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Speaker 1: Me and my best friend while call Matt lived in Pennsylvania.

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We are technically neighbors, though he lives almost a mile

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down the road. Both of our homes have a lot

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of land, mainly filled with empty forest areas that lead

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up to the hills. Anyway, Matt was hanging over at

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my place one night when he mentioned that he'd found

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something interesting while he was out in the forest behind

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his house. He said it was a tunnel with old

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wooden beams holding it together. Matt said he didn't want

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to explore it alone, as it gave him a bad feeling.

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I asked how far it was, and he said it

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was maybe a mile's walk behind his house, with no

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path or anything leading to it. Honestly, it sounded interesting

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to me, so I agreed to check it out with him.

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I grabbed my small backpack from my closet and packed

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a flashlight in a water bottle. Then we drove my

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car over to his house and started the walk. It

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was only five pm, so we had a good two

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hours of sunlight left, which we both figured would be fine.

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We walked for twenty minutes before we made it. The

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structure was exactly as he'd described, a simple tunnel with

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wooden pillars holding up the entrance. There was nothing else

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outside of it or anything lying around. Matt took the

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flashlight out of my bag and shined it inside the tunnel.

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As we approached the entrance, it seemed to go straight

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for a while, with more beams on the sides. I

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thought it was an abandoned mine, but it was so

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bare and empty that it made me unsure. I've seen

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old mines before, but they usually have stuff lying around,

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old wooden crates, or even short rails leading to them.

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Matt led the way in and I followed behind. It

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was cold and creepy. Every step we took. I gooed

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down the tunnel. After a minute's walk, we reached the

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end of the entrance tunnel, finding another path going to

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the left on the way with some writing as well.

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It was an arrow pointing back to where we came

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and had the word exit written below it. We continued on,

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but only a few steps down we noticed a lot

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of garbage piled around the sides, trash bags, food wrappers,

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and water bottles. Mostly. We already knew someone had been

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here before, having seen the writing, but the trash didn't

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look dirty. Matt held the light close to a chip

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bag on the ground, and it was clean, barely even

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a speck of dust on it, with dust basically falling

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from the ceiling. This creeped us out. Someone had to

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have been here within the last few hours, unless there

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was some weird phenomenon going on with all the trash.

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I think Matt saw the worry on my face because

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he said it was likely some teens hanging out here earlier.

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He started walking again, passing the trash. As Matt's footsteps departed,

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I got an odd feel, and I looked back where

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we came from, making sure no one was watching us.

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But then I heard Matt's footsteps stop abruptly. I turned

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and saw him down the tunnel, facing what looked like

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another hallway, but he was standing still. Matt at my

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voice echoed through the tunnel, but he didn't respond the

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way he was standing so still and clearly looking at

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something like he was in shock. I'm sorry, he whispered,

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backing away and quickly walking towards me while pointing ahead

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for me to go back. As we turned into the

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main tunnel, a loud bang echoed towards us. We sprinted

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until we finally made it out, then jogged the rest

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of the way to Matt's house while watching behind us

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to make sure nobody was following. When we got inside,

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I looked over at Matt's and he looked horrified. What happened?

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Was someone in there? I asked, still not knowing what

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he'd seen. He looked at me, then looked back down.

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He said there was an unclothed man sitting just a

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few feet down the next tunnel. Apparently he was holding

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what looked like a squirrel or a rabbit in a

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way that Matt said looked like he was trying to

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gut it and eat it. Hearing this, I almost wanted

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to crack a joke or say that I knew he

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was just messing with me, But there was something about

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the way he told me that I knew he wasn't lying.

