I was staying at a cabin in Canada it's a familyowned lodge nothing too big or fancy just something my grandparents built and kept up with so every now and again someone in the family would enjoy a getaway there this was just after the new year I planned to stay three nights at the cabin it was out in the middle of nowhere on some Off the Grid property that I had to get to by snowmobile which was normal around this time of year when I got there I fired up the wood heater and set up my stuff in the bedroom within just 30 minutes I started to feel the scent of relief that I was hoping for time felt to move slower out here and there was nothing to crowd my mind with I could just just lay back and enjoy the peace and quiet the rest of that day and night was nice I got up in the morning at Sunrise making breakfast on top of the wood stove then I bundled up to head outside and grab more wood when I opened the front door I was taken aback there were footprints in the snow coming right up to the cabin I immediately stepped outside and looked around the then I followed them for a while they led into the woods with no signs of going toward the road which was several miles away how could they be way out here and not have taken a snowmobile and why were they out here to begin with I was really confused especially with them having to have come up to the cabin during the middle of the night otherwise I would have heard them in the morning I got wood from the shed and brought it inside I debated leaving but I figured if they came by and didn't do anything then it must have been an accident not to mention how much of a hassle it was to get to and from the cabin it just would have made this trip a huge waste to leave now I sat by the fire and just kept a look out for the next couple hours I didn't see anything as the sun got higher and the temperature got warmer I threw my jacket back on and wanted to go for a walk in the woods to pass the time I decided I might as well take the opportunity to see if the footprints LED anywhere maybe I'd find another cabin or something which would put my mind at ease I followed them into the woods I walked for probably 20 minutes not passing any signs of anything it was just one continuous trail of prints in the snow going through the woods until I suddenly heard something ahead of me I whipped my head up and looked ahead it was suddenly quiet and everything was still just endless trees and snow I knew what I heard was the crunch of a footstep there was no mistaking it I felt Goosebumps all over my body as I knew someone was out there in front of me having to be hiding behind one of the trees they probably just noticed me and quick head maybe 10 or 15 ft from where I was hello is someone out there there was no response not even the slightest sound as the tension grew I felt like I had to do something I decided to turn around and run back to the cabin I packed everything as quickly as I could locked up the cabin and took the snowmobile back to the road I don't know what happened at that cabin or what was going to happen but I have no doubt that that person in the woods was the same person who came by in the middle of the night them being on the way back to my cabin only shows that it was no accident I haven't been back to the cabin after that every year around the end of February me and my good friend Justin take a camping trip to the same place we both did a lot of backpacking and camping but there was always something different and nice about camping in a snowy forest with the right gear it wasn't all that unsafe either this year we got there and set up our tents built up a campfire and enjoyed a couple drinks around the Flames it wasn't really that long after we got there that we suddenly heard something horrifying it was this dark scream in the distance echoing across the landscape it only lasted a few seconds then it went quiet again both of us jumped up from our chairs though startled by it it sounded too far for us to even have a chance at seeing who it was but we looked in that direction anyway Justin seemed to think that it had to be an animal just making an eerily human sound because there was no way someone else was out here I was pretty sure it had to be a person but either way we didn't really know what to do about it other than wait and see if we heard it again a while passed and nothing else came the sun started to set and the temperature started dropping we grabbed some more wood to put into the fire and made food but then again out of nowhere that scream sounded it was closer like maybe only 200 ft away from where our camp was Justin and I looked at each other both thinking that we should probably check it out before the sun was fully set I grabbed my knife just in case and we both bundled up and headed into the woods we tried to walk cautiously unsure what exactly we were walking up on we had maybe gotten 150 ft out when we heard it one more time from almost right next to us I stopped and stared in that direction but there was nothing there I glanced at Justin and he seemed as worried as I was we must have Stood Still and waited there for nearly 5 minutes before Justin started slowly stepping forward again he passed a few trees when he suddenly stopped and I could sense the fear through his body language I stepped up next to him and I almost threw up there was a deer carcass laying in the snow definitely having been put down recently then I felt Justin's hand tap on my shoulder I lifted my gaze up and standing across the forest there was a person he was just standing there wearing hardly any winter clothing and he was watching us us almost like he was observing us Justin tapped on my shoulder harder and I understood what he meant both of us left and hurried back to our camp we didn't even speak as we packed our things in a rush and got out of the area I don't think there's an explanation for what we saw or who that was out there or even if that was the person we heard screaming after that we stopped going to our camping spot and settled on a different area hoping to never come across something like that again it was the day before Christmas Eve I had hopped in my car to do a few door Dash deliveries Hing the holiday season would bring in some better tips it was around 11:00 p. m. when I got this order it was a normal one just a bag of food to drop off at their house most of my previous orders were actually grocery deliveries probably because stores would be closing up for the next 2 days the address on this one was far though farther than I'd usually be willing to drive but with not many other orders coming through I I took it anyway it was lightly snowing outside and the roads were very quiet making the drive peaceful the house was not in an average neighborhood though when I pulled up to what I thought was going to be the entrance to the neighborhood it was actually just a thin path through the trees with a small cabin looking home at the end I pulled down and parked getting out