1 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:07,639 Speaker 1: I'm unmobile, so the format might be a little bit wonky, 2 00:00:08,279 --> 00:00:11,800 and just as a reference, I'm a transgender man and 3 00:00:11,919 --> 00:00:15,759 use he pronouns now. But to make this story easier, 4 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:19,320 I'm going to refer to myself as a female. At 5 00:00:19,359 --> 00:00:23,359 the time, my name was Samantha. This happened to me 6 00:00:23,399 --> 00:00:26,359 when I was around twelve, so if I'm twenty now, 7 00:00:26,559 --> 00:00:30,600 that would make this about eight years ago. Every summer, 8 00:00:30,679 --> 00:00:33,799 I would spend the time with my grandparents, who lived 9 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:37,520 up in the mountains in a very small mountainside town. 10 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:41,039 It was one of those remote little towns where just 11 00:00:41,079 --> 00:00:44,320 about everyone knew each other, but it was as empty 12 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:48,000 as it was close. We barely had any street lights 13 00:00:48,039 --> 00:00:52,000 at the time, none by my house, you know that 14 00:00:52,079 --> 00:00:56,759 sort of thing. My grandparents were also a tad bit irresponsible. 15 00:00:57,439 --> 00:00:59,679 They would often leave me at the house all alone 16 00:01:00,119 --> 00:01:02,520 whenever they needed to run errands in the city a 17 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:06,319 few hours away. I was a pretty responsible kid, though, 18 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:11,560 and so nothing bad ever happened until one summer evening. 19 00:01:12,719 --> 00:01:15,560 One summer's evening, and I took a glass of iced 20 00:01:15,719 --> 00:01:18,519 tea outside so I could sit on the porch and 21 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:22,040 watch the sun set. I was minding my own business, 22 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:24,719 sitting there all alone, when all of a sudden, I 23 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:28,280 heard a voice call out to me, Hey, you, little lady. 24 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:32,280 The voice was sort of thick and raspy, like this 25 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:36,079 person had been chain smoking for forty years straight. I 26 00:01:36,239 --> 00:01:38,400 look up, and there's a man at the end of 27 00:01:38,439 --> 00:01:43,239 the driveway. To this day, his images burned into my mind. 28 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:46,719 He was tall. He towered over me at about six 29 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:50,359 foot five if I had to wager a guess. He 30 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:53,359 was wearing a pair of overalls that were caked in 31 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:56,159 grime and dirt, and when I would later learn to 32 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:59,480 be animal blood, a white wife beater that was torn 33 00:01:59,519 --> 00:02:04,519 all to muddy black boots, and somehow a completely pristine 34 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:08,719 silver watch. He was an older man, maybe about fifty 35 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:12,280 or sixty, and his eyes were a sharp blue. His 36 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,159 face was so wrinkled up that it reminded me of 37 00:02:15,159 --> 00:02:19,639 a walrus. His hair was gray with light streaks of blond. 38 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:23,439 He had a huge long beard and was mostly balding, 39 00:02:23,479 --> 00:02:26,599 with long hair to his shoulders wherever he wasn't. He 40 00:02:26,719 --> 00:02:30,479 was also missing most of his teeth. If you're wondering 41 00:02:30,599 --> 00:02:32,919 how I got such a good look at him, I'll 42 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:36,759 get to that in a moment. I didn't automatically assume 43 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:41,039 the worst, even if this situation was very odd, I 44 00:02:41,159 --> 00:02:45,560 sort of replied with a non committal yeah. He got 45 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:47,919 closer to me, to the point where we were now 46 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:52,400 only about ten feet apart. Do you have directions to one, 47 00:02:52,479 --> 00:02:58,680 two three four Forest Lane? He asked? That was my address? Uh, 48 00:02:58,719 --> 00:03:02,879 that's here this Are you looking for my grandparents and 49 00:03:03,039 --> 00:03:08,360 they aren't home today? Big mistake, My naive self thought 50 00:03:08,439 --> 00:03:13,000 nothing bad of this entire situation. He nodded, and this 51 00:03:14,199 --> 00:03:19,000 grin formed on his face. It was positively toothless and 52 00:03:19,199 --> 00:03:22,759 genuinely sinister. It was then that it clicked that something 53 00:03:22,879 --> 00:03:29,000 wasn't quite right. Good, very good. The man looked all around. 