1 00:00:05,599 --> 00:00:07,839 Speaker 1: It was just past eleven PM, and I was in 2 00:00:07,879 --> 00:00:11,439 the back room of our building moving boxes around. It 3 00:00:11,519 --> 00:00:13,759 was just a regular hardware store and I was an 4 00:00:13,759 --> 00:00:17,719 overnight stocker there. My other coworker that I usually work 5 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:20,039 with was on vacation, so it was just me for 6 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:23,640 the night. I didn't mind, though, because people always expect 7 00:00:23,719 --> 00:00:25,519 less from you when you're left alone to do all 8 00:00:25,519 --> 00:00:28,280 the work, so if anything didn't get done, it wouldn't 9 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:33,759 really matter. I was working slowly, taking my time. All 10 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:35,960 the deliveries that came in during the day needed to 11 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:38,240 be put by the aisles where they belonged, so I 12 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:40,439 was just breaking down the pallettes and putting boxes on 13 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:42,920 carts that I would then roll into the main shopping 14 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:46,439 area and stock the boxes from there. Once I had 15 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:49,039 filled a few carts, I grabbed one and pushed it 16 00:00:49,039 --> 00:00:52,359 to the aisle on the far left. It was raining 17 00:00:52,719 --> 00:00:57,079 or maybe even storming pretty heavily outside. Though through the rain, 18 00:00:57,399 --> 00:00:59,799 I thought I heard something from the front of the building. 19 00:01:01,759 --> 00:01:04,439 I didn't really care, not even crossing my mind for 20 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:06,799 a second that it was anything other than the building 21 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:11,280 making noises. I took a few boxes and started stocking, 22 00:01:11,519 --> 00:01:15,200 humming to myself to save me from the boredom. But 23 00:01:15,239 --> 00:01:20,359 then again I thought I heard something. I walked down 24 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:22,120 to the front of the store and looked all the 25 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:24,239 way at the other end, where the front door was. 26 00:01:25,159 --> 00:01:28,879 There didn't seem to be anything or anyone. I stayed 27 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:31,840 there for a little bit, again in no rush to work, 28 00:01:32,599 --> 00:01:35,959 and then it happened again. I could have sworn this 29 00:01:36,079 --> 00:01:38,400 time that I saw something moving by the front door, 30 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:41,319 and that was where the sounds seemed to come from. 31 00:01:42,799 --> 00:01:45,439 Being in my place of work with all the doors locked, 32 00:01:45,719 --> 00:01:48,719 I wasn't really afraid of anything, but more just wanted 33 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:52,680 to make sure nothing strange was going on outside. I 34 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:54,760 went up to the front door and looked out the glass, 35 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:59,239 which I noticed had huge smudges and scratches on them. 36 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:03,599 Nothing was outside, no cars or people, just heavy rain 37 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:08,039 pouring down. I turned and started walking away back to 38 00:02:08,039 --> 00:02:12,120 where I was working. It was quiet for a while, 39 00:02:12,479 --> 00:02:15,719 maybe a whole hour even, but then the sound came 40 00:02:15,759 --> 00:02:18,919 again from the front door. I dropped what I was 41 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:21,960 doing immediately and walked back to the front, and from 42 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,840 across the store I could for sure make out a 43 00:02:24,879 --> 00:02:29,439 figure moving around outside the door. I began walking closer 44 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:33,280 before the figure stopped, stood still for a second, then 45 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:36,879 ran away. I ran up to the door, trying to 46 00:02:36,879 --> 00:02:39,080 catch a glimpse of the person, but it was too 47 00:02:39,159 --> 00:02:43,039 dark and rainy. Looking at the door, though there were 48 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:47,039 definitely more marks on it than there was before, I 49 00:02:47,159 --> 00:02:50,400 was confident that this person was trying to break in. 50 00:02:51,759 --> 00:02:54,439 I pulled out my phone, still standing by the door, 51 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:57,800 and called the police. The operator said it wouldn't be 52 00:02:57,879 --> 00:03:01,680 too long, just a few minutes. I put my phone 53 00:03:01,719 --> 00:03:05,759 back in my pocket and waited by the door, looking around. 