago<font color="#CCCCCC"> so we set up our tents</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and then</font> we got to find firewood<font color="#CCCCCC"> and well 20 feet</font> up the mountain<font color="#CCCCCC"> from our camp</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> there was</font> a an apparently<font color="#E5E5E5"> abandoned tent we</font> ignored it<font color="#E5E5E5"> at first because well we</font> didn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> want to be rude</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> eventually though</font> we<font color="#E5E5E5"> realized that there was no one else</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">around</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I decided to look inside</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> otherwise pristine<font color="#E5E5E5"> tent the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> rain fly</font> wasn't on so<font color="#E5E5E5"> I peed inside one of the</font> ventilation flaps inside<font color="#E5E5E5"> was a wet sock</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> three cliff bar wrappers and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> an</font> unused<font color="#E5E5E5"> contour we had but no one was</font> around so<font color="#E5E5E5"> we ignored it we ate dinner</font> and tied our bear bag and went to sleep <font color="#E5E5E5">and as soon as I zipped my tent or</font> closed<font color="#E5E5E5"> rain started to fall I'm not</font> gonna lie I am NOT the most acclimated <font color="#CCCCCC">to sleeping on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a flat hard surface so my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">night was characterized by periodic</font> moments of restlessness<font color="#E5E5E5"> to readjust</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font> was pitch black<font color="#CCCCCC"> too so it was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> difficult</font> to determine<font color="#E5E5E5"> whether I was dreaming or</font> awake during the night though I thought I heard two<font color="#E5E5E5"> people come up the trail</font> from<font color="#CCCCCC"> the direction</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Julie and I had come</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">from</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">they stopped about ten feet</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> away from</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that campsite we spent to each other and</font> and one<font color="#E5E5E5"> of them walked through our camp</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> next morning I woke up surprisingly</font> well rested I must<font color="#CCCCCC"> admit</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and as we were</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">eating breakfast I told Julie about</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font> dream<font color="#E5E5E5"> she</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> told me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that it couldn't have</font> been<font color="#CCCCCC"> a dream though because she</font> experienced<font color="#CCCCCC"> the same thing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and that was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">what I noticed the footprints through</font> our<font color="#CCCCCC"> Kim naturally</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we went to the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">location of the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> mysterious</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> tent from the</font> day before<font color="#E5E5E5"> and it was still there while</font> we continued our hike to the summit in <font color="#E5E5E5">the rain</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that hadn't stopped from the</font> night<font color="#CCCCCC"> before the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> summits portion</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and the</font> trail was impossible due to overgrowth so we went<font color="#E5E5E5"> back to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> our cars and we left</font> and to this day<font color="#E5E5E5"> I've been left wondering</font> why two people<font color="#E5E5E5"> would hike up</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 2,900 feet</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">of difficult trail in the pitch</font> blackness of night without flashlights <font color="#E5E5E5">while it's raining only to walk</font> years ago<font color="#E5E5E5"> when I was still a teenager</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font> friend Justin<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I would often go</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">longboarding at</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> nights there's my</font> friends and I were<font color="#E5E5E5"> quite</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the night owls</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">we</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> loved the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> freedom of almost never</font> seeing another soul on the roads or<font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> paths that we frequented it even when using<font color="#E5E5E5"> main roads</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it would be</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> pretty rare</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to see a car out so late in such a rural</font> area<font color="#E5E5E5"> and you could see and hear them</font> coming<font color="#E5E5E5"> from</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> very far away due to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> their</font> headlights and the<font color="#E5E5E5"> noise of the vehicle</font> disrupting the peaceful<font color="#E5E5E5"> silence of the</font> night<font color="#E5E5E5"> we were really into it at the time</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> would often</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> write our boards for</font> miles and miles<font color="#CCCCCC"> sometimes not</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> arriving</font> home until the Sun was up<font color="#E5E5E5"> one particular</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">night we decided</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to write a few miles</font> away<font color="#E5E5E5"> from our usual back roads to take</font> one<font color="#E5E5E5"> of our favorite hidden routes</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font> began with a narrow<font color="#E5E5E5"> paved path that was</font> the only piece<font color="#CCCCCC"> of land separating two</font> sides<font color="#E5E5E5"> of a long link it would often sink</font> under due to rain and<font color="#E5E5E5"> we wanted to seize</font> the opportunity to<font color="#E5E5E5"> use it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> before it</font> rained and went<font color="#E5E5E5"> underwater again</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">roughly two miles long and was extremely</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">relaxing to ride though due to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">scenery after making it to the end</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font> the lake we decided to continue moving <font color="#E5E5E5">and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> turn into a very</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> closed path that</font> leads directly into<font color="#E5E5E5"> a densely wooded</font> wilderness preservation<font color="#E5E5E5"> as we came up to</font> the first<font color="#E5E5E5"> hill we looked down at the</font> bottom into the blackness<font color="#E5E5E5"> and we both</font> noticed<font color="#E5E5E5"> what appeared to be</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a tiny</font> moving ball of dim light down there<font color="#CCCCCC"> yeah</font> it moved so strangely<font color="#E5E5E5"> and it was</font> extremely difficult to make out<font color="#E5E5E5"> what it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> rather than shine</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a flashlight down</font> though we curiously watched it for a few moments<font color="#CCCCCC"> whispering to each</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> other about</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">what it could possibly be all at once</font> though that<font color="#E5E5E5"> small light turned into</font> multiple blinding lights<font color="#CCCCCC"> and extremely</font> loud revving<font color="#E5E5E5"> sounds overwhelming</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> our</font> senses that had become<font color="#E5E5E5"> accustomed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to the</font> dark<font color="#E5E5E5"> and the silence acting purely on</font> fear<font color="#E5E5E5"> we instantly turned around and ran</font> as fast as<font color="#E5E5E5"> we could hearing yelling and</font> revving gaining behind us<font color="#E5E5E5"> by sheer luck</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">we managed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to run off</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the path into a</font> very dark<font color="#CCCCCC"> very overbearing hole</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in the</font> side of<font color="#E5E5E5"> a hill overlooking where we just</font> come<font color="#E5E5E5"> from</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> decided to hide in the</font> natural<font color="#E5E5E5"> dug out of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> hill hoping the</font> plants and the<font color="#E5E5E5"> darkness would be enough</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to protect us from</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> whatever was</font> happening<font color="#E5E5E5"> out there</font> we watched<font color="#E5E5E5"> as she was right up to where</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">we had originally been</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> standing there</font> were four<font color="#E5E5E5"> men</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> two hundred four wheelers</font> and<font color="#CCCCCC"> two one full-size motorcycles they</font> were<font color="#E5E5E5"> yelling at each other about</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">something but we couldn't make out what</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">they were saying jus</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to the distance</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that we'd covered we felt safe enough</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">though to whisper softly to each other</font> and speculated who<font color="#E5E5E5"> these</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> people could be</font> now first thought was<font color="#CCCCCC"> that they might be</font> Park Rangers of some kind<font color="#CCCCCC"> although we</font> had<font color="#E5E5E5"> never seen one</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> here in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the many</font> times that<font color="#E5E5E5"> we've been though</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> meant</font> honestly we doubted that<font color="#CCCCCC"> this country</font> had the budget<font color="#CCCCCC"> or even the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> desire to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">have</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> anyone patrol the deep woods</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">night besides that these men were on</font> vehicles<font color="#CCCCCC"> entirely</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> inappropriate for the</font> paved bike trails and<font color="#E5E5E5"> they were very</font> angry<font color="#CCCCCC"> about something</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but they called</font> out to<font color="#E5E5E5"> us</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for a while yelling things</font> like we know you're<font color="#CCCCCC"> out there</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and we can</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">see you come on out but we stayed silent</font> and decided to call their bluff instead of running eventually we clearly<font color="#E5E5E5"> heard</font> one of the men yell to find them now<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> smashed a bottle they had erased any<font color="#E5E5E5"> hope that we had</font> that these were just<font color="#E5E5E5"> Park Rangers at</font> this point<font color="#E5E5E5"> we watched them split up each</font> of them going<font color="#CCCCCC"> a different way down the</font> series of<font color="#CCCCCC"> PARs on their vehicles</font> including the<font color="#CCCCCC"> path that we had come from</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> took us what felt like ages to even</font> move<font color="#CCCCCC"> we were frozen</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in terror inside the</font> dugouts<font color="#CCCCCC"> watching the lights</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> from</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> vehicles travel through the woods and the paths<font color="#CCCCCC"> one of them</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> or</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Eddie coming</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">full circle and passing the point that</font> we started<font color="#E5E5E5"> from</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I thought about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> calling</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">for help but</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was too afraid to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> open my</font> phone<font color="#CCCCCC"> interfere that's even the smallest</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">amount of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> lights would give</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> away our</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">location</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> after waiting for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> lights of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the vehicles to reach their fathers</font> distance yet<font color="#CCCCCC"> we</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> finally</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> summon the nerve</font> to get up and try<font color="#E5E5E5"> to run somewhere far</font> enough from<font color="#E5E5E5"> these people to safely make</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">a call</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> well</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we ran as</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> hard and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> as fast</font> as we could through those<font color="#E5E5E5"> woods since</font> their<font color="#E5E5E5"> headlights gave away their</font> location<font color="#E5E5E5"> on these paths</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we would hide</font> again<font color="#CCCCCC"> whenever we felt that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they were</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">getting too</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> close now</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> available hiding</font> spots<font color="#CCCCCC"> were getting progressively worse</font> though as the woods<font color="#CCCCCC"> became less dense</font> and the fear I felt<font color="#CCCCCC"> waiting</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> for one of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">them to drive past us while basically</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">only</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> being covered in leaves and plants</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">may still be unmatched to this day</font> finally though we<font color="#E5E5E5"> emerged from the woods</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">into</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the intersection of the two</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> main</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">road</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it's far from where we had start we</font> ducked<font color="#CCCCCC"> down into the ditch to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> call for</font> help<font color="#CCCCCC"> when I open my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> phone I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> notice time</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and recent missed calls from one of our</font> other<font color="#E5E5E5"> friends Kona who we were supposed</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to meet up</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with after our long board</font> excursion I called him and frantically asked where he<font color="#CCCCCC"> was and luck was with us</font> again because<font color="#E5E5E5"> he hadn't given up on our</font> plans to spot<font color="#CCCCCC"> us ignoring him and was</font> only<font color="#CCCCCC"> a few miles away</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> already heading in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">our direction</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I gave him the names of</font> the two streets that we were<font color="#E5E5E5"> in near the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">corner</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> explained</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that we needed</font> to<font color="#E5E5E5"> be picked up right</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> away he agreed to</font> speed over<font color="#E5E5E5"> to us well Justin I waited in</font> hiding<font color="#E5E5E5"> thankfully Kona arrived before</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">any</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of these men did</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we bolted into the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">backseat of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> his car yelling for him</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">get out</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of there and he</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> took off and</font> relief does not begin to<font color="#CCCCCC"> describe what I</font> felt being safely driven home after everything<font color="#CCCCCC"> that I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> just experienced after</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">explaining everything</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that happens at</font> Kona home we ended<font color="#CCCCCC"> up just moving on</font> with that night and<font color="#E5E5E5"> decided</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> not to call</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> police</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in the end we figured they</font> would be gone<font color="#E5E5E5"> by the time and the</font> officer made it out of<font color="#E5E5E5"> there anyway in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that we would</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> only</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> be putting ourselves</font> at risk by<font color="#E5E5E5"> admitting to breaking the law</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">by taking those</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> paths so late at</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> night I</font> still<font color="#CCCCCC"> have no idea</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> what happened or who</font> those<font color="#CCCCCC"> people</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> even were I've been told</font> all kinds of theories<font color="#CCCCCC"> from friends</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">family that have heard this story</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> some</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">think that we may</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> have walked up to a</font> huge drug deal or<font color="#CCCCCC"> something</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Justin and I</font> later admitted<font color="#E5E5E5"> to each other that when</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> revving started that's we couldn't</font> see both<font color="#CCCCCC"> of our minds went straight to</font> chainsaw wielding horror<font color="#E5E5E5"> movie serial</font> killer stuff so I suppose it could have been<font color="#E5E5E5"> much worse frustratingly enough</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">whenever</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> those men thought that we saw</font> that made them<font color="#CCCCCC"> want to catch us so badly</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">we never actually saw ourselves and so</font> we'll never really know I suppose so this happened to me<font color="#CCCCCC"> on Thursday</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> April</font> 25th and I still can't shake<font color="#E5E5E5"> off just</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">how terrifying and strange it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> all was so</font> I was home alone<font color="#CCCCCC"> getting ready for my 12</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">o'clock college class that morning and I</font> open<font color="#E5E5E5"> my appliance to let some natural</font> light<font color="#E5E5E5"> in my glanced out my window and I</font> saw a<font color="#E5E5E5"> man in his mid 30s wearing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font> baseball cap<font color="#E5E5E5"> roaming around my property</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">with his</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> hands on his hips walking with</font> a lot of weird confidence<font color="#E5E5E5"> no</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> yeah it is</font> kind of like a cliff and it looks over <font color="#E5E5E5">onto five acres of property down below</font> I live in the<font color="#CCCCCC"> P&W so it's a pretty</font> scenic view but I was<font color="#E5E5E5"> really confused</font> and thought maybe it was a worker that my<font color="#CCCCCC"> mom had hired for our renovations on</font> the house admiring the view or<font color="#E5E5E5"> something</font> I'm a little<font color="#CCCCCC"> bit uncomfortable at this</font> point<font color="#E5E5E5"> because the dude walks to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the side</font> of my house out of<font color="#E5E5E5"> sight</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I head upstairs</font> though to see him now roaming around my front<font color="#CCCCCC"> yard</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at my driveway</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> looking at</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">things</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I'm checking out</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my house etc huh</font> he still hasn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> seen me at this point</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">time I called my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> dad and asked him if</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we</font> hired<font color="#E5E5E5"> anyone to come by the house and he</font> says not<font color="#CCCCCC"> that he knows of and tells</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font> that he's<font color="#E5E5E5"> going</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to call my mom</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and ask</font> her<font color="#E5E5E5"> and then called</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me back I'm waiting</font> for the call when I noticed this<font color="#CCCCCC"> strange</font> dudes car<font color="#CCCCCC"> it's a white Honda but it</font> doesn't have any license plates<font color="#CCCCCC"> just by</font> parallels on my<font color="#E5E5E5"> front door</font> the dude still hasn't seen me and he's <font color="#E5E5E5">still wandering around so I take this as</font> an<font color="#E5E5E5"> opportunity to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> remember that we</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> have</font> a<font color="#E5E5E5"> security system and I armed it so if</font> he did break in<font color="#E5E5E5"> it would immediately</font> alert the<font color="#E5E5E5"> police if this was some</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sort</font> of<font color="#CCCCCC"> professional or worker he would ring</font> my doorbell or knock at least once he<font color="#E5E5E5"> didn't either though and just then I</font> get a<font color="#CCCCCC"> call back</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> from my dad saying</font> that's neither him or my mom<font color="#E5E5E5"> hired</font> anyone to come by<font color="#E5E5E5"> today in that I need</font> to call that<font color="#E5E5E5"> local police station</font> immediately<font color="#CCCCCC"> I went back downstairs after</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">making</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sure to lock every door and</font> window<font color="#CCCCCC"> upstairs and called my city's</font> police station<font color="#CCCCCC"> I explained so a woman on</font> the other<font color="#E5E5E5"> end what was happening and she</font> decides<font color="#E5E5E5"> that she's not going to send an</font> officer out<font color="#E5E5E5"> and instead gives me a</font> number<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> call their emergency dispatch</font> line and told me<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> talk</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> them</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> called the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">number that she</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> gave me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and immediately</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> get an</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> automated message saying thanks</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">for calling basically that's it at this</font> point I'm really<font color="#CCCCCC"> irritated because</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> 15</font> minutes is passed and this weird dude is still<font color="#E5E5E5"> lurking around my house when I'm</font> home alone<font color="#CCCCCC"> and apparently</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> there wasn't</font> enough to<font color="#CCCCCC"> warrant an emergency</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">lady that I called on my local police</font> department<font color="#E5E5E5"> so I hung up and decided to</font> call 9-1-1<font color="#E5E5E5"> after getting in touch with</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the 9-1-1 operator I was asked a series</font> of questions<font color="#CCCCCC"> about his appearance before</font> they would<font color="#E5E5E5"> even alert officers near me</font> to start heading<font color="#CCCCCC"> toward my house the</font> whole thing seemed just really weird <font color="#CCCCCC">because nobody was in a hurry to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> have</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">officers come up to my place when I was</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">a younger girl home alone with this</font> strange guy<font color="#E5E5E5"> lurking around</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I asked the</font> officer<font color="#CCCCCC"> if I could stand the line with</font> her when<font color="#E5E5E5"> she finally after what seemed</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">like forever</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> alerted police to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> come to</font> where I was<font color="#E5E5E5"> and she agreed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I went</font> back upstairs<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> check on the weird guy</font> and he's now sitting<font color="#E5E5E5"> in his unplayed at</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">honda either listening to a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> radio show</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">extremely loudly or on a phone call with</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">someone through his car it was a very</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">prominent and loud male voice coming</font> from<font color="#E5E5E5"> his car and then</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> all of a sudden</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> hear the tone you hear when someone hangs up on you<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the operator was no</font> longer<font color="#CCCCCC"> on the line I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> really confused</font> when<font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> thoughts were interrupted</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> by an</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">unrecognized phone number calling me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> assumed it<font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the operator calling me</font> back so I picked it up and instead I<font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font> greeted<font color="#E5E5E5"> by a really creepy heavy</font> breathing I'm not sure who it was but it <font color="#E5E5E5">really freaked me out so I hung up</font> immediately<font color="#E5E5E5"> and dialed back 9-1-1</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I had</font> been pretty<font color="#E5E5E5"> calm up to this point but</font> that<font color="#CCCCCC"> phone call put me into panic mode</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">immediately</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I got on the phone with</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">another</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> operator who already knew my</font> situation<font color="#CCCCCC"> and address before I could</font> even<font color="#E5E5E5"> explain it to her</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and she said that</font> the cops were on their<font color="#CCCCCC"> way</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">20</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> minutes had</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> passed at this point</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> dude is still here in his car and the cops aren't<font color="#E5E5E5"> but keep in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> mind too this I</font> live in a smaller town<font color="#E5E5E5"> so there is no</font> reason why<font color="#CCCCCC"> it took</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the cops as long as</font> it did to come<font color="#E5E5E5"> down</font> finally this dude is leaving my driveway <font color="#E5E5E5">riot as the cops pull in and they stop</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">him and ask him a few questions the cop</font> then comes<font color="#E5E5E5"> to my door and hands me a</font> sketchy looking<font color="#CCCCCC"> flyer saying that it was</font> just a landscaper and<font color="#E5E5E5"> he said he had an</font> appointment<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was really relieved and</font> irritated that<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was just a dude that</font> my<font color="#CCCCCC"> mom</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> had hired until I realized that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it just wasn't I called my mom back and</font> said<font color="#E5E5E5"> that the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> cops said it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was just a</font> landscaper that<font color="#E5E5E5"> you had and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he had</font> an<font color="#CCCCCC"> appointment</font> my<font color="#E5E5E5"> mom replies with I assure</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you that we</font> never hired a landscaper<font color="#CCCCCC"> but we don't</font> even need one<font color="#CCCCCC"> apparently</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> according</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the police there</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I got a slap on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> wrist<font color="#CCCCCC"> for not having his license plates</font> on his car<font color="#E5E5E5"> but</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> about it</font> this story happened<font color="#CCCCCC"> about five years</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> ago</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">when I female 19 was 14</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> or so so me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> my friends<font color="#E5E5E5"> went through a phase around</font> then where we were obsessed<font color="#CCCCCC"> with</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> playing</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">with my Ouija board but we would use it</font> every weekend<font color="#E5E5E5"> sometimes feeling</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> like we</font> were contacting something but none<font color="#CCCCCC"> of us</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">were ever</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> really sure if it was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">something</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> else</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> moving the planchette one</font> day when<font color="#E5E5E5"> we were</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> riding our bikes in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> trails of<font color="#E5E5E5"> the woods near our houses</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we</font> found this little<font color="#E5E5E5"> shack looking back it</font> was on somebody else's<font color="#E5E5E5"> property</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and it</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> probably</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just a hangout spot that</font> the owners made<font color="#E5E5E5"> but my first thought was</font> oh<font color="#CCCCCC"> my goodness how spooky we peeked</font> inside and lo and<font color="#E5E5E5"> behold there was a</font> Ouija board<font color="#CCCCCC"> an appliance shared sitting</font> right<font color="#CCCCCC"> on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the floor with a few chairs</font> sitting<font color="#E5E5E5"> around it we discussed taking it</font> but decided<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was pointless since we</font> already<font color="#E5E5E5"> had</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> one and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> went back home</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">empty-handed</font> however<font color="#E5E5E5"> a couple of weeks later we were</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">using my board at a playground at night</font> and for reason sets I don't remember<font color="#E5E5E5"> decided</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to leave it</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">hidden in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the park and get back to it</font> the next<font color="#CCCCCC"> day</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but when we came back</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">get it it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was missing since</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it was my</font> board and<font color="#E5E5E5"> made it be my friends idea to</font> stash<font color="#CCCCCC"> it in the park for the night I was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">pretty upset and ordered everyone</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to get</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">on their bikes</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and come with</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me to get</font> the Ouija<font color="#E5E5E5"> board that we found in the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">woods the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> other way</font> we went back down the same trail and <font color="#E5E5E5">found it sitting in the same place that</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">we</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> lost saurons that night</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> too we</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">decided to use our new toy for the first</font> time inside<font color="#E5E5E5"> the shed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> next</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to my house</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and there were three of us touching the</font> planchette<font color="#E5E5E5"> and another</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 4 or so standing</font> around holding lights<font color="#CCCCCC"> we started doing a</font> normal intro ritual<font color="#CCCCCC"> asking if anyone was</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">thereand who would like to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> speak</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> us</font> and such and I just started to<font color="#E5E5E5"> feel</font> extremely<font color="#CCCCCC"> lightheaded as if I was about</font> to faint<font color="#CCCCCC"> I tried to say something but</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">found that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was unable to speak</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> finally</font> I<font color="#E5E5E5"> decided to just stand up to get</font> everyone's<font color="#CCCCCC"> attention and the next thing</font> I remember<font color="#E5E5E5"> is standing outside the shed</font> leaning over with<font color="#E5E5E5"> my hands on my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> knees</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">while everyone stared at me in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> shock and</font> this is what happened<font color="#CCCCCC"> according to my</font> friends<font color="#E5E5E5"> allegedly I stood up and calmly</font> walked<font color="#CCCCCC"> outside the shed and and started</font> puking rather violently the vomit<font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font> definitely cute but the<font color="#CCCCCC"> colour</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of it was</font> really dark<font color="#E5E5E5"> red and looked a lot like</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">blood my friends were kind of in shock</font> and fast if I was<font color="#E5E5E5"> okay and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that was when</font> I spoke and<font color="#E5E5E5"> I said stop playing they</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">immediately took their hands off the</font> board and everyone<font color="#E5E5E5"> ran to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me and started</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">yelling</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and shining lights on the end</font> before<font color="#E5E5E5"> everyone was even out of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the shed</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I wasn't puking</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">ever since then nothing weird or</font> paranormal has happened in my<font color="#E5E5E5"> life like</font> so<font color="#E5E5E5"> many other stories but I've always</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">been a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> believer before and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> especially</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">after that event I mostly just</font> appreciate the<font color="#CCCCCC"> fact that I have a damn</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">good scary story to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> tell people and I'm</font> also wondering if<font color="#E5E5E5"> anybody can tell me</font> what they<font color="#CCCCCC"> think caused that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to happen</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> or</font> if you guys have any<font color="#E5E5E5"> similar experiences</font> that you could share thanks for listening<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I look forward to hearing</font> your<font color="#E5E5E5"> stories too</font> when I lived<font color="#CCCCCC"> with an ex and her family</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the deads van was keyed pretty badly so</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">being an electrician at home he decided</font> to set<font color="#CCCCCC"> up cameras overlooking the street</font> where we parked<font color="#CCCCCC"> her cars</font> the camera was<font color="#E5E5E5"> accessible via an app</font> which I had a my iPad and<font color="#CCCCCC"> it would pick</font> up any movements<font color="#E5E5E5"> record it and save it</font> so alternatively you could<font color="#E5E5E5"> watch it live</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the house was just around the corner</font> from a pub so we just assumed it was <font color="#CCCCCC">some drunk person mucking about on their</font> way<font color="#E5E5E5"> home or</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> something anyway</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> one</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Saturday morning I go out to the street</font> to<font color="#E5E5E5"> see that's all that cars had been</font> keep but I frantically checked the app and there was an update<font color="#E5E5E5"> at 11:30 p.m.