1 Hour of Winter Horror Stories for a Cold Night Alone | Vol. 1 (Compilation)

For the past couple years I've worked on Uber Eats during winter break College lets out for a whole month and Uber Eats is the easiest work to do without having to go through job interviews and all that stuff besides I didn't work during school so this was something simple to pick up on the holidays it was a few weeks out from Christmas when this happened this night it was snowing pretty heavily but I Really couldn't be piggy with what day to work since I only had the set amount of time off to make enough money

to last until the next break I borrowed my dad's pickup truck and started driving the snow must have kept a lot of other drivers home because I was getting orders all night big ones too the kind that pay a lot I did this for probably a good 3 hours and then an order came in to pick Up from a drive-through place the house was 20 minutes from me but the tip and everything was really good there honestly wasn't anything unusual or off about this order it was just as any other was I picked it up

and went on my way to the house from a quick look at the map it looks like it was in a pretty nice neighborhood on the other side of the county I'd been around there before but not really inside the Neighborhoods by this time it was 11:00 p.m. and a lot of snow had started to stack up on the roads I was also getting tired so I agreed with myself that this would be the last delivery and then I'd go home and work again tomorrow once I got to the neighborhood I drove through the street

and looked at the houses as I passed by they were all huge and had a ton of land between between each of them but none of the houses seemed to be very new they had That typical older mansion style of basically just being really large and nothing else anyway it took a while to get to the address I was supposed to deliver to the driveway was covered in at least a foot of snow so I parked on the road while I got out and walked up to the house getting snow all over my pants and

shoes I noticed no lights were on in the windows and there was a piece of paper taped to the front Door once I got up to the porch I took a closer look on the top of the page it said notice in big red font in the first few lines stated it was issued by the county but before I got too far in I heard footsteps crunching in the snow behind me I turned around seeing a man approaching me coming from around the garage he had a short buzz cut and was wearing a dirty jacket

just dropping off your order I Said to break the silence but the man continued walking up without saying anything once he was a few feet away I could tell there was something off about him I guess it was just a gut feeling he looked at me with cold and tired eyes then held his hand out for the bag I reached over and gave it to him but he didn't move he was standing right on the path leading to the driveway and as the seconds passed I realized how Completely strange it was for him to even

be out here and even more so that he wasn't heading inside now that he had the bag have a good night sir I said stepping to the side and starting to walk past him the man stayed where he was before abruptly turning and in the corner of my eye it looked like he swung his arm out as if trying to grab me I stumbled back and faced him as he began stepping toward me saying come with me While reaching his hand out I kept moving back as fast as I could in the thick snow and

the man continued to chase me yelling at me to stop running once I got a good footing I was able to outrun him and get in my car backing out before he even had the chance to get to me as I drove off I looked in my mirror and saw the man standing in the driveway and just Watching I called the cops once I was out of the neighborhood but the man was already gone later that night though they told me that the house wasn't currently owned by anyone at the moment which I assumed the

note on the door had something to do with what the man was trying to do is unknown but that whole situation has put me on edge whenever I pull up to a house with all their lights off wondering if it might might be the same Man last New Year's me and my two best friends decided it would be fun to get together and rent out a house for the night we weren't big on going to huge parties but just enjoyed hanging out among our small group also all of us lived in dorm rooms so having

a house to our ourselves for once sounded like a great time even without partying my friend Jason rented out an Airbnb on the outskirts of the town we were in I carpooled with my other friend Christian and we met Jason there on New Year's Eve around noon this place was more of a cabin than a normal house being all wood and having the typical cabin features there were other similar looking cabin houses around but they all had a decent spacing between between them so it kind of felt like we were out there alone the inside

wasn't as great but this was one of the cheaper places Available so none of us were expecting luxury we spent the day just hanging out in the living room and talking and around 6 Christian went out to the store to grab some snacks and drinks during this time Jason and I were still sitting in the living room when there was a knock at the door we looked at each other in Surprise knowing it was really weird for anyone to be out here and knocking on the door to an Airbnb I got up and looked out

the peephole seeing some guy standing on the doorstep I noticed the door had one of those metal latches on it so I flipped it over and opened the door just enough to see them I wouldn't usually answer the door to a random guy but being in someone else's house I wasn't sure if maybe it was the host or something the guy looked at me and and I was instantly aware of his displeased look he seemed angry about something and It became more blunt when he opened his mouth he told me in a disrespectful and stubborn

tone that we needed to be quiet tonight and not disturb the entire neighborhood the way he said it was almost threatening and as if we'd already been making noise but we hadn't even done anything loud nor were we planning to and all the houses were so far apart even if he was a neighbor there's no possible way he'd hear anything unless we were lighting up Fireworks or something I really wasn't in the mood to argue so I just said sure and closed the door in his face but not even a second later he banged on

the door again I ignored him that time making a face at Jason like this guy was crazy we heard him leave after a moment and when Christian got back we told him about the encounter and he almost didn't even believe Us the next 3 hours went by quick as we watched a movie and played some games on Jason's switch then come almost midnight we heard something outside it sounded like someone dropping something on the ground and a few seconds later the piercing sound of glass shattering came from right outside the door all of us stood

up and ran to look out the window seeing that same guy from earlier standing by Christian's car which now had glass covering it from his Shattered windshield the guy was holding a metal baseball bat and looked like he was in some psychotic State pacing around and just going crazy Christian was pissed going to the door and storming outside to confront him both Jason and I went to stop him but before we even got to the doorway a gunshot echoed through the cabin I stopped in place knowing what had likely happened but it almost felt Like

a miracle when I saw Christian Sprint back inside and lock the door behind him a few more shots went off hitting the side of the cabin and followed by the man swinging the bat against the front door then just as suddenly as it all started the man just ran away after an investigation it was found that he wasn't even one of the neighbors of the Airbnb nobody seems to know who he was or where he lived or even why he went absolutely insane it was just an incredibly dangerous unpredictable encounter that almost took our lives

