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3 True All Alone at Night Horror Stories That Will Make You Fear the Dark · True Horror Stories

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  Speaker 1: I used to work at my dad's restaurant when I
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  Speaker 1: was in my later teen years. It was just a
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  Speaker 1: regular local place, but it was open until two am
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  Speaker 1: every night. During high school, I would only work after
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  Speaker 1: school until eight, but once I graduated, I started working
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  Speaker 1: the closing shifts to save up money for college. The
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  Speaker 1: restaurant would be surprisingly busy at night, all the way
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  Speaker 1: up until closing. Mostly it was just people picking up
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  Speaker 1: online orders, but sometimes groups of friends would come in
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  Speaker 1: and hang out at one of the tables while they ate.
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  Speaker 1: I definitely preferred working at night, though, as I would
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  Speaker 1: be the only one there and didn't have to listen
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  Speaker 1: to my dad bossing me around. Anyways, after six months
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  Speaker 1: of working nights, things started to get pretty weird. It
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  Speaker 1: was almost closing around one forty five am and I
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  Speaker 1: was in the back cleaning when I heard the door ring.
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  Speaker 1: I finished up what I was doing and made my
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  Speaker 1: way to the front counter. There were two young men
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  Speaker 1: who looked really tired. One of them came up to
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  Speaker 1: the counter while the other one stood at one of
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  Speaker 1: the tables. Oh or dining room is closed for the night,
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  Speaker 1: but I can still take a small order if you
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  Speaker 1: want it For takeout. The man at the counter just
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  Speaker 1: stared at the menu and didn't say anything. I stood
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  Speaker 1: there uncomfortably as the man shifted his gaze to behind me,
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  Speaker 1: as if he was inspecting the place. A few seconds later,
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  Speaker 1: the man by the table quickly walked out, and the
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  Speaker 1: other guy followed. It was definitely the weirdest encounter I'd
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  Speaker 1: probably had, and I couldn't really think of any reasonable explanation.
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  Speaker 1: I kind of just assumed that they were planning on
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  Speaker 1: robbing me, but then decided otherwise for some reason. The
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  Speaker 1: next morning, I told my dad about it, and he
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  Speaker 1: said I could start locking the doors at around one
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  Speaker 1: forty five for the next few days. Another week went
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  Speaker 1: by with nothing unusual before it happened again. I had
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  Speaker 1: a customer picking up an order around one, and almost
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  Speaker 1: as soon as he left, one of the men from
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  Speaker 1: last week walked in. It was the one that was
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  Speaker 1: standing at the table, and I noticed right away that
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  Speaker 1: he was wearing the same exact clothing as last time. However,
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  Speaker 1: this time he came up to the counter. He looked
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  Speaker 1: me in the eyes for a second and then asked
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  Speaker 1: me if I could help him jump start his car.
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  Speaker 1: The way he said it was really creepy, and it
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  Speaker 1: was very obvious that there was something else going on here.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sorry, I have to stay in the restaurant during
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  Speaker 1: my shift. His face immediately shifted into a frown. He
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  Speaker 1: said it would only take a minute and no one
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  Speaker 1: would know that I left. At this point, I knew
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  Speaker 1: something was very off, and I started to panic a
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  Speaker 1: little bit in my head. He started making his way
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  Speaker 1: back to the door, gesturing me to follow him. I
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  Speaker 1: honestly wasn't sure what to do and was really freaking out,
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  Speaker 1: but my fight response was starting and my adrenaline was pumping.
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  Speaker 1: It's worth mentioning that I'm not really that big of
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  Speaker 1: a guy at all, and this man was much larger
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  Speaker 1: than me. Plus I was pretty confident that the other
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  Speaker 1: guy was nearby too, probably ready to jump me if
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  Speaker 1: I didn't comply. But I figured I was screwed either way,
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  Speaker 1: so I might as well try to fight. I grabbed
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  Speaker 1: a pair of scissors we had behind the counter and
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  Speaker 1: stood my ground. The man turned around again once he
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  Speaker 1: reached the door, and this time he looked angry and
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  Speaker 1: demanded that I followed him. At that same instant, a
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  Speaker 1: loud bang came from behind me, followed by the back
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  Speaker 1: door slamming open. I ran to the back, and as
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  Speaker 1: soon as the guy saw me, he bolted right back outside.
