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00:00I've always enjoyed late night walks there's something about the stillness that makes everything
00:14feel simpler I'm a welder by trade been doing it for over 40 years now I live alone on a big farm
00:21just me and my dog Bosley the house is too large for one person but I never had the heart to
00:26downsize after my wife Maria passed away my kids moved out years ago and ever since cancer took her
00:33it's just been me and Bosley one night after a long day in the shop I decided to go for a walk
00:39my property is pretty big so just a single loop is usually enough to satisfy my craving
00:45the air was cool and Bosley trotted along beside me sometimes I think he likes me more than I like him
00:51I've walked that loop hundreds of times but as I was heading back toward the house
00:56something caught my eye I glanced up at the second story window the one that looks out from the
01:01bedroom Maria and I used to share for a split second I thought I saw something move I stopped
01:08dead in my tracks staring up at that window there was no reason anyone should be in there
01:14I hadn't been in that room in years couldn't bring myself to I felt my blood start to boil at the
01:19thought of some stranger breaking into my house I wasn't gonna stand for that I rushed inside my heart
01:26racing and ran upstairs the room was empty just like I'd left it no sign of anything out of place
01:33I looked everywhere imaginable but found nothing yes I was pretty freaked out but I was more angry than
01:40anything I didn't take this kind of thing lightly I figured I had just seen something that wasn't there
01:47I stood there for a while feeling foolish but I couldn't shake the feeling that something had been there
01:51there the next night I woke up to Bosley growling he's a good dog never barks unless there's something
01:58to bark at I sat up in my bed listening that's when I heard creaking coming from upstairs it could
02:05have just been the sounds of my old house but my mind went directly to footsteps which were coming
02:10from right above me I'm sure you could guess which room is directly above mine I debated grabbing my
02:17hunting rifle from downstairs but didn't want to go that far if it came down to it I was fully
02:22confident that I could take whatever was up there hand to hand I grabbed my flashlight and went to
02:27check again nothing the room was exactly the same untouched my anger was definitely starting to turn into
02:35anxiety at this point something didn't feel right in the house the following night I came downstairs to
02:42find the kitchen lights on I know I turned them off before bed I don't leave lights on there was no
02:48question anymore someone was in my house I started to panic I called the police and told them I thought
02:55someone might be sneaking around they came out searched the house from top to bottom but found nothing
03:01they were nice about it told me to call again if I needed them but I could tell they didn't believe me
03:07the next night was the worst by far I couldn't sleep so I decided to go upstairs and check the
03:12bedroom again I don't know why maybe I thought it would settle my mind but when I opened the door I
03:19froze there were clothes scattered all over the floor Maria's clothes I had packed them away after
03:26she died now they were everywhere something like this doesn't just happen randomly and then I saw her
03:33there was a woman standing in the doorway just staring at me I couldn't see her face clearly
03:39but I could tell she wasn't Maria she was too short I don't know who she was but she didn't belong there
03:46I had never been so afraid in my life without thinking I ran at her she turned and bolted down the stairs
03:53and out the front door by the time I got outside she was gone I searched the property with Bosley
04:00but there was no trace of her I didn't sleep that night for months after that I couldn't sleep
04:06I was constantly on edge convinced I heard footsteps upstairs at night every little noise set me off
04:14I slept with my rifle next to my bed terrified that I'd have to use it one night every little noise
04:19set me off I debated calling my brother to come stay with me but I wasn't going to do that I was raised
04:25to always handle my own shit so that's what I did the nightmare didn't end though one night I was
04:32sitting in the living room when I noticed a figure standing in the yard looking straight at me through
04:37the window it was her again my heart felt like it stopped I grabbed my hunting rifle and ran outside
04:44Bosley close behind she was still there just a silhouette in the moonlight watching me I fired a few warning
04:51shots into the air hoping to scare her off that was enough to get her to turn and run into the
04:56darkness but it's not like that made me feel any better I was literally being tormented by some
05:01random woman who was probably homeless I couldn't even imagine why this was happening to me I stood
05:07there for a long time waiting to see if she'd come back she never did I haven't seen her since
05:13but I know it's only a matter of time I'm fully prepared to defend myself but I don't think living in