54 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,800 The parking lot was still empty. But then I turned 55 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,120 my head to look against the building, and on the 56 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:15,960 very side was that same figure. I backed away quickly, 57 00:03:16,199 --> 00:03:19,520 worried that he may have seen me. I took several 58 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:22,919 steps back and tried to be quiet. Not even ten 59 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:27,759 seconds later, the figure appeared right outside the door. While 60 00:03:27,759 --> 00:03:30,520 the glass was somewhat foggy and had rain drops all 61 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:32,759 over it, I could tell he was looking at me. 62 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:37,000 He slammed something against the window. He looked like maybe 63 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,120 a large rock. Then he hit it again and again, 64 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:44,719 trying to break the glass. I backed away quicker and 65 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:47,039 ran to the back of the store, locking myself in 66 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:51,400 the office through the building. I heard the glass shatter 67 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:55,120 and the alarm by the door go off. I waited 68 00:03:55,159 --> 00:04:00,000 in fear, hearing nothing else. A few minutes of silence passed, 69 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:03,000 and I was growing more and more nervous, until the 70 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:07,319 police finally showed up. I heard them call out, then 71 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:10,080 walk around searching the place before they got to the office, 72 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:12,840 where I identified myself and told them what I knew. 73 00:04:14,159 --> 00:04:16,800 The guy wasn't in the store, so I guess after 74 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:20,600 he broke the glass, he just left. It seems really 75 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:23,920 weird and doesn't make any sense. Part of me even 76 00:04:23,959 --> 00:04:26,759 wishes that he had actually stolen something, so that i'd 77 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:29,000 at least know that that was what he was after. 78 00:04:29,879 --> 00:04:33,000 But given he didn't do anything after breaking down the door, 79 00:04:33,639 --> 00:04:36,680 I don't know what he wanted, and that is what 80 00:04:36,879 --> 00:04:47,720 still scares me to this day. I used to be 81 00:04:47,759 --> 00:04:51,959 a bus driver for the local suburban kindergarten and elementary schools. 82 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:55,600 After nearly fifteen years, I retired from that job and 83 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:58,240 started driving for the buses in the city where I lived. 84 00:04:59,399 --> 00:05:02,120 I loved my job driving kids around, but as I 85 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:04,519 got older, it became more difficult for me to put 86 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:07,639 on a smiling face every day and interact with energetic 87 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:11,600 and chaotic children driving in the city. The bus lot 88 00:05:11,639 --> 00:05:13,800 was only a ten minute walk from my apartment, and 89 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:17,000 the passengers would mostly just get in and out. While 90 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:19,680 the actual driving part of the job was more stressful, 91 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:24,720 I still felt a sense of relief compared to before. Anyway, 92 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:27,720 the city bus company I worked for had buses running 93 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:30,720 twenty four to seven, though at night they only have 94 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:33,920 a few buses out and they would just run longer routes. 95 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:38,560 Few drivers actually one of these shifts, so all of 96 00:05:38,639 --> 00:05:41,360 us day drivers were forced to do two night shifts 97 00:05:41,399 --> 00:05:45,279 every other week. It wasn't horrible aside from it messing 98 00:05:45,399 --> 00:05:48,720 up my sleep schedule. They were less passengers and the 99 00:05:48,759 --> 00:05:51,160 roads were more empty, so the job was much more 100 00:05:51,199 --> 00:05:55,839 relaxing than it was during the day. It was somewhere 101 00:05:55,879 --> 00:05:59,319 between two and three am this night, and nobody was out. 102 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:02,480 I drove my normal route several times over the course 103 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:05,279 of an hour, and not a single person needed a ride. 104 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:09,160 I maybe only saw four or five people total, even 105 00:06:09,199 --> 00:06:12,800 walking outside. I pulled up to the last stop of 106 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:15,839 the route and parked, not to pick anyone up, but 