38 True Creepy Horror Stories | The Lets Read Podcast Episode 001

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hey friends before<font color="#E5E5E5"> the video starts I</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">just want to make you aware that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> after</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">all these</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> years</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> have finally started</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the podcast aptly titled</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the let's read</font> podcast<font color="#E5E5E5"> with the assistance of audio</font> boom<font color="#CCCCCC"> you'll be able to download my</font> podcast for personal usage<font color="#E5E5E5"> via iTunes</font> and Spotify<font color="#CCCCCC"> each</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> episode will</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">released weekly</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and consists of all the</font> stories you've heard<font color="#E5E5E5"> throughout</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the week</font> here on<font color="#E5E5E5"> YouTube in one</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to two three-hour</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">compliation check out the link for the</font> podcasts in the description and comments <font color="#E5E5E5">below your data plan will thank you now</font> enjoy<font color="#CCCCCC"> the show I didn't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> even realize how</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">screwed up this was at the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> time but</font> looking<font color="#CCCCCC"> back I feel</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> kind of lucky</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> haven't really had<font color="#E5E5E5"> many</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> encounters like</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">this in my life I'm a chubby male so</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">creepers tend to leave me alone when I</font> was 19 I lived in Kentucky<font color="#CCCCCC"> pretty far</font> away<font color="#E5E5E5"> from my northern Michigan hometown</font> it was this little<font color="#E5E5E5"> town called Pikeville</font> where there was<font color="#CCCCCC"> very little crime I</font> actually kind of<font color="#E5E5E5"> missed it and want to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">go back but I digress my family came</font> down to<font color="#CCCCCC"> visit me for my birthday that</font> year<font color="#E5E5E5"> and we agreed to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> meet up at the</font> Hardee's<font color="#CCCCCC"> in town that morning</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> after they</font> got<font color="#CCCCCC"> into town</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I got there a lot earlier</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">than them me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> being the type to show up</font> 15<font color="#E5E5E5"> minutes early and then being the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">types who show up</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> way late</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> as I was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">standing outside waiting this guy walks</font> up<font color="#E5E5E5"> to me if you've ever lived in a place</font> like<font color="#E5E5E5"> this you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> know everyone is super</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">friendly so it didn't strike me as odd</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">when he started talking to me during</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> our</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">conversation all kinds</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of alarm bells</font> should<font color="#E5E5E5"> have been going off like after he</font> found<font color="#E5E5E5"> out I went to the college he said</font> he saw me<font color="#CCCCCC"> at a party this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> isn't possible</font> as I've never once went<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a party when</font> he<font color="#E5E5E5"> found out I'm a gamer nerd he started</font> about playing D&D all the time<font color="#E5E5E5"> he kept</font> taking<font color="#E5E5E5"> sips out of some sort of alcohol</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">bottle mind you it's like</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 10:00 a.m. at</font> this point<font color="#E5E5E5"> and kept offering me some</font> there were a few other<font color="#CCCCCC"> things</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> like this</font> he started<font color="#E5E5E5"> talking about how he lost all</font> of his<font color="#E5E5E5"> friends because he got into drugs</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and I felt a little bad for him he asked</font> if I wanted<font color="#E5E5E5"> to walk</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> around for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a bit and</font> since I knew my family<font color="#E5E5E5"> wouldn't be there</font> for a little<font color="#CCCCCC"> while I went the guy</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I've</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">been talking about how he lost</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> all of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">his friends due to drugs and</font> bad for<font color="#E5E5E5"> the guy</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that coupled with the</font> fact that<font color="#E5E5E5"> I hadn't had any</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> encounters</font> like<font color="#E5E5E5"> this</font> the lack of crime kind of disarmed that warning part of my brain<font color="#E5E5E5"> we walked and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">talked for a little while</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> maybe 10</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">minutes before I realized we were in a</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">shady-looking</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> part of town</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I had</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> never</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">even realized there were shady parts of</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> small town but here we were we</font> stopped in front of<font color="#E5E5E5"> the house that</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">looked long abandoned with this dark</font> narrow sketchy alley next<font color="#E5E5E5"> to it he</font> starts talking<font color="#CCCCCC"> about how he knows the</font> two girls<font color="#CCCCCC"> that live here and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> how they</font> like to<font color="#E5E5E5"> party and whatnot he tells me</font> about<font color="#E5E5E5"> how DTF they are and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> asks if</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> want to meet them<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was at this point</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my common sense finally kicks in</font> I'm<font color="#E5E5E5"> in a terrible part of town with a</font> sketchy guy<font color="#CCCCCC"> I don't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> know that was just</font> talking about<font color="#E5E5E5"> doing hard</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> drugs and no</font> one knows I'm<font color="#CCCCCC"> here</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and now he wants me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to go into</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> an</font> obviously abandoned house under the <font color="#E5E5E5">guise of meeting some ladies I obviously</font> declined his offer and<font color="#E5E5E5"> immediately said</font> I needed<font color="#CCCCCC"> to get</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> back as my family</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was</font> probably<font color="#E5E5E5"> waiting he seemed a little</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">upset about this and then asked</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> if I</font> could<font color="#E5E5E5"> help him move a pool table into</font> his van which<font color="#CCCCCC"> was conveniently parked</font> down the alley<font color="#E5E5E5"> and declined this as well</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">this is when he began to reach into his</font> jacket<font color="#E5E5E5"> pocket since those bells started</font> going off I realized<font color="#CCCCCC"> just how much</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this</font> guy looked like<font color="#CCCCCC"> he might stab me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> this terrified<font color="#E5E5E5"> me at this moment my</font> stepmom did the only<font color="#E5E5E5"> kind of thing she</font> ever did<font color="#E5E5E5"> for me</font> she called to see where I was<font color="#E5E5E5"> I took</font> this as an opportunity<font color="#CCCCCC"> to hastily exit</font> and the creep followed me for<font color="#E5E5E5"> three more</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">blocks</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I don't know what exactly this</font> guy wanted but it was<font color="#E5E5E5"> probably just</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> too</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Romney still that area has a good amount</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">of disappearances</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and is one</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of the</font> worst<font color="#CCCCCC"> areas in the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> country for human</font> trafficking<font color="#E5E5E5"> I later found out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I don't</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">know what would have</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> happened had I</font> agreed to help but I can't help<font color="#E5E5E5"> but</font> think of that one scene<font color="#CCCCCC"> from Silence of</font> the Lambs<font color="#CCCCCC"> or bill</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> lures a victim into</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">his van</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I hope</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you got</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the help he</font> needed and is doing<font color="#E5E5E5"> better but</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I also</font> hope just as much that<font color="#E5E5E5"> I never</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> had the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">misfortune of running into him</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> again</font> [Music] tonight<font color="#CCCCCC"> that was at work I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> clean a</font> shopping mall<font color="#E5E5E5"> and a very polite goth</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">team green hair black clothes approached</font> me<font color="#E5E5E5"> asking about a potential</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> job I gave</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">him information on a job center in town</font> in one of my way about<font color="#CCCCCC"> an hour</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> later I'm</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">walking back a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> hallway towards the</font> bathrooms that<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> have to check every</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">hour the same kid passes me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> ducking</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> down</font> a service corridor<font color="#E5E5E5"> people use those all</font> the time<font color="#E5E5E5"> here so I don't think anything</font> of it<font color="#CCCCCC"> into a very large pack</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> about</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 10 to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">12 of redneck teens comes back to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> haul</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">together one boy walks into and searches</font> our men's room a girl sticks her head into<font color="#E5E5E5"> the corridor and says no one's</font> there but it goes<font color="#CCCCCC"> all the way through</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">though another door they are actively</font> hunting the green haired boy<font color="#CCCCCC"> I walk past</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the group thinking to get out of earshot</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> radio security to deal with it</font> rounding a corner<font color="#E5E5E5"> the direction they had</font> come<font color="#CCCCCC"> from I see that the pack had shut</font> the fire doors<font color="#E5E5E5"> effectively closing off</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> public hallway from sight I call</font> security<font color="#CCCCCC"> and they</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> arrive at the group of</font> teens who claimed<font color="#E5E5E5"> that the goth boy</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">flashed a gun cops are called they find</font> and frisk the goth kid<font color="#E5E5E5"> to find that he</font> has no weapons other<font color="#E5E5E5"> than pepper spray</font> the group of stalkers is sent home for <font color="#E5E5E5">the day and the boy stays for a few more</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">hours nothing came of it but based on</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> packs actions secluding the hallway</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> organized hunting I wonder if we</font> wouldn't<font color="#CCCCCC"> have been</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> calling in a body if</font> they'd found<font color="#CCCCCC"> that goth teen</font> this<font color="#E5E5E5"> takes</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> place around ten</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> years ago I</font> was around age 16 my family owns a business<font color="#E5E5E5"> located in a little rural town</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">not much happens around here and it is a</font> fairly<font color="#E5E5E5"> quiet and safe place</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I still</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> live</font> in<font color="#E5E5E5"> the town and I often leave my house</font> unlocked during<font color="#E5E5E5"> the day and leave our</font> keys<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> our vehicles the business sat</font> back off the main road pretty far<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> was pretty secluded<font color="#E5E5E5"> and surrounded by</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">trees honestly I always felt a little</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">creeped out being there after dark</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> by</font> myself<font color="#CCCCCC"> to begin</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> with our office was a</font> modular office<font color="#E5E5E5"> trailer the kind they</font> often rent out<font color="#E5E5E5"> to construction</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sites</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">when you went into the main door to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> left<font color="#E5E5E5"> was a large open room where the</font> office<font color="#E5E5E5"> was straight ahead was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">bathroom</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and to the right there was a</font> storage room<font color="#E5E5E5"> one late evening my mom</font> said she<font color="#CCCCCC"> had forgotten something in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">office</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Susan was going to go get it I</font> volunteered to<font color="#E5E5E5"> go grab it for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> her</font> like I<font color="#CCCCCC"> said the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> place at night always</font> gave<font color="#CCCCCC"> me a weird feeling so I didn't want</font> her going<font color="#CCCCCC"> alone I Drive</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> down to the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">office and pull into</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> our well-lit</font> parking lot<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was a cool clear evening</font> with a moderate breeze<font color="#CCCCCC"> I get</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> out my key</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">unlocked the large deadbolt and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> opened</font> the heavy door<font color="#CCCCCC"> I flipped on the lights</font> and made a sharp left into the<font color="#E5E5E5"> main part</font> of the office I now had my back to the only<font color="#E5E5E5"> exit</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and to the storage room</font> I started looking<font color="#CCCCCC"> through her desk for</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> items she needed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I heard a creaking</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">noise coming from</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> behind me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> instantly</font> froze and fear<font color="#E5E5E5"> my combination of being</font> jumpy and<font color="#E5E5E5"> the place already giving</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me</font> the creeps<font color="#CCCCCC"> sent my mind into overdrive I</font> tried to rationalize and<font color="#E5E5E5"> set my mind at</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">ease after</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> all it was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> windy out and</font> there were tree limbs that<font color="#E5E5E5"> could reach</font> the building on that<font color="#E5E5E5"> side I finally</font> gained the<font color="#E5E5E5"> courage to turn around and</font> peer<font color="#E5E5E5"> into the room the light from the</font> office flooded into<font color="#CCCCCC"> the room and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I could</font> see to the black wall and as far as<font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> could tell nothing<font color="#E5E5E5"> was there</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I chalked</font> it up as the wind<font color="#E5E5E5"> found what I needed</font> and slowly approached the door<font color="#E5E5E5"> my eyes</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">never leaving that doorway</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to the</font> storage<font color="#E5E5E5"> room</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> part of me wanted</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to look</font> what made the<font color="#E5E5E5"> noise but my instinct was</font> screaming to just let<font color="#E5E5E5"> it go I listened</font> to my instinct<font color="#E5E5E5"> walked out of the door</font> backwards<font color="#CCCCCC"> if</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my eyes never break in</font> contact <font color="#CCCCCC">I just had such a bad feeling about it I</font> reached in through the door flipped off the<font color="#E5E5E5"> lights and lock the</font> deadbolt<font color="#E5E5E5"> got in my car and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> went home I</font> never bothered telling<font color="#E5E5E5"> anyone about</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that night figuring it was just my</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">imagination getting the best of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">next day we found the window for the</font> storage<font color="#E5E5E5"> room was broke out and we had</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">actually been robbed</font> to this day I truly wonder if whoever was robbing us was hiding in that<font color="#E5E5E5"> room</font> while I was there<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> what would have</font> happened if I<font color="#CCCCCC"> would have investigated</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">worse yet what</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> would have happened if</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font> mother would have<font color="#E5E5E5"> gone there alone June</font> 14 2008<font color="#CCCCCC"> een this has</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> sort of been an</font> ongoing<font color="#E5E5E5"> thing for about</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a month but only</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">really escalated to creepy territory</font> tonight<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was almost</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> hesitant to post</font> this here<font color="#E5E5E5"> because I truly care about the</font> villain of<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> story but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it's recently</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">become too much for me to hold in and</font> keep to<font color="#E5E5E5"> myself I'm a dietary aide at a</font> local assisted living facility if you're not familiar with<font color="#E5E5E5"> those there's sort of</font> this step before nursing homes<font color="#E5E5E5"> our</font> residents are healthy<font color="#CCCCCC"> enough to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> live</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">relatively independently and we only a</font> system in a daily routine<font color="#CCCCCC"> the one that I</font> work<font color="#E5E5E5"> at really feels like the opposite</font> of a nursing home rather than<font color="#CCCCCC"> being cold</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and clinical it's warm and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> almost feels</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">like a lavish hotel my job as a dietary</font> aide is to<font color="#E5E5E5"> assist in preparing food</font> serving food<font color="#CCCCCC"> to the residents cleaning</font> the kitchen<font color="#CCCCCC"> and dining room</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> etc</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> think of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it as like being a waiter for the same</font> group<font color="#E5E5E5"> of people every day</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to give you a</font> little<font color="#E5E5E5"> background I'm a 17 year old</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> girl</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">who just graduated high school and is</font> pursuing an associate's<font color="#E5E5E5"> degree in</font> pre-med at the local college<font color="#CCCCCC"> before</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">moving away to university</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I've been</font> working at<font color="#E5E5E5"> this</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> facility for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> around a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">year now and I'm grown to really know</font> pretty much<font color="#E5E5E5"> all</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of my residents</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> one of</font> these residents is Mary who<font color="#E5E5E5"> is mostly</font> deaf and who lives there<font color="#CCCCCC"> with her three</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">sisters when I first started working</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">there Mary and I didn't really talk</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> much</font> or<font color="#CCCCCC"> anything beyond me bringing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> her</font> drinks and taking her order<font color="#CCCCCC"> I could</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">hardly understand anything</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she said</font> anyway however I knew that she was lonely due to the communication barrier between her <font color="#E5E5E5">and others so I attempted</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to reach out</font> to<font color="#E5E5E5"> her a little bit</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I would</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> smile and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">wave at her ask her how her</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> day was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> etc</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it wasn't anything I didn't do</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for my</font> other residents but it excited her immensely<font color="#CCCCCC"> meri is a very touchy woman</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and by that I mean</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she likes to touch</font> those she's talking to Pat<font color="#E5E5E5"> them hug</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> them</font> etc<font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm artistic and I usually jump when</font> touched but for some reason she never made me uncomfortable<font color="#CCCCCC"> I took this as a</font> good<font color="#CCCCCC"> sign and I allowed her to touch me</font> since I knew it was her way of<font color="#CCCCCC"> showing</font> affection<font color="#E5E5E5"> since talking wasn't very easy</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">for her it started his Pat's on the back</font> and shoulder and<font color="#E5E5E5"> then it was hugs and</font> full-on embraces<font color="#E5E5E5"> now she's at the point</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">where she feels the need to kiss me over</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> over this is the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> point when I became</font> a bit uncomfortable with<font color="#E5E5E5"> the contact but</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">only</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> because I was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> afraid of how it</font> might be perceived<font color="#CCCCCC"> I have short hair and</font> an overall<font color="#CCCCCC"> butchy and masculine</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">appearance that makes many residents</font> with memory issues<font color="#E5E5E5"> believe that I'm a</font> man<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I'm also openly a lesbian one of</font> my co-workers<font color="#CCCCCC"> had to be physically</font> separated<font color="#E5E5E5"> from a resident who</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was</font> romantically pursuing her and I was <font color="#E5E5E5">afraid that my interactions with Mary</font> would be<font color="#E5E5E5"> seen as romantic or overtly</font> sexual<font color="#E5E5E5"> just to clear things up I'm not</font> attracted to Mary and I'm almost<font color="#E5E5E5"> certain</font> she's not attracted to me she<font color="#E5E5E5"> just</font> constantly assures me<font color="#CCCCCC"> that she loves me</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that I'm really sweet but she never</font> came<font color="#CCCCCC"> off as flirty or anything</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> after</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font> few weeks of this<font color="#CCCCCC"> Mary had become</font> persistent<font color="#E5E5E5"> when she's done eating she</font> stands by the kitchen<font color="#CCCCCC"> door as I do</font> dishes and<font color="#E5E5E5"> simply watches me waiting</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for</font> me<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> come</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> out</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> talk to her in really</font> busy<font color="#E5E5E5"> times she waited almost an hour for</font> me to<font color="#E5E5E5"> be free</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just standing in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">doorway</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and looking in as I'm serving</font> food and<font color="#E5E5E5"> taking orders she watches me</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">co-workers and residents usually find</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">sweet or</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> funny how she reacts which she</font> literally<font color="#E5E5E5"> won't let me go once she has a</font> hold of me<font color="#E5E5E5"> she's actually a really tiny</font> woman<font color="#E5E5E5"> but she's strangely strong and</font> even<font color="#CCCCCC"> if she wasn't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I can't exactly push</font> one of<font color="#CCCCCC"> my residents away</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so I'm pretty</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">much forced to deal with</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the hugs kisses</font> and assurances of<font color="#E5E5E5"> her love until</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> either</font> I<font color="#CCCCCC"> or a co-worker</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> can</font> get it<font color="#E5E5E5"> through to her that I have to go</font> back<font color="#E5E5E5"> to work even</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> then</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it doesn't</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> always</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">work out since she's half deaf</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">usually understands</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> what I'm saying</font> after<font color="#CCCCCC"> a while but whenever</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a co-worker</font> comes to my rescue<font color="#E5E5E5"> Mary becomes</font> strangely hostile towards them holding <font color="#E5E5E5">me tighter and saying she'd hold me for</font> the rest<font color="#E5E5E5"> of her life if</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she could</font> tonight's went as usual<font color="#CCCCCC"> with Mary</font> waiting for me and<font color="#E5E5E5"> attacking as soon as</font> I stepped out of the kitchen one of the CNAs told her that I had<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">get</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> back to work and Mary gave her</font> literally<font color="#E5E5E5"> the dirtiest meanest look I</font> had ever<font color="#CCCCCC"> seen her give and whispered to</font> me that<font color="#E5E5E5"> she would</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be back later</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> as a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">co-worker and I were closing the kitchen</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Mary showed up again just like she had</font> promised my<font color="#E5E5E5"> coworker was getting the mop</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">water ready in the back of the kitchen</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and I stepped out to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> clean the counter</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">in the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> dining</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> room and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> she latched on to</font> me<font color="#CCCCCC"> no one can bother</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> us now she said and</font> I heard it pretty clearly<font color="#E5E5E5"> she didn't</font> like it<font color="#CCCCCC"> she continued most</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> likely</font> talking about the CNA that interrupted her<font color="#E5E5E5"> Mary embraced me kissing me over and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">over and told me how much she loved me</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and how she would love</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for the rest</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">of her life</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> after about five minutes</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> was<font color="#CCCCCC"> determined to get back to work but</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">she just hugged me tighter eventually</font> someone was<font color="#E5E5E5"> trying to get a luggage cart</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">through the dining</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> room so I tried to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">break it off to let them through but</font> Mary<font color="#E5E5E5"> just dragged me to the other side</font> to let them through without letting me <font color="#E5E5E5">go it was nearly ten more minutes until</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I could convince her to let</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me go</font> according to<font color="#E5E5E5"> the CNAs all Mary talks</font> about is me even though I'm off<font color="#CCCCCC"> and Mary knows I'm</font> off she waits for<font color="#CCCCCC"> me as though I might</font> show up<font color="#E5E5E5"> somehow</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> truly do love and care</font> about Mary and I often<font color="#E5E5E5"> wonder what made</font> her latch on<font color="#CCCCCC"> to me I don't know if I</font> remind her of someone<font color="#CCCCCC"> from</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the past or</font> if she just<font color="#E5E5E5"> happens to really like me</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">but it's getting to the point where her</font> life revolves<font color="#E5E5E5"> around me and she's</font> willing to fight against<font color="#E5E5E5"> anyone who gets</font> in the way of<font color="#E5E5E5"> that it would be really</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">sweet and cute if she just happened to</font> like me but she<font color="#E5E5E5"> can't stand to be away</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">from me what really scares me is how she</font> retaliates against everyone<font color="#CCCCCC"> in order</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">be with me</font> my mom's theory is that<font color="#CCCCCC"> Marion knows her</font> life is<font color="#E5E5E5"> coming to an end</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> as she's at</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">least 85 to 90 and finds some sort of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">comfort in me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> then I thought about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">theory about Mary how she might think</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> a man and it turns out<font color="#E5E5E5"> that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the case</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">one of the administrators at work told</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">me to avoid Mary until they could talk</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> her about the situation and as I did</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">dishes tonight</font> we had the<font color="#E5E5E5"> kitchen doors closed so Mary</font> couldn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> get to me</font> she started banging on<font color="#CCCCCC"> the door</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> staring</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">in at me when a CNA had told her that</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">she needed to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> leave me alone</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and let me</font> do my work <font color="#E5E5E5">Mary then said I want him and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the CNAs</font> tried to explain<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> her that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I was not</font> only<font color="#CCCCCC"> a girl</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> also a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> minor and this</font> just sent Mary into<font color="#CCCCCC"> a frenzy as she</font> claimed<font color="#E5E5E5"> that they were lying and that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">she wanted</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to be with her man she</font> started<font color="#CCCCCC"> making threats</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> both legal and</font> physical<font color="#E5E5E5"> and eventually it was decided</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that corporate would be brought into it</font> and decided if the best option would be <font color="#E5E5E5">kicking her out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> since she technically</font> sexually harassed a minor<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was told</font> this<font color="#E5E5E5"> by one of my co-workers who was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">helping to guard the door and I was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">stunned horrified</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and a lot of other</font> things I can't really describe<font color="#E5E5E5"> this</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">whole</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> time all of the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> kissing touching</font> holding<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was all sexual all the time</font> she invited me<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> her room it wasn't</font> just to hang out with me it was to do things with me the woman I had<font color="#E5E5E5"> thought</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">of as a sort of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Grandma</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> s figure was</font> romantically obsessed with me and I can't help<font color="#E5E5E5"> but feel violated even though</font> she wasn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> allowed to come</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> near me</font> she sat by the<font color="#E5E5E5"> dining room sobbing</font> feeling as though her only love was taken from her it's sort of a<font color="#CCCCCC"> difficult</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">situation since</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I truly do</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> love her</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but</font> not in the way that<font color="#CCCCCC"> she loves me I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> know</font> now that<font color="#E5E5E5"> she's</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> not all there in the head</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and wish that I would</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> have known this</font> before reluctantly allowing her<font color="#CCCCCC"> to kiss</font> me on<font color="#CCCCCC"> the mouth</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> touch me on the</font> chest<font color="#E5E5E5"> and thigh</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I just thought this was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">her strange way</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of expressing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> herself</font> through touch but it seems that<font color="#CCCCCC"> was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">simply too optimistic</font> [Music] so my friends<font color="#CCCCCC"> Carol Xander</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Marie and</font> Vanessa and<font color="#E5E5E5"> I all decide to go</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to a</font> traffic<font color="#E5E5E5"> light party</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that was held in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> our</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">high school we</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> all</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> met at Vanessa's to</font> drink beforehand<font color="#E5E5E5"> and have fun in case</font> the party was<font color="#CCCCCC"> wack thereafter</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we went to</font> the high school<font color="#CCCCCC"> we arrived</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> right at the</font> start and none of<font color="#E5E5E5"> our</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> other friends were</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">there we then decided</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> go into a back</font> room<font color="#CCCCCC"> where the teachers had laid out</font> chips and soda for<font color="#E5E5E5"> students who weren't</font> planning on drinking we sat and relaxed and<font color="#E5E5E5"> our other friends slowly arrived for</font> some<font color="#E5E5E5"> background information</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Carol had a</font> really creepy admirer<font color="#CCCCCC"> he was in Maria's</font> class and was a bit older<font color="#CCCCCC"> than us his</font> name was Jacob Jacob was known for being <font color="#E5E5E5">a huge pothead</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and not being</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> afraid to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">experiment with other substances he was</font> constantly seen being slow and<font color="#E5E5E5"> weird</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">during school time which I assume was</font> him being higher something<font color="#E5E5E5"> he had met</font> Carol at a previous party<font color="#E5E5E5"> and fell</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">head-over-heels for her even</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> though they</font> only<font color="#E5E5E5"> spoke for a minute at that party</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">after the party he had texted</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> her every</font> day<font color="#CCCCCC"> saying how</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> carol had a heart of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> gold</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and that she was the light of his life</font> this obviously creeped her out and she confronted<font color="#E5E5E5"> him and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> said that the</font> feelings were<font color="#E5E5E5"> not returned</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> since they</font> had only met each other once<font color="#E5E5E5"> this</font> angered Jacob and he decided<font color="#CCCCCC"> to be</font> pretty aggressive<font color="#CCCCCC"> about it ever</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> since</font> that happened<font color="#CCCCCC"> Carol had received</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> death</font> stares<font color="#E5E5E5"> from Jacob during school time but</font> fast forward<font color="#CCCCCC"> to the traffic like party</font> after being in the back room for<font color="#CCCCCC"> a while</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">we decided to go</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> out to the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> dance floor</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">we sadly lose Vanessa in the crowds so</font> it's just<font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sander Carol and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Maria</font> dancing and then spot Jacob circling us he clearly was under the influence<font color="#CCCCCC"> and I</font> warned<font color="#E5E5E5"> Carol and the others we</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> quickly</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">went outside in an enclosed area</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> for</font> smokers<font color="#CCCCCC"> lots of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> people were there and we</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">had some combos with a few peeps we knew</font> I then spot Jacob on<font color="#E5E5E5"> the other side of</font> the enclosed area<font color="#CCCCCC"> and he had a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> friend</font> with<font color="#E5E5E5"> him and then told Carol</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> then we had</font> to go again<font color="#CCCCCC"> and we</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> decided to take cover</font> in<font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> teachers back room we sat and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">relaxed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but guess who showed up Jacob</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and his friend they set</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it at</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a table</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">behind us and Carol got really scared</font> Jacob kept<font color="#CCCCCC"> repeatedly pointing out Carol</font> for his friend<font color="#E5E5E5"> we then decided to go</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">again</font> and this time we went for the dance floor<font color="#E5E5E5"> we stayed there for 30 minutes</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> I saw Jacob stalking us through the crowds multiple times and<font color="#E5E5E5"> giving me</font> death stares constantly<font color="#CCCCCC"> I have never</font> ever<font color="#E5E5E5"> seen anyone that angry and I had</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">never spoken a word to the guy he</font> literally gave me<font color="#E5E5E5"> thee if I get my hands</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">on you I'll break you in half stare I</font> was so<font color="#E5E5E5"> scared</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that I didn't want</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to turn</font> my<font color="#CCCCCC"> back on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> him in fear of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> what he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> would</font> do<font color="#CCCCCC"> we go up to the bar and order</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> some</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">drinks and I spot Jacob and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> his friend</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">again</font> Jacob is growing<font color="#E5E5E5"> increasingly aggressive</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and tries to run towards us but his</font> friend stops him<font color="#CCCCCC"> from coming over I then</font> recognized<font color="#E5E5E5"> Jacobs friend from one of my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">classes from middle school</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> at this point</font> he comes close<font color="#CCCCCC"> enough</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to Xander and me</font> and tries to lunge out after us<font color="#E5E5E5"> at this</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">point we had had enough and we make a</font> run for it<font color="#CCCCCC"> my heart was beating like</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">crazy</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I had never been in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> any direct</font> danger<font color="#CCCCCC"> before that and I was incredibly</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">scared</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we ran over</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> security</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">guards and told them everything they</font> confronted Jacob and he almost crapped his pants we then went<font color="#CCCCCC"> back to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the teachers</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">backroom and calmed down I then saw</font> Jacobs friend that I used to go<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> school<font color="#E5E5E5"> with I confronted him and he said</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that Jacob was indeed under the</font> influence<font color="#E5E5E5"> and it was not alcohol he</font> agreed that<font color="#E5E5E5"> Jacobs behavior was</font> unacceptable and<font color="#CCCCCC"> apologised to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> us on</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">behalf of him I have not seen</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Jacob</font> since then and heard<font color="#E5E5E5"> from Maria that he</font> doesn't show<font color="#CCCCCC"> up for school anymore</font> [Music] <font color="#E5E5E5">to preface and give some contexts I'm a</font> 21 year<font color="#E5E5E5"> old male who makes a habit of</font> taking<font color="#E5E5E5"> road trips across the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> US and I'm</font> not one who is<font color="#CCCCCC"> inexperienced when it</font> comes to hiking<font color="#CCCCCC"> or dangerous situations</font> I have had<font color="#E5E5E5"> people stalk my camp in</font> Kansas and stare over my fire in Utah with a shotgun point being<font color="#CCCCCC"> I've had weird experiences</font> but none<font color="#CCCCCC"> that I've ever chilled</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me like</font> this<font color="#E5E5E5"> one this just happened earlier</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">today and I want to get it out while the</font> image is still sharp<font color="#E5E5E5"> in my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> mind I was</font> out hiking a trail in southern Indiana with a female<font color="#E5E5E5"> friend</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of mine it was</font> around 90<font color="#CCCCCC"> degrees and muggy as all</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">get-out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the trail specifically is the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">three</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> lakes</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> trail there's a little over</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">10 miles</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> long in a circular so nearly</font> impossible to get<font color="#CCCCCC"> lost</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we had arrived</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">early in the morning so there was almost</font> no one in the park at all<font color="#CCCCCC"> safer</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a few</font> parked vehicles we have<font color="#CCCCCC"> been hiking</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> trail for about three<font color="#CCCCCC"> hours</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and not seen</font> a soul<font color="#CCCCCC"> usually I pay attention to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">surroundings a bit more and cautious of</font> people just<font color="#E5E5E5"> because of life experiences</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">sin hearing stories like</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this but with</font> good conversations and laughs I was distracted<font color="#E5E5E5"> my friend and I are</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> walking</font> downhill<font color="#E5E5E5"> towards a sharp left turn when</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> seemingly nowhere a woman steps</font> around<font color="#E5E5E5"> the bend and starts hiking up the</font> hill towards<font color="#CCCCCC"> us with her head down</font> she was average height<font color="#E5E5E5"> but much more</font> muscular<font color="#CCCCCC"> than a typical woman she is</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">wearing a sports bra short shorts and a</font> backpack<font color="#E5E5E5"> which left most of her body</font> exposed<font color="#E5E5E5"> her tattoos</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> are what first</font> caught<font color="#CCCCCC"> my eye</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> while across her body are</font> these weird shapes<font color="#E5E5E5"> and symbols that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">didn't make much sense</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I didn't see</font> anything that resembled a picture or English words<font color="#E5E5E5"> as</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she came within about</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">10 feet of us</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she looked up and we made</font> eye contact<font color="#CCCCCC"> and that is when everything</font> in me<font color="#E5E5E5"> just</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> froze up</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> her face had similar</font> symbols tattooed all over<font color="#CCCCCC"> and in strings</font> all over her face her eyes though or what I'll remember <font color="#E5E5E5">for a long time they were just</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> black</font> sockets<font color="#E5E5E5"> and in the shade of the dense</font> canopy<font color="#CCCCCC"> I couldn't make out much about</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">what</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> actually was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> without human it</font> was that day<font color="#CCCCCC"> I don't believe that the</font> dark sockets were makeup so I<font color="#E5E5E5"> assume</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that all</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> around her eyes</font> were tattooed solid black<font color="#E5E5E5"> on top of this</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">she must have had color contacts in her</font> eyes says that was no white at all with every horror and<font color="#CCCCCC"> cult scenario I've</font> ever heard running<font color="#E5E5E5"> through my mind</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> her face chilling me to the soul<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> blurted out<font color="#E5E5E5"> good day for a hike she just</font> looks at<font color="#CCCCCC"> me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> with