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00:00i was 22 when this happens at the time i had just graduated college i was between jobs and doing
00:15odd work around my small town like babysitting cleaning houses running errands basically anything
00:21that paid cash a woman i dog sat for in the past recommended me to a friend of her neighbor's
00:27a man named craig he called me one afternoon and explained he'd be traveling for a week and needed
00:32someone to stay in his house to look after his golden retriever max he said max was an anxious
00:37dog who did best with someone actually staying overnight rather than just coming by to feed him
00:42and the pay he offered was a little more than usual so i agreed i met craig two days later
00:48he was in his late 40s tall wearing wire rim glasses and a windbreaker nothing about him seemed strange
00:55at first maybe a little overly friendly but not creepy his house was on the edge of town tucked
01:02back in a wooded area the place itself was nice but a little dated like with beige carpets and floral
01:08curtains craig walked me through everything how often to let max out where the spare key was which
01:15fridge items i could use he told me i could stay in the guest bedroom which was right off the living
01:20room on the first floor i started the job on a monday the first two nights were normal i watched tv
01:27in the living room then took max on his evening walks and then slept in the guest room with him
01:32curled up at the foot of the bed it was the third night when things went wrong i had been sitting on
01:37the bed scrolling through my phone when i noticed something odd on the dresser across from the bed next
01:43to a small lamp was a digital alarm clock i remembered thinking it didn't match the rest of
01:49the room it was newer looking black plastic with a bright blue led display but everything else in the
01:55room looked like it belonged in the early 2000s i don't know what made me look closer maybe it was
02:00the way the light from the lamp hit the front of it but as i leaned in i noticed a small perfectly
02:06round black pinhole above the numbers at first i thought it was just a sensor but then i noticed the
02:12angle the tiny hole was pointed directly at the bed my stomach dropped i'd read stories about hidden
02:19cameras and alarm clocks before but i'd never actually seen one in person my mind started racing
02:25i picked it up and it was heavier than i expected there was a faint buzzing sound inside like a tiny
02:32fan i turned it toward me and stared right into the pinhole that was when max who had been lying by the
02:38door suddenly lifted his head and started whining from somewhere else in the house not the front door
02:44but deeper inside i heard the unmistakable sound of a door closing every hair on my body stood up
02:51greg wasn't supposed to be back until sunday and it was only wednesday night i froze holding the
02:57clock in my hands my heart pounding so hard it almost hurt then i heard slow footsteps on the hallway
03:03carpet i quickly set the clock back down and moved to the door locking it just as the footsteps stopped
03:10outside then craig's voice came through calm but slightly out of breath he was saying he had left
03:17something in there the last time he was home and needed me to open the door i couldn't speak
03:22a moment later he said it wasn't what i thought claiming it was a motion sensor for the dog and that
03:28he hadn't wanted to freak me out by mentioning it i backed away from the door my hand over my mouth
03:33he told me to come out and that we would talk like adults but when i didn't respond his knocking
03:39turned into pounding he yelled at me to open the door with his voice no longer calm but sharp and
03:44angry max started barking and jumping at the door which only made craig sound more agitated
03:50i glanced at the window which was low enough to the ground to climb out but it was locked so i fumbled
03:56with the hatch my hand shaking so badly it took me three tries to open it behind me craig was still
04:02pounding now shouting that if i didn't open the door he would get the key to the room and call the
04:07cops and tell them i broke into his house i didn't wait to hear more i shoved the window open climbed
04:13out awkwardly and dropped onto the grass outside max scrambled after me his nails clicking on the window
04:19ledge but he ultimately gave up and didn't jump out i ran through the side yard and down the gravel
04:25driveway until i reached the road my phone was in my pocket and i called my mom who lived 15 minutes
04:31away i told her to come get me right now by the time she pulled up i was hiding behind a cluster of
04:38mailboxes craig's house was nowhere in sight from that spot but i kept looking over my shoulder
04:43i stayed at my mom's for the rest of the night the next morning i blocked craig's number and called
04:49a lawyer the lawyer said that without physical proof like a recording of the camera or the device
04:55itself pressing charges would be difficult even if the clock was a hidden camera craig could claim it
05:01was a harmless motion sensor and without evidence it would be my word against his i wanted to go back
05:07and take a picture of it but my lawyer strongly advised against returning to the house alone and the
