18 TRUE Disturbing Home Alone Horror Stories (Compilation)

[Music] [Music] this happened around 10 years ago when I was 14 at that time I lived in an old farmhouse way out on a country road our house was surrounded by corn fields and our nearest neighbors were 2 to 3 miles away living there was good because not many people came to our door to sell things one night only my mom and I were at home we were baking treats to sell and raise money for my little brother's Boy Scout group my dad and brother were away helping my uncle with some cows if I remember

correctly we were busy in the kitchen chatting and laughing soon we heard someone knock on the door a regular everyday knock like tap tap tap mom H she mumbled to herself and took off her dish gloves to open the door I felt a little nervous in my stomach but I thought it was just my usual worries as my mom went to the door the person outside tapped again but this time it was like a beat tap tap tap my mom stopped and turned back looking pale she walked back to the kitchen and went to the

window facing the porch she went to the side where you could see the porch really well mom pulled the curtain a bit to peek without anyone seeing her from outside then she went to the other side of the window to check the driveway I had stopped what I was doing because at this point making pie crusts didn't seem that important mom's eyes got big when she looked outside then she closed the curtain and stared at the floor her face showed both anger and fear she took my wrist and let us to the closet asking quietly

if I had my cell phone I did then from the closet she took out my dad's special Louisville Slugger baseball bat suddenly the person outside banged on the door really loud I gasped a little mom looked at me telling me to be quiet and took my arm we went to my parents' bedroom and she locked the door and windows as we walked mom took my phone and started dialing while handing me the bat she sat me down on the floor where I'd be out of sight from the door and open the closet to get the

gun case she spoke quietly on the phone but I was really scared and couldn't concentrate on what she was saying she took out my dad's shotgun and loaded it fast I looked at her frightened when she hung up the phone she pulled me up again and led me out of the bedroom we sneaked over to the other side of the house where the bathroom was mom gave me my phone and gestured for me to go inside she put down the gun and looked at me with both hands on my shoulders you have to listen some

guys are outside walking around the side of the house I stared at her eyes wide feeling myself shaking why what do they want I don't know but you have to stay in here lock the door and don't come out until I say got it I nodded and she squeezed my shoulders I'm going to block the door from the other side I won't remove it until I tell you it's safe I understood right away I heard her push the heavy quartz chest in front of the door a box filled with quartz for many years I sat

on the floor by the window holding on to the baseball bat it felt like a really long time but it was just 5 minutes while I sat there I heard two footsteps outside the window and two deep voices talking quietly are they really inside maybe nobody's home no there's at least two ladies inside heard them talking at the door I got scared started breathing fast but covered my mouth with a towel to keep it quiet who were these people soon I heard another voice guys let's go Charlie saw cops down the road then I heard

three sets of feet running toward the front of the house I was crying a lot by now tears pouring down my face was it over were they leaving after a few more minutes I heard a man's voice in the house I started to panic huddling into the bathroom corner I heard my mom's voice on the other side of the bathroom door saying it's me the sheriff's here they're gone I'm moving the trunk I stood up unlocked the door and opened it the sheriff and my mom were moving the trunk out of the way I ran

to my mom's arms quickly and we stood there hugging the sheriff said more officers were chasing the van and he needed to ask me and my mom some questions my mom nodded and we went to the kitchen where the air smelled like burnt cookies the sheriff asked us questions and that's when I found out what my mom saw when she looked out and saw the man knocking at our door she knew something was wrong right away he was dressed casually in gym shorts and a tank top not what a Salesman or someone from a church

would wear when visiting so my mom thought maybe his car broke down or something and he needed help she looked out at the driveway and saw something that scared her there was a van in our driveway parked so my mom's car couldn't leave there was a man in the passenger seat and another leaning towards the front of the van talking to the passenger but my mom noticed even though both were still the van was slightly rocking like there were more people inside while my mom and I were talking to the sheriff a deputy came in

and he looked really pale he looked at my mom the sheriff and me and he said sir we caught up with the van they lost control and swerved into the ditch actually are any of them Hurt No they're okay but uh we have them in custody the sheriff raised an eyebrow there were five guys in the van we asked them why they were here and why they were walking around your house and what did they say they claimed to be vacuum salesman sir a team selling the product they made the sheriff scoffed a bit they

took my mom outside and told her what they found she came back inside crying and holding on to me after that they called my dad and he rushed home my other Uncle a really big guy stayed that night just in case my mom didn't spare any expense on home security and taught both of us kids how to shoot and load a gun my aunt and uncle gave us one of their German Shepherd puppies mom had to train him to be a guard dog but he was A Goofy and affectionate pup when not on duty however

even with that Mom still wasn't reassured my brother and I ended up going to self-defense lessons to make her feel safer it wasn't until a few years later while we were making cookies and homemade candy for a Christmas party that I finally asked my mom about what was in the van she was surprised that I asked asked but knew I would find out eventually so what was in the van they found rope tape burlap sacks and even sedatives after taking the guys back and hours of questioning one of them finally broke and admitted they were

having no luck catching anyone in town so they went to rural areas [Music] just a few days before Christmas my mom asked if me and my girlfriend could look after the house and take care of the dogs while she went on a week-long vacation with her boyfriend we agreed and the first few days were quite normal my mom's house is on the edge of a small town in Upstate New York it's a peaceful place and not much usually goes on except for occasional road work it happened about 3 nights after we started staying at my

mom's place my girlfriend and I were just chilling on the couch she was busy with her phone and I was deep into playing Pokemon shield on switch the Clock Was ticking and it was around midnight suddenly we heard heavy footsteps from outside it was kind of creepy because someone with really big boots had walked up onto the porch the layout of my mom's house is interesting there's a couch against the wall and big windows on both sides of it so from where we were sitting we could hear and see things happening outside on the wall

opposite to us is the front porch so this guy was right behind us he stomped around the porch making heavy sounds then he got really close to the window on the left side of the couch and grunted GH Hell in a deep angry voice my girlfriend and I were frozen in place trying to understand what just happened it took a about 5 seconds for us to snap out of it we quickly got up and decided to turn off all the lights in the house then we tiptoed to the laundry room a place where he couldn't

see us after a little while I felt like it might be safe to go to a different room and check if we could turn any lights back on but when I peaked out of the window I saw this big Burly guy shuffling down the sidewalk opposite our house it was around midnight in a small town and it's not not the kind of place where things like this happen often the street was quiet and the only sound was his footsteps on the sidewalk the guy had a plastic bag in his hands and he seemed a bit

out of place with the late hour remember it's very late at night in a quiet town so none of the stores are open for him to get a plastic bag the guy keeps doing this strange Shuffle while holding the bag then all of a sudden he starts moving really fast in a funny way across the street toward the parking lot near my house and then he disappears I go back to the laundry room and told her about what I saw then I bring her back to the window where I was looking to see if we

can find the guy again but he's not there we check other windows in the house to see if he's outside any of those my girlfriend looks out her window on the other side of the house and that's when she saw him but he's walking away we talk about whether we should call the cops and then suddenly we hear knocks on the door on the other side of the house we rush over and the doorknob is jiggling like someone is trying to open it but luckily it's was locked then one of my mom's dogs a small

rescue pup starts barking like crazy and growling at whatever's on the other side he has a really loud screechy bark and I think that scared the person away we called my mom to ask for advice then we thought about calling the cops but around here the cops aren't known for being super helpful so we decided against it my mom also told us not to bother because she thought it might be someone who was drunk or high and didn't know what they were doing later I found out it's not the first time someone showed up at

our door all messed up in the middle of the night but I'm not really sure what the guy's intentions were and I'm really glad I didn't have to find out [Music] I used to live with my ex-boyfriend in a small apartment in Paris our relationship was not good it was full of problems and sometimes violent also I was sick and couldn't go out with my friends so I spent a lot of time on the internet I didn't have many friends because most most of them left me when I got sick but one day when I

had a big fight with my boyfriend I felt really sad and lonely so I decided to chat with random people on a website that's when I met a guy who shared the same interests as me we both liked playing video games a lot and we chatted almost every day for 6 months his name is Alex and he knew I was in a bad relationship even though it was a really tough one so one weekend we decided to meet in person and he was okay with coming to my place at first we were both shy but

with the help of some alcohol we started talking and laughing together I felt so happy that I finally had a friend to talk to so after that we met at least once a week and it was a really good time for me as we had a lot in common and he never made me go out if I didn't want to we helped each other out Alex was was dealing with depression and thought he was ruining his own life so I wanted to help him as much as I could to give him self-esteem I just wanted

him to have a good time with a friend on my 22nd birthday my boyfriend decided to have a party and invited Alex he was the only friend nearby but my boyfriend also invited 10 of his friends I wasn't happy about it my boyfriend knew I didn't like too many people around it makes me anxious so I spent the whole night cooking and serving as friends I couldn't enjoy the party on top of that my boyfriend embarrasses me in front of everyone Alex came over to comfort me as I was really upset I shared everything about

