1 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:10,320 Speaker 1: My name is Caleb Fletcher. I'm sixteen years old and 2 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:13,359 this took place around eight to nine months ago. On 3 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:17,920 the twenty fourth of August, which was a Saturday. School 4 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:20,800 had been going on for about two weeks, so to 5 00:00:20,839 --> 00:00:23,679 destress a little, I decided to see if my friends, 6 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:28,920 whoile called Griffin and Broley, wanted to hop on fortnite. 7 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:32,640 My mom and sister were out shopping, my dad was working, 8 00:00:33,039 --> 00:00:37,679 and that was bored. It was around eight pm when 9 00:00:37,719 --> 00:00:40,600 we finally got on to play because I had decided 10 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:44,039 to make pizza rolls beforehand and ended up burning the batch. 11 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:48,280 After a few rounds, I could tell my friends were 12 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:51,759 getting tired of losing, so they got off after only 13 00:00:51,799 --> 00:00:55,799 an hour. I planned on just lying down with my 14 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:59,600 phone and going to bed. That was until I heard 15 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:04,920 my two dogs barking outside. It's not unusual for them 16 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:07,879 to bark, given how people typically walk on the side 17 00:01:07,879 --> 00:01:11,079 of the road, but I still looked anyway just to 18 00:01:11,159 --> 00:01:16,599 make sure I didn't see anybody. But seconds after looking 19 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:20,760 out the window, I heard our garage door open and shut. 20 00:01:22,239 --> 00:01:25,079 That usually means my dad is home from work, but 21 00:01:25,159 --> 00:01:28,319 I didn't see his van outside, and he had texted 22 00:01:28,359 --> 00:01:31,640 me earlier, telling me that he would be working late tonight. 23 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:36,560 I decided to walk downstairs into the dining room and 24 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:40,719 look out the window to get a better view. From there, 25 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:44,920 I could see that our driveway was empty. There wasn't 26 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:50,079 a person or vehicle in sight. I wasn't the type 27 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:52,799 to go investigate, so I ran back up to my 28 00:01:52,879 --> 00:01:56,120 bedroom and texted my family group chat to ask if 29 00:01:56,159 --> 00:02:00,400 anybody was home. I told my mom about the garage door, 30 00:02:00,719 --> 00:02:03,159 and she told me to turn off the lights, lock 31 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:07,120 my bedroom and stay there until she got home. So 32 00:02:07,319 --> 00:02:13,759 I did just that. About fifteen minutes later, I thought 33 00:02:13,759 --> 00:02:18,159 I heard our wooden floor downstairs creaking, like someone was 34 00:02:18,199 --> 00:02:22,560 trying to be sneaky. I didn't have anything to use 35 00:02:22,599 --> 00:02:26,240 as a weapon, so I unclipped my microphone's boom arm 36 00:02:26,439 --> 00:02:32,639 from my desk and quietly opened the door. I walked 37 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:36,400 out onto our upstairs balcony and looked over, trying to 38 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:40,639 see if I could spot anyone hiding or anything suspicious. 39 00:02:41,599 --> 00:02:46,080 I stupidly yelled is anybody there? Like they were really 40 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:50,759 going to answer. I thought everything was fine, though, until 41 00:02:50,759 --> 00:02:55,080 I saw a large silhouette of someone standing underneath the balcony. 42 00:02:56,759 --> 00:02:59,960 I panicked and ran to the closest room with the door, 43 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:04,599 which happened to be my small bathroom. The intruder must 44 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:07,360 have known I noticed them, because I heard loud and 45 00:03:07,439 --> 00:03:11,360 fast footsteps running up our stairs as I locked myself 46 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:15,719 in the bathroom. I had stupidly left my phone in 47 00:03:15,759 --> 00:03:18,479 the bedroom, which was the room right next to me. 48 00:03:19,879 --> 00:03:23,599 After I built up enough courage, I bolted into my bedroom, 49 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:27,039 locking the door as soon as I got in. My 50 00:03:27,199 --> 00:03:30,759 sister's room was right across from mine, and its door 51 00:03:30,879 --> 00:03:33,919 was open, so I figured the intruder must have been 52 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:38,599 in there. After locking my bedroom door, I grabbed my 53 00:03:38,719 --> 00:03:43,719 phone and typed nine one one into it. Just before 54 00:03:43,759 --> 00:03:46,800 I called, I noticed that the storage room in my 55 00:03:46,919 --> 00:03:51,479 wall was open just a tad. I saw a dark 56 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:56,199 brown eye peeking through the crevice, staring into my soul. 57 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:00,960 The pure terror I felt in that moment