05:12idea of seeing craig again made my skin crawl so nothing happened to him i never got paid for the three
05:19nights i stayed there the woman who had recommended me to him stopped responding to my messages and i
05:24never found out if she knew anything about him for weeks afterward i had nightmares about waking up to
05:30see a camera lens watching me from across the room i started checking every clock smoke detector and
05:36picture frame in my own apartment and i still think about that moment i looked into that little black lens
05:42and the sound of the door closing somewhere behind me in a house i thought was empty which says to me
05:47he may have been in the house the whole time watching me through that camera
06:01i booked the airbnb in late september a week before my girlfriend emma and i planned to spend
06:06a few days visiting her sister in a small town about three hours from where we lived and i picked it
06:11because it was cheap close enough to her sister's place had good reviews and looked cozy in the listing
06:16photos an old two-story house with a wraparound porch warm yellow lighting in the living room
06:22hardwood floors that gave it a kind of storybook feeling and one small detail in the description
06:27that i didn't think much of at the time which was a note telling guests that the basement storage room
06:32was off limits i'd stayed in places where the owners kept certain areas locked it's pretty common
06:37for them to store personal belongings somewhere so it barely registered as important but when we pulled
06:42into the driveway just before sunset on the first evening the place looked a little more weathered
06:47than in the photos and there was something about the fact that it stood alone with only one other
06:51house in sight a good distance away surrounded by dark tree lines and a narrow road leading in
06:57that it made me think twice the host alan was waiting for us on the porch before we'd even gotten out
07:02of the car he was tall but slightly hunched maybe in his late 50s with thin gray hair combed neatly over his
07:10head he was dressed in a perfectly pressed flannel shirt tucked into his jeans he smiled but it was
07:16the kind of smile that didn't quite reach his eyes it made me think of mr beast a little too practiced his
07:22eyes lingered on us just a bit too long when we shook hands and though his voice was friendly enough
07:28there was a subtle firmness to it when he began showing us around he led us through the front door
07:33into a hallway that smelled faintly of dust and something sweet almost like candle wax though i didn't
07:38see any candles the living room had a big couch facing an old television the kitchen looked clean
07:45but dated and when we went upstairs the single bedroom had a large bed under a ceiling fan and a
07:50small dresser with a mirror then when he came back down alan stopped at a door near the kitchen and
07:56tapped a heavy padlock hanging from it he told us in a more commanding tone that that door stayed locked
08:02that it was his storage space and that there was no reason for us to go down there for anything
08:07he didn't smile this time he just moved on to point out where the extra towels were in the bathroom
08:12before wishing us a pleasant stay and heading out the front door after he left emma and i unpacked
08:18made some tea and sat outside on the porch for a while listening to crickets and the occasional
08:23rustle of leaves in the trees by the time we got into bed the quiet was almost unnerving no traffic
08:30no distant voices just pure silence sometime after midnight i thought i heard a faint dull thud from
08:38below us i paused and listened for more but it didn't come again so i told myself it was probably
08:44the house settling the next morning we got breakfast in town explored a few shops and met up with emma's
08:50sister for lunch we stayed out until just after dark then went back to the house to make dinner and
08:56watch a movie around two in the morning i woke up to use the bathroom as i headed back toward the bedroom
09:03i froze halfway up the stairs when i heard a dragging sound from the basement like something heavy being
09:08pulled across a rough floor it lasted maybe five seconds stopped and then started again my first
09:16thought was that maybe alan had come back for something but he had told us he wouldn't be around
09:20at all during our stay i stood there listening until it stopped then went into the bedroom and asked emma
09:26in a whisper if she was awake she said she was and that she heard it too we stayed awake for another
09:33half hour but the sound didn't return the second night was worse we'd spent the day hiking and were
09:39exhausted but sometime around 2 30 a.m the noises started again not dragging this time but footsteps
09:47four or five in a row then a pause then three more each pause lasting long enough to make me think
09:53that whoever or whatever it was was listening emma whispered that she thought she heard breathing
09:59between the steps my heart was pounding but i didn't want to get up and risk making a noise
10:05so we just lay there eyes wide open staring at the ceiling until morning by the third morning
10:11the atmosphere in the house felt different we still went out and did touristy things but whenever
10:16we came back it was like a heaviness settled over the rooms i decided to check the basement door during
