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01:19let me give you some context so the story I'm about to tell you is more understandable
01:31our cat Cosmo has always slept in the basement every night since I was a little kid our parents
01:38would scoop him up from wherever he was lounging and stick him in the basement they detested all the
01:42cat hair he'd leave behind on their bed which I guess was understandable he was also an outdoor
01:47cat so if one of us forgot to put him in the basement at night he'd wake my parents up at 3 a.m
01:52screaming to be let out the basement's huge the biggest room in our house so I figured he liked
01:59having all that space a little over two weeks ago as I'm writing this he started acting weird there's a
02:05little landing at the top of the basement stairs just behind the door that's where we'd usually put
02:10him after a few minutes he'd walk down the stairs and sleep on whatever piece of furniture he pleased
02:16one night I placed him delicately on the landing and gently shut the door something I'd done a
02:21million times as I was filling my water glass in the kitchen though I heard him meowing from behind
02:26the door that was odd he usually trotted down the stairs immediately I finished filling my glass and
02:33walked over to the door wondering if someone had maybe forgotten to fill his dish I opened the door
02:38and he darted out into the living room as if he were chasing something I checked the dish and it
02:43was completely full weird I thought turning to go find him I put him back on the landing step close the
02:51door and that was that the next two nights were essentially the same I'd put him on the landing
02:56close the door and start getting ready for bed after a few minutes I'd hear him repeatedly meowing
03:03I'd go over to the door and it was always the same thing he'd just linger at the top of the stairs
03:08refusing to go down I worried that maybe he was just getting old but that was a thought I didn't
03:13want to confront just yet it killed me to do it but I just ignored him knowing he'd walk down the
03:19stairs eventually the day after that he refused to enter the house at all usually when he wanted to
03:25come in he'd just hang out at our front steps or by the back door until one of us saw him through the
03:30glass and let him inside at one point I noticed him curled up on our doormat I went to let him in
03:36but he didn't move I went out and petted him a little before going back inside a few hours later
03:42I walked by the door again and saw that he still hadn't moved it was getting late so I picked him
03:48up and carried him inside which he wasn't too happy about I knew he didn't want to go to sleep downstairs
03:53so I let him sleep in my room that night it wasn't a big deal and he seemed a lot calmer that way
03:59of course that solution didn't last for the next few days my dad kept complaining that someone
04:06was leaving the basement door open he was mad because it was letting all the cool air escape
04:11downstairs air conditioning wasn't free which was something he loved reminding us I assumed it was my
04:17sister she's always been the type to leave doors and drawers open without thinking I didn't really
04:22pay it that much thought I was just happy that Cosmos seemed to have mellowed out after being allowed
04:27to sleep in my room one night I woke up randomly in the middle of the night in my groggy half-awake
04:33state I glanced over to the door and saw something weird there was a silhouette standing in my bedroom
04:39doorway it was just standing there perfectly still I could tell it was a person because I could see
04:45their outline and the faint glow of the lamp we'd leave on in the den I figured it had to be my sister
04:50so I called out to her but the figure moved away without a word I was too tired to figure out what
04:56she wanted so I just went back to sleep a couple of days later we discovered what had been keeping
05:03Cosmo away from the basement a flea infestation the whole place was crawling with them it was
05:08disgusting we assumed the fleas were the reason Cosmo had refused to go down there which made sense
05:14but it was strange how they came out of nowhere we'd never had a flea problem before and Cosmo always
05:19wore a flea collar my dad yelled at my mom for not changing out his collar even though she swore
05:25she had my dad went all out tearing through every corner of the basement to clean it thoroughly
05:31we vacuumed the carpets sprayed the entire room and washed everything down with flea killing solutions
05:37he told us to stay out of the basement for the next few days so that any stragglers would die off
05:42without a host it seemed like a good plan and I figured that'd be the end of it but then a few
05:47nights later another strange thing happened I was lying in bed when I noticed light seeping in under
05:54my door flickering on and off like someone was playing with the hallway switch I told myself it
05:59was probably just my dad getting up to use the bathroom or something but the flickering continued
06:04going on for longer than seemed normal it was starting to freak me out but I couldn't bring myself
06:09to check it out I lay there heart pounding staring at the bottom of the door hoping it would stop
06:16eventually it did I forced myself to fall asleep after that but I've never felt more uneasy in my
06:22life a few more days passed without incidents my dad said the basement was probably clear which was