his empty stare holds</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">eye contact and walks by us I had never</font> been<font color="#CCCCCC"> so shaken</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> up from running into</font> someone<font color="#E5E5E5"> out on a trail before</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> hope</font> never to<font color="#E5E5E5"> see something</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> like that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> again</font> [Music] this happened over<font color="#CCCCCC"> 10 years ago my</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">brother was 6 years old at the time</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we</font> live<font color="#E5E5E5"> in an area where the summers were</font> nice<font color="#CCCCCC"> and mild so we'd always play</font> outside<font color="#CCCCCC"> in our</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> front yards as kids</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">know</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> doing little kid things like</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">melting down</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> action figures or</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> turning</font> over rocks or following<font color="#CCCCCC"> ants etc very</font> suburban stuff<font color="#E5E5E5"> on this day my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> brother</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> probably doing something</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> like</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that</font> my mother was inside her house working <font color="#E5E5E5">on paying the bills it was probably four</font> or<font color="#E5E5E5"> five</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the evening</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just a typical</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">slow-moving summer day my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> brother tells</font> me<font color="#CCCCCC"> that he was minding his own business</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">when</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a dark-blue</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">low rising car suddenly flashed down the</font> street now keep in mind<font color="#E5E5E5"> we had neighbors</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">who</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> live</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> next door to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> us who had two</font> teenage<font color="#CCCCCC"> sons</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the sons have a similar</font> colored and styled car and<font color="#E5E5E5"> they like to</font> speed home so my brother initially thought<font color="#E5E5E5"> nothing of this and went back</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">his little kid routine suddenly though</font> summer in the car rolled down the window <font color="#E5E5E5">and called out hey to my brother my</font> brother jerked<font color="#E5E5E5"> his head</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> up and realized</font> this was<font color="#CCCCCC"> not our neighbor's car</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the man</font> driving the car<font color="#E5E5E5"> had close-cropped hair</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">so blond it was almost white and a</font> reddish ruddy complexion<font color="#CCCCCC"> my brother put</font> his age at 25 or<font color="#CCCCCC"> younger in the</font> passenger seat<font color="#E5E5E5"> my brother noted that the</font> accompanying man was either Hispanic or <font color="#CCCCCC">Native dark-complected and young as well</font> the car quickly swerved and parked next to our<font color="#E5E5E5"> neighbor's house in a matter of</font> seconds<font color="#CCCCCC"> the Hispanic man bolted</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> from</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">passenger's side door and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> lunged for my</font> brother<font color="#E5E5E5"> thankfully my brother's animal</font> panic kicked in<font color="#E5E5E5"> an</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> adrenaline forced him</font> up<font color="#E5E5E5"> and he ran fast into the house crying</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and screaming my mom instantly ran</font> outside knowing what had happened<font color="#E5E5E5"> she</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">had a protective</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> rage all mothers know</font> acutely she saw that the card now sped away<font color="#E5E5E5"> and watched as the exhaust trailed</font> behind<font color="#E5E5E5"> she got a glimpse of the drivers</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> the car as well but sadly could not</font> get the license plate<font color="#CCCCCC"> my mother called</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> police to report</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the presumed</font> abduction attempt<font color="#E5E5E5"> my family is still</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">angry about this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to this day but the</font> police took their sweet<font color="#E5E5E5"> time they came</font> to our<font color="#E5E5E5"> house an hour later took down the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">information my mother and brother</font> gave them and pretty much shrugged<font color="#CCCCCC"> they</font> said there was<font color="#E5E5E5"> nothing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> they</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> could do</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> didn't seem too concerned<font color="#CCCCCC"> my mom argued</font> with them but they<font color="#CCCCCC"> just took down her</font> information<font color="#CCCCCC"> I don't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> think they filed a</font> report<font color="#CCCCCC"> I don't know what exactly these</font> men wanted but I have grim ideas we live in a smaller<font color="#CCCCCC"> town that is close to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a</font> bigger city<font color="#E5E5E5"> it's very</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> possible that they</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">scouted my brother and saw him as a</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">target for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> human trafficking or who</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">knows what I shudder</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to think</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> what could</font> have happened if the timing had just been a little<font color="#CCCCCC"> bit different and my</font> brother had not<font color="#E5E5E5"> had the agility</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to run</font> inside<font color="#E5E5E5"> if his legs had turned to jello</font> instead<font color="#E5E5E5"> or</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> if her house door had been</font> locked or a mother not<font color="#E5E5E5"> home</font> these two men cost me and my brothers and childhood innocence<font color="#E5E5E5"> and we no longer</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">could play outside in our carefree way</font> [Music] it was 2015<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was in my second year</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">university and to give context I lived</font> at home<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> simply drove to class since</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> university was only 15 minutes from</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">my house I lived in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a condo</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that was</font> pretty upscale<font color="#E5E5E5"> and it was situated</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> right</font> at an intersection<font color="#CCCCCC"> so when he exit the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">parking garage you'd have</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to wait at a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">signal</font> I had quite an<font color="#CCCCCC"> expensive car that my</font> parents had bought me and it often<font color="#E5E5E5"> stuck</font> out in<font color="#CCCCCC"> a crowd</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my city is quite safe</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">though so I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> never</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> felt threatened and</font> often drove with my window down it was<font color="#E5E5E5"> fall so everything was quite</font> peaceful<font color="#CCCCCC"> in chill</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> one morning I was</font> coming<font color="#E5E5E5"> out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to the parking garage and</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">waiting at</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> signal to turn left when</font> a Jaguar drove up<font color="#CCCCCC"> beside me I didn't</font> think anything<font color="#E5E5E5"> of it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and continued to</font> listen<font color="#E5E5E5"> to my music when I see him roll</font> down this window<font color="#E5E5E5"> and gesture for me to</font> look<font color="#E5E5E5"> at him thinking he needed</font> directions<font color="#CCCCCC"> her wanted to get my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> lane I</font> turned the<font color="#CCCCCC"> volume</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> down and he</font> immediately said he the most beautiful <font color="#CCCCCC">woman I've ever seen</font> flattered but not interested<font color="#CCCCCC"> because I</font> had a boyfriend<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I know I'm not</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">beautiful I said thanks awkwardly before</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">University I had been to an all-girls</font> private school in another<font color="#E5E5E5"> country so</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> had really little experience with guys <font color="#E5E5E5">flirting or compliments like that from</font> strangers<font color="#E5E5E5"> he then insisted that I give</font> him my number <font color="#E5E5E5">and then we could go out for coffee</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">sometime I said no thanks</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that I had a boyfriend but thanks for</font> the compliment he insisted that I give <font color="#E5E5E5">him his number people</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in the sidewalk</font> were now looking<font color="#CCCCCC"> because he was yelling</font> quite loudly through his car to mine <font color="#E5E5E5">wishing the signal would open and I</font> didn't know what to do so as an inexperienced young<font color="#E5E5E5"> woman who watched</font> way too much TV <font color="#CCCCCC">I decided to just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> give him a fake</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> number</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">bad idea</font> he took out<font color="#CCCCCC"> his phone and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> thank God the</font> signal opened<font color="#E5E5E5"> so I booked it out of</font> there<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm guessing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he turned</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> right</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">when I got to university I totally</font> texted all my friends about<font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and we</font> laughed at how and he would call<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> number and<font color="#E5E5E5"> find out it wasn't mine</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> wish that was the<font color="#E5E5E5"> end of it but it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">wasn't a few days later was the weekend</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">two</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of my friends</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and I decided to go</font> watch a movie<font color="#E5E5E5"> at the theater across the</font> street if anyone knows<font color="#CCCCCC"> the Mississauga</font> downtown area they know<font color="#E5E5E5"> that every</font> is in the same area<font color="#CCCCCC"> the theater the mall</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the community</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> center everything</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so we</font> were<font color="#E5E5E5"> sitting in the concessions area</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">waiting</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for them to open up</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> our theater</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to enter</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and this guy walks up</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to me</font> he's<font color="#E5E5E5"> only oh hey I tried calling</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you but</font> I think<font color="#CCCCCC"> I got a wrong number cuz it kept</font> going to some old lady's number I'm just shocked at this point but don't <font color="#E5E5E5">think much of it cuz we're in my</font> neighborhood<font color="#E5E5E5"> and it's totally possible</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to run into him</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I once again</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> iterate</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> I have a boyfriend and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> then I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">wasn't interested</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my friends get all</font> protective<font color="#E5E5E5"> too and probably see my body</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">language so one of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> them steps up and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">says</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> hey buddy</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> she's not interested</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> her</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">boyfriend's coming</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> any minute now and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">you don't want to meet him he mumbled</font> something<font color="#E5E5E5"> that I couldn't hear and just</font> says that he'll see me<font color="#E5E5E5"> later at this</font> point I'm a<font color="#CCCCCC"> little creeped out</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> for the</font> next<font color="#CCCCCC"> few days I see him every morning</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at</font> the signal somehow he knows my timings and gets lucky<font color="#E5E5E5"> enough to be right beside</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> every time I started driving</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> with my</font> windows<font color="#E5E5E5"> up at this point and have my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">sunglasses on every day so he doesn't</font> see my expression he horns<font color="#E5E5E5"> he rolls his</font> windows<font color="#CCCCCC"> down one day he got really</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> close</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the side</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of my car to yell something</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">closer I tried my best to ignore him</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">however</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I can't really do much</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> about it</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">cuz he's technically not done anything</font> illegal<font color="#E5E5E5"> here's another problem</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I know he</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">lives near me but the problem is that my</font> parking garage is shared by my building another building so I don't know which one he could live in I can't report<font color="#E5E5E5"> him to the building</font> security<font color="#CCCCCC"> there pretty useless and don't</font> care and<font color="#E5E5E5"> it's getting on my nerves but</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> don't know what to do<font color="#E5E5E5"> the final straw</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">was when I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in my university library</font> trying<font color="#E5E5E5"> to get books for an essay I'm in</font> the quiet zone<font color="#E5E5E5"> working near the aisle</font> when I noticed this guy looking<font color="#E5E5E5"> at me</font> from<font color="#CCCCCC"> the sofa area</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm not very good</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">with my Farsight and just thought</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">person was spaced out like</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> many others</font> in the library<font color="#E5E5E5"> I was curious why this</font> person<font color="#E5E5E5"> wouldn't look away after a while</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">so I asked the guy beside me in the</font> individual study desk area<font color="#CCCCCC"> to take a</font> picture<font color="#CCCCCC"> of me since the stare was in the</font> shot I was<font color="#E5E5E5"> able to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> zoom in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> take a better</font> look<font color="#E5E5E5"> the student complied and I zoomed</font> in it was him this guy he's like<font color="#E5E5E5"> at least</font> 28 to 34 he looks nothing like a<font color="#E5E5E5"> student</font> no bag or anything near him so there's no way he's there for<font color="#CCCCCC"> freakin books</font> coincidences don't<font color="#E5E5E5"> happen this often at</font> this point I'm freaked so I go to the front desk with books and<font color="#E5E5E5"> I ask to check</font> out<font color="#CCCCCC"> I tell the girl</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> desk of</font> what's happening<font color="#CCCCCC"> she graciously</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> arranged</font> for the senior librarian<font color="#CCCCCC"> a six-foot tall</font> man to escort me to<font color="#CCCCCC"> my car I'm paranoid</font> the whole car<font color="#CCCCCC"> ride home how did he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> find</font> me<font color="#E5E5E5"> my university is closed about 15</font> minutes away but<font color="#E5E5E5"> not that close</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font> involves quite<font color="#E5E5E5"> a few turns and he really</font> didn't look like<font color="#E5E5E5"> a student</font> after like five to six more<font color="#E5E5E5"> days of</font> signal<font color="#CCCCCC"> BS I get tired and tell my</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">boyfriend and my parents about it</font> my parents<font color="#CCCCCC"> freak</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> out they live in</font> another<font color="#CCCCCC"> country as expats so it's not</font> like I<font color="#CCCCCC"> could leave my home either</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font> parents and<font color="#CCCCCC"> boyfriend are all on a</font> conference<font color="#E5E5E5"> call</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with me so they're</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">discussing how this guy is possibly</font> following me<font color="#E5E5E5"> then my boyfriend suggests</font> that maybe<font color="#E5E5E5"> it's because</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my car I've</font> only personally seen<font color="#CCCCCC"> 1</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 2 of them in</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">my city</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my car color was rose gold so</font> literally anyone could spot me<font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font> wouldn't be that<font color="#CCCCCC"> hard for him to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> follow</font> the only rose gold car in the city<font color="#E5E5E5"> they</font> all<font color="#E5E5E5"> come up with the idea</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of my</font> boyfriend<font color="#E5E5E5"> switching cars with me for the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">next few</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> weeks</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was also to leave for</font> my class<font color="#E5E5E5"> two hours before my normal</font> schedule to throw him off and tint my boyfriend's car so that<font color="#CCCCCC"> the creep</font> doesn't spot me in the new car<font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font> boyfriend also<font color="#E5E5E5"> gets my own car tinted</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the tints are both cars are illegal by</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Ontario standards but at this point we'd</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">rather pay fines than get followed by</font> the creep<font color="#CCCCCC"> this plan works I no</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> longer</font> see him<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I really do think he was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">following my car around</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> maybe</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he even go</font> to a<font color="#E5E5E5"> local hangout spots and check the</font> parking lots to see if he could<font color="#CCCCCC"> spot my</font> car<font color="#E5E5E5"> either way</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> next few weeks</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font> all works out and<font color="#E5E5E5"> everything's</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> fine then</font> one<font color="#E5E5E5"> day while I'm heading to the gym</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> get a call from<font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> boyfriend that the</font> creep is<font color="#E5E5E5"> following him in my car my car</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">has</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> tinted at this point so the creep</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">doesn't know it's my boyfriend in there</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and not me he says that he's calling the</font> cops<font color="#E5E5E5"> and to use our find my friend</font> feature to<font color="#E5E5E5"> keep an eye on where he's</font> heading just<font color="#CCCCCC"> in case something happens</font> I'm legit worried at<font color="#E5E5E5"> this</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> point after a</font> few hours I hear back<font color="#E5E5E5"> so after my</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">boyfriend called the police the dispatch</font> said that the cops wanted him<font color="#E5E5E5"> to drive</font> to<font color="#CCCCCC"> the mall parking there's a police</font> station<font color="#E5E5E5"> at the small and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> cop had</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">come out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to his car and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> plain clothing</font> to ward off suspicion<font color="#E5E5E5"> the creep was of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">course following my boyfriend in my car</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> the cop of firmness approached the</font> creep<font color="#E5E5E5"> and apprehended him</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he threatened</font> him was stalking<font color="#CCCCCC"> hooked</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on his info and</font> gave him a serious<font color="#E5E5E5"> warning my boyfriend</font> had gotten out of the car by then and the creep apparently stared daggers at him the whole<font color="#E5E5E5"> time this creep was never</font> able to<font color="#CCCCCC"> find me again and my parents in</font> the meanwhile had worked to get<font color="#E5E5E5"> me moved</font> to a new home outside<font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> downtown and a</font> more affluent neighborhood were I wouldn't stick out too much<font color="#E5E5E5"> I've also</font> changed my license plate<font color="#E5E5E5"> still have tint</font> but<font color="#CCCCCC"> also changed my car</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> color so it's</font> more<font color="#E5E5E5"> natural now if I rarely ever go to</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> downtown Mississauga area I always</font> have to watch behind my back <font color="#CCCCCC">I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> 17</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> moved to a college two</font> hours away<font color="#E5E5E5"> from home and took residence</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">in the dorms on campus the dorms were</font> not run through<font color="#E5E5E5"> the school but through a</font> management<font color="#E5E5E5"> company there are</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a lot of</font> safety<font color="#E5E5E5"> problems in the dorms as a result</font> of this assaults<font color="#E5E5E5"> Odie's drugs shootings</font> right outside<font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm a hundred</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> pound female</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">so I always watched out for serious</font> situations<font color="#E5E5E5"> around me everything was</font> great<font color="#CCCCCC"> I had some awful roommates but</font> that was<font color="#E5E5E5"> mostly left alone one day</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">September I was leaving for class early</font> in the morning when<font color="#CCCCCC"> I spotted a condom</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">taped to my nametag on the door it had a</font> note that said call<font color="#CCCCCC"> me xoxo</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> with some</font> random phone number I told the RAS and nothing came of it<font color="#CCCCCC"> I just thought it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font> some random prank pulled<font color="#E5E5E5"> by one of the</font> guys<font color="#E5E5E5"> in the floor things went south of</font> my roommates<font color="#E5E5E5"> mostly because of my night</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">terrors scaring them even though I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">warned them before we even agreed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to be</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">roommates so I was moved into a</font> two-bedroom dorm with my new roommate <font color="#CCCCCC">Jay we each</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at her own room after a week</font> of<font color="#CCCCCC"> living there I started noticing that</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">things were appearing in the living room</font> while<font color="#E5E5E5"> we were sleeping</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I asked Jay about</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it then</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she vehemently denied it was her</font> one day we<font color="#E5E5E5"> noticed that the lock on the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">front door did not</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> lock properly if he</font> pulled<font color="#E5E5E5"> on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a lock</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> twist the handle</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the same time</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the door would come open</font> around<font color="#E5E5E5"> the same time I started</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> get</font> snapchats of inappropriate<font color="#CCCCCC"> things</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> vague</font> threats and offers for great sex<font color="#E5E5E5"> I would</font> get ones<font color="#CCCCCC"> that would say things like</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font> looked great<font color="#E5E5E5"> today with that specific</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">article of clothing I was wearing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> found a report to the dorms to get the lock<font color="#CCCCCC"> fixed but it took</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> four months eight</font> complaints<font color="#E5E5E5"> threat of legal action and my</font> friend<font color="#CCCCCC"> be yelling at them to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> get</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> any</font> action<font color="#E5E5E5"> we got our door fix but the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">present</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> still appeared</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> outside of the</font> door with notes for me I was still receiving snapchats but I moved out<font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> the dorms into an apartment<font color="#E5E5E5"> with</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">then-boyfriend</font> the snapchats continued then I started getting<font color="#CCCCCC"> calls at my work I worked from</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the dean's office at my college and I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">was in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> charge of answering</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> phones every</font> day I would<font color="#E5E5E5"> get three or more calls from</font> randomly generated<font color="#CCCCCC"> numbers discovered it</font> was through apps like viber and Skype <font color="#E5E5E5">but after I reported it to the police</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> they investigated</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I would answer the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">phone</font> in<font color="#E5E5E5"> clas dean's office how</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> may I help</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I would hear heavy breathing for a few</font> seconds then<font color="#E5E5E5"> they would hang up I</font> thought<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was just some 12 year old</font> pranking our office<font color="#E5E5E5"> until my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> co-worker</font> got a call<font color="#E5E5E5"> she answered with her name</font> and<font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> person in the line asked if</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> they</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">could speak</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with me</font> thinking it was one of<font color="#E5E5E5"> the deans that I</font> had been working with she<font color="#E5E5E5"> forward it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> my phone<font color="#CCCCCC"> I answered and I received the</font> same heavy breathing<font color="#E5E5E5"> and hung up</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> reported it<font color="#CCCCCC"> to my boss and she</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> did</font> nothing<font color="#E5E5E5"> one of the deans overheard the</font> conversation and reported it<font color="#CCCCCC"> to title</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">nine oh boy</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> talking to them was a</font> mistake after meeting<font color="#CCCCCC"> with them the threats</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">started getting worse and this person</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">found me in my new apartment</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> one day in</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">December I was dog sitting two wonderful</font> dogs who hated<font color="#E5E5E5"> other dogs and would bark</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">at them on sight it was around</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 11:00</font> p.m.<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I decided to take them out</font> before<font color="#E5E5E5"> bed we get outside to the right</font> of me<font color="#E5E5E5"> is a bunch of thick trees</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that are</font> hard<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> see through</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I start to take</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> girls to<font color="#E5E5E5"> the grass on the left they</font> start<font color="#E5E5E5"> growling and barking at something</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">in the trees</font> thinking it's another dog<font color="#CCCCCC"> I try to pull</font> them<font color="#E5E5E5"> away</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but they</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> will not budge</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">glanced over the trees comes a tall man</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">but weird thing is that he's wearing a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">michael myers like mask he starts</font> rushing<font color="#E5E5E5"> towards me</font> the dogs get between<font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> him and he</font> stops<font color="#E5E5E5"> I run up the stairs behind me into</font> the apartment<font color="#CCCCCC"> as he is disappearing into</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the trees again stupidly I don't call</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> police but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I see him one</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> more time</font> before<font color="#E5E5E5"> I move</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to my new apartment</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">things are quiet for a while my</font> boyfriend<font color="#CCCCCC"> and I break up and I spend the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">first few</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> days in a new apartment alone</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">come to find out</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that the window that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">can be accessed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> from the ground doesn't</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">lock one morning I wake up everything</font> seems normal I checked the mirror to do my hair for work<font color="#CCCCCC"> I have a bald</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> spot</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my head was</font> shaved<font color="#E5E5E5"> in the middle of the night I find</font> my hair tied up in knots in an envelope <font color="#CCCCCC">I immediately called the police they do</font> an investigation<font color="#E5E5E5"> find the window was</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">broken but couldn't find anything to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">figure out who it was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that came</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font> apartment<font color="#E5E5E5"> they asked me to compile a</font> list of everything that<font color="#E5E5E5"> was missing and</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> only thing gone other than my hair</font> was three pairs of<font color="#E5E5E5"> dirty</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> underwear</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I have photos of the hair and a bald</font> spots if anyone is interested<font color="#E5E5E5"> an</font> investigation finds<font color="#E5E5E5"> no one I have since</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">moved</font> I no longer answer phone<font color="#CCCCCC"> calls at work</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and I keep bear spray next to my bed at</font> all<font color="#CCCCCC"> times I moved</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Vee town</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> around the</font> time I<font color="#E5E5E5"> turned 13</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my father was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in the</font> military<font color="#E5E5E5"> and we quickly outgrew base</font> housing which led me and<font color="#E5E5E5"> my mother to</font> buy a duplex in<font color="#CCCCCC"> Vee town it was a small</font> town<font color="#E5E5E5"> dusty and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> rundown but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> soon</font> charm left over still our house was on Main<font color="#CCCCCC"> Street and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> behind it's at a creek</font> that ran<font color="#E5E5E5"> under a bridge and into a dam</font> after a month or<font color="#E5E5E5"> so</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of living in Vee</font> town I realized<font color="#E5E5E5"> that while this town</font> functioned normally on the surface underneath<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> buzzing with heavy and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">dark air too thick for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me to breathe</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we</font> lived in<font color="#CCCCCC"> Vee town for four years and</font> while I did have some good<font color="#E5E5E5"> times</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I can</font> only recall<font color="#E5E5E5"> being miserable and scared</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">most of the time I still have nightmares</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">of being locked in my old room</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> not</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> being</font> able to breathe or speak trying desperately to<font color="#E5E5E5"> hide from the invisible</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">my family and I refer</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> these years we</font> spent<font color="#E5E5E5"> in that house as</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> The Forgotten</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">years we all have trouble</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> remembering</font> our time as a whole but we can remember <font color="#E5E5E5">some bits and pieces sometimes we'll sit</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> compare stories remembering but</font> still trying<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> forget</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I wish I could</font> put my experiences in chronological <font color="#CCCCCC">order but living</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that house seemed like</font> a timeless loop<font color="#CCCCCC"> and these are some</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">events</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that I can vividly recall</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font> father and siblings<font color="#E5E5E5"> had gone to visit</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font> family<font color="#E5E5E5"> member so mom</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and I were vegging</font> out on<font color="#CCCCCC"> late-night TV</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> after giving the</font> house a deep cleaning<font color="#E5E5E5"> we both heard a</font> loud crash from<font color="#E5E5E5"> upstairs and immediately</font> grabbed the plastic<font color="#E5E5E5"> lightsaber and pre</font> dialed 9-1-1<font color="#CCCCCC"> we went to investigate</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font> brother's<font color="#E5E5E5"> room and found a large toy</font> across the room<font color="#E5E5E5"> clearly no longer</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in the</font> toy<font color="#E5E5E5"> chest that we had placed it in</font> earlier that evening<font color="#CCCCCC"> that was one</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font> many<font color="#E5E5E5"> loud crashes and instances of</font> things<font color="#E5E5E5"> being</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> thrown my little brother</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Danny hated his room</font> was located<font color="#E5E5E5"> in the Attic across the</font> landing<font color="#CCCCCC"> from my bedroom my brother spent</font> most nights at that house sleeping in my bed<font color="#E5E5E5"> my other two siblings spent several</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">nights a week curled</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> up in bed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with</font> Danny and<font color="#CCCCCC"> I as well</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this went on for</font> most<font color="#E5E5E5"> of the time we lived in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Vee town</font> Danny would complain<font color="#CCCCCC"> that something was</font> scratching under his bed and at the wall space above his head<font color="#E5E5E5"> one night he came</font> into<font color="#E5E5E5"> my room tears streaming down his</font> face<font color="#CCCCCC"> and bloody scratches swelling on</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">his upper back</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he regularly chewed his</font> nails down to the quick there was no explanation<font color="#E5E5E5"> there was never an</font> explanation<font color="#CCCCCC"> I also experienced the</font> scratching under my bed on the rare nights that I slept<font color="#E5E5E5"> in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my room alone I</font> would hear voices<font color="#CCCCCC"> see wretched faces</font> drifting<font color="#CCCCCC"> around my head</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and when bed</font> would shake those nights were the worst <font color="#E5E5E5">I would</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> have concluded that I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> losing</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">my mind</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> if I was the only one seeing and</font> feeling<font color="#E5E5E5"> these</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> things</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> often</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> had a little</font> boy<font color="#E5E5E5"> visit me outside the door</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of my room</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">it would sit out the crack door and</font> watch my siblings<font color="#CCCCCC"> in my sleep</font> my sister and<font color="#CCCCCC"> I saw him once when both</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">of our little brothers were sleeping</font> soundly<font color="#E5E5E5"> on the floor next to my bed I'd</font> remember crying because I felt<font color="#CCCCCC"> like</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> needed to protect<font color="#E5E5E5"> that little boy</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> from</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the evil in our house</font> my whole family refused to enter the unfinished basement due to the growling<font color="#CCCCCC"> noise that floated</font> around<font color="#CCCCCC"> her head</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and followed you back up</font> the stairs my youngest brother<font color="#CCCCCC"> Elliott</font> would seem men and top<font color="#E5E5E5"> hats standing</font> outside<font color="#E5E5E5"> our shed in the backyard we</font> later found out<font color="#CCCCCC"> that in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the past it had</font> been utilized<font color="#E5E5E5"> as a nice house it was</font> built by<font color="#CCCCCC"> the town</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> milkman who had</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> also</font> built<font color="#CCCCCC"> our home</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the milkman would cut</font> giant<font color="#E5E5E5"> cubes of ice from the creek behind</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">her house and packed the small building</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">with ice sawdust and hay it was the</font> town's source of ice for the warmer months<font color="#CCCCCC"> it was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> revealed to us</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> by a local</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">history buff that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the small crawlspace</font> we played in underneath<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> ice house</font> was where the town people<font color="#E5E5E5"> would</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> stored</font> their deceased and winner<font color="#E5E5E5"> until</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">ground was soft enough</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> dig a grave</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">even we had several neighbors and their</font> life in the years we<font color="#CCCCCC"> spent</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in V town the</font> whole town<font color="#CCCCCC"> felt</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> like it had a heavy</font> cloud of negative energy and to me it <font color="#E5E5E5">felt</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> like it all stemmed from the dam</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">300 feet from her house I remember</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">sitting</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on the edge of the dam and</font> staring at<font color="#E5E5E5"> the vicious black frothy</font> water trying to decide<font color="#CCCCCC"> if it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was worth</font> slipping<font color="#CCCCCC"> over the edge until like</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">several residents of V town had done</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">before me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my father retired from the</font> military<font color="#E5E5E5"> when I was 17 we quickly</font> relocated to upstate New<font color="#CCCCCC"> York in the V</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">townhouse was on the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> market</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for six</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">months and ended up getting foreclosed</font> on like many of the historical but rundown houses<font color="#CCCCCC"> that filled our town a</font> month<font color="#E5E5E5"> after the house had been</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">foreclosed on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I drove back to V town to</font> visit<font color="#CCCCCC"> a few</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> friends we came up with a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">terrible idea of spending</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the night in</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that house and try and capture something</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">one of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the glass panels on the front</font> door had been<font color="#E5E5E5"> replaced with plastic and</font> I easily popped the panel<font color="#CCCCCC"> to unlock the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">front door and break-in including myself</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">there were four of us we</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> camped out in</font> my<font color="#E5E5E5"> bedroom</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and set up a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> simple voice</font> recorder<font color="#E5E5E5"> It was as if the house was</font> rebelling against<font color="#E5E5E5"> our presence we heard</font> dishes breaking<font color="#E5E5E5"> stomping up and down the</font> multiple staircases<font color="#E5E5E5"> and growling in the</font> abandoned house I felt<font color="#CCCCCC"> like I held my</font> breath<font color="#E5E5E5"> the entire time</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we were there</font> when<font color="#CCCCCC"> we heard laughing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and knocking we</font> decided we had had enough<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was time</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> get<font color="#E5E5E5"> out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of there we packed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> our sleeping</font> bags back up and fled the<font color="#E5E5E5"> house we were</font> there<font color="#E5E5E5"> for a total of five</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> hours</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm not</font> sure what happened to<font color="#E5E5E5"> the voice recorder</font> after<font color="#E5E5E5"> at night sometimes I wish I could</font> remember every creepy thing<font color="#E5E5E5"> that</font> occurred in that<font color="#E5E5E5"> house because it's odd</font> to<font color="#CCCCCC"> have chunks missing from my life like</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that but honestly</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm glad I don't</font> dealing with the trauma<font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I incurred</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">help</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me discover that I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> am an empath who</font> was very sensitive<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the paranormal</font> more specifically<font color="#CCCCCC"> to energy</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> imprints I</font> still do have<font color="#E5E5E5"> experiences anywhere I</font> live<font color="#CCCCCC"> as does my family</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but nothing will</font> ever<font color="#E5E5E5"> compare</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the constant feelings of</font> horror and dread<font color="#E5E5E5"> we had in the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> V</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">townhouse</font> [Music] this happened about<font color="#E5E5E5"> two years</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> ago I've</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">been a full believer since then up until</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that point</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I've always liked the idea of</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> supernatural</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I enjoy</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> horror movies and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> late night</font> Wikipedia rabbit holes but it was never <font color="#E5E5E5">anything I took very</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> seriously so like I</font> said<font color="#E5E5E5"> about two years ago my grandma and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I drove up to Weatherford Texas for my</font> aunts baby shower one weekend<font color="#E5E5E5"> I was</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">excited</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> because we were staying in this</font> really historic bed-and-breakfast<font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font> was this<font color="#E5E5E5"> gorgeous Victorian house and</font> those are always<font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> favorite the baby</font> shower came and went and grandma<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I</font> were<font color="#E5E5E5"> winding down for the night in our</font> room I was leafing through one of<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">bedside pamphlets that spoke of the</font> history of<font color="#CCCCCC"> the building and some</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of the</font> hauntings<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was rumored to have it was</font> mildly entertaining but I didn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> take it</font> too seriously<font color="#E5E5E5"> this really sounded like</font> any other haunting that older hotels boast about<font color="#CCCCCC"> I fell</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> asleep and I soon</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">began to dream</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and in my dream</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I wake</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> up</font> in<font color="#E5E5E5"> the same</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> bed and have</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this urge to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">walk out into</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the hallway in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> front of</font> the stair landing<font color="#CCCCCC"> the stairs themselves</font> of<font color="#E5E5E5"> this place for these big old wooden</font> carvings with stained<font color="#CCCCCC"> glass in the</font> windows in<font color="#E5E5E5"> my dream there's a woman</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">standing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in a white</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> dress on these</font> stairs with<font color="#CCCCCC"> the colored reflections of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the stained glass on her she looked a</font> theory<font color="#CCCCCC"> or almost</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but more than anything</font> I remember suddenly being overcome with <font color="#CCCCCC">this overwhelming sadness</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> just pure</font> despair<font color="#CCCCCC"> in melancholy suddenly I wake up</font> in my<font color="#CCCCCC"> bed and I've been crying</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but as I</font> come to I notice<font color="#CCCCCC"> I'm feeling this really</font> tight squeeze on my heel<font color="#E5E5E5"> almost like a</font> full fist covering the back of my foot and<font color="#E5E5E5"> just