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Speaker 1: I was at home making dinner on a regular night

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after work. It was around seven pm or maybe even later,

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and I'd gotten home from work only an hour before.

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I wasn't making anything fancy, just a small chicken breast

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and some frozen corn. I had just finished with the

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chicken and began draining the water from the corn when

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a light scraping sound came through the house. It was

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short and quick and not very loud, but the strangeness

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of the sound that made me flinch a little. I

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continued doing what I was doing, thinking it was just

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some weird sound that the house was making that I

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had just never heard before. But then again, that same

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scraping sound vibrated through the walls. It was such an

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unusual sound I had no idea what to think of it.

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I quickly finished plating my food, then went toward the

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front door to listen for it again, hoping to pinpoint

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where it was coming from. I waited for maybe thirty seconds,

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not hearing anything, then went back to the table to eat.

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Even still, at this point, I wasn't thinking anything of it.

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I was only curious as to why the house was

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making that sound, But I wasn't worried in the slightest,

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I spent a few minutes eating, then went over to

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the couch to rest and watch some Netflix for a bit.

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But through the show I would constantly hear that obnoxious

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scraping sound over and over. Eventually it was just getting

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so aggravating that I turned off the TV and just

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waited listening. When the sound came again, I was able

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to hear it more clearly coming from somewhere upstairs. I

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quickly walked up to the second floor, still just annoyed

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at the house for ruining my night, but also a

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bit more concerned that there may actually be something wrong.

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Speaker 2: With the house.

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Speaker 1: At the top of the steps, I stayed in the

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hallway waiting again for the sound. A whole minute went

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by of nothing, so I began searching the rooms to

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make sure everything was okay. It didn't seem like anything

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was unusual or broken, so now I was starting to

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really get confused and worried. I put some shoes on

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and went outside, and while it was dark, I figured

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i'd maybe be able to see a tree scraping against

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the house, or possibly some other issue. I went to

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the side of the house where I knew there was

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a tree, but it wasn't windy at all, and the

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branches were nowhere near the side. I kind of just

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stood there wondering how this was happening, and Wyatt suddenly

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started tonight. I was tired and this was the last

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thing I wanted to be doing. I walked back around

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to the front of the house, and on my way

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to the front door, a glimmer of light came in

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the side of my vision. I turned and looked as

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it seemingly came from the front of the house. I

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walked further down the driveway by the sidewalk and looked back,

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and that's when I saw a small light coming from

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one of the windows in a dark room of my home.

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After a couple seconds, I realized there was the attic

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window and that the light was moving, almost like someone

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was shining.

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Speaker 2: A flashlight around.

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Speaker 1: I was horrified someone was in my attic doing who

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knows what and for how long. I stayed out front,

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calling the police as I stared at the window, watching

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the light move around slowly, But as I was talking

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on the phone, the light got dimmer before shining directly

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at me. They held it there for a couple seconds,

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then shut it off, and even from outside, I was

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able to hear a few loud thuds. I immediately ran

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over to my neighbor's yard, trying to explain to the

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operator what was going on, while looking over at my

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house in terror. From where I was, it looked silent

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and calm, but that only made it more scary, knowing

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that something awful was likely going on inside. After a

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few minutes, though, nothing else was seen, and the cops

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finally made it. They searched the house first, then brought

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me inside to talk. They found multiple shoe prints in

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the attic, and they suspected it was likely a group

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of teenagers messing around with me and likely not trying

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to cause any harm. There were no signs of anyone

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living there or anything, which was a relief. They found

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some carvings in the wooden beams, though, but they weren't

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anything specific, just lines basically. Again, the cops assured me

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that the kids were probably just messing with me and

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trying to get a reaction out of me. As for

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how they got in, they think they may have somehow

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gotten on the roof and climbed in through a window

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while I was at work that day. However, they exited

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through the attic doorway.

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Speaker 2: On the ceiling and got out through my back door.

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Speaker 1: I know they said confidently that it was just a

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harmless group of kids, but that doesn't make me feel

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any safer. Knowing that some random group of people broke

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into my house and was camping out there all day

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and at night while I was home is really unnerving.

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I mean, those cops didn't actually know what the group's

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intention were either, so who knows what they actually planned undoing.

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Speaker 2: As a kid, I grew.

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Speaker 1: Up in a normal neighborhood. We had a nice, mid

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sized home and a very ordinary family. When I turned seven,

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we adopted a small dog named Max. He was my

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best friend for years, and as I grew up, i'd

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be home alone more often, but with Max there with me,

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I'd never really feel like I was alone. I never

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felt the need to worry or be afraid of anything.

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Unfortunately this didn't last forever though. When I turned fifteen,

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my family sold our home and moved twenty minutes away

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to a more isolated, smaller house in a forested area,

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and sadly that summer Max passed away due to old age.

