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3 True All Alone Horror Stories for a Rainy Night That Will Keep You Awake · True Horror Stories

• 0:06
  Speaker 1: I work over nights as a gas station clerk in
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  Speaker 1: our small town. Our station is located off the highway
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  Speaker 1: that leads out of town, and so usually most of
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  Speaker 1: the cars and trucks that come by are on long
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  Speaker 1: drives across the state. This makes most night shifts that
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  Speaker 1: I work to be unpredictable. Sometimes there would be a
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  Speaker 1: lot of cars and trucks coming through, but other times
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  Speaker 1: it would be mostly empty. This night was definitely on
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  Speaker 1: the slower side, but still had some cars stopping by
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  Speaker 1: every once in a while. Thankfully, to keep me busy,
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  Speaker 1: my boss had left me a bunch of tasks to
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  Speaker 1: get done during my shift. I had to reset one
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  Speaker 1: of the shelves, which meant taking everything off and repositioning
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  Speaker 1: the racks, then placing everything back. It's not hard or complicated,
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  Speaker 1: but just time consuming. An hour into the night, I
• 1:05
  Speaker 1: heard some thunder in the distance, and checking the forecast,
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  Speaker 1: it said it was going to start storming soon, So
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  Speaker 1: I paused what I was doing and quickly went outside
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  Speaker 1: to take care of the trash bends so I wouldn't
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  Speaker 1: have to do it later while I was raining. While
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  Speaker 1: I was out there, I saw a car's headlights in
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  Speaker 1: the dark. About a quarter mile down the road they
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  Speaker 1: were parked, but there was nothing out there other than
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  Speaker 1: large empty fields. It could have been nothing or a
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  Speaker 1: flat tire possibly, but I went on with my work
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  Speaker 1: and got back inside not too long after it started
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  Speaker 1: pouring outside. I continued on working on the shelves, but
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  Speaker 1: as the storm got worse, I had to actually lock
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  Speaker 1: the entrance doors because the wind kept swinging them open.
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  Speaker 1: Nobody had come into the store all night anyway, and
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  Speaker 1: now at the storm there were barely any cars out either.
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  Speaker 1: While I locked up, though, I saw that the headlights
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  Speaker 1: were still out by the field and hadn't moved. This
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  Speaker 1: kept my mind occupied for the next little while as
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  Speaker 1: I worked, but then through the rain, I heard the
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  Speaker 1: door shake louder than usual. I turned around, seeing a
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  Speaker 1: guy with his face right up to the door and
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  Speaker 1: staring right at me. He looked probably early forties, wearing
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  Speaker 1: a hood over his head and having a very tired look.
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  Speaker 1: I unlocked the door and opened it for him, making
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  Speaker 1: a comment about the bad weather, but he ignored me.
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  Speaker 1: The guy just stood there and looked at me as
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  Speaker 1: water dripped from his face. Then he walked past me
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  Speaker 1: and started walking through the aisles like a normal shopper.
