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3 True Home Alone on Rainy Night Horror Stories | Vol. 2 That Will Leave You Paranoid · True Horror Stories

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  Speaker 1: I'm a twenty six year old female, and it was
• 0:09
  Speaker 1: October of last year when this happened. The weather was
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  Speaker 1: getting colder and we had a few days in a
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  Speaker 1: row of constant raining. I didn't mind, as I spent
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  Speaker 1: most of my time working from home. This day, I
• 0:24
  Speaker 1: had gotten up early and started work, but around one
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  Speaker 1: PM I was interrupted from my zoom meeting by the
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  Speaker 1: powers shutting off. I knew right away it was the
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  Speaker 1: power to the whole house, and not just my computer,
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  Speaker 1: because all the lights went out too. I quickly got
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  Speaker 1: my phone and held it up as a light source,
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  Speaker 1: then went over to the window to see if the
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  Speaker 1: neighbors were blacked out too. It was really dark outside
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  Speaker 1: because of the clouds and heavy rain, but all the
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  Speaker 1: houses nearby still had their lights on. Now I was
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  Speaker 1: a little worried that something was actually wrong with my house.
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  Speaker 1: I left the room and went downstairs, getting a better flashlight,
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  Speaker 1: and then heading down into the unfinished basement. I maneuvered
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  Speaker 1: around in the dark through my stacked up storage boxes
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  Speaker 1: until I got to the electrical panel. The main power
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  Speaker 1: switch was in the off position. I'm not too experienced
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  Speaker 1: with these sort of things, but I did know that
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  Speaker 1: usually the switches would just be loose and not fully
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  Speaker 1: pushed the other way. I flicked it back to the
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  Speaker 1: on position, and everything immediately lit up and seemed to
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  Speaker 1: be working. I shut the electrical panel and went back
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  Speaker 1: upstairs to my office, then waited for the internet and
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  Speaker 1: everything to get running before I rejoined the Zoom call
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  Speaker 1: and got back to work. I was at my desk
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  Speaker 1: for the rest of the afternoon, working late to prepare
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  Speaker 1: air presentation for tomorrow. I didn't finally close my computer
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  Speaker 1: until eight pm. The storm was just as bad as before,
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  Speaker 1: but it was way darker outside, which made every flash
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  Speaker 1: of lightning beam through the windows. I got up from
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  Speaker 1: my desk and opened my office door, but as I
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  Speaker 1: left the room, I heard a few bumps from downstairs.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't think it was anything more than something blowing
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  Speaker 1: into the side of the house, but as I got
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  Speaker 1: to the bottom of the stairs, the power shut off again.
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  Speaker 1: It caught me by surprise, even scaring me a bit.
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  Speaker 1: I stood there for a moment and listened for something
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  Speaker 1: that might have caused it, but it was silent aside
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  Speaker 1: from the rain and thunder. Even the bumps that I'd
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  Speaker 1: been hearing just seconds ago had stopped. I went over
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  Speaker 1: and got the flashlight again and made my way over
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  Speaker 1: to the basement door. I opened it and walked down
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  Speaker 1: to the bottom of the steps. The sound of the
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  Speaker 1: storm was way louder than I was expecting, echoing through
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  Speaker 1: the room in a way that it wasn't before. I
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  Speaker 1: shined the flashlight around and started walking through the boxes
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  Speaker 1: toward the electrical panel. But on the floor below it
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  Speaker 1: was a puddle of water. I was shocked, but I
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  Speaker 1: don't think it really set in yet as to what
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  Speaker 1: that meant. I got closer and pointed to the light
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  Speaker 1: around the floor, seeing more wet areas on the concrete
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  Speaker 1: before my light fell on a few stacked up boxes
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  Speaker 1: above it. The window well was open and water was
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  Speaker 1: flowing down the wall into the basement. Now my heart
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  Speaker 1: was racing, and when I approached it, there were muddy
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  Speaker 1: shoe prints on top of the boxes, like it had
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  Speaker 1: been used as a stool to climb in and out
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  Speaker 1: of the window well. I frantically spun around, flashing my
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  Speaker 1: light all throughout the basement, terrified that someone was hiding
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  Speaker 1: behind the boxes and watching me. Then in an instant,
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  Speaker 1: I sprinted to the stairs and ran up to the