is something 58 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:05,120 I'll never forget. I booked it down the stairs and 59 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:07,960 out my front door, running up the hill to my 60 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:12,719 neighbor's house. He was a police officer. He alerted the 61 00:04:12,719 --> 00:04:15,680 other cops while I stayed with his wife, and he 62 00:04:15,759 --> 00:04:19,720 went down to investigate. I told him exactly where the 63 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:25,600 intruder was hiding in my bedroom. Minutes later, I ran 64 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:28,079 back down the hill to see if the intruder had 65 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:32,720 been caught. When I walked in, I saw a tall, 66 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:35,920 skinny man with a gray beard and a dirty black 67 00:04:35,959 --> 00:04:39,439 coat being pushed onto the floor by my neighbor as 68 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:44,040 he was getting handcuffed. I'm not allowed to be home 69 00:04:44,079 --> 00:04:47,800 alone anymore, and we have better security around our house now. 70 00:04:48,759 --> 00:04:51,240 My family was just happy to know I wasn't hurt, 71 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:56,079 and they were thankful for my neighbor's bravery. I don't 72 00:04:56,160 --> 00:05:00,240 wish an experience like this on anybody, not even my 73 00:05:00,319 --> 00:05:20,600 worst enemy. This was a few months ago while driving 74 00:05:20,639 --> 00:05:24,839 for door Dash. I only drive as a side gig, 75 00:05:25,199 --> 00:05:28,879 maybe ten to fifteen hours a week. This night, I 76 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,319 was only doing a couple orders since it was already late, 77 00:05:32,959 --> 00:05:37,560 and I had picked up a small order around one am. 78 00:05:37,639 --> 00:05:40,480 It was to be delivered to a business building somewhere 79 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:45,920 across town, which was apparent by the address. This was 80 00:05:45,959 --> 00:05:51,199 a normal thing, usually for overnight workers or whatever. When 81 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:54,279 I pulled into the parking lot, though it was empty, 82 00:05:55,439 --> 00:05:58,279 no cars at all, and it didn't look like there 83 00:05:58,319 --> 00:06:03,079 was a parking lot behind the building either. I parked 84 00:06:03,079 --> 00:06:05,519 in a spot near the front and got out with 85 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:09,560 the food. The place was definitely an office building of 86 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:13,519 some kind and was smaller than most, being only two 87 00:06:13,639 --> 00:06:18,399 stories and not very wide. All the lights were off 88 00:06:18,519 --> 00:06:22,240 in the windows, though aside from one light behind the 89 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:26,800 front door. I walked up to the door and checked 90 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:30,879 the app, seeing it has specific drop off instructions to 91 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:34,279 enter the main hallway and leave the bag outside of 92 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:38,279 room two thirty two. I looked through the door in 93 00:06:38,319 --> 00:06:42,079 the building, seeing this hallway with a bunch of closed 94 00:06:42,079 --> 00:06:47,759 doors on either side delivering to specific rooms. I'd only 95 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:50,879 done at hotels, so this was kind of new for me. 96 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:56,279 I tested the door, pushing on it, and it was unlocked, 97 00:06:56,639 --> 00:07:01,480 so I stepped inside. I expect to hear people working, 98 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:08,319 moving around, or talking, but instead didn't hear anything. There 99 00:07:08,399 --> 00:07:11,920 wasn't a single sound in the whole building. It was 100 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:15,920 just white noise from the overhead lights buzzing above me. 101 00:07:17,279 --> 00:07:20,160 As I passed the first few doors, though they were 102 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:23,560 all numbers in the one hundreds, like one hundred two 103 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:27,759 and one oh six. The room the instruction said to 104 00:07:27,839 --> 00:07:30,519 leave it at was in the two hundreds, so I 105 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:34,319 assumed that meant it was on the second floor. In 106 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:37,160 the middle of the hallway was the doorway leading to 107 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:41,240 the staircase. It was held open with a wedge door 108 00:07:41,319 --> 00:07:46,480 stopper on the floor, but the lights weren't on. I 109 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:49,680 stepped in and up to the bottom of the staircase, 110 00:07:50,279 --> 00:07:55,959 then looked up. The whole stairwell was pitch black. Not 111 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:59,519 even any light was coming from above where the room 112 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:01,839 was supposed to be for me to drop it off 113 00:08:01,879 --> 00:08:08,079 at Again, I started to notice the eerie silence, and 114 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:12,560 