05:19perpetual anxiety like this is sustainable thank god for Bosley I have no idea what I'd do without him
05:26I'll send an update if anything happens
05:38I work for a catering service which means I'm on the road a lot usually late at night I spend most of
05:45my time lugging stuff from place to place in this massive truck the company makes me drive it's not
05:50the worst job in the world but the hours suck and it's not at all what I thought I'd be doing with my
05:54life by the time I get home I'm either so wired from caffeine that I can't sleep or I pass out the
06:00second I hit the bed and stay that way for 12 hours I was driving back home one night at like 2am
06:07it was nice to be driving my own car again as I was approaching my house I realized I had probably had
06:13one too many Red Bulls and there was no way I'd be able to sleep on top of that I hadn't eaten in
06:18hours and I was starving there's a McDonald's right off the highway about 10 minutes from my house it's
06:24usually my first choice when it comes to late night snacks since it's just so convenient I'm not even
06:29one to gorge myself on fast food I just occasionally get this weird craving that only a handful of fries
06:34can satisfy it's obviously 24 7 and I figured some comfort food would be the perfect thing to help me wind down
06:40I don't remember exactly what time it was but it was definitely after 2 by the time I pulled into
06:46the drive-through there were a few cars ahead of me which I was actually kind of surprised by it's not
06:52like this McDonald's was a busy spot at 2am on a Tuesday as I was sitting there impatiently I found
06:58myself staring off into space wondering what was taking so long that's when I noticed something
07:04strange there was an old beat-up Volkswagen with its windows tinted backed into a spot in the very corner
07:10of the lot the McDonald's itself was only accepting drive-through orders at this hour
07:15so it didn't make sense why there'd be a car in the lot there were reserved spots on the other side
07:19for employees so it couldn't have been one of them I figured it was maybe just someone eating in their
07:24car which it probably was I myself did that from time to time so I guess I couldn't judge it was just
07:31an odd sight to be completely honest I got my food and started driving away I didn't want to go home
07:37just yet but I also didn't want to just sit there idling my car I began racking my brain trying to
07:42think of a good place to scarf down the food I live in a pretty lush area so there's honestly a lot of
07:47options but I didn't want to beat around the bush too much considering how late it was there's a massive
07:53nature preserve literally down the street from my house it's situated on a mountain and is essentially
07:58just an enormous forest the kicker is that there's a scenic lookout point at the peak with a view of the
08:03city there's a road that loops around the perimeter of the preserve and will take you right to the peak
08:08which is nice during the day after the preserve closes though the road is inaccessible to cars but
08:14still a convenient path to get to the peak without having to walk through any woods I used to go there
08:19with my friends from high school all the time it was kind of a default spot when we wanted to be outside
08:25we'd hang out talk smoke or just appreciate the view I actually hadn't been there in a while because
08:31I was just so busy working all the time so I figured going there would deliver a much needed
08:35nostalgia rush when I got to the preserve parking area it was completely empty I say parking area
08:42because it wasn't a traditional parking lot with spaces for cars but rather a big patch of gravel that
08:47veered off from one of the roads that ran past the preserved border like I said the actual preserve
08:52was closed meaning I'd have to walk all the way up to the lookout spot from outside before I could even
08:58turn off the engine I saw headlights pulling into the lot that was unsettling enough on its own
09:04who else would be here at 2am and then I realized what I was looking at it was that same volkswagen
09:10from the mcdonald's parking lot I was 100 certain of it I parked a little ways away and the engine cut
09:17off I felt the unease start to pour in what were the odds of that happening naturally have they followed
09:23me my window was partially rolled down and as far as I could tell there was no music coming from that
09:29car or at least none that I could hear after nothing happened for a good minute or so my fear
09:35started to fade they were probably doing the same thing I was out for some fresh air or a smoke it's
09:42a pretty popular spot for that kind of thing but I was just so weirded out considering how late it was
09:48I couldn't shake the feeling that something was off even though I concluded that it was just one of
09:52those unexplainable coincidences I sat there for a minute debating if I should just go home
09:58I didn't want to leave but I didn't want to be alone either I picked up my phone and facetimed
10:03one of my close friends who lived a few minutes away I told myself that if he didn't pick up
10:07I'd just eat my food in the car and drive home he was actually awake though which I was a little