how my boyfriend was treating me badly I told Alex that I loved my boyfriend but would break up when it's safer it was too risky to end things right then but while I was crying Alex tried to kiss me I I stopped him because I didn't want more problems in my life it was already too hard it might sound strange but I felt betrayed it seemed like he was waiting for this moment to try something but he didn't say anything just opened the door and gave me a beautiful necklace as a gift I said I

couldn't take the expensive gift but he left without saying anything after that I thought it would be better to keep some space between us it's not not fair to stay friends if he wants something more I told him that if he wanted more it couldn't be with me then a few months later he sent me a lot of messages like 20 of them he said he was really in love with me wanted to save me and that I was his reason to live on other end my boyfriend got upset on me because I was getting

too many texts and calls from him it made me really anxious so I turned off my phone and went to work at that time I was working in a small restaurant as a waitress taking orders over the phone the phone rang and when I answered I heard breathing at first then I recognized the voice it was Alex now I felt like I was in a horror movie I hung up the phone almost right away but it kept ringing like 10 times until my boss answered it was 7:00 p.m. and I was supposed to finish work

at midnight at 11:00 p.m. I saw him he came to my workplace and begged to talk to me I was so scared I couldn't talk I ran to the kitchen told one of my co-workers what was happening he took over as the waiter and I started working as a cook Alex left after about 30 minutes I was too afraid to go home alone so my coworker gave me a ride to my apartment the next day I got over 100 blocked calls I didn't sleep at all and was really tired so I tried my best not

to pay attention to him then a month passed and he tried to come to my workplace many times but I ignored it I hoped he would understand and leave me alone but when he didn't stop I got scared and tried to report to the police but they said it was just a guy in love so they couldn't help one day I woke up to go to work my boyfriend was playing video games online and he got a message it was from Alex in the text Alex said he loved me that we'd been together intimately many

times and that I was a cheater and other things I was shocked and didn't understand what was happening my brain froze and I couldn't react luckily my boyfriend saw the blocked call he had suspected Alex was bothering me for a while even though I never told him and decided to block Alex too after that he went to work my boss called and said I could start 2 hours later today it's mean I was all alone in my apartment I can't explain it but I felt like something bad was going to happen and my heart was

racing I felt sick then I heard my doorbell ring once twice three times 10 times but I couldn't stand or walk my whole body felt Frozen I could feel tears on my face but I couldn't react it felt like a nightmare to me but I waited quietly since he had been following me for a while he knew I was supposed to be at work after a few hours the doorbell rang again but I was supposed to go to work now it took all my courage and I went out it was him he was crying at

that moment I wasn't scared anymore so I decided to leave but he followed me and grabbed my arms when I tried to go down the stairs I hid him and begged him to let me go all I wanted was to get away and run as far as possible he pushed me against the door and said if you won't talk to me I'll go to your boyfriend's work I'll talk to him then he'll hate you as much as I love you or maybe he'll kill me but that doesn't matter now I felt trapped and couldn't get

away I didn't want to call the cops because they didn't help me before so I decided to agree to talk with him outside after my work surprisingly he calmed down thanked me and left when I got to work I was still shaking I told my coworker and boss everything so my coworker decided to stay in his car after work in front of the restaurant so that he could help me if I needed it at the end of my shift Alex was there we sat outside and talked he kept repeating the same things he'd said a

million times before finally I interrupted him calmly and said that nothing would ever happen between us that I was afraid of him as he was making my life miserable it seemed like he finally realized what he was doing but then he took something out of his bag a big package and gave it to me me it was full of expensive stuff I told him I didn't want to accept it at first he said he bought it for me and couldn't keep it because it would remind him of me then he kind of forced me by

saying if I accepted it he wouldn't contact me again so I agreed I was tired and just wanted to go home and sleep after that he said goodbye and left unfortunately the story doesn't end there 2 weeks later I was sleeping at a friend's place one of my closest friends who used to be a coworker it was 5:00 a.m. when I heard my phone ringing I was too tired to answer but it kept ringing it was texts from an unknown number I opened it and the first thing I saw was blood then there was a

long text but I couldn't read it because more pictures came in blood was everywhere in the pictures so I woke woke up my friend showed her the pictures and I was shaking a lot I couldn't understand what was happening I received 31 pictures of mutilated arms torsos and legs and in the last one I saw Alex's face then my friend took my phone away from me she hugged me and I felt so guilty thinking everything was my fault almost an hour passed without another text or call making me even more anxious I thought he might

be dead suddenly my phone rang again I got a video of him in a hospital bed he was trying to talk but most of it was hard to understand except for a few words like love and Promises Alex had tried to hurt himself the doctors diagnosed him with bipolar disorder and a personality disorder he stayed at the Psychiatric clinic for a few months the last news I got about him was that he's getting treatment and feeling better since that day I moved to a new place I have a new job a new city and a

different boyfriend even though I'm still affected by it I don't think Alex is a bad [Music] guy this happened more than 10 years ago when I was in school to explain a bit like many students I didn't have much money besides my part-time job I did a few things to earn extra cash and one of those was taking care of houses and pets I really like animals so when this couple asked me to watch their house few days before they came back from their trip I said yes the person who was supposed to do it

before me canceled it for some unknown reason they told me they would pay for 2 weeks even though I was staying for less than a week making it a good deal the house was really nice but it was close to an area known for not being very safe with crimes like break-ins and robberies happening I wasn't too worried because you know I thought nothing bad would happen to me I was young and naive the first four nights were fine watching movies using the jacuzzi and just having a good time the owners were supposed to come

back on the fifth day pretty late at night I went to check on the dog but then they called me around 10 p.m. and said their flight got delayed so they were staying in a hotel and driving back the next morning they asked if I could stay there again that night and that was okay with me I was already at the house and my overnight bag was still in my car so I called my dad to tell him my plans because I still live with my parents after that I felt tired and went to sleep

then around 1:00 a.m. I heard a window break there was noise and what seemed like footsteps running down the hall the first thing I did was grab my phone and press the redial button because of my old Motorola phone redialing was easy I just pressed one button I called my dad last hoping he would wake up if the phone rang then I put the phone between the headboard and Mattress so that if my dad answered he could hear what was happening I had just done that when the first guy burst through the bedroom door I

could see his silhouette in the dim light and in his hand there was a knife glinting when he spotted me he raised the knife and started moving in my direction now it's important for those who might not know much about South Africa and crime there robberies and house invasions can be really brutal and violent people can end up getting hurt badly or even killed if they try to fight back or don't cooperate with the robbers so without even having time to think my instincts kicked in and I quickly lifted my legs as he approached when

he got close I swung both legs out with all the strength I could muster just to give you an idea I'm not a small person I am 6' 3 in in and back then I weighed around 220 lb staying fit and strong was a big part of my routine as I hit the gym whenever I wasn't at work or school so when I kicked the guy he flew and hit the wall thankfully the knife he was holding went flying out of his hand without wasting a moment I pounced on him driving my right knee into

his face and pushing his head against the wall I knew my survival depended on it so I applied extra Force the guy fell down like a heavy sack of potatoes but before I could stand up I heard a sound the click of a pistol I got really scared and couldn't move the only thing I could think was that if he shot me I'd rather not live with a disability or have to depend on others to take care of me he stood there holding the pistol to my head and it felt like a really long time

even though it was probably less than 10 seconds I stayed still not moving then he spoke in not so good English telling me to lie face down on the bed I got scared but I figured if he wanted to shoot me he would have done it already so I followed his instructions then he tossed a blanket over me and I curled up into a ball against the wall I did that so if they tried to hurt me my legs and arms could protect my body at that point I forgot that I called my dad and

the first guy I kicked was still on the floor then another person entered the room and they spoke in a language that sounded like Portuguese to me I couldn't understand what they were saying but I recognized the language because we used to go to mamb Beek a lot for holidays and that's the main language there one guy tried to help the guy I kicked while the other guy started grabbing things and stuffing them into a big bag then around this time I heard tires screeching and a car came really fast the car stopped right in

front of the gates and I heard someone scream it was my dad the three guys inside the house got scared and ran out the back door trying to jump the fence but my dad started shooting towards them I'm sure my dad purposely didn't hit them because if he wanted to he could while I went inside my dad called the police it took them over an hour to arrive giving some excuse about not having a vehicle available at that point I had calmed down a bit and began searching for the dog but I couldn't find her

anywhere so I took a flashlight from my dad and started checking the yard when I reached the corner I saw her lying on the ground when I got to her my heart sank she had passed away later examinations showed that she was poisoned in my country poisoning dogs is unfortunately a common thing when a house or area is targeted for a break-in or robbery I was really angry and sad but the police didn't seem to care much and barely paid attention when we gave our statements I grabbed my bag phone and tried my best to

secure the house without touching any anything but the story doesn't end there about 7 or 8 months later the detective called me they had caught the guys so I needed to go to a lineup to identify them but I told her that I didn't see their faces because it was dark and after one of the guys held a gun to my head so I hid under the blanket and couldn't see anything she assured me they caught them using fingerprints and would show me the evidence beforehand it might not be the ethically correct way but they

wanted to gather as much evidence as possible against them and you'll understand why in a moment I went to the police station but it's not like in the movies there's no one-way glass or separate room they brought the three guys into the room and had them stand against the wall the one who I later found out was the leader the one I needed to identify looked at me with a level of hate I had never seen before in my life he had the eyes of someone who would harm you without hesitation his name was Joseph

