the town I grew up in was pretty country to put it lightly nothing but Farms crops abandoned churches and ugly worn down houses everyone around us was pretty broke property taxes were like $1,000 a year if that with that came a lot of sketchball characters hell even our neighbor was a weirdo nice but weird we weren't well off ourselves but things at least got a little better for my family when my siblings and I were old enough to work too when this app hot or not was still a thing many years back I matched this girl Kelly who I started seeing for a while we matched in late summertime and we were seeing each other through September already this was early October Kelly and I were looking for a nice cheap date to go on really there wasn't much to do around there we've gone on Hikes explored and gotten food Read More
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not much else going on so we took a new route in the car this day some somewhere neither of us had been just to find something we found this little restaurant sitting in a random parking lot on the side of the road it had outdoor seating so we went there it was a warm cloudy day when we arrived and got seated at a table outside the restaurant we were there for 45 minutes to an hour and after leaving it grew noticeably foggy out we continued to drive down this route we'd never been down before a really desolate road with just Open Fields and farmland on either side with occasional patches of trees and Woods then we passed something different it was a sign for a pumpkin patch only it was a very cheaply made sign it wasn't some big billboard or anything like that it was a wooden
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picket sign that said pumpkin picking this way and an arrow pointing to the right right behind the sign was a dirt driveway cutting through the field through the fog we saw a house that the driveway led to so a spur of the- moment decision we both agreed we wanted to check it out because why not and drove off the road down the on the driveway and we passed the house into this back area which was covered by trees in two directions the left side and the far back side touch between the house and woods was this big pumpkin patch it was a genuine pumpkin farm and we saw at least 200 pumpkins scattered all over the place and that was just what the fog allowed us to see we parked next to this old jalopy of the pickup truck the only other vehicle visible on the property we noticed an older couple sitting on the
back deck of the house as we got out the two of them got up and greeted us I said we're here for the pumpkin picking and the old woman said with a smile welcome pick anything you'd like I asked her how much it would be for a pumpkin and the old woman said it's free we were surprised the fog was acting as a sort of barrier so we couldn't clearly see the two it was a little creepy but I could still tell that it looked like the old man was smiling at Kelly his smile was very gummy it was kind of gross we both said Thank you and started walking into the pumpkin patch a lot of the pump pumpkins were on the smaller side were mushy and just not very attractive the ground was also kind of wet from the fog I guess and some of the pumpkins felt wet and muddy too it was hard to find a really nice one but eventually we did
find one I picked up this big healthy looking pumpkin it was Heavy I brought it over to the back deck where the old couple just was they weren't there anymore I asked Kell if we should just leave she said probably it really felt like we were clear to leave since we already thanked the C and they made it clear they were free so we got back in the car and I started doing a three-point turn on the dirt driveway to leave when we heard someone yelling outside we both got startled and turned to face the house where we saw a middle-aged man in a cap yelling hey stop I lowered the window and he put his face through the window and yelled what the hell are y'all doing I'm calling 911 I said what did we do and he said put that pumpkin back right now Kelly and I talking over each other both tried to
explain to the man that the older couple told us to take whatever we wanted I assumed they were his parents the man said what older couple what are you talking about I replied are your parents also here he said I ain't got no parents Kelly and I both equally confused looked at each other I said sir there was an older couple sitting on your back deck 10 minutes ago and they told us to take whatever we wanted the man said there ain't no older couples here he asked where the pumpkin is I told him in the back I unlocked the door and he grabbed the pumpkin he said if we ever came back here he'd shoot us and then he spit at the ground and walked back to his house I drove us out of there we were as confused as could be we considered the idea that maybe it was a joke but that would be a real sick joke I made a joke
saying what if they were ghosts and Kelly said stop clearly freaked out but then I got the chills myself as I thought about what I just said there was silence in the car for a few seconds and I know we both pondered that idea out of curiosity one day my two siblings went to that pumpkin farm to go pumpkin picking they bought a pumpkin from the guy we saw and they probed him a bit asking about the farm and if the man lives there with anyone the man said he lives there alone this was unsettling to hear it truly to this day doesn't make a lick of sense could the man have been lying about the older couple being there I don't know possibly but why the scarier question is what if he wasn't lying and he truly does live alone then who were those people
it was late October when I woke up to one of my best friends Connor hitting me up asking if I was down to come to his house later it was a Saturday afternoon and I was in high school at the time so I spent most of my weekends with friends Connor's parents were out of town for the weekend and he was home alone with one of his older sisters whom I'll just call Chantel she was supposedly watching him the entire weekend with that information I knew he was just asking me to come over and party again I didn't have any work responsibilities to worry about at the time so I agreed to the idea and headed over to his house when I got to his house we played some Call of Duty on his family room's couch for a few hours talking about school sports girls and whatever else we cared about at the time eventually he brought up the