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I was thankful that it was summer, though, because I

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had time to grieve at home without having to go

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to school or anything. After a few days of the

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family grieving together at the loss of our first family dog,

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things went back to normal. My parents went back to

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work and I stayed home on summer break. However, I immediately

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felt a difference. This was the first time I'd ever

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really been completely home alone in my entire life. Without

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Max to always be by my side, I was constantly

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paranoid and uneasy about every small sound coming from the house.

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Not to mention, we'd only lived in the place for

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a few months, so I didn't even really know the

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area or feel fully safe yet. Anyway, just a week

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after losing Max, it was another regular day. My parents

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left for work and I stayed home. The house was

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only one story, so the layout was basically just a line.

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When you walk in the front door, there's the kitchen

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and living room, which then leads to a long hallway

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with two rooms on the side. In my parents' bedroom

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at the end. For the past week of being alone,

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I'd always walked down the hallway and close all of

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the bedroom doors. For some reason, I didn't like seeing

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the doors open in the hallway, as it just gave

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me a weird feeling, so this day was no different.

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I went along the hallway, closing each door until I

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got to my parents' room. I pulled the door through

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the doorway and began walking back, but immediately realized that

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I didn't hear the click sound of the door being

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fully shut, so I turned back around and pulled the

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door shut more firmly, this time hearing the click sound

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of the door locking in place. I went back to

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my room, where I had my computer and closed the door.

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I put on my headphones and watched YouTube for almost

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two hours straight, since there wasn't much else to do

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by this point. Though it was about nine a m.

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And I was ready for some breakfast. I laid my

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headphones on the desk and opened my room door, stepping

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into the hallway. As I stepped out and turned towards

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the living room, I couldn't help but notice something was

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off in the corner of my eye. I turned my

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head to look back down the hallway and instantly froze.

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The door at the end of the hallway was open,

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I mean wide to open. I must have stood there

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for a whole minute, just trying not to make any

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noise and listen for any movement in my parents' bedroom.

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Speaker 2: At this point, though I didn't know what to do,

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I knew that I.

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Speaker 1: Had closed that door and there was no way it

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could open on its own, so I was pretty confident

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that somebody could be in the house. I hadn't heard anything, though,

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so I had no idea where they were. They could

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have been in any room in the house. By now,

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I decided to vary quietly and slowly walk through the

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living room and into the kitchen, frantically swiveling my head

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all around, fearing that they were hiding somewhere. Upon reaching

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the kitchen, I grabbed one of my parents large steak knives,

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gripping the knife tightly in my right hand. I felt

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slightly better, but ill terrified. I quickly and carefully double

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checked the living room and dining room, making sure the

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intruder wasn't hiding anywhere. Then stood at the end of

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the hallway. I walked down to the spare bedroom, trying

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to open the door quietly, but it was old and creaky.

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Everything seemed to be exactly how it was left. Nothing

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moved at all. I backed out and closed the door.

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I saved my parents' bedroom for last, as it was

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the room with the open door, and I was terrified.

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It didn't help that this house was in the middle

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of a forest. Knowing that no help was anywhere nearby,

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I stood at the doorway for another minute, only able

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to see half of my parents' bed, while clutching the

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knife and listening. It was dead silent. Fear continued to

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rise inside me as I called.

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Speaker 2: Out shakily, but there was no response.

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Speaker 1: I tried to sound confident, but I knew it was

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a thin act. I took a step inside, looking around

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the corner. It seemed empty, just like the other rooms,

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with nothing moved at all. I even crouched and looked

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under the bed, but no one was there. I walked

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to the other side of the bed, and just as

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I noticed a small spot of dirt on the floor,

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I heard a soft thud from behind me. I jumped,

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heart racing and stared at the bathroom door that was shut.

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I could hear frantic movement in there, while also seeing

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a slight shadow from under the door. A few seconds

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passed as I stood in fear before hearing one last thud,

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followed by footsteps fading away.

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Speaker 2: Outside the house.

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Speaker 1: Still in shock of what had just happened, I carefully

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walked over and opened the door. Immediately noticing the open window,

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I quickly closed and locked it, then ran to my

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room to grab my phone. I don't know why I

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never called the police. I guess I was just young

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and I didn't want them to come over if nobody

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was actually there. But upon reflection, I know I should

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have just left the house and called the cops to

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begin with. Anyway, I called my parents first, who then

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called the police and came home soon after. During their investigation,

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they found small patches of dirt from someone's shoe pretty

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much throughout the whole house except for my room. They

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were able to tell that it was only one person. However, strangely,

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they didn't take anything. Not a single thing was missing

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from our home. This was obviously really creepy and unusual,

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making the motives of the intruder much more disturbing. We

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moved out of the house several months later, though mostly

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due to other problems with the house. Being in my

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twenties now, I still think about this encounter every once

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in a while. I wonder what would have happened if

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I wasn't wearing my headphones and heard the person enter,

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since I probably would.