this was just last winter in early February I was driving to my next door Dash order I was a bit tired as I'd been driving for the last 4 hours and it was almost 12:00 a.m. after this one I was Definitely calling it a night and heading home as I was worried about getting sleepy on the road especially with all the ice and snow I was driving down a fairly empty road though it was a side road that connected two of the main towns in our city but there was a 5m stretch that had nothing

no buildings or houses or anywhere to stop as I was driving down this section I don't really know what happened but I Just got hit with a wave of tiredness that made me lose focus on the road for just a few seconds but that was all it took I guess I hit a patch of ice and slid toward the side and although I fully woke back up at this point it was too far gone I tried to steer back onto the road but my car just slid straight off and into the small ditch between the

road and the woods it wasn't a bad crash at all since the snow lighten the impact but it still Made me a little shaky and I knew right away that it was going to be impossible to get out of this my car was stuck on the incline of the ditch and in thick snow I didn't even bother getting out to try and see how bad it was though I did test my luck at trying to maneuver the car car to get some traction but if anything I just made it worse in the middle of trying

to figure everything out I noticed the car's headlights down the Road at first I thought it was just a car passing by but after a few seconds it was clear that they weren't moving someone must have just been parked down the road with their headlights on which I found to be a little unnerving at The Coincidence of it being on this long empty road they weren't close close enough to have stopped to try and help me but they weren't far enough either to not see my headlights I pulled out my phone and Called my dad

knowing he'd still be awake and hoping he'd be able to help me I'd never been in a situation like this so I really didn't know what to do he said he would call roadside assistance and then drive down to wait with me I thanked him and felt relief knowing he would be down here in just a few minutes I looked back out on the road looking for the headlights from the car I'd just seen but now they were gone it was too dark to see anything that far Without light so I didn't know if they'

driven away or were still there and it just turned off their lights it started to creep me out the more I thought about it I kept my eyes down the road not looking away for more than a few seconds as I began getting paranoid it was something about The Silence as well that made it more uneasy only hearing the wind outside my car and nothing else then after 3 minutes of waiting I saw a figure walking toward my car he Was down the road coming from the direction where the headlights had been I watched him

as he slowly made his way through the snow getting to just about 15 ft from the front of my car then he stopped he St stood there in the snow facing me but not moving I couldn't see much of him as he had a hoodie covering his face but the way he just stood there in my headlights started to terrify me after a moment I honked my horns Softly a few times just to let them know that I was in the car and that I could see them they still didn't move or acknowledge me but

just as I was pulling out my phone to call my dad again the man turned around and walked away disappearing down the road I still called my dad to let him know about this really strange person that was out here and he said he was just a minute away I stayed on the phone with him this Time and only 30 seconds later I saw headlights turn on down the road and begin moving toward my car once they were right across the road they parked and turned off their lights I couldn't see over the ditch but

I heard a door open as I yelled through the phone what was going on but then my dad's car pulled right in front of my view and screeched to a stop I heard him yell at someone as they got back in their car and sped Away they didn't come back but my dad said the guy was holding something in his hands that looked like he was going to break into my car with everything went okay after that though and the car ended up not even having much damage to it I'm not sure what was about

to happen that night but I know I'm really lucky to have not found out I work part-time at a gas station in my city it's more on the edge of the City near the suburbs and overall is just a very typical gas station it's not super creepy or isolated or anything like that I only really chose to work here though because rent prices were going up and my other job wasn't cutting it the only shift I could do to work around my other schedule was overnight and gas stations are one of the few places offering

those shifts anyway this was just 10 months ago it was pretty cold out this night And there was some snow on the ground still from a heavy downfall a few days ago but other than that the night was going pretty typical being in the suburbs there's not a whole lot of traffic going around the gas station it's mostly just a couple cars passing by every once in a while by 12 only a handful of cars were coming into the gas station every hour after a bit I got bored enough to leave the front desk and

walk around the Shop rearranging the items on the shelves to look nice and it was just a couple minutes later that I heard the door open I turned around and saw a man walking in right up to the front desk he leaned over the counter and looked both ways as if he were looking for someone to help him can I help you with something I said as I made my way back to the counter the man turned and looked at me Almost as if I'd scared him but then he hesitated before saying no I'm good

and walking out of the store it was fairly obvious he did need help with something but seeing that made me quickly think of the possible robbery he was plotting I did work at a gas station after all so it was kind of always in the back of my mind I watched the guy go outside and into a car that was parked in a very strange spot kind of near the pumps but Not actually in the parking section he got in and drove away I had no way to tell if he was actually planning something but

all of the signs pointed to it I figured maybe being behind him when he walked in and not at the counter threw him off and somehow that was enough to deter him whatever happened I was confident after a few minutes of thinking that this was definitely an attempted robbery and I called the police to report it just in Case they were going to try a different gas station they said an officer would come by in just a couple minutes to get a report so I hung up and waited but not even a minute later that

same car pulled back into the parking lot they went right to the spot that they had parked before then just waited there with the car on but I was almost positive that I could see movement in both of the front seats like there were At least two people in there I quickly locked the front doors and prepared myself for what could soon happen as I continued looking out the window though the car just stayed there nobody getting out like they were watching or waiting for the perfect moment luckily though cops pulled in and immediately recognized

the car as I described it they pulled in behind it blocking them in surprisingly there wasn't much of a scene the officer Pretty much just walked up and then pulled two men out one of which was the guy that had come in earlier I guess they were trying to play it off like they weren't doing anything but that didn't really work out for them while it seemed to be straightforward what they had planned their car showed a different more disturbing possibility in the trunk there was a stash of weapons along with rope tape And an

assortment of similar items both men are behind bars but I still feel almost traumatized after knowing what they had in the car if I hadn't reported them after the first strange interaction I would have been through far worse than just being robbed and possibly would have never been seen after that night this happened in 2015 I had just moved to a small house Far from my hometown the year before so I was still getting used to the area and hadn't met many people yet I worked from home as well which made it even harder anyway

for Christmas I had no plans at all my family was too far and I didn't have enough vacation time to go out and see them so this was actually going to be my first Christmas alone on Christmas Eve I stayed up working figuring I'd just get ahead on some things so I didn't have to worry About doing anything on Christmas day I was working in the living room listening to music as well when through it I heard something coming from outside I pulled out one of the earbuds and listened but didn't hear anything else so