idea of going to a Halloween party in his neighborhood that a bunch of people from our high school were going to at first I was was a bit hesitant of the idea but after some convincing I was down to go I'm not introverted or anything I just wasn't feeling like partying that night but Connor was dying to go so trying to be a good friend I agreed to go I asked him about getting some kind of costume and he had two security staff shirts that we could just throw on and use as the bare minimum of a Halloween costume we continued to play on Xbox for a few more hours until 10:30 rolled around Connor ran upstairs to Chantel's room telling her we were going as if she cared then we threw on our shirts and headed out after a quick 5-minute walk we pulled up to a Halloween decorated house
where we could hear the music blaring from inside we walked past the decorations and through the door where we were slammed with the loud music we heard outside the place was packed with maybe 70 other high school kids raving and just talking in groups throughout the house it was your average high school party a few minutes later i' had already lost Connor as I was pulled aside by loo one of my baseball teammates who I'd hardly seen at all that year he sat me down on a couch in a circle with some of my other friends and teammates we continued to talk for a couple hours laughing at dumb memories brought up in conversation and partaking in activities that normally go down at parties at this point in the night I was feeling tired and completely out of it I
knew it was time for me to go home and get some rest for the night I looked through the party for Connor where he was flirting with a girl in the corner of the kitchen as I accidentally interrupted his conversation I asked him if it was cool for me to go back to his house and sleep sleep he agreed and said he was going to stay for a little longer but the girl he was talking to asked if I could go get some drinks from the basement I agreed to do so after realizing I completely interrupted their deep conversation it was the least I could do it didn't take me long to find the basement as I opened the door and headed down the dimly lit stairs I stumbled down the last few steps and fell into the fridge as I opened it I was greeted by a man's voice behind me who tried quietly saying boo I jumped
and threw my hands up facing the direction I heard the voice from there was a tall 35-year-old looking man wearing a black cloak costume and standing behind me with a grin on his face making a surprise gesture with his hands what the hell was that for I yelled with a clear slur in my speech the guy left and introduced himself as the party host's cousin I was so out of it I didn't even question why he was in a dark basement by himself and there was a massive party going on upstairs with loud music the guy awkwardly tried making conversation but I told him I needed to get my friend his drink and leave the party I'm honestly pretty open and chatty to strangers when I'm out of it like that but even at that moment I didn't like his Vibe and I tried everything I could to get away he
blurted nice meeting you as I turned around walking up the creaking stairs I told my friend goodbye and left the party the lights and Halloween decorations on each house in the neighborhood lit up the street as I walked back to Connor's house it didn't really matter though because the walk was literally 5 minutes at most I reflected on the weird exchange I had with that man in the basement as I walked and I couldn't shake the odd Vibes he gave off the more I thought about it the weirder it became in my head I eventually got to Connor's house it was completely dark and Chantel's car was gone from the driveway meaning I was home alone I walked into the dark Eerie house and didn't bother turning on some lights just headed straight to the basement to sleep I walked down there
and passed out on the couch I lay like a Bab baby for maybe 15 minutes until I heard a crashing noise upstairs it woke me right up I tried listening for anything else but I heard nothing I thought I was hearing things then tried getting back to sleep I don't know how much time passed from when I first heard the crash but I could hear the floorboards above me creaking like someone was walking on them I thought it was Connor or Chantel but it sounded way too heavy to be either of them I pulled out my phone and texted Connor asking if he was home yet I stared at the ceiling trying to listen the door to the basement opened I could hear a person walked down the staircase I peaked around the bend of the room to see the stair opening I saw the man I saw earlier at the party
standing right there quietly illuminated by the stair light I tried not to make any noise praying that the man would just walk away a few moments passed by before he randomly turned and quietly walked out of the basement closing the door I picked up my phone and dialed 911 I explained the situation to them gave them everything they needed and I waited patiently in the basement for them to show up I tried opening the windows down there but they were all sealed shut I Had No Escape through the basement door that the man was standing by earlier the cops eventually came and they arrested the man because he was still there he was found hiding underneath Chantel's bed she had gotten home and was getting ready for bed and was moments from getting into the bed
when she heard the cops knocking on the front door downstairs I have no idea what his intention was but clearly he followed me home the whole encounter has really confused me I'm just glad things played out the way they did oddly enough the cops were able to review neighboring House's cameras and they saw the man following me home but then he lost me after taking the corner into the culdesac he ended up lurking on Chantel watching her get out of her car and walk into the house then he snuck around to the backyard and broke in through the back door always be alert of your [Music] surroundings it was the middle of October the leaves were just starting to change to that beautiful mix of orange and yellow my wife Courtney and I are a gay couple we've been married for 2