54 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:32,280 It occurred to me that none of my neighbors were home. 55 00:03:32,879 --> 00:03:35,759 Most were out to dinner, were staying late at work. 56 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:39,719 It was a Friday night. After all. My stomach sank. 57 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:42,680 The man looked back at me and seemed to scan 58 00:03:42,879 --> 00:03:47,159 me up and down. You're a very pretty girl, he said, 59 00:03:47,199 --> 00:03:51,319 simply too pretty to be under age, I reckon, and 60 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:55,000 that made me start to shake. I was frozen in 61 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:58,039 my steps, And here is this man who took a 62 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:01,120 few steps closer then and asked me a question that 63 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:04,319 chilled me to my core, and to this day it 64 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:10,240 still haunts me. Are you afraid to die? Samantha? He 65 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:13,719 knew my name. I had never seen this man before 66 00:04:13,759 --> 00:04:17,720 in my entire life, but somehow he knew my name. 67 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:22,120 That's what scared me the most. I very wisely decided 68 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:24,319 to get the fuck out of Dodge, and I ran 69 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:27,920 into the house, slamming the glass screen door and locking it. 70 00:04:28,399 --> 00:04:31,879 The side note, our front door is a sliding glass door. 71 00:04:32,439 --> 00:04:36,279 It's weird. I know. He stood maybe about three feet 72 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:39,600 away from the door, and after that we just stared 73 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:42,839 at each other. In my head, I thought, I don't 74 00:04:42,879 --> 00:04:45,199 know if any of the other windows or doors are locked. 75 00:04:45,879 --> 00:04:48,639 He knew that I was thinking that, and so we 76 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:52,920 stood in the standoff, just staring. I got a very 77 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,519 good look at the man, everything from the smallest toe 78 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:59,079 to the very top of his head. Each of us 79 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:02,639 stood there, barely moving, seeming to be in an endless 80 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:06,000 game of red light green light, and whoever moved first 81 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:09,639 would lose everything. The sun was setting. It felt like 82 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:12,839 an eternity, but in reality we were maybe only there 83 00:05:12,879 --> 00:05:17,439 for ten minutes. Talks every thirty seconds. It would get 84 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:21,959 just a little bit darker and darker and darker. The 85 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:25,279 man was slowly becoming just a silhouette, and then he 86 00:05:25,399 --> 00:05:30,360 was starting to disappear. No street lights, no neighbors, no witnesses. 87 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:33,920 I began to tear up and shake. I was so scared. 88 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:36,439 I don't think I've ever been more scared in my 89 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:40,079 entire life. Was I going to die here? I was 90 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:42,759 so young, and there was so much I still wanted 91 00:05:42,759 --> 00:05:45,480 to do. If he ran to get in. What would 92 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:48,319 I do next? Would I go back outside and try 93 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:50,319 to make a run for the gas station up the street? 94 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:53,079 Would I try to hide an outlast him until my 95 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:57,480 grandparents arrived? If so, where could I hide? And then, 96 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,759 by some grace of God, at that exact moment my 97 00:06:01,879 --> 00:06:05,759 grandparents arrived home, the head lights shined on the man, 98 00:06:06,319 --> 00:06:10,319 or at least that's where he should have been. Somehow, 99 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:14,879 he was already long gone. I ran to my grandparents, 100 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:18,480 sobbing and telling them the entire story. They called the police, 101 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:22,240 but there wasn't much they could do. A few years later, 102 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:26,000 I was at my grandparents' house once again. I woke 103 00:06:26,079 --> 00:06:28,480 up from a good night's sleep and wandered off into 104 00:06:28,519 --> 00:06:32,360 the kitchen, serving myself some breakfast that my grandma had made. 105 00:06:32,959 --> 00:06:36,519 I sat at the table right next to my grandpa. Wordlessly, 106 00:06:36,959 --> 00:06:40,519 he handed me the paper that he was reading. Front page. 107 00:06:40,759 --> 00:06:43,279 Above the fold, there was a mug shot of the 108 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:46,480 man I had encountered that day. He was a butcher 109 00:06:46,519 --> 00:06:50,240 in a remote town just a few hours away, convicted 110 00:06:50,639 --> 00:06:54,120 for killing and committing necrophilia on the bodies of his 111 00:06:54,199 --> 00:06:58,240 wife and three kids, then butchering them into pieces and 112 00:06:58,319 --> 00:07:01,439 throwing them out deep into the world. He apparently was 113 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:06,319 also under investigation for various murders, all of which involved dismemberment. 