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4 Terrifying Babysitting Stories - Mr. Nightmare · Crime and Horror

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  Speaker 1: There was this time long ago that I was in
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  Speaker 1: charge of watching my cousin and his four friends while
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  Speaker 1: they slept over. My uncle was paying me a hundred
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  Speaker 1: bucks to watch them for the night. All I did
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  Speaker 1: was play video games with a bunch of ten-year-olds for
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  Speaker 1: most of the night. I thought it would be the
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  Speaker 1: easiest hundred bucks I ever made. But things took a
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  Speaker 1: huge turn for the worse when I heard footsteps coming
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  Speaker 1: from upstairs. We were in the basement still playing video games.
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  Speaker 1: Two of the kids also heard the sounds. I counted
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  Speaker 1: five kids sitting on the couches and neither my aunt
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  Speaker 1: or uncle were supposed to be home that night. I
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  Speaker 1: swallowed my gum when I realized the basement door was
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  Speaker 1: wide open. I told them to stay there while I
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  Speaker 1: ran upstairs to shut the door. The door didn't have
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  Speaker 1: a lock from the inside, only the outside. I called
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  Speaker 1: to the kids to hide in the workout room. I
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  Speaker 1: shut the TV and all the lights and then followed
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  Speaker 1: the kids into the workout room. We listened in the
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  Speaker 1: dark as the footsteps approached the basement door and then
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  Speaker 1: the horrible sound of the basement door opening, followed by
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  Speaker 1: heavy steps stomping down each stair one by one. One
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  Speaker 1: of my cousin's friends were crying. I had to tell
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  Speaker 1: them to shut the hell up. I leaned against the door,
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  Speaker 1: with a chair along with a bunch of barbell weights
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  Speaker 1: wedged against it. I listened as the door to the
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  Speaker 1: boiler room was opened, and a few moments later, closed.
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  Speaker 1: Screams of children filled the room as the doorknob to
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  Speaker 1: the workout room began to turn. I pushed the door
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  Speaker 1: with all my might to keep it shut. Whoever was
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  Speaker 1: on the other side quickly gave up as we heard
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  Speaker 1: rushed footsteps going up the stairs. I heard the footsteps
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  Speaker 1: right above our heads moving in the direction of the
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  Speaker 1: front door. This was before everybody had cell phones, so
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  Speaker 1: calling somebody first wasn't an option. I scanned the whole house,
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  Speaker 1: finding that the front door had been left open and
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  Speaker 1: all the bedrooms upstairs had been trashed. Nobody was in
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  Speaker 1: the house so I called the kids up. A few
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  Speaker 1: things had been stolen but as long as nobody was
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  Speaker 1: hurt we were all happy. It was during a blizzard
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  Speaker 1: in Valley Stream. I was getting paid $ 250 to watch
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  Speaker 1: some couple's kid while they went away for the weekend.
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  Speaker 1: His name was Matthew. This took place on the first
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  Speaker 1: night which was a Friday night. Matthew was already supposedly
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  Speaker 1: asleep While I was in the living room watching a movie,
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  Speaker 1: I got a knock at the door and looked at
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  Speaker 1: the clock. It was close to midnight. There was no
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  Speaker 1: way I was opening it. Not even ten seconds later,
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  Speaker 1: I heard the sound of two or three men angrily
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  Speaker 1: banging on the door, telling me to open up. I
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  Speaker 1: felt like my heart was about to stop. I took
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  Speaker 1: a peek through the blinds. and there was somebody standing
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  Speaker 1: right on the other side of the window. I fell
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  Speaker 1: back in fear, and after managing to get back on
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  Speaker 1: my feet, I ran to the kitchen phone first thing
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  Speaker 1: to call the police. They said because of the weather,
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  Speaker 1: it could take a while for an officer to get here.
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  Speaker 1: I was told to take the child and hide somewhere
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  Speaker 1: until an officer arrived. They wanted to keep me on
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  Speaker 1: the line, but I wasn't thinking clearly in the heat
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  Speaker 1: of the moment and hung up. However, it wasn't until
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  Speaker 1: I ran through the living room that I realized the
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  Speaker 1: banging had stopped. I took a second peek through the
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  Speaker 1: living room window. Nobody was there now. I heard the
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  Speaker 1: sound of glass shattering from a few rooms over. My
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  Speaker 1: knees started to feel weak as I realized they had
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  Speaker 1: just broken the window and were about to climb into
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  Speaker 1: the house. I had to run and get Matthew, I
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  Speaker 1: couldn't just leave without him. Of course, when I got upstairs,
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  Speaker 1: there was no time left to run back downstairs. as
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  Speaker 1: I already heard footsteps and laughter coming from downstairs. I
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  Speaker 1: covered Matthew's mouth with my hands as I ran with
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  Speaker 1: him into his toy closet. A few minutes dragged on
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  Speaker 1: to what felt like half an hour as we sat
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  Speaker 1: there in the dark closet. Matthew began to squeal as
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  Speaker 1: footsteps on the carpet reached the outside of his bedroom door.