06:29great because I had been missing playing video games down there after getting home from school I went
06:34down to the basement as soon as I got down the stairs though I noticed something was wrong there
06:40were still fleas down there a decent amount of them it did make any sense after all the cleaning they
06:46should have been long gone I went back upstairs to call my dad at work but he just said to give it
06:52time he insisted that any fleas left would die soon enough I couldn't shake the feeling that there
06:58was something else going on though it wasn't normal for fleas to keep thriving like that after
07:02everything we'd done so the next day after school I decided to investigate a bit further I went down
07:09to the back of the basement and into the storage room where we kept some old boxes and tools figuring
07:14maybe a rodent had gotten in and died somewhere I opened the door and instantly knew I was right
07:19the smell hit me almost immediately this thick rotten stench that clung to the air and made my eyes water
07:26I followed the smell to the far end of the room where there was an unfinished crawl space that
07:31connected to the plumbing for the whole house it was pitch black back there and the smell only got
07:36stronger as I stepped closer I didn't want to go in there it was too dark anyway I turned to grab a
07:43flashlight and that's when I heard it breathing it was faint at first but steady like someone was hiding
07:55in there I froze I felt a pit forming in my stomach the breathing got louder as if whoever or whatever it was
08:03was coming closer I backed away before I could react I saw a figure lunged toward the end of the crawl space
08:10moving fast a hand reached out for me but I jumped away before it could grab me I didn't stay to get a better look I ran
08:18upstairs as fast as I could slammed the basement door shut and called the police when they arrived
08:23they searched the house but there was no sign of anyone they found some empty chip bags and food
08:28wrappers stashed in the crawl space but that was it whoever had been down there had escaped through
08:33the storm door at the back of the basement the officer said it was probably a homeless person who'd
08:38snuck in looking for shelter but I couldn't help but wonder how long they'd been living there
08:42and how much they'd seen my parents were twice as shocked as I was we've kept the basement door
08:49locked ever since and Cosmo still won't go anywhere near that door I don't remember every detail of this
09:03story since I was only around seven but my parents have filled in some of the gaps over the years and
09:07there are still bits and pieces that stick out in my memory so here goes I'm an only child yeah it
09:14kind of sucked growing up by myself but one of the pros meant that my parents were a lot more involved
09:19in my life they'd really go out of their way to make sure I was thriving and I look back appreciatively
09:24on that every year around Halloween my parents would transform our basement into a haunted house
09:29it wasn't anything fancy just some old decorations fake spiderwebs strobe lights and a lot of enthusiasm
09:36the whole thing was for a good cause you had to donate canned food to get in and my parents
09:41would give everything we collected to the local food bank they even made flyers and passed them
09:46around my school and a couple of other elementary schools nearby the vast majority of people who
09:51came were parents of kids in my school but there were always a handful of parents and kids that we
09:56didn't know my parents actually welcomed that the more strangers there were the more food they'd be
10:01able to collect and the greater the likelihood that the haunted house would be a hit we lived in a
10:06pretty big brick house in Haverton Pennsylvania a lot of the houses in our neighborhood were fully
10:10brick for historical reasons I won't get into that also meant that most of them were really old too
10:16since it was kind of frowned upon to do any remodeling our house was the kind of place that
10:20already had a bit of an eerie vibe to it especially at night with its old creaky floors and dimly lit
10:25hallways every year my cousins Jeff Rick Chaz and Eric would come down to help my parents set up
10:32and manage the night usually they dress up in scary costumes and hide around the basement to
10:37jump out and scare my friends that year they decided to go all out and wore matching anonymous masks
10:43you know those kind of creepy white masks with the blank expressions the haunted house was a big hit
10:48that year as usual we had a good crowd going by early evening but my parents told me later that
10:54there had been a strange man who showed up before things really got started he wasn't with any kids
11:00which was odd since the haunted house was mostly for families he said his wife was planning to
11:05bring their daughter later on but he wanted to drop off some food cans early my parents didn't
11:10recognize him but they figured it wasn't a big deal they thanked him took the cans and stood there
11:15awkwardly before he got the hint and left as the night went on and more people showed up the basement
11:21got pretty chaotic I remember trying to keep up with my friends who were screaming and laughing as
11:26we ran through the decorations at one point one of my friends came up to me crying saying someone in
11:31an anonymous mask had scared her I tried to calm her down and told her it was just one of my cousins
11:36but then she said something that made my stomach drop she said the person had grabbed her wrist and