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  Speaker 1: Really confused by the way he was acting, I just
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  Speaker 1: went around the counter and waited for him to be
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  Speaker 1: done shopping. He walked around for a few minutes, glancing
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  Speaker 1: over at me a couple times before walking out the door.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think he stole anything either, He just walked
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  Speaker 1: around and then left. Considering the weather, that was really
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  Speaker 1: unusual and had me almost creeped out in a way,
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  Speaker 1: wondering why he even bothered coming inside. I looked out
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  Speaker 1: the window and saw the man walking past the gas
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  Speaker 1: pumps and out to the road. Then he stopped on
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  Speaker 1: the corner and waited. A moment later, the headlights down
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  Speaker 1: the road started moving, coming toward the gas station and
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  Speaker 1: stopping right next to the guy. While I walked, the
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  Speaker 1: front doors started swinging open again, reminding me to go
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  Speaker 1: over and lock them. I then watched from the door
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  Speaker 1: as the guy started walking back toward the gas station
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  Speaker 1: and the car followed, driving into the parking lot. They
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  Speaker 1: parked by the front and another man got out of
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  Speaker 1: the car, and then both of them came walking up
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  Speaker 1: to the door. The first man pushed on it as
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  Speaker 1: if expecting it to have still been unlocked, but instantly
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  Speaker 1: got angry when it didn't open. I was only a
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  Speaker 1: couple feet from the door, but he still banged aggressively
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  Speaker 1: on it while looking right at me. This was far
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  Speaker 1: beyond what any normal customer would do, so at this
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  Speaker 1: point I knew there was more to this. I ran
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  Speaker 1: to the desk and triggered the alarm to notify the
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  Speaker 1: police station, then just watched as they both tried kicking
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  Speaker 1: the door down for a minute before getting in the
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  Speaker 1: car and speeding away afterward. In those minutes before police
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  Speaker 1: showed up, it was just so unreal how everything felt.
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  Speaker 1: With only the sound of the storm outside, there was
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  Speaker 1: no doubt what was about to have happened, but it
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  Speaker 1: doesn't make it any less terrifying. If it wasn't storming
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  Speaker 1: that night and the wind wasn't blowing the doors open,
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  Speaker 1: I probably never would have even locked them, meaning they
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  Speaker 1: could have just walked in and there would have been
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  Speaker 1: nothing I could do. Maybe it would have been just
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  Speaker 1: a regular robbery, but there's no denying that it probably
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  Speaker 1: would have been easiest for them to just take me
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  Speaker 1: down and then rob the place. Unfortunately, they were never caught,
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  Speaker 1: so I still find myself getting nervous on every overnight shift.
• 6:09
  Speaker 1: I live in a small, four story apartment complex. I
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  Speaker 1: used to have a roommate, but they moved out a
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  Speaker 1: few months before this, and I decided it would be
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  Speaker 1: easier for me to just stay at the apartment rather
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  Speaker 1: than finding a new place. The other people living in
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  Speaker 1: the building were mostly older couples, but I'd never really
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  Speaker 1: met any of them. We all kept to ourselves, which
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  Speaker 1: I actually liked anyway. I was getting home from work
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  Speaker 1: late one night, entering the complex around eleven pm. It
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  Speaker 1: was quiet as I walked up the stairs to my room,
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  Speaker 1: but when I rounded the corner into the hallway, a
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  Speaker 1: man was standing at my door. He immediately noticed me,
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  Speaker 1: and before I'd even had the chance to react, he
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  Speaker 1: started apologizing and saying he'd mixed up doors. He then
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  Speaker 1: turned around and went into the apartment right across from mine.
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  Speaker 1: I'd never met him before or even seen him, but
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  Speaker 1: seeing that he lived in the unit across from me,
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  Speaker 1: I figured maybe he did actually mix up the doors,
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  Speaker 1: especially if he'd just moved in. It was still really weird,
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  Speaker 1: though I didn't know why he would just be standing
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  Speaker 1: outside of the door if he did think it was
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  Speaker 1: his or why when he saw me, he suddenly knew
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  Speaker 1: that he was at the wrong door. Whatever the case,
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  Speaker 1: I went inside and locked the door behind me, not
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  Speaker 1: sure what to make of the scenario. It was so
• 7:41
  Speaker 1: late and I was really tired, so maybe I should
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  Speaker 1: have been more worried than I was, but I just
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  Speaker 1: didn't have the energy to think about it. I made
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  Speaker 1: a quick meal, then sat on the couch for a
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  Speaker 1: bit and watched some TV. About thirty or so minutes
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  Speaker 1: went by until I heard something outside my door. It
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  Speaker 1: was just a quiet shuffling sound, but it sounded almost
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  Speaker 1: like it was up against the door. I got up
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  Speaker 1: and went over, listening for a second before opening it.
