I live in a very Rural Small Village. I saw something TERRIFYING in the forest.

this just happened about 1 hour ago so my memory is fresh first off I live in a very rural area a small village with maybe 10 to 15 houses it's close to the highway which is only about a 5-minute drive and also about 10 minutes away from the nearest town if you cross the street it's just a 10-minute walk to the forest it was the afternoon on the first day of Christmas and my partner and I decided to go for a little walk to help digest all the food we had eaten it was around 5:

in the evening and already dark when we left we brought a big bright LED flashlight with us I also took my camera and my flash since I love taking pictures of nature at night we decided to walk along a country road toward the forest then turn right onto to a small graveled cycle track close to the edge of the forest this track connects our village to the next one which is about a 15 to 20 minute walk in the middle of the track there's a small stretch that goes through the forest this area is quite

dark with tall dense trees when we entered this part I noticed our flashlight reflecting off something it was a car parked on the side of the track near the trees this seemed odd since cars aren't allowed to drive there and the path is very narrow and hidden feeling cautious my partner shined the light inside the car but it seemed empty I also noticed the windows were frozen so the car must have been there for a while a little way in front of the car I saw an interestingly shaped tree I asked my partner to shine

the flashlight on it so I could focus better and take some pictures with my flash after I took a few shots and my partner said uh there's someone standing behind us in the middle of the road just looking at us no one had been following us the entire way I kept looking around occasionally since wild bores sometimes roam near the Forest Edge at this time of night especially since it's mating season and they can be more aggressive sure enough a man was standing behind us just outside the reach of our flashlight he didn't say anything

he was just standing there watching us at first I thought maybe he was startled after all it might look strange if someone suddenly starts taking pictures near your car especially if it's not even allowed on that path I decided to confront him but kept my distance I explained that I was just photographing the tree he didn't respond and continued to stand there silently I then asked if he needed light but he simply replied that it wasn't necessary it felt odd but I tried to stay calm thinking there might be a normal explanation for his behavior

still my partner and I decided to leave and continued along the path toward the next Village which was only about 5 to 7 minutes away after we reached the first street light in the next Village we looked back we saw the car drive a little out of the forest then turn around and go back inside I could see that he parked there again and turned off his lights he didn't leave the forest we ended up taking a much longer route home as I didn't want to go back to the same way for obvious reasons our

flashlight battery died along the way and my phone battery was running low so I didn't call the police right then however as soon as we got home I called and reported all the details big regret that I didn't remember the entire license plate it all happened so quickly that I just didn't think to memorize it it only struck me as really strange later especially when I recalled the Frozen windows and realized he couldn't have just walked up behind us plus he had no light and didn't respond it felt like he was sneaking up on us

while I was taking the the picture I feel lucky that I had my partner in the camera and a bright flashlight with me I don't want to imagine what could have happened if I'd been alone so to the creepy guy sneaking around in the forest let's not meet edit when I told my housemate she suggested he might have been spying on the houses near the forest edge you could easily look into their backyards from a bit up the hill without being seen it's only about a 5-minute walk I actually thought about photographing the car when

I first saw it but decided not to as I felt uneasy about it despite how interesting the scene looked in hindsight I think not taking the photo might have saved me he must have been hiding behind the Trees close to the car in the forest entrance if he was really planning something like a burglary or something worse like dumping a body he might have tried to stop me if he thought I'd taken a picture of his car and license plate update I went back and found a small tape marking on one of the trees a

tiny Hideout more like a place to store things than to sit in and even part of a cut off backpack one time I went to a bar with a friend friend I had just turned 21 so I hadn't been to many bars up to that point my friend had been drinking on the way there so he was already pretty drunk when we arrived when we sat at the bar a cute girl came over to talk to us she introduced herself as Candice and I noticed she had extremely bright red hair so bright that I figured

it was dyed it was pretty but obviously not natural this girl started flirting with both me and my friend she could tell my friend was already very drunk so I decided to play along and pretend I was drunk too since it seemed to be working for him I wasn't sure if she was just trying to get free drinks so I told her we didn't have much money to my surprise she offered to buy us drinks she kept ordering more for us and I started to get confused about who she was really interested in my friend

eventually went to the bathroom but before he could come back the bouncers kicked him out for being too drunk Candice and I went outside with him she kept insisting that he should go home with her but he was so out of it that he could barely respond I told her he was too drunk to go anywhere and I didn't want him waking up hung over in some random house with no car and no idea idea what had happened Candice kept pushing saying she'd take care of him but I refused I told her I was more