Dragon [ __ ] after we left the room the detective gave me a copy of his criminal record among other things he had four counts of murder I think 8 to nine for attempted murder multiple assaults aggravated assault over a 100 cases of breaking into houses robbery and indecent assault against women I was really surprised the detective explained that if I hadn't acted quickly to take him down that night things could have gone much worse for Me 3 days later I got another call from the detective they warned me to be cautious because somehow he

had escaped from custody and they hadn't caught him yet but I didn't worry too much because the robbery wasn't at my house and I had a different car so he probably couldn't track me down plus I got my firearm license and carried my pistol with me all the time I didn't hear anything after that until about 2 years later when I bumped into the detective at the grocery store we started chatting about the case and she shared that he was killed during a home invasion with a pistol in hand the owner fired a shot hitting

him in the stomach and then another shot in the neck unfortunately for him the emergency services and police were slow to respond as a result he bled out on the living room floor of that person's [Music] house when I was 20 I went to an anime convention with my friends my 21st birthday was just a month away so my roommate said it was okay for me to have lots of drinks as long as I stayed in our room or left with someone I trusted I was staying with a big group of people in a nice

hotel room I've been to many conventions before and usually had a good time except for a few times when people were creepy about my cosplay or just not very nice with me later on night when the party wasn't so fun I drunkenly left the room and went to explore the main lobby and that's when I met Steven I don't know how old he was but he seemed like an adult adult maybe a bit older than me we bumped into each other at a table with manga books and he said he liked the manga I was

holding but I'm not much of a manga reader I just like the pictures I'm more into anime anyway I let him talk about the story for a bit because he seemed nice I didn't really say much just things like yeah that sounds cool I thanked him for the info and then wandered around for about an hour eventually I decided to go back to my room when I got there my roommates and I took two shots each and I ended up lying on the couch that's when we heard a knock on the door and things were

about to get interesting the music and chatting hushed down like a silent rule when there's a knock just in case it's the convention security checking in on our party then the friend who opened the door said Veronica yeah she's here come on in my friend replied there was this moment of quiet and then my friend called my name saying hey someone's here for you I was curious wondering who it could be as I made my way to the door at that time I was pretty drunk and there were two things I didn't realize first I

never told Steven my name our talk lasted like 5 minutes at most and top of that I didn't share any info plus my name is a bit complicated and not easy to say then I thought he' just recognized me and my roommate but I didn't even give him our room number we were on higher floors in the fancy Suites area to reach our room you needed to use a different elevator than the one for regular hotel rooms but honestly I didn't even think about that I went to the door and Steven was there with a

smile he asked if I wanted to take a walk and in my drunken State I said yes I thought he was just this kind of shy anime fan who wanted someone to hang out with so while we walked he told me about this anime where the main character was doing bad things to the girl he liked I tried looking up that anime later on Google but I couldn't find anything exactly like what he said except for a few yandere anime now I started feeling uneasy because the hallway was empty and we were just walking with

no plan then he started talking about his favorite serial killers how he was really into crime stuff and followed a lot of cases that set off a big warning sign in my mind and I thought it was time to head back to my room but then he stopped walking and stared at me and he said I know a cool place we can go if you use the staff elevator we can go to the very top of the hotel it's really pretty that made me a bit nervous but he seemed so sure about it all of

a sudden he started breathing weird and his hands were shaking I told him no because I still had some sense left in my head then he grabbed my arm really hard and tried to pull me towards the staff doors I pulled back telling him to stop but he said to be quiet I managed to break free from him and started running he chased after me telling me to stop I was almost crying and wondering why the hallway were so empty finally I ran into a group of girls they could see the fear on my face

and quickly pulled me into their group asking about my hair and makeup while putting their arms around me I was crying and told them what happened when I looked back Steven was gone I didn't see him for the rest of the convention but because of him I stopped being so friendly At Con just so you know I called him Steven but I never got his real name I told the convention security about him and my roommates and Friends stuck with me using the buddy system for the rest of the event honestly I truly believed based

on what he said and how he acted when I tried to get away that he planned to take me to that nice view and do something really [Music] bad this happened about 4 years ago I'm 21 now and don't live in that neighborhood anymore yesterday when I visited my parents I saw my neighbor and it reminded me of what happened let me give you some background I live in a third world country and our neighborhood is considered one of the worst but only for people from outside despite this we are quite friendly with each other

even those who have been in jail are usually friendly we have many people with mental health challenges in our neighborhood and happy is one of them my mother and I call him happy because his name literally means that and we always joke around saying oh happy are you happy because he usually has a smile on his face well unless someone upsets him which happens about three times a year I stayed in that place for about 19 years so I know him well he lives with his two brothers one sells fruits and the other drives a

taxi happy doesn't have a job because he has a mental illness and I think it might be a kind of schizophrenia but I'm not sure which one all I know is that he doesn't function like others so you can't have a normal conversation with him about sports news or anything really his sentences just don't make much sense I should also mention that our country doesn't take mental illnesses very seriously as we only have three places in the whole country for people with mental health problems so there's no way for him to get good treatment and

people just call him crazy it's really sad my dad used to be friends with him and his brothers but not anymore my dad used to give him some money so he could buy cigarettes and he knew that Happy's brother the taxi driver had to support his two kids in another city and the brother who sells fruits didn't make much money happy used to help carry groceries sometimes and dad would also give him some money for that so since I was a kid I only knew him as someone who was very helpful and friendly I always

smiled at him and he would smile back at me but when I turned 15 he had changed a lot he still had a smile on his face and he would stay outside in different Shady spots all day smoking I used to wake up around 700 a.m. to go to school and he was always there wide awake just smoking it seemed like he either didn't sleep or woke up way too early we would see him in a place that takes about half an hour for us to reach by car so you can imagine how long it

took him to get there on foot he looked restless but mostly he just stood there and smoked this went on from early mornings to very late at night his behavior changed in a disturbing way he started staring at me with this forced and creepy kind of smile on his face when I walked by him he would always watch me without turning his head he even walked backward while staring and I noticed he did this every time sometimes he would walk backward and press his back against walls like he was hiding or something his whole attitude

changed a lot and he started getting mad more often he would yell things that didn't make any sense and stomp angrily toward his house now let me tell you what really happened to me like I mentioned he always kept his eyes on me I was 17 years old and on the day this happened I was at home alone I stayed home to study while my family went out he probably knew I was alone because when they left I saw him standing in his usual spot staring at them as they drove away when it was lunchtime

I went to buy some things to cook I saw him standing next to his brother who sells fruit at the local market I went to the market to get vegetables and meat the veggies were close to where happy was but the butcher was a minute away as I paid for my meat and put it in my bag I looked up and there was he just staring at me I didn't think much of it so I turned right and walked towards home but he was right behind me again but still didn't think it was a big

deal because our houses are right next to each other I passed his house waiting for his footsteps to stop but no he was still right behind me I looked and his eyes were still on me with that really creepy smile I didn't really care because I thought he was just going to his usual spot to light a cigarette or something I never felt like I was in danger in my neighborhood so I don't get anxious easily especially with him even during his angry moments I didn't think he was the dangerous type so no warning signs

popped up for me I went through the main door from the street and walked in the wide hallway that had one door where an old woman lives I passed her door turned right and went up the stairs to my house on the second floor I heard someone come in through the main door and in the hallway I thought it was maybe one of the neighbors from the Third floor the footsteps were fast so I figured they were in a hurry I turned to look at the bottom of the stairs to see who it was and

make space for them to climb quickly but to my surprise it was happy at the bottom of the stairs I stopped suddenly and that's when my heart started pounding really fast I asked happy what are you doing here but he didn't say anything instead he started running right toward me taking two steps at a time I tried to climb faster but he grabbed my foot and I slipped my right arm and knee hurt a lot from the fall he was pulling me down the stairs messing up my back too but with all the adrenaline in

me I started kicking to free my ankle from his grip and screamed at him to let go I also yelled for help hoping a neighbor would hear me and come to rescue with my free leg I kicked his forearm to make him release me I kept kicking and shaking the other leg too luckily I got free but I couldn't turn around so I started climbing scared he might follow me into the house and who knows what he might do if he got inside I just wanted to kick him hoping he'd lose balance and fall off

the stairs so I could get inside my house I kicked and kicked screaming but it didn't work it felt like a long time but it was probably about about 5 seconds and then I heard the door of the old lady downstairs start to open Happy heard it too so he ran away he passed by her house but she saw him then she called my name and asked if I was okay she stuck her head up from the bottom of the stairs still calling my name but all I could do was cry in fear and pain

my elbow was bleeding she asked me to come into her house so she could help with my bleeding I said it was okay and I would take care of it myself but she insisted and kept calling me to come down eventually I ignored her climbed the stairs with difficulty and got inside after about an hour I cleaned up felt a bit calmer and cautiously went to the old lady's house I knocked and she opened the door I asked her not to tell my parents anything because if my dad knew he might really hurt the guy