11:42tried to pull her into a closet I didn't know what to make of it I thought maybe she was just being
11:47dramatic but the look on her face told me she was genuinely scared I went and found my parents and
11:52told them what she said they took it seriously and went down to the basement to check things out
11:57they asked my cousins if they had seen anything strange Jeff Rick and Chaz were all in their
12:03positions and each one of them swore they hadn't done anything like that but then my parents noticed
12:08something else Eric wasn't at his post just then everyone started to panic Eric came running down the
12:16stairs he said he'd taken a break to use the bathroom upstairs and that when he came back his
12:21anonymous mask was gone he figured one of the other guys had taken it as a joke that set off alarm
12:26bells for my parents and they immediately shut down the haunted house they made everyone leave and
12:31called the police who came and searched the house but of course nothing turned up that night I was still
12:38a little shaken up but I figured it was all over I fell asleep easily enough but then I woke up to
12:44this tapping sound it was soft but noticeable like someone was repeatedly knocking on my bedroom window
12:51I was too scared to get up so I just laid there pulling the covers over my chin hoping I could just
12:57fall asleep after a few minutes the knocking stopped and I managed to drift back to sleep
13:02but a few hours later I was woken up again this time by a scratching noise it was more urgent than the
13:10knocking had been like someone was clawing at the window frame I was terrified but something inside
13:16me snapped and I threw the covers off and rushed to the window I yanked open the curtains and my heart
13:21nearly stopped there staring back at me was a person in an anonymous mask only inches away from the glass
13:29I screamed for my parents they rushed into the room and I pointed frantically at the window but by the
13:35time they looked the person was gone we called the police once again and they searched the yard and
13:40surrounding area but they didn't find anyone there were no signs of forced entry no footprints nothing
13:46the property was clear a few months passed and things settled down the haunted house was just a
13:52memory by then and my parents had started to ease up on their extra security measures then one day I came
13:59home from school to find an anonymous mask laying on my bed it wasn't just any mask it looked exactly
14:06like the ones my cousins had worn that night but the thing that really freaked me out was the writing
14:11scrawled across the forehead and black sharpie was my name how the hell had that guy even known my name
14:16we called the police again but there wasn't much they could do besides file a report my parents added
14:23more security cameras and made sure all the doors and windows were locked tight every night they really
14:28went over the top with the security adding a full alarm system and putting sensors on every window
14:33including the upstairs ones after that nothing else happened at least not that we could prove
14:39the next few months were fine but I swore I kept hearing things outside my bedroom window
14:45tapping scratching you name it it was probably nothing but it got to the point where I was scared to
14:51sleep in my own bed I've since grown up and moved out of that house but sometimes I still wonder
14:56if there was more to the story behind what happened to me all those years ago
15:00I recently got a job at a Mexican joint in a neighboring town the area was a bit sketchy
15:15but it wasn't anything I couldn't handle I was also pretty desperate for money so it's not like I
15:20really had a choice plus I figured working nights wouldn't be so bad since I'd have most of the day to
15:25myself the restaurant itself was decent enough but the manager Carlos was well shady he always
15:33scheduled me for the worst hours kept me late and never seemed particularly concerned about following
15:38the rules he was the type of guy who made you feel like you couldn't trust him but like I said
15:43I didn't have much of a choice I needed the job one night while closing up I started hearing these weird
15:50noises I was mopping the tiled floor in the kitchen when I first heard it as I was mopping I picked up
15:56on these two muffled sounds that sounded like soft thuds and scraping they were coming from below the
16:02floor it was faint at first but I knew I wasn't imagining it the thudding and scraping would alternate
16:08but I was positive that there were two distinct sounds I was hearing I listened for a while and the
16:14noises continued for a minute before stopping completely it startled me but I brushed it off
16:19as something small maybe an animal outside or the pipe settling but it kept happening the noise would
16:25start up when the place got quiet just as I was finishing up my cleaning after a few nights of this
16:30I told Carlos about it he shrugged it off immediately and told me it was nothing and to stop worrying he
16:36went as far as to say the restaurant didn't even have a basement that's when I got a little suspicious
16:41I knew he was lying because I had literally seen the window wells around the back of the building
16:46I wanted to tell him that but held my tongue I figured I'd give it another day maybe the noises
16:52would stop on their own of course the noises continued I complained to him the next day and