sober than him and he was my responsibility I told her the only way he was going anywhere was if I tagged along she seemed to think I was either jealous or just trying to interfere but by that point my friend could barely stand and wasn't even paying attention to her anymore she then started flirting with me instead and offered to get my friend a taxi so we could go to her place alone at this point I'd had a few drinks so I was buzzed and ended up agreeing we got my friend into a taxi and

then she and I walked to her car I stumbled slightly on the way and she held under my arm smiling wow you're pretty drunk huh she said I felt a bit shy and anxious every everything was just happening too easily and it felt a little off we got in her car and as we drove she suggested we stop at a liquor store to pick up more drinks she insisted on paying so I agreed and asked her to get me a pint of liquor with some apple juice to chase it she went into the store and

came back with more than just a pint she'd gotten a whole fifth I assumed she wanted to drink too which is why she bought so much as we drove we passed the bottle back and forth but I noticed she was only taking tiny sips I tried to do the same but she kept encouraging me to drink more I pretended to drink by spitting the liquor into the apple juice bottle eventually I tossed the apple juice bottle now full of liquor out the window when she wasn't looking she thought I was drinking heavily but I was

really just buzzed not drunk during the ride I deliberately called her by the wrong name a few times to see how she'd react she didn't correct me and let me keep calling her Carla which struck me as strange I began to think she might have lied about her name when we arrived at her house I pretended to trip and stumble into her front door she helped me inside by holding me up and once we were in she closed the door and locked it I thought thought it was odd but figured maybe she just didn't want

anyone to interrupt us I told her I needed to use the bathroom inside I looked in the mirror and started feeling strange something was off I could feel myself getting more drunk from the last few sips of liquor and I didn't want to lose control so I turned on the sink for noise and made myself throw up then I drank some tap water from my hands hoping it would help sober me up I still wanted to hook up with Candace so I planned to keep pretending to be drunk as I turned off the sink I

heard her talking to someone he's drunk as hell he can barely stand up you do it who was she talking to and what were they planning I left the bathroom and entered the living room just as I stepped in I saw her quickly walking into another room all I caught was the back of her head with that strange bright red hair disappearing into the next room I couldn't see her face or anything just her moving quickly away the living room was dimly lit hey where are you going I slurred trying to sound drunk she returned

and told me let's go to my room I looked at her bright red hair and then at her face but her eyes looked different her face was different that's when it hit me this wasn't the same girl it was another girl but with the same wig my heart dropped but I tried to act like I hadn't noticed I smiled at her and said I needed to use the bathroom one more time apologizing for being so drunk she replied it's fine just hurry up in there I went back into the bathroom locked the door and then

heard her whisper ering to someone this time I thought I heard a male voice Whisper back I didn't focus on their exact words I just knew something sketchy was going on and I had to get out of there I opened the bathroom window climbed out and ran as fast as I could without looking back I ran through the backyard hopped a fence cut through another yard and reached the main road where I kept running until I found a 24-hour convenience store I went inside I stood in front of the security camera called a taxi and

went home since that night I've often wondered what was going on what were they planning why did she give me a fake name why did she try so hard to get my friend and me drunk I thought it might have been a setup for a robbery but she spent a lot of money on us bought drinks and even paid for my friend's Taxi and why was there a wig that two different women wore who was she talking to and what were they planning to do in that room edit the next day I went back to

the house with a few friends to see if we could figure out what had happened the place was completely empty no cars no people just an empty house I later found out that it was a summer rental property and whoever those people were they had broken in used it for just that night and never came back this happened 28 years ago in July of 1996 I had just finished my term of service in the Army I was stationed at Fort Hood Texas and decided at midnight that I would out process and travel back to Wisconsin

all day I was so anxious to leave that I had trouble sleeping f finally at 11:45 p.m. I got out of bed and went to sign out with the desk sergeant of course knowing people wanted to sign out at midnight he decided to do his rounds you can't leave until you get your final sign off from the sergeant and turn in your room key so I waited and waited and finally at 2:45 a.m. he returned I turned in my key got the sign off and by 3:30 a.m. I was on my way at first I

was so full of adrenaline that I felt like I could drive for days unfortunately that adrenaline didn't last long and by the time I was getting through Dallas I was starting to KN off I decided just past Denton that I would pull over at the next rest stop and take a quick nap until the sun came up I could barely keep my eyes open when I came to a stop I pulled over and got out of my car to get some air throw something away and take a look at my surroundings there were only about

