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00:06of our latest videos this all started after i moved into a new apartment with a roommate
00:15i was 22 finishing my last year of university and needed a place close to campus
00:22the apartment was on the third floor of an older building
00:24the girl i shared it with was named alina we weren't friends the university housing office
00:33matched us based on availability she studied architecture and spent most of her time on campus
00:40so we didn't talk much the first strange thing happened in early march
00:47when one evening i returned home after my tutoring shift and found alina standing in the kitchen
00:53she said something about thinking i had called her name earlier while she was in the shower
01:00i told her i hadn't she didn't say much after that but she seemed confused now at first i thought she
01:09had misheard something from the hallway or maybe even outside then a few nights later she brought it up
01:16again she said she heard me calling her name during the night according to her the voice came from the
01:24direction of the living room i had been asleep the entire time and didn't recall waking up or saying
01:30anything i didn't sleepwalk or talk in my sleep at least not that i knew of by the end of the week
01:38alina started closing her door at night and keeping it locked she also stopped leaving her bedroom light
01:45on like she usually did i assumed she just needed more rest or maybe she was under stress from school
01:53there was no clear reason to feel uneasy at that point then a week passed without anything unusual
02:01alina and i went about our schedules she stayed busy with late nights at the studio and i spent more time
02:07at home working on my final papers then one night while reading in bed i heard something faint i paused and
02:18listened again now i assumed it was alina as her door was across from mine and she often came home late but i
02:35never heard the front door open a few seconds later i stepped out to check the hallway was empty and her
02:43door was closed in the morning i asked her what time she got back she said she had stayed at a friend's
02:51place overnight to finish a project i didn't mention what i heard then later that week i came home in the
02:59evening and found the kitchen light on and alina's door was slightly open but she wasn't home i turned
03:08off the light and went to my room that same night i heard the same sound again moving past my door but
03:15slower this time they didn't continue down the hallway and stopped just outside but when i opened the door
03:24there was no one i started locking my bedroom door after that around the same time i noticed another
03:33small detail the bathroom mirror began fogging up randomly even when no one had used the shower
03:41i told myself it was nothing the building was old the weather was getting warmer and these things
03:48could be explained but after that i avoided walking around in the dark even just to get water alina
03:57stayed quiet during all of this and we barely spoke she didn't bring up the voice again and i didn't
04:04mention the things i was starting to notice but i could tell she had changed her routine like she no
04:10longer stayed up late working in the kitchen by the middle of april i had stopped sleeping through the night
04:18i would wake up at random hours without a sound to explain it my door stayed locked but i often
04:25woke with the feeling that something had just left the hallway i started keeping my phone close
04:31checking the time every time i opened my eyes and it was always between 2 and 4 a.m
04:39one night i woke to the sound of soft breathing very close to the door
04:48it wasn't loud but it was steady i sat up and waited not moving after about 10 seconds the sound
05:00faded when i checked through the peephole in the door there was nothing the next day i asked alina
05:07directly if she had ever heard anything else anything more than just her name
05:12she hesitated then said yes she admitted she had heard footsteps too sometimes even while she was
05:22awake and in bed she also said the voice started saying other words whispers she couldn't fully
05:29understand she didn't want to talk about it any further that night she packed a small bag and left to
05:37stay with a friend indefinitely i stayed alone for the last two weeks of the lease i didn't sleep well
05:44until the day i move out i never found out where the voice came from i never saw anything never caught
05:52anyone but it always seemed to come when i was alone and the only thing that made it stop was leaving that
06:01apartment this happened two years ago in the spring of 2021 i was 23 at the time living in a shared two
06:21bedroom apartment just outside the city i moved in a few months earlier with my roommate claire
06:28she worked long shifts at a bakery so i often had the place to myself in the evenings
06:36i was working at a retail store then and still adjusting to life away from home
06:41i didn't know many people in the city except for mark mark had been my friend since childhood
06:49we went to school together spent weekends at each other's houses and even shared family holidays once
06:55after college he moved to the same city i did though for a different job we hadn't been as close in
07:03recent years but we still met up for coffee or lunch sometimes when i told mark i had moved into a new
07:10place with claire he seemed genuinely happy for me a few weeks after i settled in i introduced him to claire
07:19and everything seemed fine at first he brought a small cake and stayed for about an hour but after
07:27that he started visiting more often at first he texted to ask if i was home then he began showing up