I explained that happy was just not right in the head and my dad shouldn't go to jail for someone who's not thinking clearly she promised not to tell my family and that was the end of it over the next 2 years he changed again but this time he wouldn't even look me in the eyes I would be walking and he was walking towards me but he would turn around and go another way just to avoid passing near me for the first few months I was scared that he might be waiting around a corner or something

but it turned out he just didn't want to be seen by me even after I moved out whenever I visit and even now 4 years later he still avoids being seen by me I hope happy stays peaceful and doesn't harm any other girls in our neighborhood but more than anything I wish for more awareness about mental illness in our country I hope people can get the right treatments and care they need people like him really need it [Music] I live on the sixth floor with my family and we've been here for a long time the

apartment next to ours is owned by a not so nice lady who rents it out but the problem is she seems to rent it to people who cause a lot of trouble I'm talking about serious problems like drug dealers and domestic violence and this happened a few years ago when I was around 14 or 15 years old I'm a female and English isn't my first language so forgive any grammar mistakes a couple probably 35 to 40 years old had just moved in with their young daughter who looked about 6 years old the wife introduced herself

and she seemed nice at first they mostly kept to themselves and that was okay with us but a few weeks after they moved in things got tricky they played really loud music during the day and night it wasn't against the rules but it bothered us when it went on for hours every day then we could hear shouting from their apartment but it always seemed to be the husband doing the yelling they started leaving their apartment door open and when we walked by to use the elevator they would be walking around in their underwear it was

strange but we thought maybe it was because it was summer and hot it became more bothersome when we had guests as they had to walk past a nearly naked man just hanging out by our door smoking smoking was just another issue I don't mind weed as I've also tried it a few times myself but when they smoked a lot of smoke would come into our apartment it was so much that you could see it everywhere my mom was really bothered because we had a little kid in our apartment my brother who was about 4 years

old we didn't want him breathing in smoke every day but we decided to just deal with it and hope they would move out eventually like the other people who lived here before and usually no one stayed for more than a year one day I was coming home after walking with my dogs we have two dogs a medium-sized one and a small one both rescued I unlocked my apartment door and the dogs went inside just as I was about to follow I heard a hay behind me I turned around and got scared when I saw who

it was it was the husband for more information we hadn't talked before this he was very close to me like just inches away from my face and also he was only in his underwear he was taller than me by a lot so I felt uncomfortable I asked if he needed something and then he quickly looked around as if checking for other people in the small hallway we shared after that he came even closer and I could feel his breath on my face it smelled like weed and I tried not to gag so I wouldn't be

rude at that time I always tried to be nice to everyone even in Risky situations like this then in a rough voice he whispered what do you want I was confused I thought I heard wrong so I asked him to say it again what do you want drugs Al alcohol my eyes got really big I was taught not to drink or do drugs and even if that wasn't the case I was clearly underage so I didn't understand why he was offering these things to me oh uh no thank you mister I said I had hoped

that by being polite this interaction would be over and I can go inside if you're wondering why I didn't just go inside sooner like I said I I was a major people pleaser and I didn't want to offend him but also I didn't know how he would react as I didn't want to risk him chasing me inside or assaulting me if he was unstable enough to corner a teenage girl in his underwear and offer her illegal substances I didn't want to imagine what would have happened if I were to piss him off oh come on

you must want something as I can hook you up with whatever he gave me a wide G grin and somehow stepped even closer I moved my back against the door realizing I couldn't make more space between us then I let out a nervous laugh no thanks my mom wouldn't like me having that I said he tilted his head still smiling well is she home now silly me I said no she was at work oh well then she doesn't need to know just tell me what you want I started breathing really fast I've had problems with

men being mean to me before so a man standing over me and trapping me made me really anxious I felt like I might throw up and I could feel myself starting to shake I just hoped he wouldn't notice no thanks I said again um I have to go as I have homework to do I was trying to smile so he wouldn't know I was scared but my shaking got worse he seemed annoyed but nodded and said to have a nice day I hurried inside and quietly locked the door I was breathing hard and I peaked

through the small hole in the door but he was still there just staring at my door he looked like he was out of it and I hoped he would leave he stood there for about 30 more seconds then suddenly turned around and ran into his apartment I heard him going through cabinets and in my mind I thought he might be looking for something to break into my house now I was getting really scared I grabbed my phone called my dogs and rushed to the kitchen to get the biggest knife I could find I sat on

the floor and stared at the door while calling my mom I was almost crying when she answered and she told me to call the cops if I thought I was in danger but for some reason I said no know maybe I thought I didn't want to bother the police for something that might not be a big deal my mom couldn't leave work early but she called the cops as soon as she got home meanwhile his wife had come back home after a few minutes later she knocked on our door my mom answered while I stayed

behind her she asked my mom lots of questions about what I told her and what happened when my mom explained and said the police were called the wife nervously laughed and said it wasn't needed my husband didn't mean any harm he was just trying to sell you some CDs he makes as he really likes music um what he kept asking me if I wanted alcohol multiple times how did she start talking about selling CDs but my mom didn't buy it and she knows what really happened she trusts me the woman's smile turned into an angry

face and she went back into the apartment we heard her lock the doors close all the curtains and turn off the lights the police arrived shortly after and came inside to hear what happened then they went to their door and knocked but nobody answered we told them we saw everyone go inside and lock themselves in but they couldn't do anything about it because they didn't have a special permission and no one physically hurt me they said the man would get a warning but only when they could reach him the police left and we didn't hear

anything else from the neighbors all day we went to bed later I had trouble falling asleep but eventually managed to during the night around 2: a.m. I woke up to a woman screaming it was loud and really upsetting and I thought someone might be in trouble I heard my mom going to the closest window and then she came to my room and said to stay in bed I wanted to ask her more about what was happening but I trusted my mom so I stayed in bed like she told me I stayed in my room and

eventually fell asleep again when I woke up my mom sat me down at the kitchen table and explained that the man from yesterday had jumped out of the window during the night since we were on the sixth floor he probably died when he hit the ground the screaming we heard was from his wife watching him climb out of the window and then jump unable to stop him I felt really bad I almost started crying and it made me think that somehow it was my fault after that incident my mom felt bad for leaving me home

alone to go to work but she couldn't do much about it because we didn't have a lot of money I was at home with my little brother because he was sick and I wasn't going to school because I was too upset well after a few days later when my mom left for work there was a knocking at the door I looked through the peephole and I saw it was the guy's wife she was smoking a cigarette her eyes were red and she looked really upset she was walking around and talking to herself I told my

little brother to go into his room and went to open the door when I did and the wife saw me she started to get really angry and pointed her cigarette near my face how dare you why did you call the police on my husband why he did didn't do anything to you he just wanted to sell you some CDs and you reported us are you scared of men or something are you scared of men in underwear is that it I couldn't believe what she was saying if it was me today I would have told her

to go away and shut the door right in her face but at that time I was young not very smart and too trusting so what did I do instead I said sorry I told her I was sorry about her husband and that I really hoped she could forgive me you little piece of [ __ ] you killed my husband it's all your fault and I wish that you your mom and brother all get sick and die I looked down at the ground without saying anything still sure it was my fault she kept saying mean things

but eventually she left I went back inside locked the doors and cried I cried for about half an hour and my little brother kept asking what was wrong but I didn't tell him I've been talking to someone about my feelings and taking medicine for the past year or two I can say I'm in a better place [Music] now when I spent the night at my friend's house in middle school we liked staying up late but the only tricky part was that that the bathroom was near his parents' room and we didn't want to get in

trouble for waking them up especially during those late night Nature Calls So to avoid any problems we came up with a plan instead of using the bathroom we quietly sneaked out through the basement door and went into the woods to take care of business the door was almost always open because we sometimes forgot our keys and got locked out it happened a lot since we often went out to do things in the woods on this night my friend's older brother was around and he kept barging in through the basement door making the situation even more