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  Speaker 1: I turned around quickly and ran back to the front counter,
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  Speaker 1: but the other guy had left as well. I obviously
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  Speaker 1: called the police afterwards and gave them the security footage,
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  Speaker 1: but it was pretty low quality and hard to make
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  Speaker 1: out any identity from them. Anyways. I'm still not really
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  Speaker 1: sure why they didn't just attack me and rob the place,
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  Speaker 1: but my best guess is that they were just trying
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  Speaker 1: to rob the store without harming anyone, so as soon
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  Speaker 1: as they saw I was gonna fight, they ran. Those
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  Speaker 1: two could have easily taken me down and made the
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  Speaker 1: situation much worse, so I'm glad I didn't turn out
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  Speaker 1: that way. I lived in a small apartment for most
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  Speaker 1: of my twenties, as it was all that I could
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  Speaker 1: afford since I lived alone. My complex was small and
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  Speaker 1: only had six total apartments in it. Most of the
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  Speaker 1: people living there were older and retired and kept to themselves.
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  Speaker 1: I actually liked the fact that I didn't have to
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  Speaker 1: interact with any of them every time that I needed
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  Speaker 1: to go in or out to the complex. As I'm
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  Speaker 1: usually in a rush or just not in the mood
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  Speaker 1: to socialize. Anyways, I lived on the top floor and
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  Speaker 1: the room across from me had an old couple living
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  Speaker 1: there for almost two years before they moved out. I
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  Speaker 1: never talked to them, so I didn't really care to
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  Speaker 1: be honest, But several months go by before someone knew
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  Speaker 1: me moves it, and another two weeks went by before
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  Speaker 1: I actually met them. I was getting ready for work
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  Speaker 1: one morning and preparing my packed lunch when I hear
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  Speaker 1: the neighbor's door open. I didn't think much of it
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  Speaker 1: until another minute went by and I realized that I
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  Speaker 1: never heard the door close. I finished getting ready and
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  Speaker 1: put my shoes on, then opened my door to leave.
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  Speaker 1: I immediately noticed that the neighbor's door was still open, and
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  Speaker 1: a tall man in his forties or fifties was standing
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  Speaker 1: right outside the door, facing me. He smiled and introduced himself.
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  Speaker 1: I faked a short smile and told him my name
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  Speaker 1: and said I had to go to work and began
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  Speaker 1: walking past him. But as I started down the stairs,
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  Speaker 1: he asked me to come in for a little bit
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  Speaker 1: and have breakfast with him. This was really weird, as
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  Speaker 1: I had just told him that I needed to go
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  Speaker 1: to work, but I just said sorry and continued down
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  Speaker 1: the stairs and out of the complex. While I was
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  Speaker 1: at work that day, I thought about how strange the
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  Speaker 1: interaction was. Thankfully, when I got back home, I was
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  Speaker 1: able to get into my apartment without any interactions. But
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  Speaker 1: the next morning, I woke up to a knock at
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  Speaker 1: the front door. I was really annoyed because I had
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  Speaker 1: worked today and now I was up early, but I
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  Speaker 1: quickly got dressed and opened the front door. My neighbor
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  Speaker 1: was there, but strangely, he was standing right in front
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  Speaker 1: of his open door again. He asked me to join
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  Speaker 1: him for breakfast again, to which I obviously declined and
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  Speaker 1: told him in a more aggressive manner to not knock
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  Speaker 1: on my door so early. The man didn't seem very
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  Speaker 1: happy about my answer and just kind of stood there.
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  Speaker 1: Then he said that I didn't have to leave for
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  Speaker 1: work for a while and I had enough time to
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  Speaker 1: eat with him. I knew that there was something wrong
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  Speaker 1: with this guy, as there was a lot about that
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  Speaker 1: response that was creepy. I firmly said no and then
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  Speaker 1: backed away and closed my door, making sure to lock
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  Speaker 1: it again. The more I thought about this guy, the
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  Speaker 1: more creepy and disturbing the interactions seemed. The rest of
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  Speaker 1: the day went by as usual, though, and I got
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  Speaker 1: home around six. I made some dinner and watched a movie,
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  Speaker 1: and got ready for bed around eleven. I laid in
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  Speaker 1: bed for a while, thinking about my creepy neighbor and
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  Speaker 1: wondering what to do about it. I decided that if
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  Speaker 1: anything else happens, i'd contact the owner of the complex
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  Speaker 1: and have him talk to the guy. Then I leaned
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  Speaker 1: over and turned off my lamp and tried to fall asleep.