three other cars and two semi-trucks there it was a picnic stop not a full rest stop so there were no restrooms I threw my trash away and glanced at a missing person's poster but I didn't really pay attention to it I went back to my car which was a basic geom Metro no radio no power windows no power locks I cracked the windows turned on my boom box for some tunes and laid down to get some sleep I was only asleep for about 5 or 10 minutes when I felt my car shake just slightly I

cracked an eye open and looked but didn't see anything so I blew it off and went back to sleep then I heard what sounded like my door handle being pulled and something scratching on the door key I sat up quickly but didn't see anyone I checked all the windows and still didn't see anyone so I drugged it off as me being tired and laid back down turning up the radio being a Texas night in July it was hot but I was so tired that I just laid back down a few minutes later I heard the

door handle again and the car shook I sat up quickly and saw a man standing at the passenger side looking in even though it was hot and humid he was wearing a red sweatshirt with the hood up and I couldn't see his face being young dumb and just out of the military I yelled at him what the hell do you want he just stared at me so like an idiot I got out of the car mind you I am only 5' 6 but I was pissed he just walked off towards the picnic tables like nothing

happened all the while I was yelling at him that if he came back I'd take him out I decided I would just drive on from there I got back in and started driving again even though I was upset only about 10 m down the road I was super tired again luckily about another 10 Mi down I35 there was another picnic stop North Texas doesn't have many rest areas but it has plenty of picnic stops I pulled into the second picnic stop and backed into a spot in case I needed to leave quickly for some reason

there was only one other car there and no semi trucks again I locked the doors cracked the windows and turned on my boom box I fell asleep right away about 30 minutes later I heard a loud thud on my driver's side window I jumped up looked around and saw no one I got out of the car which was very stupid but I had my Macho military attitude going still no one was around I assumed it was my nerves from the other stop I got back in locked the doors and tried to close my eyes this

time I was too amped up to fall asleep so I just laid there with my eyes closed I felt like someone was looking at me and when I opened my eyes I saw the guy standing there again in the red sweatshirt with the hood up I couldn't see his eyes but I could see that he was smiling at me I jumped up quickly and tried to open the door to bump him since it was a cheap Gio the doors were locked and it didn't open he started walking backwards still staring at me by the time

I got out he was about 30 ft away facing me it was fairly dark but as I looked him over he seemed real skinny but about 6'2 or 6' 3 but I still felt like I could take him with my military experience yeah right he was wearing the red sweatshirt blue jeans and green tennis shoes for some reason I thought the shoes looked odd I could see something shining every now and then as he stood there staring at me I believed it was a machete I quickly reached into my back seat and grabbed my baseball

bat yelling at him to come get some not sure why I said that he started walking towards me and I took a few steps towards him not really thinking as I got about 5 ft from my car and he was now about 15 ft from me a yellow van pulled up quickly and parked just off to the side of my car I finally realized what was really happening and I saw two guys also wearing hooded sweatshirts in the van before they could get out I ran back to my car I had left the keys in

the ignition so since I had backed in I was able to cut it hard right and peel out of there I was so lucky that it was a manual car and I didn't stall the other two guys were out of the van and the first guy was just about at my car I jumped back on the interstate and didn't stop until I was about 20 M into Oklahoma I stopped for gas and to use the restroom in the restroom I noticed that same flyer I barely glanced at at the first picnic stop it was a

flyer with several missing persons on it warning people not to stop for long periods at the rest areas it described a possible suspect as being about 6t tall wearing blue jeans green shoes and a red hooded sweatshirt I went white needless to say since it was Daylight I drove the rest of the way to Wisconsin wide awake I'm not sure why but I never reported it to the number on the flyer or told anyone about it now I live in North Texas and I pass those two picnic stops every day on my way to work

I think about it often I wonder if they got anyone else or if they caught those guys I tried looking it up but I haven't found any stories about it on the internet so creepy dudes in the sweatshirts in Texas in July let's not ever meet again this happened a long time ago at the time I was living alone in a first floor apartment my girlfriend had been sick and ended up in the hospital dealing with a rare disease she recovered fine but during those weeks my life was pretty much go to work go to

the hospital to be with her come back home for dinner and then bed it was a Friday night and I was alone so I decided to distract myself by reading and watching some videos on YouTube hours passed and by 3:00 in the morning I was in bed with my iPad in hand almost falling asleep then I heard it I knew that sound well you see right outside my bedroom door was a long Corridor that led directly to the kitchen this apartment was in a building built in the 1950s and the kitchen door was old and

slightly bent that meant that whenever you turned the door knob to open the door it would snap snap out of place with a distinct clack sound that was the sound I had just heard a lot of thoughts ran through my mind in that moment had I dreamt it in my semi sleeping state or maybe the sound was real but the door knob mechanism broke causing it to open by itself or of course maybe someone was in my apartment and had just opened the door at this point my heart was racing and I started considering my