I got up and looked around with my earbuds in it was hard to know what direction it came from but I was pretty sure it was outside the house not inside I looked out the back window not Seeing anything then moved to the front window and again saw nothing but then I looked out the front door on the porch were a set of shoe prints in the snow they LED right up to my doorstep and then back out to the driveway there was no mail dropped off or anything at all on the porch just the

shoeprints it was really strange and made me feel a little anxious not knowing why anyone would be walking up to my doorstep at 11:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve I made sure the door was locked and went back to work then got in bed soon after it was a bit strange waking up on Christmas morning feeling like it was any other day I brewed a cup of coffee and sat on my chair to watch TV I think I spent the whole morning just sitting there and watching shows and movies I gave my parents a call and

talked to them for a bit but that was really about all I Did I thought about going out but it was really cold and the wind was really strong so I just stayed in for the day by 6:00 p.m. I had basically done nothing all day and made some dinner planning on going to bed early but then I heard something outside it was the shuffling sound of footsteps in the snow coming toward the front door I stayed quiet knowing nobody should be here after a few seconds the Footsteps sounded again walking away from the house

I went up and checked seeing almost an identical scene to what I saw the previous night after that I forced myself to stay up later I kept my eyes open until probably around 10 before I guess I fell asleep on the couch I remember getting really tired and trying to stay up but I didn't plan on falling asleep out There when I woke up the TV was still on and flashing light throughout the dark room I sat up and paused it then got up to go to my bedroom as I walked down the hallway though

my eyes instantly locked on my bedroom door it was open but I knew I always kept it closed I walked over and pushed it open wider then flicked on the light wet shoe prints were scattered around the floor going to and from the Window in a complete State of Shock I spun around and turned on the hallway light now seeing more shoeprints going down toward the living room I followed them but they stopped right outside the living room room looking like they turned and went back right after seeing me on the couch the shoeprints were

nowhere else in the house police did what they could but if I'm being honest they weren't of much Help the current theory is that the man had come by the previous two nights to see if I was home after not answering the door though he likely thought I was away for the holidays I know it's likely that he only broke into my house to rob me but still it's extremely disturbing especially since I was at home sleeping when it all happened whoever it was though they never came back this happened last January I had taken

a week off of work following New Year's mostly in hopes that everyone else would be back at work by then and I could enjoy the week without it being busy everywhere my plans consisted of shopping around and really just chilling at my apartment by myself on this day I was out driving around in the snow and going to a few stores then made my way back to the apartment by 7:00 p.m. I went inside and cooled off then Took a seat on the couch with some snacks I just got I was watching TV and even

dozing off a little bit from the long day out of the house but then at sometime around 8:30 the PA system in my apartment buzzed meaning that someone was outside and wanting me to let them in the building I had no plans of anyone coming over so I had no idea who it was they buzzed my room again so I got up and went to the window that faced the Front of the building I tried to not lift the blinds too much only enough for me to see who it was at the door to the

apartment building was was a large man it was still snowy out and kind of dark but I could tell he was older like mid-40s but I had never seen him before there were only three other people living in the complex at the time so I was at least familiar with who lived here and he was not one of them I also figured that if He did live here or was visiting one of the other people then they would let him in I walked over to the PA system and muted it then got back to the

couch and continued watching TV I really didn't put any more thought into it and even dozed off several times in the next hour eventually I shut off the TV and went to bed by then it had to be around 10: I fell asleep just about as soon as I laid down a few hours into the night my eyes Shot open to a thud from just outside my room it was extremely loud but having just woken up to to it I didn't know what it was or exactly where it came from my heart was racing as

I stared across the room at my door listening for anything else it was very quiet now almost like nothing even happened I got out of bed and slowly moved toward the door then leaned my ear against it to listen to the other Side it was still quiet nothing more than the walls creaking from the building I turned the handle and looked out into the living room not seeing anything out of the ordinary the whole place was really dark though and for some reason I still felt like I needed to be quiet and not make myself

known so I left the lights off as I moved through the living room and looked down the front Hallway the door to my apartment was fully open I froze up staring at the open doorway and feeling fear run through my whole body it almost didn't seem real I took a few steps back staying quiet and made my way back toward my room and now on the other side of the door I could see a huge dent in the wood right by the knob once I saw that I ran in and locked it behind me then

called 911 while Hiding in the closet I was sure that whoever it was had to be somewhere inside my apartment still and it would only be a matter of time before they get into my room but as I waited for the police the apartment stayed silent whoever had broken into my apartment was gone even the police couldn't find anything to help in finding them what they think happened is the Intruder tried buzzing all the other rooms as well until one of them was nice enough to let them in once he was in the main stair

fwell it's not really clear why he chose to go for my room maybe they thought it was empty what's really strange is the dent on my bedroom door which was likely the source of the thud that I'd woken up to but it was just one single hit not looking like a real attempt at breaking the door down but more like something Out of frustration before he left I still live in the same apartment and nothing else has happened who it was and what they wanted is unknown last year my roommate moved out of the house

we had been renting together for the past 4 years by then both of us had gotten better jobs and we're getting paid more and the house we had wasn't the best so it was only a matter of of time before one of us moved out to get their own place after he Moved though I was able to use more of the space in the house and actually just decided to stay there for another year or two this happened during this time in early December our area was going through a week of some pretty bad snowstorms

and the office I worked at allowed us to work from home for a few days if we wanted to obviously I chose to take the offer I used my old roommate's bedroom As an office and worked throughout the day but at one point while I was working there was a knock at the front door I left the room and checked who it was there was a man on the porch in a heavy winter jacket he didn't seem to be a worker or delivery person of any kind just some regular guy I opened the door getting

hit by a rush of snow and wind how how can I help you the man smiled and apologized for interrupting my day then explained his Situation he said his car got stuck in the snow right on the side of the road next to my house and he didn't have a phone on him so he asked if he could borrow mine obviously skeptical I told him to give me a minute then I closed the door and went to the other side of the house I looked out the window at the road he was supposedly stuck on

there was a small SUV that looked like it had actually slid into the curb and gotten Stuck in the snow bank now that I was pretty sure he wasn't lying I grabbed a jacket and put on some shoes then went back to the front door I was still a bit skeptical but I stood on the porch with him as he used my phone to call his brother just so that if he did try to run with my phone or anything I could chase after him or prevent him from leaving after a quick call all though