increasingly adding pressure as</font> soon as I become fully awake<font color="#E5E5E5"> can pull my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">foot</font> it disappears<font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm a little freaked out</font> but I<font color="#CCCCCC"> eventually drift back off to sleep</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> have normal dreams the next morning</font> I'm<font color="#E5E5E5"> waking up when my grandma starts</font> talking<font color="#CCCCCC"> about her night she starts</font> telling<font color="#CCCCCC"> me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> about how she had a dream</font> with a woman and she<font color="#CCCCCC"> just felt so</font> overcome<font color="#E5E5E5"> with</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> this sorrow</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she</font> thought<font color="#E5E5E5"> was never going to end</font> and as she came to<font color="#E5E5E5"> from the dream she</font> felt someone<font color="#E5E5E5"> pulling on her big toe</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">under the sheet and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> as she became fully</font> awake<font color="#CCCCCC"> it disappeared my grandma just</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">about had a heart attack</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> when I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> told her</font> almost same thing happened to me a couple<font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> years<font color="#CCCCCC"> ago I was in my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> old house in</font> Minnesota<font color="#CCCCCC"> watching</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> TV after my whole</font> family had gone<font color="#E5E5E5"> to bed</font> I finally got tired and<font color="#E5E5E5"> decided</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> go to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">bed as</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> well but since I was the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> last one</font> up<font color="#CCCCCC"> I had to put our yellow lab</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Chile to</font> bed before<font color="#E5E5E5"> I went upstairs</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> her</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> nightly</font> routine was<font color="#CCCCCC"> to go outside</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and go potty</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">none bark at the front door when she was</font> ready to<font color="#CCCCCC"> come in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> after someone lets her</font> in she runs around the house<font color="#E5E5E5"> trying</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">find her Kong and brings it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to her</font> cookie dish in the kitchen where it gets filled and given back to her<font color="#CCCCCC"> and she</font> takes it to her pillow<font color="#E5E5E5"> in the family</font> room<font color="#E5E5E5"> before</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I go</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on I'm gonna have to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">explain the layout</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the house the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">kitchen and living room weren't</font> separated<font color="#CCCCCC"> though</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it was just a big space</font> with the TV<font color="#CCCCCC"> on one end and a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">refrigerator on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the other Chili's cookie</font> dish was in the<font color="#CCCCCC"> kitchen and her bed was</font> in<font color="#E5E5E5"> the living room then from the middle</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the two spaces there were three</font> hallways<font color="#E5E5E5"> the one on the left went</font> through the dining<font color="#CCCCCC"> room the one in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> middle went to the<font color="#E5E5E5"> front door and the</font> one<font color="#CCCCCC"> on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the right went through the family</font> room<font color="#E5E5E5"> separate from the living room there</font> were no<font color="#E5E5E5"> doors or</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> anything so from the</font> kitchen you<font color="#CCCCCC"> can go through</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> any of the</font> halls<font color="#E5E5E5"> and from the front door you could</font> go<font color="#E5E5E5"> down any</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> hall</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so basically all routes</font> led either to the front door or the <font color="#CCCCCC">kitchen</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and living area anyway I got off</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the couch and went down the center</font> hallway to let chilli out<font color="#E5E5E5"> she ran</font> outside and I wandered<font color="#E5E5E5"> back into the</font> living<font color="#CCCCCC"> room to watch</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> TV</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> awhile while I</font> waited<font color="#E5E5E5"> for her to do her business</font> I was watching friends<font color="#CCCCCC"> and right before</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">chili barked I saw</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Rachel</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> drop</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> cheesecake that<font color="#E5E5E5"> she and Chandler stole I</font> turned around and<font color="#E5E5E5"> let chilli in and she</font> ran down the<font color="#E5E5E5"> family room hallway to get</font> her Kong<font color="#E5E5E5"> I closed and locked the front</font> door<font color="#E5E5E5"> then I went down the main hallway</font> and was<font color="#E5E5E5"> waiting for her and a cookie</font> dish<font color="#E5E5E5"> watching the exit to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the hallway</font> she'd gone down but I didn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> see her</font> come out<font color="#E5E5E5"> just</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> when I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> about to call</font> her to hurry along <font color="#CCCCCC">I heard</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Rachel cry out on the TV</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> looked up and she<font color="#CCCCCC"> had just dropped the</font> cheesecake then I heard<font color="#E5E5E5"> chili bark</font> outside the front door<font color="#E5E5E5"> confused</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> walked</font> back<font color="#E5E5E5"> up to the front door and looked out</font> the windows on the side and there was<font color="#CCCCCC"> chili</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> sitting on the porch</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I freaked out a little and thought that</font> I had let some random dog in earlier that was now<font color="#CCCCCC"> just somewhere in my house</font> but<font color="#E5E5E5"> I looked in the family room and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">didn't see</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> anything weird</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but whatever</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">maybe I was just tired</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> i</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> unlocked the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">door and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> let</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> chilli and again</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> again</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> went over<font color="#CCCCCC"> to her cookie bowl in the</font> kitchen<font color="#CCCCCC"> and waited again she never came</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">out and then I looked</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> up at the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> TV and</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">you guessed it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Rachel dropped the</font> cheesecake<font color="#E5E5E5"> and chilli barked</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was</font> starting to feel really<font color="#CCCCCC"> uncomfortable</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so</font> I turned off<font color="#CCCCCC"> the TV</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> before</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I went</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to let</font> chilli and again this time I made her stay with<font color="#CCCCCC"> me while I locked the door</font> then I went with her to<font color="#E5E5E5"> find her</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Kong</font> filled it<font color="#E5E5E5"> up and she took it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to her</font> pillow and<font color="#CCCCCC"> I went to bed</font> thoroughly freaked out a few<font color="#E5E5E5"> months</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">later I was telling my family</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> this story</font> for<font color="#E5E5E5"> the first time while we were</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sitting</font> around<font color="#E5E5E5"> the campfire after I finished my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">dad looked over my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> shoulder</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and said huh</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I turned around and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> chilli was laying</font> right<font color="#E5E5E5"> behind my chair but my dad had</font> just<font color="#E5E5E5"> locked her in her</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> kennel by the</font> tent<font color="#E5E5E5"> before</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I started telling</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the story</font> [Music] my best friend passed away<font color="#CCCCCC"> a few weeks</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">ago</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> after</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a crisis she wound up in the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">hospital in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a coma before she was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> nekoma</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I was the last</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> person to talk</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to her</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we</font> were talking over<font color="#E5E5E5"> Facebook call and chat</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> I talked her on the phone until she</font> was placed<font color="#E5E5E5"> in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the car and drove away</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">from her house and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the Wi-Fi cut out she</font> was in the hospital<font color="#E5E5E5"> for three days</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> thought she was<font color="#CCCCCC"> going</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to be okay</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">eventually</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but she ended up passing away</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the third full day she was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> there the day</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">she</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> passed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I woke up that morning to a</font> message from her<font color="#CCCCCC"> on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Facebook that said</font> why aren't<font color="#E5E5E5"> you answering the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> phone and</font> it included a<font color="#CCCCCC"> voicemail that was her</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">voice and I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> could hear</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> her very muffled</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> low crying I thought she was awake I</font> called and got<font color="#E5E5E5"> no</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> answer she died</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> three</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">hours after I received that message</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> she never woke<font color="#E5E5E5"> up from</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> our coma is the</font> reasonable explanation that her phone finally<font color="#E5E5E5"> had enough Wi-Fi signal to send</font> messages that she had tried<font color="#CCCCCC"> to send</font> three days ago<font color="#E5E5E5"> and she</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> still</font> conscious <font color="#CCCCCC">I just don't know</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and it still</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> haunts me</font> [Music] I've<font color="#E5E5E5"> always been a strong</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> believer in</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> paranormal</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and never a stranger</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">it I've had experiences back to when I</font> was<font color="#CCCCCC"> a kid and figured I'd share a few</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font> the ones that<font color="#CCCCCC"> really got me being no</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">stranger to Ouija boards</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> though many</font> don't believe it even<font color="#CCCCCC"> the ones have done</font> them with<font color="#E5E5E5"> I've had some crazy</font> experiences with them<font color="#E5E5E5"> the one that stuck</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">out to me most and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we're</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> really showed a</font> presence<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was in my living</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> room</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with my</font> girlfriend at the<font color="#E5E5E5"> time</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a roommate and</font> some friends going<font color="#CCCCCC"> through the basic</font> ritual of it<font color="#E5E5E5"> and started talking</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to a</font> spirit<font color="#E5E5E5"> it said that it was present</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the house we went through</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> asking where</font> it was now the way the place was set up <font color="#CCCCCC">he walked</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> through the front door</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we had</font> a shoe rack against the wall<font color="#CCCCCC"> directly in</font> front<font color="#E5E5E5"> of the door in a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> staircase going</font> up to the left<font color="#E5E5E5"> the spirit said it was</font> upstairs<font color="#E5E5E5"> and my roommate who was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">extremely Christian and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> studied</font> demonology and was an ordained<font color="#CCCCCC"> minister</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">started</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> walking up</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the stairs he was</font> about<font color="#E5E5E5"> 350 pounds</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a very big guy as</font> he started<font color="#CCCCCC"> walking up</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the stairs</font> we turned as he<font color="#E5E5E5"> yelled and got thrown</font> backwards<font color="#E5E5E5"> into</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the shoe rack that was</font> against the wall<font color="#E5E5E5"> needless</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to say we said</font> her goodbyes and<font color="#E5E5E5"> put it away</font> the next was an old abandoned glass factory by where I lived<font color="#E5E5E5"> nothing was</font> known to be paranormal<font color="#E5E5E5"> about it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> torrid</font> being haunted<font color="#CCCCCC"> but we snuck in and</font> immediately<font color="#E5E5E5"> felt some kind of energy the</font> same<font color="#E5E5E5"> roommate after a while said that we</font> had<font color="#CCCCCC"> to leave</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the spirits weren't good so</font> I had been recording the entire<font color="#E5E5E5"> thing on</font> my phone<font color="#E5E5E5"> voice recorder I lost it over</font> the years but when we got out<font color="#E5E5E5"> we</font> listened to<font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> nothing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> out of the</font> ordinary until<font color="#CCCCCC"> we're leaving the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">roommate</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was saying different</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> things</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> way out as I mentioned he was very</font> Christian<font color="#E5E5E5"> so he was trying to keep away</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">spirits that were trying to harm us</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he</font> would say I remember<font color="#CCCCCC"> one specifically on</font> the recording he had said by the power <font color="#E5E5E5">invested in me by Jesus</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Christ you would</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">not harm us now I was about five feet</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">next to him walking out and two other</font> friends<font color="#E5E5E5"> were maybe 15 to 20 feet in</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">front</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of us immediately</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> after he said</font> this<font color="#E5E5E5"> on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> recording what sounded</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to be</font> his<font color="#E5E5E5"> voice just a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> little higher pitched</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> hear</font> down with your<font color="#E5E5E5"> king most people I've</font> showed it<font color="#E5E5E5"> to when I had it said that had</font> been him or the<font color="#E5E5E5"> other</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to joking but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> audible in the recording enough that</font> they would have<font color="#CCCCCC"> had the yell it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> with how</font> far they were and if he had<font color="#CCCCCC"> whispered it</font> next to me so I wouldn't hear<font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font> wouldn't have been<font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> audible</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you</font> could hear at two to three<font color="#CCCCCC"> times</font> throughout the recording<font color="#E5E5E5"> the same</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">message the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> last one is to this day</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> one</font> of<font color="#E5E5E5"> the craziest experiences I've</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> had</font> another kid who lived with<font color="#E5E5E5"> us at the</font> time<font color="#E5E5E5"> his parents</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> owned a house</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that he</font> said was<font color="#CCCCCC"> very haunted</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he would see his</font> dead grandmother in the<font color="#E5E5E5"> house other</font> spirits who would<font color="#CCCCCC"> interact with him the</font> normal that<font color="#E5E5E5"> you would expect</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> from a</font> haunted<font color="#E5E5E5"> house no one lived there anymore</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and they were getting ready to sell so</font> we decided<font color="#E5E5E5"> to take a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> trip there</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> other roommate was on the couch saying verses in Latin<font color="#CCCCCC"> trying to make a</font> connection<font color="#E5E5E5"> to whatever was in the house</font> I was standing in the hall recording video of the stairs where most<font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> activity<font color="#E5E5E5"> was said to have been seen and</font> the other kid<font color="#E5E5E5"> his girlfriend were across</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">from the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> window at the bottom of the</font> stairs<font color="#E5E5E5"> all of a sudden she screamed and</font> was pointing<font color="#CCCCCC"> at the window the one on</font> the couch has started to get super antsy and paranoid<font color="#E5E5E5"> saying that there was</font> nothing<font color="#CCCCCC"> good there and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we had to go</font> immediately<font color="#CCCCCC"> now this I have on video and</font> can try to upload<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> M</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> gir to show you</font> guys but<font color="#E5E5E5"> all of a sudden on the window</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">clear as day handprints had appeared</font> from what would<font color="#E5E5E5"> have</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> been</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the outside as</font> if<font color="#E5E5E5"> though someone was trying to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> get in</font> almost when your window was foggy<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> you put your hands on them<font color="#E5E5E5"> we got out of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">there</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> right then and there</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> never</font> went<font color="#CCCCCC"> back</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> like I said I'm no stranger to</font> the paranormal and I've had many <font color="#E5E5E5">experiences but those have always stuck</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">out to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> most</font> I've always<font color="#E5E5E5"> had a fascination with the</font> paranormal<font color="#CCCCCC"> I have had</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> many personal and</font> shared<font color="#CCCCCC"> experiences that I just can't</font> explain<font color="#CCCCCC"> I like to consider</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> myself a</font> skeptic as well<font color="#E5E5E5"> using reason and logic</font> to<font color="#E5E5E5"> debunk such</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> goings-on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> one of the most</font> terrifying events that occurred to<font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font> was in the<font color="#E5E5E5"> summer of 2008 I was spending</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> night at</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my aunt</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Dee's apartment</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font> was around<font color="#E5E5E5"> 1:00 and I was alone in the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">living room</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> now the apartment was very</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">small having only one</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> bedroom and one</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">bathroom they were both right next to</font> each other in the rear of<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> apartment</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> sitting on the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> floor</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in the living</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">room watching the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> TV with all</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the lights</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">off like I said the apartment was really</font> tiny my aunts bedroom was right<font color="#E5E5E5"> behind</font> me<font color="#CCCCCC"> into the right with a small hallway</font> separating the bedroom<font color="#E5E5E5"> and the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> restroom</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I had previously used</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the restroom and I</font> always shut off the lights<font color="#E5E5E5"> my aunt</font> always had her bedroom<font color="#CCCCCC"> door shut</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">recall what I was watching</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but I had the</font> volume<font color="#E5E5E5"> down</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so as not to bother my aunt</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the kitchen was on the other side of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> wall behind<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> television to the right</font> of the<font color="#CCCCCC"> kitchen was the dining area</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> where</font> there was<font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> large and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> round wooden table</font> there again the apartment was quiet<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> it was late as<font color="#E5E5E5"> I sat there watching TV</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> briefly<font color="#E5E5E5"> heard what sounded like a glass</font> or<font color="#CCCCCC"> Cup slide on the wooden table the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">table must have been at</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> least</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> 10 feet</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">from</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me as soon as I heard</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that sound</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> drew my attention</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I gazed in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">direction and lowered the volume</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">TV some more I focused back</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on the</font> television and now I hear what sounded like a coin being dropped on the very same table again<font color="#CCCCCC"> I gaze in that</font> direction<font color="#CCCCCC"> puzzled as to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> how a coin would</font> bounce in the wood<font color="#CCCCCC"> and dinner table</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> turned back<font color="#CCCCCC"> and began</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to watch the TV</font> now at this point<font color="#E5E5E5"> I start to feel uneasy</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the next thing that happened is</font> something<font color="#E5E5E5"> I can still recall as if</font> though had happened to me yesterday<font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font> still makes my skin crawl<font color="#CCCCCC"> and it sends</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">shivers</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> up my spine whenever I think</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">about it after I heard the coin</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bounce</font> in the table and directed my attention to the TV<font color="#E5E5E5"> as I turned my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> head towards</font> the TV<font color="#CCCCCC"> I heard the most menacing growl</font> to my right<font color="#E5E5E5"> that made me jump and lean</font> away<font color="#E5E5E5"> from</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it it was so close to me and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">loud</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> then I thought there was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> an actual</font> about to<font color="#E5E5E5"> attack me or something</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">scramble up and flip on the lamp closest</font> to me and<font color="#CCCCCC"> immediately walk to see my</font> aunts doors closed<font color="#CCCCCC"> it was look in the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">bathroom</font> it was empty<font color="#E5E5E5"> and begin to turn on all</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> lights</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> checked to see if the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> main</font> entrance door was locked<font color="#CCCCCC"> it was I walk</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">into the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> kitchen empty</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of course</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I had</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> view to the entire apartment from my</font> original vantage point no one could<font color="#E5E5E5"> have</font> snuck up on me<font color="#CCCCCC"> and then to retreat away</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">in an instant</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> like</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that my heart was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">beating so hard it felt as if though it</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> about to burst from my chest</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> i sat</font> on<font color="#E5E5E5"> the couch amazed at what transpired</font> trying to fathom<font color="#CCCCCC"> how or what</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> could have</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">made that deep throaty demonic snarl</font> thank goodness I have not<font color="#CCCCCC"> heard anything</font> like<font color="#E5E5E5"> that since then</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> non-believers look</font> at me with disdain when I tell them about<font color="#E5E5E5"> this incident</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I guess I would</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> have</font> been<font color="#E5E5E5"> skeptical too</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but under these</font> circumstances I just can't explain it <font color="#E5E5E5">has anyone else ever had anything like</font> this happen to them I'll<font color="#E5E5E5"> be posting more</font> of my other encounters<font color="#E5E5E5"> with the</font> unexplainable<font color="#E5E5E5"> soon</font> [Music] <font color="#E5E5E5">thus took place on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> january of 2015 in</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the US</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a little bit of backstory</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I had</font> known my roommate<font color="#E5E5E5"> Alex for three years</font> at<font color="#E5E5E5"> the time of the event we met through</font> a mutual friend<font color="#E5E5E5"> that figured that I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">could use a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Hispanic</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> roommate when I</font> moved<font color="#E5E5E5"> to the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> States</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to go to college</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">because I too</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> am a Spanish speaker</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> always thought that he<font color="#E5E5E5"> was rather odd</font> and possibly homosexual<font color="#E5E5E5"> but that never</font> bugged me considering<font color="#CCCCCC"> that I have</font> several homosexual family members<font color="#E5E5E5"> Alex</font> never spoke about<font color="#E5E5E5"> a sexuality near me in</font> fact<font color="#E5E5E5"> I had every reason to believe he</font> was<font color="#CCCCCC"> homosexual</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> because of the way he</font> talked dressed and behaved<font color="#E5E5E5"> overall the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">thing that always</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> struck me as weird is</font> the fact that<font color="#E5E5E5"> he would constantly make</font> fun of homosexuals after<font color="#E5E5E5"> some time my</font> brother<font color="#E5E5E5"> Jacob and I got extremely</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">surprised when he introduced us to his</font> new<font color="#E5E5E5"> girlfriend Kelly</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I remember saying</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> well I guess he's</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> not</font> gay<font color="#CCCCCC"> after all</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to my brother as a joke</font> Kelly<font color="#E5E5E5"> seemed nice</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in all</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but she didn't</font> live in town<font color="#E5E5E5"> so Alex and Kelly were</font> having a long-distance<font color="#E5E5E5"> relationship</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> always spent their free<font color="#E5E5E5"> time on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> skype</font> talking after some time<font color="#CCCCCC"> my brother and I</font> realized that<font color="#CCCCCC"> alex was coming home quite</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">late I'd rather than assume that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Alex</font> was cheating on Kelly because he<font color="#E5E5E5"> noticed</font> that<font color="#CCCCCC"> alex would come back rather</font> exhausted<font color="#E5E5E5"> wearing his shirts inside out</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it was none of our business</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so we kept</font> our theories to ourselves one day Kelly came to<font color="#CCCCCC"> visit</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> while she</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> visiting she discovered</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that Alex</font> had a dating site on his phone she also realized<font color="#E5E5E5"> that the dating site was for</font> homosexuals<font color="#E5E5E5"> and he had several messages</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that talked about some sexual encounters</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that had happened</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> past she also</font> came<font color="#CCCCCC"> to realise that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was on</font> Craigslist<font color="#CCCCCC"> looking</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> for one-night stands</font> with men<font color="#E5E5E5"> Kelly was beyond furious with</font> him and made him<font color="#CCCCCC"> write</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> public apology</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Facebook Alex was a graduate student</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and had many of his</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> colleagues</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> teachers</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and even his advertisers on Facebook</font> everyone knew what he<font color="#E5E5E5"> had done</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Alex was</font> devastated<font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> wasn't really talking to</font> Jacob<font color="#E5E5E5"> for me after the incident some</font> weeks went by<font color="#CCCCCC"> and things weren't getting</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">any better</font> he was also<font color="#E5E5E5"> financially broken still in</font> really<font color="#CCCCCC"> bad shape</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I noticed that he'd stopped beating and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">was only drinking coffee and reading the</font> Bible now I<font color="#CCCCCC"> apologize for the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> long backstory</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">but I think it's necessary</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this</font> story to<font color="#E5E5E5"> make sense in context now it's</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">of the day of the incident</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I went to</font> school<font color="#CCCCCC"> that day and had plans to go eat</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">with my girlfriend after when we met to</font> go eat I had a weird<font color="#CCCCCC"> feeling that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">needed to go home</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I didn't know why but</font> one thing was<font color="#CCCCCC"> certain at the time and</font> that was that I<font color="#CCCCCC"> had to cancel</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my lunch</font> plans and go back home<font color="#E5E5E5"> my girlfriend</font> thought<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was weird but she said</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> ok</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">when I arrived I noticed that Alex was</font> sitting in the living room basically staring at nothing<font color="#CCCCCC"> I attempted to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> start</font> a conversation<font color="#E5E5E5"> with him I said Alex are</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> ok I've noticed that you've</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> been</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">really stressed out lately</font> do you want to talk<font color="#CCCCCC"> about it but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font> didn't answer<font color="#CCCCCC"> it was like Alex didn't</font> even acknowledge<font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in the room</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">with him so I said well I guess I'll</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">leave you to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> her thoughts then I went</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">upstairs to the bathroom</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> when I was done</font> with<font color="#E5E5E5"> my business I heard some screaming</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and yelling coming</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> from</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> downstairs and</font> remember saying out loud<font color="#E5E5E5"> what</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> was slowly making<font color="#E5E5E5"> my way downstairs when</font> I started hearing growling followed by laughter<font color="#E5E5E5"> followed by growling</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> again</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font> was weird<font color="#CCCCCC"> when I got downstairs I saw</font> Alex on the floor of the living<font color="#E5E5E5"> room</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">twisting his body</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> like he was in pain I</font> remember asking<font color="#CCCCCC"> Alex</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> what's wrong are</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">you hurt</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but he didn't answer he just</font> kept on<font color="#E5E5E5"> screaming and laughing I was in</font> shock<font color="#E5E5E5"> what was actually</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> going on here I</font> remember<font color="#CCCCCC"> screaming at him snap out of it</font> dude the room felt cold really<font color="#CCCCCC"> cold</font> he kept twisting his body<font color="#E5E5E5"> like he was</font> having<font color="#CCCCCC"> an epileptic</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> seizure at one point</font> he stopped and<font color="#E5E5E5"> then he looked at me his</font> eyes were<font color="#CCCCCC"> completely rolled back so all</font> I<font color="#E5E5E5"> could see was white and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a demonic</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">voice in perfect English he said it's</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the devil I froze</font> Alex was also from a Hispanic speaking country so he had a very thick accent <font color="#E5E5E5">how could he possibly</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be speaking in</font> this perfect attenuated English<font color="#E5E5E5"> after</font> saying that he<font color="#E5E5E5"> started speaking a weird</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">language it was like he was speaking</font> backwards he kept twisting his body<font color="#CCCCCC"> around and now</font> his tongue was moving like<font color="#CCCCCC"> a snake like</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the little girl from The Exorcist</font> I didn't know exactly<font color="#CCCCCC"> what</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> duel I</font> thought of recording<font color="#E5E5E5"> it but I was too</font> scared<font color="#CCCCCC"> to do so I went outside the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> house</font> and saw my<font color="#CCCCCC"> neighbor I told him what was</font> happening in I even opened the door so he<font color="#CCCCCC"> could see</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> what Alex was doing all he</font> said to me was I'm sorry<font color="#E5E5E5"> bro I'm late</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">for class good luck thanks for nothing I</font> thought to myself<font color="#CCCCCC"> I called a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> friend of</font> Alex soon was a pastor we'll call him Daniel<font color="#CCCCCC"> I knew</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Daniel</font> because him and<font color="#CCCCCC"> his wife would invite us</font> to dinner<font color="#CCCCCC"> every once in a while I</font> haven't<font color="#E5E5E5"> spoken to him for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> at least a</font> year because<font color="#E5E5E5"> Alex suddenly stopped</font> talking<font color="#CCCCCC"> to them remember saying Daniel I</font> know we haven't<font color="#E5E5E5"> talked in a really long</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">time this</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> is</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> going to sound crazy</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">alex is laying in my living</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> room</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">claiming he's the devil</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Daniel's reply went a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> little like this</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">no doesn't sound</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> meant weird I've dealt</font> with similar<font color="#CCCCCC"> situations</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in my life</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I'm</font> on<font color="#CCCCCC"> the way when I went</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> back into my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">house my heart dropped</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Alex was lying face up</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> holding a butcher</font> knife against a stomach he was still moving his tongue<font color="#CCCCCC"> my first thought was</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to take the knife away from him but then</font> I<font color="#CCCCCC"> figured that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he was unstable</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a swing</font> with<font color="#CCCCCC"> that knife could</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> end my life if I</font> attempted to<font color="#E5E5E5"> get close</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and went back</font> outside to<font color="#E5E5E5"> call Daniel again saying</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Daniel Alex is holding a knife against</font> himself<font color="#CCCCCC"> what do I do</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and he responded</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> oh</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I don't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> know huh</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I don't know what to</font> tell you<font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I want you to get hurt</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but</font> just<font color="#CCCCCC"> wait for me outside</font> I'm almost there when<font color="#E5E5E5"> Daniel arrived and</font> I showed him<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> way to Alex</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and we got</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">into the house I couldn't believe</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font> eyes yelling<font color="#CCCCCC"> should</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I call 9-1-1 it took</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Daniel a little longer to acknowledge</font> what was happening there he was my <font color="#CCCCCC">roommate lying on the floor</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> pulling out</font> his<font color="#E5E5E5"> own intestines out of his own body</font> that<font color="#CCCCCC"> was blood all over the floor</font> he just kept pulling them out Daniel <font color="#CCCCCC">told me to go outside and call 9-1-1</font> immediately so I did I probably sounded like a complete lunatic to the dispatch operator when I explained<font color="#E5E5E5"> everything to</font> her she said that<font color="#E5E5E5"> an ambulance and the</font> cops are<font color="#CCCCCC"> on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> their way and asked me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> tell them<font color="#E5E5E5"> exactly what I had told her</font> when I went back inside<font color="#E5E5E5"> Danny</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> would</font> stopped Alex<font color="#E5E5E5"> from pulling his intestines</font> out of his body he started praying over him<font color="#E5E5E5"> he said I</font> demand<font color="#E5E5E5"> to speak to Alex in the name of</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the Lord Jesus Christ</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but all we got</font> back from Alex was the weird language he <font color="#E5E5E5">was speaking in the growling when the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">paramedics arrived they started working</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">on Alex and realized he was completely</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">out of it they kept telling Alex to hold</font> on and that everything<font color="#E5E5E5"> was going to be</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">okay Alex lost consciousness if you</font> could<font color="#E5E5E5"> call it that they immediately took</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">him to Urgent Care my friend called and</font> I<font color="#CCCCCC"> said I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> couldn't talk at the moment</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">told her with very short detail what was</font> happening and hung up<font color="#E5E5E5"> the cops then</font> questioned me and<font color="#E5E5E5"> Daniel they asked me</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">if there were any drugs or alcohol at</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the house if Alex was on medication</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> questions such<font color="#CCCCCC"> as that they questioned</font> me<font color="#E5E5E5"> repeatedly different cops asked me to</font> tell them what<font color="#CCCCCC"> had happened they even</font> made me write it<font color="#CCCCCC"> down</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this sucked</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">because I was still trying to process</font> what<font color="#E5E5E5"> I had</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> witnessed</font> however<font color="#E5E5E5"> as cops</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> does their jobs to be</font> suspicious<font color="#CCCCCC"> making me repeat my statement</font> is a technique<font color="#CCCCCC"> to see if I change the</font> story<font color="#E5E5E5"> Jacob arrives shortly after in the</font> police questioned him to remember questioning Daniel he<font color="#CCCCCC"> had told</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> them that</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">he could assure them that I had nothing</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to do with</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Alex's injuries even</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> after</font> all the<font color="#E5E5E5"> questioning the police</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> took me</font> into<font color="#CCCCCC"> custody thinking I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> responsible</font> for<font color="#E5E5E5"> what Alex did after hours at the</font> police station<font color="#CCCCCC"> they finally let me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> go</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Daniel picked me up at the gas station</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and he took me to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the hospital to see</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">how</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Alex was doing we arrived at the</font> hospital<font color="#CCCCCC"> and they told</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> us he was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font> really<font color="#E5E5E5"> bad</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> shape</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and he was still in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">surgery I was able to see him for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> about</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">four hours</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> after he held my hand</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> apologized it was barely awake<font color="#E5E5E5"> Daniel then took me</font> back to<font color="#CCCCCC"> the house we kept discussing</font> what had happened and he told me that <font color="#E5E5E5">Alex was possessed by a demon that's why</font> he was able<font color="#E5E5E5"> to speak in a different</font> language<font color="#CCCCCC"> and do what he did I told them</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was afraid</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of staying in the</font> house so<font color="#E5E5E5"> he agreed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to have another</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">pastor help him bless the house and we</font> arrived <font color="#E5E5E5">Jacob had already taken</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> care of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> blood they told me<font color="#CCCCCC"> that the cops took</font> the knife is evidence<font color="#E5E5E5"> good thing I</font> didn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> touch the knife my girlfriend was</font> there to<font color="#CCCCCC"> comfort me and try</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to calm me</font> down <font color="#E5E5E5">my adrenaline</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was still going</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> like crazy</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">she said she would stay the night with</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">me and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they</font> me feel better<font color="#CCCCCC"> to be honest I couldn't</font> thank<font color="#E5E5E5"> her enough for that not everyone</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">would be willing to stay at that house</font> after something<font color="#E5E5E5"> like</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that I was afraid</font> that the same things<font color="#E5E5E5"> going to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> happen to</font> her in the middle<font color="#E5E5E5"> of the night weeks</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">later</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I learned</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that she was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> thinking</font> the same<font color="#CCCCCC"> thing about me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and that she was</font> extremely<font color="#E5E5E5"> scared of staying with me that</font> night<font color="#E5E5E5"> my girlfriend and I went to bed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> fell asleep quite quickly<font color="#E5E5E5"> because I had</font> had<font color="#CCCCCC"> a really traumatic day unfortunately</font> my dream was a continuation of<font color="#CCCCCC"> that very</font> same<font color="#CCCCCC"> day in the dream</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and I decided that</font> I didn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> want to stay at the house after</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that stuff with Alex so my girlfriend</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and I ended up going to a hotel at the</font> hotel<font color="#E5E5E5"> still in my dream</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I