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00:00this happened two years ago on Halloween of 2023 I'm a 25 year old male but at the time of this
00:22story I was 22 I had a long day of work due to a festival we had where we had parents bring
00:28their kids to the center for various activities such as many different competitive games a costume
00:33contest trivia for candy and a kids verse parents dodgeball game overall it was a very fun time but
00:41it was definitely tiring for context I'm a community worker so doing community events is
00:46pretty much what I do on a normal basis but it's also draining if that makes sense anyway after it
00:53was all done I went home and was ready to call it a night about an hour after I got home it was
00:59around six something my little sister called me my sister who I'll call Savannah wanted me to take
01:05her and my nephew who I'll call Jackson trick-or-treating because neither our parents nor
01:10Jackson's parents felt like doing it and as it usually goes it fell on me to be the cool big
01:16brother to step in and make it happen Savannah was 15 and Jackson was 11 even though I wasn't
01:22feeling it at all I got up threw some clothes on and headed to my parents house to pick them up
01:28once I got there I asked if they were ready but Savannah was still finalizing her costume
01:33she was dressed up as Raven from Teen Titans she even had the white makeup on to give that ghostly
01:39appearance Raven usually has Jackson was dressed as Sub-Zero from Mortal Kombat once Savannah was done
01:46we got in the car and were on our way I took them to a pretty busy neighborhood to make sure they
01:51got as much candy as possible upon arrival we started going from house to house everyone we
01:58ran into was friendly and had plenty of treats to hand out there was even one house where an older
02:03man gave them each a hot dog and a soda he said every year for Halloween he doesn't hand out candy
02:08he grills food instead because he'd rather give kids something with protein since it's good for the
02:13body honestly we probably need more people like that we passed a lot of other kids and some gave
02:20compliments to Savannah and Jackson's costumes I also saw some really cool costumes myself everyone
02:26in the area seemed to go all out when we hit the last house for the night we started walking back to
02:32the car it was about a 10 minute walk since we had gone pretty far down the neighborhood the
02:37neighborhood was less active now and there weren't as many people out and about that's why I got
02:42alarmed when I looked across the street and saw a person dressed in all black standing in a yard
02:48where there were no porch lights on I'm surprised I even noticed them at all but I tend to always pay
02:53attention to my surroundings when I looked closer it seemed like the person was wearing a hooded cloak
02:59with an all black outfit and a mask because I couldn't see their face at all I honestly couldn't
03:04tell if it was a man or a woman whoever it was they appeared to be looking at us I told Savannah and
03:11Jackson to stay close to me and said there's a suspicious person across the yard look but don't
03:16stare I said that so they could see who I was talking about without encouraging the person to approach or follow
03:22us Jackson laughed and thought it was just someone trying to scare people walking by Savannah though looked
03:28noticeably worried now just to add some context I was carrying a backpack with a glock inside and Savannah knew this
03:35so when I told them to stay close she probably realized I was being serious Jackson was clueless
03:42he's too young for me to tell him that I carry a real gun as we were walking away it looked like
03:48that person was still watching us even though it was hard to tell in the dark we were getting closer
03:53to the car when I suddenly heard heavy footsteps behind us like boots hitting the concrete I turned
03:59around and saw that same person again same outfit all black but this time I could see more clearly
04:05they were wearing a tactical vest tactical boots and black pants tucked into the boots they had
04:11on a full spandex mask that completely covered their face that made the situation way more serious
04:17when you see someone dressed like that the first thing that comes to mind is that they're armed
04:22he's following us I thought I whispered to Savannah and Jackson I need you both to listen very carefully
04:29do not stop walking and do not look back the person I mentioned earlier is following us
04:34they're behind us right now the last thing we want is to alarm them or set them off so just keep your
04:39composure and keep walking I mainly looked at Jackson when saying this because he's younger and might not
04:45fully understand how serious this was Savannah understood completely we kept walking and did
04:52occasional glances behind us the person stayed the same distance away but was still following when we
04:59got to the car they were still coming our way that's when I decided to make a bold move I pulled out my
05:05glock and pointed it at the person I asked why the they're following us the person raised their hands
05:11as if they didn't expect me to do that and slowly removed their mask it was a woman and she looked to be
05:17in her 30s she took her mask off but didn't answer my question she just stared at me blankly I asked again
05:25still pointing the gun why are you following us what she said next made no sense in an almost robotic tone
05:33she said I'm an undercover cop I was told there was a break-in so I came to check it out that's why I was
05:39standing outside that house but when you looked at me funny I assumed you were the one who did it so it would be
05:45wise to lower that weapon or I could have you arrested for threatening an officer of the law
05:49I hesitated but then lowered my gun what else was I supposed to do I didn't want to risk an arrest or
05:56ruin the kid's night but her story didn't make any sense she claimed she got word of a break-in so why