options I had a broomstick next to my bed you might ask why I had it there and to be honest I kept it exactly because I lived alone and thought one day I might be in a situation like this where I'd need a weapon my girlfriend used to joke about it but I guess my paranoia was paying off in the most unfortunate of situations so I decided I would take the stick in one hand and grab my cell phone with the other I planed to open my bedroom door while calling 911 and if no one

else was in the apartment I just apologized to the operator and explain the situation however back in those days my cell phone wasn't a smartphone but it did have this feature I found interesting even though I never used it if you pressed a couple of specific Keys it would start ringing as if someone was calling you it was meant to simulate an incoming call helping you get out of a boring conversation or a tough situation clumsily I pressed those keys and the phone started ringing I quickly shut it off but now it was clear inside

the apartment that I was awake if someone was outside my bedroom they had certainly heard it what was going to happen I stopped for a few seconds to listen to my surroundings nothing it was dead quiet I decided to continue with my plan I dialed 911 with one hand raised the broomstick with the other and quickly open the door as soon as I did someone sprinted in front of me in the corridor and quickly went into the kitchen closing the door behind them I screamed hey and started pursuing but a split second later I thought

stop what if there is someone else in the apartment what if another Intruder sneaks up on you from behind in front of me was the corridor to the kitchen but on my left was another Corridor that led to the living room and office the office light was on so the Intruder had been there but I didn't know if he had company I took a step back to the entrance of my room so I wouldn't be caught off guard sir are you there the 911 operator was calling me on the phone I quickly explained what was

happening gave him my address and he told me the police were on their way they had a patrol car nearby so I should just wait then he hung up the apartment was dead silent I was terrified there were only three things I had been able to notice about the Intruder he wore a light colored sweatshirt with horizontal black lines had dark hair and smelled really bad in fact the smell was still lingering in the apartment the police arrived after 7 or 8 minutes which felt like ages the apartment door was next to the bedroom so

I managed to approach it and unlock the door to let them in I explained what had happened to the police and they said we should go through the whole apartment and check every possible hiding place they had seen situations before where a burglar hid for a long period even after the homeowners had called the police later attacking them the apartment wasn't big so it was easy to confirmed that no one else was hiding there in the kitchen it was obvious what had happened there were large windows that face the back of the building overlooking a

small community garden I had left one of the windows open and outside along the wall there was a large drain pipe the Intruder had used that pipe to climb to my window and get inside the police left to look around the neighborhood for someone matching the description of the sweatshirt I described while they were gone I could still smell that horrible odor the Intruder left in the apartment after about 20 minutes they returned but they couldn't find anyone the burglar was long gone luckily he didn't have the chance to steal anything while he was in

my apartment but the audacity I mean he must have seen the light on him my bedroom through the edges of the door and still tried to sneak past it to steal something from the office I didn't sleep that night in the morning I went to the Garden in the back to look for any clues about the Intruder but I couldn't find anything a neighbor in the building next door was at her window and I called out to her I told her what had happened she just smiled and said well welcome to the neighborhood we all

have stories like that around here you should never leave your windows open and maybe you should consider putting up bars to protect them the next day I bought a motion alarm and installed it in the kitchen I never had another experience like that in that apartment but to be honest I never slept the same way in that bedroom again traumatized by those events at night I feared hearing the sound of the kitchen door snap napping out of place again a few years later I moved to a larger apartment in another neighborhood this time it was

on the seventh floor making it much harder for intruders to get in through the windows so to the Intruder who came into my apartment and smelled really bad let's never meet again in 2019 I bought tickets for my sister and me to see 21 pilots in Oklahoma City at the time I was a 20-year-old petite woman I'm a super fan of their music so I made my sister pack and be ready to line up at the venue around 2 to 3 in the morning to get decent spots in the pit we got there and were

greeted by other fans having a pretty good time I was able to park my car and a lot pretty close to the venue and got away with it until about about 5: to 6:00 a.m. when police or venue management I can't remember which told us that anyone parked in that lot would be towed if not moved within the next hour by that time the venue management had made an actual line up to the door my sister didn't have her license at the time and we had gotten acquainted with some people in line so I felt

comfortable leaving her there while I found somewhere new to park fast forward to me finding a Sonic nearby and I figured I could get away with free parking I started the almost one mile walk back to the venue then I found an Alleyway that looked to be one of those nightlife streets connected to bars since it was broad daylight and I knew I'd save time going this route I wasn't apprehensive about taking the alley about halfway through I saw a thin man no older than his 40s sitting at one of the bars back patios when