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I don't know. That would be a pretty disturbing thing

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to see in a place like that. We never went back,

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and a few days later Matt seemed to be back

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to normal. Obviously, I never saw the man, so it

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could all be some weird, made up story. But if

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you saw the way Matt was after we got out

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of that tunnel, you'd believe him too. With people living

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in the wilderness like that, though, there's no telling what

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they'll do if they see you, especially if you happened

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to have wandered into their home like we did. I

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had recently moved into a new house outside the city

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I lived in. I wanted to be away from the

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chaotic lifestyle of living in a city and be in

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a more calm, quiet area. The house I got was

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a rental property owned by a nice man. Everything about

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it was perfect. The inside was a good size and modern,

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and the outside had a lot of land filled with

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trees blocking the views of roads and neighbors houses. It

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made it easy to feel like I was alone in

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the middle of nowhere, which was actually a good feeling

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for me. I had been there for almost a week,

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though I almost never had the chance to go outside

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due to working all day. But on Friday afternoon, I

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got home from work early, so I decided to walk

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around the trees on the side of the house. It

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was nice and peaceful, but was just a regular forest,

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I guess. After being out there for a couple minutes, though,

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I spotted something in the distance far behind the trees.

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It looked like some sort of structure, but the trees

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were blocking the view, so I couldn't tell exactly what

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it was, though I was able to tell that it

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definitely wasn't a house, at least not one that someone

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lived in recently. I wasn't really in the exploring mood

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and it was getting late, so I left it and

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went inside for the night. A few hours later, though,

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I found myself thinking about it again and ended up

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contacting the landlord and asking about it. I was just

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curious and felt that it would be of no harm

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to ask. I forgot about the text after a while, though,

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and went on with my night until I went to

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bed around nine. I went to work the next morning

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and got back at four, which was when I noticed

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I still hadn't gotten a response from the landlord. I

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thought maybe he didn't know what I was talking about,

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which then made me doubt myself. I really did get

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a good look at it, so maybe I'd mistaken it

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for something that it wasn't. I went back outside and

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walked further into the forest towards where I had seen it.

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Once I spotted it again, I got closer. I knew

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now that it was definitely real, which made it odd

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if the landlord didn't know it was here. Considering he

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told me that he had lived on the property for

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four years. Standing right next to it, though, I was

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able to tell that it was actually a very old

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abandoned home. It was small but seemed to have two stories.

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I walked around it, just kind of inspecting it. I

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really didn't like that it was in my backyard and

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that nobody told me about it. I knew it probably

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didn't make any difference to anything, but the thing was

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creepy as hell. But around the back was an old

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door that was half open and barely hanging on the hinges.

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I didn't want to go inside this place, but I

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knew I couldn't bear the thought of knowing that this

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abandoned home was in my yard while having no idea

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what's inside it. After seeing everything that I could from

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the outside, I walked up the broken back porch and

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knocked on the walls, making sure nothing was inside. Then

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I slowly pushed the door open and stepped in. The

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First thing that hit me was the smell. It was disgusting,

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probably the worst thing I'd ever smelled. I went further in,

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expecting to see a dead animal, somewhere, but it was

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mostly empty aside from an old table in the middle

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of the room. It was dark as there were only

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two windows, both having boards covering them. There was another

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room on the bottom floor that was also empty, but

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had a staircase going up. The problem, though, was that

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it was pitch black at the top of the stairs.

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Thinking about it then, I hadn't seen any windows on

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the top floor from the outside. Going up. There was

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a little too much for me, but I at least

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wanted to see that it looked normal, so I grabbed

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my phone out and shined the light up the stairs.

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But there was nothing, I mean no upstairs. It was

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just a wooden wall at the top of the steps.

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I was in a weird state of confusion and shock

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just looking at the strange structure. But then I heard something.

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Someone else was breathing very softly behind the wall at

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the top of the steps. I backed away slowly, hoping

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I hadn't been noticed already. But after I started moving,

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I heard footsteps upstairs, walking across the floor. It sounded

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like they too were trying to be quiet. Though I

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got maybe halfway before I couldn't handle the intent entity

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of the situation, and I just sprinted out of the

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house and back to mine. I locked all my doors

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and stood by the window, checking for anyone following me.

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I really wasn't sure what to do. I didn't even

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know if that house was actually on my property or not.