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  Speaker 1: first floor. I grabbed my keys and locked myself in
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  Speaker 1: my car, then called the police. They arrived ten minutes later,
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  Speaker 1: clearing out the house and not finding anyone. They did
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  Speaker 1: confirm though, that someone had broken in, finding undone screws
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  Speaker 1: to the window well. They set it back in the
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  Speaker 1: place to prevent any more flooding, But after I gave
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  Speaker 1: my statement, they basically just said to update them if
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  Speaker 1: I had any new information. There was nothing else, with
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  Speaker 1: no idea who broke in or what they were trying
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  Speaker 1: to do. Even more unsettling is the fact that when
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  Speaker 1: they shut off the power earlier in the day, they
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  Speaker 1: were probably in my basement only a few feet from me,
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  Speaker 1: hiding in the dark. While I had no idea, that
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  Speaker 1: could also mean that they were in my house for hours,
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  Speaker 1: and yet I still can't find any reasons for it.
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  Speaker 1: In twenty nineteen, I had taken a trip to northern
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  Speaker 1: Wisconsin and had been staying in an airbnb. It was
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  Speaker 1: a cabin located in the woods right by the Canada
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  Speaker 1: US border and was part of a park that had
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  Speaker 1: a bunch of similar cabins that I think were owned
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  Speaker 1: by the same per I wasn't far out from town
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  Speaker 1: or anything, though. It was only ten minutes from the
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  Speaker 1: nearest store, but the immediate area around the cabin was
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  Speaker 1: very secluded. Each place had their own trail leading just
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  Speaker 1: to their cabin. The first couple days of being there,
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  Speaker 1: I mostly stayed by myself, either inside or walking on
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  Speaker 1: the trails. After that, though, I got kind of bored
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  Speaker 1: and thought I'd hang out at the park center with
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  Speaker 1: some of the others that were staying in the cabins.
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  Speaker 1: The park center was basically just this area with some
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  Speaker 1: charcoal grills, fire pits, and benches, and every time I'd
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  Speaker 1: passed it there were groups of people standing around and
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  Speaker 1: having a good time, so I decided to go check
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  Speaker 1: it out. I showed up around five and right away
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  Speaker 1: met a couple really cool guys. We shared some beers
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  Speaker 1: and sat by the fire pit just shared some casual
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  Speaker 1: campfire talk. It was just us for a while, but
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  Speaker 1: around sundown another guy showed up. Of course, we offered
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  Speaker 1: him some drinks and let him join us by the fire,
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  Speaker 1: but I immediately felt something was off about this guy.
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  Speaker 1: He wasn't talking that much and didn't look like he
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  Speaker 1: was enjoying himself. I mean, this park was for people
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  Speaker 1: vacationing at the cabins, so it was just a little
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  Speaker 1: strange that he looked so tired and unhappy. It kind
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  Speaker 1: of killed the mood for the next couple hours, but
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  Speaker 1: I don't think any of us wanted to tell him
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  Speaker 1: to leave. Eventually, though, one of the guys left, and
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  Speaker 1: then the other leaving just me and him. I stood
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  Speaker 1: up and put out the fire, then said I was
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  Speaker 1: going to head back for the night, but that it
• 7:51
  Speaker 1: was nice meeting him. The guy stayed sitting, though, and
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  Speaker 1: just looked at me with a tired stare. Around and
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  Speaker 1: walked away, not saying anything else. While I started walking
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  Speaker 1: down the trail, I looked back a few times, catching
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  Speaker 1: the man still looking at me. He'd look away as
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  Speaker 1: soon as I saw him, acting like he wasn't watching me. Luckily,
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  Speaker 1: the trail to my cabin was well lit by some
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  Speaker 1: outdoor lamps, and from what I could see, I don't
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  Speaker 1: think he followed me. I made it back inside and
• 8:29
  Speaker 1: took a quick shower, then sat in the living room
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  Speaker 1: for fifteen minutes before going to bed. After the few
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  Speaker 1: beers from earlier, I passed out right away. I can't
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  Speaker 1: recall what time it was that I woke up, because
• 8:46
  Speaker 1: it was all kind of a blur at first, but
• 8:49
  Speaker 1: I remember being confused and rolling over to look at
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  Speaker 1: the clock when I saw a man standing in the
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  Speaker 1: open doorway to the bedroom. I could only see his
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  Speaker 1: figure as there was only the moonlight coming through the window.
