I live in a neighborhood home with my older sister we rent the place and split the bills this was last October as the weather was just starting to get colder my sister had plans to meet up with some friends in Florida so she would be gone for almost a whole week she invited me but I couldn't take the time off work anyway she left on Monday morning which was a day I didn't work I cleaned up the house and just enjoyed having some time alone that same day though around two there was a knock at
the door I thought it was maybe a package my sister had ordered so I answered it it was an older man like early 40s he wasn't holding a package or anything though hi how can I help you the man looked me in the eyes for an un settling amount of time before answering oh I just wanted to see who lived here sorry didn't mean to bother you he smiled and nodded then walked away I thought that was strange and wasn't really sure what he meant by that but I closed the door and continued my day
as far as I'm aware nothing else happened for the rest of the evening the following day I had work so I woke up early and headed down to the office I got back home at 600 only a half hour later and while I was cooking dinner there was a knock at the door again I looked out the peephole before answering this time and it was the same man from yesterday he was easy to recognize because he wore the same exact clothes I opened the door though I was a bit more hesitant this time only cracking
it open is everything okay okay he smiled and said of course as if I was being silly for asking that he then said he was just checking in on me the way he said it was like he was expected or something oh are you a neighbor of mine I didn't know I said assuming he must be one of those older nosy neighbors it still would be strange for him to check in on me but it would explain it oh no I wish just walking around he said he was really starting to creep me out now
so I said I was fine and closed the door I waited for him to leave my porch then went back to cooking I texted my sister that night asking if she'd ever encountered that man but she said no I was Paranoid the rest of the night I felt safe inside my home all the doors were locked and everything but I also felt like I was being stalked and watched what could that man possibly want that wasn't something creepy the night passed again with no more signs of him and same with the following day he didn't
knock on the door and I had hoped it might actually be nothing to worry about the day after I had off work and it was the last day that my sister would be gone for I spent most of my time inside and just hanging out reading and watching YouTube every so often I'd peek out the windows just to be cautious but I never saw anything around 8 I was watching TV when I heard something scrape against the outside of the house it sounded like a stick scratching along the siding I quickly got up and opened
the blinds seeing the bush right under the window shaking and faintly I could hear footsteps running away I couldn't see anything else in the dark though I felt like I was going to throw up surely it was the same man but how long was he there was he sitting in the bushes trying to watch me through the window I was so out of it I didn't know what to do and ended up calling my sister luckily for me she picked up I tried to explain to her what was going on but I think I was
talking too fast for her to understand and Midway through the conversation there was a knock at the door I didn't answer but the man started calling out and knocking louder he asked me to let him in and tried to guiltrip me by saying he was injured then he made excuses for being outside my home and then started apologizing for everything he continued to bang on the door it was creepy and disturbing how desperate he was for me to open the door clearly something was wrong with him my sister told me to call 911 immediately so
I hung up and did as she said the man stayed at the door for a whole 5 minutes still trying to convince me to let him in before he finally left what the man actually wanted is unknown and how long he was stalking me for is also unknown he could have somehow figured out my sister was gone for the week it just seems like too big of a coincidence whatever the case I haven't seen him at all since then hopefully it's [Music] over it was just 4 2 a.m. and I had gotten an Uber back
to my place after partying all night for New Year's I don't think I was plastered or anything but I definitely was well beyond Tipsy and I had a raging headache when I got dropped off I slowly made my way up to the front door and fumbled around with my keys for way too long before making it inside I tossed everything on the floor and took an ibuprofen then fell over on the couch I was exhausted and tired but the headache was keeping me from sleeping so I kind of just laid there with my eyes closed
for a while I honestly have no idea how long randomly though the doorbell rang it rang several times and I never got up to answer the door or even see who it was at the moment I didn't even care or think about it I just wanted to lay there and try to sleep and not be bothered obviously with it being the middle of the night someone ringing my doorbell repeatedly should be pretty concerning but like I said I had a bit too much to drink surprisingly not too long after they stopped ringing the doorbell I
actually managed to pass out on the couch I couldn't say how long I was asleep for but when I woke up I was very groggy and felt weak still with a pounding head headache and the whole house was dark I stood up and tried to make my way to the kitchen to get a glass of water when I noticed a streak of light on the wall in the hallway even in my not so sober state it was unmistakable what it was the light was coming from the front door being partially open and Moonlight spilling into
the house was I really so drunk that I didn't close the door there was no way before I could even walk into the hallway and look at the door footsteps moved around upstairs I froze then hurried back to the couch and ducked behind it there were two sets of footsteps walking right above me I thought about making a run for it but my hesitation ruined my chances as the footsteps began making their way down the stairs there was a pause then the sound of the front door shutting and the streak of light disappeared all right
