I thought I'd treat myself to a short getaway vacation I live in a really flat and boring area so I chose somewhere with a more mountainous and Forest covered scenery I settled on Colorado but I didn't really know any towns aside from the main ones which were pretty expensive so I started looking into airbnbs in smaller towns there weren't as many options as I was hoping within my price range but I did find one that I thought wasn't too bad I booked it and was on the road the following week driving through the country to
the Airbnb 10 long hours later I made it to the town I'd be staying in I got to say I was not very comfortable when I first started driving through it I shouldn't have expected much but this was far less than what I'd thought it would be the few rows of houses bordered a very empty and dark road with old wooden power lines barely standing on the sides being at night it almost looked like an abandoned ghost town I knew during the day it would probably look less so but this was my first and only
impression to go off of thankfully I was able to find the Airbnb without trouble pulling into the gravel path that led to a culdesac with my Airbnb along with four other small homes I parked and got out lugging my bags up to the front door and getting inside this was a very small 500 ft home but I have to admit the setup was nice I dropped my things in the bedroom and went to the kitchen to fill up my water bottle and take a minute to relax before bed as I stood at the counter though
I heard a car coming down the gravel outside I walked over to the window seeing a pair of headlights appear and slowly come into the culde saac parking in front of the house next to the Airbnb the car turned off and the headlights went out but oddly as I stood and watched nobody ever exited the car after a minute I just left and went back to the kitchen as it was really none of my business and I didn't want them to notice me watching I sat down on one of the bar stools and pulled my
phone out responding to some messages and letting my family know that I made it here safe I was there no longer than 15 minutes before calling in the night and going to the bedroom I unpacked some things and started getting ready when I quietly heard a car door open and close outside followed by some foot footsteps it sounded like they walked up pretty close but I assumed they had to just be walking up to the house next door the footsteps stopped somewhat abruptly though but after finishing getting ready I got in bed from what I
remember I fell asleep after half an hour and didn't hear anything else during that time when my eyes opened I had no idea what time it was but I felt very unsettled everything was quiet aside from the light creaking of the house I sat up staring through the dark room and trying to understand whatever was making me feel this way my eyes could barely see anything until they fell on the uncovered window and behind it a pair of eyes were looking back at me my heart jumped and my body froze and after a moment I
saw the figure move away from the window but I could only slightly hear their footsteps and it didn't sound like they were leaving I quickly got out of the bed and hurried to get dressed but there was a sudden sound from outside the bedroom door I stopped and listened as heavy footsteps left from right behind the door and ran down the hallway at this point I didn't know what to do so I just stood there and listened I heard the footsteps go from inside the house to the gravel path and down to the road then
a car started and drove off after some time passed I carefully opened the door and walked down the hallway seeing the front door wide open and hearing only the quietness of the night I never heard the footsteps of the man by my window leaving but from the looks of it they were definitely gone I did what I could reporting it to a local police station 20 minutes away but there was never any followup who they were what they wanted and why they broke in I didn't stay to find out I arrived at my last stop
before my final destination on the following day it was late and I was extremely exhausted from a long few days of driving so I got my small backpack out and got inside my Airbnb for the night it was some random house off the main road that just happened to be on my route I didn't do too much looking into it because it was just for a night so really all I needed was a bed to sleep in for 8 hours upon walking in I immediately got a whiff of a really unpleasant smell it wasn't a
concerning smell per se but it definitely was not enjoyable like maybe a dead rodent under the house or mold in the ceilings I did a very quick look around glancing into the bedroom and bathroom room but I noticed the smell was a lot stronger in the bedroom than it was in the living room so I decided to keep my stuff in the main living space and just set myself up for the night on the couch I took the throw blanket off one of the sofa chairs and laid it out but as I was doing this
a loud thump rang through the walls I was less scared than I was confused thinking that this was way too loud just to be the house settling in or something but the way the sound came through the walls made it really hard to tell where in the house it came from I stepped down the hallway and peaked my head into each of the rooms checking for anything wrong but everything looked okay I wasn't really sure what to check for to be honest but as far as I thought nothing was to worry about for the short
amount of time I'd be staying there I went back to the couch and continued setting it all up then laid down and took my phone out to do some planning for the next few days only a few minutes after that first thump there was another it was almost identical to the previous ringing through the walls and just being a single thump I got up and walked down the hallway again but decided to check the rooms a bit more thoroughly this time I flicked on the lights and in Ed the walls and ceiling but still there