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Plus it really wasn't even my property anyways, because I

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was renting. The landlord still hadn't responded, though, which just

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made me feel worse about the whole thing. Unfortunately, due

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to my overthinking, I didn't finally get myself to call

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the police until an hour later. They were unsure about

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the place as well as far as what it was

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or who it belonged to, but when they searched it,

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it was empty. I asked them about the wall at

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the top of the stairs, but I was even more

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terrified to hear that they didn't know what I was

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talking about. They said they walked upstairs and there was

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just another empty room, no wall blocking it or anything.

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I only grew more concerned and worried, but I was

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getting the feeling that they didn't take the case very seriously,

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nor did they care about my concerns. So I just

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let them leave. The worst and maybe even the most

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strange part of all was in the weeks following my

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landlord continued to not respond even to my normal questions

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about payments. After it had been over a month of

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no responses, I sent him one last message saying I

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was breaking the lease and would be moving out. I left,

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never getting any more text or emails from them. Despite

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ending my signed lease eleven months early. While nothing actually happened,

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I still consider my experience at that house to be

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one of the most horrifying and unusual experiences of my life.

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My friends and I grew up in the Midwest, and

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if you know any thing about the Midwest is that

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there's nothing fun to do. Oftentimes, my friends and I

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would hang out at parks, drink, and maybe play some

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monkey chips if we had nothing to talk about. Earlier

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that year, a pool nearby closed down for some reason.

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It was left as just an empty building with a

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huge pit where the water used to be. After a

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few months of no activity, we decided that that was

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our news chosen spot to hang out at. We hopped

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the fence, poured some drinks and plastic cups, and sat

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in the emptied water pit. It was a Friday and

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pretty late. We all kind of just sat there while

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talking about random stuff. But that's when we heard the

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sound of the fence jangling. We all looked at each other.

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My mind immediately went to the cops, and I think

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everyone else has did too. This was a few years ago,

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and none of us were legally old enough to be drinking.

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While we're all freaking out waiting to get busted, we

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hear someone's feet hit the pavement, and then we hear

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what I assume is one of the bathroom doors opened

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and shut. Who would be here at this time alone?

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Apparently my friends had the same thought. Two of them

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began whispering theories about who it could be. If it

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was some sort of park official, they wouldn't need to

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jump the fence. The one thing we could all agree

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on was that we should probably leave before he decides

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to come out. As quietly as we could. We all

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climbed up the pool ladder and hopped the fence and

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then started back home. We slow down and I hear

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my friend swear shit. Apparently he forgot his phone back

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at the pool. We all stand there trying to figure

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out if we should go back. I agreed to go

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back with my friend, but none of the others wanted to,

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and that was probably a smart idea on their part,

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but I wasn't going to let my friend go alone.

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We made our way back and tried to climb the

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fence as quietly as possible. He climbed down the ladder

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as I stayed and stood watch behind an old plastic chair,

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looking at the bathroom doors. The entire time, everything seemed quiet.

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I heard my friend climbing back up, but immediately I

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saw a figure moved by the kiddie pool area, and

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my heart went into full panic mode as the figure

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that was crouched down stood up and started sprinting towards us.

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I helped my friend up the ladder and we booked it.

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I'm not the fastest and I've definitely got some weight

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on me, so I know. The only thing keeping me

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at speed with my friend was pure adrenaline. I heard

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a bottle break behind me and he started yelling, but

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I couldn't understand what he was saying. The only words

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I could make out was him saying, get away from me.

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We started climbing the fence as fast as we could,

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but it was really hard to do while scared and drunk.

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We got to the top and jump down, falling to

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our knees and having to get up. And that's when

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I saw what he looked like, barefoot, ripped jeans and

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a yellow stained T shirt. He was an older man

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with a disgusting beard, and his entire face looked gray.

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I didn't make out the rest, but I didn't want to,

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so I got up and started to run again. I

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could hear him shouting behind us to never come back.

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At the moment, it was terrifying, but now that I'm

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older and looking back, I laugh with my friends about it.

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I do feel bad for that guy, though he clearly

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was homeless and not all there in the head, probably

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thought we were out to get him or something. Needless

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to say, we never went back to that pool. A