</font> but it was just a dog walker<font color="#CCCCCC"> myself and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">my girlfriend's dad check all the</font> updates from<font color="#E5E5E5"> the last 24 hours but there</font> was<font color="#CCCCCC"> nothing which was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> really</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> strange we</font> thought<font color="#CCCCCC"> that maybe someone could</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> have</font> moved<font color="#E5E5E5"> the camera because it wasn't</font> playing view<font color="#CCCCCC"> outside of the house so my</font> girlfriend's dad moved it to a more subtle position<font color="#E5E5E5"> and from then on every</font> Friday night<font color="#CCCCCC"> for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> several</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> weeks we'd have</font> the iPad set<font color="#E5E5E5"> up in the living room</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">watching the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> camera live but as is</font> typical<font color="#CCCCCC"> with these things</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> nothing really</font> happens and we soon just lost all interest and pretty much forgot about it <font color="#CCCCCC">a few months</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> later I was on my iPad in</font> the house<font color="#CCCCCC"> on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a Friday night</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> deleting</font> some apps when I came<font color="#E5E5E5"> across the camera</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">app me and my girlfriend she had a joke</font> and decided<font color="#CCCCCC"> to watch it live to see if</font> the cars<font color="#E5E5E5"> would get keyed again we're</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">having Chinese food</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> watching a film</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and set up the iPad on a table in the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">corner of the room</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that around me at</font> night<font color="#E5E5E5"> my girlfriend had gone to bed and</font> I<font color="#E5E5E5"> was watching the end of the film with</font> my dog when something caught my eye on the iPad<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> totally forgot</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that I'd left</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it running and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> which the screen is I saw</font> what looked like an old lady will pass the house and the cars which immediately piqued my attention<font color="#E5E5E5"> because what was she</font> doing out<font color="#E5E5E5"> at this</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> time I thought</font> something to do with<font color="#CCCCCC"> the church</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> maybe</font> that was opposites<font color="#CCCCCC"> soon though she</font> disappeared out<font color="#CCCCCC"> of shot as she</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> waddled</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">down the street about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> five minutes later</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> movie had</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> finished and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I turned all</font> the lights<font color="#E5E5E5"> off</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in the living room the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">only light</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that I had on was the iPad</font> screen<font color="#CCCCCC"> I picked it up and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> went</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">off that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> stopped when I see something</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the screen</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it was the old lady again</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">standing outside</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the house just stood</font> perfectly still<font color="#E5E5E5"> staring straight into</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the camera what the hell</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> is</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she doing in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I thought it was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> actually pretty</font> terrifying<font color="#CCCCCC"> I mean she must</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> have stood</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">there for a good two minutes</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> before</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">reaching one hand into a pocket and</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">pulling an object</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> out and walking</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> over</font> to my car she then frantically started<font color="#CCCCCC"> using the</font> object on<font color="#E5E5E5"> the top of the bonnet</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">me and my dog then bolted out of the</font> back<font color="#CCCCCC"> door I unlocked the gate</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and burst</font> out under the street<font color="#E5E5E5"> ready to catch this</font> old lady<font color="#E5E5E5"> red-handed but there was</font> nothing<font color="#CCCCCC"> the street was completely empty</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">no old ladies and just the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> parked cars</font> outside<font color="#E5E5E5"> the house</font> I even joked up and down the whole <font color="#E5E5E5">street that I didn't see</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> anybody</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> now</font> there<font color="#CCCCCC"> was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> just no way</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that she</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> could</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">have got away in the seconds that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font> took me<font color="#E5E5E5"> to get out of the house like</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">confused</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I have eventually went</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to bed</font> and the next<font color="#E5E5E5"> morning I saw my girlfriend</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> her old men all about what happened</font> the previous<font color="#CCCCCC"> night he studied the</font> recordings and the camera had picked<font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font> all up<font color="#E5E5E5"> to her walking past originally</font> and her walking<font color="#CCCCCC"> away after she had</font> vandalized<font color="#CCCCCC"> the car and me and my dog</font> appearing a split second<font color="#E5E5E5"> later on camera</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">my girlfriend's dad took the recordings</font> to<font color="#CCCCCC"> a work color he can hope that he</font> could enhance<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> picture quality so</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that we could see the lady in more</font> detail it worked and<font color="#E5E5E5"> we got to see her</font> in<font color="#E5E5E5"> her full glory and my girlfriend's</font> mom<font color="#E5E5E5"> recognized her she lived two</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> doors</font> down<font color="#CCCCCC"> from us and regularly visited the</font> church opposites we used the recording and reported it to the police<font color="#CCCCCC"> but my girlfriend and I split</font> up soon<font color="#E5E5E5"> after</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that so</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I don't really</font> know what happened<font color="#E5E5E5"> I certainly never saw</font> a penny<font color="#CCCCCC"> for many of the damage caused to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">my car but what still sits with me</font> though is<font color="#E5E5E5"> the fact that I can assure you</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that I never saw that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> woman when</font> according<font color="#CCCCCC"> to that footage shooter</font> this happened<font color="#CCCCCC"> about a month ago and it's</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">been really</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bugging me since then this</font> will be a bit<font color="#E5E5E5"> of a long one</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> setting</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">up the scene is important so my family</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">has a cabin that we've had since</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">sixties and I've been</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> going</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> there for</font> pretty<font color="#E5E5E5"> much my entire life throughout</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> years</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it's nestled in a little town</font> of less than<font color="#CCCCCC"> 2,000</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and surrounded in</font> vast forest and farmland<font color="#E5E5E5"> but you can see</font> cows everywhere<font color="#E5E5E5"> and stray dogs who will</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">let you Pat them and you'll see maybe 30</font> people in a day if<font color="#E5E5E5"> you go to the little</font> town shops and small<font color="#E5E5E5"> mom-and-pop</font> restaurants<font color="#E5E5E5"> but it's basically the</font> definition<font color="#CCCCCC"> of a small country - since</font> I've been<font color="#CCCCCC"> going here my entire life - I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">pretty much know everyone</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> well my family</font> knows everyone at<font color="#E5E5E5"> least</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> men dress in</font> western<font color="#E5E5E5"> clothes and big jeans and old</font> flannel<font color="#E5E5E5"> shirts and belts with big ass</font> buckles and women<font color="#CCCCCC"> dress in jeans and</font> tank tops with country<font color="#E5E5E5"> factory logos on</font> them<font color="#E5E5E5"> but they're all nice enough</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> bets</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">mostly they just kind of keep to</font> themselves<font color="#CCCCCC"> so I'm driving</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> up there one</font> night to meet my<font color="#CCCCCC"> parents since they'd</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">gone down than I previously so I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> open</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the cabin for spring yeah my boyfriend</font> had also flown in so that<font color="#E5E5E5"> he could meet</font> my<font color="#CCCCCC"> family who lived up there I'd been</font> driving<font color="#E5E5E5"> until it got dark about a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 2 hour</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> 10 minute drive from my house and he</font> had taken over driving<font color="#E5E5E5"> around</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 10:00 p.m.</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">there's also a little</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> national park</font> close by about 15 miles in total<font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font> lands<font color="#E5E5E5"> and since I had fallen asleep and</font> couldn't give directions<font color="#CCCCCC"> he decided</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">log the address</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> into the GPS</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> took him</font> through the<font color="#E5E5E5"> back way through the park</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that's I never drive through so when he</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">woke me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> up to ask where the next</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> turn</font> was since the GPS said that he could go either way<font color="#CCCCCC"> it took me a minute</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> figure</font> out where the hell<font color="#E5E5E5"> we were there were no</font> lights anywhere<font color="#E5E5E5"> and we were the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> only car</font> for about<font color="#E5E5E5"> 15 miles long forest with tall</font> giant trees on<font color="#E5E5E5"> either side of the road</font> with an<font color="#E5E5E5"> only deer or two in the woods to</font> keep his company<font color="#CCCCCC"> I mentioned</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> switching</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">drivers because I remember that the road</font> the entrance<font color="#E5E5E5"> to the park would lead</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">directly to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the intersection that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> would</font> go<font color="#E5E5E5"> through a small community up to the</font> mountain my cabin was on but it was prime leave a toy baby on the side<font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the road and kidnap someone when they</font> check it out territory it was dark<font color="#E5E5E5"> enough and the</font> forest was thick<font color="#CCCCCC"> enough that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we joked</font> about some cult members could be<font color="#CCCCCC"> hiding</font> out<font color="#E5E5E5"> there</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the hell maybe they</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> actually were</font> needless<font color="#E5E5E5"> to say though we decided that</font> stopping<font color="#E5E5E5"> was not a good idea</font> we<font color="#CCCCCC"> eventually passed her a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> small</font> clearing the intersection<font color="#E5E5E5"> not the one</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> we wanted with a dinky concrete</font> building on the side of<font color="#E5E5E5"> the road with</font> one light<font color="#CCCCCC"> on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and a car pulled in the</font> slanted gravel ground my boyfriend drives<font color="#CCCCCC"> forward and we see</font> two<font color="#E5E5E5"> people there</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> then I got immediately</font> twisted and I started to<font color="#E5E5E5"> feel sick sick</font> enough<font color="#CCCCCC"> to fill ice cold run through my</font> veins<font color="#E5E5E5"> and needing a hand on my stomach</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> mean you never see<font color="#CCCCCC"> people at night here</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and it was two kids teen boys in fact</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">probably around 15 I'd say they were</font> wearing city clothes<font color="#CCCCCC"> like</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> shorts and</font> obnoxiously colored sports workout clothing and just<font color="#E5E5E5"> looking very out of</font> place they saw us coming<font color="#CCCCCC"> and walked away</font> from what looks like<font color="#E5E5E5"> an old beat-up El</font> Camino they're probably 1965 I'd say it's important to note that the paint was completely gone and<font color="#CCCCCC"> we'd</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> had light brown</font> dirt or rust covering the whole body <font color="#E5E5E5">they waved and smiled at us and that was</font> what freaked me out the most<font color="#E5E5E5"> I didn't</font> have a damn clue who these people were and<font color="#E5E5E5"> I knew a gas station</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that was right</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">up the road and they could just walk</font> there<font color="#CCCCCC"> I could see it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> past the road in</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> over bridge ahead in fact that</font> building was also<font color="#E5E5E5"> abandoned so I was</font> there a light on it all but they walked out<font color="#E5E5E5"> onto the road almost blocking us</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">from going</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> forward and my boyfriend had</font> to slow<font color="#E5E5E5"> down not to hit them as they</font> continuously wave their hands<font color="#E5E5E5"> and smiled</font> at us<font color="#CCCCCC"> but maybe</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> saying something but I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">couldn't hear it</font> I remember my my boyfriend's conversation going<font color="#E5E5E5"> something like this</font> hey<font color="#E5E5E5"> yeah should we stop he asked looking</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">nervously at me with a hand on the</font> gearshift<font color="#CCCCCC"> no</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> absolutely</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> not</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> just keep</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">driving yeah I said clenching the door</font> handle and<font color="#E5E5E5"> double checking it to be</font> locked<font color="#E5E5E5"> but what if they're actually</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">trouble I don't care I I don't know</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> them</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my guts telling</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me that we just need</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to leave that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> building is abandoned it</font> shouldn't have a light and<font color="#CCCCCC"> hell their</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">car</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> is abandoned but just drive please</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and he quickly drive around</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> them and</font> slammed on the gas trying to calm me down<font color="#E5E5E5"> since the whole</font> scene scared me in such a specific and bizarre way the images of getting out<font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">our car as some stranger got in and flew</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">through my head I looked behind us as we</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">left them and they stood in the middle</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">of the road with</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a cross between an</font> angry look<font color="#E5E5E5"> and a calm stare and didn't</font> move from<font color="#E5E5E5"> the road and so we turned and</font> we<font color="#CCCCCC"> couldn't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> see them anymore but who</font> were those<font color="#E5E5E5"> kids and why were they</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">wearing city clothes they looked too</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">young to be driving cars and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I knew for</font> a damn fact that the car they acted<font color="#CCCCCC"> like</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">they owned had been there for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> months I</font> knew because<font color="#E5E5E5"> I remember seeing it last</font> summer when<font color="#CCCCCC"> my dad pointed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at the model</font> and I said how I wanted<font color="#E5E5E5"> one we finally</font> made it<font color="#E5E5E5"> out though and found the</font> intersection that<font color="#E5E5E5"> we wanted that led to</font> the familiar gas station and he didn't hesitate when<font color="#CCCCCC"> I said that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> needed to</font> drive<font color="#CCCCCC"> next my bad ten or so minutes</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">later we get to my cabin half-heartedly</font> laughing<font color="#E5E5E5"> about</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it the whole way there</font> and<font color="#CCCCCC"> when I told my parents about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it they</font> didn't reprimand<font color="#E5E5E5"> us for not stopping</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font> was almost<font color="#E5E5E5"> 12 a.m. by that time and the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">night wasn't so bad that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> those kids</font> would freeze or anything and they agreed with<font color="#CCCCCC"> us the whole situation</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was terribly</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">weird</font> should I have actually stopped maybe yeah<font color="#E5E5E5"> can I change what</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> did</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">no</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> did I feel comfortable stopping</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">absolutely not</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I don't know</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> who those</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">two teen boys were but the whole</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">situation just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> felt</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> very ominous</font> so a little context<font color="#CCCCCC"> I just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> recently</font> moved and lived<font color="#E5E5E5"> by myself for the first</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">time</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I live in a trailer</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> because well</font> it's<font color="#E5E5E5"> really cheap but the area</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> is a</font> little<font color="#CCCCCC"> on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the sketchy side I've been</font> here for a<font color="#CCCCCC"> month now and nothing to</font> strangers<font color="#CCCCCC"> happened I'll also</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> add</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font> yeah I am a bit of<font color="#E5E5E5"> an idiot so ever</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">since I moved in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> keep hearing these</font> strange<font color="#E5E5E5"> sounds around my house like</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">someone creeping</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> around neither</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> not so</font> thick walls of the<font color="#E5E5E5"> trail</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> there are a lot</font> of<font color="#CCCCCC"> straight cats around this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> area though</font> so<font color="#E5E5E5"> pretty much</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> come to ignore them</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">chalking it up</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> cats wandering</font> around<font color="#E5E5E5"> lately though I keep hearing</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">sounds near the bathroom</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> window it's</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">almost like someone dragging a stick</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">along the side</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the wall outside</font> I have blackout curtains on every window and<font color="#E5E5E5"> the blinds are always closed but the</font> bathroom only<font color="#E5E5E5"> has a sheer white curtain</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> the window is</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that's modeled</font> textured glass that just gives a mosaic view if you look in<font color="#CCCCCC"> I'm eco</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> pods</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> dumb</font> and cowardly so I<font color="#E5E5E5"> never peep out the</font> windows when I hear these weird noises <font color="#E5E5E5">about</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a week</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> ago someone started banging</font> on<font color="#E5E5E5"> my door though</font> and this was like banging frantically <font color="#E5E5E5">and this is where me being a dumbass</font> factors in<font color="#CCCCCC"> my debate answering the door</font> but then the banging suddenly stops<font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font> stupid curiosity gets the<font color="#CCCCCC"> better of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font> and<font color="#CCCCCC"> I opened</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the door</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and see a skinny</font> man<font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> dark clothes</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it's 7:00 p.m.</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Sun is almost completely set so I</font> can't make<font color="#E5E5E5"> out his features and he's</font> just standing there turned<font color="#CCCCCC"> back looking</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at me I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> asked did</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">you need something he stared in my</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">direction for maybe a solid 10 seconds</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and then just walked a few unsteady</font> steps away<font color="#E5E5E5"> then he turned back</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">looked at me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and pointed up at the sky</font> wordlessly then he turned<font color="#E5E5E5"> his head up to</font> the sky<font color="#CCCCCC"> and stared up for a while then</font> gave<font color="#CCCCCC"> me one last look</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and turned away</font> and we ended unsteadily down the unlit <font color="#E5E5E5">Street</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I closed and locked my door</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">confused about the encounter I had</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">continued hearing the weird sounds</font> outside<font color="#E5E5E5"> of my house and actually</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> started</font> trying to<font color="#E5E5E5"> glimpse through the sides of</font> the curtains to find the<font color="#E5E5E5"> callers</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but</font> still<font color="#E5E5E5"> not courageous enough to actually</font> them back and look right<font color="#E5E5E5"> out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just about</font> an<font color="#E5E5E5"> error ago</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> heard the strange noise</font> again in my bathroom<font color="#CCCCCC"> and and listen</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> it slowly<font color="#CCCCCC"> traveled to my bedroom</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> window</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bathroom is connected to my room</font> thus and abruptly stopped for a time then<font color="#E5E5E5"> I heard it very slowly scrape</font> against the wall back<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bathroom</font> and it was<font color="#E5E5E5"> gone again this whole</font> situation is<font color="#E5E5E5"> actually starting to freak</font> me<font color="#CCCCCC"> out a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> little bit now but of course it</font> could always just be the cats and I could be overreacting<font color="#E5E5E5"> but then again I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">don't know who that man was or what he's</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">doing around my house when these weird</font> noises<font color="#E5E5E5"> are happening so this happened a</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">few</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> months ago in the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> McDonald's at</font> Copenhagen<font color="#E5E5E5"> station I'm not Danish only</font> visiting the country<font color="#CCCCCC"> for one day and</font> since I<font color="#E5E5E5"> wanted to travel cheap I've</font> decided to<font color="#E5E5E5"> take the cheapest bus there</font> which<font color="#CCCCCC"> just so happened to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> be the one</font> arriving<font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> 11</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> p.m.</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> day</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> before I</font> thought<font color="#E5E5E5"> that I could save even more</font> money<font color="#CCCCCC"> by not renting a bed somewhere and</font> instead spending the night awake<font color="#E5E5E5"> while</font> half asleep<font color="#E5E5E5"> at the station do my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">business the next day and sleep long and</font> well on the bus<font color="#E5E5E5"> back home so this week</font> Donald is open 24/7<font color="#CCCCCC"> I pretty early</font> discovered that the station was too cold <font color="#CCCCCC">for me to get some shut-eye so low and</font> inside<font color="#E5E5E5"> and bought a coffee and sat</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> down</font> at the<font color="#E5E5E5"> empty tape plenty of lighting and</font> sent me drunk people<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> keep me awake I</font> thought I should<font color="#CCCCCC"> add that Psalm</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> 23</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">FEMA Holland after</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a while of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> sitting in</font> my<font color="#CCCCCC"> spot a strange guy walked over and</font> placed a full cup<font color="#E5E5E5"> of soda on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my table he</font> said<font color="#CCCCCC"> it Dainius something that's I</font> believe<font color="#E5E5E5"> means I ain't my food already</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> didn't drink any<font color="#E5E5E5"> you should have it</font> instead I'm Swedish and although<font color="#E5E5E5"> some</font> Swedes understand Danish perfectly well <font color="#E5E5E5">I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> am have some difficulties doing so so</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and this is</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just a bit</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of a guess anyway</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">now</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I didn't really pay much attention</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to the cup after it was put on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the table</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">just wrote it off</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> as a random drunk</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">trying to flirt</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I noticed that in</font> front<font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me a table away sets another</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">guy and he was watching me closely</font> because we did<font color="#E5E5E5"> look wise the times that</font> I looked up<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> pika</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and this kind of</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">creeped</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me out of it</font> I really didn't like<font color="#CCCCCC"> being watched</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> like</font> this and he<font color="#E5E5E5"> just kind of sat there</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for</font> nearly<font color="#E5E5E5"> an hour even though he had no</font> food in front<font color="#E5E5E5"> of him in the end this</font> dude stood up and<font color="#E5E5E5"> walked over to me and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I cursed internally thinking that I'd</font> have<font color="#E5E5E5"> to defend myself and tell him</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">leave but he turned and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I stood</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the guy</font> that had left the soda cup on my<font color="#E5E5E5"> table</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">he told the soda guy to leave</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> after</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">pushing the soda</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Cup back into his arms</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that's he didn't want to see him</font> anywhere<font color="#CCCCCC"> near this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> place again then he</font> turned to<font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and explained in English</font> mind you that soda guy had walked<font color="#E5E5E5"> by my</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">table several</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> times glancing at me and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the cop and probably was waiting for me</font> to<font color="#E5E5E5"> drink it he said that he'd finished</font> his<font color="#E5E5E5"> meal a while ago and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just stayed to</font> watch over me<font color="#CCCCCC"> but had to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> leave and</font> reminded me to be careful to<font color="#E5E5E5"> be honest</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> too I hadn't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> even noticed</font> soda guy supposedly<font color="#E5E5E5"> pacing by I was too</font> fixated<font color="#E5E5E5"> on this other dude who</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just</font> happened to<font color="#E5E5E5"> be the good guy watching</font> over me<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I often wonder just what was</font> in that soda and what would have happened should I've gotten really <font color="#E5E5E5">thirsty</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and drank some of it I can still</font> remember this day like it was<font color="#CCCCCC"> yesterday</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">my mother's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> words clinging to my</font> eardrums like plastic wrap on<font color="#CCCCCC"> her</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">leftovers plate she said I need you and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">your friends to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be extra careful there</font> have<font color="#E5E5E5"> been reports of a white truck</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">following little girls home if you see</font> your friends walking<font color="#CCCCCC"> alone</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> don't let</font> them you<font color="#E5E5E5"> walk with them</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> until they get</font> there<font color="#CCCCCC"> and do not leave them until</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they</font> reach<font color="#E5E5E5"> their front door to ease a worry I</font> began walking with everyone to school and<font color="#E5E5E5"> back home</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> took me longer to get</font> home but<font color="#CCCCCC"> I had the safest location</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on my</font> street<font color="#E5E5E5"> at that time my house could</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sense</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">all the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> surrounding parks and school</font> playgrounds and said at the top<font color="#E5E5E5"> of the</font> hill as<font color="#CCCCCC"> well it was also next door to</font> both the mayor of the housing authority <font color="#CCCCCC">in the SFC</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> sergeant first class of the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">military</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> police</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in my mother's defense -</font> she was a single<font color="#CCCCCC"> mom of four and was</font> active<font color="#E5E5E5"> duty</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I didn't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> get the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> luxury of</font> getting<font color="#E5E5E5"> rides to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> school when typically</font> she was out of<font color="#CCCCCC"> home at 5 a.m.</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and didn't</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">return</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> until</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> 5 p.m.</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> even in the summer</font> school started at 8 a.m.<font color="#E5E5E5"> and ended at 3</font> p.m.<font color="#E5E5E5"> and you could only take a bus</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> school<font color="#E5E5E5"> if you lived more than</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 3</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> miles</font> from<font color="#E5E5E5"> campus in case you didn't know to</font> the military is a full-time<font color="#E5E5E5"> job</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">regardless</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> your home situation or</font> your kids<font color="#E5E5E5"> when you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> get orders you follow</font> them or<font color="#E5E5E5"> risk</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> demotions or being</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">dishonorably discharged so I did the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">same routine every</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> day</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> go across</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> street<font color="#CCCCCC"> through</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the two houses</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> down to</font> the sidewalk<font color="#CCCCCC"> go through an alleyway</font> until<font color="#E5E5E5"> there each tank destroyer trail</font> walk half a mile<font color="#CCCCCC"> to the concrete</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bridge</font> that goes over<font color="#E5E5E5"> the street and finally</font> down<font color="#E5E5E5"> the other side to the school side</font> doors<font color="#CCCCCC"> reverse order repeat every year</font> for<font color="#E5E5E5"> three</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> years</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so my mother was a drill</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">sergeant and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> until that morning I had</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">never really</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> taken a word seriously</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> remember telling her<font color="#E5E5E5"> we live on a</font> military base<font color="#CCCCCC"> mum there's no way that</font> I'll go missing and besides<font color="#E5E5E5"> I'll just</font> scream it's summer in Central Texas it's a blistering hot day in summer school has been dismissed early me and a few of my<font color="#CCCCCC"> friends are walking home together but</font> today<font color="#E5E5E5"> it's just eerily quiet between us</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">my gut is buzzing like an angry high of</font> the further away<font color="#CCCCCC"> we get from the school</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">then for whatever reason</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I felt like I</font> was just<font color="#E5E5E5"> being watched well I do a scan</font> of<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> area</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and notice that there are no</font> other students around<font color="#E5E5E5"> but myself</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Aubree</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Ashley an imp nothing is being</font> said as we get halfway across the bridge so<font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> break the silence and ask if</font> they're<font color="#E5E5E5"> okay</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Ashley responds my mom and dad have been</font> warning me<font color="#E5E5E5"> about this truck that's</font> following kids home<font color="#CCCCCC"> Aubree chimes in and</font> says<font color="#E5E5E5"> mine too</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I think they're just</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">trying to scare</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> us but why I asked</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> what</font> purpose<font color="#CCCCCC"> would that serve them to do that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">maybe to keep tabs on us or</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we replied</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">well looking at</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a phone the o breeze dad</font> was a bit of a<font color="#E5E5E5"> control freak</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that's my</font> dad<font color="#E5E5E5"> that even he would have done</font> something<font color="#E5E5E5"> that drastic to control if</font> that was<font color="#E5E5E5"> the case then there would be no</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">need</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for all of our</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> parents to warn us</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">too well I'm gonna go home this way</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">today guys Ashley says as</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she starts</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> take a different<font color="#E5E5E5"> route</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> home</font> wait that's<font color="#E5E5E5"> what about the truck and</font> butt grabs Ashley's hand and grips it <font color="#CCCCCC">tightly you need to stay with us I look</font> over<font color="#CCCCCC"> at or Bri who's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> walking a bit</font> faster<font color="#CCCCCC"> than the trail I can hear the</font> fear<font color="#E5E5E5"> in her voice I'm getting</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> out of</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">here before something bad happens okay</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">my hair practically jumps off my body</font> hearing her say those<font color="#E5E5E5"> words all of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> danger bells and whistles are going<font color="#E5E5E5"> up</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">so loudly that's I can barely hear</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">myself talk Ashley at least let us walk</font> you<font color="#E5E5E5"> there</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I pleaded and she reluctantly</font> agrees and comes back to<font color="#CCCCCC"> the trail with</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">us</font> well<font color="#CCCCCC"> Bri is a good length ahead of us</font> and so we<font color="#E5E5E5"> yell for her to slow down she</font> turns around and I can see<font color="#CCCCCC"> the whites of</font> her eyes I turned<font color="#E5E5E5"> just slightly to my right and</font> from the corner<font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my eye</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> there's an</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> old</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">white truck there</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> no license plate and a</font> tinted front window so<font color="#E5E5E5"> you couldn't see</font> the driver it was<font color="#E5E5E5"> slowly driving by the</font> curb on<font color="#CCCCCC"> the main road and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it was</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">definitely following</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> us there were no</font> other cars<font color="#CCCCCC"> around -</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and that made it</font> even more<font color="#E5E5E5"> creepy</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I stopped walking and</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">looked back</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at the truck</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I tried to see</font> if<font color="#E5E5E5"> I could</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> make it any distinctive marks</font> a a make or<font color="#CCCCCC"> a model but it didn't even</font> have a brand<font color="#E5E5E5"> on it Ford Chevy listened</font> and no<font color="#CCCCCC"> grille emblem at all my friend</font> stopped and then we all stand whoever was in the<font color="#E5E5E5"> driver's seat was certainly</font> looking back at us<font color="#E5E5E5"> - and all</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of us held</font> our breaths<font color="#E5E5E5"> and waited for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to