remember</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">asking my girlfriend</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> how can somebody be</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">in such bad shape</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that it would</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> allow</font> something<font color="#E5E5E5"> that dark to take over their</font> bodies shortly after<font color="#E5E5E5"> we went to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> bed I</font> was<font color="#CCCCCC"> basically sleeping within my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> dream</font> when I heard a knock on<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> door I</font> looked at the clock<font color="#CCCCCC"> and it was 703 I</font> said screw it I'm so tired<font color="#CCCCCC"> after what I</font> went<font color="#CCCCCC"> through that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm just going</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">ignore it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> then</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I thought it would be</font> news about Alex so I got up and<font color="#E5E5E5"> looked</font> through<font color="#E5E5E5"> the people all I could see was</font> an empty<font color="#CCCCCC"> hallway</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> when suddenly out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> nothing<font color="#CCCCCC"> I saw</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a creature running</font> insanely fast towards<font color="#CCCCCC"> the door hitting</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it very hard and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> laughing the moment of</font> impact<font color="#CCCCCC"> the creature looked like that</font> demon from insidious<font color="#E5E5E5"> or Darth Maul as</font> they call<font color="#E5E5E5"> it a black</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and red face I</font> backed away<font color="#CCCCCC"> I kept hearing the laughter</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so angry after</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that that I punched</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the door right back after</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> punching the</font> door I heard<font color="#E5E5E5"> the creature laugh again</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and then it said well played I woke up</font> right after<font color="#E5E5E5"> I have always wondered if</font> the creature I saw<font color="#CCCCCC"> in my dream was the</font> same creature<font color="#CCCCCC"> that possibly took over</font> Alex's body Alex barely survived the<font color="#E5E5E5"> incident</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he</font> spent two months in<font color="#CCCCCC"> the hospital because</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">of severe internal damage I had to go to</font> therapy<font color="#CCCCCC"> for a very long</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> time because of</font> what had happened<font color="#CCCCCC"> I couldn't drink or</font> smoke at my own house<font color="#CCCCCC"> because I would</font> dream about<font color="#E5E5E5"> Alex standing up with his</font> intestines out screaming<font color="#E5E5E5"> while staring</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">at me Alex got better they sent some</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">people</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to get his stuff out of the house</font> he was<font color="#E5E5E5"> too</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> embarrassed to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> stay or even</font> pick them<font color="#E5E5E5"> up</font> self<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I really didn't want to see him</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">after everything that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> happened this has</font> been<font color="#E5E5E5"> probably the worst experience of my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">life</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the cops that I talked</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to said that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I did exactly what I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> should have done in</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that situation they said that without</font> any medical<font color="#CCCCCC"> attention</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Alex would have</font> been dead in minutes<font color="#CCCCCC"> they also told</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> that was probably one of the</font> weirdest incidences that<font color="#CCCCCC"> they had ever</font> worked<font color="#E5E5E5"> my girlfriend and I believe</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font> thanks to<font color="#E5E5E5"> the strange sensation I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> had of</font> urgently having to go home<font color="#CCCCCC"> instead</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">going out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to lunch with her Alex is</font> still<font color="#E5E5E5"> alive today this is something</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that's been happening continuously</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> want to<font color="#E5E5E5"> ask if someone can figure out</font> what it is<font color="#E5E5E5"> that's happening</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so every</font> time me and<font color="#E5E5E5"> my wife and my stepchild</font> moved to somewhere<font color="#E5E5E5"> new strange things</font> begin<font color="#E5E5E5"> to happen first we were living in</font> one old house<font color="#E5E5E5"> in the town we both grew</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">up the house is</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> from her grandmother who</font> passed<font color="#E5E5E5"> away in that same house years ago</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">she told</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that her brother saw an old</font> man<font color="#E5E5E5"> walking</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> around the house</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he thought</font> maybe someone<font color="#E5E5E5"> looking</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for his dad or</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">something that was until he saw him</font> vanish also<font color="#CCCCCC"> there was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this one time</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">where they saw a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> little kid</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> playing</font> around<font color="#E5E5E5"> the hallway entering the rooms my</font> first thought is that<font color="#E5E5E5"> she wanted to see</font> if<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was scared</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of ghosts or maybe scare</font> me<font color="#E5E5E5"> with stories sir I wasn't sure that</font> was until one day I saw by<font color="#E5E5E5"> the edge of</font> my<font color="#E5E5E5"> sight</font> a little kid<font color="#E5E5E5"> peeking in the dorm room</font> door he looked<font color="#CCCCCC"> all grayish and was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">possibly dressed and 70s like a tire I</font> told my wife I saw the little<font color="#E5E5E5"> kid and a</font> week<font color="#CCCCCC"> later we got out of that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> house</font> it was<font color="#E5E5E5"> unplanned the night we got out -</font> we<font color="#E5E5E5"> were at dinner</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and we were</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> eating and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">talking about</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> something I don't remember</font> right now<font color="#CCCCCC"> exactly</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my step child was</font> playing with my sister-in-law's dog and I was seeing them playing<font color="#E5E5E5"> behind</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font> wife's back<font color="#CCCCCC"> when I heard something he</font> was like a squeak<font color="#CCCCCC"> I stopped talking</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">about what we were</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> talking about and</font> told my<font color="#CCCCCC"> wife as she had heard</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> -</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> then I looked<font color="#E5E5E5"> to my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> left and saw that</font> old dirty fisher-price red car with yellow top<font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> stepchild had</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> one but it</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">was so old</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and a little rusty</font> thought the squeak came from it then I moved just<font color="#E5E5E5"> an inch or two</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> below car and</font> it makes the exact same noise<font color="#E5E5E5"> we both</font> looked at each<font color="#E5E5E5"> other and I told her the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">car just moved by itself for what she</font> just<font color="#E5E5E5"> stared at me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and told me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> she saw</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the little</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> car moving</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a little but</font> nobody was near<font color="#E5E5E5"> or close</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the car we</font> start<font color="#CCCCCC"> talking</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> about other unrelated</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">stuff and I go to bed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with my step child</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">my wife was in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the shower and when she</font> came out<font color="#CCCCCC"> to our</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bedroom</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she told me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that</font> she had had this little<font color="#E5E5E5"> old rag in the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">shower</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it was all dry and since nobody</font> uses it<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was hanging there then all</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> a sudden<font color="#CCCCCC"> the rank</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Falls</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I thought she</font> was scared by the fact<font color="#CCCCCC"> that an hour or</font> two<font color="#E5E5E5"> she thought she saw</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the little</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> toy</font> car<font color="#E5E5E5"> moving by itself</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and I started to</font> tell her maybe that was her that dropped the<font color="#E5E5E5"> rag and maybe the wind</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> car</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">etcetera I was trying to calm her but I</font> know it can't be<font color="#E5E5E5"> the wind moving</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the car</font> since there was not a source of<font color="#E5E5E5"> win</font> inside the house<font color="#E5E5E5"> so we started watching</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">a comedy</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> movie</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to forget</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> about what we</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">had just experienced my stepchild was</font> seeing videos of my wife's<font color="#E5E5E5"> cell phone</font> and we turned off the<font color="#E5E5E5"> lights we were</font> falling<font color="#E5E5E5"> asleep when my stepchild was</font> fully awake<font color="#CCCCCC"> and started to hug my wife</font> incredibly hard<font color="#E5E5E5"> she was telling her</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font> there was a<font color="#CCCCCC"> Auster and was looking at</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> us</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">she was visibly scared and was pointing</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> doorway it was pitch black and</font> doorway was behind my back by that<font color="#E5E5E5"> time</font> I was<font color="#E5E5E5"> trying to convince myself that she</font> was saying Easter or Easter or something else but monster I was petrified<font color="#CCCCCC"> she</font> started to tell us<font color="#CCCCCC"> that the monster had</font> little red eyes<font color="#CCCCCC"> and was looking</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at us</font> and was<font color="#E5E5E5"> angry I stood up and turned the</font> light on<font color="#E5E5E5"> to convince her that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> there was</font> nothing<font color="#CCCCCC"> there</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but my wife was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just too</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">scared to pass the night there we ended</font> up<font color="#E5E5E5"> in my parents house and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> then just go</font> back<font color="#CCCCCC"> for our clothes and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> stuff until the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">next</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> day</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we live with my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> parents for</font> around<font color="#CCCCCC"> two or three weeks</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and then I had</font> to move to<font color="#E5E5E5"> another</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> country for a</font> business<font color="#E5E5E5"> opportunity</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we were</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> living</font> outside the city in a ranch<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> everything was good into a couple of months<font color="#E5E5E5"> later things started again I wake</font> up<font color="#E5E5E5"> in the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> middle</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of the night to hear</font> what seems<font color="#CCCCCC"> to be a little</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> kid laughing</font> and lights begin<font color="#E5E5E5"> to turn them</font> I was off by themselves<font color="#CCCCCC"> we both</font> experienced this phenomenon<font color="#CCCCCC"> and they</font> happen during daylight<font color="#CCCCCC"> too but mostly by</font> night the last<font color="#E5E5E5"> day I was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> there I was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">about to close the door and heard coins</font> being dropped<font color="#CCCCCC"> on the floor and there</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font> nobody else<font color="#E5E5E5"> there we lived there</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for</font> about<font color="#CCCCCC"> 3 or 4 months until we</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> got a new</font> house<font color="#CCCCCC"> its new everything was brand new</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and we've been here since</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> then</font> everything was<font color="#CCCCCC"> ok since yesterday</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I was</font> making<font color="#CCCCCC"> a peanut</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> butter</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and jelly</font> sandwich<font color="#CCCCCC"> and stored the jelly in the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">pantry I closed the door</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and go</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to watch</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">TV when all of a sudden I heard a noise</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">coming from it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I go there and open the</font> pantry<font color="#E5E5E5"> and see the jelly jar open with</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the cap by its side now I remember</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">closing it and later that night</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was</font> ready<font color="#CCCCCC"> to go</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to bed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> making</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sure</font> all the doors<font color="#E5E5E5"> are closed when I heard</font> another noise coming from the pantry <font color="#E5E5E5">this time it was a soup bag and it</font> seemed<font color="#E5E5E5"> to have fallen by itself</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I checked out if there were Mouse's or</font> rats in the house but<font color="#CCCCCC"> there</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> absolutely</font> none<font color="#CCCCCC"> No is there any possibility</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that</font> something is<font color="#E5E5E5"> following us mrs.</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sarin law</font> said once<font color="#CCCCCC"> that my step child isn't</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">baptized she thinks that she may be</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">stopped by something</font> [Music] so this happened a few days<font color="#CCCCCC"> ago</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm</font> currently taking care of<font color="#E5E5E5"> a dog and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> three</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">cats for a family while they're on</font> vacation I don't mind<font color="#CCCCCC"> I've</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> taken care</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of pets</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">before that's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> extra money anyway the</font> house is on a<font color="#E5E5E5"> little back road with</font> other smaller back roads<font color="#E5E5E5"> next to it the</font> houses are pretty close to<font color="#E5E5E5"> each other</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the family's house has a small patch</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> woods<font color="#CCCCCC"> behind it that was at a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> concert</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">with a friend and I wanted</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to stop</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> by</font> the house<font color="#CCCCCC"> before</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we went home it was</font> around<font color="#E5E5E5"> 11:45 p.m. I went inside</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and let</font> the dog out the back door and went onto <font color="#E5E5E5">the porch and looked over the woods</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">there was a huge perfectly square light</font> in the woods<font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> actually looked like a</font> window<font color="#CCCCCC"> it was like sunlight was being</font> reflected perfectly in the wilderness<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> could see perfectly into the woods even <font color="#E5E5E5">though it was close</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> midnight I was</font> more<font color="#CCCCCC"> confused at first I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> thought it may</font> have<font color="#E5E5E5"> been reflection from the porch</font> light on<font color="#CCCCCC"> a window a carry taser that's</font> also a flashlight<font color="#CCCCCC"> I shined my flashlight</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">onto it and look closer it started to</font> make less sense<font color="#E5E5E5"> no window reflection is</font> that big I got kind of<font color="#E5E5E5"> freaked out and</font> got<font color="#CCCCCC"> the dog back in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the house and made</font> sure the cats and<font color="#E5E5E5"> dog had water before</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">had locked all the doors I ran outside</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and told</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my friend who was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> waiting in</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> car I wanted to go back</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> look and</font> take a picture<font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and she was too</font> scared<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> go with me I went back anyways</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and went around</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the side</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the house</font> and took<font color="#E5E5E5"> a look but it was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> gone I had</font> turned<font color="#E5E5E5"> off the porch light I started to</font> make even<font color="#CCCCCC"> less sense the more I thought</font> about it<font color="#CCCCCC"> it wasn't there the previous</font> night<font color="#E5E5E5"> it's been two nights</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in a row now</font> I<font color="#E5E5E5"> haven't seen it if I see it again</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> will upload a picture<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it still</font> doesn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> make sense to me can somebody</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">please explain what I could have seen</font> the youngest daughter<font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the family</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> is</font> terrified of<font color="#E5E5E5"> their woods and she won't</font> really<font color="#E5E5E5"> explain why she just said she</font> heard strange<font color="#CCCCCC"> noises back there</font> something<font color="#E5E5E5"> about those woods does creep</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">me out my grandparents have woods and I</font> used to<font color="#E5E5E5"> play back there all the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> time as</font> a kid<font color="#E5E5E5"> the woods never really freaked me</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">out</font> but this<font color="#E5E5E5"> area of the woods</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just gives me</font> a weird<font color="#E5E5E5"> vibe</font> [Music] <font color="#CCCCCC">I remember what</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> happened so vividly even</font> though it was<font color="#E5E5E5"> about 13 years ago that</font> was about<font color="#CCCCCC"> seven at the time</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> living my</font> daily<font color="#CCCCCC"> life as any child would playing</font> dropping to the<font color="#E5E5E5"> floor</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> as a game</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> pranking</font> my parents<font color="#E5E5E5"> putting water inside a half</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">empty toothpaste container</font> you know<font color="#CCCCCC"> kids</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> stuff there's a stay in</font> question we were doing an activity<font color="#E5E5E5"> in</font> history class<font color="#E5E5E5"> cutting out what we call</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">la - de la independencia here in Mexico</font> when all of a sudden I<font color="#E5E5E5"> hear an airplane</font> passing by pretty normal<font color="#E5E5E5"> especially in a</font> city<font color="#E5E5E5"> like Monterrey the sounds started</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">as a fading slowly superimposing itself</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">over everything else</font> sometimes the sound<font color="#E5E5E5"> could</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be pretty loud</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">except this time it wasn't nobody heard</font> anything except<font color="#CCCCCC"> for me it was the</font> opposite<font color="#CCCCCC"> I heard nothing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the screech</font> of<font color="#E5E5E5"> turbine blasting itself inside my</font> eardrums like a drill<font color="#E5E5E5"> from a</font> construction<font color="#E5E5E5"> waking you up in the</font> morning<font color="#CCCCCC"> uninvited and inadvertent</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> remember feeling numb something like the world<font color="#CCCCCC"> tilting itself sideways like it</font> was flipping itself over<font color="#CCCCCC"> I covered my</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">ears</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> because it was almost literally</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">deafening</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the sound</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> would not become</font> muffled even in the slightest<font color="#E5E5E5"> it felt</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">like I was coming</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> inside my own head</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">added to my confusion</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was the behavior</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">of my classmates</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> completely neutral to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the event not</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a sign of alteration in</font> their attitude towards the<font color="#E5E5E5"> current</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">affair it took around five seconds for</font> the sound to slowly fade in<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> classroom was pretty loud self<font color="#E5E5E5"> given</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> seven year olds are not known for</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">keeping</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> quiet but I couldn't hear a</font> single<font color="#CCCCCC"> soul</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> during the whole time not</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">even the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> person right beside me once the</font> sound stopped I couldn't believe<font color="#E5E5E5"> what</font> just<font color="#E5E5E5"> happened</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so I tried to confirm the</font> occurrence with the people<font color="#E5E5E5"> around me</font> first was my buddy I could always trust<font color="#CCCCCC"> be honest his</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> name</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Oscar</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he said he didn't hear a thing I</font> was flabbergasted by that<font color="#E5E5E5"> statement and</font> thought he<font color="#E5E5E5"> was playing a prank and so I</font> went with<font color="#E5E5E5"> another girl the same answer</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">wasn't sure of what was happening</font> anymore<font color="#E5E5E5"> given how promptly their replies</font> were honestly the thoughts of a prank <font color="#E5E5E5">left me right there</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I decided</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to ask the</font> teacher she<font color="#CCCCCC"> said she didn't hear</font> anything either nobody heard the airplane after<font color="#E5E5E5"> school I</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">told my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> dad about</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> what happened</font> he said that indeed it was very strange <font color="#E5E5E5">he suggested the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> idea that I had</font> encountered<font color="#E5E5E5"> another dimension for a</font> brief period<font color="#CCCCCC"> of time</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> since he was at the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">time studying a lot of metaphysics</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was</font> always very imaginative but the elaborations of<font color="#E5E5E5"> my mind were always so</font> intensely far away from what<font color="#E5E5E5"> could</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be</font> real that it was<font color="#E5E5E5"> always obvious when I</font> was making<font color="#CCCCCC"> things up</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this occasion</font> wasn't one of those<font color="#CCCCCC"> made up fantasies</font> what kid would fantasize<font color="#CCCCCC"> about something</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">like this especially</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> when it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> causes a</font> physically unpleasant disturbance in your<font color="#E5E5E5"> life and thus and five seconds the</font> story began<font color="#E5E5E5"> and in a minute</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it was</font> dismantled by the unawareness of those around me<font color="#E5E5E5"> if there was anything to be</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">aware of it all at that moment I felt</font> like this<font color="#E5E5E5"> was the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> right</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> place</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> talk</font> about<font color="#E5E5E5"> this very strange inexplicable</font> experience<font color="#CCCCCC"> I don't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> think I went crazy in</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that moment</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but instead that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I went</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">somewhere else possibly outside of an</font> airplane<font color="#E5E5E5"> albeit not physically what do</font> you guys think<font color="#E5E5E5"> all right</font> so<font color="#E5E5E5"> bit of background information</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I'm a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">15 year old male and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> this happened about</font> two years ago my<font color="#E5E5E5"> mother works at</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font> facility<font color="#CCCCCC"> that is</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> basically a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> dry</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">cleaning factory that's like a sendin</font> delivery service for<font color="#E5E5E5"> clothing of all</font> kinds<font color="#CCCCCC"> I had been going to this factory</font> for<font color="#E5E5E5"> around five years since my mom</font> worked hella late hours around<font color="#CCCCCC"> 7 a.m. to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">8 p.m. and my dad was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> working out of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">town during this time period</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and I lived</font> about<font color="#E5E5E5"> 30 miles away from my school so I</font> didn't have<font color="#CCCCCC"> any other options</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> since I</font> had been<font color="#E5E5E5"> coming</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to my mother's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> workplace</font> for years I knew the general<font color="#CCCCCC"> layout</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font> the building<font color="#E5E5E5"> pretty well</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> which explains</font> events later into<font color="#CCCCCC"> the story</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so this was</font> like any<font color="#CCCCCC"> other</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> day I had gotten out of</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">school in a Thursday and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> as usual</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was</font> driving over<font color="#CCCCCC"> to the plant</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to hang out</font> for a few<font color="#CCCCCC"> hours while</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my mom worked</font> around 6:30 p.m. to<font color="#E5E5E5"> 7:00 p.m.</font> my mom was notified<font color="#E5E5E5"> by her manager that</font> she needed<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> leave the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> plan to run some</font> kind<font color="#E5E5E5"> of business errand of his I don't</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">know what so she told me she was gonna</font> go run<font color="#E5E5E5"> set errand and then she would be</font> back in<font color="#CCCCCC"> around an hour</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so I was kind of</font> annoyed<font color="#CCCCCC"> that I would have to spend</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> extra</font> there but I didn't really complain<font color="#CCCCCC"> since</font> it was pretty much closing time<font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font> mother and I were the<font color="#E5E5E5"> only people still</font> present at the factory<font color="#CCCCCC"> and with her</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">running this errand for her boss</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">left me the factory by myself</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my mother</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">allowed me to use her work computer to</font> watch<font color="#E5E5E5"> YouTube while she was gone</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so that</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">was a plus</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> side</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to staying at this plant</font> alone<font color="#E5E5E5"> after she had</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> left</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I just</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sat down</font> in her<font color="#CCCCCC"> office</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and chair and messed</font> around<font color="#CCCCCC"> the computer and did</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> homework</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">around 45</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> minutes later I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was wondering</font> where<font color="#CCCCCC"> she was as</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> she had not returned</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">man she's probably chatting with</font> customers<font color="#CCCCCC"> I said to myself and she is</font> prone<font color="#CCCCCC"> to doing so being the extroverted</font> woman she is all of a sudden all the power suddenly<font color="#E5E5E5"> shut down leaving me in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">darkness in her</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> office I was startled by</font> the sudden power outage<font color="#CCCCCC"> and I assumed</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> since the building was old and the</font> electrical wiring was shoddy<font color="#CCCCCC"> user 2 had</font> been blown or something<font color="#E5E5E5"> like that so</font> open<font color="#E5E5E5"> the door my mom's office</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and looked</font> out into<font color="#E5E5E5"> the factory some</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> emergency</font> lights were on but<font color="#CCCCCC"> they barely</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> lit the</font> factory at all so I was still<font color="#E5E5E5"> pretty</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">much in the dark</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I took out my phone and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">turned on my flashlight to search for</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the fuse box as I had been going</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to the</font> factory<font color="#E5E5E5"> for five years I knew where the</font> box was<font color="#E5E5E5"> and found it relatively quickly</font> but when I was<font color="#CCCCCC"> walking up</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to the box</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> noticed something wasn't right<font color="#E5E5E5"> the fuse</font> box<font color="#CCCCCC"> was wide open and I saw the door</font> swinging ever so slightly<font color="#E5E5E5"> now I was a</font> little<font color="#CCCCCC"> nervous but I assumed for some</font> reason<font color="#E5E5E5"> that maybe a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> draught had caused</font> us to open<font color="#E5E5E5"> don't ask why so I walked up</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the fuse box</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> heart fell out of</font> my bottom as I saw the wires<font color="#CCCCCC"> in the fuse</font> box had<font color="#CCCCCC"> been cut</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> now I was scared and</font> not sure what<font color="#E5E5E5"> to do knowing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> most</font> likely<font color="#CCCCCC"> wasn't alone anymore in that</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">factory</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I was thinking of my options</font> when I spotted<font color="#E5E5E5"> something out of the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">corner of my eye</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was looking in the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">direction of the back exit</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> which was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">about ten</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> feet</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> away to the left of the</font> wall with the fuse box<font color="#CCCCCC"> when I noticed</font> that there was<font color="#E5E5E5"> a slightly darker shape</font> amidst the dark wall of the factory <font color="#E5E5E5">about</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> thirty feet to the right</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of the</font> back exit<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I could see a subtle glint</font> of light<font color="#E5E5E5"> from the emergency lights on</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the figure</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I noticed it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and was sure</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was a person holding a sharp</font> object my heart was<font color="#E5E5E5"> racing at this point but I</font> played it<font color="#CCCCCC"> off like</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I hadn't noticed them</font> and casually started walking to the exit <font color="#CCCCCC">I made it to the exit</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and began to turn</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the LOB when I heard loud steps</font> approaching<font color="#E5E5E5"> not running towards me more</font> like a kind<font color="#E5E5E5"> of race walk towards me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> threw<font color="#CCCCCC"> the door open and ran out into the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">outside</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> where a motion light came on and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">flooded the area with</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the white light I</font> had to act quickly<font color="#CCCCCC"> knowing I didn't have</font> much time before whoever<font color="#E5E5E5"> that was came</font> out of the door<font color="#CCCCCC"> so thinking on my feet</font> I ran<font color="#E5E5E5"> to and ov underneath one of the</font> vans used for pickup and delivery for the<font color="#E5E5E5"> clothes at the factory owned</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> wasn't under<font color="#E5E5E5"> the van for more than four</font> seconds before the unknown person opened the door and<font color="#E5E5E5"> stepped</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> out into the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> motion</font> light<font color="#E5E5E5"> the van was far enough away</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> from</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the door so had an angle</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I could</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> get a</font> look<font color="#E5E5E5"> at this intruder it was what I</font> assumed to be<font color="#E5E5E5"> a medium sized man wearing</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">black pants</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and a black</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> hoodie</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he was</font> also<font color="#E5E5E5"> wearing one</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of those smiling masks</font> from the purge movie my suspicions<font color="#CCCCCC"> were</font> also confirmed<font color="#E5E5E5"> when I saw that he</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">carrying a large piece</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of sharp metal in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">his hand</font> I tried<font color="#E5E5E5"> thinking about my options</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> survival<font color="#E5E5E5"> here as I'm not very athletic</font> at all so running was a no-no<font color="#E5E5E5"> I was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">horrified to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> see that he had started</font> checking<font color="#E5E5E5"> underneath the other vans</font> looking for me so I didn't<font color="#CCCCCC"> have much</font> time to<font color="#E5E5E5"> decide my next course of action</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the guy was getting closer and closer to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">my van and I was sure that I was dead</font> when<font color="#E5E5E5"> a miracle happened</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I saw my mom</font> pulling into<font color="#E5E5E5"> the front of the lot</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of the</font> factory<font color="#E5E5E5"> and the guy noticed her too so</font> we ran off<font color="#E5E5E5"> into the darkness</font> I waited another<font color="#E5E5E5"> three minutes</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> or so</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">before running back</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> into the building</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">via the back exit and I saw my mom</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">looking for me under</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> one of the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">emergency lights</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I ran to her crying</font> trying to explain what<font color="#E5E5E5"> had happened I</font> showed her the cut wires of the<font color="#E5E5E5"> fuse</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> needless to<font color="#E5E5E5"> say police were called</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">they took my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> statement of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> what happened</font> but nothing ever<font color="#E5E5E5"> came</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of it</font> [Music] when I first met the<font color="#E5E5E5"> bagman I was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 16 I</font> didn't even think he was anything<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> worry<font color="#E5E5E5"> about at the time he</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> passed</font> me by<font color="#CCCCCC"> a while it was biking around in</font> one of<font color="#CCCCCC"> my cities</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> forest preserves called</font> Riverside<font color="#E5E5E5"> Riverside was always a place I</font> could<font color="#CCCCCC"> go when I was feeling</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> stressed or</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">anxious</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so when I passed by this rugged</font> looking guy in<font color="#CCCCCC"> the middle of the woods I</font> didn't think anything of it<font color="#CCCCCC"> I had other</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">things on my mind and for all</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I know I</font> could<font color="#CCCCCC"> have looked</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> pretty rugged myself</font> being all sweaty<font color="#CCCCCC"> and wearing a black</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">hoodie and biked around like a maniac he</font> and I were similarly<font color="#E5E5E5"> dressed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I didn't</font> have long<font color="#E5E5E5"> to look at him as I was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">passing by on my bike pretty quickly but</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">he was wearing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> black sweatpants that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">were ripped in several places along the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">muddy white shoes and the black hoody</font> which she wore<font color="#E5E5E5"> with the hood down</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> could also make<font color="#CCCCCC"> out that he was a pretty</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">big</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> guy in all areas he was fairly wide</font> and was<font color="#E5E5E5"> actually pretty tall</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> his hair</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">was brown and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> down to his shoulders I</font> couldn't really make out<font color="#E5E5E5"> its face at the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">time but little did I know I would see</font> it in a few<font color="#CCCCCC"> weeks</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> when he saw me coming</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">towards him on my bike he held up his</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">hand all excitedly and waved at me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">then began to jog while I got closer I</font> thought at the<font color="#CCCCCC"> time that maybe</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he was</font> out here exercising like me and seeing me made him remember<font color="#CCCCCC"> to start running</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">again</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> or something</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but as I passed him</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">he got so close</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my bike that he</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">almost bumped into me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I had to swerve a</font> little to the<font color="#E5E5E5"> right to try to avoid him</font> barely missing him when I passed him I kind of heard<font color="#CCCCCC"> him shout something</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> back</font> at me but I<font color="#E5E5E5"> couldn't really understand</font> what it was<font color="#E5E5E5"> because I had my headphones</font> in<font color="#E5E5E5"> I shrugged the situation off as I</font> continued to<font color="#E5E5E5"> bike back to my car it took</font> me a few<font color="#CCCCCC"> minutes</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to get</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> back to the</font> parking<font color="#E5E5E5"> lot</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was pretty exhausted</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">as I loaded my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bike into the back</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">minivan once I closed the truck I looked</font> around for<font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> moment to see if the guy</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I'd</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> seen earlier was around I didn't see</font> him<font color="#E5E5E5"> but the only other car</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that was</font> parked<font color="#CCCCCC"> there was directly</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> across</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> from</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font> on the other<font color="#E5E5E5"> side</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of the lot</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font> long white van<font color="#E5E5E5"> like the stereotypical</font> creeper<font color="#CCCCCC"> van it was dirty</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and muddy like</font> the man driving it<font color="#E5E5E5"> and the windows</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> were</font> tinted so you<font color="#E5E5E5"> couldn't really</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> see inside</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">thinking back on this</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> situation now</font> I could have<font color="#E5E5E5"> been totally possible that</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bag man</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> followed behind me all the</font> way<font color="#E5E5E5"> to the parking lot</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and had gotten</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">into</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> this creepy van before I could see</font> him and was in there while I was<font color="#E5E5E5"> staring</font> at<font color="#E5E5E5"> that vehicle</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he could have been</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">watching me through those dark windows</font> and I didn't even know when I pulled out of<font color="#E5E5E5"> the parking</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> lot I made sure</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that the</font> van stayed in its place as I passed by and drove home<font color="#E5E5E5"> that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was my first</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">encounter with</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the bag man but</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> obviously</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that meeting isn't what gave him his</font> name<font color="#CCCCCC"> a little</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> over three</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> weeks later</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">after my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> experience at Riverside I was</font> home<font color="#CCCCCC"> alone</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and it was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> approximately 4:00</font> p.m.