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  Speaker 1: No one was there. I then stepped into the hallway
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  Speaker 1: and looked down, not seeing anyone, but heard footsteps going
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  Speaker 1: down the stairs. I went back in and closed the door.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe I was overthinking it now, but I started thinking
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  Speaker 1: that the man could have leaned against my door to
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  Speaker 1: listen into my apartment. It would explain the shuffling sound
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  Speaker 1: I heard, and how they knew to leave as soon
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  Speaker 1: as I started walking up again. I could have just
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  Speaker 1: been imagining the worst case scenario, but I was definitely
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  Speaker 1: more shaken for the rest of the night. I didn't
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  Speaker 1: get in bed until one am, but I fell asleep
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  Speaker 1: soon after. Nothing else that I know of happened that
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  Speaker 1: night or in the morning. I went to work and
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  Speaker 1: again got back to the apartment to a round eleven.
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  Speaker 1: Walking in, I was a bit more cautious than the
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  Speaker 1: night before. I walked up the stairs and looked down
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  Speaker 1: the hallway, but no one was at the door still.
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  Speaker 1: For some reason, I got a strange feeling seeing the
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  Speaker 1: hallway empty, and I didn't know why. I quickly went
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  Speaker 1: inside and locked the door behind me, only to turn
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  Speaker 1: around and be face to face with the man from
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  Speaker 1: last night. He was standing in the doorway to my
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  Speaker 1: bedroom and immediately started telling me to be quiet and
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  Speaker 1: do as he says, trying to direct me into the
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  Speaker 1: living room. I took my chances, turning back around and
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  Speaker 1: trying to get the door open, but the man grabbed
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  Speaker 1: my arm and started to pull me back. Just when
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  Speaker 1: I got it open. He yelled as loud as I
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  Speaker 1: could as he tried covering my mouth, but being unsuccessful,
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  Speaker 1: he let me go. As I ran down the stairs,
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  Speaker 1: I heard him leaving as well. I went straight to
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  Speaker 1: my car, driving away and calling the police. When they
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  Speaker 1: got there, the man was gone. Of course, I told
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  Speaker 1: them that he lived in the room across from mine,
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  Speaker 1: but it turned out to be a vacant unit. The man,
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  Speaker 1: whoever he was, didn't even live in the building. I
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  Speaker 1: don't know how he got into the building, or into
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  Speaker 1: both mine and the vacant room, but clearly he had
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  Speaker 1: access that he shouldn't have. What he wanted to do
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  Speaker 1: by breaking into my apartment and waiting for me is
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  Speaker 1: something I hope to never find out firsthand. With him
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  Speaker 1: still being out there, though, all I can do is
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  Speaker 1: pray he wasn't targeting me in particular. This happened a
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  Speaker 1: few months ago. I'm thirty two and live in a
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  Speaker 1: small house alone. It was one of my days off
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  Speaker 1: of work, so I was at home trying to relax
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  Speaker 1: and enjoy the day. It was about four pm and
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  Speaker 1: I had just started cooking dinner when a knock came
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  Speaker 1: from the front door. I put everything down and went
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  Speaker 1: up to the front. There was a man standing on
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  Speaker 1: my porch and behind him was a small gray van
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  Speaker 1: parked on the curb. I opened the door. How can
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  Speaker 1: I help you? The man had a delayed reaction, but
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  Speaker 1: then said he was doing free home inspect in the
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  Speaker 1: neighborhood and wanted to offer me a free inspection from
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  Speaker 1: my house. The whole time he was speaking, though, it
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  Speaker 1: wasn't even like a typical salesperson. He said it all
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  Speaker 1: in a monotone voice and with just a blank expression.
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  Speaker 1: Even if he was normal, though, it seemed kind of sketchy.
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  Speaker 1: So I said I was okay and closed the door.
