some background I have severe chronic depression
with psychosis and a severe anxiety disorder I also have a seizure disorder which is exasperated
by anxiety my stalker wasn't always a stalker at first he was my best friend's oldest brother and
by default he always seemed to be my older brother as well our families were very close eventually
my family moved away as the Navy brats we were and I lost contact with my best friend a few
years later we found each other on Facebook and of course I
added all of her siblings as friends
I would talk to her twin brother a lot as we had similar interests her oldest brother however
was on a mission for the LDS church after he returned his parents mentioned to my family that
he was having a hard time adjusting and to please message him so he would feel more welcome like
people remembered him in his absence of course I being a fairly caring individual messaged him it
started with small talk how are you what have you been up to lately ECT his
name was Scott and he
was 6 years older than my best friend and I and he had some mental health issues of his own at
the time my psychosis was uncontrolled and I had a delusion that I had a guardian angel following
me to protect me from the demon shadow beings that wanted to corrupt me and steal my soul his name
was Athan probably a name I got from a book or something Scott encouraged this delusion and said
that Athen would visit him and talk to him and he would tell me about their convers
ations about
me eventually Scott seemed to become jealous of my close relationship with Athan and told me that
Athan had told him that he was leaving me because someone else needed him and that he was appointing
Scott to be my new Guardian I of course was devastated I told Scott I didn't want him to be my
guardian I wanted Athan he got upset and asked me why I hated him why didn't I love him anymore this
was a common occurrence these outbursts claiming I hated him trying to guilt me into ag
reeing to
things this wasn't the only stunt he pulled either he would get angry if I didn't message him back
within a minute or so and resend messages over and over and then send R about what a terrible
person I was and how he hoped I would be raped or murdered then he would send Rin about how sorry
he was and asked me to forgive him he would say he would hurt himself if I didn't forgive him and
even sent me a picture of a gash on his arm when I couldn't text on my way to school because of
rain
he would send me screenshots of the forecast in my area and say I was lying to him and asking why
I hated him during school when I couldn't text he would send message after message during final
exams he sent several hundred mes sometimes 15 pages long he would send screenshots of earlier
conversations and claim I had lied to him about something if I told him I would be ignoring
my phone for a couple hours to hang out with my boyfriend he would call me a worthless [ __ ]
which hurt bec
ause I have been raped in the past and that's what the rapist called me I believed
it was my fault for far too long I think that's when I created Athan to protect me but with my
boyfriend we hadn't even kissed yet because I was afraid of what it could lead to and I wasn't
ready to be intimate or touched at all really understandably I was traumatized if I said I
was busy in church activities I was trying to be a good Christian girl at this point I am in no
way Christian now he would complain
that I wasn't talking to him that I must hate him ECT then it
got weird he told me that he had a dream where he and I were married and had a kid I told him
politely that I was in no way interested in him like that and emphasized the fact that he had
always been like a brother to me he went on to tell me that it was of course just a dream and you
can't control your dreams and of course he didn't really feel that way but he still acted creepy he
would say he loved me and I would say somethin
g like love you too like a brother but I was getting
scared the stress took a toll on me I got very sick and then had a severe allergic reaction to
the medication called Steven's Johnson syndrome I had a high fever and my face was swollen and
my body was blistering I could hardly eat both because of the swelling and blisters in my mouth
and because of the fatigue the only thing I ate in 3 days was an apple cut into pieces so small I
had to use a toothpick to get them in my mouth and basical
ly swallowed the bits whole my point here
is I was in no shape to be texting all the time if I sank into a deep depression and wanted just to
be alone not texting or talking or even eating I would tell him I do this I want to talk right now
but he insisted he would send dozens of messages and get mad at me when I said I was listening to
a movie while I dozed because I should have been talking to him if I was well enough to listen
to a movie yeah great logic after I recovered I was no longer
afraid to upset him and told him I
would not text as much but he still sent tons of of mes which I deleted without reading I told him
over and over to stop messaging and ranting at me that the stress was making me a and I had a life
other than texting him he practically exploded I was at a presentation my boyfriend was giving
and Scott wouldn't stop texting me finally I got fed up with telling him to leave me alone
and told him to never message me again to fall in a hold for all I cared al
l was silent for a
few days then I got a message on Facebook it was a picture of Mino rash and an accusation that
somehow I made him fall in a hole while on his bicycle I told him to leave me alone he wavered
between telling me he loved me and renting at me for hating him quoting violent and somewhat rapy
music lyrics at me this isn't the creepiest thing he did either he created a fake Facebook account
of a girlfriend where the profile picture was of the girl who played gritchen in Mean Gir
ls she
would talk to me about how I was breaking poor Scotty's heart and other crap it was obvious it
was a fake account and she would tell me about being visited by Athen and Athan would tell her to
tell me to be nicer to Scott and probably creepier he somehow found out what apartment complex my
sister lived in in an entirely different state and send her a picture if it he started messaging
my family telling them I was mean to him and he wished I would die ECT I had a strange schedule
at