114 00:07:07,399 --> 00:07:09,879 I have no idea if anyone else saw this man 115 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:12,639 or knows about the case off the top of their heads, 116 00:07:12,959 --> 00:07:15,639 but if you do, it would be really interesting to 117 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:19,439 hear about and maybe read that news article again. I 118 00:07:19,519 --> 00:07:23,319 wouldn't be surprised, since this is so fucking sinister in nature. 119 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:27,360 Apparently he only killed women, and if he truly did 120 00:07:27,439 --> 00:07:31,120 dismember all those people, I would fit his victim profile 121 00:07:31,199 --> 00:07:35,879 to a t young female, dark hair, dark eyes, and 122 00:07:35,959 --> 00:07:40,439 of Native or Hispanic origin. My grandfather took back the 123 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:43,639 newspaper after I was done reading it and then trying 124 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:46,600 to conceal how shaken he was. He put a hand 125 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:49,839 on my shoulder and said, I'm so happy to have 126 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:58,199 you here, kidd. To give some background information, this event 127 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:01,199 occurred a little over a year ago, and I still 128 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:03,800 haven't been able to even begin to get over it. 129 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,519 I'm a twenty two year old five foot four female, 130 00:08:07,879 --> 00:08:11,040 and at the time I was twenty one. My family 131 00:08:11,079 --> 00:08:13,839 and I had recently moved to a new town. There 132 00:08:13,839 --> 00:08:16,480 was a fair amount more rural than the town I 133 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:20,480 had previously limped in. Our house was a large ranch 134 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:24,079 style house with a basement. I was home from college, 135 00:08:24,399 --> 00:08:26,639 and my parents had left for the week to celebrate 136 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:30,839 their wedding anniversary with their friends who lived several hours away. 137 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:34,639 Before I continue, I'll give a quick layout of the 138 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:37,159 house so that you'll be able to imagine the setting 139 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:40,519 a bit more clearly. There were three doors which led 140 00:08:40,519 --> 00:08:44,200 into the house, one on the front porch, a sliding 141 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:47,039 glass door on the back porch which did have a 142 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:51,000 lock in floor length curtains for privacy, and another door 143 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:53,159 on the other side of the wall, from which my 144 00:08:53,279 --> 00:08:56,720 bedroom led into the garage and basement. When you walk 145 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:59,360 out of my bedroom and turn, you can see all 146 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:02,600 the way across the house through the kitchen, living room, 147 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:06,120 and dining area, to the door of my parents' bedroom 148 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:10,000 and the stairs leading up from the basement. At this point, 149 00:09:10,039 --> 00:09:12,799 it had been a few days since my parents had left, 150 00:09:13,159 --> 00:09:16,559 and so far I hadn't had any problems, and they 151 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:19,639 had sent me a couple of messages on Facebook letting 152 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:21,799 me know that they had arrived to their friend's house 153 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:25,759 safely and were having a very good time. The day 154 00:09:25,759 --> 00:09:28,360 had gone pretty well, and I was sure to check 155 00:09:28,399 --> 00:09:30,600 that I had locked all the doors of the house. 156 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,840 Once the sun started to go down. It was about 157 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:37,039 eleven PM and I was doing my nightly routine of 158 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:40,440 staying in bed and messing around on the computer when 159 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:44,080 I suddenly got the sinking feeling of dread. It felt 160 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:47,279 as if I was being watched. It was summer and 161 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:50,279 we didn't have ac so I had a large box 162 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:53,720 van in the window blowing the cool night air into 163 00:09:53,799 --> 00:09:58,080 my stiflingly hot room. But once that feeling settled over me, 164 00:09:58,639 --> 00:10:01,240 I decided that maybe I I should remove the fan 165 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:06,080 and close the window, just to be safe. Once removing 166 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:10,080 the fan, shutting and locking the window, and pulling down 167 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:14,799 the curtain, I felt a bit better. However, I still 168 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:18,279 could not shake the feeling of dread. I lay back 169 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:21,080 