leave</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">but they did it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> well every sense was</font> telling me to run<font color="#CCCCCC"> my gut was telling me</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to run my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> flat</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a flight was only flat at</font> that point<font color="#E5E5E5"> I already knew</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> what was going</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> come</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> next so I placed my leg behind</font> me and as I<font color="#CCCCCC"> took a step back I said it's</font> going<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> chase us</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and we need to run</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">before the others could respond</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> engine of the truck roared like a lion <font color="#CCCCCC">the front</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> tires jumped the curb and the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">truck came barreling down the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> trail that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">half a mile seemed to take forever to</font> run down we bolted<font color="#E5E5E5"> down the trail as</font> fast as we could <font color="#E5E5E5">it definitely</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was gaining</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> us though</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> well</font> we get<font color="#E5E5E5"> to the end of the trail and</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">stopped at the scient</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and that's by my</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">neighbourhood street</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and it was still</font> chasing us we all shouted<font color="#CCCCCC"> and screamed</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> over he tried to get a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> cellphone and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">one but drop that as we were running</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">yeah</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but where was everyone</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> how</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> no</font> one hearing us cry out behind<font color="#E5E5E5"> all</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> these houses<font color="#E5E5E5"> whose backyard</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> leads</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">walking trail</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and how is that even</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">possible that they didn't hear us is no</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">one's seeing this</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I'd tell</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> them all to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">follow me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> house and we finally get</font> there my front door is locked<font color="#CCCCCC"> and I</font> don't have my house key<font color="#E5E5E5"> but we</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">immediately go next door to the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> MP</font> officers house and begin hurling our fists at the door<font color="#E5E5E5"> screaming for help</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> officer isn't home but<font color="#CCCCCC"> luckily his wife</font> is she opens the<font color="#CCCCCC"> door and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we frantically</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">get inside we force her out</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of the way</font> and we all run inside<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we slammed the</font> door<font color="#E5E5E5"> shut miss Janet is asking us all</font> kinds<font color="#E5E5E5"> of questions but we quickly tell</font> her to be quiet<font color="#CCCCCC"> but we don't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> even make</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it to the couch and we all stand by the</font> door and try to stay away from<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> windows we hear the truck drive by<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> decide that<font color="#CCCCCC"> no one leaves until Miss</font> Janet's husband comes home<font color="#E5E5E5"> just thinking</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">about this</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> - as I'm sharing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this just it</font> makes<font color="#E5E5E5"> my stomach</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> turning knots</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> even</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">eleven years later</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> when he</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> eventually</font> comes home though we make a formal police report and tell<font color="#CCCCCC"> our parents our</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">teachers and other students about the</font> incident<font color="#E5E5E5"> but we never heard any other</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">updates on the truck but from then on</font> teachers were on every<font color="#CCCCCC"> post</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of the trail</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">four kids walking home from</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> school</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> an</font> MP's were and still are posted on every corner<font color="#CCCCCC"> within a two mile radius</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">school so my two friends and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> were</font> hiking in<font color="#E5E5E5"> a national park one day we</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">decided to hike the trail which had much</font> less traffic and arrived early<font color="#CCCCCC"> in the</font> morning an older<font color="#E5E5E5"> man dressed in shorts</font> hiking boots a<font color="#CCCCCC"> shirts sun hat and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">carrying a walking stick overheard us</font> talking<font color="#E5E5E5"> about stuff and decided to get</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">up from the rock that he was sitting on</font> and join<font color="#E5E5E5"> us</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on the rest of it hi long</font> story<font color="#CCCCCC"> short</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we arrived at the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> entrance</font> of a cave <font color="#CCCCCC">the elder man</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> stayed back while my</font> friends and I explored it<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was really</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">narrow but opened up to somewhat</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of a</font> belly room but one way in and<font color="#E5E5E5"> one</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> way</font> out<font color="#CCCCCC"> we came back and greeted the man and</font> he then<font color="#E5E5E5"> told us that he wanted to</font> explore it as well<font color="#CCCCCC"> we told</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> him that we</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">would wait for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> him at the end</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">mind you this cave isn't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> very deep</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> what</font> we were in there<font color="#E5E5E5"> for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a total of five</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">minutes</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I'd say and after waiting for</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">him for 15 minutes</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> decided that we</font> should<font color="#E5E5E5"> go and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> check out</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that he say when</font> we got into<font color="#CCCCCC"> the cave he was gone</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> there</font> the only<font color="#E5E5E5"> thing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> left</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was his walking</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">stick sitting in the center of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the cave</font> we called his name and<font color="#E5E5E5"> even climbed up</font> into<font color="#CCCCCC"> a crevasse to see if he had somehow</font> gotten stuck or something<font color="#E5E5E5"> but he just</font> wasn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> there</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we never found him either</font> and it was the creepiest thing that's I've ever experienced I'm telling you this in the hopes of being<font color="#E5E5E5"> able to share</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">my experiences without too much</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> judgment</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I know not everyone</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> will believe me and</font> I'm prepared for<font color="#E5E5E5"> that but I also know</font> that<font color="#CCCCCC"> there are many who are</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> remaining</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">silent and who can actually</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> relate so</font> I'll begin with my<font color="#E5E5E5"> first journal entries</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I am also hopeful that one day I can</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">find the courage to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> open all of my</font> journals to the world and share some<font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> my<font color="#E5E5E5"> most terrifying experiences with the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">paranormal but for now I'll start with</font> this so I know we live<font color="#CCCCCC"> in a world full</font> of skeptics who are ready<font color="#E5E5E5"> to write me</font> off<font color="#CCCCCC"> as crazy</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> yeah I have 32 years</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> unexplained experiences<font color="#CCCCCC"> entities</font> feelings and<font color="#E5E5E5"> a judgments all of which</font> I've<font color="#CCCCCC"> documented in multiple journals</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">early in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my journey</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I'm wanted to</font> actually prove skeptics wrong<font color="#E5E5E5"> but now I</font> just<font color="#E5E5E5"> want them</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> be open</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the idea</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that this is not</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a black-and-white world</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">there is so much gray and although</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">sometimes it's terrifying it can change</font> someone's entire<font color="#CCCCCC"> perspective</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> although</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">once</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it belonged to a group</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font> like-minded individuals<font color="#E5E5E5"> who see and live</font> in the greatness<font color="#E5E5E5"> of the world there was</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">a point in my life - that's I was very</font> vocal<font color="#E5E5E5"> about things that I'd experienced</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I didn't fear people</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> thinking that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">crazy and I was adamant about changing a</font> skeptics mind in my reality<font color="#E5E5E5"> I didn't</font> understand how<font color="#CCCCCC"> or why a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> person</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> could be</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">a skeptic my first memories as a child</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">involved an imaginary friend</font> it was my form of normal now looking<font color="#CCCCCC"> back though I know the</font> things<font color="#E5E5E5"> that I experienced were</font> definitely<font color="#E5E5E5"> not normal when that I had</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> so-called</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sixth sense and was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">extremely sensitive to things</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that other</font> people<font color="#CCCCCC"> were</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> not I have experienced</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">things that's others only experience by</font> watching fictional horror<font color="#E5E5E5"> movies</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but I</font> can tell you<font color="#E5E5E5"> that I lived in a real</font> horror movie so as I mentioned<font color="#CCCCCC"> at a very</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">early age I would see different entities</font> around<font color="#E5E5E5"> my house my parents blamed it on</font> a an active imagination<font color="#CCCCCC"> but it was real</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">at that time we lived in a very</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> old</font> house with an additional guest house attached<font color="#E5E5E5"> we just used the guest house as</font> a<font color="#E5E5E5"> storage and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we never had occupants and</font> my father was an auctioneer<font color="#E5E5E5"> and was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">constantly bringing home old antiques</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">one day my father brought home a green</font> recliner to go in my room<font color="#E5E5E5"> for my mother</font> to<font color="#CCCCCC"> read to me at night</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> however an older</font> gentleman with<font color="#CCCCCC"> a black beard and hats</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">occupied the chair every night after my</font> mother would leave he<font color="#E5E5E5"> would just sit</font> there<font color="#E5E5E5"> appearing more as a the silhouette</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">or a shadow he never spoke and he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> never</font> moved<font color="#CCCCCC"> he just sat there and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> just kind of</font> watched me<font color="#CCCCCC"> I strongly</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> believe fear is</font> not<font color="#E5E5E5"> something someone</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> is born</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> with</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> bets</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">instead comes from experiences and this</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">figure had honestly terrified me because</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">even as a child I knew he was not</font> supposed to be<font color="#CCCCCC"> there and I couldn't</font> understand what<font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> parents couldn't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> see</font> him I wish that he<font color="#E5E5E5"> was the only entity</font> in my house but he<font color="#CCCCCC"> wasn't there was a</font> long hallway that separated my room<font color="#E5E5E5"> from</font> the guest bedroom<font color="#CCCCCC"> in the stairs I would</font> always see a shadow figure walking<font color="#E5E5E5"> this</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">hallway and going into</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the guest bedroom</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">it wasn't the man</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in the chair this</font> thing was much scarier<font color="#CCCCCC"> its</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> energy was</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">strong and extremely negative and the</font> feeling that<font color="#CCCCCC"> I spoke about earlier</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">originated in this hallway</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> whether it</font> was visible<font color="#E5E5E5"> on lights I always knew it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">was around</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> - I would run from the stairs</font> to my room every<font color="#CCCCCC"> single day and then the</font> entity began to<font color="#E5E5E5"> move around the house I</font> think one of the<font color="#E5E5E5"> more terrifying things</font> that happened was when I was around<font color="#CCCCCC"> 10</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> was getting ready in<font color="#E5E5E5"> front of a mirror</font> hanging<font color="#E5E5E5"> on the bathroom</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> door</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and there</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> a belt on the ground next to me</font> partially under the door<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I remember</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">vividly looking</font> into the mirror<font color="#CCCCCC"> and seeing the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> belt</font> slowly slide father under the door <font color="#E5E5E5">thinking</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that I was being pranked I</font> opened the bathroom door<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> no one</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font> there however the belt was<font color="#CCCCCC"> now on the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bathroom</font> floor<font color="#CCCCCC"> and not only was the house leaving</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">me in a constant</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> state</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of fear and</font> anxiety but the guest house was a place <font color="#E5E5E5">that's my physically could</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> not go into</font> because<font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> all the dreadful feelings</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> a gay the few times I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> did go into</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the guest house though I would always</font> feel<font color="#E5E5E5"> like I was going to be sick and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">would immediately leave the guest house</font> was a small house<font color="#CCCCCC"> with a large attic</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">there was a big window in the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> attic that</font> looked<font color="#E5E5E5"> over the entire property here</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">then one</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> afternoon I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was jumping on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> trampoline with my friends I believe <font color="#E5E5E5">this is kind of the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> epiphany moments in</font> my<font color="#CCCCCC"> life too and I realized that I was</font> not the<font color="#E5E5E5"> only person experiencing these</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">things my friend looked up at the window</font> with a terrified look<font color="#E5E5E5"> in his</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> face and</font> said there was<font color="#CCCCCC"> a woman dressed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> white</font> looking down at us<font color="#CCCCCC"> I looked up and she</font> had long<font color="#E5E5E5"> blonde hair</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and had a very</font> blank expression<font color="#E5E5E5"> on her</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> face</font> well we watched her for a few<font color="#E5E5E5"> minutes</font> and and she just<font color="#CCCCCC"> disappeared</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the house</font> was definitely empty though and the stairs to the<font color="#CCCCCC"> Attic had not been used in</font> years<font color="#CCCCCC"> in other</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> words this lady didn't</font> simply walk<font color="#CCCCCC"> away from the window she</font> just completely vanished I had three<font color="#E5E5E5"> friends that day that</font> witnessed this entity disappearing into <font color="#CCCCCC">thin air as well and this was a</font> validation<font color="#E5E5E5"> to me that's how was not</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">crazy in that there are things in this</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">world that just can't be explained I</font> lived in that<font color="#E5E5E5"> house until I was 12</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> years</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">old</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the level of activity increased her</font> at the years to the<font color="#CCCCCC"> point that's I've</font> again documenting them in<font color="#CCCCCC"> adjourn I have</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">specific details of each experience far</font> too many to write down here in one post <font color="#E5E5E5">but when I moved out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to our new house</font> built specifically for<font color="#E5E5E5"> my family I</font> thought that things would stop and I <font color="#E5E5E5">could just</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> normal kid but boy was I</font> just so so wrong about<font color="#E5E5E5"> that</font> so this was<font color="#E5E5E5"> around</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 78</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> years ago we were</font> getting insulation for<font color="#CCCCCC"> our small attic</font> space that was directly<font color="#E5E5E5"> linked</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">room with the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> door we had a small house</font> we had never opened<font color="#CCCCCC"> this area since</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we</font> moved<font color="#CCCCCC"> into</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and I was sitting down on my</font> bed when<font color="#CCCCCC"> my parents opened the door and</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">immediately just everything went wrong</font> my lights blew three of them in one lamp and one in a separately<font color="#E5E5E5"> and plugged into</font> a different search protector than the first so I'm pretty<font color="#CCCCCC"> sure</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that it wasn't</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">a freak electrical coincidence my</font> parents stopped what they were doing and went downstairs<font color="#CCCCCC"> to check</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the breakers</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> was still sitting<font color="#E5E5E5"> on my bed and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> only</font> light was coming<font color="#E5E5E5"> in from the hallway my</font> door was open a<font color="#CCCCCC"> little bit so I could</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">see maybe</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 1/4 of the room or something</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">when I heard more or less a growling</font> sound<font color="#E5E5E5"> from the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Attic</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it had honestly</font> scared the crap out of me because<font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> thought they could<font color="#CCCCCC"> have</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> been a raccoon</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">or something</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> down there but I didn't</font> move because<font color="#E5E5E5"> I didn't want to spook it</font> or anything<font color="#CCCCCC"> it kept going for a few</font> minutes and then<font color="#E5E5E5"> I heard ridiculously</font> loud footsteps like someone's stomping with all their<font color="#E5E5E5"> might on the ground and</font> then I saw what was<font color="#E5E5E5"> making the sounds</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">maybe 7 or 8 foot</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> tall</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> person's shadow</font> that was<font color="#E5E5E5"> mostly defined but not detailed</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">walked out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of the doorway still</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> making</font> the massive footstep sounds made a gesture<font color="#E5E5E5"> which I can only</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> assume</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was a</font> come with me wave toward itself and walked back<font color="#CCCCCC"> through</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the doorway I waited</font> a few seconds after it was<font color="#E5E5E5"> gone</font> shut the door immediately<font color="#CCCCCC"> and then my</font> lights came back on this all happened in <font color="#CCCCCC">the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> span of maybe</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 10 or</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so minutes</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so</font> when my<font color="#CCCCCC"> parents came back up I told</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> them</font> about what<font color="#E5E5E5"> happens and they said that</font> they didn't hear anything<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> honestly I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">have no clue</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> what happened to this day I</font> don't<font color="#CCCCCC"> think I'm schizophrenic</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> or</font> anything<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I wasn't asleep so it's not</font> like it was sleep paralysis or anything I'm still<font color="#E5E5E5"> skeptical</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of everything</font> paranormal<font color="#E5E5E5"> even after this because the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">whole event just seems so</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> horror movie</font> ish that<font color="#E5E5E5"> I can't believe</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that it was</font> real when I grew up on<font color="#CCCCCC"> a cattle</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> ranch in</font> southwest Texas<font color="#E5E5E5"> close to Rio Grande</font> it's a mountainous area with a semi-arid climates<font color="#E5E5E5"> it is a strange kind of beauty</font> that's all deserts tend to have I suppose<font color="#CCCCCC"> running through the hills on a</font> horse can<font color="#CCCCCC"> be difficult</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in the heat</font> during<font color="#E5E5E5"> the day</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but at night the skies</font> clear and<font color="#E5E5E5"> the view</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> is amazing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> getting</font> distracted<font color="#E5E5E5"> for too long</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> however can send</font> you and<font color="#CCCCCC"> your horse off the side of a</font> cliff<font color="#E5E5E5"> and plummeting onto the rocks</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">below</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> now my family is</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> mexican-american</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> living so</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> close to the border</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">there's no shortage of myths and legends</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">ranging from witches to Apache ghosts to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">La Llorona and my parents are religious</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they're of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the belief that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">superstitions are just sinful so they</font> raised me a<font color="#E5E5E5"> skeptic when it came to</font> anything<font color="#E5E5E5"> supernatural</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> furthermore</font> spending most of<font color="#E5E5E5"> my life outdoors made</font> me<font color="#CCCCCC"> chalk up most people's stories to</font> just<font color="#CCCCCC"> local wildlife</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> which for some</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">reason God</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> decided should act in the</font> freakiest ways<font color="#E5E5E5"> possible at</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> night long</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">story short I didn't believe in ghosts</font> there are however<font color="#E5E5E5"> things that's I can't</font> just explain this way and have definitely<font color="#E5E5E5"> had some strange experiences</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">of my own now ranch was near Marfa</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> where the famous Marfa lights phenomenon occurs<font color="#E5E5E5"> now that whole town gives off</font> just an eerie feeling in general<font color="#CCCCCC"> -</font> especially at night nowadays it's home to artists<font color="#E5E5E5"> and other not so normal</font> people drawn<font color="#E5E5E5"> to the town for this reason</font> my story however begins when I was rounding up some of<font color="#E5E5E5"> my dad's Red Angus</font> cattle so we could send them<font color="#E5E5E5"> to the</font> feedlot<font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the morning this kind of work</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> last all</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> way</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> into the evening</font> especially<font color="#CCCCCC"> in those hills by the time I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">got home the sky had turned pink and the</font> moon was in the sky<font color="#E5E5E5"> seemingly watching</font> the sunset<font color="#E5E5E5"> after</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> closing all</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Pens I</font> rode my<font color="#E5E5E5"> horse to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the barn which was all</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> way</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> down the hill</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> from the cattle</font> pens to get there I<font color="#E5E5E5"> had</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to go</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> through a</font> gate and follow<font color="#CCCCCC"> a path to a large</font> mesquite tree<font color="#CCCCCC"> in the barn was just past</font> the tree halfway down<font color="#E5E5E5"> the hill my horse</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">just stopped and perked his ears up</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">looking straight</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> at the tree itself</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font> kicked him forward but he<font color="#CCCCCC"> kept trying to</font> back<font color="#E5E5E5"> up the hill</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> warm side pass to the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">left</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">now the path</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that we were on had a drop</font> to<font color="#E5E5E5"> the side so if my horse kept going</font> sideways<font color="#CCCCCC"> we'd eventually both fall right</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">off so I tried to keep him straight the</font> more I pressed him<font color="#CCCCCC"> however the more</font> irritated<font color="#CCCCCC"> he got he had his ears pinned</font> back and began stomping his feet<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">this was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> really unusual</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for him too it</font> was fairly dark<font color="#CCCCCC"> at this point so I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">assumed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that he could see something</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that</font> I couldn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> and simply coaxed him all the</font> way<font color="#E5E5E5"> down the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> hill so that we could just</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">ride around</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the tree</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> without worrying</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">about falling being cautious</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just in</font> case there was<font color="#CCCCCC"> a predator in the</font> darkness we finally got to<font color="#E5E5E5"> the door</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the barn and I dismounted him again</font> unsettling when<font color="#E5E5E5"> suddenly I just got this</font> really<font color="#E5E5E5"> uneasy feeling like I was being</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">watched my horse had</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> settled down</font> already<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I was now able to focus on</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the unnatural stillness around me there</font> were no crickets none of the chickens were making any <font color="#E5E5E5">noise and the whole atmosphere just felt</font> really<font color="#E5E5E5"> menacing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I looked up from behind</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">my horse at</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the tree and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> right there in</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> darkness I could see</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> would</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> look like</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">a a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> fox</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> top behind the tree to the back</font> of the barn<font color="#CCCCCC"> I quickly unsettled and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">inside my horse to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the grill guard of my</font> truck<font color="#E5E5E5"> which was parked in front of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">bond</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I took</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my rifle so</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that I could shoot</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the critter if I saw it I didn't want</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to get to the chickens I went around to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> barn and checked the chicken coop</font> and found nothing yeah<font color="#CCCCCC"> the chickens were all quiet but</font> they were<font color="#CCCCCC"> okay</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I assumed that I must</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">have scared it off but I decided I'd</font> sleep outside<font color="#E5E5E5"> for the night in case it</font> came<font color="#E5E5E5"> back when I came back to untie my</font> horse he<font color="#E5E5E5"> was stomping at the ground</font> again<font color="#CCCCCC"> and jerking</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> his head around</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> untied his rope and led him<font color="#E5E5E5"> to his pen</font> after<font color="#E5E5E5"> which I continued to search for</font> the Fox<font color="#CCCCCC"> well what I thought</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> fox</font> anyway<font color="#E5E5E5"> as I searched I realized there</font> were<font color="#E5E5E5"> no paw prints or any kind of trail</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that would indicate another animal had</font> even been there I eventually started<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> believe<font color="#CCCCCC"> that I just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> imagined it still</font> I've searched a little while longer and found<font color="#E5E5E5"> nothing so I decided I'd be able</font> to<font color="#E5E5E5"> sleep</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> inside feeling reassured I fed</font> my horse and close the barn door<font color="#E5E5E5"> before</font> heading in for<font color="#E5E5E5"> the night as I walked</font> back<font color="#E5E5E5"> to the house however I got that</font> feeling<font color="#CCCCCC"> again</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this time</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">accompanied by an</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> overwhelming sense</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">dread I don't know why</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just felt</font> the need<font color="#CCCCCC"> to look in the direction of my</font> truck<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> when I looked my blood</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> ranked</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">halt</font> behind my truck<font color="#CCCCCC"> they looked</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to be a a</font> head<font color="#E5E5E5"> peeking out it but the dying light</font> from the Sun just barely<font color="#E5E5E5"> allowed me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> make out its features it was<font color="#CCCCCC"> bald had</font> pale leathery skin<font color="#CCCCCC"> and its features look</font> like they'd been carved in like a statue or<font color="#CCCCCC"> something</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it looks like it was</font> glaring at<font color="#CCCCCC"> me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> too</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I don't know what it</font> was<font color="#CCCCCC"> that kept my feet glued to the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">ground that's I wanted to run</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but I</font> simply<font color="#E5E5E5"> couldn't I stared at</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> this thing</font> for what seemed like forever<font color="#CCCCCC"> when</font> suddenly<font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> vanished</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I didn't see</font> it run or<font color="#CCCCCC"> even moved back behind the</font> truck it just seemed to almost delete <font color="#E5E5E5">itself from where it was I was finally</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">able to break my trance but instead of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">wanting to run I simply felt the urge to</font> war<font color="#E5E5E5"> like if I ran I'd be giving an</font> invitation to whatever<font color="#E5E5E5"> this thing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was to</font> come<font color="#CCCCCC"> back and chase me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so I walked back</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">watching my back</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> almost</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> like you do when</font> you<font color="#E5E5E5"> come across an aggressive dog</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> night</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sigh I couldn't sleep for the</font> life of me<font color="#E5E5E5"> yeah</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I felt</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> hyper-vigilant</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">any movement or small noise was enough</font> to keep me alert and<font color="#E5E5E5"> ensure that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> wouldn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> be able to close my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> eyes</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that</font> night and the next<font color="#CCCCCC"> few nights afterward</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">however something just kept</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> telling me</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> I was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in danger I'm not sure what</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> thing was but</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> apparently it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> wasn't</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> only one my cousin ray</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> looks</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">horrified when</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> told</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> him about it and</font> told me<font color="#CCCCCC"> that he'd seen something</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> similar</font> one night when<font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> got back from town</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">he'd said</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that he'd seen it more closely</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and said that he thought</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> one</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> our German<font color="#E5E5E5"> Shepherds running around at</font> first he said<font color="#CCCCCC"> that the movements looked</font> off however<font color="#E5E5E5"> and the dog</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> looked more</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> like</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it was walking really really fast the</font> way that he described it was that it was <font color="#CCCCCC">running like</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> scooby</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Doo</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> when he got out</font> of<font color="#CCCCCC"> his truck</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he felt inexplicably sick</font> to his stomach and fell<font color="#CCCCCC"> compose</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to just</font> look<font color="#CCCCCC"> behind</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> him when he looked he saw</font> that thing standing there in the<font color="#CCCCCC"> middle</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">of the dirt road</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the