[Music] last winter I moved to a new home in a new town I'd only visited the town once for a job interview and once I got it I pretty much had to move there it was a really big step up in my career so I was really eager for everything to go well because the town was kind of in the middle of nowhere though it made the moving process not so ideal I had to find a home for rent online and go through the process that way I know it's not the best way to go
about it but I thought it'd be okay since I'd only be renting for a year and I could always find somewhere else afterward on December 1st I packed up everything in my truck and made the drive I only stopped to fill up the tank along the way but even then I didn't make it into town until 9 like I said I had been here before when I did the job interview but I'd never seen the town at night before it was kind of eerie as the street lights were very dim and most of the stores
were closed so all the lights were out I wasn't used to these smaller towns so this was very different to me there wasn't anyone driving around either it almost felt like I was driving through a ghost town another 5 minutes later I pulled into the neighborhood and up to my new house it was very small and was in a row next to other similar houses I parked on the driveway and got my air mattress out then headed inside I had sold basically everything before the move planning to buy new stuff once I got here so
I knew I'd be stuck with an empty home for a while inside though the place was about what I expected it was old and outdated the wooden floorboards creaked with every step and the house had a musty smell to it the layout was simple though it was one floor with a kitchen and living room and one long hallway leading to the two bedrooms after quickly looking around I turned the lights back off and went into the master bedroom tossing the air mattress down and turning on the pump to get it full I sat on the
floor tired from the long drive and the stresses of moving but as I was sitting there I heard a Creek from the other side of the house it was just one small Creek but it was very distinct sounding exactly like one of the floorboards my initial thought was that it might be a raccoon or something that had taken up shelter in the empty home so I got up up and went down the hallway toward the living room I didn't even bother walking to the front of the room to turn the lights back on I just
glanced around the room was just as empty as it was before though I didn't see any signs of anything I figured it was nothing maybe being tired and stressed made me overthink it after all this was a new home so I wasn't familiar with any of the sounds it may be making I went back to the bedroom the mattress was full now so I tossed a blanket on it and laid down tomorrow I had a lot to do so I wanted to get as much sleep as I could get despite the not so great setup
I passed out pretty soon after laying down when I woke up I remember opening my eyes and seeing absolute Darkness it looked like I still had my eyes closed that's how dark it was I knew it was sometime in the middle of the night so I closed my eyes again to try and fall back asleep when I heard something from just in front of me it was one of the floorboards creaking my eyes shot open again and I quickly sat up I stared ahead at where I heard the sound but still I couldn't make anything
out I sat there motionless it was so quiet I could hear my heartbeating as I felt felt a disturbing sense around me then there was another Creek it was further to the left of where the last one was in my head I started to panic part of me didn't even think this was real like maybe I was still half asleep or something before I could shake the feeling there were four consecutive Creeks each sounding further toward the back of the room then there was a moment where I felt like I could see the slightest shape
of something in the dark before the bedroom door swung open the Moonlight shining into the hallway immediately illuminated a man as he moved from my bedroom and into the hallway I heard him sprinting to the other side of the house as I got up and rushed to turn on the lights by then the front door was wide open from the glimpse of him that I got he looked around 40 years old with worn clothes and boots that was about out all I could see I got my phone and keys then got in my truck and
drove away as I called the local police station from everything I told them they seemed to think that it was someone living in the house while it was unoccupied but there's really no way to know for sure what was going on if that was someone living in the home it doesn't really explain what they were doing in my room creeping around while I was asleep whatever the case thankfully the owner let me break the lace and move to a different home had I not woken up that night I don't know what would have [Music] happened
I had just moved AC across town into a small home on the outskirts it was only 20 minutes away from where I lived but it felt like it was more isolated and away from everything it had a decent amount of tree covered land so I couldn't see any other houses or roads or anything which made it feel really peaceful on the day I moved in though I got a knock at the door around dinner time it was an older man like 50ish with long gray hair and sunken eyes he greeted me but there was clearly
something off about him he tried to make some small talk but he was very awkward and had a straight unamused face the whole time it was a bit odd after he left I didn't think too much on it though I thought it was probably just a nosy neighbor but on the following day while I was unpacking there was another knock at the door it was was him again the first thing I noticed was that he was still wearing all the same clothes that he had on yesterday and he had that same straight face he asked
how everything was coming along but strangely during our conversation it felt like he didn't actually have any reason to talk to me it was like he was dragging on the conversation just because I had to abruptly end it after a few minutes because he just wouldn't go away I told him to have a good night and close the door on him it was just getting kind of creepy at this point I mean I guess it would have been different if he was a really talkative and outgoing person that just wanted to meet his new neighbor