down in my bed and tried to continue what I 170 00:10:21,159 --> 00:10:24,240 was doing, although I never put my headphones back on. 171 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:28,360 After only a few minutes, I began to hear something 172 00:10:28,399 --> 00:10:32,240 that sounded like light scratching. I sat still in bed, 173 00:10:32,639 --> 00:10:35,559 listening to the sound and trying to pinpoint what it 174 00:10:35,799 --> 00:10:39,399 was and if I recognized the noise at all. Our 175 00:10:39,519 --> 00:10:43,399 new house, although relatively close in distance to our neighbors, 176 00:10:43,759 --> 00:10:47,000 had a fair amount of forest all around it. I 177 00:10:47,039 --> 00:10:49,960 thought the scratching may have been an animal, or just 178 00:10:50,039 --> 00:10:53,080 someone's dog that got loose and wanted to come inside. 179 00:10:53,639 --> 00:10:57,320 After a few minutes, the scratching stopped and everything returned 180 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:00,799 to complete silence. At this point, and I figured that 181 00:11:00,879 --> 00:11:03,600 I was probably right and that it must have been 182 00:11:03,639 --> 00:11:07,279 an animal. My relief was short lived, though, as soon 183 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:10,679 after the scratching stopped, from the other side of the wall, 184 00:11:11,039 --> 00:11:14,720 I began to hear footsteps slowly descending into my basement. 185 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:19,399 This is when I knew I was completely fucked. There 186 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:21,159 was no way I could get out of the house 187 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:25,440 without walking past the basement stairs. We didn't have a 188 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:27,679 house phone, and at the time I was in the 189 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:30,639 process of getting a new cell phone because mine was 190 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:34,519 broken beyond repair. I sat there for a few seconds, 191 00:11:34,879 --> 00:11:38,039 just wondering what the hell I should do. I knew 192 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:39,559 that I would need to get out of the house 193 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:42,639 as soon as possible, and that the more time I wasted, 194 00:11:43,039 --> 00:11:45,879 the worse it would end up being for me. I 195 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:49,440 contemplated popping the screen out of my bedroom window and 196 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:52,159 jumping out, but it was far enough off the ground 197 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:53,799 that there was a good chance I would end up 198 00:11:53,799 --> 00:11:56,919 getting hurt if I did so. Not to mention that 199 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:00,320 if I jumped out the window and hurt myself't be 200 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:02,559 able to run for help, and I would be right 201 00:12:02,639 --> 00:12:04,799 next to the door that whoever was in my house 202 00:12:04,879 --> 00:12:08,960 had just gone in through. I decided very carefully and 203 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:12,600 quietly to open my door and peek out around the corner. 204 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,440 If the coast was clear, I would make a mad 205 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:17,759 dash for the front door and sprint to my neighbor's 206 00:12:17,799 --> 00:12:22,000 house for help. I very slowly opened my bedroom door, 207 00:12:22,399 --> 00:12:24,960 letting my eyes adjust to the darkness of the house, 208 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:28,120 before creeping around the corner and looking to see if 209 00:12:28,159 --> 00:12:30,320 it was safe to make a run for it. What 210 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:35,120 I saw nearly made me vomit. As my eyes scammed 211 00:12:35,159 --> 00:12:39,200 the house, I noticed that something was off. I squinted 212 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:41,480 as hard as I could and looked over at the 213 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:44,559 basement stairs. I started to be able to make out 214 00:12:44,639 --> 00:12:47,759 the shape of a man. What made it worse, he 215 00:12:47,879 --> 00:12:50,600 wasn't just standing at the top of the stairs, he 216 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:53,919 was crawling up them like some kind of demonic creature. 217 00:12:54,399 --> 00:12:57,519 I quickly backed into my room, again, shutting and locking 218 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:00,399 the door as quietly as I could. I didn't think 219 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:02,759 he'd seen me, but there was no way I was 220 00:13:02,759 --> 00:13:05,039 going to make a run for it now. My only 221 00:13:05,159 --> 00:13:08,320 choice was to pop the screen and jump out the window. 