<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> watching YouTube on my phone</font> while laying in bed upstairs in my<font color="#E5E5E5"> room</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">my dog was next</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to me and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we were both</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">just chillin until my dad came home</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> from</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">work while it was up to go</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to the</font> bathroom<font color="#CCCCCC"> I heard the doorbell ring and</font> then<font color="#E5E5E5"> two loud bangs</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> door now</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">usually when someone pounding on the</font> door like<font color="#CCCCCC"> that it was almost always my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">mom because she for some reason likes to</font> freak<font color="#E5E5E5"> out the dog when she gets home</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> a few loud bangs in the door would do the job<font color="#E5E5E5"> so my dog went running out of my</font> room<font color="#CCCCCC"> and tore down the steps to get to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the front door</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I followed behind</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> him but</font> I didn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> really feel</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> like running when I</font> finally<font color="#E5E5E5"> got</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the door I swung it open</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">expecting to see my mom</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it wasn't her</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> the guy from Riverside he was just</font> standing<font color="#E5E5E5"> there with a big black garbage</font> bag in<font color="#CCCCCC"> his hand</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he was wearing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> almost</font> the same outfit that<font color="#CCCCCC"> he was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> wearing when</font> I saw him<font color="#E5E5E5"> last except his shoes were all</font> clean<font color="#CCCCCC"> now</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I looked at his face</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and saw</font> he had a poorly trimmed beard that covered most<font color="#E5E5E5"> of his face his eyes were a</font> bright blue<font color="#CCCCCC"> and they stared down at me</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">he spoke before I had any chance</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to say</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">anything</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> now this will be a rough</font> paraphrase<font color="#CCCCCC"> of what he said as I don't</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">exactly remember either young man his</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Melonie around I'd love to see her he</font> didn't actually say Melanie but<font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> want</font> to replace the name because I actually didn't know<font color="#E5E5E5"> who he was asking for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> she lived a few houses down<font color="#E5E5E5"> um no I</font> who that is sorry<font color="#CCCCCC"> I think at this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> point</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I had given him</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> some kind of smile to</font> try<font color="#E5E5E5"> to act like I wasn't completely</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">freaked out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you see I always parked my</font> minivan<font color="#CCCCCC"> out</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> right in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> front of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my house</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">so it's always</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in view whenever I'm home</font> this means that<font color="#CCCCCC"> he probably recognized</font> it<font color="#E5E5E5"> and me as if on cue he says I think I</font> know you<font color="#E5E5E5"> from somewhere pal</font> his voice was<font color="#E5E5E5"> deep and haunting and just</font> kind<font color="#CCCCCC"> of left me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> stunned I stood there</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> didn't</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> say anything and shrug my</font> shoulders<font color="#CCCCCC"> that's when he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> started to</font> shake that bag<font color="#CCCCCC"> I don't really know how</font> else<font color="#CCCCCC"> to describe</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> what he was doing he</font> was<font color="#CCCCCC"> just shaking</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the bag up and down I'd</font> never actually saw what<font color="#E5E5E5"> was inside it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">but it sounded</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> like a whole bunch</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font> metal cookie<font color="#E5E5E5"> cutters rattling</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> around the</font> contents were poking<font color="#E5E5E5"> and stretching the</font> bag out<font color="#CCCCCC"> in weird angles</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he was still</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">staring at me as he shook the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> bag and</font> inched closer to me<font color="#E5E5E5"> are you sure you</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">don't know where Melanie is he continued</font> to shake the bag as he<font color="#E5E5E5"> got closer and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">closer</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> until we were nearly</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> touching my</font> breath was shaky<font color="#CCCCCC"> and I was looking down</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">at</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the ground like a dog</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that hadn't</font> just gotten in trouble for peeing on<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> couch<font color="#E5E5E5"> then I snapped and pushed him away</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">from me as hard as</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I could</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> his skin</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font> flabby and soft and his shirt felt <font color="#E5E5E5">greasy I used all</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my strength</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to get him</font> away<font color="#E5E5E5"> from me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I didn't look back</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> as I did</font> a<font color="#E5E5E5"> 180 and sped back into my house</font> slamming the door once I was back<font color="#E5E5E5"> inside</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I could hear him pound his heavy arms</font> against the door and<font color="#CCCCCC"> the clamoring of</font> whatever<font color="#E5E5E5"> was in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that bag haebang</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> them</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> door for maybe</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 30 seconds</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> before he</font> stopped abruptly <font color="#CCCCCC">I quickly sped towards the window to see</font> if<font color="#E5E5E5"> he was still</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> standing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> there and as I</font> moved<font color="#E5E5E5"> to the side to get a better angle</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">at the doorway</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I saw him looking back at</font> me when<font color="#E5E5E5"> we met eyes he immediately</font> started running back to his van which was<font color="#E5E5E5"> parked across the street</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> recognized it as the<font color="#CCCCCC"> same one</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> from</font> Riverside I was disappointed<font color="#E5E5E5"> to see that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">there weren't any front license plate</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">numbers but as the van started to move</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and pass my house I took down the</font> numbers and<font color="#CCCCCC"> letters that were on the</font> back of the van<font color="#E5E5E5"> I still have them</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">written down in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my phone since</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that</font> incident<font color="#CCCCCC"> I haven't seen the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> man since I</font> notified Melanie that some man was asking around for her she said she<font color="#CCCCCC"> had no</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> idea who he</font> might be<font color="#CCCCCC"> in that she would tell her</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">parents to look out for anyone</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that</font> looked like who I had seen just<font color="#CCCCCC"> in case</font> he managed<font color="#E5E5E5"> to find her over her house</font> but it doesn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> end there about a year</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">later my mom and I were having lunch and</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">she was actually scrolling</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> through</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Facebook when she came upon a post from</font> a woman who lived in<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> neighborhood</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">next</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to ours the woman wrote that a man</font> driving a white van<font color="#E5E5E5"> drove up to her</font> house and knocked on the<font color="#E5E5E5"> door</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> which her</font> young daughter answered the man had apparently asked her to get in his van because he had the circus<font color="#E5E5E5"> in there</font> apparently the mom came<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the door in</font> time before<font color="#E5E5E5"> anything</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> bad happened but</font> the man was still being creepy unfortunately the woman<font color="#E5E5E5"> didn't post a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">description</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of the man but she</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">definitely remembered the white van</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> now</font> I don't<font color="#E5E5E5"> know exactly</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> what the circus</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">means but I am almost</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> positive it's the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">same man that visited my house and I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> am</font> pretty sure<font color="#E5E5E5"> he is still out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> there</font> preying on people because just yesterday <font color="#CCCCCC">on the local news they interviewed a</font> nine year<font color="#E5E5E5"> old girl</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> who was approached by</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">a man driving a white van so please if</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">you live in the central</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Illinois area</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> u.s.</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> please look out for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> anyone</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> or</font> anything matching what I said in<font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font> story<font color="#E5E5E5"> this creep is most likely still</font> out there<font color="#CCCCCC"> because he keeps</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> coming up on</font> social<font color="#E5E5E5"> media</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and the news stay safe</font> everyone [Music] this happened back<font color="#CCCCCC"> in April</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and went to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the movie theater alone for the midnight</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">showing of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the New Avengers movie</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">usually wait</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> until the lobby is</font> completely empty<font color="#CCCCCC"> before I buy myself a</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">snack and a drink</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> as I was filling</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> up</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font> cup at the<font color="#E5E5E5"> soda fountain</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a man came up</font> beside<font color="#E5E5E5"> me and said are</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you here for</font> infinity war<font color="#E5E5E5"> I politely replied yeah</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I've been ready to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> see it for a while he</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">just smiled back</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he said nothing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> just<font color="#E5E5E5"> stared at me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he then said with the</font> teeth showing grin<font color="#E5E5E5"> enjoy the movie</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">walked away okay that was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> weird I said</font> to myself it was about<font color="#CCCCCC"> 2:30 to 3:00 when</font> I finally<font color="#E5E5E5"> got</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> out of the movie theater I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">usually go to the restroom until the</font> place empties out<font color="#CCCCCC"> I have severe</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> social</font> anxiety<font color="#CCCCCC"> now I always parked near the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">exit of this theater because the parking</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">is terrible it was completely empty when</font> I started walking<font color="#E5E5E5"> to my car</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I started</font> hearing a faint whistle in<font color="#CCCCCC"> the near</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">distance</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this theater</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> is right next to</font> about<font color="#CCCCCC"> 8 acres of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> nothing but trees</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that's exactly where the whistling was</font> coming from and my car was<font color="#CCCCCC"> parked right</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">next to it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the whistling grew louder as</font> I got closer to my<font color="#CCCCCC"> vehicle I was on full</font> alert as I got up to my<font color="#CCCCCC"> vehicle before I</font> could unlock my door<font color="#CCCCCC"> I hear footsteps in</font> the whistling right<font color="#E5E5E5"> behind me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I turned</font> around as fast<font color="#E5E5E5"> as I could</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and there he</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">was the man who came up</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to me at the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">soda fountain was standing inches away</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">from</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me with the same deranged</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> smile he</font> had earlier<font color="#E5E5E5"> now I'm</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> five three and a</font> hundred<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> fifteen pounds this man had</font> to<font color="#E5E5E5"> be around</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 6 4 to 6</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> 5 tall and nearly</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">twice</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my height</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he grabbed me by my hair</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and smacked my head</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> against the driver's</font> side door<font color="#CCCCCC"> and that's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> all I remember</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">before waking up when I woke up I was in</font> the back seat<font color="#CCCCCC"> of my car with</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> nothing but</font> a pair<font color="#E5E5E5"> of socks on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> vision was blurry</font> but<font color="#E5E5E5"> I could barely see that the man was</font> inside a gas station<font color="#E5E5E5"> talking to the</font> cashier<font color="#CCCCCC"> the key was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> still in the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">ignition so I dragged myself to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">driver's seat shifted the vehicle and</font> got out of<font color="#E5E5E5"> there</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I must have been</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">driving for about an hour before I</font> realized<font color="#E5E5E5"> that it was almost 7</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a.m.</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I went to my mom's house and had a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">complete mental breakdown</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> telling her</font> everything<font color="#E5E5E5"> she took me to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the hospital</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">because without even realizing it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was</font> bleeding<font color="#CCCCCC"> from multiple areas</font> I had gashes all over my abdomen<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font> right eye was<font color="#E5E5E5"> completely swollen shut</font> I was admitted<font color="#E5E5E5"> they did a bunch of tests</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">a couple of police</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> officers came in and</font> talked to me I<font color="#E5E5E5"> gave them a statement and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">thanked them for trying the best to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">figure</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> everything out</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it is now June and</font> I have heard nothing no arrests<font color="#CCCCCC"> made</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but</font> two more<font color="#E5E5E5"> girls have been assaulted</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">around that area since and I hope I</font> never see that man who took away<font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font> sanity that<font color="#E5E5E5"> night again for context in</font> the present time a 21 year<font color="#E5E5E5"> old male when</font> the story took<font color="#CCCCCC"> place I was an 18 year</font> old female I'm transgender and<font color="#E5E5E5"> the story</font> happened before I began<font color="#E5E5E5"> transitioning</font> when<font color="#E5E5E5"> I presented</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> as a female</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I had this</font> best<font color="#E5E5E5"> friend who for the sake</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of the</font> story<font color="#CCCCCC"> I shall deem Carley Carley was a</font> few<font color="#E5E5E5"> years older than</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was more outgoing</font> and more interested in drug experimentation<font color="#CCCCCC"> than I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this being</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the case</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Leonard</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> meet all sorts of characters</font> which in turn led<font color="#E5E5E5"> us into some very</font> interesting situations<font color="#E5E5E5"> this one being no</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">different just more dangerous I received</font> a text<font color="#E5E5E5"> from her which read along the</font> lines of hey my friend<font color="#E5E5E5"> might is to go</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">over</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he down I had nothing better</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to do</font> and she was at the<font color="#CCCCCC"> time my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> best friend</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">not thinking twice I agreed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and prepared</font> to<font color="#E5E5E5"> be picked up by</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> her when we</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> were</font> together<font color="#CCCCCC"> we went to her</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> place for our</font> ritual<font color="#CCCCCC"> bomb hoots before taking off on</font> in our adventure her<font color="#E5E5E5"> explaining how her</font> friend lives<font color="#E5E5E5"> in the next</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> town over which</font> was a<font color="#CCCCCC"> 40-minute drive at least once we</font> were<font color="#CCCCCC"> satisfied with</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> her high we set off</font> to<font color="#CCCCCC"> this friend's place I do want to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">mention</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that I recognize how dangerous</font> of behavior<font color="#E5E5E5"> this was for us</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to be</font> operating a vehicle under the<font color="#E5E5E5"> influence</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">looking back</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at it it was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> very</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">irresponsible and we were</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> putting not</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">only ourselves but everyone in the road</font> at risk with<font color="#CCCCCC"> our behavior the drive to</font> this guy's house was nothing to write <font color="#CCCCCC">home about</font> when I arrived I<font color="#E5E5E5"> was introduced to who I</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">will call</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Liam and his friend Daniel</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">after I was acquainted with Carly's new</font> friends we set off<font color="#E5E5E5"> into their basement</font> to<font color="#CCCCCC"> the designated</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> smoke room to hang out</font> it wasn't<font color="#CCCCCC"> a very big</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> room no bigger than</font> a decently sized ensuite bathroom it <font color="#E5E5E5">spotted the TV</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> setup coffee table and</font> couch the only other available<font color="#E5E5E5"> seating was a</font> bunch of pillows<font color="#CCCCCC"> and blankets inside the</font> closet adjacent to the couch<font color="#E5E5E5"> after</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">smoking some more Carly</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and I chose to</font> sit<font color="#CCCCCC"> inside the closet on top of the</font> cushioning there wasn't a lot of<font color="#E5E5E5"> room</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">but we didn't mind being pressed</font> together<font color="#E5E5E5"> in a small</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> space I don't</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">remember what the events</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> our</font> conversation was leading up to this moment<font color="#CCCCCC"> but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in a split second the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> whole</font> vibe<font color="#CCCCCC"> changed</font> Liam leaned over the<font color="#E5E5E5"> armrest of the</font> couch<font color="#CCCCCC"> so his body faced us since we were</font> sitting practically on<font color="#E5E5E5"> the floor from</font> our point<font color="#E5E5E5"> of view we</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> were staring up at</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">him do you know that I could jump off</font> this couch and<font color="#E5E5E5"> start strangling you</font> right now if I wanted<font color="#CCCCCC"> to he said this</font> with beady eyes darting from<font color="#CCCCCC"> the both of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">us this is when my heart started racing</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my body froze</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Carly was unfazed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she</font> took it as a challenge<font color="#CCCCCC"> and laughed in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">his</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> face Liam reached behind to grab a</font> long piece of<font color="#CCCCCC"> material</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that I soon</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">identified as a shoelace he think this</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">is a joke he taunted</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I'll wrap this</font> around your<font color="#E5E5E5"> pretty little necks again</font> Carly laughed<font color="#E5E5E5"> oblivious to the</font> seriousness in his<font color="#CCCCCC"> demeanor</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> thinking was</font> just playing a prank<font color="#E5E5E5"> he looked at me do</font> I<font color="#CCCCCC"> scare you while cocking his</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> head</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">slightly I didn't respond I stared</font> through him while my<font color="#E5E5E5"> heart raced you</font> know if I wanted<font color="#CCCCCC"> to I could end you</font> right now<font color="#E5E5E5"> I could do it if I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> really</font> wanted to<font color="#E5E5E5"> I could and something in him</font> changed<font color="#E5E5E5"> he was back</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the pleasant guy</font> he was when<font color="#E5E5E5"> I'd first met him he plopped</font> himself back into<font color="#E5E5E5"> his seat and chatted</font> idly<font color="#E5E5E5"> with his friend Daniel I had enough</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I wanted to go I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> wanted to leave then</font> and there<font color="#CCCCCC"> I texted Carly who brushed me</font> off and said<font color="#CCCCCC"> we should</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> stay a little</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">longer</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she was having</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> fun she said I</font> excused myself to the bathroom where I began to have a<font color="#E5E5E5"> full-blown panic attack</font> at this point it<font color="#E5E5E5"> was 1 a.m.</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I was somewhere I'd never been before</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and an hour's drive to my house</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I called</font> my friend who answered promptly at this point I was<font color="#E5E5E5"> trying to hush my hysterical</font> cries<font color="#E5E5E5"> on the phone I relay the situation</font> my friend<font color="#CCCCCC"> and how this guy I didn't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> know</font> was threatening<font color="#E5E5E5"> us how I knew he</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> wasn't</font> joking but how<font color="#E5E5E5"> Carly was playing it off as he</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">was after a few</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> moments I had calmed</font> down and<font color="#E5E5E5"> my friend offered to drive the</font> hour to come get me<font color="#E5E5E5"> I declined this</font> while on the phone<font color="#E5E5E5"> with him Carly texted</font> me saying how she was<font color="#E5E5E5"> gathering her</font> stuff and<font color="#E5E5E5"> that we would leave I got off</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> phone my friend and call myself down</font> further<font color="#E5E5E5"> before leaving the upstairs</font> bathroom standing in the<font color="#E5E5E5"> middle of the</font> dark kitchen was Liam<font color="#CCCCCC"> I nearly jumped</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">out of my skin when I heard his voice</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">are you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> okay</font> he seemed upset<font color="#CCCCCC"> I didn't answer I rushed</font> past him<font color="#E5E5E5"> downstairs to collect my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> things</font> and Carly we didn't speak about<font color="#CCCCCC"> what</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">happened on the way</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> home</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I did</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bring it</font> up because<font color="#E5E5E5"> we experienced it from two</font> completely<font color="#E5E5E5"> different perspectives and</font> didn't mention<font color="#CCCCCC"> it earlier but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Liam was</font> some guy she had met on a<font color="#CCCCCC"> dating website</font> plenty of fish<font color="#E5E5E5"> she was infatuated with</font> this<font color="#E5E5E5"> guy</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so it clouded her judgment of</font> what a piece of<font color="#CCCCCC"> work he was much later</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">on after this night Liam was arrested it</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">was discovered</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> by medical professionals</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">after he was released that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he suffered</font> from<font color="#CCCCCC"> a plethora of previously</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">undiagnosed mental health issues out of</font> respect for his<font color="#E5E5E5"> privacy I won't detail</font> what they were I will<font color="#E5E5E5"> say that they were</font> most definitely<font color="#CCCCCC"> the root of his behavior</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> last time that I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> had heard about him</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">he had been placed on anti-psychotic</font> medication<font color="#CCCCCC"> I hope that man continues to</font> get<font color="#E5E5E5"> the help</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he deserves</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> especially</font> before<font color="#E5E5E5"> he harms himself</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> or anyone else</font> for that matter [Music] at the time<font color="#E5E5E5"> of the story I was around</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">three or</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> four years</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> old</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I'm 18 now</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">blond-haired blue-eyed girl and I've</font> always liked<font color="#E5E5E5"> to think</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of myself as</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a</font> pretty nice<font color="#CCCCCC"> person a little backstory to</font> my<font color="#CCCCCC"> situation I was living with</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my mom</font> grandma<font color="#E5E5E5"> and aunt in a duplex located in</font> a fairly<font color="#CCCCCC"> large</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> city believe it or not</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the city that I did happen</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to live in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">didn't have</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a whole lot of creepy people</font> or my family was<font color="#E5E5E5"> just very good at</font> keeping me<font color="#E5E5E5"> from that side of the world</font> my mom had recently<font color="#E5E5E5"> gotten out of an</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">abusive relationship with this guy who</font> happened to be<font color="#E5E5E5"> my dad and we were going</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">through a pretty rough patch a few more</font> months passed and<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Christmastime</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">on this particular</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> day my mom and I were</font> at the<font color="#E5E5E5"> store buying</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> some groceries it</font> was a completely<font color="#E5E5E5"> normal trip that was</font> until we got<font color="#CCCCCC"> to the end</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of it which</font> didn't mind to check out and some lady was on her way<font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> when she noticed me</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and abruptly approached she was probably</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> her late 30s early 40s with long</font> brown<font color="#E5E5E5"> hair</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that reached to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> about the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">middle of her back she was a little</font> shorter than<font color="#E5E5E5"> my mom she is</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 510</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was</font> pretty skinny she smiled then I assumed it<font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font> supposed to be warming but it was far <font color="#E5E5E5">from it she</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> said hello in a semi</font> friendly tone<font color="#CCCCCC"> I smiled back and said</font> hello trying to be polite<font color="#E5E5E5"> I tried to</font> scoot closer to my<font color="#E5E5E5"> mom but there was a</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">carton between us this woman then</font> started asking me questions<font color="#CCCCCC"> such as how</font> old are you is<font color="#E5E5E5"> that your mom</font> part of me found no harm in<font color="#E5E5E5"> answering</font> her questions and<font color="#E5E5E5"> the other part of me</font> was<font color="#CCCCCC"> hoping if I gave her what she</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> wanted</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">she</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> would leave</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> us alone</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I told her what she</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> wanted to know and</font> she<font color="#E5E5E5"> continued to get closer and closer</font> with<font color="#E5E5E5"> every minute she then asked me if I</font> had seen<font color="#E5E5E5"> Santa yet my youthful eyes grew</font> wide and my heart raced<font color="#E5E5E5"> excitement</font> getting the better of<font color="#E5E5E5"> me I told her</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">hadn't and asked where he was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she</font> explained that he<font color="#CCCCCC"> was in the back</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of the</font> store<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that she could take</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to him</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">before</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she could</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> get another word and I</font> turned<font color="#E5E5E5"> to my mom and asked her loudly if</font> I could go<font color="#CCCCCC"> with</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this person to go see</font> Santa<font color="#E5E5E5"> she looked at me confused and</font> realized the woman standing<font color="#CCCCCC"> there and</font> you could<font color="#E5E5E5"> see her mama bear</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> attitude</font> start to kick in<font color="#CCCCCC"> she smiled</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> obviously</font> annoyed at this person standing uncomfortably close to<font color="#E5E5E5"> her</font> did she then<font color="#E5E5E5"> started talking</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> directly to</font> the stranger letting her know<font color="#CCCCCC"> that we</font> were going<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the mall soon to take</font> pictures<font color="#CCCCCC"> with him</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> anyway and that she</font> appreciates the offer<font color="#E5E5E5"> but it wouldn't be</font> necessary<font color="#E5E5E5"> she quickly paid for our food</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> started to push the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> card out from</font> between<font color="#E5E5E5"> me and her the woman</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> then</font> insisted<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was no big</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> deal and that she</font> would bring<font color="#E5E5E5"> me back</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> as soon as</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I got</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> see him she then proceeded to grab my arm<font color="#E5E5E5"> lightly and tuck me in one way my</font> mom<font color="#E5E5E5"> became horrified as she rushed to my</font> side<font color="#CCCCCC"> and lifted me into the car to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">insisted we didn't need her help the</font> woman then had the audacity to<font color="#CCCCCC"> tell my</font> mom<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> suit herself in an annoyed tone</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and turn</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on a heel out of the store not</font> shopping<font color="#E5E5E5"> at all she never had a cart or</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">handheld basket</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I have since moved</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> from</font> that city<font color="#E5E5E5"> and moved out to be on my own</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and have luckily never seen this woman</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">again</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and had</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> been lucky</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> enough</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> not to</font> run into<font color="#CCCCCC"> any</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> more situations like this I</font> think back<font color="#CCCCCC"> to this scenario</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> every once</font> in a<font color="#CCCCCC"> while</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and think of what would have</font> happened<font color="#E5E5E5"> had I not asked my mom to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> go</font> with the stranger<font color="#E5E5E5"> or if she had grabbed</font> my arm more forcefully and<font color="#E5E5E5"> pulled me</font> away<font color="#E5E5E5"> without caring</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> what kind of</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">attention she</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> might get I'm glad the</font> situation<font color="#E5E5E5"> played out how it did though</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> know this is long<font color="#E5E5E5"> overdue</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and I have</font> never really<font color="#CCCCCC"> thought to have a reason to</font> say this until<font color="#CCCCCC"> now</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the creepy lady in</font> the store no I don't want to meet<font color="#E5E5E5"> Santa</font> [Music] before I begin<font color="#CCCCCC"> I just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> like</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to say that</font> I'm a<font color="#E5E5E5"> normal 19 year old guy with no</font> history<font color="#E5E5E5"> of mental</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> illness or drug usage</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">those facts will be important later</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font> few months<font color="#CCCCCC"> ago I had my first real</font> unexplainable experience late at night<font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> was sleeping<font color="#CCCCCC"> in the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> living room of my</font> grandmother's house<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> due</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to the lack</font> of bedrooms<font color="#CCCCCC"> and for the most</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> part the</font> night seemed normal I just stayed up<font color="#CCCCCC"> until about 11:00 at</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">night and decided</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I should get to sleep</font> before work in the morning<font color="#E5E5E5"> I woke up at</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">about 3:00 a.m. or some</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> ungodly hour in</font> the early morning<font color="#E5E5E5"> to an eerie feeling</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that someone may be watching me</font> soon after I heard a kind<font color="#E5E5E5"> of gentle</font> scraping this<font color="#E5E5E5"> only</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> became more</font> terrifying because situated behind<font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">was a large glass door out of my line of</font> sight<font color="#CCCCCC"> I didn't move</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> because I almost</font> didn't want<font color="#E5E5E5"> to see what was given</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">this paranoid feeling or what could be</font> peering<font color="#CCCCCC"> inside of me making that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> noise</font> like a kid hiding<font color="#E5E5E5"> under the covers</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> just tried to go<font color="#E5E5E5"> back to sleep but</font> feeling so uncomfortably scared I couldn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> it took all of my willpower to</font> try and keep my eyes closed as I knew if I<font color="#E5E5E5"> had opened</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> them whatever</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was there</font> would know that<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> wasn't asleep</font> eventually<font color="#CCCCCC"> I couldn't resist</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> looking out</font> the large glass window so I shifted<font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font> body on<font color="#E5E5E5"> one side so</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that I could very</font> narrowly open my eyes to peek<font color="#E5E5E5"> at what</font> made that<font color="#E5E5E5"> noise</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> outside still it sounded</font> as if<font color="#E5E5E5"> though someone was shuffling their</font> feet on the back porch outside<font color="#CCCCCC"> the door</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">but terror set in as I didn't know if</font> the door<font color="#E5E5E5"> was actually locked slowly</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> opened my eyes ever so slightly<font color="#E5E5E5"> to see</font> something<font color="#E5E5E5"> that I know I wasn't supposed</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to see</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> right outside</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the door standing</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">maybe six feet tall was a black figure</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">in a long cloak sort of outfit it was</font> not human<font color="#E5E5E5"> but it seemed to be human like</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">his eyes were</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so big</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> black that I</font> was almost<font color="#E5E5E5"> stunned he was raising his</font> hand and scraping what looked like long thin fingers<font color="#E5E5E5"> down the glass up and down</font> over<font color="#CCCCCC"> and over so slowly I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in a state</font> of<font color="#CCCCCC"> complete panic should I scream should</font> I run<font color="#CCCCCC"> or should I just lay there</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> where I</font> hoping that<font color="#CCCCCC"> this was all some horrible</font> dream<font color="#CCCCCC"> that last thought somehow claimed</font> me a bit this couldn't be real as I had been asleep and this seems a very <font color="#E5E5E5">rational explanation however</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my brain</font> began<font color="#CCCCCC"> to realize that I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in the exact</font> same room I had fallen asleep in<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> there was no way that<font color="#E5E5E5"> this was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just a</font> dream<font color="#E5E5E5"> my aura returned in waves as I</font> knew that<font color="#CCCCCC"> he was still</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> there</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Dorn maybe</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> lock for him to enter</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> as soon as he</font> grabs the door handle I knew<font color="#CCCCCC"> had to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> take</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it upon</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> myself to lock the door and I</font> had to do it quick because any moment<font color="#CCCCCC"> he</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">could get inside</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my adrenaline kicked in</font> full force as I threw my covers aside <font color="#CCCCCC">jumping off the couch and starting a mad</font> dash<font color="#E5E5E5"> towards the door as I got up it saw</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and made a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> horrible scream</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it didn't</font> stop my efforts and I continued towards the door as fast<font color="#E5E5E5"> as I could</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I fumbled</font> with<font color="#E5E5E5"> the lock and was able</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to engage</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font> quickly<font color="#E5E5E5"> slowly and lifted my gaze</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> from</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> handle through the door into</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> face of<font color="#CCCCCC"> what had caused me all this</font> terror<font color="#E5E5E5"> it stood there motionless</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> its</font> hands had stopped the constant scraping on the<font color="#E5E5E5"> glass it just stared back at me</font> as I felt<font color="#E5E5E5"> helpless and paralyzed after</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font> moment<font color="#E5E5E5"> it began to walk</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> away from the</font> door into the<font color="#E5E5E5"> field behind</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a house I</font> watched it<font color="#CCCCCC"> go until it was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> out of sight</font> never<font color="#E5E5E5"> leaving my post at the door and</font> hours later<font color="#E5E5E5"> and went back</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to the couch</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and passed out</font> still writhed with<font color="#E5E5E5"> fear in the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> morning I</font> told no one<font color="#CCCCCC"> from fear of them not</font> believing<font color="#CCCCCC"> me I wasn't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> ready to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> accept</font> the fact that<font color="#E5E5E5"> either I was crazy or</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> had experienced something<font color="#E5E5E5"> that no one</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">would ever believe or understand</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a few</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">days later I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> had tried my best to push</font> whatever<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> mind I had</font> resumed my normal<font color="#CCCCCC"> activities and as I</font> drove home<font color="#E5E5E5"> for my night classes about</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">10:00 p.m. I felt as if though I had</font> finally<font color="#E5E5E5"> moved past it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I drove down</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a</font> long stretch<font color="#CCCCCC"> of road only dimly</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> lit by</font> gas stations and truck<font color="#E5E5E5"> stops</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I noticed a</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">figure in between the illuminated signs</font> and empty buildings<font color="#E5E5E5"> it stood there it</font> watched my car<font color="#E5E5E5"> approached and it</font> followed my car with its head until<font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> far down the road and out of sight</font> it didn't move<font color="#E5E5E5"> it just watched and it</font> knew<font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it was me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a few months have</font> passed and<font color="#CCCCCC"> I haven't had</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> any more</font> experiences<font color="#E5E5E5"> but I am always very</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">cautious as it may be watching me again</font> [Music] so my<font color="#CCCCCC"> fiance moved in with me at my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">parents house about a month ago and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we</font> both<font color="#E5E5E5"> noticed some weird things that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> have</font> been happening<font color="#CCCCCC"> primarily to us</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I've</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">always had weird things happen to me</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">especially after we moved 2 years ago</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it all seems to have gotten worse</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">when we moved in the first thing I've</font> noticed<font color="#E5E5E5"> a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> small injuries on me and him</font> I've woken up with small cuts in<font color="#E5E5E5"> my hand</font> and wrist<font color="#E5E5E5"> over the last few</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> weeks and</font> then<font color="#CCCCCC"> suddenly</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a large scratched on my</font> leg as for him he<font color="#CCCCCC"> is woken</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> up with the</font> bruise on his forehead that<font color="#E5E5E5"> looked</font> almost like<font color="#E5E5E5"> a thumbprint we don't have</font> anything near<font color="#CCCCCC"> her in her bed that could</font> cause these<font color="#E5E5E5"> minor injuries and it's just</font> weird<font color="#E5E5E5"> the really scary thing that</font> happened though<font color="#CCCCCC"> was that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the other night</font> when he<font color="#E5E5E5"> was sleeping he started</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> talking</font> and pointing<font color="#CCCCCC"> to something</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in the corner</font> of my<font color="#CCCCCC"> room I woke up and looked over and</font> saw dark shadow for a few seconds and then<font color="#CCCCCC"> it was gone</font> he had been speaking<font color="#CCCCCC"> panic gibberish for</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the entire thing until</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> suddenly he very</font> clearly says she's spinning<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was really</font> freaked out by then and asked him<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> repeat<font color="#E5E5E5"> himself</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he said yeah</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> she's over</font> there spinning<font color="#E5E5E5"> and then promptly went</font> back to bed<font color="#E5E5E5"> leaving me alone to panic</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">before</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he moved in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at least three people</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">including myself have all heard a woman</font> outside<font color="#E5E5E5"> my hall</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> - me and my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> sisters</font> rooms<font color="#CCCCCC"> talking and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> crying we've heard it</font> all around the same time in the same <font color="#E5E5E5">nights my mom's boyfriend</font> even asked me who I was<font color="#CCCCCC"> talking to that</font> night since he assumed it was one<font color="#CCCCCC"> of us</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I only mentioned this because my fiance</font> had talked<font color="#CCCCCC"> about a woman spinning in our</font> room I just<font color="#E5E5E5"> don't know what</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to do I'm</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">not bothered too much by strange sights</font> and sounds but when it starts getting slightly physical as when I start to <font color="#CCCCCC">become worried I've dealt with hauntings</font> most of my life<font color="#E5E5E5"> and a lot</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of strange</font> occurrences<font color="#CCCCCC"> I try to debunk but</font> have an explanation for<font color="#CCCCCC"> these ones so</font> this happened while I worked at a daycare<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was a full-time</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> three year old</font> teacher<font color="#CCCCCC"> I had</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> seven kids in the class</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">they were</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> touch</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and go with listening</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> following my