10:12surprised by he said he had been up writing a paper I convinced him to swing by and hang out for a bit
10:18he was down he said he'd be there in ten while I waited I kept my eyes on the Volkswagen it still
10:26hadn't moved I tried to shake it off telling myself I was being paranoid when Sebastian finally pulled
10:33into the lot I felt a lot better we both got out of our cars and began walking up the path
10:38before the parking lot fully receded from view I shot a glance backwards the Volkswagen was still there
10:45but I saw all four doors open at once four guys stepped out they just stood there for a few seconds
10:51looking at each other they weren't even talking just looking around at each other it was freaky
10:58I nudged Sebastian who realized what I was looking at before they could see us we continued walking up
11:04the path so that the lot was obstructed from view alarm bells were going off in my head but Sebastian
11:10didn't seem that concerned he told me they were probably just going out to smoke we kept walking
11:15and by the time we got to the top the city view was enough to take my mind off things we always sat
11:21on this little rock wall that was supposed to keep people from wandering off the edge of the mountain
11:25we sat there eating and talking like we used to it was nice of course that nice feeling didn't last
11:32very long we heard the sound of talking and laughter quickly approaching us we turned around to see
11:38three guys walking towards us sharing what looked like a blunt they were acting friendly enough which
11:43definitely caught my nerves a little instead of finding their own spot though they walked right up
11:48to us like they wanted to start a conversation the guy in the blunt was covered in tattoos and had a
11:53nose ring he honestly looked pretty intimidating he flashed half a smile before asking us if we wanted to
11:59smoke we both said no and one of the other guys laughed and called us pussies to which Sebastian scoffed at
12:06that my curiosity got the better of me and i blurted out a question about what they were doing at
12:10mcdonald's the guy holding the blunt dropped his smile instantly and narrowed his eyes like he was
12:16caught off guard by my question his two friends did the same staring at us with cold expressions
12:23they didn't say anything for an uncomfortably long time that's when i remembered that there had been
12:27four guys in that car not three one of them was missing at that point i was fully prepared to run
12:34i knew sebastian was thinking the same thing finally the ringleader told us that he worked nights and
12:40that he had just gotten off he pulled his hoodie up to reveal a mcdonald's uniform i think because he
12:45knew we wouldn't have believed him otherwise he then went on to say he came to the spot every day
12:50after work to smoke with his friends while that definitely calmed me down a bit something about this
12:55situation was terribly off i could tell sebastian felt the same we decided it was time to go as we started
13:02walking down the path sebastian stopped and pointed into the trees i followed his gaze and saw the
13:09fourth guy half hidden in the darkness he was holding something but i couldn't make out what it
13:14was i felt my heart start racing the moment he saw us looking he started moving that's when we ran
13:22we bolted down the path glancing back to see him chasing us with the three other guys close behind
13:27my heart was pounding so hard i thought it would burst i could hear their footsteps getting closer
13:32but i didn't look back again we finally made it to the parking lot jumped into our cars and floored
13:38it out of there as i was speeding away i could see those guys rushing to get in their car i didn't
13:43feel comfortable driving home out of fear that i'd be leading them right to my house i called sebastian
13:48and told him we should meet back up on his street we had a decent head start on them and i don't think
13:53we were followed but i wasn't taking any chances when sebastian and i met back up we were still in shock
14:00about what the hell just happened i don't know if they were trying to rob us or worse i didn't know
14:05what to think sebastian showed me his phone and said he had snuck a picture of them while they weren't
14:10looking he sent it to me but i wasn't sure what to even do with it i had off the next day so i convinced
14:16sebastian to come with me back to the mcdonald's so we could at least report the employee the next day
14:21we approached a guy on the younger side in hopes that he'd listen to us we showed him the picture and
14:25told him what happened and his eyes widened he told us something literally out of a horror movie
14:31apparently that guy's girlfriend had also worked at that same mcdonald's and had dumped him a few
14:36months ago he didn't take it well and would harass her while she was working and stalk her after her
14:41shifts he obviously got fired but that didn't help the police were involved shortly after and there
14:47was a restraining order put in place apparently he had been violating that restraining order because
14:52he was camping out in the parking lot sebastian and i were horrified i have no idea why he'd decide to