07:35without notice usually in the evenings one time he brought flowers he said they were for claire as a
07:43thank you for letting him hang around claire didn't say much she put the flowers on the table and that was
07:50it but over the next few weeks i noticed mark mentioning claire more often he asked questions
07:57about her schedule her likes and dislikes i thought maybe he was interested in her but he never said anything
08:04directly claire didn't bring it up either so i didn't think it was a big deal
08:10then one night i came home a bit earlier than usual and mark was already there sitting in the
08:18living room so i asked how he got in and he said when he knocked the door it was unlocked from inside
08:27and that was the first time i started to feel something wasn't right but i still didn't have a
08:33clear reason to say anything as i had known him for years i didn't tell him to stop coming but i made
08:40sure he only visited when i was around i also told claire to keep the door locked at all times one evening
08:48i came home from work and found claire sitting on the edge of the couch looking tense she didn't say
08:55anything at first but i could tell something was bothering her i asked if something had happened
09:03after a pause she said mark had come by while i was out she hadn't let him in but he waited outside
09:10the building for a while before leaving i asked her why she didn't tell me earlier that he made her uneasy
09:18she said she didn't want to cause trouble between us because she knew we had been friends for a long time
09:23the next day i sent mark a message telling him not to come over without checking first
09:30he didn't reply for a few hours then wrote back saying he understood after that he stopped showing
09:38up for a while almost two weeks went by with no visits or messages i thought maybe things had settled
09:46down then one night i woke up to the sound of movement in the kitchen
09:53it was around 2 a.m at first i thought claire might be getting a glass of water
10:00but when i stepped out i saw mark standing there he didn't look surprised to see me i asked how he got
10:08in he said the front door was open but i knew we had locked it as i checked it every night before bed
10:15and claire never left it open either so i told him to leave immediately he didn't argue and just walked
10:24out without saying much in the morning i spoke to claire she was shocked and said she hadn't heard anything
10:33that same day we asked the landlord to replace the lock and add a deadbolt claire didn't want to stay
10:40alone anymore even for short periods and i couldn't blame her mark had crossed a line and it was no
10:48longer about being socially awkward or too friendly i didn't hear from mark for a few days but i blocked
10:56his number and all social media accounts then one afternoon while i was at work claire texted me
11:04she said she saw mark standing across the street from our building
11:07he stayed there for almost 30 minutes before walking away that evening we went to the local police
11:14station and reported everything the officer we spoke to took down the details and explained that
11:20they couldn't arrest him without a clear threat or proof of trespassing but they would file a report
11:26and issue a formal warning we also told our landlord what had been going on he agreed to install a
11:33security camera above the entrance and gave us both new keys the front door lock was changed again
11:41a few months later a mutual friend from our hometown messaged me to say that mark had quit his job and
11:46moved away without telling anyone he didn't leave a forwarding address and no one knew where he went
11:54but looking back i still don't fully understand why his behavior changed the way it did
11:59maybe there were things going on in his life that i didn't know about maybe he had been like that all
12:07along and i hadn't noticed all i know is that the person i trusted for years someone who had been part of
12:15my childhood and most of my life had made both of us feel unsafe in our own home but i learned that just
12:23because you've known someone a long time doesn't mean you really know who they are
12:39this happened last year when i was 26 and living in a two-bedroom apartment with evelyn
12:46she worked as a pediatric nurse the apartment was on the third floor of a nice building near the edge of downtown
12:53the layout was very simple two bedrooms one shared bathroom and a balcony overlooking a parking lot
13:02we had lived there together for almost a year and there were no major problems
13:07until the first incident occurred on a tuesday evening in early spring
13:12i had just returned home after a long shift then about 20 minutes later there was a knock at the door
13:19i opened it a man stood outside holding a pizza bag he wore a red jacket with a local pizzeria logo
13:27printed on the chest he checked a printed receipt and asked if the unit belonged to someone named evelyn
13:35and mentioned it was third floor i turned slightly and saw evelyn coming out of her room
13:41she looked toward the doorway then said she had not ordered a pizza the man stood still for a few seconds
13:50then said there may have been a mix-up with the unit number then he turned and left without further
13:56explanation now it seemed like a simple mistake and neither of us thought much of it
14:02a few nights later the same man returned he was holding a pizza box again but this time there was no
14:11printed receipt or order slip visible evelyn stood nearby but i noticed she didn't step closer to the door
14:21the man looked at her briefly said he would double check the address and then left without insisting
14:27it happened again the following week but this time the logo on the box was from a different restaurant
