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00:00when i was newly single after my two-year relationship ended i was back to living alone
00:16again and back to swiping on tinder and all those apps i had been single for a few months already
00:22and i had met a few people in that time during that time i matched a girl on tinder named tracy
00:27and she gave me her snapchat but it quickly fizzled out to her just watching my stories and not really
00:33communicating that kind of used to happen all the time when i was in college but now being in my
00:37late 20s using tinder and just being reminded of how immature all this online dating stuff is
00:43it feels a lot different at this age i own a corner townhome in a little community if you're wondering
00:49what i do i'm an accountant good money but miserably boring after my ex moved out i thought i would be
00:56ready for the privacy and peace and quiet but i'd say after the first month the novelty of that wore
01:01off maybe i'm more of a relationship person or i just need people around but being alone was getting
01:08to me that's why i was constantly swiping on dating apps and trying to go on dates just to get out of
01:13the house this was last december i posted something on my snap story that had to do with christmas
01:20and guess who commented on my story it was that tracy girl who i hadn't spoken to in weeks
01:25she struck up a conversation about us doing some christmas themed stuff together and from there we
01:31started chatting for a bit i suggested the most festive things i could think of ice skating going
01:36to the village and looking at the decorations but she suggested we decorate my christmas tree
01:41firstly i did have a fake tree but it was up in the attic so i told her i didn't have it up yet
01:47because it's kind of a two-person job getting it out of the attic she said she'd gladly come over
01:52and help so i figured why not i told her to come over around nine that night it was already dark at
01:58that point when we made the plan it was likely like 7 30 because i remember hurriedly grabbing my keys
02:04and rushing to drive to the liquor store to buy a couple bottles of wine when i got back to the house
02:09i vacuumed and swept the floors ever since my breakup the things my girlfriend would do to clean the
02:15place were left to me and i realized how quickly a place can get dirty 9 p.m rolled around and i was
02:21low-key sitting upright on the couch with the tv on pretending like i was just chilling in the
02:26living room watching a movie already meanwhile i had set everything up to be cozy and relaxing
02:30but i sat there for a while waiting on her to message me or for the doorbell i sent a follow-up
02:37saying let me know when you're on your way and i eventually started to think she was flaking
02:41until finally around 9 30 when she said she's outside she came inside and i was shocked to find that
02:48i was looking up at her she was a couple inches taller than me i'm 5 10 so she had to be at least
02:54six feet tall i also immediately picked up on the fact that she smelled like she was drenched in
02:59perfume we went straight to the couch and sat down and she sat really really close to me like our legs
03:06were touching this is where i started to get confused in how exactly i was feeling she looked a
03:12bit older maybe a little rougher i'm not sure how to explain it and underneath that overpowering smell
03:18of cheap smelling perfume i couldn't help but feel like there was a slight hint of body odor which
03:24completely turned me off i asked her if she wanted wine and she said yes please so i went and poured a
03:30couple glasses as we talked have you ever met someone for the first time that you've been texting
03:36or dming for a while and when you finally meet they just end up being nothing like you pictured in
03:41your head that was pretty much this something about her felt off like she lacked certain social cues
03:48i handed her a glass of merlot and we cheers each other i you not she almost immediately spilled a huge
03:55drop of red wine on my light blue couch i composed myself but i wanted to scream i said it's okay as i ran
04:03to the kitchen to get a damp paper towel and sponge i ran back to the couch and blotted it as quickly as i
04:09could before it would settle she kept apologizing and i kept saying it was okay after this it got a
04:16little more tense and to break the tension i suggested i get the tree out of the attic so i
04:21went up to the attic slid over the giant box with all the tree parts in it and started handing her
04:26down the pieces one by one each piece getting bigger until we got to the biggest part the part that i
04:31wouldn't be able to handle going down the ladder on my own she grabbed it with ease i had to remember
04:37this girl's size once everything was handed down i went back down and we assembled the tree in the
04:43living room with christmas music playing i poured her more wine and i drank more myself i loosened up
04:49a bit more wine makes any situation feel better once we had the tree set up next was the ornaments