entrance of the</font> ranch it was slender<font color="#CCCCCC"> and had pale skin</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">its arms were boney and looked kind of</font> jagged <font color="#E5E5E5">it's facial features</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> were just as I</font> described them<font color="#CCCCCC"> they</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> glared at him while</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">before just turning back and jumping off</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> edge of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the hill he told me of the</font> overwhelming fear that he'd had for the next week after<font color="#E5E5E5"> witnessing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> its even</font> having a panic attack one day that<font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">was worried that he'd have to ride his</font> horse<font color="#E5E5E5"> back</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the dark neither of us</font> have ever<font color="#E5E5E5"> seen it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> again but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we think my</font> dad may have<font color="#CCCCCC"> encountered it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in the</font> mountains one night<font color="#E5E5E5"> that we spent out</font> there<font color="#E5E5E5"> my dad told us that he was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> working</font> out<font color="#E5E5E5"> by the sound of an animal that side</font> of his<font color="#E5E5E5"> cans</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he then heard a voice</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">voice saying hey</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Dad</font> it sounded<font color="#E5E5E5"> wrong though was the way that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">he described it and when it talked he</font> noticed just how identical it<font color="#CCCCCC"> sounded</font> each time<font color="#CCCCCC"> it kind of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> like a recording he</font> then noticed<font color="#E5E5E5"> just how quiet the night</font> was the<font color="#CCCCCC"> same deafening silence that I'd</font> experienced and my dad felt this sense of just impending doom and refused to <font color="#E5E5E5">get out of his tent</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> holding on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to his</font> 3030 Winchester and<font color="#E5E5E5"> saying a prayer when</font> all of a sudden he<font color="#CCCCCC"> heard his</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> mere squeal</font> and kick at something followed<font color="#E5E5E5"> by the</font> sound<font color="#E5E5E5"> of a branch breaking and who's</font> running away even then though my<font color="#CCCCCC"> dad</font> stayed inside and<font color="#E5E5E5"> told himself not to</font> get out no<font color="#E5E5E5"> matter what he</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> says that a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">few minutes after he heard his horse run</font> off<font color="#E5E5E5"> that he heard what sounded like an</font> unnatural scream off in the distance<font color="#CCCCCC"> he</font> heard at once then twice and then everything just went<font color="#E5E5E5"> back to normal</font> the next morning<font color="#CCCCCC"> he saw his horse</font> sloping back to him as he got<font color="#E5E5E5"> out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of his</font> tent<font color="#CCCCCC"> he felt relieved until</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he noticed</font> how frightened<font color="#E5E5E5"> she was when he tried</font> petting her she back up and snorted him and<font color="#E5E5E5"> furthermore it took a full hour for</font> him to manage putting the saddle on<font color="#E5E5E5"> an</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">errand</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> along ritual to get himself</font> mounted on her with her<font color="#E5E5E5"> taking off at a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">gallop</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> what's more - is that we'd all</font> notice<font color="#CCCCCC"> that the horse just hadn't been</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the same for a while</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> she had been the</font> most well behaved horse on the ranch before<font color="#E5E5E5"> and my dad even boasted about how</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">broke she was all the time and she</font> definitely was broke as all get-out since then however she started kicking it anything<font color="#CCCCCC"> that came up behind her</font> unexpectedly<font color="#E5E5E5"> she'd been spooking at any</font> noises<font color="#E5E5E5"> that sounded wrong and couldn't</font> be away<font color="#CCCCCC"> from another horse when we're</font> all out on<font color="#CCCCCC"> the trail</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it was a conversation</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">about this change behavior that led to</font> my dad telling<font color="#E5E5E5"> us this story</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> after she'd</font> broken<font color="#CCCCCC"> a leg and we unfortunately</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> had to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">put it down it wasn't a good way</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for her</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> go but</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> at least she's at peace</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> also</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">my dad's not one to show emotions but he</font> seemed genuinely disturbed and even fearful<font color="#CCCCCC"> none of us had ever believed in</font> ghosts<font color="#E5E5E5"> or witches or cryptids but this</font> experience<font color="#E5E5E5"> has</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> made us</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a little more</font> open<font color="#E5E5E5"> to the possibilities I suppose we</font> eventually<font color="#E5E5E5"> sold that and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it moved in</font> favor of the money the oil field has to <font color="#CCCCCC">offer since the move I've gained access</font> to<font color="#E5E5E5"> high-speed Internet and have done</font> some digging<font color="#CCCCCC"> too I heard about</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">skinwalkers from an</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Indian friend</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font> mine but it had<font color="#CCCCCC"> never crossed my mind</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">until I read about them</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> heard some</font> stories on<font color="#CCCCCC"> YouTube and realize just how</font> similar it was<font color="#E5E5E5"> now I'm not fully</font> convinced though and it could be <font color="#E5E5E5">something else entirely yeah I know that</font> for sure<font color="#E5E5E5"> either way though I hope you</font> found this<font color="#E5E5E5"> interesting and be safe out</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">there</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> mum recently</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> shared a strange and</font> creepy experience<font color="#CCCCCC"> that she and her</font> siblings<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> parents witnessed when she</font> was<font color="#CCCCCC"> younger at</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> around 6 years</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> age my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">mum is a very elegant classy</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> proven</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">proper</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> woman who would not be the type</font> of<font color="#E5E5E5"> person to lie about this just to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">scare someone also my aunts and uncles</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">have verified this story individually so</font> I believe<font color="#E5E5E5"> that it's true so my</font> grandparents<font color="#E5E5E5"> mother's aunts and uncles</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">temporarily lived in a small village or</font> town<font color="#CCCCCC"> in Mexico with a population</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font> about a thousand people scattered throughout<font color="#CCCCCC"> the hilly landscape</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they</font> lived at the<font color="#E5E5E5"> bottom of one of the larger</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">hills that could take a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> couple</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of hours</font> to<font color="#E5E5E5"> hike to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the very top</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my grandparents</font> were relatively<font color="#E5E5E5"> poor my grandmother</font> making<font color="#E5E5E5"> just enough</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> provide</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for the</font> necessities by<font color="#E5E5E5"> working at a sugarcane</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">field</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but yet they lived in one of the</font> nicer homes because<font color="#CCCCCC"> of its proximity to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the hill and an alleged</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> witch's house at</font> the top of that hill<font color="#E5E5E5"> locals stayed away</font> from<font color="#E5E5E5"> that house and rent was cheapest</font> there out<font color="#E5E5E5"> of all the other much simpler</font> homes available<font color="#CCCCCC"> my grandparents aunts</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">uncles and mum had some paranormal</font> experiences in that<font color="#E5E5E5"> home too</font> most of these were attributed<font color="#CCCCCC"> to the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">witch in typical Mexican folklore</font> fashion<font color="#E5E5E5"> the skinwalker they witnessed</font> however that was what made them leave in <font color="#E5E5E5">the end so my mom says that one</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> day she</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> inside at the entrance of the home</font> with<font color="#CCCCCC"> the door</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> wide open playing with</font> some toys<font color="#E5E5E5"> my aunts and uncles were in</font> the same room behind<font color="#E5E5E5"> her also playing</font> and roughhousing while my grandfather was relaxing in<font color="#CCCCCC"> a rocking chair</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">room she just so</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> happens to look</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> up</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">right as a medium-sized black dog was</font> walking<font color="#CCCCCC"> along the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> road in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> front</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of the</font> home and what<font color="#E5E5E5"> spooked her about this dog</font> is that the dog looks<font color="#E5E5E5"> like it had to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">human breasts hanging from its</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> chest</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> were connected to its skin as</font> though it was<font color="#CCCCCC"> a part of its</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> body</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">she says that the breasts were hairless</font> which allowed her to<font color="#E5E5E5"> see</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that they were</font> indeed<font color="#E5E5E5"> human and not some sort of tumor</font> growth on the doll<font color="#CCCCCC"> or something</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> mum</font> says<font color="#CCCCCC"> that the dog</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> instantly gave her</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">very bad feelings and she started to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> cry</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">this caused the dog to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> stop in its</font> tracks and<font color="#E5E5E5"> look at my mom my grandfather</font> got up and headed<font color="#E5E5E5"> towards the door as</font> did<font color="#E5E5E5"> my aunts and uncles</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to see what was</font> going on<font color="#E5E5E5"> he instantly recognized what</font> the creature was and pulled<font color="#E5E5E5"> out a small</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">revolver that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he always carried with him</font> due to<font color="#CCCCCC"> the long tracks that he made on</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">foot to his job he aimed the revolver</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and tried pulling the trigger but the</font> gun just<font color="#E5E5E5"> kept jamming and wouldn't fire</font> he tried<font color="#E5E5E5"> it multiple times each time</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">checking and making</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sure the gun was in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">proper working order but it simply</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just</font> wouldn't fire<font color="#CCCCCC"> and all the while the dog</font> was just standing<font color="#CCCCCC"> there watching the dog</font> eventually turned and started<font color="#CCCCCC"> running</font> down<font color="#E5E5E5"> the road into some overgrowth along</font> the side of<font color="#E5E5E5"> the road after</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">disappeared from view</font> my grandfather tried shooting<font color="#E5E5E5"> his gun</font> and it fired<font color="#E5E5E5"> without a hitch although</font> there were very limited financial<font color="#E5E5E5"> wise</font> they moved out within a week<font color="#CCCCCC"> after that</font> encounter<font color="#E5E5E5"> unfortunately both of my</font> grandparents passed when I was<font color="#CCCCCC"> really</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">young so</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I can't actually ask them about</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">this event I've never heard of a</font> skinwalker partially changing and <font color="#E5E5E5">turning like this and so I found this</font> quite<font color="#CCCCCC"> interesting</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I hope you</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> guys</font> did too six months ago<font color="#CCCCCC"> I have moved in with my</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">fiancee</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> their house is an old per</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> se</font> but it was built in<font color="#CCCCCC"> the 60s and and</font> we've never<font color="#E5E5E5"> found any history</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on that's</font> all the land<font color="#E5E5E5"> that it's on I am working</font> on getting<font color="#E5E5E5"> old dates currently but we</font> live<font color="#E5E5E5"> in North Georgia in an area where</font> Native American heritage is a very big part of the<font color="#E5E5E5"> history of the land</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> along</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">with the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Civil War</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so his father is the</font> landlord<font color="#CCCCCC"> he used to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> rent it out until he</font> decided it<font color="#CCCCCC"> was too much</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> work</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and let us</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">use</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it until we buy a home</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> there were</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">been no recent updates or renovations in</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the home</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at least in the last four years</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> hasn't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> been rented</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to tenants</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">fiancee always claimed that the house</font> felt weird<font color="#CCCCCC"> and he mentioned on and off</font> that he<font color="#E5E5E5"> thought it could</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be haunted</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but</font> he's more of a skeptic<font color="#CCCCCC"> about things like</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that where as I'm more open to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> believe</font> in the first three months<font color="#E5E5E5"> we had no</font> issues<font color="#E5E5E5"> and personally nothing</font> unexplainable<font color="#CCCCCC"> happens or anything that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">made me feel weird or</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> uncomfortable</font> I<font color="#E5E5E5"> ran late December</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> or early January</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> started<font color="#CCCCCC"> noticing little instances</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> like</font> my car keys<font color="#CCCCCC"> where I thought I put</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> his</font> wallet and car keys<font color="#E5E5E5"> would be in</font> different<font color="#CCCCCC"> places around</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the house phone</font> charges randomly being unplugged<font color="#CCCCCC"> dog</font> food bowls moving even<font color="#E5E5E5"> though the dog</font> would be outside all day<font color="#E5E5E5"> in the yard and</font> at<font color="#E5E5E5"> first I just</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> boiled it down</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to us</font> being forgetful<font color="#E5E5E5"> or running out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of the</font> door and yanking<font color="#E5E5E5"> phones off of charges</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> causing them to pull from the walls</font> or the<font color="#E5E5E5"> dog playing with</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> her stuff before</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">we put her</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> out for the day and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just</font> stuff like<font color="#E5E5E5"> that</font> everything had an explanation I guess because well we didn't want<font color="#CCCCCC"> to be</font> spooked in<font color="#E5E5E5"> around home and the</font> explanation still seemed reasonable until the mascara incident around the time<font color="#CCCCCC"> of the mascara incidents my fiancee</font> will<font color="#CCCCCC"> call him eff to shorten things we</font> started complaining about having sleep paralysis problems<font color="#E5E5E5"> having sleep</font> paralysis before I knew that<font color="#CCCCCC"> that's a</font> terrifying<font color="#E5E5E5"> thing to have happen so I</font> told him<font color="#CCCCCC"> to maybe cut back on caffeine</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">before</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> beds</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and food</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> too</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> because at the</font> time<font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> wasn't happening enough to be a</font> concern<font color="#CCCCCC"> and he is a stressful job</font> driving<font color="#E5E5E5"> from</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> well-known company and</font> working<font color="#E5E5E5"> from early in the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> morning to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">late in the evening</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> most weekdays and it</font> can mess with you he had also<font color="#E5E5E5"> been</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">getting</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> over the flu</font> during which for<font color="#E5E5E5"> two to three nights</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font> a row<font color="#CCCCCC"> he would wake me up</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> asking me to</font> tell my friend in the corner to<font color="#E5E5E5"> leave I</font> couldn't see who he was<font color="#E5E5E5"> talking about</font> but<font color="#E5E5E5"> again he</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was on so much</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> medicine and</font> spiked high fevers<font color="#CCCCCC"> that I thought it</font> could<font color="#CCCCCC"> be why but never once</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> did it</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">occurred to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me that it might</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> actually be</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">something more because everything</font> happening was so minor<font color="#E5E5E5"> but I must admit</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to that it did creep me out of bits and</font> make me a little<font color="#E5E5E5"> more aware of what was</font> going<font color="#CCCCCC"> on so one</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> evening I was getting</font> ready<font color="#E5E5E5"> and putting makeup on in the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">bathroom</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> only a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> one bath house so kind</font> of<font color="#E5E5E5"> a small space</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that was in the shower</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">behind me and we were talking as usual</font> he obviously<font color="#E5E5E5"> never left the bathroom and</font> I hadn't needed<font color="#E5E5E5"> to or did for any reason</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I pulled my mascara out and laid it on</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the bowl of the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> sink can't roll anyway</font> have<font color="#E5E5E5"> to use in a few minutes and I</font> vocally told F<font color="#E5E5E5"> about the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> masks are in</font> the sink<font color="#CCCCCC"> before he jumped out and maybe</font> turn on the faucet to<font color="#E5E5E5"> brush his teeth or</font> something<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I mean</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the span of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> maybe</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">five minutes I'd say I looked down to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">get my mascara and it was gone</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">right from in front of me no I hadn't</font> moved it and<font color="#E5E5E5"> I had clearly remembered</font> putting it in the<font color="#CCCCCC"> ball</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and hearing the</font> clink<font color="#CCCCCC"> he gets out and we both searched</font> all over<font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bathroom for this mascara I</font> was beyond frustrated with myself thinking<font color="#CCCCCC"> that I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> forgot moving</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> us or</font> knocking<font color="#E5E5E5"> it out somehow</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and not hearing</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it or feeling it but we didn't find it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was in February and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it's now April</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I had forgotten all about the mascara</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">until I came home a few</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> days ago and</font> went to get ready for<font color="#CCCCCC"> a shower walked</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">into the bedroom</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and there on my bed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> mascara that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I had lost I was like</font> someone just<font color="#CCCCCC"> set it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on the bed for me to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">find there must have been it so I called</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">F asking if he had to come home that day</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> leaves for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> work every morning an hour</font> before me and<font color="#CCCCCC"> if</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he had been the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> one to</font> find the mascara<font color="#E5E5E5"> and he swore up and</font> down that's he hadn't been<font color="#E5E5E5"> home and had</font> no<font color="#CCCCCC"> idea what I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> talking</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I made</font> the bed that morning<font color="#CCCCCC"> too and I know that</font> the mascara was not there<font color="#E5E5E5"> and nobody had</font> access<font color="#E5E5E5"> to our home at any point that day</font> but<font color="#E5E5E5"> we only have the one set of keys any</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">way between February and now things have</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">escalated to F has sleep paralysis</font> multiple times a<font color="#CCCCCC"> week and every time</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font> describes the same thing which<font color="#CCCCCC"> is a girl</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">standing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> at either</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the foot of our bed</font> or in the corner of the room the<font color="#E5E5E5"> same</font> corner<font color="#E5E5E5"> he complained about while sick</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">with shoulder-length</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> black hair in a</font> dress but he can't see a face but he knows somehow<font color="#E5E5E5"> that she's watching us</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I hadn't had anything more than the</font> mascara thing happened<font color="#E5E5E5"> and so yesterday</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">evening to describe the houses layout</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">better huh</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> when you</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> walk in the side</font> door from the<font color="#CCCCCC"> carports but we never used</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the front door except for deliveries</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it's an open floor</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> plan</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the living room</font> in the kitchen<font color="#CCCCCC"> of both they're together</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">nothing separates them</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the back door is</font> next to the fridge but we have a small hallway<font color="#E5E5E5"> from the living</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> room area that</font> has the<font color="#CCCCCC"> washer dryer pantry and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> coke</font> closets<font color="#E5E5E5"> both sit across from each other</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and from</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the hall is the three bedrooms</font> in<font color="#E5E5E5"> the bathroom you turn left to get to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> bathroom which is</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> kind of tucked in</font> the corner<font color="#CCCCCC"> that you can't see from the</font> doorway<font color="#CCCCCC"> from the hall until</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you walk by</font> heads<font color="#CCCCCC"> for the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> first room you can</font> actually see to the left<font color="#CCCCCC"> is ours a right</font> of the bathroom but then there's the<font color="#E5E5E5"> two</font> spare beds<font color="#E5E5E5"> one that's right</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> next to ours</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and one</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> tucked off to the right corner</font> directly across from<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> bathroom</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I just</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">wash sheets and was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> pulling in the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">matter of the dryer to fold I was</font> focused on<font color="#E5E5E5"> the laundry not really paying</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">attention</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to anything else so I can't</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">really say if I had felt anything</font> leading up to this but<font color="#E5E5E5"> I pulled</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">everything into my arms and went to turn</font> towards<font color="#CCCCCC"> the bedroom and there standing</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">in the doorway to the spare room next to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">house</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> someone I only saw it for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font> split second<font color="#CCCCCC"> they caught me so off guard</font> that<font color="#CCCCCC"> I dropped</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> everything that I was</font> holding<font color="#E5E5E5"> I can't really tell you the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">details</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> too because</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> again it was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just a</font> split second but I<font color="#CCCCCC"> promise</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">something was in that doorway it just</font> disappeared<font color="#CCCCCC"> after my reaction but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it was</font> there and then<font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was gone I ran to let</font> the dog out who absolutely<font color="#E5E5E5"> refused to</font> come down<font color="#CCCCCC"> the hallway I tempted</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it with</font> treats<font color="#E5E5E5"> and food and toys</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for an hour</font> solid but she just<font color="#CCCCCC"> sat at the beginning</font> of the hallway watching the bedroom when she finally came<font color="#CCCCCC"> to the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> room where I was</font> folding<font color="#CCCCCC"> things she dramatically went</font> around<font color="#E5E5E5"> the area of the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> door to the spare</font> room<font color="#CCCCCC"> watching it like she was watching</font> something and didn't want it to<font color="#CCCCCC"> touch</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I've</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> also</font> felt watched<font color="#E5E5E5"> since then</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to every little</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">thing that I do I expect</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> turn around</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and someone to be standing there I don't</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">know if I'm just paranoid from yesterday</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">but I know what I saw</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I fully believed me too I don't know if</font> he<font color="#E5E5E5"> was convinced because of his sleep</font> paralysis or if he could just<font color="#CCCCCC"> tell her</font> shaken up I was by the whole<font color="#CCCCCC"> thing but</font> that's been the<font color="#E5E5E5"> first time that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I've</font> seen<font color="#CCCCCC"> her</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> if it was even her but I have a</font> gut<font color="#CCCCCC"> feeling that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it was the same thing</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> F</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> has been seen</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> two other instances</font> we've had is the dog watching the corner of the room<font color="#E5E5E5"> same corner mind you barking</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> growling at nothing and acting like</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">someone is in her way</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">plus her food bowls movie love what</font> shadows under<font color="#E5E5E5"> outdoor numerous nights</font> like someone walking<font color="#CCCCCC"> by but always</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">drugged it up to possible car lights</font> playing on the shadows from<font color="#E5E5E5"> the living</font> room windows or<font color="#E5E5E5"> something I don't</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> feel</font> like this<font color="#CCCCCC"> thing is</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> evil but I also don't</font> feel<font color="#E5E5E5"> like this</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> thing really</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> likes a side</font> more it's just<font color="#CCCCCC"> having fun</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> scaring us or</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">something like a poltergeist but if it</font> was a poltergeist I don't think that we <font color="#E5E5E5">would be</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> able</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to actually see figures or</font> shadows<font color="#CCCCCC"> right</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it's to the point now</font> though that's<font color="#CCCCCC"> where wanting to move</font> sooner than later<font color="#E5E5E5"> huh that's it's just</font> not in the books<font color="#E5E5E5"> for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> us to buy at the</font> moment and finding a<font color="#E5E5E5"> new rental</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that's</font> tough with a dog as big as a house so should I burn sage<font color="#E5E5E5"> is there anything</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">else that I can</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> do to lift this eerie</font> feeling without angering anything also<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">almost feel like it could</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be attached</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> him but why show itself to<font color="#E5E5E5"> me after</font> having<font color="#CCCCCC"> nothing much to do with me other</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">than move my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> things for so long is</font> anyone having anything<font color="#CCCCCC"> similar</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> happened</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to them</font> so I grew up in<font color="#CCCCCC"> Ohio</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that's would spend</font> my summer breaks visiting my dad who lived in England<font color="#CCCCCC"> this gave me the rare</font> and unfortunate opportunity to<font color="#E5E5E5"> see a lot</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">of Europe</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> during my teenage years in the</font> summer of 2009 I took a trip<font color="#E5E5E5"> with my</font> father and stepmother<font color="#CCCCCC"> with one</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of the</font> stops being<font color="#CCCCCC"> grass</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Austria after a day of</font> sightseeing we checked into<font color="#CCCCCC"> our hotel</font> which<font color="#CCCCCC"> was just outside of the city</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">progressed it's at the foot of the Alps</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and our hotel</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was elevated which gave us</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">a nice view of the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> city at night</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">depending on your vantage</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> point this</font> also<font color="#E5E5E5"> made it somewhat secluded on a</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">darker back road the hotel was also</font> unique<font color="#CCCCCC"> in that spots of it were</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> kind of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">broken up into separate cabin like being</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">beans</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so my father and stepmother stayed</font> down the street in<font color="#E5E5E5"> one of these cabins</font> while<font color="#E5E5E5"> I had my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> own room</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in the main</font> building which was more<font color="#E5E5E5"> like your</font> standard pub kind of building<font color="#CCCCCC"> while a</font> lot<font color="#E5E5E5"> of these details may seem like</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">minutiae its layout and location</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> will</font> come up<font color="#E5E5E5"> again later it's also important</font> to note that my room<font color="#CCCCCC"> set over the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> hotels</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">restaurants so the roof extended out</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">from under my window if I wanted</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> would<font color="#CCCCCC"> have</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> been able to step out and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">walk across</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it in fact we were only</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">staying there one night before moving on</font> with our<font color="#E5E5E5"> trip it was warm being on the</font> second floor<font color="#E5E5E5"> so</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I had</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> one of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my two</font> windows cracked to let in<font color="#E5E5E5"> the breeze the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">only english-speaking</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> channels were CNN</font> and MTV so I just<font color="#E5E5E5"> laid</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> there with the</font> lights off the only glow coming<font color="#CCCCCC"> from the</font> TV<font color="#E5E5E5"> as I began</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to doze I heard something</font> though<font color="#E5E5E5"> it sounded like gravel shifting</font> maybe coming<font color="#E5E5E5"> from outside already</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> being</font> a paranoid person I turned the<font color="#CCCCCC"> TV off</font> making<font color="#E5E5E5"> my room completely black I slowly</font> moved towards<font color="#CCCCCC"> the window</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> telling myself</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that's I just heard a small animal or</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">something like that</font> my crouched behind the translucent curtains and peered out out<font color="#CCCCCC"> on the roof</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">maybe 20 to 30 feet away I'd say</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I saw a</font> man<font color="#E5E5E5"> and he was standing upright facing</font> out towards the city<font color="#E5E5E5"> and back patio of</font> the hotel<font color="#E5E5E5"> I know if set orders</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I figured</font> that's<font color="#E5E5E5"> it's someone who had the same</font> idea that<font color="#CCCCCC"> I did he had probably climbed</font> out one of<font color="#E5E5E5"> the rooms next to mine</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> get</font> a view<font color="#E5E5E5"> of the city so it was no big deal</font> I slowly started<font color="#CCCCCC"> to step away from the</font> window<font color="#E5E5E5"> when I heard the sound</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> again</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> again<font color="#CCCCCC"> it sounded like gravel shifting</font> but this time<font color="#CCCCCC"> I could tell that it</font> wasn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> coming from</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the man standing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at a</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">distance</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it was coming from</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> right by my</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">window I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> lucky</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> have the curtains</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that I did as they allowed me to see out</font> but with<font color="#E5E5E5"> the lights off I was shielded</font> from signs<font color="#CCCCCC"> I came back to the window and</font> looked down<font color="#CCCCCC"> to my ride's and crouching</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">down there was a man</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he had a hood up</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and it will look like some kind of blank</font> white mask on I understand now that's maybe this was my mind exaggerating the memory but<font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font> white<font color="#CCCCCC"> plane</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> face is burned into my brain</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I think something like the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> movie Harshaw</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the court of owls if you're a Batman fan</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">by the way it was clear that he was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">trying</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to peer into my room but couldn't</font> see me because<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was blocked by my cuts</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I stood there staring at him for a few</font> seconds<font color="#E5E5E5"> before leaning in and banging my</font> hand on the window<font