14:36he said the order was under evelyn's name but again she hadn't ordered anything
14:43by the third time the situation no longer seemed like an honest mistake now i also noticed that evelyn
14:50started coming home later than usual she said it was because of extended shifts at the hospital
14:56but she looked more tired than before then one evening i returned home earlier than usual
15:03and as i unlocked our apartment door i noticed someone standing a few cars down in the parking lot
15:09leaning against a vehicle i didn't recognize him immediately as he wasn't in a delivery uniform
15:17but the posture and face were familiar it was the same man who had come to the door with the pizzas
15:24that night evelyn admitted she had seen him more than once outside her workplace
15:30once near the parking garage once across the street when she was waiting for the bus
15:36she said he didn't say anything those times but he stared for too long
15:42she also said she had noticed him near her car once in the hospital lot leaning over as if checking
15:47something she had turned around before reaching him and walked back inside she hadn't told anyone
15:55before because she wasn't sure it was the same person we decided to report the incidents to the apartment
16:01office first they asked for a description but said they couldn't do much unless the man entered the
16:07building without permission or caused a disturbance we considered calling the police but evelyn hesitated
16:16the man hadn't technically done anything so in the morning evelyn spoke to hospital security
16:22and she gave them a detailed description of the man they agreed to check the parking lot footage from
16:28the past week she also requested an escort to her car for evening shifts at least until things felt normal
16:35again they told her they'd flag any suspicious presence but unless he approached or caused a disturbance
16:44there wasn't much they could do i checked with our building manager again but this time i asked if
16:50there were cameras facing the back entrance or the stairwell landing he said the only camera available
16:56was at the front door and admitted it didn't record it was just for show that same night evelyn parked
17:04a few blocks away instead of in our usual lot she said she wanted to see if anyone was watching the building
17:10when she came home she told me the man wasn't there then two days later something weird happened
17:20our neighbor across the hall asked me if someone new had moved in with us i said no she said she had
17:28seen a man coming up our stairwell around 6 pm the previous day and just stood outside our door for a while
17:36then left after that we decided to install a small camera inside the apartment facing the front door
17:43from the inside we also placed a second one near the balcony behind a planter box the footage from the
17:51second night showed something at 2 13 am someone stood outside our door he stayed for almost three minutes
18:01then walked back down the hallway we filed a report with the police and submitted the video they said
18:08they would investigate but we never heard back with updates evelyn didn't wait she broke her lease early
18:16and moved out within two weeks
18:27i never really thought much about sharing a room with someone as at 15 it just felt normal
18:34everyone at school had a roommate and honestly i figured it'd be kind of fun like sleepovers every
18:40night but it wasn't like that my roommate was mira she wasn't mean or anything she didn't try to make
18:49friends or hang out i thought maybe she was just shy or introverted some girls are like that
18:58it was in october when the fire alarm suddenly went off at midnight the red light outside our door was flashing
19:06and i could already hear people in the hallway yelling and running i grabbed my coat and looked over at
19:12mira's bed but she wasn't there i called her name once but when i got no answer i figured maybe she was
19:21already downstairs outside all the girls were gathered near the courtyard while the teachers did roll call
19:29someone said it was just a drill not a real fire i kept looking around for mira but she wasn't anywhere
19:40so i told one of the supervisors she was missing they didn't seem too worried and said maybe she was with
19:46another group but when i got back to the room she was there sitting on her bed like nothing had happened
19:54i stood there for a moment and asked her where she'd been she didn't answer right away then she said
20:04i stayed here as i wanted to see if you'd leave me behind and smiled a little like it meant something
20:12only she understood i didn't know what to say it didn't even sound like a joke and the way she looked at
20:21me after saying it made it worse i barely slept that night in the morning i noticed the window on my
20:29side wouldn't open the latch was jammed with something sharp like it had been wedged in on purpose
20:37i didn't think too much of it until later that day when i went to grab my extra room key from the drawer
20:44and it was missing that night i found it half sticking out from under mira's pillow i didn't
20:51ask her about it as i didn't want to hear whatever answer she had but after that i started pushing the
20:58dresser in front of the door before going to sleep then two days later i told the school counselor
21:05everything she didn't say much but that same evening they moved me to another room mira didn't
21:14come back after winter break and things just went on but i still think about what she said that night
21:23the way she waited for me to leave like i failed some quiet test i didn't know i was part of
21:29and maybe that's what gets to me most not knowing what she really meant or what she might have done if i
21:38had stayed
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