school I would walk to school to catch a bus to a different school for half of the day and then
catch a bus back for the other half I promis this is relevant I was terrified at this point he was
obsessive and honestly scared me well one day on the bus ride back to the school I could have sworn
I saw him walking down the street toward my school I panicked I stared hyperventilating and duck my
head down so he couldn't see me I was convinced he was following me and was going to hurt me
after a
ll he said he wished I was dead I was completely sure that he was going to do something
now remember my psychosis was uncontrolled I was extremely paranoid and panicked easily the man
of course turned out not to be Scott after this I realized what a toxic environment my involvement
with home created I told him goodbye and blocked him on social media my phone and even changed
my email he used the texting app to text me in rant the same old things that he loved me why
did I hate him why didn'
t I love him anymore ECT I blocked him over and over again eventually
things went quiet a new number in New rant every few days then weekly and then a month or two
would pass I blocked him every time after a couple of years I thought he was gone for good
I was exited I was graduating early and I felt accomplished I sent a graduation announcement
to my best friend hoping she would send her own back instead I received a card from her address
it said it was from her but when I opened it it was
from Scott he was congratulating me on my
graduation and asking me to please email him because he was so sorry I shredded the card and
never told anyone but I was terrified all over again he had my address all I could think about
for months was that he might physically stop me I spent a lot of time looking out on my shoulder
scanning rooms and streets making sure he wasn't near I had nightmares where he would find me
and quote those strange violent lyrics at me before strangling me to deat
h of course this
never happened he stayed away because of his fixation my best friend's father denied a job
position in my state in my County even I would have been so close to my best friend again but of
course that means I would be close to my stalker too my best friend and I have never forgiven him
for that because of him best friends were kept far apart she has visited me a couple of times
and last I heard Scott married a schizophrenic girl and they're living off of Government Aid so
t
o wrap this up I'd like to thank whoever actually read this to the end I think it was therapeutic
for me to write it out for anyone that cares my psychosis and anxiety disorder are well under
control we're still working on the depression thing but it's getting better slowly finally I
would like to say I hate you Scott you stole any smidge of a sense of security I had you used my
psychosis against me and you kept me from my best friend this is my first time posting and this is
by far far the
weirdest thing to have happened to me this all took place around 2 years ago I
was 17 at the time living in northern England for some background my mother is a single mother
because my dad left before I was born she works very hard and in the whole 17 years leading up
to this point it was always just me and her she had never had a boyfriend or anything like that
but just before my 17th birthday this is what happened it wasn't long before Christmas and my
mother had told me that she was spe
aking to one of her old friends from school on Facebook and was
going to ask him to come around for some food and a drink as a catchup at this point I had no male
role model in my life whatsoever so I can't say I wasn't a little excited myself that my mother
had finally met someone after so long on the day he came around I was out most of the night because
my mother had bought me two tickets to see 50 Cent for me and a friend as an early Christmas present
so we went and my friend stayed ove
r after this is when I first made contact with the man I'll call
Dan so he stands up shakes my hand and tells me he's heard a lot about me and all seems good he
even bought us food and convinced my mom to give me another early Christmas present so I liked
him already if only I knew then would I know now so now you're all caught up in what happened
around November fast forward to January which is when my birthday is and I was turning 17 now this
had already started to feel a bit weird to to
me because Dan had already moved into my house but
I just thought he might have been struggling even though he always went on about that he worked
offshore on the o rigs he had three houses that are all up for rent so you would expect him to
have a fair bit of cash but he never seemed to have any so anyway my 17th birthday comes and I
asked my mom if I can have a party just messing with her because it was obvious she'd say no and
she did but then Dan overhears and convinces her to let me an
d they will both stay so it doesn't
get out of hand so I invited my friends over and we're having a good time and I'm really starting
to like Dan even though I had only known him a short amount of time he seemed to understand
what it's like to be my age so the part's going well everyone's enjoying it then Dan sits in the
front room with us this is where it started to get a little off I am the funny one in my friendship
group so I made my friends laugh quite a lot but Dan didn't really seem
to like it I don't really
know what he was thinking but he started talking to all of my friends as if he were competing with
me and belittling me at every chance he got I thought it was a little weird but I'd never had
a father figure before so I thought he was just joking but as the night went on it got weirder he
came up to me later on and pulled out a tiny bag with cocaine inside and offered me some being
17 if your mom's boyfriend offers you Coke in front of your friends that has to be
the coolest
thing in the world so I accepted his offer he then then said to me don't tell your mom or I'll get
into trouble and I agreed I wouldn't believe me I'd be in a lot more trouble than he would if
I did tell her so anyway Dan got more and more drunk then started to like my friends more than I
did he then made a comment to one of my friend's girlfriends who was 16 and he was late 30s asking
if she wanted to go upstairs which she replied no and came up to me asking what the hell is hi