16:57told him that the place must have a basement since there were literally windows below the ground
17:01that's when he gave me the strange look and insisted that there was no basement he told me that the
17:07previous owners of the building had sealed it years ago and no one can get in or out then he told me
17:13in a firm voice to just focus on my job and stop poking around the way he said it so dismissive and
17:20firm gave me a bad feeling but I didn't want to lose the job so I dropped it I figured maybe it was
17:25just some animal that had somehow gotten in it was just weird that Carlos was so insisting on not
17:31checking it out or taking me seriously for the next few days the noises persisted every night it
17:37was the same those strange low thuds and occasional scraping like something or someone was moving down
17:44there I couldn't shake the feeling that something wasn't right but I tried to ignore it then one
17:50night after closing up curiosity got the better of me I decided to take a look for myself I walked
17:56around to the back of the building where the window wells were I crouched down and tried to peer through
18:01one of the windows it was pitch black inside and I couldn't see anything even with my phone flashlight
18:06just as I was about to give up a light flickered on inside the basement just for a second then it
18:12snapped off before I could see anything clearly I froze my heart racing unsure of what I had just seen
18:18I rushed back to my car too freaked out to go back inside but I didn't tell Carlos something about the
18:25whole situation made me feel like it was better to keep quiet I was not prepared for what was about to
18:30happen though the next time I closed I couldn't resist the urge to go check out those windows again
18:36I fully admit that my hands were shaking as I walked around the building I knew nothing good was going
18:41to come from poking around I crouched down to get a good look this time as I leaned in closer to get a
18:47better look I saw it pressed up against the glass was a face it was a man but not just any man
18:54he looked completely deranged his hair was wild and his face was filthy like he hadn't bathed in
19:00weeks his yellow eyes were wide staring right at me through the glass he bashed his head against the
19:07window and gave me this demented smile I screamed and stumbled back totally losing my shit I ran from
19:14my car without looking back my hands shook as I fumbled with my keys but I managed to get in and speed
19:19off before anything else could happen the next day I couldn't keep quiet anymore I went straight to
19:25Carlos and told him everything to my surprise he didn't even try to deny it instead he sat me down
19:32and actually told me the truth he admitted that the person I had seen was actually his brother who had
19:37been living in the basement he said his brother was mentally ill dangerous even and Carlos had been
19:43hiding him down there to keep him out of trouble the basement had been sealed off to the public years
19:48ago but Carlos had found a way to let his brother live down there away from prying eyes he urged me
19:54not to say anything and said he'd appreciate it if I forgot this whole thing ever happened I didn't
20:00know what to say I wanted to quit right then and there but I couldn't I was so strapped for cash that
20:06the idea of looking for another job didn't feel like a real option so I stuck around convincing myself it
20:11would be fine as long as I stayed away from the basement I tried to keep my head down and avoid
20:16Carlos but the whole thing left me on edge a few weeks later something happened that made me regret
20:22staying it was late and I had just finished closing up as I walked to my car I noticed something or
20:29someone lurking in the tree line next to the parking lot it was just a figure but I knew in my gut it was
20:35a person I had a feeling I knew who it was my heart started racing but I pretended not to
20:41notice I kept walking trying to stay calm but then I heard footsteps behind me I glanced over my
20:48shoulder and there he was the same man from the basement he was hobbling strangely toward me but
20:54clearly moving as quickly as he could I scrambled for my keys and managed to unlock the door and
20:59throw myself inside just as he reached the door he slammed his face against the window smearing it with
21:05dirt and sweat started pounding on the glass I screamed but I couldn't think straight all I knew
21:11was I had to get out of there I sped off as fast as I could I'm not sure how I made it home that night
21:17without crashing I've never been more scared in my entire life I still thank god that he had some kind
21:23of limp otherwise he would have definitely caught me that was my last night working at the restaurant
21:28I called the police from the safety of my apartment but I never went back I didn't want to
21:33know what happened next whether they found the man or if Carlos got in trouble for what he'd done
21:37I just couldn't be involved anymore even now though I can't shake the feeling that Carlos might come
21:43looking for me one day I don't know if he'd go to great lengths to do something like that but it's a
21:48thought that sits in the back of my head I never found out what happened to the restaurant Carlos or his
21:53brother and honestly I don't think I want to maybe I'll take a drive by that restaurant sometime in
21:59the future but for now I want to stay as far away from that place and those people as possible
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