10:22the day it was still locked but when i leaned closer i thought i could smell something faint and
10:28unpleasant like stale damp air mixed with a hint of something sour that night the noises began earlier
10:36around midnight first came a faint metallic clinking like metal tapping against something hard then the
10:43footsteps again going on and off for nearly an hour emma barely spoke to me before bed the fourth night
10:50was the breaking point while getting ready for bed emma stopped brushing her hair and asked me if the
10:55smoke detector above the bed looked strange at first i didn't see it but when i stood on the bed to get
11:01a closer look i saw a small perfectly round black dot in the middle that was shinier than the surrounding
11:07plastic a bad feeling hit me immediately i grabbed a chair unscrew the detector and inside was a small
11:15battery operated camera with its green light on emma sat on the bed pale and silent while i searched the rest
11:21of the room and found another small lens poking through a hole in the wall near the dresser mirror
11:26both aimed directly at the bed that was the end of it we shoved our stuff into our bags without
11:32bothering to fold anything and we left the house without speaking to the host driving to the nearest
11:36gas station to call the police two officers met us there we explained everything the noises the cameras
11:43the locked basement and they followed us back to the house the front door was unlocked technically we
11:49were still allowed in the place as we paid for four days the police followed us inside and seized all
11:55the evidence including the cameras i assume the memory cards and any recording equipment they could
12:00find they also took our statement in detail asking if any strange events took place during our stay
12:06that's when we mentioned hearing weird noises both nights from the basement when we showed them the
12:11basement door we were shocked to see that it was now wide open but it was pitch black down there
12:16we told them that this door was locked before and that the host was very sketchy about not going
12:22down there so the officers went down the stairs to investigate moments later we heard voices raised
12:28voices there was some kind of commotion going on down there and it quickly became clear what was
12:33happening the officers then called us down and asked if this was the host and to our horror it was
12:39alan he was apparently hiding in a closet in the basement in this closet was a monitor which we could
12:46only guess was being fed the footage from the basement the police seized this as well alan was
12:51placed under arrest almost immediately and he was charged criminally by the state for criminal trespass
12:57and invasion of privacy we didn't have to testify in court or anything the police just sent our
13:02statements to the prosecutor i believe airbnb basically bribed us with a voucher in hopes that we
13:08wouldn't share our bad experience we took the voucher obviously but that hasn't stopped us from
13:14telling people about this horrific experience it's really been something that's had a lasting effect
13:18on emma and i we don't trust rentals or airbnbs anymore and lately just stick to hotels
13:34my name is joe and this happened about a week ago i live in a two-bedroom apartment with my roommate eric
13:40i didn't know him before moving in we met through a facebook housing group he seemed normal enough
13:47when we first met to check the place out he was quiet polite and kind of awkward but not really in
13:53a bad way at the time i thought that would be a good thing because i wasn't looking for a best friend
13:58just someone responsible enough to help pay rent and not trash the place for the first couple of
14:03months it was fine we had opposite work schedules i worked a regular nine-to-five office job and he
14:09worked at some warehouse on the late shift because of that i barely saw him most of the time when i
14:15was leaving in the morning his door would be shut and at night when i came home he was usually gone
14:21we'd cross paths once or twice a week usually just exchanging a few words in the kitchen or living room
14:26it was nothing special but it worked then i started noticing little things in my room that made me feel
14:32off the first time it happened i came home late and saw that my closet door was open
14:38i usually keep it closed because i don't like seeing my clothes sticking out but i figured maybe
14:42i had left it that way that morning a few days later i noticed my desk chair turned slightly toward the
14:48bed i never sit in it that way again i brushed it off and thought maybe i was just not paying attention
14:55still it put a strange feeling in my stomach like somebody had been in my room one saturday morning i was
15:02cleaning i wiped the shelves dusted and then started on the window that's when i saw it up in the
15:08corner where the wall met the ceiling there was this little black dot i thought it was maybe a
15:13screw or a hole in the wall but when i got closer i froze it was a tiny camera a small wireless camera
15:20pointed straight at my bed my hands shook as i pulled it off the wall it wasn't even hidden well just
15:27stuck with a little piece of adhesive it had a spot for a memory card but the card was missing