it sent a chill through me. I was always one 115 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:16,160 to do whatever the instructions say so I'd get good reviews, 116 00:08:16,759 --> 00:08:19,680 but this was the first time I told myself that 117 00:08:19,759 --> 00:08:24,079 this was too sketchy. I stepped out of the stairwell 118 00:08:24,279 --> 00:08:27,600 and back into the hallway, and just as I did, 119 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:33,279 the door right across from me opened. The lights in 120 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:37,000 that room were off, but a man emerged from behind 121 00:08:37,039 --> 00:08:41,039 the door and stepped into the hallway. He was wearing 122 00:08:41,159 --> 00:08:44,480 street clothes and just didn't look like an office worker 123 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:47,919 at all. But he stood in front of me and 124 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:53,960 pointed past me at the stairwell two thirty two up there. 125 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:59,639 I nodded but didn't move, and neither did he. He 126 00:08:59,799 --> 00:09:02,679 just looked me in the eyes with a look like 127 00:09:02,799 --> 00:09:08,240 he was suppressing his anger. After an intense few seconds, 128 00:09:08,519 --> 00:09:11,200 I dropped the bag on the ground and started quickly 129 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:15,639 walking to the exit. The man didn't follow me, but 130 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:19,039 I heard his footsteps go into the stairwell and up 131 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:23,679 the stairs as I left the building, I got in 132 00:09:23,759 --> 00:09:27,840 my car and left. I didn't know what that was 133 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:31,840 or if I was maybe overreacting about it, so I 134 00:09:31,919 --> 00:09:36,919 didn't call the police. The following day, though the police 135 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:41,720 actually called me. Apparently the office reported a break in, 136 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:45,679 and in the CCTV footage they saw my car and 137 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:50,279 license plate, tracking it back to me. They also had 138 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:52,960 footage of the break in, and so they called me 139 00:09:53,039 --> 00:09:56,080 in to question me about any information I might have. 140 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:00,360 I didn't have much to give, but it turned out 141 00:10:00,759 --> 00:10:05,639 there were actually three people that broke inside. One was 142 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:10,159 downstairs who I saw, but the other two were shown 143 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:12,639 on the cameras to be hiding at the top of 144 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:19,320 the stairs, seemingly waiting for me to go up. Disturbingly, 145 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:23,519 several other delivery orders were made to that same office 146 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:27,519 that night. All of the other drivers were smarter than 147 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:31,360 I was, though, leaving the orders outside by the front door. 148 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:36,000 What would have taken place in that office had any 149 00:10:36,039 --> 00:10:39,159 of us gone up to the second floor is unknown, 150 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:43,960 but hopefully police can find the three men before anyone 151 00:10:44,200 --> 00:11:00,000 falls victim to it. I'm a manager at a middle 152 00:11:00,159 --> 00:11:04,519 sized grocery store. I do ten hour shifts and work 153 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:09,120 mostly overnights. At the time, our store was having some 154 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:14,799 staff issues that made pretty much every department understaffed and overworked, 155 00:11:15,399 --> 00:11:20,639 and overnight stocking was no exception. I had one guy 156 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:23,360 that would help me five nights a week, but that 157 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:28,240 was it other than me. This was on his day off, 158 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:32,120 so it was only me working. I got in at 159 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:37,360 ten and was alone by ten point fifteen. After running 160 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:40,519 some numbers in the office, I started pulling out loads 161 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:44,799 of boxes to the aisles to start unpacking and stocking. 