years now we wanted to take advantage of the Fall Foliage and go to the Catskill Mountains in New York we booked an Airbnb by Overlook Mountain a popular hiking Des dination we're Avid hikers so we go all over the country to explore national parks and famous hiking destinations this was our third time going to Catskill New York the owner of the Airbnb was an adorable looking sweet woman who was definitely in her 50s or 60s out of respects I'll just name her Kathy Kathy was very easy to work with and very responsive she had the key to the Little House hidden in a codelocks mailbox and she gave me the code inside was a very rustic and cabiny type of feel with wooden walls and Floors but bright colored rugs to cover the wood floors it was well-kept and nice spacious enough for two people outside
was Woods in all directions there was a shed converted to a little clubhouse outside with a pool table and dartboard and a bunch of things hung on the walls we drove to the base of the Overlook Mountain Trail and there were some people around not many but a few as we were ascending the mountain on foot we'd pass occasional hikers on their way down eventually we sat on a big rock overlooking an amazing Cliff view just admiring for a while eventually we heard a footstep crunching a leaf behind us we turned around and saw a woman by herself leaning on a tree she was like 55 or something she was clearly looking at us until we turned and saw her then she awkwardly looked away I would have otherwise said hi but she made it weird we just ignored it until randomly we heard her say hi so we turned again and
saw she was looking at us we said hi back then she asked where we're from from here we just got into a seemingly normal conversation with her she said her name was Melinda and she was from the area she asked where we're staying offering her knowledge of the area to suggest places to check out I told her right up the road at an araban B she suggested some places to go and then the conversation kind of died off from there Courtney and I said well it was nice meeting you as we now started descending the trail back towards the car weirdly we noticed the Melinda lady was now also heading down as well but she was keeping a bit of a distance not with an earshot we found a spot to rest on the way down for a minute and we noticed Melinda seemed to stop too at the same time she was still out of earshot this was weird
we felt like she was following us so we decided to just stay put and wait her out see if she'd move after a while she finally did continue making her way down past us she looked at us and smiled and said okay as she walked past us we waited till she was out of of sight before we continued hiking down we got back to the parking area a while later and from there we went straight back to the Airbnb right up the road we were exhausted so we took a nap then we went out to eat at this place called Garden Cafe which was highly rated after that it was Pitch blackout so we went back to the Airbnb with plans to just cuddle up and watch movies we had a long day of hiking so we were going to sleep good there was only a TV in the living room but it was set up to have Netflix and everything so we found a good movie to
watch and put it on we were so tired that we started drifting off to sleep halfway through the movie I noticed Courtney was completely knocked out and I was following suit when suddenly I was immediately snapped back awake to the sound of knocks at the door we were in the middle of the woods knocks at the door were a huge concern nobody should be here there was no people in the door I couldn't check who was there all the blinds were closed and I wasn't going to DARE peeking out of one of them I I shook Courtney awake and told her someone's at the door I muted the TV and we waited for a second set of knocks that came only seconds later we both agreed there's no shot we were opening the door it was still early like 9:00 so I texted Kathy asking if she was at the door there was then a knock at
the window and a woman's voice on the other side asking if someone in there Courtney and I were now freaked out I'd say we were in a panic Knocking On A stranger's window is not a normal thing somebody does what happened next was even more disturbing we heard the person trying to lift open the window thankfully it was locked Kathy was calling me now I showed Courtney and she said maybe it is her outside that's why she's calling I picked up in a low voice and Cathy on the other end told me she was at home and she asked who was outside when I told her what's happening she sounded confused and concerned none of her friends or relatives would go to that house she said she told us don't open the door and we took her advice after hanging up there were now knocks on another window and the voice called I
need help please let me in we knew better than to fall for this something bad would happen if we let them in we started to realize it could have been that weird lady from the hiking trail like what if she followed us back to the Airbnb we honestly wouldn't have even noticed I went to the bedroom where it was completely pitch black and I ever so delicately moved the blind up just a crack to peek outside there was a man walking past the window he didn't notice me I went back to Courtney to tell her that there were multiple people out there this was an invasion we called 911 I gave them the address and stayed on the line there were a few more knocks at the door but we never answered the people outside eventually gave up I believe because the knocks and yells stopped the police took
a while to get there but when they did we felt a lot better the officers were very nice and they stayed with us while we figured out what we wanted to do I called C again and explained what happened and why we didn't feel safe staying there tonight anymore she was completely understanding we still paid for that night but the rest of the stay was cancelled and the officer stayed with us while we packed our things and loaded the car one of them led us in his car to the nearest motel where we stayed for the night given the circumstances we drove home the next day because honestly we just didn't want to be in the area after that we think this was some kind of group that was looking for easy targets to abduct and may have been using a woman as some kind of Scout to gain their trust and they saw two young
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women by themselves so they tried to Target us for future hikes we've started to bring pepper spray with us just as a form of self-defense.