with the food I walked up to the door and gave it a few Knocks inside I could hear chatter like a group of people laughing and talking over each other it sounded like so many people I was actually confused on how they could all fit in such a small cabin there was also something strange about the way it sounded that just didn't seem right something was off then the door opened a man stood in front of me in the contrast to what I expected had me put off for a second the inside of the house was still motionless nobody was running around and most of the lights weren't even on and yet the sound of a huge holiday party was coming from the small room at the end of the hallway the man smiled at me why don't you come bring the food inside they'll be happy to see you that was an odd thing to say I began stuttering trying to say no and make up an excuse but the men interrupted they just want to thank you for working during the holidays you'll be glad you stopped by all the while he was saying these strange and honestly creepy things the chatter in the back of the cabin continued until it suddenly cut out just like that the cabin was quiet it was like a recording or tape had stopped playing the man looked back for a moment clearly not expecting that to happen and before he could do anything I dropped the bag on the porch and ran back to my car I got in and drove away I stopped doing deliveries for the night and just stayed home for the rest of the holidays I know nothing actually happened at that cabin but it's how disturbingly strange everything was and the thoughts of what could have happened that still freaks me out it was the day after Christmas and I worked at a small family-owned grocery store as an overnight stalker I'm not even sure why I was scheduled this night because we were closed for Christmas and it was probably really slow during the day so there wasn't much for me to do as far as stocking I spent the first hour filling what little needed to be filled on the shelves but then I kind of just wandered around as I was walking past the front of the store I noticed a person outside unusually close to the building for this time of night it looked like he was just walking around but he quickly noticed me looking at him and in instead of going away he came closer to the window he didn't say anything or try knocking he just stared at me I felt really uneasy and wasn't sure what to do after a few seconds of him not looking away I turned and walked away from the window I guess I was just trying to play it off like I wasn't bothered that was very strange though like no normal person acts like that I waited a few minutes before going back to the front of the store and looking out the window he was gone I sigh in relief then continued walking around the store to pass the time I was just weaving in and out of the aisles fixing up some of the shelves maybe 10 minutes had passed when I rounded the corner at the end of one of the aisles and immediately stopped walking there were several boxes that had fallen off the shelf and were scattered on the floor they weren't small things either that could have just tipped over they had to have been knocked down or moved by someone just as I was trying to process it I heard something from down the aisle a soft but deep and Eerie laugh like a man quietly laughing right around the end of the aisle it almost sounded unnatural like a grown adult giggling like a child part of me thought about going to confront him but when I remembered the man I saw by the window they were fairly big and could have had something hidden in their jacket I ran to the front and out the doors getting in my car and calling the police they pulled in 10 minutes later and the man inside the store was gone we later got hold of the security tapes and saw him find a way in through a side door and as he hid behind the aisle laughing at me he held a knife in his hand some kind of small switchblade cops think he wasn't sober and I don't disagree but I also don't think it changes anything I could have died that night if things had gone any differently it was New Year's Eve I was never a big party person but on big nights like these I almost always got peer pressured into going out this year my friend was hosting a party at his place he was kind of known as the rich friend because he had a big house with land and everything my buddy Trav picked me up around 99: and we drove to the party there were maybe 20 or 30 people there nothing too crazy but enough to get me drinking more than I should have we played some drinking games and watched the ball drop and overall it was a good time around 3:00 a.
m. though I was ready to leave but I found Trav passed out on a bed upstairs figuring he and probably nobody else here was sober enough to drive I went outside and ordered an Uber it said they were 10 minutes away so I sat down on the curb at the end of the driveway and waited his house wasn't really near any big roads it was kind of away from everything nice and quiet which was good for me to relax after a night like that I just sat there and curled up under my jacket and waited for the ride for what felt like only 4 or 5 minutes when a car pulled up Uber the guy called out I jumped up and got in kind of startled by how I'd lost track of time like like that I guess I really was wasted I got settled in the back seat and he started driving the man looked like he was 50ish with short dark hair and a thick beard big party tonight he asked oh yeah I guess so I responded though I wasn't much in the mood for small talk he glanced at me in the mirror and something about the look he gave me just made me uncomfortable I really don't know why at the time I thought I was just overthinking it I put my head back and closed my eyes trying to rest for the remainder of the ride but only a minute later my phone dinged I opened my eyes immediately making eye contact with the driver in the mirror he was already looking at me I awkwardly glanced away and pulled my phone out my stomach tightened and my face went pale it was a message from The Uber app a text saying the driver just arrived at the pickup location and a following text from the driver asking where I was I looked back up at the mirror the Man's eyes were locked on me I put my phone back in my pocket leaned my head back and closed my eyes again inside I was freaking out and terrified but I tried to play it off like I didn't know anything 30 seconds later I felt the car slowing down and when I peaked out the window I saw we were at an intersection with a red light as soon as the car stopped I opened the door and jumped out Midway through getting out he started driving which made me fall in the pavement but I got up and sprinted away he drove off after that I don't know who that man was but seemingly he was going around on New Year's night and picking up random drunk people waiting for Ubers there were so many signs I missed like the fact we weren't even going in the direction of my home I was just too