chaotic so we came up with a plan to try and stop my friend's brother from constantly barging in we decided to lock the door even though we knew it wouldn't really keep him out the idea was that he'd have to use the key and maybe that would take away some of the fun for him but around midnight we heard the door handle jiggling at first I didn't think much of it assuming it was just his brother messing around then after about 5 minutes of the handle being jiggled on and off we got a bit frustrated

that's when we decided to take action we went up to the door hid it and shouted at him to stop however all we got in response was silence that was a good thing and we hoped it was all over right but about 10 minutes later the jiggling started again and it kept happening this whole thing repeated for about 2 hours no matter how many times we told him to stop he didn't listen we got frustrated and just said forget it and decided to ignore him even after we stopped paying attention he kept going for about

half an hour more it felt like forever then finally he gave up let's Jump Ahead to around 900 in the morning we were just waking up and one of my friend needed to use the bathroom you know how it is at sleepovers people are sleeping wherever there's space when one person starts moving around it wakes everyone up we all started stretching and heading to the bathroom to get rid of the soda we drank the night before as I walked out I grabbed the door handle to close it behind me and noticed it felt weird like

it had a rough texture when I checked it I saw that the area around the keyhole was messed up there were big scratch marks everywhere and the metal parts were all bent and crooked I asked my friend who lived there what happened and he said it was the first time he noticed it we didn't want to get blamed for what his brother did so we went upstairs and explained everything to his parents when his dad went downstairs to see what we were talking about his face went all pale and he hurried back upstairs to call

the police it turned out that someone had been trying to force the lock open while we were all in the house it was pretty scary to think that someone had been trying to get in while we were sleeping this happened to me more than once on different occasions what made me really scared this time was that the person knew we were in the house and we knew someone was trying to break in but he still kept trying to force his way inside and it it was pretty disturbing I have no idea what kind of person

he was or what he had in mind for us that [Music] night when I was 19 years old I had a job in the small Mall in my quiet town in our town not many serious crimes happen and it's a peaceful place however the city that's about 15 minutes away used to have the highest murder rates in Canada the mall where I worked was not too big and it was a common spot for moms with their kids and older people looking to pass the time it's a really safe mall where I work not a sketchy

one at all but one day during my break I headed to the food court to grab a drink and scrolling my phone just like I always do as I sat there I noticed two women walking towards me my first guess was that they saw my work uniform and I thought they might have questions about something my store sells I didn't think anything bad was happening they walked up to me and sat down quickly at my table in the food court both of them talked with strong accents though I wasn't sure what kind because I hadn't

heard it before they were dressed really fancy like they were going to church or a special event and seemed pretty regular nothing strange about them then one of the women takes out a book and they start asking me some strange questions like do you go to church do you believe in God mostly things about religion so I think they might be some kind of missionaries they start telling me about God the mother since I'm really shy I just listen to them talk then they invite me to a youth group they organized for that evening I'm

a bit surprised not expecting such an invitation during my break at the mall I said I was at work just taking a break so going with them wasn't possible but they kept insisting I had to repeat a few times that I couldn't join finally they got the message but then they asked for my phone number they said they'd text me the details the next time they organized something I felt a bit uneasy but gave them my number to end the conversation a couple of days later I got a text from them trying to plan something

for the youth group I felt a bit trapped because I wasn't really interested but I didn't want to be rude I hesitated for a moment thinking about whether to reply or not eventually I decided to block the number it wasn't that I thought they were going to do something bad I just wasn't into the idea of going to a youth group I hoped blocking the number would make it clear that I wasn't interested without having to explain it a few months later I was reading the news and there was a story about a warning for

young girls in our city regarding a human trafficking scheme the report mentioned a tactic where women would approach and talk about God the mother trying to convince people to leave with them I felt a rush of relief realizing that I hadn't finished my shift that day when those women approached me I wondered what might have happened moreover I was thankful that I never responded to their text it's strange to think about how a small decision like that might have kept me [Music] safe A couple of years ago when I was 25 I shared an apartment

with one of my best friends but sadly our friendship started fading as she wasn't around much however on this particular night she decided to stay over and went to bed early due to my job schedule I often stayed up late and during that time my routine usually involved watching YouTube videos and relaxing so on this particular night was pretty normal but something strange happened my neighbors actually tried to kidnap me now let me share a bit more about where I lived and who my neighbors were our house had three bedrooms and the two bedrooms along

with the kitchen faced the neighbors who were a young couple residing in a smaller millhous they kept showing up at our door always asking for weird stuff I'm usually cool with helping neighbors but these requests were kind of odd for example they wanted us to fill up this old Mountain Dew bottle with water because theirs got turned off or something they also asked for beer and one time they literally asked us for just a dollar it was getting a bit weird when we didn't answer I'd peek through the window to check it was strange sometimes

I'd catch them grabbing leftover cigarette butts from the ashtray or squishing their eyes against the door peephole trying to see if we were home so I'm sitting on the couch watching YouTube when I hear a knock at the door I rolled my eyes because I knew exactly who was knocking it was 11:00 p.m. and when I checked through the little door window there he was the boyfriend on my porch normally I'd just ignore it and go on with my night but this time he looked kind of troubled so I decided to open the door and

see what was up hey um I just wanted to ask if you could do me a favor I got a ring here in my pocket for my girlfriend and I need someone to record the moment can you follow me to my backyard and film it for me he nervously asked it was unexpected I was pretty confused but really wanted to find out what was happening I congratulated him and told him I'd join in a moment I just needed to put on my shoes once I closed and locked the door I rushed to the back room

with a view of their backyard peeking through the blinds I expected to see some decorations or a setup but it was totally dark no signs of anything it felt odd so without wasting time I woke up my roommate to share the whole story with her um no way she told me and we both walked back to the door after the boyfriend started banging on it I peaked through the little door window again it was pretty dark outside and I couldn't see much then I saw him move his eye away from the peephole it gave me

a chill and I quickly turned around pressing my back against the door my roommate hurried back to the door from her room grabbing two wire hangers like they were Shields we both clung to the hangers and sat against the door until he finally left it was pretty scary but we wanted to be sure we weren't overreacting so we decided to go out through the back door and hopped into her car for a quick drive around the neighborhood they always kept their front door wide open and there were no blinds so you could easily see inside

their house we drove by slowly in her car sneaking into the living room on the couch the couple and the older man were all just sitting there staring at the wall we quickly drove away and decided to stay at a friend's house that night after that I stopped answering the door for them but one day when I came home from work I noticed an older lady parked in their driveway as I got out of my car she walked up to me and asked if I knew where the neighbors were I explained that I hadn't seen

them in quite quite a while then I asked her who she was and she informed me that she was the owner of the house she told me they hadn't paid rent for months and it led to her having to evict them when she went inside the house it was a disaster needles scattered garbage all over walls with holes and even a mess on the floor I expressed my sympathy for what she had to deal with and mentioned that I was glad they were finally out but thinking about the condition of their house I felt a

sense of relief that I hadn't followed him to the backyard and who knows what he might have had planned that [Music] night it was my time to go out with my kids for Halloween last year my wife did it and we switch every year my son is seven and my daughter is nine and they were super excited all dressed up in their cool costumes I usually stay on the street keeping an eye on them while they run from house to house for candy after about 30 minutes of walking we reached a really good spot for

getting lots of candy a busy street in our neighborhood there were so many cool decorations and things in people's front yards so I got a little distracted and I wasn't paying close attention to my kids then a few minutes later they came back from a house with another girl who was about the height as my daughter but the interesting thing was she had this really weird homemade mask on it looked like it was made from some kind of cardboard or similar material then my daughter asked if her new friend could come along for trick-or-treating I

said of course so we all went together as a group I didn't know much about the girl but I guessed she might be a friend from school or somewhere as we walked I noticed a really tall man following us he was big and I started to feel a bit uneasy I couldn't figure out if he was just enjoying the decorations too or if something else was going on he had this mask that looked like an angry cat which kind of gave me the Shivers then I thought he might be the girl's dad so I tried

to start a little conversation with him I said something like um nice weather huh but he didn't reply he just stood there staring at me with that creepy cat mask while our kids went up the stairs to the next house I tried to brush it off thinking maybe he's just not a talkative person I asked again saying hey is that your daughter he just nodded but he still didn't say anything I thought maybe he's just not into talking so I stopped trying to chat with him we kept going for about 15 more minutes going to

different houses and collecting more candy then my kids came up to me and said they wanted to go home this surprised me because we hadn't been out for too long and their bags were only about a third full anyway I said okay we waved goodbye to the man with the cat mask and his daughter then started going home but the strange part was when I looked back at them they were just standing there staring at us I checked one more time as we turned the corner cor and they were still standing there not moving at

all at this point I decided to ask my kids so um who was that girl my daughter looked up at me with a really confused look on her face she's your friend my daughter replied looking pretty confused too I was puzzled because I didn't recognize the girl and it seemed odd that my daughter thought she was my friend I asked her what she meant by that turns out the girl with the cardboard mask had come up to my kids she told my daughter that she was a friend of mine and explained that she was too