222 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:11,799 As I was unlocking and opening my window, I heard 223 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:15,799 the handle to my bedroom door turn once the man 224 00:13:15,879 --> 00:13:19,480 realized it was locked, and a sickeningly sweet sing song 225 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:23,919 voice he coued, I know you're in there. This was 226 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,799 followed by a loud cackle, and what I can only 227 00:13:26,879 --> 00:13:30,519 imagine was him throwing himself at full force against my door. 228 00:13:31,039 --> 00:13:33,679 I ripped the screen out of the window and flung 229 00:13:33,759 --> 00:13:37,919 myself out. Unfortunately, I landed on the wrong side of 230 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:40,600 my right foot, and I was sure I'd just badly 231 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:43,879 hurt my ankle. At the time, I couldn't think of 232 00:13:43,919 --> 00:13:47,200 anything other than getting as far away as possible. I 233 00:13:47,279 --> 00:13:49,919 got up and hobbled as fast as I could to 234 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:53,080 my neighbor's house, knocking on their door in a panicked 235 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:56,320 frenzy and ringing the bell over and over. I looked 236 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:58,799 over at my house as I was yelling for my 237 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:02,480 neighbors to let me in. I swear to fucking God 238 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:06,519 I could see the man standing at my window waving 239 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:09,879 at me. My neighbors finally opened the door after what 240 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:12,799 felt like forever, and I managed to explain well enough 241 00:14:12,799 --> 00:14:14,639 what was going on for them to let me in 242 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:17,320 and call the police. I stayed with them until the 243 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:21,080 police arrived. The police searched my house and found that 244 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:23,559 the lock to the basement had been picked, that the 245 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:27,320 door in my bedroom was hanging off the hinges. They 246 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:30,159 weren't able to find the man anywhere, and because I 247 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:32,600 had only seen him for a split second in the dark, 248 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:35,399 I couldn't provide them with a good description of him. 249 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:39,120 Of course, I got into contact with my parents immediately, 250 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:42,720 and they hurried right home. The police took my statement 251 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:45,679 and searched the area for the man, but of course 252 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:49,120 they came up with nothing. After this event, my parents 253 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:51,320 and I were sure to add dead balt locks to 254 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:54,000 the door leading into the basement and to the door 255 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:56,320 leading out of the basement to the rest of the house. 256 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:58,919 They also helped me pay to get a new phone. 257 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,840 What really bothers me about all of this, though, is 258 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:06,240 that nothing was stolen. There wasn't even any evidence that 259 00:15:06,279 --> 00:15:09,320 the man had looked through anything all the while he'd 260 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:17,159 been inside my house. I'm posting this story on a 261 00:15:17,279 --> 00:15:21,679 throwaway because I'm embarrassed about how I handled this whole situation, 262 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:25,519 and I don't really want it connected to my real name. 263 00:15:26,399 --> 00:15:29,840 I'll start with some background. I'm a twenty year old 264 00:15:29,919 --> 00:15:34,840 college student and my brother is seventeen. This story happened 265 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:38,120 over summer, so at the time I was home from college. 266 00:15:38,679 --> 00:15:41,080 Our parents were out of town because it was their 267 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:45,240 twenty fifth anniversary and they decided to take a little vacation, 268 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:49,840 leaving me and my bro home alone. That was fine 269 00:15:49,879 --> 00:15:52,879 by us, though we spend most of the time drinking 270 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:57,360 beer and playing Mario Party. During one of our game sessions, 271 00:15:57,799 --> 00:16:00,320 I showed my brother all of these texts I had 272 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:02,279 been getting from a guy that I had gone to 273 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:06,360 high school with. I didn't think much of them. They 274 00:16:06,399 --> 00:16:10,320 were mostly just weak attempts at flirting. Occasionally he would 275 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:12,799 say something about one of my Facebook posts or about 276 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:16,159 seeing me somewhere around town, but I thought overall it 277 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:20,440 was pretty harmless. My little brother seemed really concerned, though, 278 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:22,919 He pointed out that the guy was texting me at 279 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:26,639 least seven times a day. He told me if I 280 