color="#CCCCCC"> and he took off as</font> did the<font color="#CCCCCC"> men on the ledge and it's clear</font> now that<font color="#E5E5E5"> the other guy was most</font> definitely<font color="#CCCCCC"> a lookout after shining and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">look in the window</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I went down to the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">lobby and found the manager of the hotel</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">he barely spoke</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> any English explaining</font> what had happened was pretty hard but once he finally understood what I was <font color="#CCCCCC">saying he dismissed it repeating</font> impossible multiple times<font color="#CCCCCC"> I thought</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">about going down the streets of my</font> parents<font color="#E5E5E5"> cabin but the idea of running</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">down a dark road after what had happened</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">did not sound</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> appealing at all and so</font> for the<font color="#E5E5E5"> rest of the night I slept with a</font> Heineken<font color="#E5E5E5"> bottle from the mini-fridge</font> clutched in my hand<font color="#CCCCCC"> the next morning I</font> looked over<font color="#E5E5E5"> the building in the roof</font> trying to understand their escape<font color="#CCCCCC"> plan</font> and I still have no idea<font color="#CCCCCC"> as the only way</font> off<font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to leap from the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> roof to the</font> ground<font color="#CCCCCC"> but doing so</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> would have been</font> disruptive and maybe even<font color="#E5E5E5"> injured them</font> they went in the opposite directions<font color="#CCCCCC"> too</font> which was<font color="#CCCCCC"> really confusing I'm under the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">impression that's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they were staying in</font> another room<font color="#CCCCCC"> and had</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> simply dotted back</font> into a window but that still doesn't explain<font color="#CCCCCC"> with a second guy twin</font> as we were leaving the hotel<font color="#E5E5E5"> a family</font> friend<font color="#E5E5E5"> who lived in grass came to meet</font> us<font color="#CCCCCC"> for breakfast</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> after explaining what</font> had happened <font color="#E5E5E5">you know and she'll only affirm that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">they had intended to rope me yeah well I</font> tell myself that<font color="#E5E5E5"> they were probably</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just</font> hoping<font color="#E5E5E5"> to simply steal from a tourist</font> while he slept another voice<font color="#E5E5E5"> wanders</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just how bad it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">could have</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> actually gone the Christmas</font> one<font color="#CCCCCC"> yeah I've been given a baby doll</font> that<font color="#CCCCCC"> you could put batteries into the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">back hose and it would cry sometimes and</font> you would have<font color="#E5E5E5"> to hug</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> which really</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">you</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> just press a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> button on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> its stomach</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">so that's it would shut</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> up the doll was</font> really annoying and<font color="#CCCCCC"> I only put up with</font> it<font color="#CCCCCC"> for a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> day</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> or two before I had enough</font> of<font color="#CCCCCC"> this and took</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the batteries out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">only way to get it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to stop is there</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font> no off switch<font color="#CCCCCC"> I still</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> like the doll</font> itself though and played with<font color="#E5E5E5"> it like a</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">regular baby doll and as with most</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font> toys it ended<font color="#E5E5E5"> up in a pile</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on the floor</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I shared a room with</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my older sister</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">five years my senior</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and one night we</font> woke up<font color="#E5E5E5"> to hear the baby doll crying my</font> sister yelled at me to try<font color="#E5E5E5"> and turn the</font> stupid toy off and in my sleepy little <font color="#E5E5E5">kid brain I forgot that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I took</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> batteries out so I press the button<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> hug<font color="#CCCCCC"> it and it just wouldn't stop crying</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">after several tries</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I became frustrated</font> and ripped<font color="#CCCCCC"> a dress off and took the</font> battery cover off only to<font color="#E5E5E5"> discover that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">there were no batteries</font> my sister was really<font color="#E5E5E5"> annoyed at this</font> point and asked me why I hadn't turned <font color="#E5E5E5">it off yet I told her that it wouldn't</font> turn off and she said<font color="#E5E5E5"> just take out the</font> batteries<font color="#E5E5E5"> when I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> told her that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> there</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">weren't any batteries in the doll she</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">paused for a moment</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and said what do you</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">mean there</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> are</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> no batteries</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> not</font> possible well<font color="#E5E5E5"> I told</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> her that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> if she didn't</font> believe<font color="#E5E5E5"> me to turn</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the line next she</font> did and the moment the light came<font color="#E5E5E5"> on</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the doll stopped crying we both looked</font> at each other<font color="#E5E5E5"> and screamed and this</font> worked my<font color="#CCCCCC"> mum dad</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> older</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> brother up</font> and they all rushed into<font color="#E5E5E5"> our room when</font> we<font color="#E5E5E5"> told them what</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> happened they of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">course didn't believe</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> us and told</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> us</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> not scare each<font color="#E5E5E5"> other and go to bed</font> well we turn off<font color="#CCCCCC"> the lights and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> just as</font> we're<font color="#E5E5E5"> about to go back to sleep</font> yep you guessed it<font color="#E5E5E5"> the doll started</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">crying again</font> my sister<font color="#E5E5E5"> fed up at this point</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> climbed</font> down<font color="#CCCCCC"> from a top bunk opened a bedroom</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">window</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> threw the doll out onto the</font> concrete<font color="#E5E5E5"> below the doll never made</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">another sound again</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> butts I wish that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that was the end of the weird electrical</font> issues in my house and paranormal <font color="#E5E5E5">experiences but it wasn't one</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of the</font> weirdest things<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> happen was when I was</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> 16</font> my brother was 26 and moved out<font color="#E5E5E5"> on his</font> own<font color="#E5E5E5"> and my parents divorced when I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was 8</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I'd lived with my mom and older</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">sister</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my sister moved into my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> brother's</font> old room giving me a room to<font color="#CCCCCC"> myself my</font> mother is a massage therapist<font color="#E5E5E5"> and after</font> some drama<font color="#E5E5E5"> with a landlord</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> who were</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">subleasing a building he wasn't</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> supposed</font> to<font color="#CCCCCC"> and just pocketing the rent money his</font> tenants were paying she had to move<font color="#E5E5E5"> her</font> office<font color="#E5E5E5"> into our dining room</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she set up a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">radio to play soothing spa music</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> clients when they came over for a few weeks I would come home<font color="#CCCCCC"> from school</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the radio would be on pretty loud the</font> first<font color="#E5E5E5"> time I turned it off and when my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">mom came how am I still</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> why she left the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">radio on she said that she hadn't so we</font> just talked it<font color="#E5E5E5"> up to my sister the</font> second time was a few days later so I asked my<font color="#E5E5E5"> sister why she kept turning the</font> radio<font color="#CCCCCC"> on so they out she</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> looked at me as</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">if I grow a second head and asked</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font> what I was talking about<font color="#CCCCCC"> I explained</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">what had happened and she told me that</font> it wasn't her<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I told</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> her</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that's mom</font> said it wasn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> her either this went on</font> for a little<font color="#CCCCCC"> while</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> too</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> every time all of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">us were out of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the house at</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> same</font> time one of<font color="#E5E5E5"> us would come back to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">radio being turned on it was pretty</font> funny<font color="#E5E5E5"> and uh we all having the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> same</font> hallucination kind of way<font color="#E5E5E5"> but still kind</font> of creepy<font color="#CCCCCC"> too but one night</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we were all</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">in our respective rooms and it happened</font> the radio<font color="#E5E5E5"> turned on it was blasting the</font> spa<font color="#E5E5E5"> music louder than it had ever been</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">before</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we all came out</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> looked at</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">each other down the hall and my mum went</font> downstairs<font color="#CCCCCC"> and turned off the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> radio</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she</font> came back up<font color="#CCCCCC"> the stairs and asked</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> us if</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> really</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> happened</font> my sister<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I simply nodded our heads</font> and my mum practically gleeful<font color="#CCCCCC"> starts</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">saying that we can't be crazy because</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that definitely happens</font> I still want to<font color="#E5E5E5"> hold on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to the shed</font> hallucination theory at this point<font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">already scared of the dark I don't need</font> another<font color="#E5E5E5"> thing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to be afraid of right</font> that's<font color="#E5E5E5"> after some more</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> discussion about</font> how weird this was and that we were<font color="#CCCCCC"> glad</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> were just playing a prank on</font> each other<font color="#E5E5E5"> we went back to our rooms to</font> go to sleep<font color="#E5E5E5"> the last time the radio</font> turned on<font color="#E5E5E5"> I was home alone</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> actually</font> watching<font color="#E5E5E5"> YouTube videos</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on my laptop</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">when once again the radio started</font> blasting so loud my ears<font color="#E5E5E5"> were ringing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> called my<font color="#E5E5E5"> mum for proof and this</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was one</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">of the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> few times in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my life that she</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">actually answered</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the first time I</font> called<font color="#E5E5E5"> her</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> couldn't hear</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> each other</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">speak though so I shouted that's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> too</font> loud<font color="#CCCCCC"> can you turn it down and it stopped</font> cold<font color="#CCCCCC"> I asked my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> mama she heard that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> she confirmed<font color="#CCCCCC"> that it actually happened</font> me being the scaredy baby that I was started to cry and<font color="#E5E5E5"> begged my mom to come</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">home so the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> ghost wouldn't get me yeah</font> my<font color="#CCCCCC"> mum consoled me and said that if the</font> ghost was<font color="#E5E5E5"> still there that's at</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> least it</font> was playing healing music<font color="#CCCCCC"> mum logic</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">writes</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> anyway</font> the radio never turned on by<font color="#E5E5E5"> itself</font> again<font color="#CCCCCC"> and my mother was able to find a</font> new office a few<font color="#E5E5E5"> months later</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> sometimes wonder though<font color="#CCCCCC"> if I offended</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">this thing by asking it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to turn down the</font> music<font color="#E5E5E5"> so they thought fine I'll just</font> leave then or something<font color="#CCCCCC"> the impact</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">itself up and just left or if decided it</font> would be<font color="#E5E5E5"> more</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> fun to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> mess with our other</font> appliances and annoy the heck out of me for the<font color="#E5E5E5"> rest</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of my life I have a lot</font> more stories<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> share not just</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">electrical issues -</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and these</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> are things</font> my family<font color="#E5E5E5"> members have seen in the house</font> and things my friends have<font color="#E5E5E5"> seen her</font> experience do you - my<font color="#CCCCCC"> mum is a an</font> energy healer as well as a massage therapist<font color="#E5E5E5"> and would take me on ghost</font> hunts with her until<font color="#E5E5E5"> the time I was</font> attacked so I could tell<font color="#E5E5E5"> you some of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">those stories -</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sometime anyway</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I'll</font> leave it<font color="#CCCCCC"> there for now</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but do let me</font> know<font color="#E5E5E5"> if you guys would like</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> hear more</font> I spent the majority of<font color="#E5E5E5"> my youth in a</font> house in CT originally it<font color="#E5E5E5"> was a two</font> family<font color="#E5E5E5"> house one side</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> belonging to my</font> father and the other side belongs<font color="#E5E5E5"> to my</font> grandpa<font color="#CCCCCC"> or</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> grandma my dad's side</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of the</font> house was<font color="#CCCCCC"> set up</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we're walking</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> through</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> front door you'd be in the kitchen</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">immediately</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to the right side</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of the</font> door<font color="#E5E5E5"> was an old shaped staircase and at</font> the bottom of the staircase<font color="#CCCCCC"> to the left</font> was a small landing or balcony<font color="#E5E5E5"> with a</font> railing<font color="#CCCCCC"> to the right was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the living room</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> on one wall</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was a door that led to</font> my brother<font color="#E5E5E5"> and i's bedroom and on the</font> other wall was the<font color="#CCCCCC"> door to my dad's</font> bedroom <font color="#E5E5E5">my grandparents side of the house was</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">set up so that you would have</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to walk</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> up</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">a staircase to get to the front door as</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">soon as you entered you were in the</font> living<font color="#E5E5E5"> room and about</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 10 feet</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> from the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">door</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> staircase up the stairs to</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> left was the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> bathroom and to the</font> right was a spare room and<font color="#E5E5E5"> a little</font> father<font color="#E5E5E5"> dance at the left was my</font> grandparents bedroom<font color="#CCCCCC"> at the end of the</font> hallway<font color="#CCCCCC"> was a door if he went through</font> the door<font color="#CCCCCC"> you would be at the landing</font> balcony<font color="#CCCCCC"> and my dad's side of the house</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the layout of the house is pretty</font> important too so<font color="#CCCCCC"> eventually my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">grandparents moved out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of the house and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> divided</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to her in the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> hallway</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font> was soon<font color="#E5E5E5"> ripped down by my dad you know</font> he's the thing though my<font color="#E5E5E5"> dad is kind of</font> a piece<font color="#CCCCCC"> of work if I'm being honest</font> because of him that<font color="#E5E5E5"> house was full</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> rage<font color="#E5E5E5"> and hatred</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he was extremely abusive</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">both physically and mentally or</font> emotionally towards myself<font color="#E5E5E5"> my brother</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and my grandparents</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> too the house was</font> always<font color="#E5E5E5"> uncomfortable to be in and there</font> was always just<font color="#E5E5E5"> this thick negative</font> energy in the air<font color="#E5E5E5"> my dad started dating</font> a woman<font color="#E5E5E5"> named Sharon and she was really</font> awesome<font color="#E5E5E5"> and my dad was an abusive when</font> she was around <font color="#E5E5E5">she also had a son named Matt he was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">super cool he had lots of friends</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and he</font> was popular<font color="#CCCCCC"> he was athletic</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">it was everything</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that's why I wished I</font> was he<font color="#E5E5E5"> was such a good friend to have</font> and well one<font color="#E5E5E5"> night my dad and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Sharon go</font> out for dinner<font color="#E5E5E5"> my brother was at my</font> mom's<font color="#E5E5E5"> house</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for the weekend so</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Matt had the entire house to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> ourselves</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">we used to play this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> really messed-up</font> version<font color="#E5E5E5"> of hide-and-seek where if you</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> seeker were close to the hider</font> that the hider would pop<font color="#E5E5E5"> out from</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">wherever you were</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and scare the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> crap out</font> of the<font color="#E5E5E5"> other person so I'm standing in</font> the living<font color="#CCCCCC"> room</font> so my grandparents side of the house <font color="#E5E5E5">they don't live</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the house</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> anymore but</font> I'm saying it's there so I just<font color="#E5E5E5"> makes it</font> easier<font color="#CCCCCC"> to describe</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm counting out loud</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and Matt runs a way to go and hide I</font> yell<font color="#CCCCCC"> out</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> radio not here I come and I</font> start<font color="#CCCCCC"> looking</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> around for him and I</font> checked the closet<font color="#E5E5E5"> really quick I check</font> the kitchen<font color="#E5E5E5"> but he's not around</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I go</font> down to the basement and while I'm down there<font color="#E5E5E5"> checking every nook and cranny</font> I hear him run<font color="#CCCCCC"> down the hallways above</font> me<font color="#CCCCCC"> IDOT back upstairs and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I start</font> working<font color="#CCCCCC"> my way down</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the long hallway</font> that connects to the two sides<font color="#E5E5E5"> of the</font> house the light in the<font color="#CCCCCC"> hallway is off</font> but<font color="#E5E5E5"> the light in the living room in my</font> dad's side<font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the house is on so I can</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">see down the hallway a bit I start</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">moving</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> way down the hallway and I see</font> him poke his<font color="#CCCCCC"> head around</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the corner from</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the landing above the stairs I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> run down</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> hallway</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and as I reach</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the corner of</font> the wall<font color="#CCCCCC"> I scream I found you and flip</font> on the light but the landing<font color="#E5E5E5"> is empty</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">but there's no</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> mat</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> no the only way that</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Matt could have</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> gotten away is by</font> jumping<font color="#CCCCCC"> over</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the railing into the</font> kitchen<font color="#CCCCCC"> now I'm a little</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> confused as I</font> definitely didn't hear a thud from him jumping off the railing but I don't think much about<font color="#E5E5E5"> it to be honest</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I run</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">down to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> kitchen flip on the light</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and look high and low but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> once again</font> there's no<font color="#CCCCCC"> Matt at this point I'm</font> actually starting<font color="#E5E5E5"> to get a little</font> weirded out and I get a bit of an eerie feeling<font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> slow down</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a little bit and</font> work<font color="#E5E5E5"> my way back up</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> stairs towards</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the landing I get to the top of the</font> stairs<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I figure out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that Matt</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> has</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">been in one</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> rooms</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I start</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> heading</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">towards my bedroom and I hear a bit of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a</font> clicking<font color="#CCCCCC"> sound coming from</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the spare</font> room across<font color="#CCCCCC"> the hallway from</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font> grandparents old<font color="#CCCCCC"> bedroom and at this</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">point</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I know</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that I've got him this</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> time</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">so I run to the door</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and grab the handle</font> I can turn it but the door won't open <font color="#E5E5E5">I'm pushing on the door but it just</font> won't open<font color="#CCCCCC"> it was kind of like Matt was</font> on the other side holding<font color="#CCCCCC"> the door and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">wouldn't let me in so I yell out</font> something like Matt I found you give up <font color="#E5E5E5">and right after</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the pressure</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> behind</font> the door let up<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I blew right into</font> the room<font color="#E5E5E5"> but again there was nothing it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">was empty and there was no Matt and now</font> I'm beginning<font color="#CCCCCC"> to lose my cool</font> I can tell that<font color="#E5E5E5"> something</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> is just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> very</font> wrong but<font color="#E5E5E5"> I don't know what remember I'm</font> probably<font color="#E5E5E5"> around 12 at</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> time and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">instead of logically figuring it out I'm</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> kind of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> panicked I start yelling</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">out for Matt where are you and this</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">isn't funny</font> Matt come out and I don't<font color="#E5E5E5"> get any</font> response<font color="#CCCCCC"> I run</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to my bedroom and rip</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">open the door and there's Matt curled up</font> on the<font color="#CCCCCC"> floor at the end</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of my bed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I said</font> to him I<font color="#E5E5E5"> think someone's in the house or</font> something<font color="#CCCCCC"> Matt</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and he starts yelling at</font> me you're not funny that wasn't<font color="#CCCCCC"> funny and now I'm even</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> more</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">confused I asked him what wasn't funny</font> here<font color="#E5E5E5"> and he goes on to tell</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me how he</font> hid in the bedroom and he<font color="#CCCCCC"> heard me run</font> up to the bedroom<font color="#CCCCCC"> door and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> shut the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">light off from outside</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> now I started</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">banging the kitchen door and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> how he was</font> yelling at me to stop<font color="#CCCCCC"> how he tried to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">open the door</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but I had locked it how he</font> cried<font color="#CCCCCC"> for me to stop</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and I just kept</font> kicking and banging<font color="#E5E5E5"> on the door but</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">obviously I hadn't been doing any of</font> that strangely<font color="#CCCCCC"> - I never heard any</font> banging<font color="#E5E5E5"> or kicking you both conclude</font> though that someone must<font color="#CCCCCC"> be in the house</font> with us and so we call 9-1-1 but we run <font color="#E5E5E5">outside</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and hang</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> out by the basketball</font> hoop until the police show up<font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> cop asks</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">us what happened and we tell them</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> what</font> happened<font color="#CCCCCC"> to both of us</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> another cop goes</font> into the house and looks<font color="#E5E5E5"> around</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">they're asking</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> where our parents are and</font> all we can<font color="#E5E5E5"> tell them is</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that they're out</font> on<font color="#CCCCCC"> a date but we don't know where</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I'll</font> tell you<font color="#CCCCCC"> - that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that cop was really nice</font> to<font color="#CCCCCC"> us I remember to this day</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> just how</font> kind he was<font color="#E5E5E5"> to us and after about 10</font> minutes<font color="#E5E5E5"> the other cop came out and told</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">us</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he didn't find anyone</font> I remember they kept<font color="#CCCCCC"> asking us over and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">over if we were</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> positive that's anything</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">actually happened</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they had</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> figured that</font> we must<font color="#E5E5E5"> have been</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> pulling a prank or</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">something two kids standing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> outside in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> cold</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> crying her eyes out because of</font> a<font color="#E5E5E5"> prank</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> right well the officer stayed at</font> the house until<font color="#CCCCCC"> their parents got back a</font> little<font color="#E5E5E5"> while</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> later</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they explained what</font> happened<font color="#E5E5E5"> and my dad was not happy</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and he</font> kicked my butt pretty bad that night after Sharon and Matt went home there was a lot of<font color="#E5E5E5"> other stuff that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">happened in that house</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> too but the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">phantom in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the hallway and the person</font> behind the door with a scariest and most memorable at the end of the day I suppose it's possible<font color="#E5E5E5"> that maybe I was</font> just seeing<font color="#E5E5E5"> things and maybe it was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just</font> a stuck<font color="#CCCCCC"> doll</font> I'm<font color="#E5E5E5"> really not sure</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but back</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> then I was</font> pretty<font color="#E5E5E5"> sure of what I saw and I still</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> am</font> to this day I continue to believe<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> this day<font color="#CCCCCC"> to that's there's something in</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> house</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> also I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> used to sleepwalk</font> sometimes down to the end<font color="#E5E5E5"> of our long</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">driveway</font> almost like something was<font color="#E5E5E5"> let</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me get out</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">of the house</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> make of this what</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you will</font> but<font color="#E5E5E5"> this is my story and I stand by it</font> as being factual<font color="#E5E5E5"> and accurate and I hope</font> you guys enjoyed this happened to me <font color="#E5E5E5">three years ago in the summer of 2016</font> it was a usual<font color="#CCCCCC"> day for me spent behind</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">my computer</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> listening</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to music and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">playing games</font> I was playing Skyrim with music playing in the background<font color="#E5E5E5"> on YouTube I was done</font> with<font color="#CCCCCC"> a quest and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I didn't know what to</font> do<font color="#E5E5E5"> next in the game when suddenly my</font> music stops<font color="#E5E5E5"> and while there was only the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">sound of my small table fan blowing yeah</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">children playing in front of my</font> apartment<font color="#CCCCCC"> and the cars on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the streets in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">between all of those sounds</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I heard what</font> sounded<font color="#CCCCCC"> like heavy breathing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I didn't</font> get scared<font color="#E5E5E5"> at the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> time I just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> thought</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that the autoplay on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> YouTube put some</font> creepy ambience music<font color="#E5E5E5"> on or something</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">but I didn't have time</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so I'll tab to</font> change<font color="#E5E5E5"> the music because there was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">nothing to change and the music</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> hit</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> play</font> yeah<font color="#E5E5E5"> but then I heard the heavy</font> breathing in the<font color="#CCCCCC"> five second time window</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that you have until the next video gets</font> played and at this<font color="#E5E5E5"> point</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I freaked out a</font> bit we lived in a small apartment<font color="#E5E5E5"> second</font> floor and<font color="#E5E5E5"> I knew for a fact that's I was</font> home a lot my mom left to go<font color="#E5E5E5"> to a</font> friend's house and<font color="#E5E5E5"> we were the only two</font> people living<font color="#E5E5E5"> there so I took down my</font> headset and I heard it the heavy <font color="#CCCCCC">breathing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> along with my table fare and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the breathing wasn't like heavy</font> breathing<font color="#E5E5E5"> after being scared or after</font> running<font color="#E5E5E5"> out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of breath</font> thing I can't properly<font color="#E5E5E5"> actually describe</font> it because<font color="#CCCCCC"> it sounded like normal</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">breathing but each breath took a little</font> effort<font color="#E5E5E5"> to take but at this point</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I'm</font> sitting there scared<font color="#E5E5E5"> at my chair holding</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">my headset and not moving for like five</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">minutes</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> when I get</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> scared I tend</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">freak</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> nice the breathing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> wasn't coming</font> closer but<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was fairly loud and after</font> five minutes<font color="#E5E5E5"> of just sitting there</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">scared</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to death</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I decided to take out a</font> small<font color="#CCCCCC"> pocket knife that I have in the</font> drawer<font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I got from my dad</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it's a</font> really<font color="#CCCCCC"> short knife but it was the best</font> thing<font color="#CCCCCC"> that I had at the moment</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my brace</font> myself<font color="#E5E5E5"> rapidly stood up and turned</font> around<font color="#CCCCCC"> and from my room you can see</font> through<font color="#E5E5E5"> to the kitchen to the living</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">room and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> there was nothing there</font> but I could still<font color="#CCCCCC"> hear the breathing</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">yeah after standing up I realized that's</font> I heard only<font color="#E5E5E5"> the breathing and the fan</font> blowing at this point the<font color="#E5E5E5"> kids outside</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">of my apartment were quiet now</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and just</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">not yelling anymore</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and I didn't hear</font> any cars passing on the road<font color="#CCCCCC"> and at that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">moment I didn't go to check out the</font> window<font color="#CCCCCC"> because I had other</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> things on my</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">mind so I'd turned off the fan in case</font> that was<font color="#CCCCCC"> somehow making</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the sound but</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that was a real bad idea I was terrified</font> at that point but when the soothing <font color="#CCCCCC">sound of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the air being blown stopped I</font> could hear only<font color="#E5E5E5"> the breathing yeah and I</font> froze<font color="#CCCCCC"> again for like five minutes</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">only option</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> go and check out what</font> the breathing<font color="#CCCCCC"> was coming from when</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> stepped closer towards<font color="#E5E5E5"> the kitchen</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> the door they got louder<font color="#E5E5E5"> the breathing</font> had already felt