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  Speaker 1: But a few minutes later I heard the neighbor's door
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  Speaker 1: creak open. I waited silently, listening to what the guy
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  Speaker 1: was doing, but I couldn't hear anything else again. Though
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  Speaker 1: I'd never heard the door close, I was pretty nervous,
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  Speaker 1: unsure of what the man could possibly be doing this
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  Speaker 1: late at night. Eventually, though, I drifted asleep due to
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  Speaker 1: not hearing any further noises for over an hour. I'm
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  Speaker 1: not sure how long I slept before a loud knock
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  Speaker 1: at the door woke me up. But these knocks didn't
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  Speaker 1: come from my front door. They were at my bedroom door.
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  Speaker 1: I shot up completely terrified and turned on the lights.
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  Speaker 1: The only thing I had to defend myself with was
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  Speaker 1: a small screwdriver on my nightstand. I grabbed it and
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  Speaker 1: stood next to my bed, shaking in fear, before picking
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  Speaker 1: up my phone and calling nine to one one. When
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  Speaker 1: they arrived at the front door, I quickly got out
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  Speaker 1: of my room and opened it. I was surprised the
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  Speaker 1: door was even shut, but I told the officers everything
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  Speaker 1: and all about my suspicions of the neighbor. Unfortunately, though,
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  Speaker 1: there was no real evidence of a break in, and
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  Speaker 1: they couldn't do much at all. I knew what I
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  Speaker 1: heard was real, though, and I did not feel safe
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  Speaker 1: in my apartment anymore. I called my sister later that day,
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  Speaker 1: and she agreed to let me stay at her place
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  Speaker 1: for a few days. Those days went by quicker than
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  Speaker 1: I hoped, though, and I started driving back to my
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  Speaker 1: apartment on Saturday evening. I tried to stay calm, assuring
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  Speaker 1: myself that the guy had given up by now and
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  Speaker 1: everything would be okay. I pulled him to the parking
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  Speaker 1: lot and made my way into the building. The sun
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  Speaker 1: had just set, so the staircase was dim. I slowly
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  Speaker 1: made my way up trying to stay quiet as to
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  Speaker 1: not let my neighbor know that I was coming up.
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  Speaker 1: Once I reached the top, I saw his door was closed,
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  Speaker 1: and I got a big sense of relief as I
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  Speaker 1: quickly made my way through my door and locked it
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  Speaker 1: behind me. I dropped my bag in the hallway and
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  Speaker 1: turned on the lights. As I turned the corner into
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  Speaker 1: my living room, I jumped back, screaming as the man
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  Speaker 1: was sitting right on my couch, staring at me with
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  Speaker 1: a wide, awful smile. I sprinted out of the entire
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  Speaker 1: complex and into my car, then called the police again
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  Speaker 1: and waited for them in a nearby parking lot. When
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  Speaker 1: they arrived about ten minutes later, we drove up to
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  Speaker 1: the complex and they went into the apartment while I
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  Speaker 1: waited by my car. Surprisingly, they came out just a
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  Speaker 1: minute later with the man in handcuffs. They said he
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  Speaker 1: was still sitting on the couch and that they also
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  Speaker 1: found a small knife in his pocket. The most disturbing
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  Speaker 1: part of this whole situation, though, was that when he
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  Speaker 1: was questioned, he admitted to breaking in three separate times,
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  Speaker 1: and I only knew about the two incidents, which meant
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  Speaker 1: that at one point he was hiding in my apartment,
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  Speaker 1: probably watching me without me even knowing. I have a
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  Speaker 1: little Jack Russell DOGG named Maggie, and she has a
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  Speaker 1: lot of energy, so when we go for walks, it's
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  Speaker 1: not uncommon for them to spread to the two hour mark.
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  Speaker 1: This particular day, I got home from work around five thirty,
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  Speaker 1: and the sun doesn't usually set until six thirty or seven.
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  Speaker 1: Almost immediately after walking through the door, I put her
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  Speaker 1: leash on and quickly changed and then we headed out.
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  Speaker 1: The walk went as usual, as Maggie just took me
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  Speaker 1: in whichever direction she wanted to walk in. Things didn't
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  Speaker 1: start to take a turn until about an hour in,
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  Speaker 1: when the sun was almost fully down, and unfortunately for me,
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  Speaker 1: I had walked further than I'd realized. If you take
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  Speaker 1: your dog for long walks, you know how easy it
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  Speaker 1: is to zone out, especially if your dog rarely stops
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  Speaker 1: to sniff. We had walked in a direction I had
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  Speaker 1: taken normally, but the particular street I was on was unfamiliar,
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  Speaker 1: but I still knew the general direction home. I started
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  Speaker 1: to turn around, but Maggie was standing still, and then
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  Speaker 1: she began whimpering softly, and that's when I saw it.