he saw me he made a joke about a pillow I was carrying my sister had texted me to bring it back so she could nap before the concert he then asked me where I was headed and I stupidly told him I was going to the concert downtown he asked if I wanted drugs and to which I replied no then he asked if he could come with me and I lied telling him it was sold out the entire time I kept walking while he was talking hoping to shake him off or show no interest in the

conversation when I reached the end of the alley I had a bad feeling I was being followed when I turned the corner I quickly jogged hoping to gain some distance unfortunately I was right I remember hearing fast footsteps behind me then suddenly stopping when I turned to look it was almost like a movie where he would rush behind something when I turned thinking I didn't see him at this point I panicked and started looking for the closest store it was about 5:30 to 6:00 a.m. so anything I passed was closed plus I was in a

suburban area with more apartment buildings than stores I turned another corner and saw a man coming out of his home I hurried up to him and remember asking if he could help me because I was scared and felt unsafe from someone following me by this point the scrawny man from The Alley had caught up and was only a few feet away the man I had approached then looked at both of us and told me sorry I can't help you and proceeded to close the door in my face I've never felt so utterly helpless in my

life I turned to the creepy guy and pleaded with him to please leave me alone he kept telling me that I wasn't going anywhere and I wasn't going to any concert along with other threatening comments by some luck I spotted a group of people wearing 21 Pilots merchandise across the street and sprinted over to walk next to them I quickly told them what was happening and asked if I could walk with them to the venue and they said yes I think the creepy man lost interest in me and I saw him walking slowly back in

the opposite direction I made it back to the venue safely but immediately broke down when I saw my sister I thanked my new acquaintances and called the cops I was told he does that a lot and he's not harmless The venue's Bodyguard said they would walk me to my car after the concert but when I returned to the same spot they weren't there to say I was disappointed by how it was handled is an understatement it still freaks me out to to this day how easily I could have been taken or how close I was

to not being here to share this story April 2021 background my name is Janelle I'm a 21-year-old French girl sorry about my English and I'm a student in Leo France tired of not finding true love I decided to lose my virginity to my best friend after that I met a fantastic sex friend with whom I got along wonderfully on all levels for 3 months but then he told me I still love my ex yes I was devastated I couldn't take it I was so done I went to the emergency room in then the mental hospital

for those of you who are quick to understand I had already been struggling with depression for a few months under treatment with a strong pen for alcohol to complete my self-destructive Behavior what better way than dating apps the match a few weeks after being released from the mental hospital I matched with a guy to make new encounters and mostly to forget my dear and tender sex friend I always meet the guys at home for a first date because I have zero experience and that's what I did for my very first date one day I matched

with the guy let's call him mat matu wasn't very good-looking and had a few extra pounds but I'm no Beyonce either so I matched with him we laughed a bit had some common interests and he smoked weed which seemed like the perfect plan to smoke some joints between two sex sessions he gave me some personal information like his address I wasn't sure if it was real and his old job he had just been fired work or not I didn't care I wasn't planning on spending my life with them I explained to him that I was

fragile and had just come out of a mental clinic and that I was depressed blah blah blah I just wanted to make sure he understood that I wasn't someone to be played with I also told him that I was looking for a sex session but with conversation affection and Cuddles not just a quickie he assured me that was exactly what he was looking for too and that he was actually very cuddly perfect after just one or two days of chatting we agreed on a date a Mojito party at my house and he would bring some

joints the meeting matu arrived he wasn't cute at all worse than in the photos he had greasy hair a stained t-shirt and looked like a teenager who still hadn't figured himself out even though he was 20 six I wasn't exactly feeling attracted to him but I desperately needed some company I offered to make the drinks while they went to the kitchen to prepare two Mojitos before joining me on the sofa we talked a bit but he wasn't very smart or interesting so I drowned in my drink hoping to make the party more fun myself after

that I don't remember much reconstruction according to matw we had drunk and smoked while watching a movie before going to the bedroom I vaguely remember being naked on my bed and seeing him dressed standing above me looking at me before turning and slamming the door my phone was dying my alarm wasn't ringing I missed a work meeting so my friends started calling me they couldn't reach me so they contacted my sister but she also went to voicemail my friends came to my apartment ringing the doorbell repeatedly but there was no answer they called the fire