shy to ask me directly if she could join us for trick-or-treating so she hoped my daughter could ask me on her behalf I didn't know the girl but it seemed like a misunderstanding maybe she thought she knew me or got confused why would you think she was my friend I don't have any friends who are kids what my daughter said next truly surprised me and sent a chill down my spine she explained that when the girl with the cardboard mask first came up to them she wasn't even wearing the mask so they saw her face

and it wasn't someone familiar I couldn't understand why the girl would say she was my friend if we didn't even recognize each other later we found out that she wasn't a girl at all she was actually an older woman about my age with wrinkles on her face what's even more disturbing is that this older woman had been quietly taking treats from my daughter's bag when I wasn't looking that's why they wanted to go home because they noticed the woman taking their candies I brought my kids home and explained everything to my wife we checked through

all their candy looking closely but we didn't find anything suspicious or strange we didn't call the police or anything because well nothing really bad happened but now thinking about it I kind of wish we had made a different Choice it's really weird that some people on Halloween wear masks to pretend to be [Music] kids I'm a 22-year-old French student currently pursuing my master's degree in Amsterdam I live on my own in an apartment within a student only building the neighborhood is calm and nice with the occasional sounds of trams passing by or the distant noise

of parties in other student buildings but one night it was around 10:00 when I heard a knock on my apartment door I live on the third floor and to reach my front door you have to use a key to open the main entrance and then another key to open the door to my hallway this means that only people with a key can come in if someone wants to visit they can give me a call or ring my doorbell and I'll open the door for them it adds an extra layer of security to our building ensuring

that only authorized people can access our floors on a regular day when I heard someone knocking on my door I usually open the door without much thought whether it's my landlord checking in or a neighbor asking for something as I've mentioned I generally feel safe in my building and I can take care of myself if needed but this time for some reason I had an uneasy feeling it's not that I felt an immediate danger but something felt off at first I didn't do anything as I figured the person would go away I had just finished

my assignment and wanted some peace but the knocking didn't stop I stayed put thinking they'd leave soon and I could finally relax after my hard work however the knocking continued for a good 30 seconds so I decided to speak up and said hello The Voice replied in English saying it's Uber Eats it seemed strange because most people here usually speak Dutch and I recognize the voices of those who live on my floor but it wasn't a neighbor or my landlord the person claimed to be from Uber Eats but the thing is I didn't order anything

from Uber Eats that day it made me feel a bit confused also the voice sounded strange like maybe someone playing a prank or a neighbor trying to trick me it was a deep voice maybe around 40 years old and definitely sounded like a person who smokes a lot I said I didn't order anything you might have the wrong address but a few seconds later the knocking kept going and the same voice said I'm pretty sure you did I have an order under your name now that made me panic I looked around and grabbed a baseball

bat just in case he tried to break the door because the knocking was getting louder and stronger I checked if the door was locked and to my horror it wasn't I was only 10 cm away from him and my front door was the only thing keeping him from coming in but luckily the door didn't open from the outside without a key even though it wasn't locked so I took a step back and asked again what's the name he seemed to be thinking for a few seconds and then there was another loud knock it felt like

he was really angry and frustrated then after a few minutes he gave up and went down the emergency stairs next to my apartment the steps were really loud and it seemed like the person was in a big hurry I wasn't sure what he wanted or what might happen if I opened the door I still don't get how he got through the first two doors then I thought if he tried knocking on other doors before mine so I shared the incident on our building's WhatsApp group asking if anyone else had seen something unusual it turns out

nobody witnessed anything suspicious and no one had opened the door for anyone else but I'm fortunate that my instincts kicked in warning me not to open the [Music] door at the age of 21 I moved in with my cousin in a house nestled deep in the woods our home was in a place called van leer situated between Dixon and Aaron Tennessee surrounded by dense forests and living there meant being a good 45 minutes away from the nearest city it's like the smallest town you've ever seen picture this you can zip through the whole place in

Just 2 minutes and wave high to all 12 local shops beyond that it's mostly Farms breaking up the big patches of woods in between oh and there's this random gas station stuck right in the middle of a fork in the road pointing towards where I live sometimes you'll catch a glimpse of cows or horses grazing in the fields it's a quiet place with only a few people buzzing around and everyone knows everyone else I moved in with my cousin in November of 2011 a week before my birthday sometimes we had parties but most days we

just did our own thing when we weren't working playing video games and watching movies together the house was made by the people who lived there before us and they let us stay for only $250 a month that was just enough to cover the taxes on the house each year the house had three bedrooms the main bedroom was downstairs next to the living room there was also the back room which used to be an open porch before they put up full walls upstairs was the loft where I slept all the bedrooms room and bathrooms were on

one side of the house and on the other side there was the kitchen and living area we hung out a lot in the living room with our TVs and game systems they were all on a 12T wall between the doors so there wouldn't be any glare from the windows we also had our meals in the living area this brings me to one of my tasks I had to take out the kitchen scraps and dumped them at the edge of the woods about half a football field away from the front porch and I did this almost

every day for many months after moving in because it meant I didn't have to wash the dishes when I went out to dump the scraps I got used to seeing raccoons possums deer rabbits and sometimes even Foxes or coyotes at first the coyotes made me a bit nervous because all I could see were their eyes or I'd hear sniffing and panting while walking to The Dumping spot nothing ever really bothered me you know they all knew that once I dropped the food and walked away it was free for them to grab but in September 2012

I started having a new visitor who showed up regularly and this one was way bigger than any coyote or dog I knew I went out like always to toss out the scraps from dinner that night but it was strangely quiet no coyotes howling no raccoons or possums making their usual sounds as I walked I felt the hairs on my arms stand up but I figured it was just because it was getting colder and maybe that's why there were fewer animals around but when I got to The Dumping spot and poured out the scraps something really

big growled at me and I could feel it deep in my bones so I quickly finished scraping out the pot and slowly stepped back from the line of trees I noticed a pair of yellowish eyes reflecting a little to the left of where I dumped the scraps I kept staring at it as I moved back W never taking my eyes off the creature when I got inside I told my cousin that there was a big animal out there tonight I suggested we keep the porch light on to watch it in case it comes too close

to the house the rest of the night was quiet but after that whenever I took out the scraps that creature would be there waiting for me to drop the food and step back its growl always gave me the chills I never saw more than its eyes and as after about a month it stopped growling when I came out even though I could still see it watching me from the woods fast forward to December the ground was all covered in snow and it got really cold I kept giving food to that creature thing even when Christmas

came around then me and my cousin went to stay with family for the holidays and we were away for about a week when we came back we had lots of extra food after bringing everything inside and getting comfortable my cousin fell asleep on the couch in the living room and I went to bed in my room upstairs that night I woke up feeling thirsty and went downstairs to get some water as I was going down the stairs I heard a little thumping noise from downstairs peeking over the railing and seeing my cousin still asleep on

the couch I thought maybe something was on the porch sometimes raccoons or turkeys would show up but when I looked through the big glass doors I didn't see anything it was really cold like 7° so I didn't open the doors I went into the kitchen while still keeping an eye on the doors in the living room that's when I saw something a head like a big dog poking around the side of the door the head was really big and it started sniffing against the glass door I got a little scared when I saw it but

then I thought it was just a really big dog maybe the one I'd been giving food to for the past few months so I started to feel more relaxed remembering I was away for a week I thought that the thing might be hungry so I took some turkey from the fridge planning to throw it out the kitchen door onto the porch for it to eat but when I turned back from the fridge and looked at the door I froze at first when I saw its head it was about 3 ft off the ground but now