s
problem I shook it off again saying that he was just messing around so the parties are over and
it's a few days later and Dan is acting really weird not to my face but behind my back for
example my mom would ask me to wash the dishes or to clean my room and Dan would say don't worry
about it just leave them you go out and I'll do it so I said thanks went out and when I'd come home
the dishes wouldn't be done and my room would be a mess so I'd get into crap for it it was just
stupid thing
s like this that began to make me start thinking this is where the worst part comes
in my mom and Dan are going out drinking for the night which is strange since my mom never normally
drinks but I assume she's just going because he wanted to so I invited my girlfriend over to stay
the night while they were gone and we ordered food watched movies then fell asleep we were then
awoken by my mom screaming and O Dan please don't and Dan screaming at her saying I'll end you
and your freaking son
so I told my girlfriend to wait in bed and gave her a small metal pull from
my weight set to defend herself in case anything happened then I proceeded downstairs when I
got downstairs it was crazy there was a hole straight through my TV the glass cabinet had been
smashed and Dan had my mother by her arm screaming in her face that she's no good and loads of other
horrible things I shout get the hell off her they both freeze calm down and straight away he says I
didn't hit her do you really t
hink I'd do that in the calest voice ever so I did what any mature
teenager would do and punch that c straight in the nose but obviously he has muscles bigger than
my waist so he just tackles me to the floor and punches me all of a sudden someone bangs on the
door but they didn't stop to wait to see if anyone answered it was just repeated until Dan answered
the door my next door neighbor was there with a firearm in his hand and he said have you been
freaking hitting her and Dan is extremely
calm again and says what are you talking about I then
stand in the doorway behind him bleeding from my nose and noded my next door neighbor then dragged
him outside and they both started fighting in my front garden Dan had been hit by the firearm
so he was bleeding from his head and had blood down his face the police then arrived my neighbor
obviously called him before he started swinging the firearm around which was a smart move Dan was
sweetly arrested and my neighbor also got taken to c
ourt but the craziest thing is that my mom
stuck up for Dan she was obviously just scared so I made a statement to the police because God
only knows what he would have done if my neighbor didn't come Dan is thankfully now in jail but
the weirdest part about it all is that me and my mom talked about it a few months later and
she said he never had any money he didn't have three houses he lived with his mother and had
lied about at all he was just living off of me fulltime and he had spent a l
ot of my money so
for a while we thought we would have to sell the house my mom is a fighter though so she worked
her but off to pay all the debts owed and kept the house but she also said he told me you took
cocaine and always refused to do things he asked I denied at the time but she knows the truth now
as I'm older I can't help but think that he was trying to get in between me and my mom to bring
us down when in fact it only made us closer she's fine now and we still live in the same hou
se I
asked her about why he hit her and she said Dan claimed I slept with one of your friends at
your party which was quite funny because my mom wasn't even there but that just shows how
crazy he was Dan let's never ever ever meet again I go to university in Washington one night I
woke up around 3:00 a.m. to yelling not bickering between 2 people were an angry man on the phone
it was one man yelling loud enough that it sounded as though he was yelling at someone who was
a block away he was
yelling things along the lines of I hate you you mother freaking [ __ ]
and I'm going to kill you you mother freaking [ __ ] so obviously I was terrified I lived on
the ground floor and my bed was next to a big window I was too terrified to look out of the
window to see what this man looked like or how far away he was the yelling continued for around
10 minutes while I laid completely still in the morning I left my house to drive to class when
I got to my car I noticed the door was a jar I
hadn't connected the two situations yet I was just
concerned about my registration or insurance card the only valuable things ever in my car when I
opened the door to assess the damage I noticed something on the middle console it was a pocket
knife I picked it up without gloves etched on the handle of the blade was cut a [ __ ] and on the
blade was etched cut as if he had started to write the same page but ran out of time the thought that
the yelling man did this now crosses my mind and th
e fact that nothing was stolen but a knife was
left gave me chills I immediately went back inside and brought the knife to my housemate in tears
we called the police to report the car Breakin and give them our evidence they documented it
as a car Breakin and Potential Threat because of the yelling I heard the night before I slept
at my friend's house that night and the next day wondered if we had overreacted by calling the
police we just planned to sleep at home that night at 12:30 a.m. whi
le getting ready for
bed someone rang our doorbell three times we saw someone walking away from our house out the
side window immediately after this could have been a harmless person with the wrong address
but regardless my housemate and I were still on edge and went to sleep at different houses I
dropped her off at her boyfriend's house which was about two blocks away and drove to the same
friend's house I had slept at the night before this friend lives maybe five blocks away from
me in t
he same neighborhood by the university I went inside and was getting ready for bed
I was planning to sleep on the couch in the living room right in front of the front window
and door it was 1:30 a.m. and I had been there 10 minutes and was on the couch when I heard the
knocking knocking is putting it lightly this was banging I could see a figure through the blind
so I suped down further into the couch so they couldn't see me the banging continued and I ran
upstairs to my friend we sat in he