directions</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but I'm so</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">grateful that on this day they listened</font> so each room had outside time there was the<font color="#CCCCCC"> Blue Room which had two teachers</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Red Room the room I worked in had three</font> yellow room had two teachers<font color="#E5E5E5"> in green</font> room had two when each room went<font color="#CCCCCC"> outside</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">they had another teacher</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to help with</font> the kids<font color="#E5E5E5"> but I didn't I was always on my</font> own with my<font color="#E5E5E5"> seven kids being outside</font> alone on the playground<font color="#E5E5E5"> was seven</font> stir-crazy three-year-olds never made me nervous or uneasy but today the church that was<font color="#E5E5E5"> connected</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to the daycare</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font> having a garage<font color="#CCCCCC"> sale so the parking lot</font> was<font color="#CCCCCC"> full of cars</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the playground is about</font> a<font color="#E5E5E5"> hundred</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> fifty yards away from</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> church<font color="#CCCCCC"> in daycare entrance that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they</font> care had no way<font color="#E5E5E5"> to see the playground</font> since it was<font color="#E5E5E5"> behind the building so we</font> had<font color="#CCCCCC"> walkie talkies and as you may have</font> guessed the walkie talkies didn't always <font color="#E5E5E5">reach the building so clear anyway while</font> we were out playing<font color="#E5E5E5"> a car it entered</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> thought nothing of it<font color="#CCCCCC"> but it drove by</font> the playground which was fenced in<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> locked<font color="#CCCCCC"> I had the keys and backed around</font> the lot<font color="#E5E5E5"> of cars to the entrance without</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">stopping they drove back around to the</font> playground and slowed passing by us<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> thought it was possibly a parent but they<font color="#CCCCCC"> know</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> two o'clock their child out at</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> front desk</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> they drove around again</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> this time stopped completely in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">front of the playground the windows were</font> tinted so I<font color="#E5E5E5"> couldn't see who it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was</font> the kids were<font color="#CCCCCC"> oblivious to this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">started to become uncomfortable they</font> drove around<font color="#E5E5E5"> again and as they were</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">driving around I radio to the office hey</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Ashley there's a maroon SUV driving</font> around the<font color="#CCCCCC"> parking lot they driven</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in</font> circles at least four times<font color="#E5E5E5"> and keeps</font> stopping<font color="#E5E5E5"> in front</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of the playground</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I waited a while and got back static by</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">this time they had turned</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> back around</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and the passenger got out and just stood</font> by the SUV I quickly yelled<font color="#CCCCCC"> friends let's come over</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">here</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and ushered</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> them to the furthest</font> corner of the playground<font color="#CCCCCC"> I frantically</font> radioed again still static<font color="#E5E5E5"> the kids were</font> asking<font color="#CCCCCC"> questions</font> finally the driver got<font color="#CCCCCC"> out and yelled</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">how many kids you got</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> over there</font> need any help playing with them the driver was dressed in dirty jeans<font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a</font> torn<font color="#CCCCCC"> shirt</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the passenger dressed the</font> same<font color="#E5E5E5"> way</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> step closer to the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> fence the</font> kids were asking who they were<font color="#CCCCCC"> I told</font> him<font color="#E5E5E5"> to stay put</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with all</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my strength I</font> walked over to them they smiled slyly and<font color="#CCCCCC"> the driver said well you're</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a pretty</font> tall drink of<font color="#CCCCCC"> water his room</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> for you and</font> the kids in<font color="#E5E5E5"> the back of the car my</font> stomach<font color="#E5E5E5"> dropped</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and my mouth dried up</font> somehow and<font color="#E5E5E5"> the sternest voice I could</font> manage<font color="#CCCCCC"> I looked the driver straight in</font> the eyes<font color="#CCCCCC"> and said if</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you touch my kids</font> I'll kill you they laughed<font color="#CCCCCC"> but I kept their gaze and</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">said try me I slowly raised the radio to</font> my mouth holding their gaze I said call <font color="#E5E5E5">911 right now</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to there and my surprise</font> the director came back or dialing them what's happening before I could reply <font color="#E5E5E5">back they ran to their car and peeled</font> out but<font color="#E5E5E5"> not before I got there make</font> model and plate number<font color="#E5E5E5"> immediately after</font> I saw them leave the parking lot I yelled at<font color="#E5E5E5"> my kids to run with me to the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">entrance</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> as soon as we had walked</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">through the doors the director and some</font> staff were waiting for<font color="#CCCCCC"> us</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I burst into</font> tears and<font color="#E5E5E5"> hug my kids close to me the</font> cops came and I gave him<font color="#E5E5E5"> a statement but</font> never heard anything from them<font color="#E5E5E5"> I've</font> since then left the<font color="#E5E5E5"> daycare but</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it will</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">always be grateful that the kids put</font> their listening ears<font color="#CCCCCC"> on that day</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I moved in with</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my girlfriend</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> two years</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">ago</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she is a widower I am divorced her</font> husband<font color="#E5E5E5"> passed due to a self-induced</font> insulin coma<font color="#E5E5E5"> since we dated and after I</font> moved in<font color="#E5E5E5"> she had told me that she hears</font> her name being called when in the bedroom<font color="#E5E5E5"> closet</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I have seen a shadowy</font> figure walk across the<font color="#E5E5E5"> living room</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> asked if it<font color="#E5E5E5"> was her since I was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> at the</font> kitchen<font color="#E5E5E5"> table</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and she was doing crunches</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">in the living room I couldn't see her</font> until she stood<font color="#CCCCCC"> up and said she hadn't</font> walked across the room<font color="#E5E5E5"> the worst thing</font> that happened so far<font color="#E5E5E5"> was early on a</font> Saturday<font color="#CCCCCC"> morning I had set</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my alarm for</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">5:30 a.m. just</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> before the alarm went off</font> I woke up<font color="#CCCCCC"> suddenly in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my girlfriend was</font> not in bed<font color="#CCCCCC"> and the shower was running as</font> soon as I<font color="#E5E5E5"> realized where she was the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">bathroom mirror hit the floor that</font> mirror<font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> frame like a picture and hung</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">on a wire like a picture</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I ran into the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">bathroom and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she was looking</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of the</font> shower<font color="#CCCCCC"> she was clearly not</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> fully awake</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> looked very confused she said a</font> voice told her to get<font color="#CCCCCC"> in the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> shower and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">she doesn't remember</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> anything until the</font> mirror crashed the mirror didn't land <font color="#E5E5E5">face down or disturbed the bottles in</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> counter the way the hook tore out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the wall was up like it had been grabbed</font> and yanked the mirror was laying glass side up<font color="#E5E5E5"> halfway between the sink basin</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">in the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> shower there</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was either a real or</font> imagined presence in the bathroom and closet<font color="#E5E5E5"> area</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of the house and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> she works</font> from<font color="#E5E5E5"> home</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she is reported hearing things</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> sometimes seeing a figure at</font> different places around the house [Music] this happened to me the first<font color="#CCCCCC"> time about</font> four years<font color="#E5E5E5"> ago and has</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> since happened</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">two other</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> times I think about</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it often</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">so I decided maybe by talking about</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">here I can</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> let</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my mind</font> near where I live in<font color="#E5E5E5"> California there's</font> a woodsy road that<font color="#E5E5E5"> runs parallel to the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">freeway</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and it's normally less crowded</font> so it's been my<font color="#E5E5E5"> choice of road for this</font> direction for years one night I was leaving<font color="#E5E5E5"> work pretty late and took that</font> road home like I normally do<font color="#CCCCCC"> every day</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">this was the latest I'd ever been on</font> this road<font color="#CCCCCC"> around 1:00 a.m. I was driving</font> like normal with all<font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> windows down</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">this warm summer night with my music up</font> pretty loud just<font color="#E5E5E5"> decompressing from the</font> day towards<font color="#E5E5E5"> the end of the road there's</font> a memorial<font color="#E5E5E5"> for a couple who had died</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on</font> that road and<font color="#CCCCCC"> it's been years</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so I'm</font> used<font color="#CCCCCC"> to seeing it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this night I passed it</font> like any other<font color="#E5E5E5"> time but this</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> time</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">everything got slow like it wasn't</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font> real time<font color="#E5E5E5"> anymore</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I don't even remember</font> hearing<font color="#CCCCCC"> my music anymore even</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> though the</font> volume hadn't changed<font color="#CCCCCC"> I focus on the</font> road in front of<font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and I could see a</font> cloudy mist<font color="#E5E5E5"> like low fog and as I drove</font> through it I felt like electricity<font color="#CCCCCC"> was going</font> through<font color="#CCCCCC"> all my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> body like my teeth had</font> electrical currents<font color="#E5E5E5"> going through them</font> as soon as<font color="#CCCCCC"> I passed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> through it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">everything went back into real time</font> again and<font color="#E5E5E5"> I felt</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a wave of horrible</font> sadness and fear come over me like my <font color="#E5E5E5">own emotions weren't my own this whole</font> experience lasted<font color="#CCCCCC"> probably</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> two minutes</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">but it felt like</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> 20 I kept driving</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> wanted<font color="#E5E5E5"> to pull over and collect myself</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">but I also wanted to get off that road</font> as soon<font color="#CCCCCC"> as the road had ended on to the</font> main<font color="#CCCCCC"> Boulevard I felt so much better but</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">incredibly creeped out by what had just</font> happened<font color="#CCCCCC"> I stopped taking that road</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">until about a year later I had forgotten</font> the whole thing<font color="#E5E5E5"> by this time and ended</font> up on that road again<font color="#CCCCCC"> with</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my mom after</font> leaving<font color="#E5E5E5"> a late dinner</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and it happened</font> again<font color="#CCCCCC"> this time she felt it too and I</font> thought it again<font color="#E5E5E5"> the memories my</font> experience flashed back to<font color="#CCCCCC"> me as</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> soon as</font> I had saw that low fog again<font color="#E5E5E5"> up ahead</font> that horrible sad<font color="#E5E5E5"> an electrical feeling</font> surged through my body again<font color="#E5E5E5"> my mom said</font> she felt the same<font color="#CCCCCC"> thing my feeling is</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> the couple who died on that road</font> are not at<font color="#E5E5E5"> rest and seemed to stay near</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">their crash site or maybe it's residual</font> energy<font color="#CCCCCC"> from the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> impact of the crash I've</font> been wanting to go<font color="#CCCCCC"> back to that area</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> now</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that it's summertime again it's only</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">ever happened to me during summer</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but</font> I'm<font color="#CCCCCC"> afraid</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to since is a full-body</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">experience that makes me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> really tired</font> afterwards<font color="#E5E5E5"> has anyone else ever had an</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">experience like this</font> [Music] <font color="#CCCCCC">I got on the bus</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> says I did every day to</font> go<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> work that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> morning I was smiling</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">because I had</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just read</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> something funny</font> before<font color="#E5E5E5"> the bus had arrived and I was</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">thinking about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> beware of</font> consuming<font color="#CCCCCC"> terry pratchett books in</font> public as<font color="#CCCCCC"> i looked for an</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> empty seat</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> i</font> accidentally broke the cardinal rule of <font color="#CCCCCC">british public transportation and met</font> the eye of a fellow<font color="#CCCCCC"> passenger</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he was an</font> older<font color="#E5E5E5"> sweet-looking grandfatherly asian</font> man probably in his<font color="#CCCCCC"> mid-50s he</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">brightened up and smiled at me and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">realized oh crap</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> now he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> thinks I'm</font> smiling at him<font color="#CCCCCC"> yeah</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> oh well</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> nodded</font> to<font color="#E5E5E5"> him as I made my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> way to his seat a</font> few<font color="#E5E5E5"> rows behind him just a random polite</font> inconsequential exchange right the next <font color="#CCCCCC">day he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was on the bus again when I</font> caught it<font color="#E5E5E5"> and patted the empty spot</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> next</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to him when I got on I shook</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my head and</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">went to another empty</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> seat and after the</font> bus was moving<font color="#CCCCCC"> he got up and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to my</font> horror came and sat next<font color="#E5E5E5"> to me after a</font> few<font color="#CCCCCC"> minutes he leaned in and whispered</font> you<font color="#CCCCCC"> smile so beautiful like</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> an</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> angel</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">should be with the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Angels and then he</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">patted my knee kindly every day he was</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">on the bus I tried varying times as much</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">as I could considering I was going to</font> work<font color="#E5E5E5"> but</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he was always</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> there I would</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">just stand by the front</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> even if there</font> were seats<font color="#E5E5E5"> and the first note was pushed</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">through my letterbox</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and you were</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">watching television with your mother</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">you're a good daughter I am right like</font> an<font color="#E5E5E5"> angel</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I found footprints in the flowerbed</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">under the living</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> room window from then</font> on we<font color="#E5E5E5"> drew the curtains the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> notes kept</font> coming<font color="#E5E5E5"> over a period of about three</font> months and gradually got worse an angel should<font color="#E5E5E5"> fly to heaven you're too</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">good for us I won't make wings for you</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and you will smile down on me forever</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and went to the police and they told me</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that yes it all sounded pretty bad</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> there</font> was nothing they could do because<font color="#E5E5E5"> he'd</font> done<font color="#CCCCCC"> nothing physically violent</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to me he</font> attacks you they said call us<font color="#E5E5E5"> a week</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">later I opened</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the door</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to go to work</font> and there was a dead<font color="#E5E5E5"> white dove on its</font> back with<font color="#CCCCCC"> its</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> wings spread on my front</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">doorstep</font> and another note<font color="#CCCCCC"> I will give you friends</font> for<font color="#E5E5E5"> heaven first</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> an angel will need</font> messengers<font color="#CCCCCC"> I looked</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> down at the port</font> dead bird and realized then this<font color="#CCCCCC"> wasn't</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">going to stop and no one would help me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> took<font color="#E5E5E5"> the next day off</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of work</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> somehow</font> found<font color="#E5E5E5"> a new place</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to move</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> into the next</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">day and hired a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> moving truck I think</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">fear overpowered me the whole</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> night</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> drew the curtains and despite<font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font> mother's protests she was<font color="#E5E5E5"> in end-stage</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">cancer and I cared for her she lived</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">with me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> as a result</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> somehow I packed the</font> entire house up including my mom and her cat I didn't sleep and<font color="#E5E5E5"> honestly don't</font> entirely remember that night but by<font color="#CCCCCC"> 9</font> a.m.<font color="#CCCCCC"> when the truck rolled up everything</font> was ready<font color="#E5E5E5"> to get carried out I had the</font> truck<font color="#E5E5E5"> drive us almost 100 miles out of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the city</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and then take a scenic</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> route</font> back<font color="#E5E5E5"> to the other side of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> town</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we were</font> in our new place<font color="#CCCCCC"> that night that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> night</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> sat on the stairs and watched the letterbox<font color="#CCCCCC"> I fell asleep there and when I</font> woke up<font color="#E5E5E5"> in the morning</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I cried</font> there was no note on the mat<font color="#E5E5E5"> I caught</font> the bus<font color="#CCCCCC"> into work and to the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> horror of</font> all the other passengers<font color="#CCCCCC"> i ugly cried</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">wasn't there</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I never saw him again</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but I</font> was on edge<font color="#CCCCCC"> till I eventually moved</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> out</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">of the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> country a few years</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> later and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> haven't gotten on a bus<font color="#E5E5E5"> since</font> [Music] about two<font color="#CCCCCC"> years ago when I was a</font> freshman<font color="#E5E5E5"> in college</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> decided to go out</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">on a date with a guy I met</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">engineering class</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> about six and a</font> half feet<font color="#E5E5E5"> tall and used to play football</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">his presence accompanied by the fact</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> I was always used to living in a</font> very<font color="#E5E5E5"> safe neighborhood growing up made</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">me confident enough to go out late at</font> night we went to Olive Garden that night and had<font color="#CCCCCC"> a great</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> time when we finished</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">dinner</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it was about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> midnight</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and we had</font> to take<font color="#E5E5E5"> public transportation get to the</font> parking lot his car was parked at he <font color="#E5E5E5">commuted to school and would get his car</font> in the<font color="#CCCCCC"> evening the area wasn't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> too bad</font> so I never<font color="#CCCCCC"> really expected</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> what came</font> next<font color="#CCCCCC"> while on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the train</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we noticed that</font> there were<font color="#E5E5E5"> very few</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> people not</font> surprising considering the<font color="#CCCCCC"> hour</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> there</font> was a questionable<font color="#E5E5E5"> male sitting in the</font> back<font color="#E5E5E5"> the last car and a few casual</font> others situated more throughout<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">front</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> one maybe six of us in the train</font> in total paying<font color="#E5E5E5"> no mind to the man in</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> background</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> James and I elected to</font> sit in the front<font color="#E5E5E5"> of the back car</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">everything was perfectly fine</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> until the</font> strange man decided<font color="#E5E5E5"> to approach us</font> thankfully<font color="#E5E5E5"> I ended up on the window side</font> while James took the aisle but<font color="#CCCCCC"> I will</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">never forget what I saw as someone who</font> was blessed with<font color="#E5E5E5"> financial prosperity my</font> whole life I'd<font color="#E5E5E5"> never really seen</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> up</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">close</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> with poverty and poor</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> choices</font> could do to<font color="#CCCCCC"> someone</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the strange man had</font> layers upon layers<font color="#E5E5E5"> of jackets and pants</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> sagged uncomfortably low his face</font> looked horrible<font color="#CCCCCC"> he had dark circles and</font> gaunt features that made him<font color="#E5E5E5"> look</font> emaciated<font color="#CCCCCC"> his eyes were incredibly</font> bloodshot<font color="#E5E5E5"> and looked as if though they'd</font> pop out<font color="#CCCCCC"> of his skull at any moment</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> then</font> there were his teeth rotten and occasionally missing<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> quickly turned</font> away<font color="#E5E5E5"> not wanting to engage he never said</font> anything<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> us</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> thankfully but he didn't</font> march down the<font color="#CCCCCC"> aisle and stop at</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> roll<font color="#E5E5E5"> of seats James and I were sitting</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">at only to rummage around in his pants</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I'm not really</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> sure what he was doing</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and I don't think I want to know anyways</font> the man then returned to<font color="#E5E5E5"> his seat in the</font> back seemingly uninterested at that point my date<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I were beginning</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> feel pretty<font color="#E5E5E5"> uncomfortable</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so we got</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> up</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> decided to move to the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> front of the</font> car where the more normal<font color="#E5E5E5"> people</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> seemed</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> apparently that wasn't</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> okay</font> because<font color="#E5E5E5"> the man</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> immediately noticed us</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and followed us to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> front at this</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">point I was squeezing James's arm</font> silently warning him of<font color="#CCCCCC"> what was</font> happening<font color="#CCCCCC"> that wasn't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> much either of us</font> could<font color="#E5E5E5"> do though so we just sat</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> there</font> with<font color="#E5E5E5"> the other passengers</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and waited for</font> our stop which was<font color="#CCCCCC"> at the end of the</font> line when the doors opened James and I considered getting<font color="#E5E5E5"> up but all of us were</font> frozen<font color="#E5E5E5"> this strange man refused to get</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">off the train despite standing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> closest</font> to the doors instead<font color="#CCCCCC"> of leaving they</font> turned to all of us abruptly and<font color="#CCCCCC"> came</font> close to each of us staring<font color="#E5E5E5"> us dead in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the eye with an intensity</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that I can</font> only<font color="#CCCCCC"> describe as demonic minutes past It</font> was<font color="#CCCCCC"> as if he was looking</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> for a sign of</font> fear in each of us<font color="#CCCCCC"> when</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on of us</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> budged</font> and kept our cool he finally exited the <font color="#CCCCCC">train everyone</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> let out a sigh of relief</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and hopped off the man was nowhere in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">sight what an odd guy I thought thinking</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that everything was fine</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> James</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and I</font> headed to his car which happened to<font color="#E5E5E5"> be</font> at<font color="#E5E5E5"> the back of the lot we jogged because</font> we didn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> want to be out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> creep</font> any longer than<font color="#CCCCCC"> necessary and that</font> proved to<font color="#E5E5E5"> be wise when</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the dude</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> came out</font> of nowhere<font color="#E5E5E5"> moments later and decided</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> give chase James and I then sprinted as fast as we could across the dark parking<font color="#E5E5E5"> lot and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that would have been fine if</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I hadn't</font> you guessed it tripped to get to James's <font color="#CCCCCC">car in the most</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> direct way possible</font> James and I had to hop over<font color="#E5E5E5"> the cement</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">areas with plants</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that separate the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">sections of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the lot as a tall guy with a</font> huge stride he had no problem as just over a 5 foot person and flip-flops<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> managed but<font color="#E5E5E5"> I didn't expect</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> there to be</font> a stone<font color="#E5E5E5"> block those ones that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> stopped</font> you<font color="#E5E5E5"> from driving too far forward as well</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">my right foot landed on the stone block</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I felt a sharp pain and fell to the</font> ground<font color="#E5E5E5"> rolling a few times across the</font> uneven<font color="#E5E5E5"> scratchy pavement fairly</font> disoriented<font color="#CCCCCC"> i wobble to my feet</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and call</font> out<font color="#E5E5E5"> to James who was still sprinting on</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">ahead realizing I had fallen behind and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">was injured he rushed back and helped me</font> jog to<font color="#CCCCCC"> the car and while all this was</font> happening the crazy guy was snapping<font color="#E5E5E5"> at</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">our heels</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we somehow got to his car in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">time and locked the doors and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I'm glad</font> we did<font color="#CCCCCC"> because that deterred him enough</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to give up the chase</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> when I examine my</font> injuries it seemed<font color="#E5E5E5"> that I'd sprained my</font> ankle and ripped off multiple<font color="#E5E5E5"> chunks of</font> flesh<font color="#E5E5E5"> from both knees my lower legs were</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">covered in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> blood and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I thought it was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">about to go to the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> hospital but I</font> figured it wasn't life-threatening enough to do so parent had just<font color="#E5E5E5"> retired so my health</font> coverages was all over the place James drove me back to campus and<font color="#E5E5E5"> help</font> me hobble to my dorm where I went to the shower<font color="#E5E5E5"> to address my wounds Campus</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">health center</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> wasn't open that late I</font> then took a couple of pills<font color="#E5E5E5"> a Tylenol</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">since I'm allergic to ibuprofen and</font> proceeded to<font color="#E5E5E5"> pick bits of rock and glass</font> out of<font color="#CCCCCC"> my knee</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> with a manicure scissors</font> and tweezers I had available<font color="#E5E5E5"> needless</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> say I didn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> get much sleep that night</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">in the morning I went to the health</font> center<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> got properly treated</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was in</font> a wheelchair<font color="#CCCCCC"> for quite a while</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> after</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that and continued to bleed through my</font> bandages even weeks later who knows<font color="#CCCCCC"> what</font> the motivation<font color="#CCCCCC"> was and thankfully I</font> never saw him again because that creepy guy on the train was clearly out of his<font color="#E5E5E5"> mind</font> [Music] I've had a lot of strange jobs but one of the most<font color="#E5E5E5"> interesting was working for</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">a tax company based out of Texas</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I lived</font> in Kentucky<font color="#CCCCCC"> my home</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> state at the time</font> but<font color="#E5E5E5"> because his company contracted out</font> jobs remotely<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was able</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to make a very</font> good living<font color="#E5E5E5"> for performing tasks which</font> were generally<font color="#CCCCCC"> very</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> simple I had a work</font> partner<font color="#E5E5E5"> but not all the time</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and our</font> duty was to<font color="#E5E5E5"> travel all</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> over the eastern</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and central part</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of the state to County</font> Courthouse PVA offices<font color="#E5E5E5"> you might not</font> have those it's a small-town thing and researched delinquent property taxes we were then required<font color="#E5E5E5"> to compile a list of</font> properties who had delinquent taxes and submitted<font color="#CCCCCC"> to our boss she was our</font> primary contact in Texas<font color="#E5E5E5"> this part is</font> important because it<font color="#E5E5E5"> was the only reason</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">we would sometimes</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> have to deal with</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">hostile people and the company would</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">then</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> buy the taxes if the property</font> tickled their fancy and a letter was <font color="#CCCCCC">issued to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the owner of the property</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">stating that a certain amount of time</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">repay the amount</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm not sure what would</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">happen after</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that since that part</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> wasn't</font> my job<font color="#E5E5E5"> but I do know</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that people</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">immediately assumed because of lack of</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">knowledge or understanding</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the laws this</font> company was going<font color="#E5E5E5"> to take their property</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and throw them out into the streets</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">before</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the company brought the taxes</font> however<font color="#E5E5E5"> they would send us back a list</font> of the ones they were interested in and we would then<font color="#CCCCCC"> go out to the locations</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">photograph the property and then submit</font> all the photos to<font color="#CCCCCC"> our Texas contact</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">is where things got interesting it was</font> like the property owners had some kind of psychic<font color="#CCCCCC"> intuition about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> us they had</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">no</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> idea who we were or when we were</font> coming<font color="#CCCCCC"> since</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we worked almost on our own</font> schedule<font color="#CCCCCC"> they didn't know what</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> kind of</font> color of car we would be in yet<font color="#CCCCCC"> somehow</font> they would<font color="#CCCCCC"> frequently burst out their</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">front doors as we pulled up to shoot</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">photos of the location this made for</font> some interesting<font color="#CCCCCC"> and often</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> frightening</font> confrontations<font color="#E5E5E5"> after getting comfortable</font> with<font color="#E5E5E5"> the job I even came up with a</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">convincing story</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to tell angry property</font> owners when they chased us<font color="#CCCCCC"> down with</font> their car we're from the county<font color="#CCCCCC"> property valuation</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">administration we're just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> updating</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> our</font> property files and needed a current <font color="#E5E5E5">photo this would deescalate the</font> situation and they apologized for threatening<font color="#E5E5E5"> our</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> lives and sometimes</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">running us off the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> road to make us pull</font> over<font color="#CCCCCC"> I have a lot of stories from this</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">job but</font> here's the best<font color="#E5E5E5"> one we were deep in the</font> hills<font color="#E5E5E5"> of Eastern Kentucky one day</font> searching desperately for<font color="#CCCCCC"> a single-wide</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">trailer from our list we found a holler</font> matching our directions this<font color="#E5E5E5"> is way</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">before</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the GPS days we had to use real</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">County Maps believe it or not and took a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">chance as we drove up the holler houses</font> began<font color="#E5E5E5"> to spread out farther and farther</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and soon we were totally isolated</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">nothing but trees and a narrow gravel</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">road suddenly we spotted the trailer it</font> didn't look like anything<font color="#E5E5E5"> it did in the</font> PVA picture time had taken<font color="#E5E5E5"> a real toll</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">in this place some</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of you might</font> understand<font color="#E5E5E5"> this depending</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> where you</font> from but<font color="#E5E5E5"> around my home state one grows</font> very accustomed<font color="#E5E5E5"> to the look and feel</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> a potential location<font color="#E5E5E5"> for drug</font> manufacturing<font color="#CCCCCC"> I know</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it might</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> not</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> make</font> sense<font color="#CCCCCC"> but trust me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we knew immediately</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> this place was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a prime location for</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">a meth lab we did spot the trailer</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> until</font> we had driven<font color="#E5E5E5"> a little waste past it so</font> we didn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> get a great photo on the way</font> in as<font color="#E5E5E5"> usual</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we decided to drive on by</font> turn<font color="#E5E5E5"> around and get the shot on the way</font> back<font color="#E5E5E5"> apparently someone saw</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> us</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on the</font> way in this is a very rural road and not even a road at this point since it<font color="#E5E5E5"> had</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">turned to gravel a mile or</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> two back I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">basically had</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to turn the car by pulling</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">onto an embankment and doing what felt</font> like a 32-point<font color="#CCCCCC"> turn to keep</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> from going</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">off into a ditch while it was turning my</font> buddy said hey look<font color="#CCCCCC"> I looked</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and three</font> people<font color="#CCCCCC"> were walking out of the woods</font> into the<font color="#E5E5E5"> road just people no big deal I</font> had the car straightened out in<font color="#E5E5E5"> the road</font> at<font color="#E5E5E5"> this point and noticed they had</font> weapons<font color="#CCCCCC"> a young nasty looking fellow was</font> holding a<font color="#CCCCCC"> baseball bat of all things</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">nasty-looking older fellow had a shovel</font> both were shirtless<font color="#CCCCCC"> and then there was a</font> screaming girl<font color="#CCCCCC"> something clicked</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in my</font> head<font color="#CCCCCC"> on the drive in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> when the partner</font> snapped the photo<font color="#CCCCCC"> I heard a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> girls scream</font> it<font color="#E5E5E5"> was an angry scream but I couldn't</font> make out<font color="#CCCCCC"> what was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> said I didn't even</font> know where<font color="#E5E5E5"> it came from and I certainly</font> didn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> think the scream was directed at</font> us apparently<font color="#CCCCCC"> it was these people were</font> now walking with intention toward my stop car I kept<font color="#E5E5E5"> thinking this is</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> really</font> happening and what<font color="#E5E5E5"> exactly is happening</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> My partner</font> was freaking<font color="#E5E5E5"> out a little and convinced</font> they were going to attack<font color="#CCCCCC"> us it's hard</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to explain</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> what was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> going through</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">head</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> at this point because</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I couldn't</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">really believe what I was seeing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">only thing I could think was hit him</font> with a<font color="#E5E5E5"> car just like on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Grand Theft Auto</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">otherwise</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> they're gonna die they were</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">screaming shaking their weapons and</font> closing in and I was running<font color="#CCCCCC"> out of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> time</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">i revved</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the tiny engine and my red</font> Pontiac Grand Prix<font color="#E5E5E5"> hoping to scare them</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> then I left off the gas I plowed</font> toward them with<font color="#CCCCCC"> the fury of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> all six</font> cylinders<font color="#CCCCCC"> or for however</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> many there were</font> I don't remember<font color="#CCCCCC"> they jumped out of the</font> way last minutes as I grazed by<font color="#E5E5E5"> them</font> throwing<font color="#CCCCCC"> gravel and dirt once we were at</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">a safe distance I slowed down and looked</font> back<font color="#E5E5E5"> luckily they were gone unluckily</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we</font> were once<font color="#CCCCCC"> again</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> too far from the trailer</font> to get<font color="#CCCCCC"> a good</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> photo I explained this to</font> my boss when I emailed her<font color="#CCCCCC"> days</font> collection of property photos and she seemed to understand<font color="#CCCCCC"> after that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I kept a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">loaded 45 in my glove box</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and I found</font> significantly more confidence while doing my<font color="#CCCCCC"> job I quit a couple of years</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">later though it was just too dangerous</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">even if I was packing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> heat so to the</font> hillbilly meth making counterparts of <font color="#CCCCCC">Otis baby and Captain Spaulding I hope I</font> never see you again [Music] this happened last<font color="#E5E5E5"> year</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> during October</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">they give a bit of context the story</font> implicates myself and my two best friends<font color="#CCCCCC"> Andrew and Marion</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> all three of</font> us<font color="#E5E5E5"> are males</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 18 years of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> age</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> all three</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">of us are classmates now at the start</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> the week<font color="#E5E5E5"> Andrew kept bothering me and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Marion about going to a certain party</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">outside of our city</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in the town where he</font> lives Andrew said some guy was thrown a party <font color="#E5E5E5">and then he had bought a lot</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> food and</font> alcohol<font color="#CCCCCC"> and other experimental things</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and there would be no need</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for us to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">bring</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> anything</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it sounded great both me</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> Marion asked</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> who the dude was and</font> Andrew said<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was someone he knew</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the situation seemed fine</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> next issue</font> would be transportation<font color="#CCCCCC"> to said town but</font> Andrew<font color="#CCCCCC"> also assured us that the guy</font> would come pick us up in<font color="#CCCCCC"> his car</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">then deliver us back the next day Friday</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">rolls</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> around</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the day