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  Speaker 1: There was more than one person. They came inside. There
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  Speaker 1: weren't many places to hide in this room. I was
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  Speaker 1: actually reflecting on my whole life, so sure I was
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  Speaker 1: going to die. We heard the sound of a police
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  Speaker 1: siren outside, even from in the closet, and then I
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  Speaker 1: heard one of the men in the room mutter, Oh shit.
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  Speaker 1: I opened the door back up as I heard at
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  Speaker 1: least three pairs of footsteps hurriedly rushing down the stairs.
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  Speaker 1: They didn't get far as the police later found their
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  Speaker 1: footprints in the backyard, leading to our shed. There were
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  Speaker 1: five men in total, and they were all arrested. I
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  Speaker 1: was 15 years old, still babysitting since I couldn't get
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  Speaker 1: a real job. This was by far the most horrifying
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  Speaker 1: experience of my life. Me and this kid I was babysitting,
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  Speaker 1: his name was Mike, were taking a walk with his
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  Speaker 1: dog through the woods in his backyard. His dog stopped,
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  Speaker 1: ears pointed up straight, and paw in the air. The
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  Speaker 1: dog started barking, pawing, and going crazy. He noticed something,
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  Speaker 1: and we were nervous that it was a black bear,
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  Speaker 1: so I told Mike to turn around and walk back
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  Speaker 1: to the house. I struggled to pull the dog in
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  Speaker 1: the other direction and then I noticed what he was
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  Speaker 1: barking at. Beyond a big tree was some guy just
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  Speaker 1: standing there staring up at me. I yelled out asking
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  Speaker 1: to him if he needed something and with that he
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  Speaker 1: turned around and walked off. I was genuinely freaked the
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  Speaker 1: fuck out. The dog calmed down at this point so
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  Speaker 1: walking back was easier for a few minutes until yet
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  Speaker 1: again the dog started freaking out about something behind us
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  Speaker 1: I couldn't see what it was, but I was worried
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  Speaker 1: it was the same guy as before, and that he
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  Speaker 1: might have been following me. I was tempted to unleash
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  Speaker 1: the dog on this guy, but that seemed like a
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  Speaker 1: bad idea. I didn't look back for the rest of
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  Speaker 1: the way back to the house, but the dog continued
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  Speaker 1: to bark and pull. I did the best I could
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  Speaker 1: to run, or at least walk fast. I made sure
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  Speaker 1: for a good half hour that we weren't followed to
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  Speaker 1: the house, checking every window and door routinely. I thought
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  Speaker 1: it was safe to eventually play Mario Kart with Mike
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  Speaker 1: and forget about what happened, but my worst fear came
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  Speaker 1: true when right outside the window in the patio, I
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  Speaker 1: heard the sound of one of the toy buckets falling over.
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  Speaker 1: Turning on the patio light, I could see that a
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  Speaker 1: green bucket full of beach toys and balls had been
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  Speaker 1: knocked over. There was no way some small animal could
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  Speaker 1: do that. The dog was once again going crazy barking
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  Speaker 1: at something. I told Mike to get me his dad's
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  Speaker 1: hunting rifle. Maybe that was dumb to have an eight-year-old
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  Speaker 1: get a gun for me, but I didn't have time
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  Speaker 1: to think rationally. There continued to be strange noises coming
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  Speaker 1: from all around the outside of the house. There were
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  Speaker 1: some taps on the windows, chimes being pushed, things falling over,
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  Speaker 1: but I eventually caught a glimpse of him through one
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  Speaker 1: of the windows. He was walking past until he noticed
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  Speaker 1: me and stopped. I lifted the gun up to show
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  Speaker 1: him that we were armed. He didn't run away right away, though.