r bed with the door closed and a bat in hand nobody else who
lived in our house was there that night so it was just us we called Crime Check so they could
send a patrol car and hopefully get there before the guy left he stopped knocking for a couple
of minutes and then came back and continued for maybe five more when the cops finally arrived
we had to call Crime cheick again to make sure it was actually the cops who were banging on the
door and not a stranger even better when talking to the
police they seemed annoyed that we didn't
answer the door sooner and had the audacity to ask us if we asked the guy what he wanted they said
it was probably just someone drunk or on drugs in our opinion it was too much of a coincidence
with the past two days we had just been through I can't help but think that the yelling man
had watched us leave our house that night and followed me to my friend's home especially
because the first night I slept at her house I didn't drive myself so my car
wasn't parked in
front it's been a year now since then and nothing else has happened but every time I think about it
I'm creeped out yelling man let's definitely not meet when I was in third grade there was this
girl in my class she wasn't particularly liked by anyone as she was quite the and overall a rude
person even to adults she was known to have anger issues and get mad at people for what seemed like
no reason I was no exception her name was Carly she had been mean to me in the past bu
t that
didn't deter me from going to her house one day after she had been nice to me all day at school
naive I know so before leaving school that day I called my mom to ask if I was allowed to go to
Carly's house she said yes and to call her when I get there so I can give her the address now when
I think back I wonder if she had a bad feeling about the situation since she doesn't normally ask
for the address and she isn't picking me up since Carly's house was about two blocks away when I
g
ot there after calling my mom of course Carly insisted on making me look pretty AKA wetting my
hair and brushing it I let her then she told me to close my eyes and that she was taking me to
the living room I closed my eyes and she began to guide me towards the bathtub we were already
in the bathroom so the tub was a solid 2 ft away from where we were standing I opened my eyes just
enough to see where she was guiding me my foot hit the side of the tub and I said that this didn't
feel like th
e living room she said it was and that I just needed to step over the gate I tell
her that I know this is the bathtub she stops trying to get me into the tub and brings me to
the kitchen instead she says she is going to make cereal I was standing behind her when she reached
into her dishwasher and said she was grabbing a spoon the way that she clarified that she was
grabbing a spoon immediately told me what she was really going to grab and it was for sure not
a spoon I can still remember th
e feeling of dread that overcame me when she said those words she
pulls out a large knife and backs me up into a counter holding the Knife Only inches away from my
neck I can't remember if any words were exchanged during this maybe I was just too shocked to say
anything I only stayed there for maybe 30 seconds before I pushed her aside and ran towards the door
I grabbed my backpack and put on my winter boots by the time I had my boots on Carly was trying to
block the sliding door I pushed p
ast her again and flung open the door I ran down her patio steps
and out her front gate not bothering to close it I just wanted to get home to where I was safe
I remember her yelling at me as her dogs escaped through the open gate I didn't care one of her
neighbors who was in their front lawn waved and smiled at me clearly oblivious to what had just
gone down I ran down the road into my house not stopping once it wasn't until I was in the door
of my house that I broke down I began to cry an
d yell for my mom my two older sisters yelled
at me to shut up my mom walked over to me and immediately knew something was wrong I explained
what happened and she was very understanding and freaked out I can't remember if it was the
same day or the next day that I had to talk to a police officer about what happened he asked
me what kind of knife it was and whatnot I think my mom relayed most of the story to him because
I don't remember having to say much they got in contact with Carly's fos
ter mom and Carly got in
big crap for it at school Carly yelled at me for getting the cop involved and tried to Guilt Trip
me by saying that her mom threatened to put her back in foster care if she did anything like that
again I told her I didn't care the school was also notified of the situation and the teachers made
sure to keep an extra eye on her but that didn't mean I wasn't paranoid around her I made sure
to keep my guard up for the rest of the school year which was true she had it co
ming I always
thought that it was a bit extreme to involve the cops but I ended up making Carly never mess with
me again again I ended up moving after that year for unrelated reasons only to move back before
I started sixth grade the first day of middle school I was waiting for them to call my name so
I knew which class was my home room when I heard an all too familiar name Carly I watch as no one
goes up to join the class was she not here next I was called I go up to join the class that sh
e
would have been in I found out later when the teacher was doing attendance that she had moved
3 hours away just before the beginning of the school year it's been 3 years since then and
I can only hope she doesn't come back but if she does I'm not too concerned and if she does I
will make sure that she stays the hell away from me that incident has given me some trust issues
but at least now I know to choose my friends wisely this happened to me two years ago it was my
first month on the j
ob and I worked night security at this pretty interesting place for the record
I still work there and have more strange stories possibly to tell in the future I am a 38-year-old
male I've worked security jobs most of my life and the graveyard shift I was an event security guard
for various well-known concert venues for years so I've seen my fair share of strange things and
crazy people in other words I don't scare easily and hardly ever go into a panic mode when a crisis
comes up the place