06:02would she just stand outside facing away from the house how did me looking at her funny make her think
06:07I was the one who did it why would I break into a house and then casually walk through the neighborhood
06:11and why was she wearing a hooded cloak all these questions were racing through my mind so I asked
06:18her if you're undercover why are you in tactical gear wouldn't that kind of give away that your law
06:23enforcement and what's the point of the cloak she didn't answer she just stared at me again but this
06:29time her expression changed there was something malicious in her eyes like she was irritated that I
06:35didn't believe her and was deciding what to do next Jackson and Savannah stayed completely quiet
06:40through all of this and she smiled this creepy unsettling smile and said if you didn't have
06:47that gun this night would have ended a hell of a lot different for you right as she finished saying
06:52that I noticed four figures suddenly emerged from between the houses walking toward us all of them
06:58were wearing tactical gear but without the cloak I instantly told Savannah and Jackson to get in the car
07:03keeping my eyes on the woman and the figures once I saw they were in I got into and drove off as I was
07:11leaving the woman was still standing there smiling the others three men and one woman were not smiling
07:17they had blank emotionless faces like they didn't even have souls it's hard to explain the whole car
07:25ride back was silent I'm sure the kids were in shock just like I was I dropped them off made sure they got
07:31in safely then went home to process everything that happened the thing I couldn't shake off was why they
07:37targeted us the neighborhood was full of people walking around so why us I wish I could say it ended
07:44there but it didn't a few days later I got a text from an unknown number it was just a photo no words
07:52the picture was of my car taken in the parking lot of my apartment complex I contacted the police and
07:58told them everything that happened on Halloween night they took the report but they couldn't
08:03investigate unless a direct threat was made typical out of curiosity and maybe stupidity I went back to
08:10that same house where I first saw that woman I knocked on the door and a man in his 40s answered
08:16I asked if they'd experienced a break-in on Halloween night he looked confused and said no he said he went to
08:23bed early because he had work the next morning and didn't notice anything strange I told him what I
08:28saw and he had no idea what I was talking about I thanked him for his time and left at that point
08:35I already knew the undercover cop story was fake but I wanted to do my own little investigation just to
08:40make sense of it whoever that woman and those people were somehow knew my phone number and where I
08:46lived it makes me wonder was that not a random encounter after all were they watching me for a while
08:52were they planning something that night and my being armed threw them off all those thoughts messed
08:58me up and made me feel paranoid for a long time I had to go to therapy and install a ring camera at my
09:03front door just to feel safe again in case you're wondering I haven't been contacted by any unknown
09:09numbers since nothing else has happened since that picture two years later I still think back on that
09:15night writing this out helps me a lot and I'm trying to fully move on from it but if there's one thing I want
09:21people to take away from this it's to always watch your surroundings you never know who might be
09:26watching you it's easy to get caught up in something dangerous just for existing so always stay safe and
09:31protected because I can say with full confidence that being armed that night probably saved our lives
09:37this happened when I was 12 years old it was Halloween day and my family was staying at a small family
09:53resort about an hour away from where we lived my parents wanted to do something different that year
09:58instead of just walking around our neighborhood for trick-or-treating the resort was holding a
10:02Halloween celebration that weekend with a bunch of activities games and even a haunted hayride it
10:08wasn't a big place it had maybe 10 cabins a main lodge a small lake and a long open field where they set up
10:14hayrides and games it was surrounded by woods on all sides during the day it looked normal even kind of
10:21peaceful but once it got dark the woods looked black and creepy and the resort felt a little too quiet we checked in
10:29early that afternoon I remember walking into the cabin and feeling excited because I could smell campfire smoke and
10:35candy apples in the air kids were running around in costumes even though it wasn't dark yet my parents said the
10:41hayride was starting around 7 and there'd be games before that so I went off to play while they unpacked they had
10:47booths where you could toss rings over bottles for candy a costume contest and even a pumpkin carving area everything was
10:54decorated with orange lights and fake spider webs I met another kid around my age there his name was Ryan he
11:01was wearing a skeleton costume and said he and his parents were staying in the next cabin over from ours
11:07we played a few games together and got a good amount of candy as it got closer to seven we saw a crowd of
11:13families walking over to the hayride area the tractor pulling the wagon was parked near a big barn and they had
11:19hay bales lined up inside for people to sit on there were maybe 20 of us who got on the driver wore a
11:25scarecrow mask and there were workers dressed like zombies who would jump out during the ride to scare
11:30people the ride started out fun it was dark by then and they had torches lighting the dirt trail
11:37the tractor moved slowly through the woods and every now and then someone in a costume would appear from
11:42behind a tree or run up to the wagon most people laughed or screamed and then laughed again it felt