department who managed to open the bottom door but not the door to my apartment they knocked on the door and called out to me and I finally opened it dressed in a blanket to hide my nakedness feeling confused the firemen concluded that I was just hung over and left while my friends helped me get dressed they noticed that my body was was covered in yellow Betadine on my arms legs stomach Etc I told them I had burned myself the previous day and was trying to heal it but there were no signs of burns on my

arm and I didn't even own any beta dine they took my cat and brought me to one of their houses since I was in a com State I had trouble speaking I seemed completely out of it and I had trouble thinking the next day my sister came to pick me up and I stayed with her for a few days everyone thought I had tried to kill myself with drugs and alcohol I started complaining about pains that weren't there before so my sister took me to the hospital I explained to them that I may have had

unprotected sex while I was unconscious and we followed procedures a hepatitis B vaccine and a slew of samples I was advised to file a complaint and I was redirected to the ob emergency the next day I regained some Consciousness my family noticed right away that I was a little more alert and my statements made sense I went to the GYN emergency got swabs done and started preventive AIDS treatment over the course of a week I had several appointments for blood and urine samples I also filed a complaint with the testimony of my friends who had

been at my house and my sister who had taken care of me after discussing it with people of all ages as well as medical staff and the police the term organ trafficking was brought up they believed the guy had chickened out at the last minute despite my complaint my body covered in beta dine my torn underwear and the blood on my apartment doors what the hell my attacker got away with it I will never know what really happened or what he truly wanted I want to point out that I used to drink and smoke in

addition to my treatment and I've never had a blackout lasting 3 days before I'm pretty sure he put something in my drink it's good to talk about it though so thank you hi there I've shared this story with a few of my friends before and after after getting advice from some of them I decided to post it here I apologize in advance if my English isn't perfect as it's not my first language this happened when I was about 13 years old I lived right on the beach and if you walked about 1.5 km down the

shoreline you'd reach a place where the ocean would leave behind a kind of Lake it was a popular spot where my friends and I liked to hang out and next to it were two dirt roads I had a German shepherd and every weekend my mother would kick me out of the house for a few hours to go play with the dog which I didn't mind there was a cliff above the beach that you could walk down to get to the lake but it was covered with forest and on that day it was especially hot so

I decided to take a shortcut through the forest to spare both myself and my dog from the Heat I'd done this many times before so I wasn't afraid at all however as I was walking I started to hear muffled footsteps behind me my dog was off leash and up ahead and I quickly realized that someone had to be sneaking up on me since it was almost impossible to walk quietly on the dry foliage I made a run for it heading toward the exit of the forest as I did the footsteps behind me became became more

audible fortunately I made it out of the forest and to the lake which was open and plain I spotted one of my friends there my dog was already in the water when I greeted her but then we noticed a large man approaching us he was easily close to 2 m tall and very slim he started talking to us both very kindly and not thinking anything of it we politely responded at that time I didn't connect the footsteps to this man but later I realized I should have he asked us a lot of questions where we

were from if anyone was here with us and so on little by little we started feeling creeped out so we said our goodbyes claiming we had to meet up with our other friends and moved a bit further down the lake we sat there for a while talking when suddenly my dog started growling she never growled so this immediately caught my attention I turned to see what she was growling at and to my horror the man was standing about 50 m behind us by now we realized what was going on and moved again but he was

even closer this time we were terrified this man was following us and we were completely alone my friend called her mother who was at least an hour away so we were stuck alone with this man for quite a while the more we moved the closer he came I had to leash my dog as she was growling even more fiercely at him each time we looked at him he smiled back as if we were old friends he followed us for a while until we saw my friend's mother's car arriving on the dirt road which was about

200 M away to get there we'd have to cross where the man was standing we were absolutely terrified luckily when my friend's mother saw the situation she started running toward us which got the man's attention and gave us the chance to dash I don't think I've ever run that fast in my life I let my dog go and we sprinted for the car as we reached it the man started running after us but we managed to get inside just in time my friend mother called the police and we waited in the car while the man

threw rocks and screamed at us eventually he ran off when the police arrived the police questioned everyone and went looking for the man but they never found him to this day I'm still terrified he might be hiding in that Forest waiting for me I didn't know that my friend would be there that day and I don't know what would have happened if she wasn't I didn't have a phone or any way to contact anyone and I'm sure that if he had caught me my dog wouldn't have been able to help so to the creepy man

who stalked me and my friend let's never meet again I've been thinking about sharing this incident for a while now I've told people I know in person but I want to get my story out there to help spread awareness about things like this and in an effort to help put it further behind me for some context this happened to me in early April of this year at the time I was a 25-year-old male to female MTF a transgender person and I was preh hormone replacement therapy HRT with more masculine clothes at the risk of sounding