I was looking up at the creature's face face it was standing on two legs way taller than me it had to bend down to look through the door I'm 6t tall and my cousin is 6'5 his head just about touches the top of his door frame so this creature was easily 7 ft tall I was shocked and couldn't move really scared what scared me even more was that the thing reached for the door handle to the sliding glass door and started pulling on it my heart was beating fast and I heard the frame hitting against

the door lock but good thing we hadn't unlocked them since we got home right then my cousin started waking up he rolled off the couch still half asleep and walked towards the bathroom that's when he saw me standing frozen in front of the glass door near the kitchen he was about to say something when he noticed the dark figure at our door the creature looked at him and growled my eyes went back and forth between the two before I stepped closer to the kitchen door my cousin stuck in one spot was really scared by what

he saw I grabbed the kitchen door handle and unlocked it my cousin barely making a sound asked me in a whisper what on Earth I was doing I yanked the door open and quickly tossed the plate of turkey outside then slammed the door and locked it the creature saw the food flying towards the yard gave me one more look and leaped off the porch to get the food my cousin grabbed me and took me upstairs to The Loft bedroom which had a strong door we stayed in that room all night listening for any sounds after

a few minutes we could hear it trying the door again sniffing its nose against the window it tapped on the window for a few minutes when it found out the door wouldn't open eventually it went away and vanished Into the Woods the next morning I took the scraps out but I was too scared to go all the way to the woods even though this werewolf thing didn't really act mean to us I was too scared to go outside at night after that sometimes we'd see something in the yard at night usually close to where I

threw the scraps each time we spotted it we'd turn off the TVs and lights and watch until it went back into the woods even though we don't know exactly what it is but having something like this around as a neighbor is both fascinating and [Music] scary I'm 15 years old and my family and I just moved into a new house while we were unpacking I noticed our neighbors watching us from their homes following my family's advice to be kind I waved to greet them however I felt nervous when I saw a man in his 30s

staring at me and when he noticed me waving his grin grew wide making me uncomfortable I went inside and checked out our new house it was huge when I got to my room I noticed it had a pretty good view of the front yard the only thing was people outside could see into my room too my mom didn't like that but I kept arguing with her until she let me keep that room since it was summer vacation my mom kept bugging me to come outside and play baseball as she really wanted me to enjoy the

nice weather and make new friends in the neighborhood so I grabbed my baseball stuff and went outside to play with my brothers and Dad when I glanced at the apartments across the road I saw the guy from before he seemed a little creepy but he was all by himself I asked my dad if it was okay to invite him to play with us my dad who tends to trust people easily said go ahead so I crossed the street and walked up to the guy I asked him what his name was and he said it was

Austin I asked Austin if he wanted to join our baseball game and he said sure as long as you're playing we had a good time playing together when the game finished Austin went back to his place across the street waving and smiling at me the next day my parents and brothers went out to pack more stuff since I didn't feel like going I stayed home alone and I decided to unpack some things in my room at one point I remembered that I forgot to lock the door like my mom told me as I was heading

to the living room I heard the front door open and close I thought it might be my mom or dad so I was about to call their names but a weird feeling made me stop I stayed quiet and sneaked my way to the corner peeking into the living room to my surprise it wasn't Mom or Dad it was Austin he had come inside and locked the door behind him as soon as I noticed that I got scared and ran straight into my room I hid inside my closet but I could hear his footsteps getting closer

he came into my room opened the drawers of my dresser and started searching then he left the room and went back down the hallway I peaked out of the closet and saw all my underwear scattered on the floor I walked quietly behind him in the hallway hoping he wouldn't see me I really wished he would just go to another room he turned and opened the bathroom door and I wasn't sure what he was searching for in there as soon as the hallway was clear I didn't waste any time I sprinted as fast as I could

through the front door and then I quickly ran to the neighbor's house nearby I was so scared when when I got there I started crying and told them everything they were really nice and called the police right away they kept me inside until the police arrived the police looked around but they couldn't find Austin since that day I haven't seen him [Music] again when I was about 10 years old we lived next to a lady who was a bit strange she had long black hair and really pale skin she didn't come out of her house

much so we called her the vampire lady we didn't know her name because she was so quiet but whenever someone walked by her house she would always stare at them the lady's house always looked dark inside even at night and sometimes my mom or brothers saw strange things happening there we weren't sure what was going on we just noticed weird lights flickering like in a horror movie about Frankenstein one night my friend Jess came for a sleepover I told Jess about the weird lady across the street Jess thought it would be a good idea to

go see what was happening in the house when everyone else was asleep I didn't really want to but I said yes I knew we had to be super quiet because my mom wakes up easily she wouldn't let me go out in the dark at my age somehow we sneaked outside without making any noise now we just had to cross the street to get to the house Jess tried to look inside Through the Windows and as soon as she did she grabbed my arm come on let's go now she said quietly but firmly what we just

got here what's wrong I asked as she pulled me running back across the street she didn't tell me what she saw until we were back inside the house once she locked the door she said that when she looked through the window she saw something that looked like a video camera with a small blinking light I said we should just go to bed and talk about it in the morning I wish I could say that's where the story ended but it didn't around 3:00 in the morning Jess and I were still trying to sleep when suddenly

Jess started screaming I had a bunk bed so I climbed up to see what was happening that's when I saw the camera lens from earlier now looking into our bedroom window my mom and brothers rushed into my room with the lights on which must have scared the person with the camera so I told my mom that someone was looking inside my mom grabbed a bat from my brother's room and went outside looking around for a few minutes when she came back my mom asked us what the person looked like Jess and I could only describe

the camera lens we didn't see the person but in our hearts we felt it was the lady from across the street even though we didn't have any proof my mom was a bit mad that we waited until the morning to tell her how we knew it was the woman since then we weren't allowed near her house and I still sometimes have bad dreams about what [Music] happened a few years ago I traveled solo backpacking in France a 21-year-old female I took a day trip to Versailles from Paris to go there and come back I had

to use two different trains but unfortunately when I was returning from Versailles my phone battery was very low only around 3% so I put my phone on airplane mode and low power I had my headphones on even though I wasn't listening to anything a random guy let's call him John came and sat next to me me I had been walking in the gardens all day and didn't feel like talking to anyone so I pretended I didn't understand French Jon then took out his phone and used Google translate asking if I wanted to learn French I

replied with a simple no thank you and tried to put my headphones back on to make it clear I wasn't up for chatting however he kept asking me questions through his phone the next thing he asked was where are you sleeping I didn't feel comfortable sharing my real plans so I fibbed and told him I was staying in a large hotel with my family and that I was on my way back to them he wanted to know where I was going and all I told him was Paris then he asked if I was getting off

at a specific subway stop and I lied again saying yes he suggested he'd come along with me I didn't feel com fortable with that so I firmly said no and cut the conversation short to avoid further interaction I quickly put my headphones on signaling that I wanted to be left alone ignoring him completely he eventually got the message and left me alone for a couple of minutes after that he answered a call on his phone and told his friend yeah I'll get off at xstop and you go to Y stop this made me really nervous

because y stop was exactly where I intended to get off when we reached the transfer station he stood up left the train and positioned himself by The Doors waiting for me I took a long time to stand up making sure I had all my things and I did it in a way that was kind of annoying on purpose after that guy left to catch the other train I took my time getting off and on to the next train I mean I moved really slowly I got on the train right at the front front and I

kept an eye on everyone around me to make sure no one was acting strange or watching me too much I probably seemed a bit strange to them because of how cautious I was being when I reached xtop and kept an eye on the people getting off and on the train and anyone on the platform I didn't see him or anyone looking at me too much when we got to Y stop I got off with the crowd turned the corner and there he was with four friends checking out everyone who was coming out so I quickly

turned around and went the opposite way I let my hair down from its bun and tried to look different once I got off the train I ran back to my hostel I stayed there and only went out if one of my roommates was with [Music] me my first job was at a tiny pizza place in the town where I grew up it's a really small town with just a bit over a thousand people we're located right next to a main Highway and it takes about 30 minutes to get to a big city from there one

evening around September or October I was working with two other co-workers and our manager the whole shift had been pretty slow not many customers we were just wrapping up and getting ready to close up shop at 9:00 p.m. when two men and a little girl about 7 or 8 years old walked into the pizza the place I walked up to the front and asked if they needed any help or if they were planning to order something the shorter man one of the two mentioned they were just passing through then he started asking about the prices

of different items on the menu and he also asks what time we close so I tell him and he just says okay and heads over to sit down with the little girl at a booth the taller man steps outside and goes to to their car parked in front of the pizza place from where I'm standing I can see him looking around as if checking something meanwhile inside the little girl seems excited pointing at the pictures on the menu about 5 minutes later the smaller man gets up leans down to whisper something to the little girl

and then heads towards the exit my co-workers and I are just watching everything and talking about how strange it seems then the little girl starts dancing around to the music playing on the radio after a couple of minutes of her dance I walk up to her and ask if she's hungry or if she wants something to drink she says she just wants water so I grab a cup fill it with water and hand it to her she takes the water back to her seat at the booth and sits down I go up to her and

ask who are you waiting for she smiles and says my dad my co-workers and I exchange concerned glances because the two men haven't returned and it's now 9:20 p.m. we're starting to wonder if neither of them is really her dad my manager noticing our worry decides it's time to take action she picks up the phone and calls the police to let them know about the situation our town is too small for its own police station so we have to wait for them to come from the next town which takes at least 15 minutes I go

over to sit with her at the booth I'm just chatting with her making sure she's okay and nothing goes wrong before the cops arrive while we're talking she suddenly stands up and says she has to go my manager and I try to tell her she has to stay in the restaurant until her dad comes back but she starts crying and yelling and really wants to leave later my manager told me the police found her walking alone down the road that night we didn't hear anything more about what happened after that I just hope she's safe