The man handed my phone back and thanked me then walked away I went inside and checked the window seeing the man getting in his car thinking everything was settled now I went back to the office and started working again around 7 I felt like I'd done enough for the day and took the rest of the night off it was then that I remembered about the man in his car and went to check on it but I was surprised To see that the car was still there and I could see the man moving around inside it

had been almost 3 hours by then which made me wonder how he was still there maybe he was waiting for his brother to get off of work and pick him up I didn't know but I went to the kitchen and made some dinner then sat on the couch to watch TV I stayed up until about 930 then went upstairs to shower and get ready for bed I turned the water water on and got In the shower but a few minutes in there was an Abrupt and sudden banging on the front door it was loud and

harsh completely jump scaring me and putting me in a fear-induced frozen state for a moment the banging was so loud it was shaking the walls and even across the entire house I could hear that it was coming from the front door they were hitting it nonstop and I could even hear them aggressively shaking the door handle it Was such a sudden burst of chaos that it was hard for me to know what to do I turned off the shower and quickly got dressed but as I left my room and walked down the upstairs hallway everything

stopped it was just silent no more sounds at all I stopped in place hearing only the wind from outside and feeling the eeriness set in before I slowly walked downstairs and up to the front door nobody was there anymore I quickly Ran to the window seeing that the car was still there but the man was not inside of it not knowing what to make of any of it I called the police when they came they noticed multiple sets of shoeprints in the snow but they were covered up by the storm soon after they took the

license plate of the car though and found a picture of the owner and from what I could tell it was The same guy that I'd helped on my porch in the following days they waited for him to turn up but as far as I know he never did it's really disturbing to think about what could have happened that night right outside my door was it that same man desperately trying to get in for some reason or someone else with a more malicious intent it seems most think that it was the man running from someone and

trying To get help but what happened afterwards is still up for debate nothing is really known about that night where the man is now and what he was running from are just a few questions on a long list that will probably never be answered it was a snowy night when I pulled into the parking lot of my gas station I worked the overnight 11: to 7 shift and had been at the job for several months Before this I really didn't like this job but finding somewhere else to work was really difficult and due to how

some things were in other aspects of my life night shifts were the best for my personal schedule still though I went in tired every night and struggled to get through every shift I parked in front of the building beside the only other car in the parking lot which was my co-workers then I went Inside and relieved him of his shift he left a couple minutes later and then it was just me for the rest of the night my manager had a paper on the desk with some things to get done but from reading it over

it wasn't all that much my guess was that it would take no more than an hour total to complete all the tasks so I tried to put it off as long as possible to save me from falling asleep once I started getting really tired but as I sat there behind the desk and Somewhere around 12:00 a.m. A car pulled into the station I glanced out the window seeing an old SUV parked by one of the pumps of course with it snowing outside most people were not driving around but getting a customer every once in a

while was normal I went back to my phone and scrolled through some videos not paying much attention for probably 10 minutes until I looked back outside and saw the SUV was still there by the pump the headlights were off and the doors were closed looking like they should be pumping gas but it been so long I stood up and got closer to the window looking down both sides of the building but nobody was anywhere outside if they had been in their car for the past 10 minutes with it off they'd have to be freezing it

was snowy windy and cold so I honestly got a little nervous for them I paid more attention for the next few minutes waiting to see any movement through the dark windows or for someone to get back inside their car but there was nothing it was like the car was just abandoned right next to the pump after some thoughts I put on my jacket and went outside immediately I knew I was right it was way too cold for anyone to be in there with the car off or for anyone to even be outside for more than

a few Minutes I rushed over to the car and looked around then put my face close to the window and tried to look inside hello anyone in there just checking to see if you're okay I called out but from what I could see there wasn't anyone inside it wasn't exactly easy to see so someone could have been but I was pretty sure there wasn't now even more confused I backed up and looked around at the empty gas station parking lot before starting to Walk back now with my eyes not focused on the car I was

just looking at the ground and noticed shoe prints in the snow going toward the building not really the front of the building but kind of off to the side I looked back and saw that they seemed to come from the car but at this point I was freezing and didn't want to investigate further without warming up a bit first inside and turned on the small heater next to The counter putting my hands in front of it to warm them up I was only inside for 30 seconds to a minute though before a thump resonated through

the building from behind me I spun around not seeing anything then walked around the counter and toward the back on the floor there were puddles of dirty water like snow that had melted off someone's boots feeling a chill run through me I Stepped closer to the back room and turned the corner toward where the supply room was standing in the dark behind one of the shelves I could see the outline of a figure they were tall with broad shoulders and had a large scruffy beard and they were looking right at me my heart stopped for

a moment but after the initial shock my reaction was to just walk back to the counter I don't know why maybe I was just too shocked to React appropriately after staring at the doorway to the supply room for I don't even know how long I quietly picked up the store phone and called the police Whispering for help then I endured the most unnerving 10 minutes of my life as I waited during this time I didn't hear or see anything from the supply room which honestly added to my fear for some reason the man never came

out to confront Me when two cops finally pulled in and came inside I quietly told them where the man was they searched the room while I stayed by the front but I was shocked when they came out with nobody else the man was gone watery shoeprints surrounded the back door but outside were Fresh Tracks in the snow going straight away from the gas station straight into the completely dark empty field that led on for Miles obviously nobody could search that at night but even when they did in the following days they didn't find anything I