let's get on with it a man spoke I was completely sobered up now and realized they probably had just gotten inside moments before I woke up and immediately checked the bedrooms upstairs not seeing anyone they assumed the place was empty my chest felt like it was burning from how fast my heart was was racing the men moved around in the room on the other side of the house and began chatting like everyday regular talk about life I don't know but something about it was so disturbing and terrifying I mean if they were so comfortable breaking
into my home and having casual conversations while doing so then what the hell were they going to do if they found me I could hear them taking things Rob all the rooms in the house before the footsteps made their way into the living room the way I had it set up the couch was diagonal in the corner so I was kind of closed off behind it but the couch was also short so if they got close to it they would easily be able to see me I just listened as they walked around moving things and
opening every drawer and box they saw then one of the men started walking closer to the couch I hoped and waited for their footsteps to stop or change directions but they kept coming closer and closer until I saw their head show above me they were looking down at the cushions though and I guessed they didn't see me in the side of their Vision then they moved on to the next room I sat there motionless for almost 30 minutes listening to them rummage through the entire house before they finally left I didn't hear them say anything
about coming back but I grabbed my phone and ducked back behind the couch as I called the cops the situation is mostly exactly what it seemed like the men came in and robbed the valuables from my home I had forgotten to lock the front door but there's some evidence that it wouldn't have mattered a neighbor said they saw two men watching my house rather suspiciously over the court of the past week likely they saw that I lived alone and always parked in the driveway so when I took my car to the New Year's party and
came back in an Uber without my car they thought I wasn't home thankfully it seems they only intended to rob me and nothing more but had they found me who knows what could have happened I was at home with my dog Hazel it was a normal night i' had gotten out of work already and was just trying to enjoy the few hours I had before bed I was watching TV and eating some snacks when Hazel got up and went to the back door wanting to be let out I got up up and let her outside
to do her business I had a pretty small fenced in backyard so I never really needed to keep an eye on her too much usually she'd stay out for a while and sniff around anyway while I was up I put some dishes away and cleaned up the mess I made from cooking earlier when Hazel started barking she liked to bark at squirrels and stuff but after a few seconds she still hadn't let up I walked over to the back door and opened it seeing Hazel standing by the side of the fence and barking at it
like something was on the other side it was just Woods on that side of the fence so I thought maybe she'd seen a coyote or something just to be safe I called her back inside I got back on the couch and turned the TV on something was immediately different about hazel though usually she'd lay on or next to me but she was sitting on the edge of the couch head perked up up and staring at the back door no matter how much I'd call her over she'd just glance at me then go back to watching
she was like this for the rest of the night a couple times I did look over there but saw nothing I thought she was just in protective mode for some reason which she does randomly sometimes we stayed up for a bit then went to bed at 10:30 Hazel usually sleeps on the end of my bed or on her doggy bed in the corner of the room but I always leave the bedroom door cracked open because her food and water is downstairs when I woke up in the middle of the night I noticed the bedroom door
was wide open much more than I had left it maybe she bumped into the door she wasn't in the room and I didn't hear her nails clicking on the wooden floor or the sound of her eating or drinking on any other day I'd probably just go back to sleep and not worry about it but something gave me a bad gut feeling even my body seemed to have fully woken up already I got out of bed and looked out into the hallway the house was quiet Hazel I walked down the steps and into the living room
everything seemed to be normal but all the food and water in her bowls were still full at this point everything was rushing through my mind I was scared maybe somehow I'd left the back door open and she ran away or something even though I knew I didn't I walked into the kitchen and my heart sank seeing Hazel crouched underneath the table shivering and shaking and staring at me completely terrified of something I called her name again and she didn't move and then I noticed the back door was open everything was starting to come together in
my my mind but I didn't know what to do I felt trapped and scared and vulnerable I hurried over to the table and picked Hazel up then ran right out the back door I left through the fence gate and ran over to a neighbor's house it took a minute but eventually they woke up and answered the door calling the police for me when officers searched my home they didn't find anyone there were a few signs of shoeprints around the house though some even being upstairs that whole scenario is so confusing and left me with hundreds
of questions and zero answers I don't know who it was or why they broke in or even how long they'd been inside for were they the one to open my bedroom door all the way were they hiding when I was looking for hazel were they even still in the house I almost wish I encountered them before running away so I'd at least have some sort of answers now I'm left with nothing I just have to live and hope it was some random thing and that they don't come back