but he wasn't like that at all he seemed like he didn't even want to talk and was just forcing himself to I went back to unpacking trying to forget about it but he knocked on the door again this wasn't a friendly knock it was loud and demanding I looked down the hallway at the door and could see a shadow behind the curtains that covered the window on the door just leave I'm sorry but I have a lot to do tonight I said trying to keep my cool but definitely letting the frustration show he didn't move
he waited for another few seconds then knocked again at that point I was extremely irritated ated and marched over to the door prepared to yell at him I swung the door open and the man was standing much closer only about a foot away from me his eyes were dead and his whole face and body was tense it was like he was contemplating doing something and that's when I looked down and saw the tip of a knife showing through the sleeve of his jacket I slammed the door just as he pressed forward by the time I
locked it he was already already banging on the door again it was almost even more disturbing because he wasn't saying anything anymore either like he was possessed by whatever he was trying to do I called the cops and double checked every door was locked the man stayed by the front door for several minutes then hurried away cops didn't make it until well after he had left I gave them my report of the incident telling them that he was likely one of my neighbors they found that nobody matching his description lived anywhere near me none of
the other neighbors had ever seen him either we still don't know who he was or if he's still wandering around our neighborhood anymore why exactly he came up to my house with a knife in his hand is unknown hopefully he's gone far away from here though I had just graduated college I didn't have much money but was looking for a new job now that I had a degree in the meantime me and one of my buddies from college Aaron decided to rent a home and be roommates he made a lot more money than I did
and planned on staying at the house after I moved out once I got a better job the place was actually pretty cheap too only a couple hundred more than some of the apartments around here so split between both of us it was definitely doable the movein went well we each took a bedroom then went to Ikea for the extra furniture that we needed for the living room on the first day we arrived though we got a letter on the door it was just a note card taped near the door handle that said welcome to the
neighborhood I guess the notes not really that weird in itself but it had no name or indication of anything it was just a handwritten line saying welcome to the neighborhood it almost looked sarcastic anyway a couple days went by as we got settled in before both of our vacation time from work was over and we had to start our normal routines again I just worked at a pizza shop for the meantime the first night I got home from from work though I noticed someone standing near our house as I pulled into the driveway it was
a woman I couldn't see much as it was dark out but she was just looking at one of our front windows once I pulled into the garage and walked back out to ask her what she was doing she was gone I thought it was weird but probably nothing to worry about she looked harmless enough and clearly didn't want any trouble because she left later that night I mentioned it to Aaron and we both joked about it nothing else happened that night another week or so went by by then we felt pretty comfortable with the place
and were just living our lives this night was normal I had work until 10:00 but I knew Aaron got off at 88: once my shift was over I drove back home during that drive though I got a strange gut feeling I don't know what it was but something just felt off then I pulled up to the front of the house the front door was wide open but all the lights were off in the house I obviously thought it was really weird especially since Aaron was supposed to be home right now I parked and walked up
to the door Aaron why is the door open I yelled from the porch the house was silent I took a few steps steps inside and looked around then pulled out my phone and texted Aaron immediately when I sent the text I heard his phone chime down the hall when I looked his phone was lighting up on the kitchen counter across the hallway now this was extremely strange there was no way he went anywhere without his phone and he definitely wouldn't have left the door open if he did Aaron was always really picky about locking up
the place before leaving I wasn't really sure what to do but something in me felt like I should check his room first to see if there were any signs I was missing I went up the stairway and up to his room the door was open so I walked in at first it looked normal and it was quiet until I heard a voice behind me I whipped around seeing Arin looking through a crack in the closet before I could say anything he asked if I saw someone I said no and was really confused but he immediately
told me to call 911 I knew instantly from the look on his face that this was very real so I did what he said we stayed quiet while on the phone hiding in his room until the officers arrived they came into the home and right away there were footsteps sprinting through the house the cops were able to get them before they got away it was a woman she had Restless eyes and was full of Rage it was then that Aaron told me what happened he got home from work and tossed his stuff in the kitchen
and then went upstairs to change while he was up there he heard a loud crash by the front door then footsteps walking through the downstairs he had no idea who it was or how many people there were but he was helpless without his phone he thought thought they'd probably just Rob the downstairs area and then leave strangely though at some point while he was hiding they walked around and turned off all the lights then they went to the back of the house and didn't move Aaron waited there for an hour and a half until I
got home it's thought that Aaron must have gotten home just before she arrived so she probably didn't even know he was there clearly she wasn't there to rob the place though as likely had been waiting for one of us to enter the home and walk down the hallway had either of us done that who knows what she would have done that night still scares the hell out of us and of course neither of us stayed at that house Once the lease was up for