3 years back my wife and I bought our first house in the fancy part of the city and we picked a place near my mom's house since she's been on her own since my dad passed away my mom was born in South Africa before there was a vaccine for polio and she got affected by the disease she can't move her legs so she has been using crutches or a wheelchair all her life my wife and I really wanted a house near hers so that we could visit her a lot and take care of her we

also wanted to make sure she can be independent and do her own stuff without feeling like we're always watching her I always worried about something happening to my mom so it made me feel better knowing I could quickly go to her place to help no matter if it was a small issue or a big problem but One Summer Night in 2019 something bad happened which I wasn't ready for in the middle of the summer I drove my mom to the airport as she was going to South Africa to see her sister and my cousins because

my older brother lives in another city and I'm close by I took on the job of looking after her house while she was away so I made sure to visit twice a week it became my routine to water the plants pick up the mail check the answering machine and do all the usual things that need doing in a house I wanted to make sure everything was in order for when she came back home thankfully a year ago I got a security system for my mom's house it's like having a helper that keeps an eye on

things even when I'm not there I set it up so I can use my phone to see what's happening at her place anytime if a window or door is opened or if something sets off the alarm my my phone lets me know immediately I made sure to put everything in for security except cameras and later in the story I'd regret not having them but in my own house I have cameras everywhere inside and outside they watch over everything from my motorcycle in the garage to my snoozing dog in the living room fast forward a month

I finished work hit the gym watched a movie with my wife and got ready for bed nothing unusual so far right but just after 2: in the morning my phone started making a noise I thought it might be an email or something from Instagram so I ignored it I really value my sleep as I usually get around 5 hours a night after I started dozing off my phone kept making noise again and again my wife woke up and said turn it off I'm trying to sleep she often teas me about keeping the volume on at

night but I do it just in case of an emergency or if my mom needs us I'm glad I didn't turn the volume off because when I tried to check the notifications it hit me suddenly like a car crashing through my living room I got a bunch of messages from the security system at my mom's house right then the company watching the system calls my phone and I pick up the lady on the phone tells me that the home alarm is going off because the motion detector in the basement noticed movement several times then she

says they've sent security people to check on my mom's house to make sure everything's okay while I was on the phone with the lady I checked the message again from the security system I could see what she was telling me I also looked at the locks on my mom's doors and the system said they were all locked without looking more I suddenly understood someone or something is inside the house right now remember I was suddenly woken up from sleep and told that maybe someone broke into my mother's house I was still half asleep and I

didn't have time to clear the fog in my mind because of that I jumped to the wrong conclusion and I thought my mother could be in danger I quickly got out of bed and ran to the garage I only paused to put on my shoes and grab my car keys it was good I had pajama pants on because it was a cold night I didn't stop to pick up a shirt jacket or any kind of weapon I was in a hurry to reach my mother's Place luckily I had a strong flashlight in my car like

the ones the police use which I usually bring for exploring around the city so I grabbed the flashlight placed it on my lap started the car and pushed the gas pedal down fast I went way faster than the speed limit in the neighborhood to get to the house in a hurry trying to drive like a racer really wakes you up when I reached my mom's house I saw that all the lights were still off exactly how I had left them the alarm was so loud that it hurt my ears people from nearby houses started coming

outside but there were no security patrol cars in sight I ran to the front door while unlocking it from my phone but when I yanked the door open I found myself staring into the dark entryway of my mother's house I'm ashamed to admit it but I couldn't move I was Frozen with fear despite being 25 years old at the time I had never faced anything so frightening before I've been through some pretty intense and crazy stuff before even situations where my life was at risk but nothing scared me as much as looking into what I

was sure was the entrance to really scary things that happened in my childhood home just to note at this moment while standing at the door my brain still hadn't reminded me that my mom was safe chilling at my aunt's beach house in South Africa with the thought of my mom in my head my bravery kicked in step by step I went into the house I think my body's fight or flight switch got stuck on fight because I went searching instead of checking my mom's room I literally hit the switch that turns on the lights in

the basement ready for a big fight but you know what to this day I'm not sure if it was a huge relief or if I was terrified because when I looked around there was absolutely nothing there not a single thing I looked around where I was standing the windows in the main part of the basement were fine the lights from the motion detector were blinking and my phone was buzzing to tell me about my own movements in the house then I realized standing out in the open in the basement wasn't a smart thing to do

so I ran back upstairs turning on all the lights in the the kitchen as I went I grabbed the biggest knife from the Block then I went to my mother's room I checked every corner doorway closet and even under each piece of furniture I did it slowly and carefully making sure everything was okay until I felt sure the main floor of the house was safe I was sure the person who shouldn't be there must be in the basement I took out my phone and turned off the home alarm so I could listen carefully then I

checked the main room again under the pool table behind the couch and even in the bathroom but found nothing but as I turned to go down the hallway I saw the door to the guest bedroom was closed I couldn't remember if I had closed it before or during another visit so I walked up to the door slowly trying my best to hear any sound I grabbed the door handle and pulled it open I can't be sure but I might have gotten really scared when I saw someone at the other end of the room with a

big knife I had to try my hardest not to faint I was really really scared but I knew I had to do something I gathered my courage bit by bit and reached for the light switch ready to fight the Intruder the light came on and I dropped to my knees crying that's when I realized I was looking at my own reflection the closet door in the bedroom had mirrored panels and in the dark they made me see something that looked like a scary person then I heard a car door close outside the guy who claimed

to be a security officer was standing there but he looked younger than me if you imagine the word intimidating in your mind this man was the opposite he was a bit chubby smiling and had a really youngl looking face he looked more like someone welcoming you into a house I checked my watch and the man had come a whole hour after I told the security company to send someone I told the guy that I searched every part of the house and didn't find anything I started to wonder not so nice thoughts about how useless this

guy pretending to be a security officer but I'm a bit embarrassed about those thoughts now then he asked me if I checked the garage my clever grin disappeared quickly I reached for the button in my car that opens the garage door the garage is an open space and it's really hard to hide in there I walked through peaked inside the car and then left the garage I felt sure it was empty the security officer gave me some papers to sign basically it said he did come when the home alarm went off I told him about

the basement motion detector showing lots of times where it recorded movement then I saw his face go pale as he explained that the detectors his company uses don't just sense movement but also check for changes in temperature in the room to avoid false reports of movement after telling me this he got into his car and drove away I locked up the house turned on the outside lights and set the security system again I leaned against my car looking at the house trying to figure out how the alarm could have gone off it's supposed to work

when it senses movement and heat but there didn't seem to be anyone around the very next day I made sure to get security cameras installed outside the house in the garage and where the motion detectors were placed it's been 2 years since that night and I haven't shared this incident with my mom brother or my wife I'm still puzzled was there really someone there or was there some weird reason for the alarm going off I really hope I never have to experience that again sometimes not knowing the answer is the better [Music] choice I met

this guy while I was still with my boyfriend but despite being 10 years older than me if I recall correctly he wasn't someone I found attractive we only had about 20 minutes conversation and it was all very impersonal and polite exchanges I only talked to him when it was absolutely necessary it was just basic talk nothing more while my boyfriend and I started dating and somehow that other guy knew about it one night when we were excited to go to the club together we noticed that this guy was following us it made me nervous and

I started freaking out I ran to the bathroom with my friend for safety while our boyfriend turned around to talk to him that guy however started acting really immature like a 5-year-old boy he even started crying and then ran away leaving the nightclub then about a month later I found a disturbing love letter in my mail box it was creepy because he had delivered it himself to my house meaning that this guy had followed me to my door before and found out where I live fast forward one year and I don't go to the place

I met him anymore because he practically lives there my friends told me he hangs out there every day almost like he's waiting for me to show up we moved after a while and during that summer at the new place I started noticing that guy at the mall at first I thought it was just a coincidence but then a shop owner I know well tells me that the guy's been following me and even hides when I turn around that really worried me so I shared the whole story with the shop owner he was concerned too and

promised to let other store owners know about the situation he also assured me that he would call security the next time if he sees that creepy guy following me I now have my own first professional level full-time stalker and my boyfriend and I were clueless about what to do my family was just as lost and we were super worried the police couldn't do much since this guy wasn't doing anything harmful at the time it's been well over 2 years and Things Are I don't want to work as a waitress even though I really need the

money because I know he would find out where I work and then sit there all day and night just watching me I try not to work anywhere near the place I first met this guy especially around the city center going to the mall alone is a no-go for me now I always bring my boyfriend along there are specific supermarkets and cafes I steer clear of because I know he hangs out there hoping to see me it's disturbing in because I don't even know his last name but he has a strange control over where I can

go or not I really wish I could leave the city but it's not easy even if I manag to go somewhere else he knows both my first and last name and all I know about him is his first name and what he looks like it's kind of scary because he could find me easily the situation might get even riskier once I finish University I'm aiming for for a teaching position and they put all your information on the internet so it makes me worry about my safety and what he might do thank you for listening till

the end if you enjoyed the video then don't forget to give us a like also if you have any personal experiences while being home alone or any other scary or creepy experiences you would like to share feel free to contact us