I currently work is a resort style apartment complex to get the layout there
are three floors of apartments with 50 units on each floor this place takes up one city block
with a golf course in the back indoor swimming pools hot tubs and a small movie theater you name
it this place has it most of the residents are retired doctors lawyers and otherwise Rich there
are some younger people that live here as well stock Brokers and real EST State agents and so on
some just use their apartment in t
he summer and leave as soon as the snow falls it is located in
a well-known tourist town in the United States the building itself has 12 exits on the first floor
the doors are locked at 11:00 p.m. you can exit but you can't get back in unless you go to the
front of the building and ask to be buzzed in or pick up the call box phone next to whatever exit
you are at it will ring the company's cell phone and I answer and can come let you in the front
lobby is set up much like a hotel with slidi
ng glass doors which I lock when I start my shift in
the middle of the building on the first floor are two big slider doors which I also lock they lead
to the private parking lot the parking lot itself is gated and you need a code to get in this was
Midsummer and while it's never really hot here tonight was an exception it was still very warm
after the sun had set I came in 10 minutes to 11: to start my shift we have a routine to hand off
the keys event log and foam to the next person on du
ty despite its size I am the only security
person here at night my coworker who was leaving told me the side iron gates that lead to the
parking lot are open on one side because they are stuck this is nothing new and they often
do get jammed she told me the repair people would be in tomorrow sometime to fix them but to
just do some extra Patrol out there tonight this place sits across the road from a public park and
while the area is pretty decent the park tends to breed druggies and homele
ss at night who sometimes
like to try and wander on the property or cause trouble my night started out as uneventful as a
security guard in this place we only have pepper spray a large flashlight keys and a company cell
phone to call 911 if need be we are told not to confront bodily harm nor can we detain anyone we
are simply eyes and ears and to call the police if something comes up of course you can defend
yourself if you need to but in all cases if you are in danger calling the police is
the company
policy basically I am to walk the grounds and the floors for anyone suspicious watch the cameras
in the security office which is in the lobby and otherwise try to stay alert if a resident
calls for a magnant request I would take the information down in the computer for day shift or
if a resident called with a security issue I would attend to it pretty easy enough job I thought
I locked the doors to the parking lot and the lobby doors I did a sweep of all the floors and
then fo
und myself back at the desk it was really quiet and it rolled around to 3:00 a.m. I had
just sat down to eat my lunch when the company's cell phone rang the caller ID let me know it was
from one of our outside call boox phones I picked it up and said thanks for calling Resort name
here this is Security Officer James how can I help you all I heard was someone breathing heavy
I glanced at the cameras and could see the shadow of a figure standing just Out Of Reach from the
door and camera view
all I could see is the open call box and the metal cord from the phone I
again asked how I can help the man started to breathe heavier and laugh than silence it was
one of those laughs you hear in a movie when the lunatic is about to do something terrible
I got up from my chair and started to walk out of the office and to the door he was at when it
rang again this time from call box number number two which was further down I quickly looked at
the camera and saw this large figure in a hoode
d jacket I knew this was strange as it was very
warm outside he was holding a black bag in his hands but had his back to the camera I'm coming
for you and you're going to dive this voice said in a raspy deep tone he hung up before I had the
chance to say anything then the phone rang again this time I picked up and before he could speak I
let him know the cops are on their way way and to leave the property now as he is on camera he tried
the doors and both were locked this time he was at yet
another call box this guy had to be running
at top speed to make it to the next and the next call box as they are a good distance between doors
on the outside I can see you are you ready to die the cops won't make it here in time the guy said
I spoke loud and pretended like I was talking to another security officer and asked him to send
three other security guards to such and such a location and that police were dispatched the guy
slammed the phone down loud against the call box receiver a
nd I watched him on camera take off
into the darkness to the Park area I figured it scared him off I was going to call the police
but honestly the location of this place it would take them at least 15 minutes to get here and I
figured this guy was just some tweaker from the park I scanned the cameras and walked the backl
just to be sure no one was there I had my pepper spray in my hands just in in case but no one
was out there I returned to my desk and wrote what happened in the incident lo
g about a half
hour passed and I had finished lunch and was just about to do rounds when the phone rang again
this time it was from an unknown number I thought it would be a resident calling for a repair issue
or something I picked up and said my normal line where are the cops I don't see them but I see
you the voice said crap it was that guy again I scanned the cameras and did not see anything
I went to the front door to look out and there was nothing but darkness and a few front flood
li
ghts on I know you're alone and you are going to die soon he said I basically told him to get
crapped and hung up I called the non-emergency number to 911 and let them know what was going on
the dispatcher said she would send out a car to check the area and make contact with me next thing
I hear is a loud thud against the glass windows to the day manager's office which sits across from
the security room another three loud bangs I run to the door and unlock it I pull up the shades
and shine