11:49like a normal halloween attraction but about halfway through something made me uncomfortable we were
11:54passing through a part of the trail that was darker than the rest the tractor slowed down and I looked
11:59toward the edge of the woods on my side that's when I saw a man standing just outside the torchlight
12:05he wasn't part of the hayride cast I could tell that right away he wasn't wearing a costume that fit the
12:11theme from what I remember he had a black jacket jeans and a baseball cap pulled low over his face
12:18he was just standing there not moving with his hands in his pockets at first I thought maybe he
12:23was one of the workers taking a break but he wasn't doing anything he was only watching at one point I made
12:30eye contact with him or at least I think I did even though his face was shadowed I could feel his eyes
12:36locked on me I turned to look at the people around me to see if anyone else noticed but no one seemed
12:41to when I looked back he was still there in the exact same position I tried to ignore it for the rest
12:48of the ride but I kept thinking about him when the hayride ended and everyone got off I looked back one
12:54more time toward the woods he was gone I didn't mention it to anyone right then I figured maybe I imagined it
13:01or overreacted we went back to the lodge where they had more games and food my parents sat by a
13:08bonfire while Ryan and I went around collecting candy everything seemed normal again about an hour
13:14later I saw him again Ryan and I were standing near the snack table when I noticed someone off to
13:20the side of the crowd it was the same man he wasn't close maybe 30 feet away but he was standing near the
13:27tree line watching again there were a lot of people around so it felt strange that he'd just
13:32be standing there alone I remember my stomach tightening when I realized he was looking in
13:37my direction I tried to get a better look at his face but it was hard because of the lighting I could
13:43make out a short beard and I think his hat had some kind of logo on it I nudged Ryan and told him
13:48about the guy Ryan looked over and said maybe he's one of the workers I said he's not he was
13:54in the woods during the hayride Ryan shrugged and said maybe he's a dad I wanted to believe that
14:01but he wasn't talking to anyone just standing there a few minutes later when I looked back again
14:07he was gone around nine o'clock if I had to guess most of the little kids had gone back to their cabins
14:13the event was winding down but Ryan and I still had energy we decided to walk around the resort before
14:19going in there was a trail behind the cabins that led into the woods Ryan said we should go
14:24a little way in to do something scary for Halloween before the night ended I didn't want
14:29to go too far but we had flashlights and I didn't want to look like a coward so we walked down the
14:34dirt path together laughing and daring each other to keep going the farther we went the quieter it got
14:41the sounds from the resort faded until it was just the crunching of our shoes on the path
14:46we only went maybe 200 feet in when we stopped near a clearing there was an old wooden sign nailed to a
14:52tree that said private property we started throwing small rocks at the sign and pretending
14:57to summon ghosts or something dumb like that then we both heard it footsteps heavy slow footsteps coming
15:05from behind us somewhere deeper on the path we froze and turned around Ryan whispered probably another kid
15:13but it didn't sound like a kid whoever it was walked with weight like an adult I shined my flashlight down the
15:20path the light only went so far and I couldn't see anyone yet then the footsteps stopped for a few
15:27seconds it was completely silent then a voice spoke said hey there boys it was a man's voice calm but
15:36somehow intimidating Ryan looked at me and I think he realized the same thing I did it was the man from the
15:43hayride he stepped into the light just enough for us to see part of him same black jacket and hat what
15:50are you two doing out here he asked you like candy neither of us said anything he pulled something out of
15:57his pocket and held it up I could see the orange wrapper it was a Reese's cup I got a bunch more of
16:03these in my cabin he said come on I'll give you some Ryan took a step back I remember his face going pale
16:11the man took a few steps closer and then said you don't have to be scared it's Halloween I'm just
16:17giving candy out I saw you boys on the hayride earlier when he said that my stomach basically
16:23dropped I grabbed Ryan's arm and whispered run we both turned and sprinted down the path toward the resort
16:30I could hear him behind us for a second his footsteps were pounding hard as he started to chase
16:35I didn't dare look back my heart was beating so hard it hurt the path seemed longer than before
16:42when we reached the edge of the woods I could finally see the lights from the resort again
16:47I yelled for help as we ran out of the trees and back toward the crowd near the bonfire
16:51a few adults turned toward us startled we didn't stop until we got right up to the people
16:56I turned around expecting to see the man behind us but he wasn't there the path was empty my parents
17:04came over right away asking what happened I told them everything about the man watching me on the
17:09hayride seeing him near the trees and then following us into the woods Ryan confirmed it all my dad and
17:17another man grabbed flashlights and went to check the path but they didn't find anyone a few workers
17:23searched too but he was gone the resort staff called the local police to report what happened
17:29they arrived about 30 minutes later and took statements from me Ryan and our parents
17:34they said they'd check the area notify nearby cabins to keep an eye out
17:39that night my parents didn't let me out of their sight we stayed in the cabin with the door locked
17:45I couldn't fall asleep for hours every noise outside made me jump