04:56i told her my ornaments were all in the crawl space these ornaments were all for my childhood
05:01my parents gave me bins and bins of christmas decorations so i went down to the crawl space
05:07and one by one started taking out the bins while i left tracy in the living room to relax
05:12as i was doing all this i started feeling woozy like the wine was getting to my head i've never
05:19been a heavy drinker so i do have a low tolerance but i felt like i hadn't drank that much to feel this
05:25way i grabbed the first bin and started lugging it up the stairs by the time i got to the top
05:31tracy wasn't anywhere in sight i assumed she was in the bathroom at first and called her name
05:36i looked around each room and then saw that the bathroom was empty i scratched my head in confusion
05:42as i kept calling her name i went to message her on snap but she never opened the snap i checked the
05:49two bedrooms too but she was gone i couldn't believe this she snuck out on me this was when i
05:56started wondering if she thought i was ugly or weird or something even though truthfully i wasn't
06:01even really into her either i crashed onto the couch which suddenly felt a lot more comfortable than
06:06before and honestly as far as i remember i periodically checked my phone to see if she opened my snap
06:12and just watched whatever was on tv until my memory just faded to black i swear everything just went
06:20black and then i woke up in darkness no lights no tv on i looked around in the dark room and i knew i
06:32was hearing things i felt like i was still on the couch and i felt weak my limbs were hard to move but i
06:40managed to find my phone right under me within seconds and i checked the time the second the
06:45phone screen lit up i saw it even though the light was facing toward me that glow from my phone screen
06:51with the brightness all the way up revealed the outline of a tall person's silhouette standing in
06:55front of me for some reason i didn't scream i just put the phone down bringing the room back to
07:01darkness i finally opened my mouth to say tracy hoping it was her but still not in that moment
07:08remembering what had happened earlier whoever was standing there didn't answer me i eventually
07:13picked my phone back up and turned on the flashlight and i saw that it was in fact tracy standing in
07:19front of me she wasn't moving she was just looking down at me i felt locked to the couch i don't know if
07:26it was because of pure fear or the effects of whatever she had obviously laced me with i genuinely was
07:32having a hard time moving my limbs i felt weak and helpless all i could manage to say was tracy a couple
07:38more times she turned towards the stairs and again i swear she sprinted toward them and all i heard were
07:45the disturbingly loud stomps of her running down the stairs i heard something slam from downstairs
07:52looking back i'd imagine it was the front door everything looked and sounded so wonky in those
07:58minutes after i woke up each passing minute i felt more and more clear-headed and moving became
08:04easier i checked snapchat to see that her account was gone aka she blocked me i looked out the front
08:10window and saw no cars outside besides my own and the neighbors and then i realized i never saw the
08:16vehicle that she arrived in or if she even arrived in one i checked my entire home from top to bottom
08:22checking for anything that could have been stolen the only items i found missing seemed kind of bizarre at
08:27first but honestly made so much sense soon after every last bottle of pills from my house was gone
08:34all my vitamins and supplements my bottles of adderall and even the bottle of oxy that i had prescribed
08:40but never fully used after a surgery those were in the drawer next to my bed i noticed a bottle of
08:46vodka was taken from my mini fridge in my room too but other than that i didn't see anything else that
08:51could have been stolen still i called the police right then and reported the robbery i gave the
08:57snapchat username and explained that i never got her number or knew anything really about her identity
09:02minus the name that she gave me which was tracy gibson the police knocked on my neighbor's door
09:08since all of our homes are attached even though it was like 1 a.m with me standing next to them
09:13they questioned if he'd seen or heard anything strange to which he said no he'd been asleep
09:18after about 20 minutes the police left i made sure all of my keys were still in place so as to make sure
09:25she couldn't get back in but other than that this tracy person disappeared without a trace
09:31i knew her behavior was quirky and wonky from the first few minutes of meeting her
09:36and it makes so much sense now i won't even call it a theory because i just know this is the truth
09:41i think that girl or woman i should say was older than she claimed and she was potentially homeless
09:47with a serious drug addiction i think she drowned herself in perfume to mask the body odor that was
09:53honestly still showing through she laced my wine with something when i was in the attic clearly