my flashlight through the window into the darkness I catch the face of this hooded man
he looked to be about 40 with long stringy hair poking down and these wild eyes he looked right
at me and grinned before slamming his head into the window to try and break it I started yelling
at him and told him the cops are coming and to get the hell out of here that's when he pulled the
biggest damn butcher knife I've ever seen and made a slicing motion like he would use it to cut my
throat this guy wa
s crazy and probably on drugs he continued slamming his body against the glass
trying to break it he used his head to try and break the window but managed to bust his head
open so the window now has blood all over it I backed out of the office and locked the door to
it I then decided to wait for the cops say this guy was out of control and my pepper spray wasn't
going to stop him and the last thing I wanted was to handle a bloody crazy person he then ran to the
nearest side door and took th
e call box phone off the hook he then ran to each call box and removed
all the phones which caused my company cell phone to ring and jam up the line this guy had to be
on meth or something because he ran as fast as I could imagine I watched the camera and noticed to
my horror the sliding door to the garage was open now it was common for residents to go out to their
cars and unlock the door themselves it's just a sliding lock like the kind in department stores
but this is the last thing I ne
ed with this Nut Job running around I sprinted across the building
and took a shortcut through a couple banquet rooms to make it to the garage as I was doing so I saw
the crazy guy running up the garage pathway I slid that door as fast as I could and locked it before
he got to the entryway he then slammed his body into the glass over and over but the door did not
move I locked the second set of doors in case he got through the outside once he would at least be
trapped or slow him down I rea
ched for my pepper spray thinking maybe he would just leave and yell
the cops are here he started to laugh and howl and then held that knife up again before running into
the darkness of the parking garages I called the cops on my personal cell phone to let them know
that the man has a knife the dispatcher told me the cops will be there shortly and I let her know
what happened I made my way to the front again and locked myself in the security office at least this
place had no windows and I c
ould watch on camera I heard another loud thud and bang and realized
he was at the front lobby doors trying to get in I was hoping the cops would roll up any minute
but they didn't and while it probably didn't take them long it felt like forever at this point the
guy was standing at the lobby doors with the knife in hand he faced the camera and by this time his
hood had fallen back he was baldheaded with wild long stringy crazy hair on the sides of his head
his eyes were huge and I will nev
er forget that grin on his face as he mouthed to the camera
die die while making stabbing motions with that knife blood running across his face from slamming
into the glass he then ran out into the darkness about 5 minutes later the cops show up they sent
one officer he asked me what the guy looked like and I told him I have camera footage he drove
through the area first and shined a spotlight the cop returned to tell me he couldn't find
anyone and he had driven around the entire block and
back area behind the golf course I showed
him the footage and printed out a picture from the camera the cop said he didn't see any sign of
the guy and that he would Patrol the area and to call back if he came again it was now nearly 5:00
a.m. when the cop left I waited until 6:00 a.m. when it was Daylight and people were starting to
get out and about before I walked around and hung up all the phones from the call boxes this guy
literally took all 12 phones off the hook when my manager came
in during the morning shift
at 8:00 a.m. I told her what happened and she said that they would keep an eye out and have
a meeting to let everyone who worked here know and to be aware they had an extra security guard
on my shift for two weeks after but the guy never returned the cops never found the guy or who he
was so crazy BL guy with the knife let's not meet again this is a story that pops back up in my
mind from time to time I've only told it to a few people but I definitely feel like i
t deserves
its place here it's for sure one of the scariest moments I've ever had as a child back when I
was around 10 years old my Mom finally decided that it was time for her to start taking her
driver's license when she began taking lessons she was struggling a lot for that reason my Dad
decided that he wanted to do some practice with her besides the official driving lessons with
her instructor just to make sure the che passed the upcoming test first try my little brother
and I were att
ending swimming lessons at this nearby University at the time behind a forested
area near the university lies this huge student parking area surrounded by trees which turned out
to be basically empty every weekend my dad saw the opportunity to take my mom here to drive around
for for a bit and brought my little brother and I with them since we were too young to stay home
alone we bought a football with us when we arrived at the parking lot later on in the evening my
parents began their prac
tice my little brother and I quickly got bored though and asked if we could
go over to this little grass field on the side of the parking lot to play some football my parents
let us since they'd always be able to keep their eyes on us whilst driving around after playing for
some time my parents ended end up driving around in the other end of the parking lot they were
approximately 300 to 400 m away from my brother and I suddenly this white Toyota pulls into the
parking lot we were playing a
lmost right at the exit SL entrance the car turns around and stops on
my right side with the vehicle facing the exit the driver rolls down his windows and presents himself
as Thomas he looked friendly was good-looking and young a guess would be around 30 this is where
things started to get weird on the passenger seat was a woman covering her face with a newspaper all
I could see was long blonde hair and on the back seat was a baby sitting in a baby chair Thomas
immediately states that he's