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Speaker 2: Have looked and seen them.

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Speaker 1: It's terrifying to imagine, but I'm thankful for how everything

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turned out, aside from them the intruder never getting caught.

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I'm a twenty four year old female and I rent

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a very small house near my work. Nothing has ever

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happened to me like this before, but afterwards I have

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been much more careful about who my friends are. The

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day started out the same as every other weekday. I

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went to work, came back home, made some dinner, then

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sat on the couch to watch a show or a movie.

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It was Friday, so I like to stay up a

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little later than usual, but sometimes my eyes wouldn't let me.

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I turned on a movie around eight o'clock, and at

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some point I fell asleep during it. It wasn't until

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a sharp and sudden sound made me jump back out

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of sleep. It was my phone, and a sound I

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had never heard before. I picked it up from the

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coffee table and squinted my eyes at the bright screen.

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It was a notification for a message I received on Facebook.

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Opening it, it took me straight to the Facebook messenger app,

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which I had never actually used before. I was confused

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seeing a text from a man simply saying hello. His

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name looked familiar, but was definitely not one of my

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close friends. I clicked on his profile and saw that

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we had one mutual friend and that we'd been friends

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on Facebook for four months. This sparked my memory from

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when I accepted his invite. Honestly, I just accept anyone's

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invite as long as they have mutual friends with me.

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I don't share anything too private online, so it never

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really mattered to me.

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Speaker 2: I went back to the messenger app and just.

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Speaker 1: Said hi to be polite, though also beginning to recognize

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how late it was and how odd it was to

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randomly text someone at this time. Immediately after I sent it,

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the three dots appeared as the person was typing, followed

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by a new message reading it. I immediately gasped and dropped

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my phone on the tape while looking over at the window.

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The text read I loved that movie too, we should

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watch it together. I didn't see anything outside the window,

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though it was completely black outside. I was shaking, knowing

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now that someone was definitely watching me. I felt super

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uncomfortable too, not knowing how long they'd been watching. Then

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I heard my phone beep again and light up with

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a new message. I was horrified and just stared at

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my phone on the table, unable to move and too

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scared to look at the message. I can't even tell

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you how long I was frozen there for as everything

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just fell so strange. Before the door bell rang, I

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jumped again, now with tears in my eyes from the

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panicked state I was in. I grabbed my phone and

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dialed nine one one, then tried to explain my situation

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as best I could, while overwhelmed and crying. The operator

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told me they have someone on their way just five

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minutes out, then told me to lock myself in a

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room and wait for the help to arrive. I agreed,

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trying to calm myself down. Just as I was ending

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the call, another message came through, then another, and another,

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spamming my phone with that awful beep sound before I

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turned it on silent. I barely got myself to open

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them and saw maybe ten or fifteen messages in all

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caps of the man demanding me to open the door.

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Then the very last message simply read never mind. I

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didn't know what that meant, but it only took a

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few seconds for me to find out. A soft bang

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came from the other side of the house. It was

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very muffled, as if it were far away, though I

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stood still listening for a moment before another one louder.

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This time, I go through the hallway by the kitchen,

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able to hear the sound more clearly. Now I could

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tell it was coming from the basement. I quickly ran

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to my bedroom. Hearing another much louder bang followed by

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something shattering. I locked myself in the room, crying uncontrollably

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from the fear of the situation as I listened to

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the sounds of the man making his way through the

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basement and up the stairs. I knew I kept the

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basement door locked, but I was sure the man would

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break through at any minute.

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Speaker 2: I heard the.

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Speaker 1: Doorknob rattling, followed by several shoves as if attempting to

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push through it, before three loud knocks.

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Speaker 2: Came from the front door. Police open up.

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Speaker 1: I sprinted to the front door, unlocking it and letting

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them in. There were two male police officers, and I

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think they could see the worry in my eyes. I

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pointed to the basement door, talking fast and telling them

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that he was in there, and they immediately took their

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guns out and rushed in the intruder's footsteps ran down

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the steps as the officers opened the door and carefully

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followed after they caught the man after a quick struggle.

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To keep this short, the man had broken in through

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the window well in the basement, so that's what the

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he always was. As for who he was, he actually

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was the man on Facebook. I assumed he was using

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a fake account or something, but no, that was actually him.

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He didn't give any reason for breaking in, aside from

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apparently just wanting to talk to me. It was very

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odd and creepy. I'd never had anything like that happen before,

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as I kind of just thought these were things that

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only happened in movies. Later that week, I went through

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my friend's list and removed anyone I didn't know personally.

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It's sad that I have to do that, but I

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guess this is the world we live in now.