cliche I never thought something like what happened that evening could ever happen to me me but it did the part that still bothers me is that it happened so close to where I live with my family in fact it was only two blocks away now onto the incident there have been a few times in our house when no one feels like cooking dinner so we either order out or find our own food that evening was one of those times I was craving pizza so after putting on my spring jacket into pair of gloves I left

my house around 7:20 p.m. and started walking to the nearest Dominoes in case anyone asks I can't drive and it was only a 15-minute walk anyway partway there I came across an old white car I think it was either a Honda or a Ford that was parked on the sidewalk I was annoyed but didn't think much about it I decided to walk around the front of the car to avoid walking onto the road unfortunately that's where I unintentionally caught the wrong kind of attention I had barely stepped 10 ft away from the car when I

suddenly heard two people calling out to me aggressively as I was readjusting my gloves when I turned around I saw two intimidating looking men the younger of the two approached me while the older one remained by the door of the building where the car was parked I don't remember much about the older guy guy Thug too other than that he was a big man with a beard and a leather jacket but I'll never forget the younger guy Thug one he was slightly taller than me I'm 5' 6 in with short hair and a goatee he

was wearing sneakers a ring and blue jeans and a white muscle shirt this guy was aggressive from the start getting into my personal space and immediately accusing me of breaking into to his buddy's car thug to interjected with something along the lines of you better not have which made me realize it was likely his car I just walked around and I was being accused of breaking into it I'm doing my best to describe what happened next but honestly everything was a blur I remember trying to explain myself but Thug one didn't even give me the

chance I remember the anger in his eyes as he kept accusing me the next thing I knew I was on the ground my right elbow cut open from the asphalt after being hit with a left hook to the face I remember screaming at him to leave me alone as he punched me again this time just above my hairline I felt something warm on my head pulled my gloved hand away and saw blood where his ring had hit me I had to scramble to pick up one of my breast forms that had fallen out of my

pocket bra and onto the ground before I managed to half stumble half run away from the two men they were taunting me telling me I'd better run looking back I wish I had pulled out my phone to take a picture of my attackers but I think I subconsciously feared it would make things worse this happened around 7:30 p.m. I managed to get as far away from the building as I could before sitting down in front of a nearby soccer club and calling my sister 20 years old for help she immediately told my stepdad and they

both came to pick me up in his car we stopped at Domino's to get my pizza which I didn't end up finishing that night but ate the rest the next day along with napkins and a bag of ice for my injuries after dropping me off at home my stepdad took my brother 25 years old and went back to the building to check for cameras that might show what happened while my sister helped me sanitize my wounds it was there that I started to understand what had really happened it turned out the building in question was

a base for a local biker gang which was associated with one of the most infamous gangs in North America my stepdad and brother talked to the members who were there they later told me the white car was gone and the two men I described were nowhere to be found and they claimed four things first they claimed not to know who attacked me even though those men had walked out of their gang base second they claimed they were in the middle of awake for a friend they had lost third they said an hour before I walked

by a person under the influence of drugs had been messing with their car doors so they assumed I was that person lastly despite knowing I was there they claimed the cameras at the building were broken and not in use at first I considered not doing anything about what happened and just moving on but after my dad called a check on me after hearing about the incident I was convinced to go to the police station at 900 p.m. to file a report while we all felt that the case probably wouldn't go anywhere as it often does

with incidents involving gangs especially the infamous ones we knew it was still important to document it for the police the officer taking my reports suggested I go to the emergency room to be safe where I ended up waiting for 5 to 7 hours to be seen by a doctor during the wait I was worried about what would happen if I fell asleep after taking two blows to the Head thankfully the doctor reassured me I would be fine while stitching up the wound where a thug wanted hit me the second time eventually I was sent home

with instructions to be careful with my stitches while I showered which I did as soon as I got home between 2:30 and 4:30 a.m. I'm very lucky that I didn't walk away with more serious injuries after that night it took me an entire week before I finally felt comfortable going outside even now months later despite the G gang having moved their base I still feel reluctant to walk right past that building if I have to I tend to walk on the other side of the road I never saw Thug one or Thug 2 again though