from the police and that we have to get in the car immediately as
he has to talk to us my brother actually took two steps towards the vehicle but I stuck my arm
in front of his chest as I was sensing something was off the woman was still covering her her face
at this point not saying a word Thomas then raised his voice and told us once again to get in the
car or else he'd have to come out and get us my brother and I froze out of fear suddenly the
woman put down the newspaper showed her face
and told us in the most calm motherly voice to just
listen to the man the woman looked young pretty and like a person who wouldn't hurt a fly at this
moment I began screaming as loud as I could what we hadn't seen at that point was that my dad was
already running as fast as he could towards us he was coming from behind the vehicle so we didn't
see it my parents didn't have time to drive to us since the road down the parking lot was twisted
all the way when my dad heard my scream he started
yelling as loud as he could saying hey who the
hell are you get the hell away from my children as soon as Thomas heard my dad he realized my
brother and I weren't alone he threw his car into gear and took off as fast as he could could
he most definitely looked like a person who shed himself when he saw my dad my dad was Furious and
told my brother and I to hurry up back to the car he didn't even think about calling the police at
that point he wanted to beat up the guy himself that resulted
in us driving around for the next
hour trying to find him before my dad cooled down and decided that he should probably just call
the police we never found out who these people were but this episode taught me to never judge a
book by its cover people can be the most friendly looking people in the world and still wish evil
upon you or the ones you love I'm not sure what these people would have done to us I am sure about
one thing though they definitely weren't from the police this happened
to me back in 2008 to the
early 2010s when I was 11 I met a girl who was the same age as me since sixth grade she and I
weren't the same classmates until high school but we were in the same school by the middle of sixth
grade things got creepy somehow she was everywhere every time I had an extra class including every
time I had to switch from another schedule to another schedule my entire life I never gave my
private information to her but I was half aware she knew by her own eyes even thou
gh she was in
the vicinity unfortunately I had reported it to the teacher/ faulty members but they brushed off
my warning as a ruse because I didn't have enough evidence to prove it was her what's worse we
weren't allowed to Bright any electronic devices like phones for example for pieces of evidence
against her except calculator for Math and physic this bothered me forever she even shared the same
home economics class and swimming lessons as mine during the eth grade but yet again not the
same
group even in ninth grade she still kept following me non-stop despite I warned her to leave me
alone after I graduated at I left for a high school to start over even though I forgot about
her until the middle of October 2012 she's back my skin turned pale as well and my heartbeat like I
was in panic mode this girl how did she even know I'm in high school that I enrolled in and more
importantly I again didn't leak my information everywhere not even to her once again she won't
leave me
alone and she starts to get worse she guilt tripped me into befriending her to let her
use my belongings whether it was permission or not despite her soft manner it was a red flag to
begin with that I could have avoided it sooner on another occasion she overheard me and my classmate
conversing about mine wanting a key charm that my classmate had but on the next day she attacked
me after I took a seat in the class because she knew that I wanted something that she didn't this
incident caught
the attention of the principal in my high school and the principal recapped the
whole situation by writing a statement report I ended up end up rewrite twice because of
error grammar and by the third the principal made the decision she was suspended for a week
but it wasn't enough she returned after a week and accused me of her suspension which I wasn't
involved in with her drama even though I didn't have another choice but to report my statement
for my safety and once again she guilt trip
ped me for other reasons by hypocritically calling
me for being a terrible friend even so far she destroyed one of my belongings and supplies
I called her out but she pretended she didn't remember it worse she framed a student for
having a torn notebook that she destroyed and yet she refused to admit her mistakes that was my
last straw as it made my blood boil but I didn't want to show my anger as she gave me a watch in
exchange for money which turns out she swindled and got away with it in
all situations half of
my peers and teachers witnessed this incident and warned me that I should enter friendship
with her she wasn't my friend just saw me as a pawn and manipulated me by taking advantage of
my kindness and Trust we were still the same in high school but I quietly outright refused to
be close with her again that's it until early December of 2012 that was the last time I saw
her and I guessed that she was expelled after the last warning from one of my peers I felt
relieved
but I will never forget what she did to not only me but to the other half of my peers
as well by near the end of high school I realized that she was indeed not a very good friend and
her attitude was sociopathic manipulative liar and almost creepy and that was the reason why I
ended things with her for good luckily I didn't give her phone number or address since that
wasn't allowed in the school which I managed to avoid the red flag it's been almost 16 years
since this incident took place
after I finished my high school in 2015 I'm almost 27 and currently
have a job the experience made it difficult to trust someone or befriend them again so the
girl I used to befriend let's not meet again ever for context my mother was a drug addict
she had been using since her early teen years and throughout my childhood that continued One
Drug she used very frequently was methamphetamine and prescription stimulants she stole to get
high as I got older she became more physically violent bea