09:58i don't know exactly how long i was out but it was enough for her to scour my entire home for
10:03any and all drugs and supplements i still remember how disturbing of an image it was seeing her tall
10:09silhouette standing in front of me while i was just waking up on the couch honestly after this
10:15i didn't even decorate the tree that year
10:17this happened on christmas eve back in 97 when i was seven years old since we're jewish we don't
10:33celebrate christmas so christmas eve was just like any other night for us our dad is a doctor and
10:39since he's jewish he always works on call at the hospital during the christmas holidays so he
10:44wasn't home tonight that just left my little sister and i by ourselves for the evening while
10:49our dad worked technically our mom was home but to be blunt she was an alcoholic back then being a
10:55seven-year-old i had no idea what alcoholism was all i knew was that my mom was always passed out
11:01once it got dark and near impossible to wake up sorry if it sounds harsh or tmi but it's relevant to
11:08my story my sister and i were downstairs watching tv when we heard a knock at the door
11:13being the oldest i went to see who it was our door had glass panes built into it which made it easy to
11:21see who was on the other side there was a man standing outside in a santa suit holding a bag
11:26and when he saw me he smiled and waved at me to come to the door i went near the door but did not open
11:32it and i thought it was odd that someone dressed like santa would come to our house out of anyone's
11:37house in the neighborhood he said hey kid it's me santa let me in i'll give you your presents
11:43i remember point blank telling him that santa isn't real and that if he was he doesn't give jews
11:49presents anyway that's when he said of course i'm real in the past i only used to visit christian homes
11:54but lately i felt bad that jewish kids never get any presents so this year i changed the rules so that
12:00you can get presents too but i didn't buy it and instead i remember getting mad at him arguing that
12:06jews get presents we just get them during hanukkah not on christmas the smile fell from his face and
12:13all his jolly charm disappeared as he began demanding i open the door i told my sister to dial 911 and the
12:20guy seemed to run away we did call the cops however unfortunately the operator didn't understand what we
12:27were saying looking back i think she may have thought we were just little kids excited that
12:31santa claus was coming to our house regardless she didn't take us seriously and instead just told us
12:37that this number was to be used for emergencies only before disconnecting the call my sister and i now
12:43got really scared because we didn't know who else to call since we were only four and seven the only
12:49numbers we knew how to dial were our home number and 911 and since this is the 90s my dad didn't have a
12:55cell phone yet and i had no idea what the hospital number was to reach him there and with our mom
13:00impossible for us to wake up we were essentially on our own we hoped the man wouldn't come back but a
13:06few minutes later he was knocking on the door again he said he knew the cops weren't coming and to go
13:12ahead and let him in or we'd be in big trouble my sister started crying and ran upstairs trying to wake
13:17my mom not knowing what else to do i did the one thing that made sense to my seven-year-old brain
13:23i grabbed a bunch of candles we keep for our menorah and lit them all then ran below where
13:28the smoke detector was i blew out all the candles quickly before tossing them all up to the smoke
13:34detector thankfully they gave off enough smoke to set off the smoke alarm as an adult i realized how
13:40stupid this was and fortunately i did not accidentally set the house on fire but at that time all i knew is
13:46that the smoke alarm would instantly call 911 for me and send help to our home there was a fire department
13:52not even two minutes from our house so they got here pretty fast my sister came downstairs scared
13:57of the fire alarm but i told her there was no fire and to not go outside but instead wait inside with
14:03me to my amazement the guy still did not leave instead the bastard ran to the firefighters presumably
14:11telling them that he was glad they showed up i remember that he claimed he was my dad and that he
14:16dressed up like santa claus for christmas eve to surprise us he explained that his suit didn't
14:21have any pockets to hold his keys and that with the door locked he couldn't get the door open to save
14:26us from the fire so he begged the firefighters to break down the door and surprisingly the firefighters
14:31seemed to believe him they were actually getting ready to break down the door and told us to stand
14:37back but we started crying shouting at them that he's not our dad that our dad is working at the
14:42hospital and that we have no idea who this guy was and that we don't even celebrate christmas
14:46the firefighter who was about to break down the door thankfully stopped and listened to us he asked
14:52you don't celebrate christmas i told him no because we're jewish and showed him my kippah on my head as