15:33i just stood there holding it feeling sick i thought about all the nights i had been in here
15:38sleeping changing clothes even being intimate with women the only person who could have put it there was
15:44eric he was the only other one with access to my room at that moment he wasn't home his door was
15:50closed and the apartment was quiet i stood in the hallway staring at his door with my heart pounding
15:56i told myself not to do it but curiosity won i slowly turned his doorknob and opened it his room
16:03smelled stale like old food and dirty laundry the blinds were shut and the room was dark even though
16:10it was the middle of the day his bed was unmade and his desk was cluttered with papers unopened mail
16:16and change i searched around a little half expecting to find another camera or maybe recordings on his
16:22laptop but there was nothing obvious just a messy room i closed the door and went back to my room
16:28but i couldn't get rid of the uneasiness i decided to test him i put the camera in my nightstand drawer
16:35under some socks my plan was simple if he came looking for it then i'd know for sure it was him who
16:41planted it for two nights nothing happened i still felt tense but since there weren't any signs i started
16:49to think that maybe i was overthinking the whole thing then came the third night i woke up at around
16:54three in the morning at first i wasn't sure why but then i heard a noise it was soft like wood sliding
17:01against wood then i realized it was coming from right beside me from my nightstand drawer i opened my
17:08eyes a little pretending to still be asleep in the faint light coming through the blinds i saw a figure
17:14it was eric he was standing in my room bent over my nightstand rummaging through the drawer where i had
17:20hidden the camera i felt my chest tighten and my heart beat so loud i was sure he could hear it
17:27i stayed still not knowing what to do and then he stopped he froze and just stood there completely still
17:35slowly he turned his head toward my bed he was looking straight at me for a moment i thought maybe
17:41he wasn't sure if i was awake but then he spoke he said he knew i was awake i felt ice run down my
17:48spine as he said that then he asked me what i had done with it i sat up quickly my fear turning to
17:54anger i demanded to know why he put a camera in my room he stared at me and told me it was because he
18:00thought i was stealing from him i told him that was ridiculous that it made no sense i said he had aimed
18:06the camera at my bed and that it was one of the most sickest things i've ever seen he tried to tell
18:11me he only wanted proof but i didn't buy it i told him he was lying that he had been spying on me
18:18we started yelling at each other he kept repeating that i was overreacting i told him i was going to
18:24report him to the landlord and maybe even the police my voice was shaking with both fear and rage
18:30finally i yanked open the drawer grabbed the camera and held it up
18:34i told him that this was proof and that he was never getting it back
18:38i stormed out of my room walked into the kitchen and threw the camera straight into the garbage
18:43thinking i broke it i told him to stay out of my room and that the next day i would be telling the
18:48landlord everything eric stood in the hallway with his fists clenched and he was just staring at me with
18:54a blank expression then he turned and walked back into his room without another word i didn't sleep
19:00the rest of that night i sat on the couch with the tv on too afraid he might come back into my room
19:06every little sound in the apartment made me jump when the sun finally came up i checked the garbage
19:12can the camera was gone that was a week ago i told the landlord what happened he said he would look into
19:19it but so far nothing has been done eric still lives here we don't speak but the way he looks at me when
19:26we pass each other makes my skin crawl it's like he's waiting for me to say or do something i don't
19:32know why he really put the camera in my room his excuse about me stealing was an obvious lie i don't
19:37know what he wanted to record or what he was planning to do with it and honestly i don't want to know
19:43but every night when i lay down in bed i can't shake the feeling that there are more cameras hidden
19:47around me maybe in places i wouldn't think to check i scoured the entire room and couldn't find any
19:53but still the thought does linger in my mind last night i was awake late and heard footsteps come
20:00down the hallway and then stop right outside my door for over a minute there was silence except
20:06for slight cracks in the wood floor outside my door from the pressure of him standing there
20:10he stood there like a creep for a couple of minutes until i finally heard his footsteps move
20:15away from the door i'm looking into moving out i'm also trying to figure out if pressing charges
20:20for invasion of privacy or something is feasible considering i didn't even think to take a picture
20:25of the camera or record the confrontation or anything i don't even have any texts from him admitting to
20:31placing the camera there i've got literally nothing but anyway wish me luck in this situation
20:37because i'm not sure what the outcome will be
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