I heard rumors that the gang punished them for assaulting me as they were allegedly trying to reduce their violence and honestly I hope I never see them again I'm a little shaky recalling that night while typing this but I want wanted to share my story to help raise awareness about gang violence it was autumn in 2015 and I was 23 years old I am now 31 at that time I lived in Lancaster while studying at Lancaster University for those who may not be familiar Lancaster is a small Charming town in the north of England as

a student you could either live on campus or in private accommodation in the town I had chosen to live in a newly renovated apartment in a nice part of town and yes it was expensive I had already been studying for 2 years and was now in my third year by this time I had become familiar with the layout of the town and felt comfortable and safe living there semi-independently along with two other friends who were also studying at the University since my first year I had had decided to improve my fitness by going on nightly

runs around either the campus or the town by my third year I was living in the Town Center so I would either run with my housemate or on my own it's important to note that Lancaster has a large residential area that is hilly and far from the bustling Town Center which at the time was a hub for students and locals probably drinking in pubs or eating pies occasionally I would run with my housemate but I preferred running alone listening to heavy metal I was a big fan of De tones during that period on this particular

evening a chilly Autumn night I had decided to run alone it was about 8:00 p.m. and I had my earphones in I had started running toward a more isolated District that led to a beautiful residential area and a large Park called Williamson Park the park had a butterfly museum at the top of a hill next to the park was a large graveyard the kind that stretches for miles and has different sections large U trees crumbling Graves and a crypt in the center overrun with leaves in Ivy what was especially Eerie about this Cemetery was that

it contained the ruins of an old mental Asylum or Hospital you could sneak into the Asylum grounds by walking walking across the cemetery and crawling through a small hole in the fence this wasn't recommended though since guard dogs roam the deric building it was definitely not a place you wanted to be at night so I made my way past Williamson Park and up to the entrance of the graveyard immediately my attention was drawn to something small standing by the imposing Gates of the graveyard these Gates were tall black Iron and located at at the bottom

of a winding path I felt a little apprehensive but it wasn't unusual to see people walk in their dogs around the graveyard so I slowed my pace and started walking toward the shape as I got closer I realized that the shape was a child around 9 or 10 years old she was running toward me frantically she looked panicked and scared and I think she was crying I vividly remember that the girl wasn't wearing a coat just a thin dress that would not be suitable for the cold Autumn air in Lancaster she asked me for help

she was desperate and seemed frightened of something she kept looking back into the graveyard which was completely pitch black beyond the gates there was absolutely no light beyond the path the graveyard was large so it was unsettling to see the depth of the darkness and the vulnerable child standing at the entrance helpless I don't recall exactly what the girl said but I offered to call the police I had dialed 999 on my phone and put it on loudspeaker the girl immediately changed she wasn't happy that I was calling the police and it was obvious she

stopped crying and her tone became angry and demanding she insisted that she didn't need the police I I reassured her that it would be best to inform the police I even offered to walk her to the station which was about 20 minutes down the hill this is where the story gets strange and a little terrifying the girl turned and ran back into the graveyard she ran directly through the gates into the pitch black darkness she didn't turn back just ran as fast as she could until she completely disappeared it was then completely silent I was

spooked beyond belief standing alone in a darken Street I had so many questions who was the girl why was she alone why was she afraid of the police why wasn't she scared of the dark who might she have been running to or from I turned and ran all the way back down the hill not stopping until I reached a well-lit populated area safe to say I didn't run alone at night again anyway it's a mystery that is haunted me ever since little girl in the graveyard let's definitely not meet again I'm a 31-year-old woman and

I've been living in the same apartment complex for nearly 4 years there's a guy who's about 45 years old who lives on the same floor as me and he's been there for about the past year or so he is so awful I usually don't pay much attention to or recognize many of the people who live here but I quickly started noticing this guy because of how rude he is whenever we would happen to ride the elevator together in the morning before work he would just glare at me then when we'd walk out the glass doors

into the parking lot I'd be walking behind him and he'd let the doors close on me without holding them open one day about 6 months ago my fiance and I walked up behind him waiting for the elevator when he saw us he stood in front of us and shook his head almost in disgusted keep in mind that neither my fiance nor I had ever had a conversation with this man then things started to get really strange about 6 months ago I decided to hold the elevator doors open for him when I saw him coming down

the hall he thanked me and when we got downstairs for the first time ever he held the doors open for me the next time my then fiance now husband saw him in the parking lot whenever he saw my husband with me he mouthed effing garbage to himself as he passed us but it gets worse whenever I see him alone in the parking lot he smiles at me it's almost like he's smirking like two people who have some sort of History together or like we know each other personally it's so weird about a month ago when

he saw my husband and me together again in the mail room he covered his face with his mail can someone please explain what the hell is going on with this man I took a lot of psychology classes in college and even I can't explain this behavior I'm honestly getting strange serial killer Vibes like I said we have literally never had a conversation with him my husband and I are both very friendly people and I feel like we give off those kinds of Vibes it's just so strange