mean the field was huge he could have gone anywhere but it was so cold and windy that night that I was almost sure that they'd find a body the SUV was taken in for hopefully more information I don't know how or why but for some reason they couldn't find any history of ownership so that left us With just what we know from that night and we are still left with just that who the man was and what he was doing remains unsolved and where he is now is just as much of a question I do

over eat on the weekends and sometimes on days when school is out this happened just a couple weeks before our school's holiday break it was a Friday night and I didn't have any plans at all so I figured why not make a few bucks instead of being bored and laying Around the house all day I started driving and set up the app to start getting orders it wasn't snowing out but it was really cold and windy and there was still a thin layer of snow on the roads from earlier in the day I think it

was 600 p.m. when I started and I did a few orders before I got one to pick up from a nearby Burger King once I got the food I checked on the app where I was going it was clear at first that it wasn't a house address But when I zoomed in I was a little more confused to see it was at the corner of two streets looking like maybe a gas station although finding it to be unusual I clicked begin route and started driving over I didn't think it was anything bad I just thought

it was going to be an awkward interaction since I'd probably have to find the person in the parking lot and give it to them directly usually I never see the customers and just do a Quick drop off as I got closer and drove up to the intersection it was at I saw that it was a gas station that was right in the spot the directions were taking me the gas station itself looked normal but no cars were in the parking lot I pulled in and parked in one of the spots at the back then stayed

in my car and tried to look around for anyone the app should have let them know that I'd arrived so I was expecting someone to be Out here waiting for me but even after a couple minutes nobody was was here I sent a text through the app just letting them know that I was in the parking lot and waiting for them then I got out of my car to see if I could get a better look around the whole intersection was empty no cars were passing by and all the stores across the street seemed to

be closed for the night the longer I stood out there the More unsettled I got I checked my phone still seeing no response from the customer I was just about to get back into my car before a truck pulled into the gas station they passed the pumps and drove right up to me parking just a couple spots away it was an older dark red pickup with tinted windows the first thought to come through my head was why would they order for delivery if they were just going to end up driving here anyway I'd thought Before

that maybe they were a worker at the gas station or were just hanging out here for some reason but now this was far more suspicious than it already was the driver door opened and a man stepped out of the truck from one look at him he had a very dished appearance like something you'd expect from someone living on the road even his clothes looked dirty stained and torn as he got out I held up the bag With a slight smile but the man didn't even look at it he kept his eyes lock knocked on me

as he approached and something struck me giving me the feeling to get out of there immediately I set the bag on the ground and almost right away the man started walking faster as if he knew I was going to leave I got him my car and started backing out just as the man got up to my door but then he ran right back to his truck leaving the food on the Ground as I left the gas station I saw him back out quickly and start speeding toward toward the exit I was leaving from I floored

it going through a red light and just speeding down the road until I got to where more cars were the truck tried to follow me for a minute but then turned away once I was safe I called the police but really nothing came of It In the Heat of the Moment I never even thought to check the man's license plate though Thinking back I'm not sure if he even had one I don't know what he was doing or what would have happened if I didn't leave when I did but knowing that I was so close

to finding out is still [Music] horrifying I do deliveries for my local Papa John's I'm in college so this is just one of the few jobs I could choose from a few of my my friends work here too but we're all delivery drivers so Even when we have the same shifts we don't really see each other anyway this happened to me last December while I was picking up some extra shifts Before Christmas this night it was snowing a good amount making deliveries take longer than usual while also getting more deliveries than usual I was never

too stressed about work though having to go non-stop for hours on end was definitely not as Enjoyable at 9:30 I grabbed my next set of orders to deliver and got in my car to get the directions up I had two orders and the houses were just 5 minutes from each other but they were both pretty far from the shop they were 15 minutes away which was more like 25 minutes in this weather the first part of the drive was normal but then it began taking me toward the less visited part of town the houses here

were older and most of the Shops in the area had closed nobody ever came around here unless they lived here because it was so old and just wasn't up to today's standards after 20 minutes of driving I pulled into one of the neighborhoods and drove down the road toward the first house the road was very bare no cars parked on the side and most of the houses kind of looked empty once I got to the first address I parked on the road and walked up to the Front door a kind old man answered the door

and paid for the pizza then I went back and set the directions for the next house it was in the same neighborhood but I realized as I drove that it was taking me deeper into the neighborhood to the point where there were less houses and more space between them by the time I got to the address I couldn't see any other houses around it was just trees surrounding the area Again I parked on the street and walked up to the front door I knocked and waited patiently on the porch it was pretty cold out though

and the snow making my clothes soaked wasn't helping finally after a minute the door opened it was a middle-aged woman who looked like she'd just woken up her hair was messy and she had tired emotionless eyes I have your order here for two pizzas I said holding out the boxes and giving her the total to pay she took the Boxes and placed them on the table next to her then told me to wait a moment for her to get cash another minute went by before they open the door again she started sifting through some cash

counting it slowly and trying to add it all up there was definitely something weird about her it's hard to pinpoint what it was exactly but everything she was was doing was just very Odd then as if she wasn't struggling enough on Counting the cash she started up small talk with me normal stuff like how my day was and all that I responded politely but it was just really weird like she was stalling at some point while she was talking I looked back at my car just to distance myself from the uncomfortable situation for a moment

but I was quick to see a man standing right next to it he was looking in the windows and doing Something to the door but when I looked back at the woman her face had shifted into anger I figured it all out too late though as she reached out and grabbed me then started yelling to the man by my car he turned around and started sprinting towards us as the woman tried to pull me into the house I pushed her away and broke free then my instincts took hold of me and I sprinted into the