14:58well as our menorah i then broke down crying explaining how i set off the smoke alarm to try and get help
15:03because the police wouldn't believe us and to please not let the guy in the firefighter thankfully
15:08believed me and then asked the guy why santa would show up to a jewish home i don't remember exactly
15:14what the guy said but the firefighters clearly didn't believe him two of them wrestled the guy
15:19to the ground while the other called the police to come by they also asked what hospital my dad
15:24worked at so they could let him know what was going on the police arrived and arrested the guy while
15:29another officer stayed with us until my dad came home and explained the situation to him my dad was
15:35furious with our mom for being wasted and essentially sleeping through the whole thing but mostly he was
15:40grateful that we were okay as far as christmases go i was glad to have our usual boring and quiet
15:46christmas the following year to this day i think being jewish saved my sister and i's lives because
15:53had we opened that door to let santa in there's a good chance that would have been our final christmas
15:57it was december 2022 my girlfriend charlotte and i were driving to the pocono mountains
16:13we had rented a super cozy looking airbnb decked out with christmas decorations and it was nicely
16:19located with a nice view big property and not far from a cute little village to make things even more
16:25festive feeling there was a snowstorm coming that night so we set out on the road a little earlier
16:30to allow us time to get groceries and everything set up in the airbnb from the city to the poconos
16:35was about four hours we made decent time we stopped at a family dollar for some snacks and groceries
16:42and then we went straight to the airbnb we turned towards the uphill gravel road through a clearing in the
16:48trees that led to the property the house was surrounded by woods it had a big deck with a hot tub on it
16:54which was very appealing especially the idea of sitting in it during a snowstorm there were a bunch
16:59of christmas decorations on the property including some light-up reindeer a big snowman and big
17:04decorative candy canes lining the walkway to the front deck we had to take a few trips to and from
17:10the car to bring everything inside first impression the place had a very comfy feeling as we expected from
17:15the pictures it had a christmas tree in one corner stockings hung on the walls and a bunch of
17:20smaller decorations scattered about it had that very welcoming smell of wood that you'd expect in a
17:25country log cabin though it was more so just regular house then i realized why there was a stack of logs
17:32next to a big fireplace in the living room there were three bedrooms though of course we only needed one
17:38we put our luggage and such in a second bedroom i did the usual stuff like inspect the fridge turn on
17:44the tv to see if there's cable or netflix and look out all the windows there was an upstairs but it was
17:51more of a loft with a pool table and a couple of couches then there was a basement for the hell of it i
17:56went down to check out the basement it was fairly big relative to the size of the house it felt
18:02disconnected from the airbnb though it wasn't furnished for hanging out in it was dark and cold and felt
18:08more like a space to do laundry in a workspace then there was a knock at the front door i hurried up
18:15to answer it and there was a guy who looked to be in his late 40s he was wearing gray sweatpants and a
18:21ripped up yellowish brown jacket he smiled at me and said how are you folks doing i replied good and
18:27asked him if he was the airbnb host he replied he runs the place with his brother i asked for his name
18:33and he said tom tom said he lives just up the road next door if my girl and i need anything
18:38i thanked him and then he walked away i found it interesting that he knew i was with my girlfriend
18:44charlotte didn't come to the door but maybe his brother told him about us i did have a conversation
18:50with mike the host about it being my girlfriend and i wanting to do something festive it was pitch
18:55black out and it was snowing we cranked up the heat in the house and started preparing the dinner
19:00we bought which was chicken thighs broccoli potatoes and cornbread it was pretty grab bag
19:05we ate on the couch with the christmas tree lights on in the corner giving the room a nice comfy glow
19:10as we watched the polar express it was the only good christmas movie on any of the streaming platforms
19:15if you can't tell we really love christmas after the movie and when we felt we had digested enough
19:22we went outside to the deck to hop in the hot tub i turned on all the decorations and christmas
19:27lights in the front yard and as we sat in the hot tub watching the snow fall it felt like bliss
19:31until the bubbles on the hot tub stopped and it went silent and we heard unmistakable footsteps from
19:37somewhere on the property charlotte and i looked at one another i asked her if i should shout who's