really<font color="#E5E5E5"> close to me</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">because it was pretty loud so I took</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">another and another step</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and in the</font> middle of<font color="#E5E5E5"> the kitchen</font> I heard the<font color="#CCCCCC"> breathing like it was right</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">next</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to me it was the weirdest thing but</font> I<font color="#E5E5E5"> eventually got to the open door sill</font> to the living<font color="#CCCCCC"> room</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and when I heard it</font> right behind<font color="#E5E5E5"> the corner as intense and</font> as heavy as breathing<font color="#CCCCCC"> could get like</font> five<font color="#E5E5E5"> inches from</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me to the left behind</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the corner</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was that deep that person</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that was breathing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> really heavily</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and so</font> I braced myself<font color="#CCCCCC"> ready to take on this</font> intruder<font color="#CCCCCC"> and the second that I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> stepped</font> over the<font color="#E5E5E5"> door sill the breathing just</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">stopped the kids were screaming</font> playing again<font color="#CCCCCC"> and I could hear the cars</font> passing<font color="#CCCCCC"> by once more I stood</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> there for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font> little<font color="#E5E5E5"> while</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just really confused and</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">really freaked out but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> after a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> bit so</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> called my mum with tears<font color="#E5E5E5"> in my eyes to</font> just<font color="#E5E5E5"> come home</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that was the first</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and last time that's</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I ever heard that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">breathing this has been the only time</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that's I was truly in danger</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was</font> around six<font color="#CCCCCC"> years old my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> family and I</font> were just leaving the<font color="#CCCCCC"> supermarkets I was</font> begging<font color="#E5E5E5"> my mum for some candy or</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">something</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and by the time</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that we left I</font> didn't get in he's my<font color="#CCCCCC"> threw a huge</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> fit</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> started stomping and crying at<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> exits</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and threatened my mum that's why I</font> wouldn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> leave that getting the candy</font> she said fine and<font color="#E5E5E5"> stay</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he-men left at</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> exit</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> obviously made me cry and scream</font> even louder<font color="#E5E5E5"> meh she was getting closer</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to the car men approached me though he</font> looked at me and<font color="#E5E5E5"> he just said these</font> simple<font color="#CCCCCC"> words get</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in my van boy</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> will</font> catch<font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and at this point I stopped</font> crying<font color="#E5E5E5"> immediately is I knew what</font> stranger danger was by then and I just looked at the car I knew that something <font color="#E5E5E5">bad was going to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> happen</font> my<font color="#E5E5E5"> mum seeing this though quickly rushes</font> back<font color="#E5E5E5"> grabs my hand and Yanks me away she</font> didn't say a<font color="#CCCCCC"> words of the man but she</font> gave<font color="#E5E5E5"> him a death glare they need this to</font> say it was quiet the<font color="#CCCCCC"> whole ride back</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">home</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I'm</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> really not sure what would have</font> happened if my<font color="#CCCCCC"> mum decided to pack the</font> groceries before<font color="#E5E5E5"> she came back to get me</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">for my little fits I know that this is</font> short but I still<font color="#E5E5E5"> remember those words</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">all these years later</font> so if I<font color="#CCCCCC"> recall this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> correctly I think</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">this happened in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my early teens</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> 13</font> at the time<font color="#CCCCCC"> I'd guess</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> around 2009 and I</font> was<font color="#CCCCCC"> a really load</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you do issues with my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">dad</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I would constantly</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> listen to heavy</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">metal and at one point we'll Slipknot</font> shirts with pentagrams on them<font color="#CCCCCC"> edgy teen</font> right<font color="#E5E5E5"> my room would</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be decorated with my</font> arts and med<font color="#CCCCCC"> millard lee i had a large</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">painting of a demon that I personally</font> painted it so I hope<font color="#CCCCCC"> this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> gives you the</font> picture<font color="#E5E5E5"> that's needed for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> this story</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">fast forward a year into this and my</font> mother is trying<font color="#E5E5E5"> to help me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> get through</font> an emotional illness<font color="#E5E5E5"> telling me to dress</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">in brighter clothing and solicitor</font> different music<font color="#E5E5E5"> and to get rid</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of my</font> very dark decorations<font color="#E5E5E5"> by dark I mean</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">demon decor and pentagram shirts and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">whatnot I was a skeptic at the time</font> still<font color="#E5E5E5"> am but I used to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> stubborn and</font> even more<font color="#CCCCCC"> reluctant to believe and she</font> would yell at me saying if you keep <font color="#E5E5E5">doing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> things like this you'll attract</font> negative<font color="#E5E5E5"> energies to our home or worse</font> entities<font color="#CCCCCC"> I usually would just dismiss</font> this as<font color="#E5E5E5"> my mother not wanting</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me to be</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">how I was and a metalhead teen but that</font> would soon<font color="#CCCCCC"> change</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so it was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> about two</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">months</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> later when the first</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> encounter</font> happened<font color="#CCCCCC"> now I was sitting in the living</font> room of the<font color="#CCCCCC"> apartment that we lived in</font> and these apartments had these sliding <font color="#CCCCCC">doors right in the living rooms which</font> led to<font color="#E5E5E5"> small back porches my computer</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> situated next to the sliding</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> door so</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">14</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> year old me was sitting by the door</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and the catch was just to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the left as my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">mother watched television the sliding</font> door was propped open because my brothers had<font color="#CCCCCC"> gone out</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> for the day and it</font> was a regular<font color="#CCCCCC"> dry and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> when the stay in</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Arizona</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> when all of a sudden the window</font> blinds just<font color="#E5E5E5"> swung inwards wildly as if a</font> big gust<font color="#E5E5E5"> of wind blown them</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I got up and</font> looked and closed the sliding door<font color="#E5E5E5"> not</font> thinking much<font color="#CCCCCC"> of it even though there</font> was no wind<font color="#CCCCCC"> that my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> mother had noticed</font> and said<font color="#E5E5E5"> did you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> see that that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was not</font> wind<font color="#CCCCCC"> I'm sitting right</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> next to the door</font> and I didn't feel any<font color="#E5E5E5"> minutes she</font> dismissed it soon though<font color="#CCCCCC"> too but she was</font> still highly<font color="#E5E5E5"> suspicious but this was</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">definitely not the only thing</font> fast forward<font color="#E5E5E5"> another week later and me</font> and my family<font color="#CCCCCC"> are in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the dining area</font> situated<font color="#CCCCCC"> next</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to the living</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> room and the</font> kitchen<font color="#E5E5E5"> is it was a small apartment</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but</font> for context<font color="#CCCCCC"> the kitchen is a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> small</font> hallway space consisting of the stove fridge sink in a small pantry<font color="#E5E5E5"> with a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">sliding door so</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we're eating dinner</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> when</font> all of a sudden the pantry door<font color="#E5E5E5"> falls</font> down and hits the kitchen countertop<font color="#CCCCCC"> now</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">me not wanting to give my mother the</font> satisfaction of agreeing<font color="#E5E5E5"> that's this</font> might be supernatural<font color="#CCCCCC"> choked it up to</font> just<font color="#E5E5E5"> a coincidence thinking that the</font> door<font color="#CCCCCC"> just broke and the wheel on her</font> broke off the track<font color="#CCCCCC"> that's when I went</font> to set the door back up<font color="#CCCCCC"> I found the door</font> intact and the wheel was just fine<font color="#CCCCCC"> which</font> means that's in order<font color="#CCCCCC"> for it to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> fall</font> someone would<font color="#E5E5E5"> have to pull the small</font> wheel down<font color="#CCCCCC"> to unhinge</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it from the track</font> I must admit to that this had me <font color="#E5E5E5">slightly scared that I didn't say</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">anything fast forward now to the night</font> of<font color="#CCCCCC"> the same day and we were already</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in</font> bed when I heard my mother scream<font color="#E5E5E5"> I was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">so startled that I ran</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> into a room and</font> asked what<font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> wrong and she explained</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that she had covered herself in a</font> blanket to cover up from<font color="#E5E5E5"> the cold when</font> she felt the sheets tighten around<font color="#E5E5E5"> her</font> legs and she<font color="#E5E5E5"> felt as if a pair of hands</font> were grabbing<font color="#E5E5E5"> at her legs</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I guess at</font> this point<font color="#E5E5E5"> this anyone would have</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">started to believe something was up but</font> again not me I was stubborn<font color="#E5E5E5"> skeptical</font> and again<font color="#CCCCCC"> I just chalked it up to her</font> tossing and turning in<font color="#E5E5E5"> a sleep making</font> the sheets<font color="#E5E5E5"> tight</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and so I quickly</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> went</font> back<font color="#E5E5E5"> to bed ignoring my mother's pleas</font> to toss my demon memorabilia and pentagram shirts and<font color="#E5E5E5"> whatnots</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> fast</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">forward three days now and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my had been</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my room all day sick from school</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> had been bragging to my mother that's nothing had occurred so far<font color="#E5E5E5"> and how she</font> was<font color="#CCCCCC"> just overreacting</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> when the</font> television<font color="#E5E5E5"> turned itself on to our</font> dismay on<font color="#CCCCCC"> full</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> blast</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I quickly turned</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font> off<font color="#E5E5E5"> quite startled by this but said</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">nothing is my mother yelled see it's</font> that stuff and your mental<font color="#E5E5E5"> attitude</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">attracting these bad things to a home</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">you need to get rid</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of it's my blew</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> her</font> off though still refusing<font color="#CCCCCC"> to believe and</font> as<font color="#E5E5E5"> I went back into</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my room and went</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> bed secretly<font color="#E5E5E5"> I was beginning to get</font> pretty scared last<font color="#E5E5E5"> forward one day and I'd been having</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">a good day as far as living with mental</font> illness went and<font color="#E5E5E5"> night</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> eating two whole</font> pizzas<font color="#E5E5E5"> and had the feeling</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that I needed</font> to take a massive<font color="#CCCCCC"> dump so I went to the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">bathroom now my bathroom is set up like</font> this you enter and next to the<font color="#E5E5E5"> door is</font> the light switch then the sink is there which<font color="#CCCCCC"> is</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> about</font> two<font color="#CCCCCC"> and a half feet long</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so it's quite a</font> reach for<font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> light switch</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was sitting</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">on the toilet doing my thing when the</font> lights just<font color="#E5E5E5"> all turned off and at first</font> I<font color="#E5E5E5"> thought the lights had gone out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and so</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I heard a deep and gravelly voice</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">chuckle and say you're mine</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and this was</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">definitely</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> last straw</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they quickly</font> tidied myself up and ran<font color="#CCCCCC"> out of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> bathroom I told my mother<font color="#E5E5E5"> what had happened and a</font> week later I threw<font color="#CCCCCC"> out all of my</font> pentagrams and Ouija board as well<font color="#E5E5E5"> as my</font> big<font color="#E5E5E5"> four foot demon painting that I made</font> and we threw it all out<font color="#E5E5E5"> and had a</font> cleansing of a home and the activity subsided<font color="#E5E5E5"> it's about a month later so I'm</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">currently in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my village for vacation</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">village has around 200 residents</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it's</font> pretty much a<font color="#E5E5E5"> small village and recently</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">a kid was actually found dead in a field</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">next to the church</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and being a village</font> of<font color="#E5E5E5"> mostly religious people would spread</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">quickly that a mysterious creature of</font> the devil did this thing<font color="#CCCCCC"> to this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> kid</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that's important for later but for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> now I</font> have to<font color="#E5E5E5"> know that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> our house was broken</font> into<font color="#CCCCCC"> last year and after that my</font> grandfather installed an alarm<font color="#E5E5E5"> with a</font> motion<font color="#CCCCCC"> sensor on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> our porch</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it works only</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">at night and he</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> actually can't disable</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">its</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> mid rings for about 15 seconds and</font> then it stops until<font color="#E5E5E5"> it detects</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> motion</font> again<font color="#E5E5E5"> you might</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be thinking that this is</font> a problem<font color="#CCCCCC"> for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> our neighbors but the</font> nearest<font color="#E5E5E5"> house is like a hundred yards</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">away and the man</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> who owns it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> is not even</font> there at the moment<font color="#CCCCCC"> I have to know too</font> that<font color="#CCCCCC"> we also have a flickering light</font> open<font color="#CCCCCC"> on our porch pretty much always the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">light is old and that's why it's</font> flickering<font color="#E5E5E5"> so here's what happened</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">last night I was really windy and we</font> have some plastic chairs on our porch so we can see it whenever we<font color="#E5E5E5"> want</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to drink</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Coffee watching the sunset and whatnots</font> and these chairs<font color="#E5E5E5"> would very</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> rarely</font> trigger the sensor<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was annoying at</font> times but not<font color="#CCCCCC"> enough for me to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> remove</font> the chairs so I woke up to the alarm at around<font color="#CCCCCC"> 3 o'clock I just thought it would</font> go away<font color="#CCCCCC"> but whenever it stops it's</font> instantly started again and I thought to myself<font color="#E5E5E5"> that's that's odd as I stood up</font> to go<font color="#E5E5E5"> and check out what was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> happening</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">only</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a wall separates the kitchen from</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> porch</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so if you look out of the</font> kitchen window you can pretty much<font color="#E5E5E5"> see</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> whole</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> thing I open the blinds and</font> just saw the flickering light in the chair<font color="#E5E5E5"> moving so I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> assumed that it must</font> have<font color="#CCCCCC"> just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> been the chair but boy</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">couldn't be</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> more wrong</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> about that one I</font> turned around to<font color="#E5E5E5"> go</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> back to my bed when</font> I<font color="#CCCCCC"> heard a really</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> weird noise</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> not</font> humanoid but another annoys that an animal would make but none<font color="#CCCCCC"> that I know</font> of<font color="#E5E5E5"> anyway the closest and that I can</font> compare<font color="#CCCCCC"> it to is kind of like one of the</font> monsters from the<font color="#E5E5E5"> movie a quiet place</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">obviously I froze</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I hadn't closed the blinds yet - and I</font> then realized that<font color="#E5E5E5"> the alarm had stopped</font> and the<font color="#E5E5E5"> line had stopped flickering and</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> just closed at this point my face</font> the window again<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> then it happened</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the light opened and revealed this</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> thing</font> it was<font color="#CCCCCC"> grayish with huge teeth and and</font> what looked like claws<font color="#E5E5E5"> it stood</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on two</font> feet<font color="#CCCCCC"> and had red eyes</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and then the thing</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that adds</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> just an</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> ear piercing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> scream</font> and after that the light flickered again and by the time I came back<font color="#CCCCCC"> on it had</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">disappeared</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the alarm started ringing</font> again<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I called my mother and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> told</font> her<font color="#E5E5E5"> everything and that's my head</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to Lee</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">but she didn't believe</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me and had the</font> audacity to actually<font color="#E5E5E5"> ask me if</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I'd been</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">drinking</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> anything</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that no it's I hadn't</font> I was completely sober<font color="#E5E5E5"> everyone now</font> thinks that I'm<font color="#CCCCCC"> crazy</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> - and I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> don't</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">actually tell this story anymore just</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">because</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I'm afraid</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of what other</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> people</font> will say all I know is that I know<font color="#E5E5E5"> what</font> I saw there<font color="#E5E5E5"> was a hundred percent real</font> and it was the<font color="#E5E5E5"> scariest thing that I've</font> ever<font color="#E5E5E5"> witnessed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I don't know how this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> kid</font> was killed<font color="#E5E5E5"> but now I think</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that this</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">thing</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">have had something to do with</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it so a</font> few important<font color="#CCCCCC"> things before I tell my</font> story<font color="#E5E5E5"> one my kitchen has a big window</font> next<font color="#CCCCCC"> to a door and at the right side</font> through the window<font color="#E5E5E5"> you can</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> look at that</font> backyard<font color="#CCCCCC"> it doesn't have a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> curtain</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> always sit at<font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> dinner table to work</font> on<font color="#E5E5E5"> school things and stuff which is</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">placed in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> front</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of the large window</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> -</font> number<font color="#E5E5E5"> two and we also have two dogs</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">shih tzu</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> maltese a mix but they're</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> very</font> sweet but they bark a lot when they hear <font color="#E5E5E5">something</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> outside of a house three when</font> this happens<font color="#E5E5E5"> I was home alone with my</font> little brother<font color="#CCCCCC"> 13</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and for my neighbors</font> of a cat that walks<font color="#E5E5E5"> around a house a lot</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> wood</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that said he is the story so a</font> few months<font color="#CCCCCC"> ago my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> parents decided to go</font> on a<font color="#CCCCCC"> little holiday</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> together for two</font> days<font color="#CCCCCC"> my brother and I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> were fine</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with</font> being home alone<font color="#E5E5E5"> and we didn't want</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> our</font> grandparents to babysit<font color="#E5E5E5"> us</font> my parents<font color="#CCCCCC"> agreed and they left that</font> Saturday morning<font color="#CCCCCC"> that whole day was just</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">normal everything went like</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it usually</font> does and when it was<font color="#E5E5E5"> about 11:30 p.m. my</font> brother and I<font color="#CCCCCC"> went upstairs to sleep I</font> put out the lights and<font color="#E5E5E5"> lock the windows</font> and the doors and<font color="#E5E5E5"> everything</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> still</font> seemed usual but at<font color="#CCCCCC"> about 2:00 a.m. I</font> woke up to the<font color="#CCCCCC"> scent of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> dog's loudly</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">barking</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and they do this pretty often</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">because of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the neighbor's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> cat walking</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">around their house and I didn't</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> think</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">much of it and went</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> back to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> sleep</font> usually the dog stopped<font color="#E5E5E5"> barking in about</font> five minutes<font color="#CCCCCC"> but this time they</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> did it I</font> thought<font color="#E5E5E5"> that this was pretty weird so I</font> got out<font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bed and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> checked at my brother</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">he was still asleep</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so I decided not to</font> wake him up<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I just walked downstairs</font> myself<font color="#CCCCCC"> I went downstairs and my dogs</font> were barking towards the larch kitchen window<font color="#E5E5E5"> which wasn't</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that weird</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> since the</font> cat walks in our garden or what - I<font color="#E5E5E5"> put</font> a light on<font color="#E5E5E5"> and walked around the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> kitchen</font> to<font color="#CCCCCC"> see if</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> something was off everything</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">seemed fine</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> though oh and I then checked</font> if maybe my dogs were in pain or <font color="#E5E5E5">something but they weren't so I then</font> looked outside to see<font color="#E5E5E5"> if the cat</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was</font> walking around<font color="#E5E5E5"> and the cat was nowhere</font> to<font color="#E5E5E5"> be</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> seen I must admit</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to that this</font> made me<font color="#E5E5E5"> feel really uneasy</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">then after they say and didn't really</font> feel like<font color="#CCCCCC"> sleeping anymore so</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I sat down</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">at the dinner</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> table to watch some</font> YouTube and just chill out<font color="#CCCCCC"> for a bit</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">after like</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> 10 minutes I started to feel</font> uneasy again and I had this weird <font color="#CCCCCC">feeling of just being watched from</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">window</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I decided at some</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> point</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">was better to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just shut the lights off</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and go back upstairs</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> because</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I didn't</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">feel safe though I grabbed a kitchen</font> knife to<font color="#CCCCCC"> protect myself</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> if anything</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was</font> about to happen<font color="#CCCCCC"> when I got</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> upstairs I</font> checked my brother again<font color="#CCCCCC"> and he was</font> still safe and<font color="#E5E5E5"> fast asleep</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> i sat down</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">a hallway so I could hear</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the things</font> downstairs better huh and after a while my dog started<font color="#CCCCCC"> barking</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">again at this point</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was actually</font> pretty<font color="#E5E5E5"> fearful so I decided to call the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">police</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and then walk downstairs</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> police told<font color="#E5E5E5"> me that there would be here</font> in about<font color="#E5E5E5"> 15 minutes</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I walked downstairs</font> as silently as<font color="#E5E5E5"> I could and when I got</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">into our hallway downstairs</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I noticed</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that the light by our front door was on</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">this certainly goes on when</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> people walk</font> by<font color="#CCCCCC"> but I was stupid</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and shrugged it off</font> as just<font color="#E5E5E5"> being the neighbor's cat walking</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">by again when I got back into the</font> kitchen<font color="#CCCCCC"> my dogs were still</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> barking yeah</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">so I turned the lights on and sat down</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">again not even</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a minute</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> after I sat down</font> I noticed<font color="#E5E5E5"> movements in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> our garden behind</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the large window</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I just froze and I</font> honestly couldn't move<font color="#CCCCCC"> my dog started</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">barking like crazy because</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they could</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">see the movement too and it was a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> pretty</font> large person moving<font color="#E5E5E5"> slowly towards the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">door</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">well I still had the knife but I'm 15</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> quite small the person looked a lot</font> larger than<font color="#E5E5E5"> me and I surely wasn't about</font> to win against<font color="#E5E5E5"> him he also had to have</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">seen me too because he started moving</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">faster towards the door but fortunately</font> at this point the<font color="#CCCCCC"> police arrived and</font> they knocked<font color="#E5E5E5"> on the front door I</font> sprinted towards the door<font color="#E5E5E5"> and let them</font> in and the man<font color="#CCCCCC"> probably ran away</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> because</font> when the police investigated<font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">backyard</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he was gone but later with the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">help of a police dog the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> man was</font> arrested<font color="#CCCCCC"> and charged for attempted</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">burglary</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> apparently was arrested a</font> few<font color="#E5E5E5"> years</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> ago</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> too because of a an</font> attempted assault <font color="#E5E5E5">my brother and I didn't get hurt and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">everything turned out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> fine but I still</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">am too scared to stay home alone these</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">days last week after a bizarre dream I</font> experienced sleep paralysis for<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> first time I woke up scared<font color="#E5E5E5"> paralyzed</font> and staring straight at what appeared to <font color="#CCCCCC">be a shadow</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> person that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> looks</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> like it</font> had<font color="#CCCCCC"> been standing over me while I was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">asleep last night my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> fiancee told me</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> something that I did in my sleep</font> that's creeped me out even<font color="#CCCCCC"> more</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> than</font> many of that<font color="#E5E5E5"> so when I woke up this</font> morning my hands<font color="#E5E5E5"> and the muscles in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font> forearms were really<font color="#E5E5E5"> sore my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> fiancee got</font> not performing and was<font color="#E5E5E5"> sitting in the</font> kitchen<font color="#CCCCCC"> on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> his laptop</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I started making coffee and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> house all my</font> hands were was really starting to<font color="#E5E5E5"> bother</font> me<font color="#E5E5E5"> so I mentioned it out loud</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> fiancee</font> turns out to look<font color="#E5E5E5"> at me and he looks a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">little confused and worried he asks if I</font> remember<font color="#CCCCCC"> getting up last night and I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">don't I don't</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> remember waking</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> up at all</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> fiancee is a sleep talk</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> or a walker</font> and<font color="#CCCCCC"> will get out of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bed and leave the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">room if I let him I routinely have to</font> get him<font color="#E5E5E5"> back into bed as he tries to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">sleepwalk out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of the room at night</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">thankfully he normally talks a lot when</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">he sleepwalks and this wakes me up so</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that I can stop it before</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he gets out of</font> the room<font color="#CCCCCC"> I on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> other hand have never</font> to my<font color="#E5E5E5"> knowledge slept walk in my entire</font> life<font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> fiance has told me in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> past</font> that<font color="#CCCCCC"> I do</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> sleep talk sometimes but</font> normally he<font color="#E5E5E5"> can't understand what I'm</font> saying because<font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm whispering all that's</font> I<font color="#E5E5E5"> don't say</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> anything at all</font> I just laughed for<font color="#E5E5E5"> a few seconds and</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">then I get quiet again</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so after I</font> confirm<font color="#E5E5E5"> that's I do not remember waking</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">up</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he tells</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me that not</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> only did I wake</font> up<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> also got out of bed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he says that he</font> woke up<font color="#E5E5E5"> because the bed was shaking</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">sat up in bed and I was standing at the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">foot</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of the bed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> gripping the footboard</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">he said every few seconds</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I would jerk</font> on<font color="#E5E5E5"> the footboard</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and it somehow</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> managed</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to drag the whole king-sized bed with</font> him in it<font color="#E5E5E5"> like two feet away from the</font> wall<font color="#CCCCCC"> he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was able to get me to let go</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> the footboard and<font color="#E5E5E5"> get me to go</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> back to</font> bed he said that the entire time I never said a<font color="#CCCCCC"> word but my eyes were wide</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> open</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that's I was looking right at him</font> while he<font color="#CCCCCC"> was talking</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I honestly don't</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">remember any of this and I'm not sure if</font> this is<font color="#E5E5E5"> paranormal or something else</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but</font> it really<font color="#E5E5E5"> creeped me out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> especially</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">since I've</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> been having these sleep</font> paralysis moments lately<font color="#CCCCCC"> hopefully this</font> is the<font color="#CCCCCC"> end of it but some</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> ly</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I don't</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">think it is I've been having a lot of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">what I believed to be