107 00:06:15,959 --> 00:06:17,959 just to take a quick break. While it wasn't busy, 108 00:06:19,199 --> 00:06:20,879 I leaned my head on the back of the seat 109 00:06:20,959 --> 00:06:23,560 and closed my eyes to rest them. I was being 110 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,360 sure not to fall asleep, but soon a knock came 111 00:06:26,399 --> 00:06:31,839 at the door. My eyes shot open as I was 112 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:35,720 startled by the sudden noise. An older man was standing 113 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:39,079 at the door looking at me. I made a nervous 114 00:06:39,079 --> 00:06:42,759 and awkward smile, then opened the door. He stepped in 115 00:06:42,879 --> 00:06:45,480 and scanned his bus pass, then went to the very 116 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:49,680 back of the bus and sat down. Nobody else is out, 117 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:52,879 so I can drop you off wherever you need, I yelled, 118 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:56,759 turning my head slightly towards the back. There was a 119 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:59,879 really awkward few seconds before I turned back forward and 120 00:07:00,079 --> 00:07:06,959 started on the road again. I thought he might have 121 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,439 had earbuds in or something, so I was just going 122 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:11,199 to do it the hard way and stop at every 123 00:07:11,199 --> 00:07:13,480 bus stop along the route like I was supposed to. 124 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:18,079 Over the course of the drive, I constantly checked the mirror, 125 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:20,800 seeing the man just sitting in the back staring ahead. 126 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:24,800 It was odd behavior, but who knows what these people 127 00:07:24,839 --> 00:07:28,360 have on their minds. At three am, I pulled up 128 00:07:28,399 --> 00:07:30,600 to every stop on the route and was approaching the 129 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:33,680 last two, wondering when this man was going to get off. 130 00:07:34,319 --> 00:07:37,079 After these, it just loops back around to where I 131 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:40,519 picked him up. When I stopped at the next spot, 132 00:07:40,839 --> 00:07:42,519 I put the bus in park and looked at the 133 00:07:42,519 --> 00:07:46,720 man in the mirror. After a second, he got up. 134 00:07:47,839 --> 00:07:50,279 He began walking down the aisle, but the way he 135 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:54,120 was staring at the floor was really unusual. As he 136 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:57,439 got closer, I turned my body around and could see 137 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:01,600 his face. It was full of anger and rage. I 138 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:04,480 tried to act normal, turning my face to the road again, 139 00:08:04,879 --> 00:08:08,240 but the guy stopped right next to me. I looked 140 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:12,720 over and he was staring down at me. Is everything okay? 141 00:08:13,959 --> 00:08:17,399 The man continued staring, but then he looked away and 142 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:21,759 walked back down the aisle and sat down. This was 143 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:24,199 the point where I knew something was very wrong, and 144 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:27,879 I started to worry. After a moment, I put the 145 00:08:27,879 --> 00:08:30,000 bus back in drive and headed to the next and 146 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:33,960 final stop. When we arrived, I put it in park 147 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:37,399 and waited. There was a sort of tension in this 148 00:08:37,519 --> 00:08:41,080 moment that was hard to describe. I looked ahead at 149 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:44,679 the empty roads and sidewalks. Then the man got up 150 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:48,600 and walked quickly down the aisle. He approached me, but 151 00:08:48,759 --> 00:08:51,679 this time he shoved me against the side window and 152 00:08:51,759 --> 00:08:55,720 held a gun against my head, looking him in the eyes. 153 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:59,720 He had that same look as before, crazed, anger and 154 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:04,039 ra I didn't know why or what he wanted from me, 155 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:07,000 but I was sure he was going to pull that trigger. 