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  Speaker 1: I was absolutely horrified and frozen staring back at this man.
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  Speaker 1: But then he spoke and I recognized his voice as
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  Speaker 1: the guy from the fire pit. I need to stay here,
• 9:19
  Speaker 1: he said, in a broken and harsh voice. I didn't
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  Speaker 1: know what he meant, and I tried to ask, but
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  Speaker 1: only stuttered out a few syllables before he repeated himself,
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  Speaker 1: I need to stay here. He spoke even more harsh
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  Speaker 1: this time, so I quickly replied, saying okay, but still
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  Speaker 1: had no clue what was going on or what he
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  Speaker 1: even meant. At this point, I thought he was psycho
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  Speaker 1: or something, which also meant he was unpredictable. I slowly
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  Speaker 1: got up from my bed, careful not to make any
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  Speaker 1: sudden moves. Now, with my eyes adjusting and being face
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  Speaker 1: to face, I could see him more clearly. His tired
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  Speaker 1: look from earlier was accentuated, and sweat was dripping from
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  Speaker 1: his face. We looked each other in the eyes for
• 10:17
  Speaker 1: a few moments, then he stepped back into the hallway.
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  Speaker 1: He stood with his back against the wall, as if
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  Speaker 1: giving me space to leave, but I noticed his left
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  Speaker 1: hand was stiffly held to his side, like he was
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  Speaker 1: keeping something out of my sight. After a few more moments,
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  Speaker 1: I quickly walked past him, and as I got around
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  Speaker 1: the corner, I saw him still standing in the hallway,
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  Speaker 1: just watching me leave. Once I was outside, I ran
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  Speaker 1: down the trail and by chance, a group was at
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  Speaker 1: the park center having drinks by a fire pit. I
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  Speaker 1: got them to call nine one one for me. In
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  Speaker 1: minutes later, they came and searched the cabin, finding the
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  Speaker 1: man standing in the hallway still and holding a knife
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  Speaker 1: in his left hand. When they got him down to
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  Speaker 1: the station, they questioned him, but his answers didn't make sense,
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  Speaker 1: and the man seemed really unstable, so it was all
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  Speaker 1: counted under insanity. I don't even know what else to
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  Speaker 1: really say about what happened, but I'm just thankful that
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  Speaker 1: in that moment, something told the man to let me
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  Speaker 1: go before anything else happened. I live in a duplex
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  Speaker 1: in a small community. I'd been there for over a
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  Speaker 1: year and hadn't found anything to really complain about. The
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  Speaker 1: neighbors that were sharing a wall with me had moved
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  Speaker 1: out only a month after I moved in, and nobody
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  Speaker 1: had bought or rented it since, so it didn't really
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  Speaker 1: feel like a duplex at all because the other side
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  Speaker 1: was just empty. Anyway, this was a pretty normal night.
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  Speaker 1: I had just gotten off of work at ten and
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  Speaker 1: picked up some fast food before going home. I turned
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  Speaker 1: on the TV and ate my dinner on the couch.
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  Speaker 1: While I was eating, though, a quiet thud came from
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  Speaker 1: behind me. I turned around and looked at the wall
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  Speaker 1: that connected my duplex to the other, and the thud
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  Speaker 1: happened again. I muted the TV and went up to
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  Speaker 1: the window, looking out at the driveway. There were no
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  Speaker 1: cars or moving trucks outside, and it didn't look like
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  Speaker 1: the lights were on in the other duplex either. I
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  Speaker 1: went back to the wall and leaned my ear against it.