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:29,320 ever needed him, all I had to do was text 281 00:16:29,399 --> 00:16:32,519 him the word help and he'd come no matter what. 282 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:37,360 I laughed at him. I said he was being paranoid. Obviously, 283 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:40,320 that sort of thing could never happen to me. I 284 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:44,840 was very wrong. Two days after we had that conversation, 285 00:16:45,399 --> 00:16:47,960 my brother was over at his girlfriend's house, which was 286 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:51,799 about five minutes away, so I was completely alone at home. 287 00:16:52,639 --> 00:16:55,960 Me being the dummy I am. I posted on Facebook 288 00:16:56,600 --> 00:17:02,399 home alone tonight, huh. About forty five seconds after posting it, 289 00:17:02,679 --> 00:17:05,200 I got a message from the guy saying that he 290 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:07,799 could be over at my house in five minutes and 291 00:17:07,839 --> 00:17:10,960 he really wanted to spend time with me. I told 292 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:14,359 him no, but thgged him for offering. He responded by 293 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:17,079 saying it was already too late because he was headed 294 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:20,680 there already. I told him no again, but he just 295 00:17:20,759 --> 00:17:23,799 kept insisting that I spend time with him. He said 296 00:17:23,799 --> 00:17:27,720 he had something special planned for us tonight. Again I 297 00:17:27,839 --> 00:17:33,440 wasn't interested. He responded, too late, I'm already here. I 298 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:35,920 went to my front door and opened it, only to 299 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:39,519 see him standing there, to my surprise, holding a bottle 300 00:17:39,559 --> 00:17:43,480 of very expensive red wine. I noticed that the bottle 301 00:17:43,519 --> 00:17:47,519 had been opened already, but the entire container was still full. 302 00:17:48,279 --> 00:17:49,799 Then we get to the park that I'm a bit 303 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:54,839 embarrassed about. Somehow, after a while of talking, I let 304 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:58,680 him convince me to let him inside. Once he was in, though, 305 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:02,240 I started to know things off right away because he 306 00:18:02,319 --> 00:18:06,519 poured two glasses of wine. I didn't touch mine because 307 00:18:06,559 --> 00:18:09,519 I noticed that he wouldn't touch his at all. He 308 00:18:09,599 --> 00:18:12,599 keipt insisting that I drink mine, to the point of 309 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:15,839 being angry that I wouldn't even try. It was about 310 00:18:15,839 --> 00:18:18,839 this time that I realized I admit a grave mistake. 311 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:22,680 I excused myself and went to the bathroom, where I 312 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:26,079 took the opportunity to text my brother. When I left, 313 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:29,119 I noticed the man had stood up and his eyes 314 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:33,079 were locked on to me. He looked furious. He mumbled 315 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:36,359 something I wish you had just done this the easy way. 316 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:41,039 He started moving towards me, and I froze. His eyes 317 00:18:41,079 --> 00:18:44,400 looked like those of an animal. I completely froze up. 318 00:18:44,799 --> 00:18:47,720 I wanted to fight and scream, but I just couldn't 319 00:18:47,799 --> 00:18:51,480 move my body at all. He grabbed me and forced 320 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:54,279 me to the floor, but even still I didn't fight. 321 00:18:55,079 --> 00:18:58,519 I shut my eyes and waited for the inevitable. But 322 00:18:58,799 --> 00:19:02,720 just then a miracle car. I heard the door burst open. 323 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:06,519 My brother came flying in from the outside, calling out 324 00:19:06,559 --> 00:19:08,720 to me and asking if I was all right. My 325 00:19:08,839 --> 00:19:12,119 attacker stood up and tried to run, but my brother 326 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:15,079 grabbed him and wrestled him to the ground. He pinned 327 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:18,920 my attacker down and said the single most intimidating thing 328 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,960 I've heard him say in his life. If you text 329 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:25,440 her again, I'll hurt you. If you look at her again, 330 00:19:25,839 --> 00:19:29,480 I'll hurt you. And if you touch her, I'll kill you. 331 00:19:30,319 --> 00:19:32,599 He dragged the guy out of our house and threw 332 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:36,240 him face first to the pavement. Thankfully, I never heard 333 00:19:36,279 --> 00:19:39,480 from the guy again. After talking to my bro later 334 00:19:39,559 --> 00:19:42,599 that night, I learned that his girlfriend's parents weren't home 335 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:45,960 that night, so he skipped out on definitely having sex 336 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:48,720 just to come save me, without a single question.