'Someone keeps coming into my house when I'm not there - it's terrifying me'
A family says they're living in fear after noticing their house had been entered while they were out, however, while nothing is ever taken it's clear the trespasser wants them to know they were there
A couple have revealed they’ve been left terrified because they’re convinced a stranger is coming into their home.
Sharing all on Reddit, the woman explained that she and her husband live with their kids and dogs in a large house just off a main road.
She wrote: “This has happened four times that we know of. Last winter, my partner was home alone. He was in the back of the house sleeping, when he woke up freezing cold. He went to investigate and found our kitchen door wide open. This happened 3x, twice in one night and again on a different night. He was home alone each time.
“Most recently, he, I & the kids had left the house for the playground around noon. We stayed about an hour. When we got back, he and I were chatting as we walked into the house. We turned the corner into our living room and both immediately froze. Our living room entrance was wide open."
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The woman added: “Our living room entrance is technically the ‘main’ entrance, but we NEVER use it. It stays dead-bolted and the knob stays locked. It takes a bit of effort to get the deadbolt turned & door open; because the door frame tends to swell. Our kids wouldn’t have been able to open it at all, especially without us noticing.”
She admitted that her husband had left the kitchen entrance unlocked, something they had argued a lot about but she was convinced that the intruder entered and exited through the kitchen. This meant that the only reason the trespasser opened the main door was to let them know they’d been there.
She went on: “Nothing is ever taken. There are valuables everywhere. Nothing is ever disturbed. The dogs are not a fan of strangers rolling up on our property. They’re not violent, but they make it known that this is our house and that they may or may not be welcome.
“A couple of years ago, our dogs started to wander off the property when they were let out. It would take them 5-10 minutes to come back when called. This was very out of character, and has only recently started to get better. We wonder if there isn’t someone close feeding them, treating them, becoming familiar with them, disarming them. They’re always in the house when we leave.
“This particular instance, when we returned home, they were acting funny. They were doing that shameful ‘I got into the trash’ or ‘I snuck food off the counter’ bow/walk. Like they knew something wrong happened here.”
If that wasn’t creepy enough, she also revealed that her kids had noticed that someone would often knock on the front door but when they went to answer it, there was no one there.
People reading the Reddit post were naturally terrified for the family and urged her to report these occurrences to the police and invest in cameras for the outside of the property. One person suggested: “For your yard get cameras with motion activation and night vision. Trim back as bush and trees as you can and put apple tags on your dogs to track their movements so if someone is feeding them out there you know what direction they and the person is at.”
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