19:44there but she said no the footsteps moved further and further until they were no longer audible i told
19:51charlotte it was probably a deer but deep down i knew those were the footsteps of a person
19:56after the hot tub we went to take a shower before bed the hot water in the shower didn't last for
20:02more than maybe two minutes though something was wrong when the water turned ice cold we screamed
20:08and jumped out of the shower i messaged mike the host about it he responded within half an hour saying
20:14that's odd and that he'll have a guy come and look at the hot water heater tomorrow
20:17we went to sleep after our half shower in the middle of the night though we awoke to very
20:24aggressive bangs on the front door of the house charlotte was shaking me terrified i said i'm going
20:31to check who it is but she demanded i stay in the bed and don't make a sound honestly i was glad she
20:37said that no part of me wanted to know who was at the door in the middle of the night i think there
20:42were three sets of really loud and angry sounding bangs before they stopped we sat upright for a few
20:48minutes in silence whispering to each other i went over to lock the bedroom door for added security i
20:53guess minutes dragged along but ultimately after about half an hour of sitting wide awake we eventually
21:00drifted back off to sleep first thing in the morning i messaged mike again about the knocks at the
21:05door he answered more quickly this time seeming pretty confused like us he basically said how
21:11strange that is he didn't know why anyone would be roaming around late at night like that he said
21:17if anything like that happens again that we should alert the authorities honestly not the most
21:22reassuring response but i mean he was right what else could he tell us grab a gun and shoot whoever
21:27was at the door i didn't want to keep complaining to mike constantly but i mean these were some valid
21:32concerns i was bringing up to him there was a lot of snow outside and it was a dark cloudy day
21:38there were still some flurries falling onto the ground i went out to wipe the snow off my jeep
21:43and while i was doing so i noticed footsteps in the snow they looped around the house i remembered the
21:50knocks for the night before and wondered if it was from the same person but these footprints looked fresh
21:55and it snowed all night surely the footprints from last night would have filled in by now
21:59i heard footsteps approaching now actually and i saw tom walking from around my car
22:04i told him about the hot water heater problem and that mike said they were sending someone to take a
22:10look at it he said he knew and that he was here to take a look at it actually i also told him about
22:15the knocks at the door last night and the footprints in the snow i even showed him he looked at them and
22:20said there's a lot of strange folk out here that go snooping around at night i asked if we should
22:25refrain from using the hot tub at night then and he said no that shouldn't be a problem the people
22:29around here are harmless he went inside into the house and walked around for a bit before walking
22:34down to the basement he told me he'll have a look at the hot water heater tom seems like a weird dude
22:40honestly i messaged mike saying tom's here now checking out the water heater mike replied back asking is tom
22:47the name of the plumber and i replied no your brother he replied what do you mean he said he's my brother
22:53it started to click in my head i responded do you have a brother named tom who runs this airbnb with
23:00you and he replied no who is this person i hurried to charlotte and told her to collect her things
23:07quietly we need to get out of here as quickly as we could we packed our bags grabbed all of our stuff
23:14and brought it outside to the car in one trip i'm sure we left behind a charger or something small but
23:19who cares we got in my car and when i started it i looked in the rearview mirror and saw tom quickly
23:25approaching the rear of the jeep i put it in drive and drove out of there as quickly as i could
23:30when we were back on the road we called mike and explained everything and told him he needs to call
23:35the police now he didn't stay on the line with us for long but 20 minutes later he called us back
23:41we were in the car still he said the police were there now and didn't see anyone in the house
23:46mike was on his way to the house as well but he was mostly calling to get more details from us
23:50we drove around the area and explored just as a way to calm our nerves after what just happened
23:56after a few hours we drove home mike messaged me later that night updating me and apologizing for
24:02everything he said he didn't know anyone who resembled my description of tom what disturbs me is that man
24:08was watching us the entire time from the moment we arrived to when we were in the hot tub and he was
24:13probably the one banging on the front door in the middle of the night who knows what his intentions
24:18were it's a good thing we left when we did though
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