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  Speaker 1: He stood there, crouched like some kind of creature staring
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  Speaker 1: right into my soul. He finally walked back into the woods.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't sleep much that night, jumping at every small
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  Speaker 1: cracking noise. A week later, I got a call from
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  Speaker 1: Mike's parents. They told me a creepy-looking man had been
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  Speaker 1: stalking their house from the woods. They asked me to
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  Speaker 1: describe what the man that I saw looked like again.
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  Speaker 1: I couldn't give a good description, as I didn't see
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  Speaker 1: much of his face, but I assured them it was
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  Speaker 1: the same man, They practically begged me to babysit on
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  Speaker 1: a few occasions after this, but I always respectfully declined.
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  Speaker 1: That was a while ago, and I have no idea
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  Speaker 1: what's become of this family today, and what's become of
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  Speaker 1: the man stalking their house. I would frequently babysit back
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  Speaker 1: between the ages of 15 and 18. I lived close
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  Speaker 1: to a relatively wealthy area, where people were more generous
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  Speaker 1: in terms of There was never a shortage of need
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  Speaker 1: for babysitters either, so I made a decent amount of money.
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  Speaker 1: I've definitely had to take care of some stranger kids,
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  Speaker 1: but this one takes the prize. Right from the moment
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  Speaker 1: I met Michael, he seemed really quiet and weird. He
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  Speaker 1: was 12 years old too, which some might argue is
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  Speaker 1: more than old enough to be home alone, but maybe
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  Speaker 1: not overnight. They needed me to stay overnight. His parents
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  Speaker 1: told me he could be a bit strange sometimes and
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  Speaker 1: may need some extra attention I didn't really need to
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  Speaker 1: do much, though. In the room that I would be
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  Speaker 1: sleeping in was a huge toy closet, big enough to
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  Speaker 1: fit a big Lego play table, with a bunch of
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  Speaker 1: Legos and other toys sitting on top of it. Michael
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  Speaker 1: was up there for most of his time, building with
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  Speaker 1: Legos and other toys. I didn't really spy on him
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  Speaker 1: too much, I just let him do his own thing.
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  Speaker 1: But I heard him constantly talking in there, as if
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  Speaker 1: someone were with him. Not play-talking. I could only assume
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  Speaker 1: he had some kind of problems, and that's what his
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  Speaker 1: parents were hinting at. He came down eventually to eat
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  Speaker 1: some of the leftovers in the fridge, but then went
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  Speaker 1: right back up to his closet. It wasn't until I
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  Speaker 1: finally told him it was time to go to sleep
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  Speaker 1: that he left the closet. I just wanted to go
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  Speaker 1: to sleep myself. Sometime in the middle of the night,
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  Speaker 1: I woke up to sounds coming from the closet. Sounds
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  Speaker 1: of toys, like Legos. I called out to Michael to
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  Speaker 1: go to sleep. The sound stopped. The light wasn't on
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  Speaker 1: in the closet. so I was confused as to how
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  Speaker 1: the hell he could be playing in the dark. I
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  Speaker 1: went over to open the closet and turn the light on.
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  Speaker 1: Michael didn't seem to be in there. I dismissed the
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  Speaker 1: noise I wasn't a paranoid person. I fell back asleep.
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  Speaker 1: I'd say an hour later, I woke up to partial
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  Speaker 1: brightness in the room. The closet light was on, but
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  Speaker 1: the door was shut. I called Michael's name again. I
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  Speaker 1: was pissed now. I saw the outlines of feet at
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  Speaker 1: the bottom of the closet door and then heard a
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  Speaker 1: little giggle as if Michael were messing with me. I
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  Speaker 1: knew he was in there now. I marched over and
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  Speaker 1: threw open the door and literally fell back in horror
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  Speaker 1: when nobody at all was in there. Where the two
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  Speaker 1: outlines of feet were, there was nothing now. I felt
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  Speaker 1: a pain in my chest from the fear. I ran
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  Speaker 1: to Michael's room to find him asleep in his bed.
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  Speaker 1: I locked his door and laid down on his floor.
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  Speaker 1: Just being next to another person made me feel a
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  Speaker 1: little safer. I fell asleep on the floor, and when
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  Speaker 1: the parents returned the next day, I decided to keep
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  Speaker 1: quiet about what I witnessed. I say what I witnessed
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  Speaker 1: because I know what happened. I got paid and left,
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  Speaker 1: and never had to worry about it again. Of course,
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  Speaker 1: it still sends chills up my spine thinking about it.
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  Speaker 1: and I still have no idea what to believe