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  Speaker 1: Through the soft light of the sunset, I could make
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  Speaker 1: out a huge coyote staring at us in the middle
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  Speaker 1: of the street. It was roughly the size of a
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  Speaker 1: golden retriever with matted fur, and with its mouth partially opened,
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  Speaker 1: you could see its disgusting, sharp yellow teeth. I knew
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  Speaker 1: exactly what it wanted. I picked Maggie up and started
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  Speaker 1: walking the opposite direction. I was a bit fearful, but
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  Speaker 1: for some reason, I thought it would just go away.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't know these streets very well. But what I
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  Speaker 1: didn't know was that I had to keep moving. As
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  Speaker 1: I quickly continued, the coyote slowly followed, keeping its distance still.
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  Speaker 1: But the darker it got, the more scared I became.
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  Speaker 1: And after walking down random neighborhood roads in the darkness
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  Speaker 1: for a while, I came to the horrifying realization that
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  Speaker 1: I was lost. All the turns had messed with my
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  Speaker 1: sense of direction, and I had no idea which way
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  Speaker 1: to go through the darkness. I could now see the
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  Speaker 1: glowing eyes of the beast and could now hear it
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  Speaker 1: yipping and howling as I walked further through the dark
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  Speaker 1: neighborhood streets. Every few minutes, another set of glows eyes
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  Speaker 1: would appear behind me, and even more louder howls. I
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  Speaker 1: could tell they were getting closer too. I was absolutely
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  Speaker 1: terrified at this point, trying to hold back my tears
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  Speaker 1: as I was panicking and fearing for both mine and
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  Speaker 1: my dog's life. Every once in a while, I had
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  Speaker 1: passed a street light and looked behind me, revealing the
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  Speaker 1: entire pack walking slowly with their heads down, watching my
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  Speaker 1: every move. After almost forty five minutes of being followed,
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  Speaker 1: I began tiring and I knew I was far from
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  Speaker 1: the safety of my home. Maggie began whimpering louder too,
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  Speaker 1: which made me even more emotional as I knew that
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  Speaker 1: she was aware of what may soon happen. The howling
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  Speaker 1: and yipping became more frequent, growing louder and closer. I
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  Speaker 1: looked back one more time to see all of their
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  Speaker 1: eyes staring at me from only thirty to forty feet away.
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  Speaker 1: But suddenly, and strangely, they all began to separate, moving
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  Speaker 1: to the side of the road. A few moments later,
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  Speaker 1: a small car slowly makes its way between the crowd
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  Speaker 1: of coyotes and stops right next to me. A lady
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  Speaker 1: rolls down her window and asks me if I needed help.
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  Speaker 1: I was so thankful for her and told her to
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  Speaker 1: please take me home. There are almost no circumstances in
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  Speaker 1: which I would willingly get into a stranger's car, but
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  Speaker 1: I really had no other choice. The lady was really
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  Speaker 1: nice and seemed terrified for me. I was crying at
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  Speaker 1: this point, knowing I had just been moments away from
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  Speaker 1: a grueling attack. She kindly dropped me off of my house,
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  Speaker 1: which was almost twenty minutes from where she picked me up.
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  Speaker 1: I live in a nice neighborhood, one where you don't
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  Speaker 1: have to worry about your house being broken into or
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  Speaker 1: carjackings the only growing problem in our neighborhood and many
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  Speaker 1: neighboring ones, as well as coyotes. It's been a few
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  Speaker 1: years since this incident happened to me, and as time
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  Speaker 1: went on, there became more more showing up around town,
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  Speaker 1: getting bigger and stronger. The public knows to be cautious,
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  Speaker 1: especially in parks where there are tons of trees and
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  Speaker 1: places for them to make home. Signs were put up
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  Speaker 1: letting people know of the popular areas where anywhere between
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  Speaker 1: three and twenty have been spotted There have been news
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  Speaker 1: stories coming out such as groups of coyotes leaping over
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  Speaker 1: fences and taking small dogs, and larger animals being found
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  Speaker 1: torn apart in kids parks. Very sad stories and some
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  Speaker 1: even a little scary. But you never think of coyotes
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  Speaker 1: as being an immediate danger until you're being followed in
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  Speaker 1: the middle of the night by a pack of the
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  Speaker 1: hungry and merciless at