Trees I could hear the man's heavy footsteps crunching in the snow behind me all the way through the forest until finally they started to fade away after 2 minutes of sprinting I stopped to catch my breath luckily the moon was lighting up the forest enough for me to navigate through it and back to one of the streets in the neighborhood I called 911 once I got service and after 10 minutes of waiting in the cold an officer Arrived another patrol car went to the house finding the man outside in the act of trying to break

into my car to keep things from dragging on basically the motive was likely due to the couple running out of money and resorting to robbing my vehicle the whole distraction was so that the man could Rob my car without me ever knowing but since I saw what he was doing it's not really clear what they would have done maybe they would have just let me Go but it's obvious I would have reported them so I don't think it's likely they would have I'm just thankful for getting away unharmed and for being the first victim they

tried it on before getting arrested and never having the chance to do anything to anyone else it was January and I was renting out a winter cabin that was by an ice fishing lake it was a very small barebones cabin With only the essentials and was only there for people like me who liked going out to the lake for fishing or ice fishing I'd usually bring a friend along with me but sometimes I went by myself and never had any issues with it I had planned out 3 days there with no other real plans in

mind except sitting out by the lake and fishing on the first day when I got there I set up my things in the cabin and made myself at home brewing some hot Coffee and relaxing by the fireplace for most of the afternoon this cabin was only a single room so the bed fireplace and everything else was all in one area anyway I fell asleep early and woke up at 7:00 a.m. to go out to the lake it was about a 10-minute walk from the cabin down a short forested path that was entirely covered in snow

once I reached the lake I found a good spot and got my things situated Drilled into the ice and started fishing I find it to be really stress relasing to just sit there and fish though I do know a lot of people find it to be boring I stayed on the lake for several hours probably 3 or 4 then packed my things as the snow was starting to pick up and the wind was getting heavier I walked off the lake and back onto the path but immediately noticed a set of footprints in the snow going

Alongside mine from earlier they went right up to the edge of the lake I was at then turned around and went back down the path toward the cabin feeling a little uneasy that someone was out here and had been right behind me maybe watching me I chose to follow the prince and see where they LED they mostly went along with the path going right back to the cabin but instead of going up to the cabin they veered off into the Woods as far as I could see they continued in a straight line going through the

trees even more confused and slightly nervous I went back inside the cabin and warmed up by the fireplace there was nothing else out here for miles from what I was aware of so anyone being out here was just odd especially in the winter I made food and stayed in the cabin for the rest of the night keeping The fireplace running and mostly just reading but about an hour after Sunset I heard movement outside a very light crunching in the snow but in the recognizable pattern of of someone walking I moved over to the window and

looked instantly seeing a figure out by the trees walking toward the path they were wearing thick clothing covering every part of them making it hard to get any details on what they looked like Once they got to the path though they turned and started coming right for the cabin I ducked my head down now just listening to the footsteps getting closer and closer until they were right up to the wall the footsteps moved to the side coming right up to the window I was hiding under their Shadow moved around like they were peering inside the

cabin but then they stopped I tilted my head up seeing their Eyes staring right back at me I jumped away now standing a few feet from the window as the person quickly tried to lift it open I ran and grabbed a near nearby knife but after a few more attempts at opening the window the person ran off I watched their figure disappear into the snowy Woods going in the same direction I'd seen them come from after that I packed up and ran from my car leaving the area only a few Minutes later I don't know

who they were or what they wanted but they knew I was staying there after seeing me at the lake and willingly came back in the middle of the night to try and break in through the window so they definitely had something horrible in mind luckily I got out unharmed but I have a feeling that that night was close to being my last 2 years ago I spent Christmas with My roommate we were both in college and were splitting rent on a small home in the suburbs outside of the campus neither of our families apparently were

really big on Christmas and we were also kind of broke so we stayed home for winter break we still did a bit of decorating and had gotten each other some cheap little gifts so we could have our own small Christmas but other than that we mostly planned on Watching movies and maybe going to a party at night on Christmas Day we opened up our gifts and hung out and around 5: my roommate wanted to go to a party by the campus I had planned on going too but for some reason I was just tired and

not really in the mood to go out I encouraged him to go if he wanted to and he took up on the offer heading out by 6 I sat back and ate some junk food watching TV and just relaxing I guess But then around 8 I just felt like getting up and doing something with no places open I grabbed my jacket and decided to go for a walk around to look at the houses with Christmas lights it was cold out but not insanely freezing I walked around the neighborhood and through one of the nearby parks

but while I was walking through a portion of the path I passed by a man sitting on a bench now this part of the path was covered in trees And not by any houses and the the man was just sitting there alone it was actually kind of sad but when I passed by he looked up at me and just gave me this really cold look it was very strange and made me even more curious why he was out here I walked quicker reaching the end of the path and turning back to go home the rest

of the walk all I was thinking about was the man and what he was up to something about his look just Gave me a bad feeling I got to the house and opened the front door closing it behind me and taking my shoes off but before I even started walking away I heard a thump right outside the door it startled me having come so quickly after I'd gotten inside I leaned over and looked through the peephole it was The Man From the Path standing on the porch and staring at the door his face was completely

blank no smile or frown just Empty I cracked open the door are you okay the man looked at me with his emotionless eyes and didn't say a word I asked again if he was okay or if he needed anything but he didn't speak getting weirded out I closed the door and went back to looking out the peephole the man stayed there for at least a whole minute then walked off to the side of the door until he was out of my view I looked over seeing the window Curtains were open giving the man A View

into my house for some reason now I didn't want the man to see me so I was afraid to go close the curtains all he could probably view though was the Christmas tree and the couch but it was still really unnerving knowing he was looking into my home as I stood in place trying to think of what to do next a dull thud came from outside the window I quickly stepped back and looked Seeing the man slam a large Rock against the glass his eyes were still glazed over with no emotion making it look even

more terrifying I ran and locked myself in a room while I dialed 911 hearing the man continue to repeatedly hit the window after after a few hits there was a pause then it began again but it sounded like he may have moved to hitting the front door this went on for what felt like Several minutes before finally it went quiet when police pulled in the man was nowhere around outside though there were multiple cracks in the window and the door had entire chunks of wood smashed out and laying on the ground the police seemed to