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  Speaker 1: The sound was very muffled, but I could hear soft
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  Speaker 1: footsteps walking around in doors opening and closing. It was
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  Speaker 1: like they were inspecting the place or looking for something. Again.
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  Speaker 1: That duplex unit had been empty for over a year,
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  Speaker 1: and I'd never seen anyone enter or leave it, and
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  Speaker 1: it being almost eleven pm only made it more unusual.
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  Speaker 1: After a few minutes, I knew there wasn't much else
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  Speaker 1: to really do, so I went back to the couch
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  Speaker 1: and continued watching TV. I stayed up for a while,
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  Speaker 1: probably one am, before getting in bed. As I tossed
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  Speaker 1: around and tried to fall asleep, I suddenly heard that
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  Speaker 1: same noise. I sat up, looking at the wall, but
• 13:50
  Speaker 1: when the thud sounded again, it was a lot louder.
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  Speaker 1: I tiredly got up and walked over to the bedroom door,
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  Speaker 1: but before I opened it, I heard another sound, soft
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  Speaker 1: footsteps slowly walking across the floor downstairs. A chill instantly
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  Speaker 1: ran through my body. I stepped away from the door
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  Speaker 1: and quietly got my phone from the nightstand. I turned
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  Speaker 1: the volume down as low as possible and called the police,
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  Speaker 1: whispering my address to the operator. I tried to explain
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  Speaker 1: my situation, but as I did, a shadow appeared under
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  Speaker 1: the door. I immediately stopped talking and anxiously stared across
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  Speaker 1: at the door while the person on the other side
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  Speaker 1: slowly walked around. They were very cautious with each step
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  Speaker 1: they took, almost not making any noise, but their shadow
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  Speaker 1: showed that they weren't going very far. They were just
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  Speaker 1: walking back and forth in the hallway. By now, I
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  Speaker 1: was sure that they knew I was in this room,
• 15:01
  Speaker 1: but I still remained quiet and hoped that somehow police
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  Speaker 1: would come quick enough to help me. A grueling few
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  Speaker 1: minutes went by until a sudden, loud footstep rang through
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  Speaker 1: the hallway, followed by another and another. For some reason,
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  Speaker 1: whoever was out there no longer cared to be quiet,
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  Speaker 1: moving through the hallway quickly and beginning to open doors
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  Speaker 1: to the other rooms. When he came back to my room,
• 15:31
  Speaker 1: he twisted the handle and tried a few times to
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  Speaker 1: force it open, but moved on from it without too
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  Speaker 1: much of a fight. Then he went back downstairs and
• 15:41
  Speaker 1: did the same before leaving the unit. Police came a
• 15:46
  Speaker 1: while later, but I think the person that broke in
• 15:49
  Speaker 1: had figured out that I'd likely contacted the police, and
• 15:53
  Speaker 1: that's why they started rushing. Whatever it was they were
• 15:56
  Speaker 1: trying to do. A few things had been stolen, but
• 16:00
  Speaker 1: not enough to really justify breaking into a place, and
• 16:03
  Speaker 1: from their behavior, they seemed to know that I was
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  Speaker 1: in the house. A few weeks later, though, I found
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  Speaker 1: a small camera hiding under one of the night stands
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  Speaker 1: in the spare bedroom. I took it into the police,
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  Speaker 1: but there was no way to trace it or see
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  Speaker 1: what kind of information was on it. Whether they were
• 16:24
  Speaker 1: just trying to spy on me or had other intentions
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  Speaker 1: that we don't know. There's really no way for us
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  Speaker 1: to get an answer. It's been months since this happened
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  Speaker 1: and there's been no signs of them coming back. But
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: it's possible that I wouldn't even know if they did,
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  Speaker 1: at least not until it's too late.