we were</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> supposed to</font> leave<font color="#E5E5E5"> and both me and Marion had partied</font> hard the night<font color="#E5E5E5"> before having slept</font> something like three hours the dude who came to<font color="#E5E5E5"> pick us up was</font> apparently a religion teacher in the town Andrew grew up and about whom he <font color="#CCCCCC">had</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> told us a lot</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of shady stuff</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> dude seemed to be in his mid 30s but</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> apparently older which will make</font> sense<font color="#E5E5E5"> later what we knew about</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> tim was</font> that he usually did crazy stuff<font color="#CCCCCC"> with a</font> lot<font color="#CCCCCC"> of young people</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> like parties and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">alcohol and stuff but it just</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> seemed</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">like this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> guy was trying to relive his</font> youth<font color="#CCCCCC"> so we went along with</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it after we</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">all were in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> his</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> car he said that if we</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">guessed his age</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he'd buy us even more</font> stuff after a couple<font color="#E5E5E5"> more guesses me and</font> Marion failed to find out his age Andrew even though he knew did not want to<font color="#E5E5E5"> tell us it seemed like a fun game</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">then the dude drove us to some place to</font> apparently<font color="#CCCCCC"> buy</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> even</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> more stuff</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> okay</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">weird but not at a place we ended up on</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the road</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the trip was supposed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to be</font> like a<font color="#E5E5E5"> couple of hours drive away</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> from</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the city but this guy was insane he sped</font> all the way to<font color="#E5E5E5"> there overtook people on</font> the right<font color="#E5E5E5"> drove on the left</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> lane just so</font> he could scream while seeing<font color="#E5E5E5"> the other</font> cars coming straight ahead<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was quite</font> a ride and<font color="#CCCCCC"> both me and Marion were</font> crapping ourselves wondering if we were <font color="#E5E5E5">ever going to make</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it to the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> party</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">angie</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> somehow not really fazed by</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">all this since he knew the guy and</font> apparently this is<font color="#CCCCCC"> what he did when we</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">kept wondering was where does this dude</font> get money from to buy a couple<font color="#E5E5E5"> of young</font> boys alcohol and substances<font color="#E5E5E5"> and food the</font> story seemed like a modern<font color="#CCCCCC"> version of</font> candy<font color="#CCCCCC"> and a white</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> van so I from the</font> moment I<font color="#E5E5E5"> realized it was the shady</font> teacher Andrew kept telling his stories <font color="#CCCCCC">about kept watch</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on him</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Marian even though he shared my concerns</font> at first started<font color="#E5E5E5"> thinking we got the</font> wrong picture<font color="#CCCCCC"> and the dude</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was just</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">really trying</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> have</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> fun</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> be young again</font> during our bumpy ride I questioned his driving<font color="#E5E5E5"> skills</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> at one point he then</font> proudly pulled up his<font color="#CCCCCC"> wallet while</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">driving and gave me his driver's license</font> to prove that he is<font color="#E5E5E5"> certified to drive</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">almost every type of vehicle at that</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">point</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I caught a glimpse of his birthday</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">written</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on the license 1975 this guy was</font> 42 years<font color="#CCCCCC"> old</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> okay not really</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> weird but</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">why would he try to hide his age he had</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">finally gotten to his house and then he</font> gave us some<font color="#E5E5E5"> pizzas</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that he had bought</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">earlier</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that was a bit cautious since he</font> might have put something<font color="#CCCCCC"> in the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> food but</font> since he ate from<font color="#CCCCCC"> the same pizza I did</font> and laid low when I mentioned that I now knew<font color="#CCCCCC"> that he was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> 42 he was visibly</font> disturbed and<font color="#E5E5E5"> kept trying to argue that</font> he<font color="#CCCCCC"> does look a lot</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> younger</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> none of us</font> said he looked old<font color="#E5E5E5"> just that we know he</font> is 42<font color="#E5E5E5"> then he shows us all the alcohol</font> that he<font color="#E5E5E5"> had bought</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for us</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> his fridge</font> contained the<font color="#E5E5E5"> following the night was</font> really<font color="#E5E5E5"> long so I may not remember</font> everything<font color="#CCCCCC"> I saw</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but the point is he had</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> tremendous amount</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of alcohol</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> there was</font> around<font color="#E5E5E5"> two</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> or</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> three dozen beers four</font> bottles of<font color="#CCCCCC"> wine a 1.5</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> liter bottle of</font> Jack<font color="#CCCCCC"> Daniels and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a bunch of other</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">whiskies and bottles of spirits laying</font> around his kitchen<font color="#E5E5E5"> this was weird since</font> we were there for smoking mostly and we <font color="#E5E5E5">were planning on drinking a lot but he</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">was very</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> keen on us drinking something</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">before we smoked the plan was that after</font> we arrived and grabbed a bite to eat<font color="#CCCCCC"> he</font> would<font color="#CCCCCC"> go pick up one of her classmates a</font> female and her brother<font color="#CCCCCC"> it was a little</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">bit older</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> than us from a nearby</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> village</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">they were there</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> visiting their</font> grandparents<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we thought</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it'd be nice</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">for them</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> join the party he kept</font> telling<font color="#E5E5E5"> us to drink and then wanted us</font> to stay for<font color="#CCCCCC"> a little while before going</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to pick them up</font> then he wanted<font color="#E5E5E5"> to not fetch them and</font> kept saying<font color="#CCCCCC"> we'll have fun on her own</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">what I need a girl</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> around here this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> is a</font> bit<font color="#E5E5E5"> weird but after</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a bit of convincing</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">he left during this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> time I was on</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">high-alert</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but nothing super weird had</font> happened yet<font color="#CCCCCC"> sure the whole experience</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">seemed at a place but heck we were young</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">all three</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of us</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> decided that it was</font> either going<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be a crap show and</font> something bad will happen<font color="#E5E5E5"> I will just</font> have<font color="#CCCCCC"> the night of our lives before he</font> left<font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> said he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> wanted to give us</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a tour</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the house it was an old traditionally</font> decorated house I live in Romania<font color="#CCCCCC"> as we</font> went<font color="#E5E5E5"> through</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> all the rooms I wanted to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">check for creepy things or how to place</font> doors<font color="#E5E5E5"> in the last room there was the</font> small<font color="#E5E5E5"> door on the wall and I asked him</font> about<font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just kindly showed me it was</font> a small<font color="#E5E5E5"> storage room with barrels of</font> local alcoholic<font color="#E5E5E5"> drink it has about 80%</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">alcohol when he came back after about</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">half an hour</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> had already</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> drank a few</font> beers<font color="#E5E5E5"> we were quite</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> happy he kept trying</font> to make us down glasses of coke and <font color="#CCCCCC">whisky</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and he proposed that if Marion</font> downs his glass<font color="#E5E5E5"> he will down one himself</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">after a while I noticed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that he kept</font> saying to<font color="#E5E5E5"> himself that he shouldn't have</font> drink that<font color="#E5E5E5"> much alcohol but in an</font> unusually angry<font color="#E5E5E5"> tone he seemed to be</font> highly displeased of the fact<font color="#CCCCCC"> that he</font> was tipsy<font color="#E5E5E5"> the party kept going on and</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">then he brought out the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> smokes</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">there was so much of it the three of us</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">usually</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> smoked smaller amounts but we</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">decided to roll up some fatties we</font> smoked and I went<font color="#CCCCCC"> straight into</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">skies during</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> time my only noticed</font> him puffing once or twice this<font color="#CCCCCC"> is a bit</font> weird<font color="#CCCCCC"> but I brushed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it off I was having</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">quite the enjoyable</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> trip he pulled his</font> phone up<font color="#CCCCCC"> and started recording</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> us that</font> was weird<font color="#E5E5E5"> he wanted to record</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> us well</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">being out of our minds for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> his snapchat</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">account he appears to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> have a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> snapchat</font> and weird<font color="#E5E5E5"> for someone</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> his age but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> okay</font> whatever<font color="#CCCCCC"> he tries to keep up with the</font> trends<font color="#E5E5E5"> the only question I was having</font> was why would<font color="#E5E5E5"> he post this on a story</font> since<font color="#E5E5E5"> people his age or work-related</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">contacts may see him smoking with a</font> bunch of high schoolers<font color="#E5E5E5"> which doesn't</font> look too good to<font color="#CCCCCC"> people</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> or who would he</font> want<font color="#CCCCCC"> to send it to</font> anyway what really started<font color="#E5E5E5"> being weird</font> was<font color="#CCCCCC"> that he kept trying</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to force Andrew</font> and<font color="#CCCCCC"> Marion to hit the last</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> one with him</font> he kept taking<font color="#E5E5E5"> it and pushing it towards</font> them it didn't seem<font color="#E5E5E5"> at all</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> like a friendly</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">gesture but rather a commander and</font> forcing<font color="#E5E5E5"> on them</font> whatever<font color="#E5E5E5"> Andrew got up and after a short</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">while just sat in the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> kitchen with his</font> head<font color="#CCCCCC"> on the table</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he was out he never</font> tried<font color="#CCCCCC"> to approach me though and I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> think</font> it was because<font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> felt I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> being</font> cautious<font color="#E5E5E5"> of him and had an eye on him</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> while after smoking I stopped</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">caring but as the trip wore off I</font> started<font color="#E5E5E5"> to notice really weird behaviors</font> this guy apparently<font color="#CCCCCC"> also owns a gym</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">again no idea where he had the money</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">from since he was technically a religion</font> teacher in school<font color="#E5E5E5"> but he kept proposing</font> to Andrew<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Marion that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> they'd go hit</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> gym at</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> 3:00</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in the morning</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> since he</font> owns it<font color="#CCCCCC"> and he's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> gonna open it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just for</font> them both my friends are pretty buff and hit the gym often<font color="#E5E5E5"> so it seemed like a</font> cool<font color="#E5E5E5"> idea</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> at first</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to them</font> I knew his gym and was quite a drive from<font color="#E5E5E5"> here and I could also remember</font> Andrew telling me that the gym was an abandoned building<font color="#CCCCCC"> he had been there</font> before<font color="#E5E5E5"> since Andrew himself was out cold</font> on the kitchen table<font color="#E5E5E5"> the creepy guy kept</font> proposing that<font color="#E5E5E5"> only him and Marion go</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">now that was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the first time I stepped</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> up</font> my protective<font color="#CCCCCC"> attitude and made a plan I</font> wasn't going<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> let the two of them go</font> alone <font color="#E5E5E5">we moved Andrew to a bed and then just</font> sat<font color="#CCCCCC"> around chatting</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> with music in the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">background one particular</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> thing we</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">noticed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that on several occasions</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">kept asking Marion if he had any cell</font> signal<font color="#E5E5E5"> what she did and here's where</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">things got super creepy not only did he</font> start mildly touching Marion's shoulder and stuff<font color="#E5E5E5"> like that while saying that he</font> looks a lot<font color="#E5E5E5"> better than Andrew at first</font> we<font color="#CCCCCC"> thought</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it was just</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> gym talk like</font> dudes always<font color="#E5E5E5"> get from other dudes that</font> hit the gym<font color="#CCCCCC"> was sort of nice pecs bro</font> but it was<font color="#E5E5E5"> just really creepy</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> then he</font> started<font color="#CCCCCC"> looking at</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> our classmate and</font> kept<font color="#E5E5E5"> saying that he loved to cut her</font> beautiful hair off with a pair of scissors then we'd forced laugh and move<font color="#E5E5E5"> on to</font> different<font color="#CCCCCC"> topics and then</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he bring this</font> stuff up again at<font color="#E5E5E5"> that moment</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> everyone</font> in the room<font color="#E5E5E5"> knew something was really</font> not cool<font color="#E5E5E5"> when</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> asked him casually</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">about how he has so much money</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he said</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> he usually had to fly down</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> London<font color="#E5E5E5"> every week but he'd only stay</font> there<font color="#CCCCCC"> for a short while</font> maybe he owns ladies of the<font color="#E5E5E5"> nights or</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">little boys and the need</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> laughs now he</font> kept telling jokes all night<font color="#CCCCCC"> about how</font> he had money<font color="#E5E5E5"> like how he was a janitor</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">at</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the house of parliament there's some</font> other<font color="#CCCCCC"> stuff but this seemed a bit too</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">real especially since his eyes had this</font> weird glint to them<font color="#E5E5E5"> when he mentioned</font> the boys<font color="#E5E5E5"> now our classmates</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> bigger</font> brother<font color="#E5E5E5"> who didn't drink nearly as much</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">as we</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> did</font> suggested the guy drive them back<font color="#E5E5E5"> home</font> again<font color="#CCCCCC"> he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> took a lot of convincing and</font> now kept trying to<font color="#E5E5E5"> make them stay with</font> all of this going<font color="#E5E5E5"> on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he kept playing</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">jokes on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Marion about how I'm gonna</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">sleep</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with Andrew in the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bed and how</font> they were gonna be together under<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">same blanket just a lot of really creepy</font> stuff<font color="#E5E5E5"> once while Marion was sitting</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> down</font> he grabbed his wrist and<font color="#E5E5E5"> kept saying yes</font> Marion yes nice<font color="#E5E5E5"> biceps one thing Andrew</font> told us was<font color="#CCCCCC"> that he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was gay</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> as a slight</font> joke<font color="#E5E5E5"> the dude then played the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> whole</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> card</font> of oh well do you actually believe him Andrews just making up<font color="#CCCCCC"> stuff and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> whatnot</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">while we were driving there Andrew said</font> I thought<font color="#E5E5E5"> you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> were either gay or just</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">really generous with people I think I</font> reached the<font color="#CCCCCC"> conclusion that you were</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">just really generous Marion actually</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">believed this as well and we just</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">thought the guy was weird</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> not gay</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but</font> after all the things<font color="#CCCCCC"> that happen</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">hour or so Marion asked since he was a</font> little<font color="#E5E5E5"> out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> his mind dude what does</font> the matter<font color="#E5E5E5"> with you a gay or something</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and then the guy went weird and started</font> to rage<font color="#E5E5E5"> screaming no stop believing the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">lies Andrew told you of course I'm not</font> he went into this weird state like he was half<font color="#E5E5E5"> talking to himself half angrily</font> shouting he also<font color="#E5E5E5"> at some point grabbed</font> Marion by the neck<font color="#E5E5E5"> joking about how he</font> is displeased by him<font color="#E5E5E5"> not wanting</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to come</font> to<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> gym with him</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at 3:00 in the</font> morning<font color="#E5E5E5"> Marion was starting</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to freak</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> out</font> he understood now like I had suspected all night this guy was clearly<font color="#CCCCCC"> one</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> not in his</font> right<font color="#CCCCCC"> mind</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and two definitely gay and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">even maybe trying to hit on younger kids</font> shortly after grabbing Marion and trying to<font color="#E5E5E5"> convince him to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> go to the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> gym he left</font> to<font color="#CCCCCC"> deliver</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> our classmate and his brother</font> and the moment he<font color="#CCCCCC"> left</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Marion started freaking out he wanted me</font> to go wake up<font color="#E5E5E5"> Andrew so that we three</font> could sleep in the same bed<font color="#CCCCCC"> and the</font> dude would sleep alone<font color="#E5E5E5"> there were two</font> double beds tried to slap and pour water on his face<font color="#E5E5E5"> Anja was not going to wake</font> up<font color="#CCCCCC"> I went to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the kitchen brought a knife</font> and give it to Marian<font color="#E5E5E5"> I told him to keep</font> it<font color="#E5E5E5"> under his end of the bed</font> he slept against the wall<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I had an</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">empty beer bottle near my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> end for a</font> quick grab we considered<font color="#E5E5E5"> calling the</font> police<font color="#E5E5E5"> but the creepy teacher didn't</font> exactly do anything the<font color="#E5E5E5"> police could</font> arrest him<font color="#E5E5E5"> on it was the middle of the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">night and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> were</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on the outskirts of</font> town<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a really long drive away from</font> our city<font color="#E5E5E5"> no chance of us catching a way</font> out of there none<font color="#E5E5E5"> of us had a driver's</font> license or friends to<font color="#E5E5E5"> call him pick us</font> up at that hour<font color="#CCCCCC"> so I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> propose we play it</font> cool<font color="#CCCCCC"> with the guy</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> once he comes back if</font> he tries anything<font color="#E5E5E5"> there</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was at least</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> two</font> of us three<font color="#E5E5E5"> Evangel would wake up and</font> there was no actual<font color="#E5E5E5"> weapon in the house</font> not<font color="#CCCCCC"> even a bad or something our plan was</font> that<font color="#CCCCCC"> if at any time during the night we</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">hear the guy try anything on Andrew we</font> would knock him out<font color="#E5E5E5"> and then time with</font> my belt<font color="#E5E5E5"> and then call the police</font> he came back and<font color="#CCCCCC"> after a short</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> talk he</font> went to bed<font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> left the light open</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in</font> the kitchen so our room had a bit of <font color="#E5E5E5">light haven't figured out why he did</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that we didn't ask him to do it his room</font> was right next<font color="#E5E5E5"> to ours and there was no</font> hallway or door between<font color="#E5E5E5"> them just</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">doorway the bathroom was also in his</font> room but<font color="#CCCCCC"> right next to the doorway</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> both</font> me and<font color="#CCCCCC"> Marian</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> were now freaking out this</font> is around<font color="#E5E5E5"> 4</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a.m. we had to stay awake</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> whole night my best friend was high</font> as a kite<font color="#CCCCCC"> and scared my adrenaline was</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">pumping so hard I barely felt it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but it</font> was<font color="#CCCCCC"> definitely in my system together</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">with the alcohol the guy genuinely went</font> to sleep but we tried to<font color="#E5E5E5"> stay awake all</font> night<font color="#E5E5E5"> my phone was on the table next to</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> bed bed but charging so he kept</font> writing<font color="#E5E5E5"> in a note filed in his phone and</font> passing it<font color="#E5E5E5"> from one another to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">communicate</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we knew that if</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we tried</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">even the slightest whisper he'd wake up</font> or hear us<font color="#CCCCCC"> Marion would write something</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">then he passed the phone on to me and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">then he'd fall</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> asleep for the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> 30 seconds</font> I'd write and then he'd wake up and write<font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> response and we did this for a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">while then we heard the guy get up and</font> go to<font color="#E5E5E5"> the bathroom the very second we</font> heard movement<font color="#CCCCCC"> Marion was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> clutching the</font> knife and I had my hand<font color="#E5E5E5"> on my bottle</font> ready to go at him this happened about<font color="#CCCCCC"> 4</font> times<font color="#E5E5E5"> from 4:00 a.m. up</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">thirty it's a weird amount of times to</font> go to the bathroom<font color="#E5E5E5"> since we drank</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a lot</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">too so he should be dehydrated but he's</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">42 he also kept drinking water</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> every</font> time he woke up<font color="#E5E5E5"> he could hear him</font> gulping it then it's 6:30<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we somehow</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">fell asleep it was the most disturbing</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and scary sleep I've</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> ever</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> had then I</font> felt<font color="#CCCCCC"> Marion jabbing me in the ribs it</font> felt<font color="#E5E5E5"> like I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was at home and I just</font> dreamed all of that but who was jabbing <font color="#E5E5E5">my ribs</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> then I jumped up</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I had my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> hand</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">on the bottle</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and there was this dark</font> figure<font color="#CCCCCC"> standing at the end of the bed</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">both me and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Marion froze and we realized</font> it was Andrew<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was so scary but then</font> we felt incredibly good because it wasn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> that creepy he had told us when</font> he<font color="#E5E5E5"> had brought us to this house but he</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">had to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> somewhere in town</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> around 9:00</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">a.m.</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the next day so he will</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> probably</font> wake up<font color="#E5E5E5"> early leave and then wake us up</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">when he returned that's why me and</font> Marion crapped her pants thinking<font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font> the guy who<font color="#E5E5E5"> had woken up it was actually</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">something like 7:45 a.m. when Andrew</font> woke us up<font color="#E5E5E5"> we had fallen asleep for</font> about<font color="#E5E5E5"> an hour then time just passed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we</font> sat around<font color="#E5E5E5"> me and Marion had no clue how</font> to tell Andrew what happened<font color="#E5E5E5"> the guy was</font> still in the house he woke up<font color="#E5E5E5"> and acted</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">supernatural like nothing had happened</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be fair</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> nothing major happened</font> but his behavior definitely scared the crap out of<font color="#E5E5E5"> us who wants to grab boys</font> and then tells a girl he<font color="#E5E5E5"> met a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> couple</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font> hours ago<font color="#CCCCCC"> that he loved to drive</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> his</font> scissors<font color="#E5E5E5"> through her beautiful hair oh</font> my god<font color="#E5E5E5"> that sounds like a thing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that a</font> psycho when a cheap horror movie would say after<font color="#CCCCCC"> the guy left around 8:30 we</font> told Andrew everything<font color="#E5E5E5"> he was laughing</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">at first but then we realized this was</font> big it was<font color="#E5E5E5"> really something that we had</font> no<font color="#CCCCCC"> idea what to do about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we were again</font> stranded and the<font color="#E5E5E5"> only</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> ticket home were</font> either our parents or this guy we decided we were<font color="#E5E5E5"> gonna look at his house</font> and if we find anything<font color="#E5E5E5"> really alarming</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">or something we could call the police on</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">we'd do so</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> not a lot later into the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">search I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> found a peculiar envelope</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a</font> cupboard filled with<font color="#E5E5E5"> books</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it was some</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">sort of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> official document and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it had the</font> name of UK official border customs it was<font color="#E5E5E5"> tore open so I pulled out a bunch</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">of papers after reading for a while I</font> found <font color="#E5E5E5">that apparently he was caught smuggling</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">12,000 cigarettes out of the UK okay</font> that's weird<font color="#E5E5E5"> but the next thing blew my</font> mind and I knew that<font color="#CCCCCC"> the guy had to be</font> insane<font color="#CCCCCC"> I kept noticing a small</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> closet in</font> the corner of the room we<font color="#CCCCCC"> were chilling</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">in and I kept</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> wondering</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> all night why it</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> there while he was gone off running</font> his errands in town<font color="#E5E5E5"> and went ahead and</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">opened it on the side of the closet door</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I found</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this it was a plastic envelope</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">filled with random cutouts of this young</font> guy<font color="#E5E5E5"> and several other young men now this</font> guy seemed to<font color="#E5E5E5"> have the patience to sit</font> with a pair of<font color="#E5E5E5"> scissors and cut this</font> individual<font color="#E5E5E5"> out from a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> magazine put that</font> in an<font color="#E5E5E5"> envelope and tape</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> him through the</font> closet door that's just messed<font color="#E5E5E5"> up and</font> reminds<font color="#CCCCCC"> me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of all the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> weird stuff</font> mentally ill<font color="#E5E5E5"> people do when I showed the</font> guys the pictures<font color="#E5E5E5"> and the letter from</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the UK we knew some</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> stuff was up</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">unfortunately there was still</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> nothing we</font> could have<font color="#CCCCCC"> done</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> as a result we just</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">waited</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for him to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> come</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> back and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> try to</font> rush him into<font color="#E5E5E5"> driving us home after a</font> few setbacks we finally got<font color="#E5E5E5"> home a</font> really unsettling fact was that<font color="#CCCCCC"> during</font> the drive home<font color="#E5E5E5"> Andrew asked him for his</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">phone and we browsed his gallery while</font> laughing he had an unsettling amount of videos with<font color="#CCCCCC"> Marion I don't know what to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">make of all</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> sky is most</font> definitely insane and doing some really shady stuff for money<font color="#E5E5E5"> but it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> honestly</font> doubt there is<font color="#CCCCCC"> anything serious to take</font> to the police<font color="#CCCCCC"> so there's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> really nothing</font> we<font color="#E5E5E5"> can do about</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> him at this moment</font> [Music] this happened eight<font color="#CCCCCC"> years ago my family</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">mom</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> dad and two younger brothers live in</font> a very<font color="#E5E5E5"> large suburban neighborhood in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">North Carolina with many other families</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it is typically a safe neighborhood</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">not much happening in it besides</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> rambunctious kids that run between<font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> yards of houses<font color="#CCCCCC"> dingdong ditching the</font> neighbors etc<font color="#CCCCCC"> common suburban activity</font> me being in sixth grade<font color="#E5E5E5"> at the time was</font> a part of<font color="#E5E5E5"> this group of kids and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font> brothers as<font color="#CCCCCC"> well as our friends who live</font> in<font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> neighborhood would usually run into</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> woods to play tag or head to the</font> large field<font color="#E5E5E5"> that was in the middle of</font> the neighborhood<font color="#CCCCCC"> our summer days were</font> spent<font color="#E5E5E5"> going in and out of each other's</font> houses pretending<font color="#CCCCCC"> to camp out in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the woods and</font> running around<font color="#E5E5E5"> the grassy field</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> however</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I guess the neighborhood wasn't as safe</font> as it appeared<font color="#CCCCCC"> to be one of our</font> neighbors sent an email to other families in<font color="#E5E5E5"> our development</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to saying</font> that a compact<font color="#E5E5E5"> dark blue car was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> going</font> in circles around<font color="#CCCCCC"> the neighborhood</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at</font> times stopping completely<font color="#CCCCCC"> our moving</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">slowly down</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> street staring at houses</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">all the families</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> our neighborhood are</font> very close<font color="#E5E5E5"> and we all know</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> each other</font> well nobody knew whose car<font color="#CCCCCC"> this was the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> email</font> continued saying that an older woman with<font color="#CCCCCC"> blond hair was driving the car we</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">were just told to be</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on the lookout and</font> let anybody know if<font color="#CCCCCC"> we saw any</font> suspicious behavior<font color="#E5E5E5"> this email led to</font> all the parents<font color="#E5E5E5"> giving kids the stranger</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">danger talk if we saw the woman with the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">blue car or if she tried</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to talk to us</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">we were to run to a neighbor's house</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">though this kind of put us on edge we</font> weren't too worried then we continued <font color="#E5E5E5">spending every day outside playing we</font> never thought that<font color="#E5E5E5"> we would actually see</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">her car but we did it was another late</font> summer afternoon<font color="#E5E5E5"> my two brothers</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">couple neighborhood kids and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I were</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">walking down</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> street towards the</font> grassy field since the<font color="#E5E5E5"> field sits on the</font> edge<font color="#E5E5E5"> of the main road and there was a</font> line<font color="#CCCCCC"> of elevated bushes trees</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and other</font> plants<font color="#CCCCCC"> to separate the two</font> we began playing tag<font color="#CCCCCC"> as normal we ran</font> from<font color="#E5E5E5"> one end of the field to the other</font> into the distance of a football field <font color="#CCCCCC">and played with</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a soccer ball we sit</font> down<font color="#CCCCCC"> in the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> middle of the field</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> tired</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">from playing and lie down</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in the grass</font> from<font color="#CCCCCC"> where we were sitting we could see</font> the entrance<font color="#E5E5E5"> to the neighborhood as it</font> sat at<font color="#CCCCCC"> one end of the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> field</font> on the opposite end<font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the field was</font> another entrance<font color="#E5E5E5"> meaning a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> card could</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">come in or</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> out both</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> ends</font> almost immediately following us sitting down<font color="#E5E5E5"> the dark blue car speeds in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">neighborhood us being so young we began</font> panicking quickly probably<font color="#CCCCCC"> just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that the</font> sheer thought of potentially<font color="#CCCCCC"> being</font> kidnapped<font color="#E5E5E5"> the car began slowly moving</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">towards where we were sitting</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in me</font> being the oldest I told everyone to<font color="#CCCCCC"> run</font> into the bushes<font color="#CCCCCC"> and trees at the edge</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> field hide we kind of just forgot</font> about<font color="#E5E5E5"> running</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to a neighbor's house I</font> remember this moment<font color="#E5E5E5"> being so intense</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the six of us</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> just sprinting towards the</font> bushes as the car got closer to<font color="#E5E5E5"> us we</font> all literally jumped into the bush and <font color="#E5E5E5">immediately lied down</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on the ground to</font> conceal<font color="#CCCCCC"> ourselves we were dead silent in</font> retrospect though this wouldn't help us she already knew where we were we were <font color="#CCCCCC">all panting heavily</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we could see the car</font> from<font color="#CCCCCC"> where we were sitting</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and the woman</font> had stopped in<font color="#CCCCCC"> front</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of the field</font> she rolled down her window<font color="#E5E5E5"> and was</font> looking almost<font color="#CCCCCC"> directly at us</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to where</font> we had run she began driving again heading towards the exit<font color="#E5E5E5"> of our</font> neighborhood we all relaxed<font color="#E5E5E5"> knowing that</font> she was<font color="#E5E5E5"> leaving but we were wrong</font> she left the neighborhood<font color="#CCCCCC"> only to</font> re-enter on the opposite side she was circling<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> field</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> leaving us trapped in</font> the middle<font color="#E5E5E5"> she went around the field</font> maybe<font color="#E5E5E5"> 10 times just</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> kept doing circles</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">staring towards us with her window</font> rolled down<font color="#E5E5E5"> we had no idea what</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">doing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> or planning to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> do and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we were all</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">terrified</font> we were<font color="#CCCCCC"> actually trapped in the field</font> and none of<font color="#E5E5E5"> us had cell phones</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> at the</font> time<font color="#E5E5E5"> not sure how long</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we were there for</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> waiting for her to leave my</font> youngest brother began crying<font color="#E5E5E5"> at this</font> point she called out<font color="#CCCCCC"> to us from her</font> window<font color="#E5E5E5"> asking why we were hiding when</font> the creepiest things I've<font color="#E5E5E5"> ever heard</font> it<font color="#E5E5E5"> sent</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> actual shivers up my spine</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we</font> knew we had<font color="#E5E5E5"> to deviate a plan to get out</font> or she would<font color="#E5E5E5"> just continue circling us</font> there was about 15 seconds<font color="#E5E5E5"> in between</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">her exiting and re-entering the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">neighborhood</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and we knew that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was all</font> the time<font color="#E5E5E5"> we had to run out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> there as</font> soon<font color="#E5E5E5"> as she exited we sprinted from the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">bushes and took off towards my house</font> which was<font color="#E5E5E5"> a few houses</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> down from</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> field it<font color="#CCCCCC"> hurt</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so much running that fast</font> panting and being terrified what could<font color="#E5E5E5"> happen to us the six of us</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">threw ourselves up my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> front steps and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">whipped</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> open the front</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> door just</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> as the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">woman was re-entering the neighborhood</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> slammed the<font color="#E5E5E5"> door shut</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and locked it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm</font> not<font color="#CCCCCC"> sure if she saw</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> us entering the</font> house or she still thought we were in the bushes<font color="#CCCCCC"> I can't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> remember if we told</font> her<font color="#CCCCCC"> parents or not we ended up</font> forgetting<font color="#E5E5E5"> about the woman and the dark</font> blue<font color="#E5E5E5"> car</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and I still have no idea what</font> she was<font color="#E5E5E5"> doing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> circling us but what she</font> was planning<font color="#E5E5E5"> on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> doing nothing has really</font> happened<font color="#E5E5E5"> in the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> neighborhood since</font> [Music] this happened<font color="#CCCCCC"> about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> six</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> seven</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> years</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">ago my husband and I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> are driving back</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">from</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Michigan as we went</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> visit my</font> parents<font color="#CCCCCC"> and by the time we get into</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> remote back area of Ohio<font color="#E5E5E5"> it's dark being</font> around 12 a.m. when we got to the backwoods<font color="#E5E5E5"> of Ohio and by the time we hit</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> small town it was around</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 1:00 to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">2:00 a.m. we always make sure our doors</font> are locked<font color="#E5E5E5"> because we aren't stupid</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">anyway we went to make a quick stop to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">use the restrooms</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> stretch and get</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">something</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to drink</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we get back on the</font> road and we're going along and we slowed down to<font color="#E5E5E5"> a stop for a stop sign and this</font> woman walks out right in<font color="#CCCCCC"> front of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> us and</font> I<font color="#E5E5E5"> slam on the brakes to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> keep from</font> hitting her<font color="#E5E5E5"> we sit there for a minute</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">collecting ourselves and thinking what</font> is<font color="#E5E5E5"> she doing she knocks</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in her</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> passenger</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">side window and my husband is</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> sitting</font> and I'm telling him to not roll it<font color="#E5E5E5"> down</font> let's just get the F out of<font color="#E5E5E5"> here but him</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">being the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> kind hearted type rolls down</font> his window<font color="#E5E5E5"> she tells us that she's been</font> walking<font color="#E5E5E5"> for hours and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> then her car broke</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">down she can't get</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a hold of her</font> daughter and<font color="#CCCCCC"> that she has no money</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">needs $50</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> for a cab</font> he tells her<font color="#CCCCCC"> to hold on rolls up the</font> window<font color="#CCCCCC"> and I'm telling him no you've got</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to be nuts</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> do not let her in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this truck</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> he gives</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me this but she needs help</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">speech hate me all you like</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">learned the hard way to never trust</font> people<font color="#E5E5E5"> especially strangers and I told</font> him I don't care<font color="#E5E5E5"> if she's bleeding on</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the ground she isn't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> getting in my truck</font> he guilts me into<font color="#E5E5E5"> letting her in now I'm</font> driving<font color="#CCCCCC"> a Ford f-150 and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> there's only</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">one seat so</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we're</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> all crammed and I</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">asked her where she's going</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> first she</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">says to a store then says she needs to</font> find<font color="#E5E5E5"> a cab but she has no money can</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we</font> give her $50 I'm suddenly telling<font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font> husband we are not giving her money<font color="#E5E5E5"> as</font> we're<font color="#E5E5E5"> driving but</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he relents</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and says</font> yes we drive and she's telling us<font color="#E5E5E5"> all</font> kinds of<font color="#E5E5E5"> stories about her and her</font> daughter<font color="#E5E5E5"> how she needs to get home</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font> her daughter<font color="#E5E5E5"> is 16 and his home alone</font> and then it's about<font color="#E5E5E5"> two hours</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> away in</font> Ohio<font color="#E5E5E5"> the more we drive the more it</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">changes I asked her about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> her daughter</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and this time she</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> tells us that she's in</font> her late 20s has a few kids and<font color="#CCCCCC"> isn't</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Kentucky</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I said but I thought</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> she</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was 16</font> home alone in two hours away in<font color="#E5E5E5"> Ohio</font> she says<font color="#E5E5E5"> oh that's my younger daughter</font> it's my adult daughter I'm going<font color="#E5E5E5"> to see</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">okay</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that makes</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> no sense because she</font> said<font color="#E5E5E5"> she just came from Kentucky we find</font> an ATM<font color="#E5E5E5"> and thankfully it's broken</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we</font> push on to find another and the more<font color="#E5E5E5"> she</font> talks the<font color="#E5E5E5"> weirder she gets she tries to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">cozy up</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to my husband and sweet-talking</font> him and he is oblivious<font color="#CCCCCC"> the woman</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">hitting on him so she moves on to me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> I<font color="#E5E5E5"> refuse</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to accept it by constantly</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">changing the subject</font> then it<font color="#E5E5E5"> gets stranger she says are you</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">two married and we reply yes and she</font> says<font color="#E5E5E5"> oh that's good because I would have</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> call Jesus</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> down to smite you if you</font> two were<font color="#CCCCCC"> living in sin</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we're both</font> thinking<font color="#E5E5E5"> what is she talking about</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">then says</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you two</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> are a very nice</font> Christian couple and we<font color="#E5E5E5"> both let her</font> know that<font color="#E5E5E5"> we're</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> not Christian she gets</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">upset by this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and starts spouting the</font> Bible on us<font color="#E5E5E5"> and the hubby is retorting</font> back at her we finally reach another<font color="#CCCCCC"> atm</font> and this entire time the hubby and I have been communicating through signals that we need to get this<font color="#CCCCCC"> nutjob out</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the car we pull up and he says I need to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">get out of the car to get into the ATM</font> and she says just have your wife<font color="#CCCCCC"> pull up</font> and use it<font color="#E5E5E5"> he says no no</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> one but me uses</font> my card<font color="#E5E5E5"> then she says have your wife get</font> out and he replies her doors broken <font color="#CCCCCC">olena</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> passenger door works a lie of</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">course</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but whenever we needed to do</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> get her out she gets<font color="#E5E5E5"> out and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> grabs the</font> door to pull it closed<font color="#E5E5E5"> and she grabs the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">door and starts screaming at us to let</font> her back<font color="#E5E5E5"> in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and as she's trying</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to get</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">back in he says to her</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> no your story's</font> full of holes and it doesn't add up<font color="#CCCCCC"> she</font> pulls up this knife assuming like a switchblade<font color="#CCCCCC"> and the hubby shoves her and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> peel out of the bank parking lot with</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> door still open he shuts it and</font> locks it she chases us<font color="#E5E5E5"> screaming that</font> she's gonna kill us<font color="#CCCCCC"> I floor it pushing</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> gas pedal to the floor and we're</font> doing<font color="#CCCCCC"> like a hundred and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> twenty</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> don't<font color="#CCCCCC"> let</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> up for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> four miles</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> until the</font> hubby is screaming for<font color="#CCCCCC"> us</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to slow down</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that I'm gonna kill</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> us I do I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> am shaking</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">partly due to anger and partly</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> due to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">being freaked out thankfully we made it</font> home<font color="#E5E5E5"> safely</font> but we will<font color="#E5E5E5"> never be picking up another</font> person again this happened a few years <font color="#E5E5E5">ago probably when I was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a freshman</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in</font> high<font color="#CCCCCC"> school I'm not even</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> sure if this</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">really</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> belongs here because I met this</font> guy more<font color="#E5E5E5"> than once and had a sort</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">relationship</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with him but I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> will write</font> it anyways<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> invited to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> go to this</font> hangout<font color="#E5E5E5"> place by a friend of mine at the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">time</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and I decided</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> go I didn't know</font> it was a religious thing and it was <font color="#E5E5E5">really cool until we were shoved in a</font> dark room<font color="#CCCCCC"> and preached</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to we got to play</font> games shoot hoops and interact with <font color="#E5E5E5">other kids</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> thought it was just</font> supposed<font color="#E5E5E5"> to be</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a thing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> for kids to do</font> one boring Wednesday nights<font color="#CCCCCC"> I have</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">nothing against Christianity but I was</font> not and I'm still not<font color="#CCCCCC"> a Christian</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so I</font> was quite annoyed with having<font color="#E5E5E5"> that</font> information admitted when<font color="#E5E5E5"> I was invited</font> but I still<font color="#CCCCCC"> went to have</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> fun</font> I didn't have much of<font color="#E5E5E5"> a social life to</font> begin<font color="#CCCCCC"> with I still don't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so it was nice</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be around all these kids around my</font> age<font color="#E5E5E5"> from various schools nearby this</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> is</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">where I first met them and believe mark</font> and Chris both twin boys<font color="#CCCCCC"> absolutely</font> identical<font color="#CCCCCC"> I seriously could not tell</font> them apart<font color="#E5E5E5"> and that was a huge issue</font> down<font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> road they were identical</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">clothes had the same hairstyle high</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">color voices mannerisms etc the only</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">thing different was what came out of</font> their mouths <font color="#E5E5E5">mark was a sweetheart he loves flowers</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">animals always smiling</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and friendly</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> with</font> everyone<font color="#E5E5E5"> Chris was the exact opposite it</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">seems stereotypical a good twin and a</font> bad twin but it was true even though this happened<font color="#E5E5E5"> quite a while</font> ago<font color="#CCCCCC"> I still</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> get nervous</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just thinking</font> about this point in my life<font color="#E5E5E5"> Chris for</font> whatever reason had his sights on me<font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font> wanted<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> talk to me wanted to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> sit by me</font> he wanted<font color="#E5E5E5"> to talk to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me he wanted</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to sit</font> by me wanted<font color="#E5E5E5"> to interact</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with me</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">whenever he saw me at first I liked the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">attention</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> because no guy really paid</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> any</font> attention to me before I wasn't exactly <font color="#E5E5E5">good</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> looking I looked very</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> awkward and</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">derpy but was 11 to 12 years old</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">doesn't really</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> count at that time when I</font> was a huge nerd<font color="#CCCCCC"> teacher's pet sort of</font> nerd<font color="#E5E5E5"> it might work quietly went</font> overboard on assignments<font color="#E5E5E5"> that sort of</font> thing but Chris seemed to like that<font color="#CCCCCC"> about me</font> and I liked his bad-boy<font color="#E5E5E5"> vibe I guess</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">then things started getting disturbing</font> he got angry very<font color="#E5E5E5"> easily if you so</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> much</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">as disagreed with him</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on something he</font> would threaten you start saying things like<font color="#E5E5E5"> he was going</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> hurt himself or break something<font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font> carried around his own knife which<font color="#CCCCCC"> he</font> used<font color="#E5E5E5"> to cut himself</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> not because it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">going to end</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> his own</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> life</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but he'd</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> liked</font> the way the scars looked on his arms<font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font> told me he likes to drink<font color="#E5E5E5"> his</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> own blood</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">he would talk about hurting people in</font> horrible and graphic ways or torturing animals<font color="#E5E5E5"> he would gloat about murdering</font> kittens by<font color="#E5E5E5"> drowning them repeatedly or</font> breaking their limbs and leaving<font color="#CCCCCC"> them</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">screaming in the woods it was horrible</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and I still feel</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> very disturbed about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font> it was at this<font color="#CCCCCC"> point that I started</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">getting</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> scared I thought</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just a</font> bad boy that listened to falling and reverse and lamented about<font color="#E5E5E5"> how life is</font> meaningless<font color="#E5E5E5"> but just being a pretty</font> decent guy<font color="#E5E5E5"> boy was like dead wrong</font> I felt<font color="#E5E5E5"> trapped then because he went to</font> my school <font color="#CCCCCC">he knew my schedule he knew where I</font> lived<font color="#CCCCCC"> there was absolutely</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> nothing I</font> could do about<font color="#CCCCCC"> it I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> tried not to anger</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">him because I was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> afraid that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I would</font> get hurt or<font color="#E5E5E5"> worse</font> someone I cared about getting<font color="#CCCCCC"> hurt I</font> think<font color="#CCCCCC"> he knew this because</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it was around</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> point that he asked for my number</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and I obliged</font> he started harassing<font color="#E5E5E5"> me then sending me</font> explicit messages such<font color="#CCCCCC"> as being in a</font> locked room together<font color="#CCCCCC"> nude with pills to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">make us feel certain ways</font> he asked for nudes<font color="#CCCCCC"> I didn't send him</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> any</font> thank you<font color="#CCCCCC"> to past me he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> demanded them</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> still didn't send<font color="#E5E5E5"> any I politely asked</font> him to stop and<font color="#CCCCCC"> he would threaten me I</font> still<font color="#E5E5E5"> have this old phone</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> due</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to a</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">completely different reason but I</font> believe those messages are still there<font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> was terrified<font color="#CCCCCC"> I didn't know what to do I</font> eventually went<font color="#E5E5E5"> to my mom which was a</font> huge waste of time<font color="#CCCCCC"> because she's a</font> narcissist and abusive<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> eventually I</font> will<font color="#E5E5E5"> probably</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> write some stories and are</font> raised by narcissus about her and my dad like I expected she dismissed it and went<font color="#CCCCCC"> back to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> playing on her computer</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> was<font color="#CCCCCC"> too scared to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> go</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to a teacher</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> or</font> even<font color="#CCCCCC"> the school</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> counselor because they</font> are pretty<font color="#CCCCCC"> much all useless</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> especially</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the counselor so I was stuck</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my friend</font> at the time thought<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was hilarious</font> some tease me<font color="#CCCCCC"> about having a bad-boy</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">boyfriend</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I became</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> more quieter took the</font> long way<font color="#CCCCCC"> to my classes hid</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">bathroom and behind people when I saw</font> one<font color="#CCCCCC"> of them mark or</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Chris</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I didn't know</font> who was<font color="#CCCCCC"> who because when he can't tell</font> them<font color="#E5E5E5"> apart</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> they are</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> both potentially the</font> bad one<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was terrified Chris would have</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">personate mark and trick me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I stopped</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">going</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to the school clubs Chris got very</font> angry<font color="#E5E5E5"> he couldn't find me he knew I was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">avoiding him and he got even</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> more upset</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">he would send me threatening texts</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> shut my phone off<font color="#E5E5E5"> I only ever saw him at</font> the Wednesday night<font color="#E5E5E5"> meetings the final</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">night I went there was the scariest I</font> felt as mood the moment he stepped through<font color="#E5E5E5"> those doors</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and it seemed like</font> the atmosphere darkened when his eyes <font color="#E5E5E5">met mine</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he gave me the most</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> cynical</font> smile that still gives me<font color="#E5E5E5"> chills</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just</font> remembering<font color="#E5E5E5"> it and he started towards me</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I screwed her closer</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to mark and my</font> friend<font color="#E5E5E5"> Chris somehow got a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> hold of my</font> shoes and<font color="#CCCCCC"> toss them in the boys bathroom</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">he told me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> go get them this is probably</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> point where I was thankful for</font> having<font color="#E5E5E5"> an abusive childhood because if I</font> didn't learn that<font color="#CCCCCC"> rabbit-like</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">anxiety in tuition I most</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> likely would</font> have stepped into that single<font color="#CCCCCC"> stall room</font> with an inside lock and gotten hurt or worse by him thankfully I learned that I need to think<font color="#CCCCCC"> through</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> every single</font> possible<font color="#CCCCCC"> thing before I do</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> something</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> may have huge impacts in my life</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I'm a tiny</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> female that was the smallest</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">in my class and I am still tiny today on</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">campus I passed as a child genius until</font> I step<font color="#E5E5E5"> into the math classroom and I</font> sometimes get free candy<font color="#E5E5E5"> from the staff</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">even</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> though I am quick on my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> feet</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> can fight back pretty<font color="#CCCCCC"> well I can</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> easily</font> be overpowered due to my size<font color="#E5E5E5"> especially</font> if it<font color="#CCCCCC"> was by someone</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bigger and Chris</font> was quite big guy<font color="#E5E5E5"> he was taller more</font> muscular<font color="#E5E5E5"> and physically stronger than I</font> could<font color="#E5E5E5"> ever be</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I knew he had</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> horrible</font> intentions<font color="#CCCCCC"> I knew he had that knife</font> tucked<font color="#E5E5E5"> into his sleeve and I knew he</font> would follow<font color="#CCCCCC"> behind</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me I knew that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he</font> wanted to do things to me and<font color="#E5E5E5"> I knew</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that no one</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> would hear or notice</font> anything because it was so noisy from all the kids<font color="#E5E5E5"> playing and talking and no</font> one pays attention<font color="#E5E5E5"> to who goes into the</font> bathrooms<font color="#E5E5E5"> Chris went off somewhere</font> probably<font color="#CCCCCC"> hiding and watching me from</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">distance</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I did the only</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> thing I could</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">think</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to do I went to his brother Mark and he</font> saw I<font color="#E5E5E5"> was shaking on on the verge of</font> tears<font color="#CCCCCC"> I told him Chris stole my shoes</font> and tossed them<font color="#E5E5E5"> into the bathroom and</font> asked if<font color="#E5E5E5"> he could go get them</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">he understood</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I never went</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> back to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> meeting place again<font color="#CCCCCC"> I saw</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> those two a</font> few times after<font color="#CCCCCC"> that but I avoided them</font> because I didn't know who<font color="#CCCCCC"> was who at one</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">point</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> mark came up to me and tried</font> talking<font color="#E5E5E5"> to me but I tried moving away he</font> became<font color="#CCCCCC"> upset and started pleading with</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">me telling me that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> good twin</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> apologized and said<font color="#E5E5E5"> I didn't know for</font> sure who he was I've always wondered<font color="#E5E5E5"> how</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> many</font> relationships<font color="#E5E5E5"> his brother has ruined for</font> him<font color="#E5E5E5"> simply</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> because they look alike Chris</font> saw me a few times <font color="#CCCCCC">I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> remember him yelling at me threatened</font> me<font color="#E5E5E5"> and eventually</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just disappearing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font> and Mark both disappeared<font color="#CCCCCC"> I think they</font> ended<font color="#CCCCCC"> up switching</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> schools because Chris</font> did something<font color="#E5E5E5"> really awful</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I don't know</font> but I still<font color="#E5E5E5"> felt relief</font> I still have<font color="#CCCCCC"> anxiety and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> paranoia about</font> the entire<font color="#E5E5E5"> thing I still wonder if Chris</font> knows where I am<font color="#E5E5E5"> or</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> what</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I am</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> doing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> or</font> if he plans on finding me eventually<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> coming after me to<font color="#CCCCCC"> finish the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> job</font> [Music] the story begins almost<font color="#CCCCCC"> 10 years</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> ago</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> now</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">in a quietest town in the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Midlands UK my</font> best friend<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I were out for her 19th</font> birthday<font color="#E5E5E5"> in one of the town's two clubs</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">this was known for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> being the less seedy</font> of the two my<font color="#E5E5E5"> friend Marilyn had been</font> planning<font color="#E5E5E5"> this for weeks</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she had her</font> sights<font color="#CCCCCC"> set on one of the promoters and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it was her mission</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to seduce him</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> for her</font> birthday<font color="#CCCCCC"> I however had no interest</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> small town folk I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> crushing on</font> someone<font color="#E5E5E5"> at my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> University about 30</font> minutes drive<font color="#CCCCCC"> away relevant later</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> being</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">a 5-3 chubby laughs I didn't really get</font> too much attention<font color="#CCCCCC"> unless someone was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">feeling particularly bold or drunk</font> Marilyn was off draping over<font color="#E5E5E5"> her</font> promoter while I hung around<font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">smoking area alone and I was targeted by</font> a<font color="#CCCCCC"> bizarre-looking gentleman</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he was</font> around<font color="#CCCCCC"> six</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> five</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but like a brick house</font> and that a real cro-magnon<font color="#E5E5E5"> look about</font> him he was<font color="#CCCCCC"> slurring a speech a little</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so</font> I thought<font color="#E5E5E5"> perhaps he was drunk at first</font> trying to be polite despite my <font color="#E5E5E5">discomfort with his predatory glare</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">engaged in like conversation his name</font> was Thomas pence<font color="#E5E5E5"> and he is a farmer from</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">down the way there</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> his</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> farmhouse is by</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> post-office</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and his land is all the</font> fields<font color="#E5E5E5"> and woodland behind the town he's</font> 28 years<font color="#E5E5E5"> old</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I tell him I'm 18</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he's got</font> a cat called fluffens and it's black<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">white it eats mice it leaves them on the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">door the more I heard him talk I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">realized he wasn't drunk</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but not very</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">well educated</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> not in a judgmental way</font> but it was clear his speech and general knowledge<font color="#E5E5E5"> were lacking</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I felt less</font> threatened by this<font color="#E5E5E5"> Hulk of a man that</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">was looking at me intensely</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and asked</font> him more<font color="#E5E5E5"> about his cat he was totally</font> fixated on telling me<font color="#E5E5E5"> about the cattle</font> slaughters and<font color="#CCCCCC"> how blood clots</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> how the</font> cows blood rushes out and clots indeed dinner plates eyes dark jelly clots<font color="#E5E5E5"> red</font> flag<font color="#E5E5E5"> real bright red flag right in my</font> face I say I'm<font color="#E5E5E5"> feeling cold and need to</font> go back in to find<font color="#E5E5E5"> my friend as it's her</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">birthday</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and I shouldn't</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> leave her alone</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">as I move off he grabs me and sits me</font> into his lap hard his enormous hand is wrapped right around<font color="#E5E5E5"> my upper arm and I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">can't really move</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I look over at Marilyn</font> with panic on my<font color="#E5E5E5"> face and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she gives</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font> double<font color="#E5E5E5"> thumbs up and</font> big smile<font color="#E5E5E5"> she's thinking</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> hooray she's</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">polled I'd tell him I have to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> go to my</font> friend and please let<font color="#E5E5E5"> me go he looks me</font> dead in the<font color="#E5E5E5"> eyes and says</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> marilyn is</font> happy for<font color="#CCCCCC"> you</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> red flag</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I never once said</font> her name to him<font color="#CCCCCC"> I haven't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> seen</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> her dove</font> or noticed him until he approached me <font color="#CCCCCC">outside</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> even though he was a giant</font> I tell<font color="#E5E5E5"> him to let</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> go of me or</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I'll</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">scream</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he squeezed my chest with</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> his</font> free hand and forcibly kissed me before <font color="#E5E5E5">throwing me off his lap yuck I tried to</font> disappear<font color="#CCCCCC"> into the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> crowd and circle back</font> around to<font color="#E5E5E5"> get Marilyn wants to know who</font> he is whether I got his number<font color="#CCCCCC"> is he nice</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so</font> she doesn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> know him either but he knows</font> her name<font color="#CCCCCC"> is he watching</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> us has he been</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">following me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I say no number</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> no interest</font> I just want to go home Marilyn<font color="#CCCCCC"> wants ten</font> minutes to solidify<font color="#E5E5E5"> her hookup with</font> promoter man so I tell her<font color="#CCCCCC"> them meet me</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">in the ladies</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and we'll go home from</font> there<font color="#CCCCCC"> figured</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that was a safe enough</font> hiding<font color="#E5E5E5"> place</font> now<font color="#E5E5E5"> Marilyn has done me wrong before</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">with her drunken ways</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I had previously</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">been targeted by a man that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> called</font> himself<font color="#CCCCCC"> rock and he aggressively pursued</font> me<font color="#CCCCCC"> for my number they gave him a fake</font> one he found out in<font color="#E5E5E5"> Marilyn gave him my</font> real one<font color="#E5E5E5"> while I was getting another</font> drink<font color="#E5E5E5"> so when she came into the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> bathroom</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> I could see Thomas leering just</font> outside the door<font color="#E5E5E5"> I knew what</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she had</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">done very uncool</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it was her birthday and</font> she was so sure she's done me a favor I couldn't crush her lovely evening<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> checked my phone<font color="#CCCCCC"> and there was one</font> message<font color="#E5E5E5"> maybe your blood is sweet xx xx</font> maybe my blood is sweet maybe my blood is sweet I decide with Marilyn that our best<font color="#E5E5E5"> bet is</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> leave hastily and get in</font> a taxi<font color="#CCCCCC"> our original</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> plan was to walk to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">my mum's about a thirty</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> minute</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> walk away</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that somehow didn't feel safe</font> anymore <font color="#E5E5E5">he then text me where you go fuck nugget</font> xx xx <font color="#E5E5E5">you gone</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> what'd I do</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> xx</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you can run but</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I got you now I was shook</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I couldn't</font> sleep<font color="#E5E5E5"> I felt safe enough with Marilyn</font> the dog and<font color="#E5E5E5"> being locked in but I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just</font> couldn't rest<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> walked the dog</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Marilyn went home</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> i scoped out the road</font> I lived <font color="#E5E5E5">and the coast was clear so I set off</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">go to my uni house I make the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> 30 minute</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">drive in 16 minutes</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and dash into</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> house to tell my housemates about this <font color="#E5E5E5">nutter</font> he then<font color="#E5E5E5"> text me where are you going you</font> live in and then he states the specific district of the<font color="#E5E5E5"> town where my mom lives</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">xxx</font> his folk<font color="#E5E5E5"> know that your real name xxx</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">you should slow down my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> female</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Hoss mate</font> decided it was a good<font color="#CCCCCC"> idea to see if</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">he's on Facebook</font> we searched Thomas pence and filtered by town<font color="#CCCCCC"> and there he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was giant headed</font> gormless profile picked nothing set to private <font color="#E5E5E5">he added</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 74 women called fug</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> nug</font> I rang Marilyn and she said that she only<font color="#E5E5E5"> gave him my first name which is</font> double-barreled<font color="#E5E5E5"> and he must think that's</font> my full name<font color="#E5E5E5"> blocked him spoke to my</font> tutor<font color="#E5E5E5"> at uni Ryan the police who said</font> they couldn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> do</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> anything then just keep</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the messages useless</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I missed a week of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> lectures I stayed</font> inside<font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> housemates did my shopping</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> for</font> me<font color="#E5E5E5"> I stayed in for all of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> reading week</font> and decided<font color="#CCCCCC"> that a fortnight would be</font> long enough<font color="#E5E5E5"> the messages coming through</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">were nondescript sometimes just a series</font> of<font color="#E5E5E5"> XX XX or</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> u so</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> beautiful and then he</font> had slowed down<font color="#E5E5E5"> enough</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for me to not</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">have anxiety when I heard a phone</font> vibrate I hadn't had a message for two days at this<font color="#E5E5E5"> point I'm put</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on black</font> jogging bottoms in a black hoodie<font color="#CCCCCC"> unless</font> in the<font color="#E5E5E5"> dead of night on a Sunday to get</font> some food from<font color="#E5E5E5"> the 24-hour Tesco I think</font> he would ease me<font color="#CCCCCC"> back into society</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you</font> look nice tonight<font color="#E5E5E5"> xx xx I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> received you</font> look like a robber<font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm alone and a dark</font> car park and freaking out<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> call the</font> store and asked<font color="#E5E5E5"> them to send a security</font> guard<font color="#E5E5E5"> to me because I'm being followed</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">they sent both guards when they heard</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">what a state I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and took</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> inside</font> and told<font color="#E5E5E5"> me to turn my phone off</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> stayed there for<font color="#E5E5E5"> four</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> hours and they</font> monitored her to the CCTV for<font color="#E5E5E5"> this</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">blond-haired giant</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but nothing we turned</font> my phone back on<font color="#CCCCCC"> 272 missed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> calls and</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">twenty nine</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> text messages the more</font> interesting of<font color="#CCCCCC"> which were I love you</font> come see me<font color="#CCCCCC"> xx xx were you hide in XS</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Cornell now or else</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I wait for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> two weeks</font> for you xxx<font color="#E5E5E5"> he done loved you that was</font> enough to<font color="#E5E5E5"> go to the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> police with</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and I</font> made a report<font color="#E5E5E5"> the following day they</font> couldn't find him<font color="#CCCCCC"> and he wasn't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at home</font> he<font color="#E5E5E5"> actually didn't show up at his home</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">for another</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> three</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> days when he did he</font> had a new phone<font color="#E5E5E5"> and tried</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to say he had</font> a twin<font color="#CCCCCC"> brother which they knew wasn't</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">true they called the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> number that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was</font> harassing<font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and it rang in the drawer</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">he called me in the moment the police</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">left him to threaten me for breaking</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> his</font> heart<font color="#E5E5E5"> although their visit seemed to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">have dissuaded him</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I moved</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> away one</font> month<font color="#E5E5E5"> later and I'm just glad he doesn't</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">have my full name so he can't find</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font> [Music] some<font color="#CCCCCC"> background to set</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this up should</font> help it was about<font color="#E5E5E5"> 10</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> or 11</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> years</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> ago</font> shortly<font color="#E5E5E5"> after</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my father had passed and</font> my mother had remarried<font color="#CCCCCC"> my dad was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> not a</font> great person<font color="#E5E5E5"> and my mother fell into</font> another abusive and controlling marriage <font color="#E5E5E5">after meeting my dirtbag of a stepfather</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">one of my older sisters whom I've</font> confirmed<font color="#E5E5E5"> this with had moved back home</font> after getting<font color="#E5E5E5"> pregnant and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> leaving</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">college this all happened in a</font> relatively short<font color="#CCCCCC"> period of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> time three to</font> four years at the time the game runescape<font color="#CCCCCC"> was extremely popular</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at least</font> with my parents<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they had</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> started</font> talking<font color="#CCCCCC"> to people from</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> all over hearin</font> lies their mistake my stepfather apparently made friends with<font color="#E5E5E5"> this guy named Tony from Britain</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and they had</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> started talking</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> via email I</font> don't<font color="#CCCCCC"> know</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> 100</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> percent</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of the details</font> but my mother talked to him as<font color="#E5E5E5"> well and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">he hadn't mentioned that he would love</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> travel to the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> US my stepfather is</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font> complete idiot<font color="#E5E5E5"> and had arranged for this</font> guy to stay at her house<font color="#CCCCCC"> for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a week with</font> my mother<font color="#E5E5E5"> agreeing since she essentially</font> did whatever<font color="#E5E5E5"> he said so after a few</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">months they picked him up at the airport</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and brought him</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to our house this guy</font> was strange<font color="#E5E5E5"> he flew all the way to</font> Massachusetts and<font color="#E5E5E5"> never left her house</font> he hung out<font color="#CCCCCC"> in a spare bedroom most of</font> the time he was there and<font color="#E5E5E5"> from what I</font> remember<font color="#E5E5E5"> he and my parents didn't really</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">go do</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> anything that a tourist</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> might want</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to see or do and it may have</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> gone into</font> Boston one day he also had a<font color="#CCCCCC"> very strange attraction of</font> my sister<font color="#CCCCCC"> kay the one who had just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> come</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">back</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he kept making comments about how</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">pretty she was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and was just generally</font> very awkward<font color="#E5E5E5"> around her to the extent it</font> made most of<font color="#E5E5E5"> us uncomfortable</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I have</font> three other brothers<font color="#CCCCCC"> and three</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> other</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">sisters so at the time six of us kids</font> were living<font color="#E5E5E5"> at home overall the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">experience of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> having</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this guy visit just</font> seemed really weird<font color="#E5E5E5"> but he eventually</font> went<font color="#CCCCCC"> home and nothing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> really came</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of it</font> but<font color="#CCCCCC"> that is until we tried to come visit</font> again now I'm not entirely sure<font color="#CCCCCC"> how the visa</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">process works I personally have a work</font> visa to go work in Kuwait<font color="#CCCCCC"> but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I have</font> never tried<font color="#E5E5E5"> to get a travel visa to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">US</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I live here what I do know is that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> if</font> you have a work visa<font color="#E5E5E5"> you have</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to have a</font> job that<font color="#E5E5E5"> is where Tony messed up and</font> thankful he did<font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> assumed he couldn't</font> get<font color="#E5E5E5"> another travel visa so he got a work</font> visa to come<font color="#CCCCCC"> visit a second time a few</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">months</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> later</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> however he</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> didn't have a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">job lined up in the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> US so when he flew</font> in he got stopped in customs<font color="#E5E5E5"> upon</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">questioning him custom agents got</font> suspicious<font color="#E5E5E5"> and started going through his</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">stuff</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and that's when he</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> found his diary</font> in it were detailed plans about how<font color="#E5E5E5"> he'd</font> hurt my family<font color="#CCCCCC"> and abduct my sister kay</font> so they could live together and<font color="#E5E5E5"> be</font> married he explained that<font color="#CCCCCC"> she would be</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">forced to love him and he deserved her</font> to love him<font color="#E5E5E5"> during the time he spent at</font> her house<font color="#E5E5E5"> iya details about our patterns</font> and schedules<font color="#CCCCCC"> he scoped out the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> house</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> apparently had everything down to</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> last detail fleshed out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I know all</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">of this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> because the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> FBI came and talked</font> to<font color="#CCCCCC"> us about Tim while he was detained in</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the u.s. the terrifying part</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> is that</font> this guy was one lazy custom agents away from<font color="#E5E5E5"> trying to execute his plan and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">causing a lot</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of horror</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> thankfully the</font> agent<font color="#E5E5E5"> was doing their job</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> properly and</font> they<font color="#E5E5E5"> found out Tony's intentions hey</font> friends thanks for<font color="#E5E5E5"> listening</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> if you got</font> a story be<font color="#CCCCCC"> sure to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> submit them to my</font> subreddit<font color="#E5E5E5"> our let's read official and</font> give and receive feedback<font color="#CCCCCC"> from the</font> community<font color="#CCCCCC"> and maybe even hear</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font> featured here<font color="#E5E5E5"> on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the channel</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and grab</font> early access to all future narrations for just $1 a month on patreon maybe even<font color="#E5E5E5"> pick up some let's read</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> merch</font> on Spreadshirt<font color="#E5E5E5"> comm links in the bio</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">thanks so</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> much friends and I'll see you</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">again soon</font>
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