156 00:09:08,159 --> 00:09:11,080 The man didn't say anything, He just tensed up and 157 00:09:11,159 --> 00:09:14,240 pushed the gun against my head even harder, still staring 158 00:09:14,279 --> 00:09:18,600 me in the eyes. Then he opened his mouth wide 159 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:22,679 and screamed right in my face, just a painfully loud, 160 00:09:22,879 --> 00:09:30,120 angry scream. Then he let go, backed up and walked out. 161 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:37,720 I closed the door quickly and drove away. I called 162 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:40,320 the police as soon as possible, knowing that his bus 163 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:44,159 pass would have his identity in the system. An officer 164 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:46,440 was sent to where I dropped the man off, while 165 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:48,720 one came to where I was to get more information. 166 00:09:50,039 --> 00:09:52,360 A couple days later, they showed me a picture of 167 00:09:52,399 --> 00:09:54,240 the man who was on the bus pass that the 168 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:57,759 stranger had used, but it was a completely different person. 169 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:01,440 I don't know, oh what kind of sick mind that 170 00:10:01,519 --> 00:10:04,960 man had or what he wanted from me, but that 171 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:09,799 was the most unusual, disturbing and creepy encounter I've ever had, 172 00:10:10,039 --> 00:10:21,960 and we'll probably ever have I worked at a library. 173 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:25,519 In my mid twenties up until my early thirties, I 174 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:28,440 worked over night shifts there as a stocker and reorganizer. 175 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:32,360 When I applied, I was told i'd be working midshifts, 176 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:34,399 but a few months later they decided to open a 177 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:38,200 new overnight position. This place was huge and was an 178 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:41,320 old stone building in the center of town repurposed into 179 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:45,480 a library. Being so large, though, stocking and reorganizing the 180 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:48,519 books became too much for US employees to do consistently 181 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:52,600 throughout the day. Nobody wanted to do the night shift, though, 182 00:10:52,799 --> 00:10:56,200 mainly because they only opened a single position, meaning whoever 183 00:10:56,240 --> 00:11:00,000 it was would be alone all night. I really didn't 184 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:01,799 I want to do it either, but they offered to 185 00:11:01,879 --> 00:11:05,519 increase pay by two dollars per hour for overnight shifts. 186 00:11:05,799 --> 00:11:07,440 That was a big deal for me at the time, 187 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:11,919 so I took it. A few months in everything was 188 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:15,240 going well. Even though I was technically doing the same 189 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:17,759 job as I was when I worked midshifts, it was 190 00:11:17,799 --> 00:11:21,919 a completely different job. I didn't have to interact with customers, 191 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:25,879 waste time helping them or anything. I just did my work, 192 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:30,919 listen to music, and nobody bothered me. Over the following months, though, 193 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:34,600 I strangely started to become less and less comfortable while working. 194 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:37,799 It was weird because I figured I should be getting 195 00:11:37,799 --> 00:11:41,200 more comfortable as time went on, but I began thinking 196 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:43,559 about how old the building was, and it kind of 197 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:47,039 creeped me out. Sometimes I'd look up from the bookshelf 198 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:49,879 and see the empty dark room with what felt like 199 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:53,559 hundreds of aals where anything could be hiding. I'd pull 200 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:57,080 my headphones out and listen, hearing nothing but silence, which 201 00:11:57,120 --> 00:11:59,440 for some reason made me feel even more creeped out. 202 00:12:01,039 --> 00:12:03,159 But then one night, when I was doing my usual 203 00:12:03,399 --> 00:12:06,639 listening to music and stocking, I heard something from the 204 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:10,840 other side of the large room. I stopped moving for 205 00:12:10,879 --> 00:12:13,000 a moment as it registered in my head that I 206 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:16,440 did actually hear something. Then I pulled out my headphones 207 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:19,200 and looked up. I kind of just stood there for 208 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:23,080 a few minutes, scared to move. I was waiting for 209 00:12:23,159 --> 00:12:26,120 something else to happen, but nothing ever did, so I 210 00:12:26,159 --> 00:12:29,000 went back to my work. This time I left my 211 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:33,279 