was nothing to show any signs of anything at this point I was thinking maybe a large Branch was swinging in the wind and banging on the roof but even that just seemed far-fetched I went back to the couch and reminded myself that I was only here for one night and whatever the problem was wasn't my problem I shut off the lights laid down and fell asleep with the night being quiet and being as exhausted as I was I had no problem sleeping but the way I woke up was unusual my eyes were still closed as
I'd only partially woken up I probably wouldn't have even remembered it if not for what happened next I got a bad feeling in my gut as I opened my eyes a man was standing right right above me staring into my eyes my whole body tightened in that moment but it only lasted fractions of a second before the man sprinted from the side of the couch and straight out the front door I quickly stood up and ran to see where he went but I lost sight of him in the trees I close the door then went
to grab my phone but stopped at the end of the hall as I saw something from the corner of my eye hanging in the middle of the hallway was a folding ladder leading up to an attic I wasted no more time to call for help as you could guess the man had been up in the attic that night but there wasn't much up there to show he'd been around for more than a day or two it's likely he was just using the Airbnb as a place to live but his actions made things really disturbing if
I hadn't woken up I don't know what would have happened at the time of writing this this happened only a few weeks ago I had driven out to an Airbnb vacation cabin in a Woods area IID planned a backpacking trip with a few friends and I was meant to stay there only two nights before heading out for the rest of the week when I pulled in and saw the place I was satisfied it was very isolated it was very much just a plain cabin which I loved I parked around the side of the place and
got my gear out of the truck bringing it inside the inside is what you'd expect small and not the nicest but good for what I paid for that night I pretty much got right in bed though falling asleep and getting up early the next morning my goal for this day was to scout out the first portion of the trail that my friends would meet me on the following day really I just needed to make sure it was open and not too muddy from last week's rainfall if it was then we'd have to find a new
Trail I made a cup of coffee and chilled until midafternoon then went out and walked down to the main road walking along it for a half mile to the trail head it looked clear and dry so I didn't bother hiking down more than a/4 mile or so before heading back in total I'd only been gone for an hour but when I got on to the path leading to the Airbnb I saw in the distance that a truck was now parked right out front I quickened my pace unsure what was going on when I got up
to the cabin I went right up to the window of the truck but nobody was inside I then looked around in all directions not seeing anyone at all nobody in the distance and nobody at the front door where else could they even be I cautiously walked up to the front door noticing it was still locked heading inside it was clear that nobody had entered which was my worst fear after double-checking all the rooms I opened the Airbnb app and contacted the host asking if he or someone else was here as I waited for a response
I checked the windows but still saw nothing what made this so unnerving was that I couldn't see where anyone could even go from here it was just forested around with this one cabin in the middle as I continued to wait for a response hours passed I kept looking for anyone to come back to their truck but with the sun setting it seemed more unlikely then at just about 8:00 p.m. I got a text back no one else should be here I'd be lying if I said I didn't already expect that answer but I was just
hoping that somehow it wasn't after some thinking I just couldn't get myself to feel safe enough to stay the night I went around the cabin and started packing my things but then the sudden sound of footsteps came from the front I stopped and listened as they made their way onto the porch and up to the door moments passed and no knock came I must have stood there staring at the door for at least a minute before for slowly walking up and looking out a tall man was on the doorstep but he was facing away from
the door looking out by the truck an eerie feeling came over me looking at this man not moving at all and just staring out into the distance feeling that he may not be the only one out there I took a few steps back trying to quietly go into the other room to call 911 one but on my third step one of the floorboards made An Extremely Loud Creek right after I heard the man Shuffle around outside followed by seeing the door knob Shake violently as he tried to open it I ran and locked myself in
the bedroom dialing 911 as the man outside continued to shake the door and bang on it before suddenly running off the porch a second later I heard the truck driving away police made it to the cabin relatively quickly but it didn't end up being that helpful I left the cabin that night to stay in a hotel instead being that the man wasn't caught and was still out there somewhere I really can't even try to guess what he was doing but the thing that really horrifies me is thinking about where the man was that whole time
was he just standing out in the woods or hiding somewhere outside the house after that experience though I probably won't be staying in another far out cabin anytime soon [Music]