162 00:11:46,159 --> 00:11:49,080 Even though I had no help this night, I still 163 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:52,240 had to get everything done, so I was working hard 164 00:11:52,519 --> 00:11:56,399 and as quickly as I could. I didn't even stop 165 00:11:56,480 --> 00:12:00,720 for a break or anything. But suddenly a tap sound 166 00:12:01,039 --> 00:12:06,840 echoed through the store. I stopped and listened, hearing it 167 00:12:06,919 --> 00:12:10,480 happen again, and it sounded just like someone tapping on 168 00:12:10,519 --> 00:12:14,679 a window at the front of the store. I looked 169 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:18,039 at my watch for the first time since I started working, 170 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:22,639 and it was two a m. Time had flown by, 171 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:27,759 but there was no reason anyone should be here. I 172 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:30,919 walked down the aisle and to the front, where I 173 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:35,519 quickly saw someone outside the store. He was leaning against 174 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:40,159 the window and trying to look inside. He spotted me 175 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:44,440 as I walked up and stared at me. When I 176 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:47,559 was just on the other side, I asked what he wanted. 177 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:52,639 The man, looking like he was homeless, told me to 178 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:57,759 open the door. He had a straight face, no smile 179 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:02,639 or anything. I said we were closed and he couldn't 180 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:06,159 be here, then turned to walk away, but the man 181 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:10,960 immediately banged on the window, not tapping like he was before. 182 00:13:11,759 --> 00:13:16,480 This was now harsh banging. I looked back at him 183 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:21,639 and he was clearly enraged, with his fist against the glass. 184 00:13:22,879 --> 00:13:25,919 Thinking the sky was crazy, I told him I'd call 185 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:29,080 the cops if he doesn't leave, then started pulling my 186 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:33,039 phone out to show how a serious and only then 187 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:37,200 did he step away from the window. He still had 188 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:40,480 that angry look as he walked away and into the 189 00:13:40,519 --> 00:13:45,399 parking lot. Seeing him leave, I put my phone away 190 00:13:45,639 --> 00:13:49,200 and got back to work. We get a lot of 191 00:13:49,279 --> 00:13:52,519 crazy customers around here, so I didn't think on it 192 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:56,720 too much, and again I had to focus on getting 193 00:13:56,720 --> 00:14:01,440 my work done. I was only able to get a 194 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:05,120 small cart of boxes stocked, so it was maybe fifteen 195 00:14:05,159 --> 00:14:09,559 minutes later when a sudden sound echoed through the store. 196 00:14:10,919 --> 00:14:16,440 It sounded like something metal snapping or scraping. I quickly 197 00:14:16,519 --> 00:14:19,159 dropped what I was doing and ran up to the front. 198 00:14:21,159 --> 00:14:24,039 Nobody was at the windows, so I went up to 199 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:28,679 the entrance door. It was one of those revolving glass doors, 200 00:14:29,039 --> 00:14:31,759 which uses a bolt lock on the top to keep 201 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:34,519 it from opening when we closed the store for the night. 202 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:40,480 Right away I saw that that bolt was missing, like, 203 00:14:40,639 --> 00:14:46,799 not even just unlocked, the entire bolt was gone. I 204 00:14:46,879 --> 00:14:49,879 pressed my hand on the door and it glided around 205 00:14:50,399 --> 00:14:55,679 completely allowing anyone to get in. I could feel my 206 00:14:55,799 --> 00:14:59,360 face turned white as I realized what this meant, and 207 00:14:59,399 --> 00:15:04,039 I knew I need to call the police immediately. I 208 00:15:04,159 --> 00:15:07,120 turned around to go to the front office, but was 209 00:15:07,279 --> 00:15:10,919 instantly looking into the face of that guy from before. 210 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:15,480 He was only a few feet from me, still having 211 00:15:15,679 --> 00:15:20,639 that enraged stare. I didn't hesitate to run out the 212 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:25,679 revolving door, hearing the guy follow close behind me As 213 00:15:25,679 --> 00:15:28,759 I ran out into the parking lot. An old van 214 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:32,720 came speeding up to the front. It nearly hit me, 215 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:36,240 but I just kept running until I got to my car. 216 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:40,799 When I rushed in, I noticed the guy wasn't chasing 217 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:43,600 me anymore, and the van was now speeding out of 218 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:48,159 the parking lot. I called the cops and spent the 219 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:53,600 next couple hours explaining what happened. It wasn't until the 220 00:15:53,639 --> 00:15:56,639 next day that we got security footage of the man 221 00:15:56,679 --> 00:16:01,279 breaking inside, but it wasn't the best image quality. We 222 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:04,000 can say almost for sure that they were trying to 223 00:16:04,039 --> 00:16:06,759 get me into their van, but we have no way 224 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:11,759 to know why. I'm sure if I'd not been as quick, though, 225 00:16:12,159 --> 00:16:15,200 I probably wouldn't have ever been seen again.