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  Speaker 1: I went back to the kitchen and continued cooking, But
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  Speaker 1: after a few minutes I started getting a really weird
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  Speaker 1: feeling about that man that came to my door and
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  Speaker 1: what he was up to. I walked back up to
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  Speaker 1: the front to make sure he'd driven away, but when
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  Speaker 1: I looked out the peephole, the man was still on
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  Speaker 1: my porch. He looked spaced out, staring at the door
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  Speaker 1: and not moving. By now I was sure there was
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  Speaker 1: something wrong with him. Maybe he was drunk or high
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  Speaker 1: or just not mentally there. But what he was actually
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  Speaker 1: doing at my house I still didn't know. Not wanting
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  Speaker 1: to take any risks, I went back to the kitchen
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  Speaker 1: and called the police to report the strange man staying
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  Speaker 1: outside my house. They said an officer would arrive in
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  Speaker 1: a few minutes, so I went back and kept watching
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  Speaker 1: the man. About a minute later, though, he walked off
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  Speaker 1: my porch and into his van, then drove away just
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  Speaker 1: before the officer made it. The timing of that was unfortunate,
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  Speaker 1: but at the end of the day, I was just
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  Speaker 1: happy he was gone. I gave a description to the
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  Speaker 1: officer just in case, then went back to trying to
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  Speaker 1: enjoy the rest of my night. At least a couple
• 13:50
  Speaker 1: hours passed with no more conflict. It was eight or
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  Speaker 1: nine pm and I was resting in my bed on
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  Speaker 1: my phone, but through the open window I heard the
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  Speaker 1: rattling sound of an old vehicle pulling up and parking
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  Speaker 1: outside my house. Once I heard someone getting out, I
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  Speaker 1: quickly went out to the window. It was that same
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  Speaker 1: old van, but I didn't see the man anywhere. He
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  Speaker 1: must have rushed away as soon as he got out again.
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  Speaker 1: I quickly got my phone and called nine one one.
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  Speaker 1: But after reporting it, and just as I hung up,
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  Speaker 1: there was a loud thump downstairs. It felt like I
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  Speaker 1: could almost feel the walls shake a little, so I
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  Speaker 1: knew the man was likely trying to break in. I
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  Speaker 1: opened my bedroom door and went out into the hallway,
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  Speaker 1: then looked down the staircase and tried to listen. It
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  Speaker 1: was now eerily quiet. I walked down a few steps
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  Speaker 1: and looked around. All of the lights were off, but
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  Speaker 1: I saw the curtains by one of the windows slightly
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  Speaker 1: swaying in the wind. I looked closer, seeing the window
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  Speaker 1: had been forced open. My whole body tend stup as
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  Speaker 1: I tried to control myself. Knowing the man was likely
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  Speaker 1: somewhere in my house right now, I carefully and quietly
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  Speaker 1: went back up the steps, then hid in the bedroom closet.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't hear anything until a few minutes later, when
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  Speaker 1: two officers knocked on the front door. I ran down
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  Speaker 1: and let them in, But still we didn't hear anyone
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  Speaker 1: trying to run away or anything. It only took a
• 15:44
  Speaker 1: few seconds for the officers to find the man hiding
• 15:48
  Speaker 1: behind the kitchen counter. He gave up without a fight. Disturbingly, though,
• 15:55
  Speaker 1: he was holding a large hammer, which he'd used to
• 15:58
  Speaker 1: force open the window. Apparently, when they tested him at
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  Speaker 1: the station, he wasn't high or drunk, but he still
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  Speaker 1: had that eerily vacant personality. He never said his intentions,
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  Speaker 1: almost like he didn't even remember that anything had happened.
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  Speaker 1: It's hard for me not to think about the other
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  Speaker 1: ways this could have gone, though. If I'd gone to
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  Speaker 1: sleep and not heard him get in, I might have
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  Speaker 1: come to a horrible fate in the morning, or possibly
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  Speaker 1: not even been given the luxury of waking up.