out of it to think straight honestly I never even should have gotten in the car without checking my phone where he would have taken me and what would have happened is unknown it was the first weekend of February I was at home having the days off of work everything was pretty regular but sometime in the middle of the day on Saturday I thought I heard something from upstairs it was a thud just one and not very alarmingly louder or anything I'd never heard it before which was the only reason I went up to see if I could figure out what it was I didn't find anything though I wasn't worried and hardly thought about it for the rest of the day hours later and as I was winding down for the night sitting on the couch and barely keeping my eyes open there was another thud almost identical to the last again I looked around and saw nothing I even opened the door to the spare bedroom which was entirely empty and looked around not seeing anything maybe it was an animal on the roof or just a house making strange noises I went to bed that night not too long after the next day I got up and went downstairs like usual to make coffee and breakfast as I did something felt off like as I walked around the kitchen and made breakfast things seemed like they had been moved the cereal and chips I had in the pantry just didn't look like they were where I'd left them obviously I didn't purposefully try to remember the order if they were in or anything so I couldn't confirm it I just had that weird feeling like it wasn't right which I didn't know how it could be possible I tried to pay more attention to things the rest of that morning but eventually I forgot about it I think I was I was caught up on how impossible it would have been so I had to be mistaken the rest of that day I was downstairs watching TV and doing some chores it was just after Sunset when I heard that same thought again I stood up to go check on it just like every time before but as I approached the stairs I heard a click it was very quiet but was definitely a click of some kind I went up to the top of the steps and listened for a second then looked around my bedroom finding nothing then I went over to the spare bedroom figuring I'd might as well check again I grabbed the handle and turned it but it stopped halfway it was locked from the other side blood rushed from my face and my heart stung from the sudden panic I took a few weak steps away from the door feeling like my my legs were giving out but I brought myself together when I heard movement behind the door approaching the other side I started to run back down the stairs as I heard another click followed by the door creaking open I left out the front door and ran to the end of the street where I called 911 when searching the home they found no one but in the spare bedroom closet there were grocery bags and a blanket someone had been trying to live in there at least for those 2 days but probably even longer without me knowing likely they were coming out at night while I was sleeping to go downstairs and eat and drink and do whatever it sends chills through me just thinking about it thankfully they seem to have left for good after that night what they would have done had I found them is something I never even want to know [Music] I was staying inside for the night it was really cold outside with a heavy snowstorm coming through our town I had the TV playing my comfort show and I was half asleep on the couch when I heard footsteps approaching outside my front door their boots were loud enough to get my attention and wake me up I looked at the door but they didn't knock they stood there for a few seconds then their boots took a couple more steps before it suddenly went quiet it sounded like they stepped off the porch and into the snow which I could no longer hear confused I got up and looked out the window the snowstorm was worse than I thought it was almost completely white outside making it hard to see more than a few feet past the window barely I could make out shoeprints in the snow coming off the porch why did they just step off the porch like that and what were they even doing outside right now with the weather I couldn't really get any more answers I checked out the side and back windows for any more shoe prints in case they walked around my house but I didn't see much of anything I went back to the couch and laid down I felt it was weird but I didn't want to overreact about it an hour or so went by and there was nothing else the soft Rumble of the snowstorm outside and the low volume of the TV made my eyes heavy slowly putting me to sleep when my eyes eventually opened it was still very dark the TV was on its timeout screen showing it was 3:00 a. m.
the snowstorm was still going strong but strangely it was much louder as I continued to wake up I began realizing it was extremely loud like the sound was clear and crisp not muffled by the windows my eyes darted fully open and I got up I turned on the light next to me seeing water spots all over the room going right to the front door which was wide open snow was pouring into the house and bootprints were outlined in the water going through the hallway I could kind of make out the same bootprints leaving the house but I wasn't sure I got my phone and locked myself in the bathroom as I called for help turned out whoever broke in had already left it seemed they came in and looked around for something specific and after not finding it they just walked back out into the blizzard while they were in my home they either somehow didn't notice me on the couch or crept past me quietly looking around my house without waking me even the idea of it creeps the hell out of me I haven't had a good night's sleep after that constantly waking up in the middle of the night startled by Every Little Creek [Music] it was just before Christmas school was out but my parents still worked during the day I was an only child which meant I had the whole house alone and could do whatever I wanted all day while they were gone this was just another weekday I think Tuesday and my parents left for work at 9:00 I immediately fired up my PC in my bedroom and started gaming strangely only 15 or 20 minutes after my parents had left there was a knock at the front door being young and not used to answering the door alone I chose to ignore it I tried not to make too much noise for the next little bit because I didn't want them to think anyone was home hoping they would just leave I didn't hear any more knocks so I continued on with my day I was playing video games for way too long honestly like 3 or 4 hours straight before I even got up from my desk to make some breakfast I went downstairs and portable of cereal then started walking back to bring it upstairs when I noticed the front door was unlocked I thought that was weird because my parents always remember to lock it and usually would leave through the garage anyway I went over and slid the lock down then went back up to my room I think it was around 1 or 2 p. m.