17:49the next morning the police came back and told us they searched the property but didn't find anyone
17:53matching the description no vehicles had been reported missing and no one fitting that man's
17:59description had checked in they thought maybe it was a trespasser from outside the resort
18:04we left later that day I remember staring out the car window as we drove past the woods half expecting to
18:10see him standing there again for weeks after that I kept thinking I saw him on the side of the road
18:17outside stores even once at my school parking lot but it was always someone else or at least I hope it
18:23was Ryan and I kept in touch for a while he told me he couldn't sleep for days after it happened
18:30nothing ever came of this the police never called again the man was never identified or caught now
18:36I'm older and when I think about that night what scares me isn't what he did it's what he could have
18:41done if we had believed him for even a second if we had walked toward him instead of running I don't
18:47think I'd be here to tell this story and every Halloween since then whenever I see someone standing
18:52alone at the edge of a crowd I always think of that man sometimes people who look like they're part of
18:57the fun or watching for a different reason
19:11my name is Roger and this happened to me on Halloween night three years ago
19:16I'm 29 and work a boring office job but it's good pay when this happened I was getting stuck
19:22with the stuff beginners time off the shifts nobody wanted etc so when Halloween my favorite holiday
19:30rolled around I was actually quite excited it was never easy being the new guy at work so I was
19:35wanting to enjoy a night of seeing kids be kids and chilling out at home watching movies
19:41at the time I was living alone in a small house on the outskirts of town with my girlfriend but she
19:46was out of town with her parents it wasn't isolated exactly I had neighbors but the street got
19:52really quiet once the trick-or-treating hours ended the families in the area usually shut their lights
19:58off around 9 pm since I didn't have kids I just handed out candy until the crowd died down
20:04on several past Halloweens before I got my own place I was quite used to the occasional ding-dong
20:10ditch prank that's why there is a trick and treat here and there that year Halloween fell on a Saturday
20:18and I remember it was chilly but clear out by 10 30 I was lounging on my couch half watching a horror
20:24movie while picking through a bowl of leftover candy I hadn't seen anyone in about an hour so when I
20:30heard a faint knock at my side door I assumed it was stragglers but when I opened the door no one was
20:36there just the empty driveway and the faint rustling of leaves I brushed it off kids play pranks all the
20:43time on Halloween I headed back to my living room to finish watching the conjuring 2 15 minutes later
20:50I heard the same sound again only this time it was coming from the back door the one that led to the
20:56small deck that set off alarms in my head because nobody used that entrance I froze in the living room
21:03listening the TV was off now and I could hear it clearly the metal rattle of the back doorknob being
21:09tested slowly and cautiously whoever was trying my door was either checking if it was locked cautiously
21:17or believed it was unlocked and trying to be quiet I crept into the kitchen staying low and that's when
21:22I saw him through the window a man was crouched down near the door wearing dark clothes and a cheap
21:28cracked Halloween mask pushed up on top of his head in his hand he held a crowbar he wasn't trying to
21:34hide he was deliberate and calm like he knew I was inside and didn't care I backed away quietly and
21:41grabbed my phone whispering to 911 what was happening the operator told me to stay on the line lock myself
21:47somewhere safe and not to engage I didn't want to make noise by slamming the doors upstairs so I stayed
21:53crouched at the top of the steps clutching a kitchen knife whispering updates I peeked down and saw the man
22:00move away from the back door that's when I heard the faint pop of a window screen being pried off
22:06he was at the basement window now I whispered to the dispatcher he's at the basement my voice was
22:12shaking she told me officers were already on their way then came the worst moment I heard glass crack
22:20he was breaking the window my blood ran cold and it wasn't just a smash and grab he knew I was there and
22:27most burglars typically don't try to enter a home where they know someone's still inside
22:32minutes felt like hours the dispatcher kept me talking quietly to make sure I was still okay
22:38I heard footsteps crunching outside the man was circling the house again then headlights swept across
22:44the blinds relief flooded me as flashing red and blue lights pulled up in front the man bolted I watched
22:52him sprint across my yard but he didn't get far the officers tackled him just past my driveway I didn't
22:59even realize I was shaking until I saw one of the cops leaving him back in cuffs that's when I saw what
23:04he'd been carrying the crowbar duct tape and zip ties stuffed in his bag this wasn't a burglar looking for
23:11valuables this guy had a plan and it was something far worse the police told me he had a long record of
23:17breaking into homes and that he was suspected in some other cases where people had gone missing
23:22to this day I hate being home alone on Halloween it's supposed to be about scares and fun but
23:28whenever I hear footsteps or knocking outside at night I can't help but remember everything about
23:32this night the part that chills me the most is if the police had been just five minutes later
23:38I might not be here to tell the story the police later followed up weeks later they told me what they
23:44found in his backpack he had a colt 45 handgun several kitchen knives and rope
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