14:58follow me but it was clear that he was unhinged i'm praying that the police catch him camping out in
15:03the parking lot because then he'll actually be screwed i just hope he doesn't recognize my car
15:08anywhere it's only been a week but i haven't been back to that mcdonald's or the preserves since
15:15hopefully the police are able to do something but that's out of my control
15:29forgive me if i don't remember every detail of the story it happened a while ago i grew up in ardmore
15:35pennsylvania not much goes on around here so finding things to do can be a challenge
15:41in high school a few friends and i would sneak into and explore old abandoned buildings that's the
15:46sort of thing we did at that age i didn't realize how popular that kind of stuff is until many years
15:51later apparently lots of people like to explore abandoned buildings anyway there was this abandoned
15:57church that we'd been to a couple of times before it was in narberth i actually remember the exact
16:03address 198 elmwood avenue the place was creepy but it was kind of our go-to spot for late night
16:10thrills one fall evening a few of us decided to hit the church and drink a little inside
16:15it was a chilly night and the air had that crisp bite to it there were six of us me luna gina
16:22johnny max and ali the church sat behind an eight-foot chain link fence which we had to climb to get
16:28in the doors were all boarded up so we always went through a window on the side once you were inside
16:34the first thing you noticed was the floor or lack of one the entire first floor was just dirt it looked
16:41like someone had ripped out the floorboards years ago leaving only a hole in the center where a set
16:45of concrete stairs led down to the basement that's where we always ended up down in the basement the
16:51basement had three rooms but only one had a door the other two just had door frames the first room we
16:57went into was the largest there wasn't much in it just some old furniture broken chairs a busted couch
17:04i remember having to shush johnny like 12 times because he was a lightweight and the tiny bit of
17:09alcohol he had was making him really loud and antsy being in such a big group was always a plus though
17:15and i felt much safer knowing we had numbers we messed around for a while drinking and laughing like
17:20we usually did we might have had a speaker playing music but i don't fully remember out of nowhere a door
17:27slammed i literally jumped that's how loud it was we froze staring at each other with concerned
17:33expressions at first i thought one of us had closed the door by accident but no one was near it almost
17:40immediately luna gina and johnny made a break for it sprinting up the stairs leaving me max and ally
17:47behind we were the fearless ones and none of us wanted to leave just yet my heart was definitely
17:53pounding i fully admit that but i wasn't gonna let the wind freak me out i could tell max and ally
17:58were thinking the same thing i don't know if it was curiosity or stupidity but we decided to investigate
18:04after standing in silence for a few minutes the three of us crept over to open the door that had
18:09slammed shut behind it was a small room and the first thing i saw was a dresser the mirror on top of
18:15it was cracked and there were red stains smeared across the surface at first i thought it was old paint
18:21or something but when i got closer i realized something terrifying it wasn't completely dry
18:28the stains still had that sticky sheen to them like whatever it was hadn't been there for long
18:34i felt the hairs on my neck stand up and i was having second thoughts about not leaving sooner
18:39someone or dare i say something had recently been in this room then i saw the picture there was an old
18:46photo on top of the dresser a black and white shot of a woman in a wedding dress she was smiling but
18:52there was something off about it the whole thing gave me a bad feeling i backed away but just as i
18:58turned we heard another noise this time it wasn't the door it was coming from one of the other rooms
19:06it was coming from the room we had just been in that's when max and ally both decided they'd had enough
19:12i wasn't gonna argue with them we grabbed our stuff and ran out of there as fast as we could
19:17when we climbed back over the fence and hit the pavement none of us said a word after jumping the
19:23fence i turned around and i could swear i saw the silhouette of a person standing in the open window
19:29i still pray that by some minuscule chance my mind was just playing tricks on me but i'll never know for
19:34sure my friends and i never went back there together for as long as we remain friends i've actually been
19:40back to that church myself although it wasn't a church anymore by the time i got around to checking
19:45it out again it was completely demolished i still have no idea what we saw that night i'm just glad
19:52my friends were there to witness it with me had i been alone i might doubt this whole thing even
19:57happened if anyone wants to do some digging go ahead i was never able to find out anything online
20:03but i wouldn't be surprised if that church has a history i don't know about
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