think that it was just an intoxicated person based on the information I told them and he likely had no real reason to Target me specifically whatever the case the way He was acting was just insane and if he had gotten in there's no saying what he would have done I've been a police officer for my county for almost a decade I've seen some crazy and disturbing things sometimes making me question why I even chose this career path but what happened on this night still sticks with me and is often the event that I think about

the most it was nearing the end of winter But where I'm located it stays cold until about mid spring this night I was set to be on patrol of the major highway way for most of my shift on a typical night I would probably stop two or three cars for speeding and otherwise wouldn't do much else sometimes a call for backup would come in but usually Patrol shifts were the most boring and uneventful I was driving along the Highway doing the usual Circle until about 2: a.m. when I passed a car on the side of

the road that wasn't there before its lights were off and it was far on the shoulder of the highway so I didn't see it until I was already passing it I turned off the next exit and made an entire circle taking 15 minutes before I got back to where I'd seen it I was under the assumption it was just an abandoned broken down vehicle that maybe I didn't notice before so I wasn't in a rush I pulled in behind it parking about 15 ft away and leaving my headlights on I called in to report that

I was investigating a presumably empty vehicle on the southbound Highway then I got out with my flashlight and walked up to the car my first impression was of how old it was it looked like something from the 9s and was rusted all over along with dents and scratches I walked up to the driver side Window and held my flashlight up nobody was inside but as I shined it around I happened to notice some really worrying signs there was a pile of clothes in the back seat looking like they belong to a young woman but the

way they were scattered around just didn't look right I moved around to the other side of the vehicle but a faint sound from behind me caught my attention I quickly turned and pointed my flashlight out into the woods Surrounding the highway and immediately the sound stopped but I had heard enough to know that it was foot steps someone was walking out there maybe even watching me I yelled out directing them to move into the light with their hands raised a moment passed then I yelled again but it was silent I felt my heart beating in

my chest as I called in to update on the situation and get back up to come I Stood there staring into the woods and honestly fearing for my life if something had happened here there would be reason for whoever was out there to try and stop me from finding out I held up my firearm and moved further behind the car still keeping an eye on the tree line but not exposing my whole body the next 5 minutes were brutally nerve-wracking but finally another officer pulled on to the scene and right Away I heard footsteps sprinting

further into the woods we immediately got to searching the vehicle and it was clear that something was going on but searching the woods in the middle of the night while someone likely dangerous was out there was not a safe option along with indicators of violence we found an empty ammo package so it's also likely that they had a firearm on them knowing someone was out there Watching me the whole time maybe even having me in the sights of the their weapon is one of the most unnerving feelings even to just think about the following day

we were able to get more information and run a more thorough investigation but the car was untraceable and although some shoe prints were found in the woods they faded out pretty quick without any direction what really happened that night Still Remains an open case with no Leads on suspects or victims which now is just just left me unable to stop thinking about it 4 years ago I rented an Airbnb to stay in for the holidays I was seeing my family for the week of Christmas so I got a place that was just a few miles

away when I arrived on December 20th everything was exactly as I thought it was the place was a very regular house in a very normal Neighborhood overall I was satisfied I'd gotten there around 6:00 on that first day though and I didn't feel like going out to see anyone until I'd gotten a good night's rest so I stayed in and relaxed for the rest of the night watching some TV and even getting a little bit of work done as well I got in bed just before 10:00 and fell asleep but in the middle of the

night I slowly woke to a noise coming from Downstairs I was still half asleep and didn't even check the time but it sounded like a few small thumps against the wall coming from somewhere in the house as I listened to the noises I didn't really feel worried or anything but rather just thought that it was the house making these sounds I only stayed awake for a minute before drifting into sleep again and I don't recall waking up any other times during the night by morning I had forgotten and didn't Even think about those noises I

was hearing again I was pretty sure it was just the AC unit or something anyway I let my family know I'd made it into town and we got our PL set for dinner at their place I relaxed at the Airbnb for the whole morning and afternoon until I was ready to head out I grabbed my bag and keys then walked up to the front door to exit the house but when I opened it I was face to face With a man standing right in front of me on the porch it completely caught me off guard

and I just stood there looking at him for a second before even saying anything can I help you I asked the man didn't knock or ring the doorbell which made me start thinking of how long he could have been standing there for and just why he was here to begin with he didn't respond to my question though and instead just nodded then walked Away I watched him go down to the sidewalk and just continue walking down the street until he was gone I can't see any situation where this wouldn't be strange and creepy why was

he at the Airbnb and for how long was he standing there without knocking I made sure the place was locked up then drove to my parents house for dinner with the family I brought up the situation as an interesting story and everyone else Seemed to think it was just as creepy as I thought dinner was still nice and we had plenty of other great conversations catching up on life and everything but that whole night I couldn't stop thinking about that man and if my things I'd left at the Airbnb were going to be stolen or

something I ended up leaving the dinner get together around 9:00 and getting back to the Airbnb 15 minutes later I parked in the driveway and walked up to The front door looking around for any obvious signs of someone having been there while I was gone but I didn't see anything I unlocked the door and stepped in I walked down to the end of the hallway and into the kitchen dropping my keys and bag on the counter but then there was a sudden thump it was just the same as the ones I'd heard the previous night

but now that I was downstairs it was far louder and clearly cly coming from one side of The house I slowly stepped into the room near where the sound was coming from but then the thump came again from a door right next to me I jumped back getting a surge of adrenaline and then after staring at the door for a few seconds I could hear the faint sound of heavy breathing from the other side I grabbed my keys and ran for my car I still didn't know exactly what was Going on but I was not

going to stay to find out on my own I called 911 and waited for them to arrive when they did I watched them go in and search for a few minutes then they came out and told me something horrifying the door the person was behind was the garage door which showed signs of distress from the person likely trying to break the lock and get inside unknown to me there was a side door connect connected to the garage That led outside which had been left unlocked by whoever had stayed here before me I didn't ever plan