headphones out though I finished rearranging the shelf. Then I 212 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:35,120 rolled my cart to the back to grab all the 213 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:39,080 book returns. But that's when I heard it again, this 214 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:42,200 time with my headphones away. I could confirm it was 215 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:44,519 inside the building, and I could tell it was the 216 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:47,440 sound of something falling on the ground. It might have 217 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:50,320 sounded just like a small book hitting the floor, but 218 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:55,200 in such a large, quiet room it echoed loudly. Again, 219 00:12:55,519 --> 00:12:57,919 I froze and just stared in the direction I heard 220 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:02,279 the sound coming from. Considering the building was full of books, 221 00:13:02,519 --> 00:13:04,919 it didn't seem unlikely for a couple books to fall 222 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:07,919 down randomly, But that didn't really make me feel any 223 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:12,399 more comfort. Something felt off, like I was being watched. 224 00:13:13,639 --> 00:13:16,519 My head started doing that thing again, going through every 225 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:19,080 reason to be scared of the place, and I was 226 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:23,279 trying really hard not to panic. I knew the likelihood 227 00:13:23,279 --> 00:13:25,320 of it just being a book falling off the shelf 228 00:13:25,399 --> 00:13:27,879 was high, and I also knew that I'd often get 229 00:13:27,919 --> 00:13:30,759 into my head and scare myself for no reason. So 230 00:13:31,399 --> 00:13:35,399 I got myself to walk over in check. I walked 231 00:13:35,399 --> 00:13:38,840 slowly through the aisles of bookshelves, looking down each one. 232 00:13:39,919 --> 00:13:43,600 I got to the very last aisle. There was nothing, 233 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:46,759 not a book or anything down any of the aisles. 234 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:50,240 The panic started to come up in my head again. 235 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:55,519 I turned around and my heart stopped. Someone was standing 236 00:13:55,519 --> 00:13:59,320 by the door leading to the back storage room. They 237 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:01,519 were in the far corner, as if trying to hide 238 00:14:01,519 --> 00:14:04,720 against the wall, but I could tell they were watching me. 239 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:09,519 I resisted every urge in my body to scream and run. 240 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:14,320 I looked away, walked back down the aisles, unlocked the 241 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:18,600 front door, and walked out. As soon as the door 242 00:14:18,639 --> 00:14:21,120 closed behind me, I sprinted around the back of the 243 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:24,320 building to my car and locked myself inside, then called 244 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:29,200 the police. I was shaking and crying when they arrived. 245 00:14:29,279 --> 00:14:31,320 I came to the front of the building and waited 246 00:14:31,399 --> 00:14:34,919 while two of them searched inside, but they came out alone. 247 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:40,519 Apparently they didn't find anyone. My mind immediately thought of 248 00:14:40,559 --> 00:14:42,679 how I should have locked the front door after I 249 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:45,600 got out, but I was so afraid I didn't even 250 00:14:45,639 --> 00:14:49,960 think about it. My manager had us do a stock 251 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:53,320 count and everything in the following days, but nothing seemed 252 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:56,320 to be out of the ordinary, no large amounts of 253 00:14:56,360 --> 00:15:00,840 stock missing. It made everyone question why the person was 254 00:15:00,879 --> 00:15:03,840 in the building, or if there even was a person 255 00:15:03,919 --> 00:15:07,200 at all. It really sucks because a lot of my 256 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:09,879 coworkers thought that it was just some weird trick to 257 00:15:09,919 --> 00:15:13,399 get me out of working night shifts. I know what 258 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:16,399 I heard though there was no mistake, and I know 259 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:21,159 what I saw too. Despite that horrifying night, I still 260 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:24,240 kept my job. They were nice enough to let me 261 00:15:24,279 --> 00:15:27,080 do midshifts for a month before going back to nights. 262 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:31,840 After that, though nothing else ever happened, I'm just left 263 00:15:31,879 --> 00:15:35,120 with the mystery of what that man was trying to do.