paranormal</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">activity in the apartment there myself</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and my boyfriend moved into about six</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">months ago the first month or</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so after</font> moving<font color="#E5E5E5"> in I didn't notice anything</font> unusual<font color="#CCCCCC"> then I started to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> notice little</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">things like cupboards being open that's</font> I know<font color="#E5E5E5"> we're closed</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">some with doors and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I even</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> heard</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">footsteps shuffling</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> across the floor</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> next room candles always being</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">blowing out when I'd leave a room</font> shadows moving across<font color="#CCCCCC"> the wall or dark</font> figures out of<font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> corner of my eye</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> even</font> and then it progressively got<font color="#CCCCCC"> worse as</font> well<font color="#E5E5E5"> but one night my boyfriend</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and I</font> were<font color="#E5E5E5"> upstairs talking with our landlord</font> who lived there<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was telling him about</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">some of the things that have been going</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">on while</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my boyfriend the non-believer</font> just rolled his eyes<font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> landlord</font> wanted to come down<font color="#CCCCCC"> into the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> apartment</font> look at a few<font color="#E5E5E5"> things in the kitchen</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">anyway we all came down and every single</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">cupboard was wide</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> open after assuring my</font> boyfriend that's it wasn't me playing a prank <font color="#CCCCCC">here you go pretty freaked out and went</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">back upstairs my landlord and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">continued talking when we both heard a</font> deep growling coming from the<font color="#CCCCCC"> area of my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">closet in the bedroom but we were about</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">10 feet</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> from the bedroom</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and he just</font> said nope<font color="#CCCCCC"> and went</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> back upstairs he's</font> refused to<font color="#E5E5E5"> talk</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it since then</font> I still get chills thinking<font color="#E5E5E5"> about it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> too</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">another night I was laying in bed trying</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sleep mice closed but very</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> much awake</font> and I<font color="#CCCCCC"> feel my boyfriend sit on the bed</font> so I opened my eyes<font color="#CCCCCC"> and looked at him he</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">was just silently laughing at me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> shaking<font color="#E5E5E5"> a closed fist in my face</font> which was really<font color="#E5E5E5"> weird</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> set up and</font> asked him what<font color="#E5E5E5"> the heck are you doing</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">leave me alone</font> I'm pregnant so<font color="#E5E5E5"> I was getting pretty</font> grumpy easily at the<font color="#E5E5E5"> time I asked him</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> same thing again and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> when he didn't</font> answer<font color="#E5E5E5"> and he just smirked at</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me with</font> his<font color="#CCCCCC"> fist in the air</font> I grabbed my<font color="#CCCCCC"> pillow and rolled over to</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> other side</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of the bed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> laid there for</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> 30 seconds but still felt the need</font> to<font color="#CCCCCC"> gap at him some more</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I was pretty ticked off and he knew I</font> was sick and<font color="#E5E5E5"> needed rest</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so I got up and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">went into the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> living room</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and asked him</font> what<font color="#E5E5E5"> his problem was</font> and he<font color="#E5E5E5"> had no idea what I was talking</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">about I thought he might have been</font> screwing with me but after<font color="#CCCCCC"> seeing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> how</font> visibly shaken I was and not<font color="#E5E5E5"> being the</font> type to intentionally scare me<font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">believed it wasn't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> actually him that I</font> saw a wall he made me a little snack<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> put me<font color="#E5E5E5"> back to bed and laid with me</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">until I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> fell asleep but I woke up not</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">long after because my bedroom doorknob</font> was being turned<font color="#CCCCCC"> back and forth very</font> rapid<font color="#E5E5E5"> and really loudly yeah</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> i sat up</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and looked at the door and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it stopped</font> 100% freaked out but tired<font color="#CCCCCC"> I went back</font> to<font color="#CCCCCC"> sleep</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and then it happens again</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> popped up and actually<font color="#E5E5E5"> saw</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it go back</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and forth this time a few</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> times</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> before</font> it stopped as well<font color="#CCCCCC"> I got up and swung</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> door</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> open and no one was there</font> boyfriend<font color="#E5E5E5"> was outside smoking and I was</font> alone<font color="#E5E5E5"> in the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> apartment</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in the weeks</font> following I'd<font color="#CCCCCC"> feel</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> riska crapped on</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">my leg - I'd feel what felt like</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the bed</font> being compressed as if someone was crawling across it but I was alone<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> one<font color="#CCCCCC"> evening</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I heard footsteps in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> kitchen so<font color="#CCCCCC"> I went</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to investigate</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I stood</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">in the doorway and they stopped a few</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">seconds later and the top of one</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">roses popped off and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> flew a few feet and</font> at that point<font color="#CCCCCC"> I know</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> data for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> they're</font> pretty quick<font color="#E5E5E5"> and went into</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my bedroom to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">text my boyfriend to get his ass home</font> longer<font color="#CCCCCC"> i sat alone to the more uneasy I</font> became so I said screw<font color="#CCCCCC"> it went into</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> kitchen<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> make something to eat</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> through</font> all the lights on<font color="#E5E5E5"> TV on for noise and I</font> feel better<font color="#E5E5E5"> I must admit</font> as I was cooking I began to feel really <font color="#E5E5E5">lightheaded everything started going</font> black so I went as<font color="#E5E5E5"> fast as I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> could</font> towards<font color="#CCCCCC"> the couch</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and I just collapsed</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">onto it as I blacked out no I've never</font> blacked out or fainted in<font color="#CCCCCC"> my life and</font> when I<font color="#CCCCCC"> sat back up all my candles were</font> blown<font color="#CCCCCC"> out and there were leaves from my</font> roses just scattered everywhere<font color="#E5E5E5"> recently</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">-</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I went out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with friends and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font> boyfriend kept texting me<font color="#E5E5E5"> asking when I</font> was coming home<font color="#E5E5E5"> I thought that that was</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">pretty cute</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that he was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> missing me</font> so<font color="#CCCCCC"> I finally get home and he looks</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">really spooked he said</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> all night he</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">was hearing footsteps</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the doors closing</font> door handles turning and even saw a <font color="#CCCCCC">human-like shadow move across the wall</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and guess who's a believer now</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> whether</font> he wanted to or not since these incidents<font color="#E5E5E5"> many of the small</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> things</font> continue to<font color="#E5E5E5"> occur but I haven't</font> experienced anything<font color="#E5E5E5"> evil</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a little</font> while but<font color="#CCCCCC"> thankfully and knock on wood</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">though rights</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I've had other paranormal</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">encounters in my life</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but much less</font> creepy when my family member and my<font color="#E5E5E5"> best</font> friend after she passed but this this feels evil<font color="#E5E5E5"> if it starts up again we've</font> already<font color="#CCCCCC"> agreed that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we're going to move</font> now<font color="#CCCCCC"> Sun is due at the end of July so</font> there's not<font color="#E5E5E5"> a chance</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that we'll stay if</font> the evil presents<font color="#E5E5E5"> itself again but I am</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">wondering if we should</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just move anyway</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">better to be</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> safe than</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sorry right</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">what's your opinion on what I'm dealing</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">with here</font> a few years<font color="#E5E5E5"> back</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> one of my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> best friends</font> and<font color="#CCCCCC"> business partner</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was and still as a</font> single death<font color="#CCCCCC"> his</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> ex-wife was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">unfortunately in a net of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> mental</font> institution for years and he had sole custody<font color="#E5E5E5"> of his two kids</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my boy ten and a</font> girl<font color="#E5E5E5"> 14 my friend had to travel to New</font> York to oversee the multimedia<font color="#E5E5E5"> set up</font> for the Auto Show<font color="#E5E5E5"> for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the for display</font> and I was back at<font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> office with</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> program<font color="#E5E5E5"> is during the day and would stay</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">with</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the kids each</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> evening the house was</font> a new two-story rental<font color="#E5E5E5"> than the</font> woodlands of Texas<font color="#E5E5E5"> the development was</font> built<font color="#E5E5E5"> in a heavily wooded area just</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">north of Houston</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for anyone interested</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">now the weird stuff started</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> happening</font> the very first night that I<font color="#E5E5E5"> was there</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> was watching TV with<font color="#E5E5E5"> the kids the den</font> lights would go<font color="#CCCCCC"> off and the lights which</font> was on the<font color="#CCCCCC"> other side of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the room which</font> was weird<font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Wayne over and the switch</font> was turned<font color="#E5E5E5"> off and I thought it was a</font> problem<font color="#CCCCCC"> with</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the breaker or there was</font> another light switch or<font color="#CCCCCC"> something but if</font> there is another switch<font color="#E5E5E5"> who turned that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">one off</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> then I flip</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the switch on either</font> way and<font color="#E5E5E5"> the lights came back on and I</font> went back to<font color="#CCCCCC"> sit down</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the lights went</font> off<font color="#CCCCCC"> again and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I walked back and I found</font> the switch flipped back down to<font color="#E5E5E5"> wall and</font> that's really<font color="#E5E5E5"> disturbed me but this went</font> on for<font color="#E5E5E5"> a while I asked the kids if this</font> had happened<font color="#E5E5E5"> before and they told me</font> every now and then the lights<font color="#E5E5E5"> would go</font> off<font color="#E5E5E5"> so now I'm trying</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to act unconcerned</font> in front of the kids <font color="#E5E5E5">suddenly though there was a loud crash</font> in the<font color="#E5E5E5"> Attic</font> I<font color="#E5E5E5"> or we went</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> upstairs and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> open the attic</font> door<font color="#E5E5E5"> to check and there was nothing in</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> attic it was completely empty</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> there was no explanation<font color="#CCCCCC"> for what made</font> the loud noise<font color="#E5E5E5"> at this point I'm</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">thinking there's somebody else in the</font> house<font color="#CCCCCC"> I mean there has to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> be right their</font> mother had actually showed up <font color="#CCCCCC">unexpectedly before at their</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> old house</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">but she was in jail at the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> time and</font> supposedly didn't even know this address things quieted down and it was eventually<font color="#E5E5E5"> time to go to bed though</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">mother to family doggy in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a lab checked</font> all the<font color="#CCCCCC"> doors and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> made</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sure that they</font> were locked<font color="#E5E5E5"> and then went</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> up to the</font> guest room<font color="#E5E5E5"> which was between the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> kids</font> bedrooms I left my door cracked and I just turned the bedside lamp<font color="#E5E5E5"> off and</font> I was laying<font color="#E5E5E5"> down and I saw the</font> silhouette<font color="#CCCCCC"> of a boy crouched between the</font> cable box<font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> VCR</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> where the lights are</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the other side of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the room and myself</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I thought the Sun was getting</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> ready to</font> try<font color="#E5E5E5"> and scare me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> or something so</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> turned the bedside lamp on and said gotcha<font color="#CCCCCC"> but when I did there was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> nobody</font> there <font color="#CCCCCC">and then there was another loud crash in</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> Attic</font> this worked the kids up<font color="#CCCCCC"> too and now they</font> were really<font color="#E5E5E5"> scared</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we then heard</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a door</font> slam downstairs and I told them that it was<font color="#CCCCCC"> a new house and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> well noises happened</font> I also told them that<font color="#CCCCCC"> so I would</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> sleep</font> in<font color="#CCCCCC"> the day beds and the hallway</font> I made my<font color="#CCCCCC"> rounds again and well I went</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">back</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bed when I woke up the next</font> morning the kids and the dog were all asleep<font color="#E5E5E5"> on the floor next to my bed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and I</font> still had four<font color="#E5E5E5"> more days to go so the</font> next day I<font color="#E5E5E5"> got</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to the house as it was</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">getting dark the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> wind was starting to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">pick up and all of the tree limbs were</font> swaying<font color="#E5E5E5"> there was thunder in the</font> distance<font color="#E5E5E5"> but the kids seemed pretty fine</font> and<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> helped</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> them with their homework</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">made dinner told them know that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we're</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">not going to McDonald's again</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and we all</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">finally</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sat down to watch some TV</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> storm was worsening and there was more thunder and<font color="#E5E5E5"> lightning now - so the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> dent</font> in<font color="#E5E5E5"> the house was huge with large</font> floor-to-ceiling windows and the walls went all the<font color="#E5E5E5"> way to the rafters there</font> was an interior balcony on the<font color="#E5E5E5"> second</font> floor that wrapped<font color="#E5E5E5"> around three of the</font> walls<font color="#E5E5E5"> there was an exterior balcony</font> facing<font color="#CCCCCC"> the backyard you could see</font> through the<font color="#E5E5E5"> upper windows there to the</font> lower part of<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> outside balcony</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> yeah</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and now the rain was just coming down in</font> sheets<font color="#CCCCCC"> the wind is blowing and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> there's</font> bursts of lightning<font color="#E5E5E5"> and suddenly the</font> daughter says that<font color="#E5E5E5"> she sees something</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">moving out on the balcony</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> love</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> karpin's it looks like a pair of</font> legs and<font color="#E5E5E5"> dark pants</font> scary's<font color="#E5E5E5"> past one of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the windows so I'm</font> thinking do I get a gun out of the master<font color="#CCCCCC"> bedroom but that opens a whole</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">new can of worms so I run</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> back up</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> stairs from<font color="#E5E5E5"> the kitchen to the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">second-floor</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> hallway</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and out</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> through the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">balcony door the wind is</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> blowing cold</font> rain right into me and I get soaked<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I also don't</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> see anyone on the balcony</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> go back upstairs and tell them that's</font> there's no one outside<font color="#CCCCCC"> shortly</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">thereafter I tell them it's time</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> bed</font> as<font color="#E5E5E5"> well</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Sun goes right to bed and</font> goes to sleep the daughter is<font color="#E5E5E5"> afraid of storms though</font> and the dog won't<font color="#E5E5E5"> go into a bedroom and</font> her cat is nowhere<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be found I tell</font> her that<font color="#E5E5E5"> I'll sit</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with her until she</font> goes<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sleep and I bring a chair into</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the bedroom and set it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on the left side</font> of her bed<font color="#E5E5E5"> we</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> talk about storms and I</font> tell her about<font color="#CCCCCC"> being in a tent</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">army during really</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bad storms and now</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">know as it is to be in a house for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this</font> storm<font color="#E5E5E5"> and eventually we both fall asleep</font> there's a loud clap of<font color="#CCCCCC"> thunder and a</font> flash of<font color="#CCCCCC"> lightning and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I wake up and I</font> see a dark figure<font color="#E5E5E5"> about five feet</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> tall</font> standing<font color="#CCCCCC"> in the far corner of a room I</font> jumped to<font color="#CCCCCC"> my feet but no I don't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> see</font> anything<font color="#CCCCCC"> I don't want to wake her up and</font> I<font color="#E5E5E5"> carefully walk around a room and check</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> hallway</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I slowly sit back down</font> really<font color="#E5E5E5"> confused and I eventually just</font> doze off again later<font color="#CCCCCC"> right</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> here are</font> noise though and I started<font color="#CCCCCC"> Lee looked</font> around<font color="#E5E5E5"> the cat is cold up on the foot of</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">a bed and the dog is starting</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to lay</font> down<font color="#E5E5E5"> at my feet</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the storm has passed now</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> looking outside</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bedroom window</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">stars are shining up above the tree line</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I go to lay down</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in the day bed and in</font> the hallway again<font color="#E5E5E5"> and just as I fall</font> asleep<font color="#E5E5E5"> by</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> here a door downstairs slam</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">shots</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it kind of sounds like the kitchen</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">door to the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> garage maybe</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I go downstairs</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the kitchen door and the door</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">garage and the front door</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> are all shut</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and locked so I start to walk</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> over to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> master bedroom suite</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but something</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">just tells me not to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> go there so I head</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">back upstairs and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> lay back</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the onand</font> what seems like seconds later the alarm <font color="#E5E5E5">goes off and it's</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> time to start a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> new</font> day<font color="#CCCCCC"> I have</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to get breakfast</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> going and</font> then it's my<font color="#CCCCCC"> turn to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> drive school</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> cop my</font> friend was due<font color="#CCCCCC"> back late on Saturday</font> from the airport<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was ready to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> head</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">back to my house</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> where I also took care</font> of my<font color="#CCCCCC"> dad my dad had</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> been having some</font> health<font color="#E5E5E5"> issues and more nights and we the</font> interactive media company had<font color="#E5E5E5"> to get</font> several laptops with updated programs on them sent out via FedEx tomorrow delivery to the<font color="#CCCCCC"> Ford</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Auto</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Show</font> booth<font color="#E5E5E5"> my drop those off at the FedEx</font> counter at the<font color="#CCCCCC"> iah cargo area errands</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">they then</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> drove up north on the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> i-45</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> the house<font color="#E5E5E5"> we stayed up late but</font> everything seemed quiet<font color="#E5E5E5"> this night I had</font> taken<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sleeping in the daybed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in the</font> hallway on the second<font color="#E5E5E5"> floor where the</font> kids bedrooms were and<font color="#E5E5E5"> after the kids</font> finally<font color="#E5E5E5"> went to sleep when I checked all</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the doors again and turned out</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> most</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> the lights and went back up to<font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">daybed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to go to sleep however the family</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">lab just wouldn't come upstairs though</font> and there was no sign<font color="#CCCCCC"> of the cat</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> again</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the hallway</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was partially lit from the</font> kitchen light coming up<font color="#E5E5E5"> from</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the back</font> stairs just off to the<font color="#E5E5E5"> left</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> glass door<font color="#CCCCCC"> out to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the balcony at</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> other end of the hall <font color="#E5E5E5">on the opposing end of the hall there</font> were three steps<font color="#E5E5E5"> leading up to the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> girls</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">bedroom both kids had their door shut</font> and I was sound asleep<font color="#CCCCCC"> when I just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> had</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">this feeling that someone was in the</font> hallway<font color="#E5E5E5"> with us</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> i sat up</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in bed and was</font> startled to<font color="#CCCCCC"> see</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> ya young</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> boy standing in</font> the hallway<font color="#CCCCCC"> except he wasn't really</font> standing<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was kind of hovering about</font> one foot off the<font color="#E5E5E5"> floor</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he seemed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be</font> lit slightly from<font color="#CCCCCC"> within and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he kind of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">gave off a a dim glow</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and he was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> clearly</font> visible<font color="#E5E5E5"> in the darkened hallway</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">looking directly down at me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with his</font> head<font color="#E5E5E5"> tilted slightly downward he had a</font> blank neutral<font color="#CCCCCC"> expression on his face and</font> he<font color="#CCCCCC"> looked at me about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> 12 years old</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I had</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">blond hair</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> with freckles but with large</font> dark<font color="#E5E5E5"> eyes he was wearing a well-worn</font> pair of coveralls and<font color="#E5E5E5"> a faded yellow</font> shirt his clothes were faded<font color="#CCCCCC"> were worn</font> but clean<font color="#E5E5E5"> he was barefoot and his feet</font> pointed downwards towards the<font color="#E5E5E5"> floor</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> his</font> arms hung down by his<font color="#CCCCCC"> sides I asked him</font> in a low voice<font color="#E5E5E5"> what do you want and</font> after saying those words<font color="#E5E5E5"> he started</font> immediately drifting slowly toward the stairwell<font color="#CCCCCC"> he kept</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> looking at me but he</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">didn't blink his eyes or change his</font> expression<font color="#E5E5E5"> he rotated slightly to the</font> rioters he floated towards the stairway <font color="#E5E5E5">to keep</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> facing his faint glow cost a</font> small<font color="#CCCCCC"> amount</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of light and the</font> surrounding walls floor and ceiling<font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font> then floated at a view<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I could still</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">see his glow in the far wall of the</font> stairwell<font color="#CCCCCC"> and could see</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> moving</font> downwards following the stairs <font color="#E5E5E5">i sat there</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for a few moments with my</font> heart racing and the glow faded<font color="#E5E5E5"> along</font> the wall<font color="#CCCCCC"> and he should have been down to</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> landing on the stairs by then and I</font> went to<font color="#E5E5E5"> look down</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the stairway and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> gone and a few moments</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> later</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I heard</font> a loud slam of a door<font color="#CCCCCC"> on the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> ground</font> level<font color="#CCCCCC"> near the master</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bedroom on the</font> other side of<font color="#CCCCCC"> the house I didn't really</font> sleep that night and I woke up<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> next</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">morning and stood my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Judy's and I</font> haven't<font color="#E5E5E5"> been</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> back to that house since</font> then my whole life I've had weird experiences<font color="#CCCCCC"> and that's how I categorized</font> them<font color="#E5E5E5"> too but we it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> known abruptly</font> paranormal bit<font color="#E5E5E5"> just strange</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> there's some</font> quick background<font color="#CCCCCC"> to about me to give</font> some flesh<font color="#E5E5E5"> that characterization</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> as to</font> what I'm<font color="#E5E5E5"> about to shit</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I'm a may only my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">30s from New Zealand</font> I don't suffer from any psychological<font color="#E5E5E5"> or</font> mental issues<font color="#E5E5E5"> none that I'm aware of</font> anyway my grew up in a distinctly lower middle-class family<font color="#CCCCCC"> in the suburbs over</font> the tracks and I have a healthy appetite for logical thinking<font color="#E5E5E5"> and most of my</font> experiences I have some<font color="#E5E5E5"> sort of logical</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">explanation as to why it happens</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">some still just weird and so here's</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> some</font> of<font color="#CCCCCC"> my stories</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so what about age five to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">six was my first weird experience</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> remember<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was young because I was</font> either<font color="#E5E5E5"> at the end</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> time at</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">kindergarten or just beginning primary</font> school I had been asleep<font color="#CCCCCC"> for a while</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">when</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I felt fingers touched the right</font> side of<font color="#E5E5E5"> my neck where the jugular vein</font> is<font color="#E5E5E5"> the fingers were distinctly female</font> fingers<font color="#CCCCCC"> - but old and wrinkly like</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font> grandmother's I remember being calm <font color="#E5E5E5">because since I was waking up out of my</font> sleep and feeling female fingers I guess because my equated male fingers to being rough and large<font color="#E5E5E5"> like my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> dads I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> assumed</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that they</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> were</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> mother's it</font> wasn't until<font color="#E5E5E5"> I opened my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> eyes to a dark</font> room<font color="#CCCCCC"> with no one</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> else in there that's I</font> started to really feel<font color="#E5E5E5"> terrified</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">rolled over through the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> sheets over my</font> head<font color="#CCCCCC"> forced my eyes</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> shut and fell back</font> asleep<font color="#CCCCCC"> terrified you know this could</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">easily have been some sort of sleeper</font> alysus but to this day<font color="#CCCCCC"> as McGraw</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">nice men</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I still can't sleep without the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">bedsheets over my neck about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> age seven</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">ish</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> -</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> nine - I would have shadows</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> taught</font> me<font color="#CCCCCC"> from</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my bedroom door frame in the</font> shapes of cartoon<font color="#E5E5E5"> characters I've only</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">experienced shadow people once in my</font> life<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I'll get to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> later</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this</font> was<font color="#CCCCCC"> different from that and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> from what</font> I've read as well<font color="#E5E5E5"> my bedroom was</font> connected<font color="#CCCCCC"> to a hallway which was also</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">connected</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to our lounge so</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> lounge</font> hallway and then bedroom<font color="#E5E5E5"> with my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> door</font> frame adjacent to the<font color="#CCCCCC"> door frame they</font> led into the<font color="#E5E5E5"> lounge</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I mentioned this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> too because the land</font> area<font color="#E5E5E5"> of the house has a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> lot</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of windows</font> that let in<font color="#E5E5E5"> a lot</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of ambient</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> lights at</font> night I would wake<font color="#CCCCCC"> up in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the middle</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> the nights<font color="#CCCCCC"> have</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> no idea why I just</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> woke</font> up and see a dark shadowy figure slightly<font color="#E5E5E5"> poked their head up or upper</font> body out<font color="#CCCCCC"> from behind</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the door frame</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so</font> it was like<font color="#E5E5E5"> that they were standing in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the hallway</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I'm not sure why I thought</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> they were taunting or goading me</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">because all they ever did was poke some</font> body part out from the<font color="#CCCCCC"> doorframe and</font> once they noticed that<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was awake</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">watching them</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> they keep doing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it almost</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">like they knew</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that they were</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> keeping me</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">up terrified so that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I couldn't sleep</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">some nights I'd</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> have the shadowy</font> silhouettes of<font color="#CCCCCC"> big bird and fuzzy bear</font> and other nights it would be scooby-doo or Barney the Dinosaur<font color="#CCCCCC"> full</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> disclosure -</font> I didn't watch Barney<font color="#E5E5E5"> the Dinosaur</font> myself but it was<font color="#CCCCCC"> on in the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> background</font> if I was being<font color="#CCCCCC"> looked after with my</font> little cousin<font color="#CCCCCC"> after school for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this</font> continued<font color="#CCCCCC"> for a couple</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of years and I</font> guess it<font color="#CCCCCC"> just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> kind of stopped</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">still sometimes</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> wake up in the middle</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> the