to use the garage so I never checked it whether the man I'd seen on the porch was the same person that was in the garage is unknown but just knowing that I was asleep while someone was right below me trying to break into the house is terrifying what they were trying to achieve after breaking in we have no way Of knowing obviously after that though I went and stayed at a hotel for the rest of the week but I still find myself thinking about that situation even 4 years later it was early December I was

at home this night spending my day off inside by the fireplace it was way too cold and snowy out for my liking I did a bunch of things around The house that needed to get done but otherwise it was a relaxing day I had the news running in the background listening to How high winds and possible blizzards were to be expected starting tonight by 5: I was already starting to notice it getting worse outside I sat on the couch and turned on a different Channel around 7 though I could hear wind slamming against the house

and it really did sound like there was a Blizzard I got up and went to the window facing the backyard to see how it looked outside at first all I saw was snow rushing to the ground with almost no visibility but then I saw something else a figure walking through my back backyard my backyard was pretty big and didn't have a fence so it wouldn't have been that unexpected if it weren't for the blizzard going on outside whoever was out there was just walking at a regular Pace going toward The end of my yard before

the snow and darkness took over any sight I had of them I stayed by the window for a minute trying to catch one more look and figure out what they were doing but I didn't see anything I was honestly scared for them but also couldn't see why they'd be out there at all the end of my yard that they were walking to led to a road but it wouldn't get them anywhere for Miles which was not doable on foot I went back to the TV but I still Couldn't help thinking about it and only 5

minutes later there was a knock at the door I went over and cracked it open it was a man in a heavy winter jacket his nose was bright red and his face was pale white like he'd been out in the cold for a while I couldn't know if this was the same person I'd seen in my backyard but my immediate guess was that it was how can I help you I asked the man let out a humble smile and Spoke through shaking teeth that he was waiting for a ride to pick him up and asked

if he could stay in my house for for a few minutes to shelter from the cold just until the ride got here I took a moment to respond because I actually considered it given the state of the weather it's easy to say that under no circumstance would you let a random man inside your house but when they're practically freezing to death on your Doorstep and asking for your help the answer on what to do isn't as black and white I told him he could wait on my porch which hadn't over overhang that blocked the snow

and offered to give him an old jacket of mine if he needed it the man didn't look too happy but just nodded and went off to the side and sat on the chair I had out there I closed and locked the door then went upstairs to grab my old jacket it was way too big for me and was in horrible Condition but obviously that shouldn't matter in this kind of scenario I picked it up and walked downstairs about to unlock the door and open it but something stopped me just a moment before I don't know

what it was but it made me hesitate I leaned over and looked through the peephole the man was now standing right up against the door with his hand on the Handle like he was preparing to push it open as soon as I unlocked it I felt my heart rate increasing as I took a couple steps back and quietly pulled my phone out to dial 911 as I whispered into the phone I just stared at the door with wide eyes knowing what was waiting for me on the other side once the police said they were on

their way I slowly crept over and looked out Again the man wasn't there not on my porch or anywhere in my front yard he was just gone like he knew that I had called the police nothing else was found that night and no signs of him ever showed up again what he would have done if I had opened the door I can't be sure of but hopefully he never comes back I was visiting my family for the holidays last year they live 15 hours away and I usually try to tough it out In one long

drive but this year snow had come early and made driving a lot slower so I was prepared to stop at a hotel somewhere along the way I didn't book anything in advance since I didn't know how far I'd get before wanting to stop I was just going to pull into wherever and see if they had a room available when I left it was barely snowing but the further out I got the more snow seemed to be coming down roads were still clear but everyone was Definitely driving more slow and carefully around 8 hours into the

drive I still hadn't made it halfway there I was getting frustrated as it was already 900 p.m. and it was just taking so long I should have been over halfway there at this point but now I felt like I had to keep going so that my drive tomorrow wouldn't be even longer the snow had let up a little bit but it still had accumulated on the road because there were no plow Trucks I drove as long as I could making it to 12:00 a.m. before deciding I'd had enough and needed some sleep I pulled off

the next exit and into a small motel parking lot it was a long one-story building with 10 or so rooms as expected it wasn't the nicest looking place the outside looked really old and even the lights on the sign were dim and half burnt out I parked in a random place near the rooms and got out walking up to the main Entrance area inside it was a very small room with a front desk but there was a sign propped up on the counter it said be back in 15 with a little picture of a coffee

cup on it the chances of me arriving while the worker was taking their break just showed my lack of luck on this drive I walked out out and back to my car but this time when I looked around the parking lot I noticed something that I hadn't before it was completely empty I stood there in the cold and looked for a minute and didn't see a single car and from the looks of it it didn't look like any cars had even been in the parking lot tonight I got back in my car and turned on

the heat to warm up while I waited seeing no cars and no body at the desk had me second guessing whether the sign was actually for someone taking a break there were no places within 15 Minutes anyway so I don't know where they could have driven off to if they were taking a break I sat back and tried to think of what to do next but my eyes and head were so tired and I ended up passing out in my seat when I woke up a few hours must have passed the snow had started pouring

down again and the wind was making my car sway I sat up and looked toward the Front entrance of the motel but immediately made eye contact with a man peering in through my window I jolted back as he stepped away and yelled something toward the parking lot I looked behind him seeing a truck on the other side another man got out of the driver's side and started walking up the one by me then walked around my car trying all the door handles I snapped out of it and put my car in Reverse trying to back

out before The wheels spun under me now the men were moving quicker one yelling at the other to come over to his side and break the back window I continued moving my car back and forth trying to get through the thick patch of snow but the sudden shattering of the back window only made it harder I I was trying everything now as one of the men was reaching in for the door handle and just when he put half of His body through the window and open the door I finally got traction and spun the car

around the man fell out and the other tried to get in his truck to follow me as I turned the car and made my way out of the parking lot once I was back on the road though they stopped following me although I don't feel like it was entirely my fault I definitely should have not let myself fall asleep in that parking lot Especially in the middle of nowhere like that what those men had planned could have been anything they were obviously prepared though and it almost seemed like they knew that this Motel parking lot

was an easy place to Target people but whatever it was I'll will probably never know for