night and<font color="#E5E5E5"> check the door frame for</font> shadows but I haven't<font color="#E5E5E5"> experienced it</font> since I<font color="#CCCCCC"> was a kid</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> again</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> is most</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">likely just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> sleep paralysis but there's</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">anyone else experienced this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> kind</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> thing before<font color="#E5E5E5"> at age</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> nine and ten my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">mother had a handful of jobs growing up</font> one job that<font color="#E5E5E5"> she had was a caregiver</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">an elderly</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> couple who</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> lived just across</font> the road from us<font color="#E5E5E5"> the couple got along</font> well with<font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> family so some weekends my</font> mother and father would go to their house to<font color="#E5E5E5"> do odd jobs</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">one such Saturday my mother father and</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">sister</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> had gone across the road and left</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">me by myself at</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> home to play arrow the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Acrobat</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on Sager in the lounge</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> only a</font> few<font color="#E5E5E5"> minutes after everyone</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> else had left</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">was when I felt</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Sir in</font> credible sense of dread and<font color="#E5E5E5"> panic just</font> come across<font color="#E5E5E5"> me it felt like someone was</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">behind me and I could</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> feel the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> anger in</font> the hate coming off of<font color="#E5E5E5"> them and it was</font> directed towards me<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was sat there</font> frozen<font color="#E5E5E5"> with fear and in that time I</font> decided<font color="#CCCCCC"> that if</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I sat upright and bolted</font> straight<font color="#E5E5E5"> to the sliding door to my right</font> in one motion<font color="#E5E5E5"> that's I could make it</font> down the driveway<font color="#E5E5E5"> and across the road</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> my family<font color="#E5E5E5"> before something</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that happened</font> to me<font color="#E5E5E5"> and so that's what I did</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bolted</font> for the door<font color="#E5E5E5"> and made it out of the</font> house and I was<font color="#E5E5E5"> just</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> too scared to look</font> back as soon as I reached the<font color="#E5E5E5"> road</font> though<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> instantly felt like an</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> idiot</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">but why am i running away from a feeling</font> it was a<font color="#E5E5E5"> terrifying feeling but it was</font> just a feeling<font color="#CCCCCC"> but I kept running as a</font> sprint until I got to<font color="#E5E5E5"> my mom doing</font> gardening<font color="#E5E5E5"> and that's where I stayed</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">until everyone</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> went back home that one I</font> can't<font color="#E5E5E5"> quite</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> explain</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">other than my kid home alone had an</font> active<font color="#E5E5E5"> over imagination but I do</font> distinctly remember that<font color="#CCCCCC"> feeling</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font> anger<font color="#E5E5E5"> and hate and I've not felt</font> something<font color="#CCCCCC"> like that since then and aged</font> 10 and<font color="#E5E5E5"> 11 my parents</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> decided to renovate</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the house and they started with their</font> bedroom<font color="#E5E5E5"> first</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> all</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of their stuff</font> including their bed was<font color="#CCCCCC"> in the lounge</font> opposite my room<font color="#E5E5E5"> so I wake</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> up late at</font> night<font color="#E5E5E5"> really needing to take a leak</font> I get up<font color="#E5E5E5"> get to the doorway of my</font> bedroom and<font color="#E5E5E5"> make direct eye contact with</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">this doll that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my mom has it's not a</font> typical porcelain doll but it's close enough<font color="#E5E5E5"> with a frilly dress</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and bonnets</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> music box built in so it's and this</font> doll doesn't scare me<font color="#CCCCCC"> in the least</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> as</font> much<font color="#E5E5E5"> as it should</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> up I guess but it just</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">never</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> did my sister always hated it</font> though and<font color="#E5E5E5"> it always gave her the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> creeps</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">but as soon as</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my foot hits the hallway</font> and my<font color="#E5E5E5"> eyes make contact with the dolls</font> eyes I clear as day he my full name <font color="#E5E5E5">whispered by a female voice</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in my right</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">ear from behind me I'm in the hallway</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> can hear my mother and father snoring <font color="#E5E5E5">because their bed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> isn't a lounge and my</font> sister definitely<font color="#CCCCCC"> is not behind</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me and</font> very rarely ever has said my full<font color="#CCCCCC"> name</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and so I just turned back around</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">jump</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> back into bed with the sheets over</font> my head deciding<font color="#E5E5E5"> that I don't really need to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">take a leak after all right so my mom</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> next morning and she</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> kind of</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">laughed since</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that I was probably imagining things</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> never<font color="#CCCCCC"> told my sister that story until a</font> few<font color="#CCCCCC"> years</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> ago and she's adamant that it</font> definitely<font color="#E5E5E5"> wasn't her as well it's very</font> possible that it<font color="#E5E5E5"> was an auditory</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">hallucination but still</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it was weird age</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">14 now and I was enjoying a good book on</font> the toilet<font color="#E5E5E5"> like any kid</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in the early</font> 2000s<font color="#CCCCCC"> would at around</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> 9 or</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 10 p.m. I</font> noticed something<font color="#E5E5E5"> from my peripheral</font> vision above my book which was on the <font color="#E5E5E5">floor beneath the door which looked to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">be some kind of twine that's I could</font> swear wasn't there when I sat down<font color="#CCCCCC"> on</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> toilet and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> most certainly moved</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">slightly when I saw it after looking</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> up</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">from my book</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> strange but doesn't really</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">register enough to pull me for my book</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">as I open the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> door after</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I finished</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">sharp I see the piece of twine</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> disappear</font> from<font color="#E5E5E5"> beneath</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> door and that's when I</font> see down<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> hallway what looks like</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a</font> big black mass<font color="#CCCCCC"> pounding then the size of</font> a house<font color="#CCCCCC"> cat maybe but the shape of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">ball that's kind of frizzy it bounds off</font> the wall around<font color="#CCCCCC"> ankle height</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> back into</font> the carpet and on<font color="#E5E5E5"> the floor and takes a</font> hard down to the<font color="#CCCCCC"> hallway into the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">kitchen I stand in the hallway just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> kind</font> of stunned<font color="#CCCCCC"> I have no idea what I saw</font> that<font color="#CCCCCC"> have no pets and it made no sound</font> or impact or weight as it bounded<font color="#E5E5E5"> down</font> the hallway away from me<font color="#CCCCCC"> I'm eek Lee</font> made my way to my<font color="#CCCCCC"> bedroom which is right</font> beside<font color="#E5E5E5"> the bathroom</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> close my bedroom</font> door and I'm pretty sure<font color="#CCCCCC"> that I slept</font> with<font color="#E5E5E5"> my lights on that night</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it could</font> have been a<font color="#CCCCCC"> giant rat I know but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> again</font> no sound and it just<font color="#E5E5E5"> wasn't the right</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">shape age 15</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you know and this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> is</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> one</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">improper shadow person story so it was a</font> Saturday night<font color="#CCCCCC"> and my parents had</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> gone</font> out late to do something<font color="#CCCCCC"> so they</font> wouldn't be<font color="#E5E5E5"> home</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> until much later that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">night and my sister was out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that night</font> as<font color="#E5E5E5"> well so I had the whole house</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> myself<font color="#E5E5E5"> and what does a 15 year old do</font> with the house to himself<font color="#E5E5E5"> on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a Saturday</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">night</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> why he makes a massive pot of</font> cheese pasta drink some<font color="#CCCCCC"> of his dad's alcoholic cider</font> and listens to<font color="#E5E5E5"> Led Zeppelin which he</font> just<font color="#E5E5E5"> discovered</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> few months ago and is</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">really feeling right</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> now</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">posture on lap solder in hand and baby</font> I'm gonna leave you blaring on the family sound system<font color="#CCCCCC"> I sit</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> down to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> enjoy</font> myself when I see to<font color="#CCCCCC"> my right</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> not a few</font> feet away<font color="#E5E5E5"> from where I'm sitting a giant</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">old black figure</font> whatever this is<font color="#CCCCCC"> it's tall and just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a</font> solid black shape of a man<font color="#CCCCCC"> I look at it</font> for<font color="#E5E5E5"> a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> few seconds</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> from a right hand</font> ankle and I'm not too<font color="#E5E5E5"> scared if anything</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that kind</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> feels serene and calm which</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> really weird</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I look away for barely</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">a second and it's gone I'm still feeling</font> calm that's<font color="#E5E5E5"> after a few minutes I start</font> to feel uneasy<font color="#E5E5E5"> after figuring what I</font> just saw<font color="#E5E5E5"> wasn't a normal fee</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I turned on</font> all the<font color="#E5E5E5"> lights on in the house</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> finished my<font color="#CCCCCC"> pasture and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> cider and waited</font> for my parents<font color="#E5E5E5"> to get back</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> home</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> from</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">age of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> 15</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at least might be 20s</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">nothing really interesting happens</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">nothing that I can remember anyway I</font> mostly<font color="#E5E5E5"> lived my life without anything</font> weird happening<font color="#E5E5E5"> age 25 comes around</font> though<font color="#CCCCCC"> and at this point</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in my life my</font> girlfriend and I have<font color="#CCCCCC"> just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> moved into a</font> new<font color="#E5E5E5"> house</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it's cold and damp</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in the</font> winter and has a weird<font color="#E5E5E5"> layout but it</font> suits<font color="#E5E5E5"> us and allows</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> us</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to have our dog</font> so we're happy<font color="#CCCCCC"> I'm home alone after</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> work</font> and I'm<font color="#E5E5E5"> just brought out on the bed</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">still in my work clothes on my phone</font> when I hear a male voice call out<font color="#CCCCCC"> from</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the front of the house me thinking</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font> it's either the landlord or my father<font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">call back in response but nothing</font> thinking<font color="#E5E5E5"> to myself that's weird</font> I get up<font color="#E5E5E5"> and check since if someone was</font> at<font color="#E5E5E5"> the front</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> door of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the house I'd</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be</font> able<font color="#E5E5E5"> to clearly see them since a</font> driveway<font color="#E5E5E5"> is pretty long so</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> if someone</font> was at<font color="#E5E5E5"> the front</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of the house and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> had</font> left by the<font color="#CCCCCC"> time</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that I got up I would</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">have plenty of time</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to still see them go</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">down the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> driveway</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but as you probably</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">suspected there was no one there</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> weird thing still is<font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my dog doesn't</font> seem excited or<font color="#CCCCCC"> distracted</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> like he</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">normally is if someone was at</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the front</font> of<font color="#E5E5E5"> the house</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I end up choking that ones</font> who<font color="#CCCCCC"> are</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> weird noise or just an auditory</font> hallucination again age 28 and my girlfriend and I<font color="#E5E5E5"> have moved again this</font> time to a house<font color="#CCCCCC"> that's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> not cold and dead</font> during the<font color="#CCCCCC"> winter and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> doesn't have a</font> weird layout<font color="#E5E5E5"> after a few days of</font> unpacking we're finally settled<font color="#CCCCCC"> in and</font> the first thing<font color="#CCCCCC"> she wants to do is take</font> a<font color="#E5E5E5"> hot bath since our last place had a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">bathtub so big the hot water would run</font> out<font color="#E5E5E5"> by the time the water reached your</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">ankle</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the tub that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> evening it was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">also my turn to cook dinner</font> so her in the bathtub and<font color="#CCCCCC"> me in the</font> kitchen<font color="#E5E5E5"> with the dog sniffing around my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">feet</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> trying to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> see if I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> would drop any</font> scraps for him<font color="#E5E5E5"> out of nowhere</font> the dog runs out into<font color="#E5E5E5"> the land from the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">kitchen and I hear my dad</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> laugh this</font> distinctive laugh which I've heard<font color="#CCCCCC"> for</font> my entire 20-plus year life this is weird because I'm not<font color="#E5E5E5"> expecting my dad</font> at all and we<font color="#E5E5E5"> do</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> yet I didn't even hear</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">him come in the door</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and it's not like</font> him at<font color="#E5E5E5"> all</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to not knock before it comes</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">into the house even if he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> didn't knock</font> to the<font color="#E5E5E5"> sliding door for the front patio</font> was closed and that<font color="#CCCCCC"> makes a loud noise</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">when opens</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I call out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to say something</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">like oh I wasn't</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> expecting you but</font> there's nothing<font color="#E5E5E5"> I walk into the lounge</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and no one's there</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the dog is sitting on</font> the couch<font color="#CCCCCC"> girlfriend still</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in the</font> bathtub and no one in<font color="#E5E5E5"> science again</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">this house like the last house this and</font> they<font color="#E5E5E5"> went way to the front</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so if anyone</font> was around<font color="#E5E5E5"> I could have clearly seen</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">them but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> again there's no one and I</font> clearly heard my dad<font color="#E5E5E5"> laugh I get a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">little freaked out by this and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> text</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> both</font> my dad<font color="#E5E5E5"> and my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sister about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> what just</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">happened</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> text my sister telling her</font> that I know it sounds stupid but can she text that to something<font color="#E5E5E5"> just feels weird</font> five minutes later<font color="#E5E5E5"> dad text back</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> saying</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> what just happened was strange but</font> he never<font color="#E5E5E5"> came around and he's at home</font> having dinner<font color="#E5E5E5"> with mom I know that I</font> heard<font color="#E5E5E5"> my dad laugh though</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and then I</font> think<font color="#E5E5E5"> back to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that one time when I</font> thought I heard someone at the old house <font color="#CCCCCC">and now</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I thought that that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> could have</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">been my dad too again I choked this up</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to just a bizarre auditory hallucination</font> but this time a little less self convincing because<font color="#E5E5E5"> I know what I heard</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font> few<font color="#E5E5E5"> months after that I had a dream</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">where</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I woke up because I had heard my</font> dad fall over and call out for help<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> didn't see this<font color="#CCCCCC"> image</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">my just heard</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the sound of a person</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">falling over in a really bad way and my</font> dad calling<font color="#E5E5E5"> out for help</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> one was</font> just<font color="#CCCCCC"> a dream</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but it was weird and kind</font> of surreal so it stayed with<font color="#CCCCCC"> me for a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">few</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> days on the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Saturday of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the week</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the dream</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my dad and I were in a car and</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> first thing I mentioned is this</font> dream he kind of laughs nervously<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> then tells<font color="#E5E5E5"> me that the same day he had a</font> dream about<font color="#E5E5E5"> my grandmother who passed</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">away</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> few years</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> ago and in this dream</font> and in this dream she too had fallen over<font color="#CCCCCC"> and was calling out</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> for him to help</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">her and that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> one I can't really</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> explain</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I've asked</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my parents if they've ever</font> experienced anything paranormal a weed in the family<font color="#E5E5E5"> home but all I got was</font> laughs and a solid round of know<font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font> sister currently lives in our family home and I've talked to<font color="#E5E5E5"> her about my</font> experiences<font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> niece sleeps in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my old</font> bed<font color="#CCCCCC"> german's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my sister swears</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that she's</font> always<font color="#E5E5E5"> gotten a really weird and creepy</font> vibe whenever she's putting away my niece's clothes or<font color="#E5E5E5"> it's cleaning up and</font> I'm mostly sharing these stories<font color="#CCCCCC"> with</font> you all because<font color="#E5E5E5"> while I enjoy hearing</font> them myself<font color="#CCCCCC"> and I guess</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that I would</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">like to get some feedback too but if you</font> guys<font color="#E5E5E5"> have any import or advice I would</font> love to hear it thanks for listening so when I was<font color="#E5E5E5"> little</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my stepdad used</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> work the night<font color="#E5E5E5"> shift at a gas</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> station on</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the outskirts</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of Reno Nevada</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in a nice</font> part of town<font color="#E5E5E5"> off</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the highway before</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you</font> head up to<font color="#E5E5E5"> the Sierra Nevadas and Lake</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Tahoe the area back then was failing you</font> and the<font color="#E5E5E5"> Shell gas</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> station was really</font> nice<font color="#E5E5E5"> my stepdad never had any problems</font> working<font color="#E5E5E5"> the night shift</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> though he did</font> tell me<font color="#E5E5E5"> some</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> interesting characters</font> would come in<font color="#CCCCCC"> and he often had regulars</font> that<font color="#CCCCCC"> he became friends with</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> - my stepdad</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">was the only one in the shop when he</font> worked a night<font color="#E5E5E5"> shift and he always told</font> about<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> ghost</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that liked to pester the</font> other workers<font color="#E5E5E5"> like turn off lights open</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I'll close the bathroom door knock</font> snacks off the shelf the works<font color="#E5E5E5"> the must step dad being the</font> massive skeptic as he is<font color="#E5E5E5"> didn't believe</font> any<font color="#E5E5E5"> of these stories</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and because nothing</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">ever happened to him personally</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> just</font> kind<font color="#CCCCCC"> of brushed them off until one night</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">so my stepdad is working on the night</font> shifts and it's a pretty quiet night he hasn't had<font color="#E5E5E5"> many customers</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> coming through</font> other than for gas and since it's a pay at the pump station<font color="#CCCCCC"> hardly anyone comes</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">into the store anyway so my stepdad is</font> playing on<font color="#E5E5E5"> his phone and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> frequently</font> glances up at the doors or met the security monitor see if anyone's coming <font color="#E5E5E5">but the station is deserted he turns his</font> attention back<font color="#E5E5E5"> to his</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> gain</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> when he hears</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> electronic sliding doors open and</font> the sound<font color="#E5E5E5"> of the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Bell above the door</font> goes off my stepdad puts his phone down <font color="#CCCCCC">and looks up to greet the customer but</font> he doesn't see anyone<font color="#E5E5E5"> he calls</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the hut</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">but no one answers</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he glances at the</font> security<font color="#CCCCCC"> camera but doesn't see anyone</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">else in the shop except him and there</font> are no cars at the station or in the parking lots he obviously gets a<font color="#E5E5E5"> little bit weirded</font> out by this since the doors have<font color="#E5E5E5"> senses</font> and the<font color="#CCCCCC"> only time that they open is if</font> they<font color="#CCCCCC"> sense someone approaching them but</font> he just chalks it up to<font color="#CCCCCC"> a prank</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> or some</font> sort of malfunction and gets back to his game but then he<font color="#CCCCCC"> his hello and he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> hears</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the voice as clear as day right in front</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">of him and his head immediately snaps up</font> to speak to the customer he clearly didn't see before<font color="#E5E5E5"> but there's no one</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">there he's even more weirded out but</font> convinces himself that<font color="#E5E5E5"> he was either</font> imagining things or that<font color="#E5E5E5"> the sounds</font> somehow his phone or the radio and then he hears the screams<font color="#CCCCCC"> he said that the sand of a</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">woman's screaming just came out of</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">nowhere</font> and they were so loud and<font color="#E5E5E5"> so chilling</font> that he jumped<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> dropped his phone my</font> step<font color="#E5E5E5"> that is actually a pretty</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> big guy</font> about<font color="#CCCCCC"> 6 -</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> little hefty</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and he</font> doesn't normally get scared over pretty <font color="#E5E5E5">much anything but he said</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that the</font> screaming<font color="#E5E5E5"> terrified him so much that he</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">couldn't really</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> think straight</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he ran</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">out from</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> behind the counter</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and checked</font> the aisles but no one was<font color="#E5E5E5"> there</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he</font> checked<font color="#E5E5E5"> the bathrooms and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> maintenance closet and no one was in there either<font color="#E5E5E5"> but the screams were still</font> going<font color="#CCCCCC"> and they were still definitely</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">loud so he thinks maybe there's a woman</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">outside who might be hurt or being</font> attacked<font color="#CCCCCC"> or something</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he runs</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> out sides</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">away</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he thinks the screaming woman</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> isn't</font> there's no one<font color="#E5E5E5"> there either the lot is</font> just<font color="#E5E5E5"> completely empty there were no</font> people<font color="#CCCCCC"> no cars and nothing he checks</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">around the back of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> store</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and doesn't</font> loop but he can't<font color="#E5E5E5"> find the source of the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">screaming and just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> as suddenly as the</font> screaming had started it stopped he goes back inside<font color="#E5E5E5"> and checks the security</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">tapes to see if he's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> missing anything</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">but other than him running inside and</font> outside<font color="#CCCCCC"> of the store</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> like an</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> idiot</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">doesn't see anything</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> else and he's</font> unsure<font color="#CCCCCC"> of what to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> think the next day as</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">he's leaving</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> work and his coworker takes</font> over<font color="#CCCCCC"> he tells him about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> what happened</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">brushing it off</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> is</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just some we had</font> pranked at some little<font color="#E5E5E5"> turd did but the</font> co-workers response was very very different<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> even</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> though my stepdad</font> doesn't believe in any sort<font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">paranormal activity the words have</font> always stuck with<font color="#E5E5E5"> him the guy</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> said oh so</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">you've heard her too</font> growing up my stepdad moved around a<font color="#E5E5E5"> bit</font> when his dad was<font color="#E5E5E5"> still in the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> airforce</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and eventually his dad got</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> out and they</font> settled<font color="#CCCCCC"> down in a small</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> town in South</font> Dakota called<font color="#E5E5E5"> Underwood's</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">no</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> underwood today is still</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> pretty small</font> with nothing to<font color="#E5E5E5"> doing it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but back in the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">late 80s to mid 90s or so it was even</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">less to do but from my understanding</font> when my stepdad told me this<font color="#CCCCCC"> underwood</font> was mostly houses and land and<font color="#E5E5E5"> and there</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> also a few small shops and I think a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">liquor store in town</font> he said that unless you wanted to drive <font color="#E5E5E5">the hour or so to get to Rapid City the</font> most fun<font color="#E5E5E5"> kids had those days were</font> drinking driving<font color="#CCCCCC"> around late at night</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> or</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">parking way out in the land to drink and</font> smoke<font color="#E5E5E5"> so not a whole lot of action but</font> one night when my<font color="#E5E5E5"> stepdad was a teenager</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a couple of his friends decided</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to go</font> out to<font color="#CCCCCC"> a reservoir somewhere on the</font> outskirts<font color="#CCCCCC"> of town</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they parked on a dirt</font> path with their car<font color="#CCCCCC"> facing the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> pool of</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">water beyond the water was a stretch of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">trees and beyond the trees was a</font> chain-link fence that enclosed the area after the<font color="#CCCCCC"> chain-link fence was another</font> dirt road<font color="#CCCCCC"> that led out</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he said that he</font> remembered it<font color="#E5E5E5"> being warm out that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> nights</font> with no<font color="#E5E5E5"> clouds in the sky and since town</font> was miles away<font color="#CCCCCC"> the Stars</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and the moon</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">were bright enough</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> light up the area</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">just enough</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so that they could make out</font> their surroundings and see each other<font color="#E5E5E5"> so</font> my stepdad<font color="#E5E5E5"> and his friends are sitting</font> outside the car drinking and<font color="#CCCCCC"> just</font> shooting<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> breeze when they noticed</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">something weird there's a light</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> now the</font> light is<font color="#CCCCCC"> moving along the fence sweeping</font> back and forth and at first the glass think that it's a cop car<font color="#CCCCCC"> coming along</font> to see who was trespassing<font color="#CCCCCC"> but there's a</font> few<font color="#E5E5E5"> problems with that idea one there's</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">only one source of light</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and two the</font> light<font color="#E5E5E5"> isn't being broken up what that</font> means is that the light<font color="#E5E5E5"> should</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">outside</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of the fence and broken up as it</font> passes<font color="#CCCCCC"> by</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and because</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of the fans and</font> the trees along<font color="#CCCCCC"> the fence the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> light</font> should have disappeared behind<font color="#E5E5E5"> the trees</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and then reappeared when it passed the</font> trees but the light<font color="#CCCCCC"> was solid and it</font> stayed solid<font color="#E5E5E5"> the entire time it went by</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">so</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my stepdad and his friends are trying</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to figure out what the hell that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> thing</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">is and then one of them points out that</font> the light isn't even on or near the <font color="#E5E5E5">ground</font> it's floating maybe about waist height <font color="#E5E5E5">but because there was a lack</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of water</font> between<font color="#E5E5E5"> them it was hard to tell how</font> high up<font color="#E5E5E5"> from the ground it actually was</font> they thought that<font color="#E5E5E5"> maybe it could</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be a</font> person<font color="#CCCCCC"> with a flashlight that's the way</font> the orb of<font color="#E5E5E5"> light moved and how it looked</font> was just completely<font color="#CCCCCC"> different from</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> someone holding</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a flashlight up and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">though they were far away</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> from the</font> lights<font color="#CCCCCC"> they couldn't make out any</font> shadows of a person holding<font color="#E5E5E5"> it my step</font> dad<font color="#CCCCCC"> and his friends watched the light</font> for a few more moments until<font color="#E5E5E5"> they just</font> disappeared without any<font color="#E5E5E5"> warning feeling</font> unsettled they decided to<font color="#E5E5E5"> leave and just</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">go somewhere</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> else to drink</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they</font> obviously didn't tell<font color="#E5E5E5"> anyone what</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> they</font> saw since they were breaking quite a few laws<font color="#E5E5E5"> that night and they never</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> went back</font> there to<font color="#E5E5E5"> drink again</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and to this day</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my stepdad has no idea</font> what it was he's a pretty big<font color="#CCCCCC"> skeptic</font> and regardless of<font color="#E5E5E5"> all the weird</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> things</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> have happened to him and he has a</font> few other stories to tell<font color="#CCCCCC"> he doesn't</font> believe<font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the paranormal and always</font> tries<font color="#CCCCCC"> to come up with plausible excuses</font> for<font color="#E5E5E5"> what it could</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> have been but this one</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">he's always said that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just can't</font> quite explain<font color="#E5E5E5"> so what are your thoughts</font>
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