tings weren't uncommon and physical
threats were expected on any given day despite how bad things got though nothing she did was
life-threatening at this point or at least that's what I thought now my family wasn't a stranger to
hardship from food insecurity to loss to Temporary homelessness as things got more difficult for
us my mother's Behavior got worse as her drug use increased so did her violent Behavior now the
event I've come here to describe happened when my dad finally was able to
get a rental house for us
we had lost our home to a disaster the previous year so having a place to sleep that wasn't the
couches of friends and family or a cheap hotel bed was welcomed with open arms however despite
this blessing we had things got so much worse with my mother late at night she would start
fights or smash bottles and scream she would watch us sleep and would make us get out of bed
to strip the sheets and prove we weren't hiding things the worst thing she did though was try
to
kill my father I remember distinctly that this happened during a weekend it was a Saturday and
it was partly cloudy outside I was sitting in my room drawing when the usual argument began my
mom was angry about something that didn't make sense and my dad was trying to come her down they
were in the kitchen which was where their fights normally occurred since my mom liked to smash
plates at some point I decided to leave my room as the fight escalated my brothers were in the
living room a
nd I decided to get them away from the fighting to keep them safe that was when I saw
the knife in my mom's hand it was that big broad knife that comes in most sets I remember feelings
like time slowed down even now my blood runs cold visualizing it she had such a deranged look in her
eye but I can remember thinking that my dad wasn't reacting normally now I realize he must have been
in shock when I've talked to him recently he tells me he didn't remember it until we told him what
happened
that day day when I managed to regain my senses I grabbed my younger brother and pushed him
toward the hallway that our rooms were in before grabbing my youngest brother barely a toddler
at the time and hiding in my room with my phone everything from that point is blurry I remember my
youngest brother screaming and crying as I yelled for my brother to keep his door locked I remember
dialing 911 and begging for them to come before my dad was killed I remember the way the dispatcher's
voice s
ounded and the the way she talked to me but everything even now feels so numb I don't remember
crying but I know I must have cried at some point because of how exhausted I felt at some point the
cops arrived and my dad let them in thankfully he was unharmed but as I mentioned before I think he
was in shock of some kind when the cops arrived my mom no longer had the knife and she was suddenly
acting normally I remember the cops had to coax me out of the room with my brothers so they could
ta
lk to me about what happened the whole time my mom was acting like nothing had happened the look
I saw on her face was gone and she was just fine it was like nothing had happened in the first
place that was the scariest thing about her at that moment I was convinced that she would talk
the cops out of taking action in this situation I thought she would get them to leave and I would
be found out for calling them there and she'd hurt me or my dad or even my brothers but no thankfully
the cops
took what what I had said seriously they took her away to a hospital to be evaluated and
we all had a week away from her she would be back when she was released from the Ward but that time
she was gone was the most relief I'd felt in a long time I didn't have to worry about punishment
or injury I was safe for that entire week to recover from that Terror ID experienced DCFS
which is short for Department of Child and Family Services was contacted because of this incident
and down the road th
at would lead to me starting therapy and being taken out of her care if you've
read through all of this thank you if any of you reading this or going through a situation similar
to mine or know someone who is telling someone can truly change everything it is scary but
you can get out there are resources and there are people who care and support out there to lean
on please don't be afraid to get out by any means necessary this incident took place in the summer
of 2023 last year I transferred
with my company to take a new position in a major Midwestern
City my spouse was still working and living back in California for the next few months so
I rented a studio apartment for myself in a newly renovated apartment building in a popular
downtown neighborhood until we could look for a place together the apartment was small but nice
it was in a secure building with interior hallway ways and a nice downstairs Lobby I was one of the
first tenants to move into this newly renovated buildin
g and other new residents soon started
moving in a major advantage of this move was that I'd only be a couple of hours drive from my
hometown and my parents I started my new job and everything was going great I was enjoying my new
neighborhood and the Neighbors in the apartment building generally kept to themselves like I
did then a new guy moved and across the hall and everything changed we'll call in David David
was a single man in his 60s and was very different from the college students
and young professionals
who lived in our building I started noticing his erratic Behavior almost immediately I would come
home from work and he would be sitting in his car in our small parking lot just staring off in the
distance we were having issues that summer with smoke clouds coming over from the vast Canadian
wildfires they were leaving a light dusting of Ash on our cars similar to pollen David was convinced
that someone was spraying this dust on his car and was accusing various tenan
ts he would run into
in the parking lot he would hoard trash in his apartment and leave trash bags in the hallway
causing a foul order he would also be yelling to himself in the hallway I finally had enough
and complained to the leasing office the manager was quick to dismiss my concerns saying that she'd
been in his apartment and everything was fine in August my parents 50 th anniversary was coming up
and I was excited to go home and spend a weekend with them a few days before their annive
rsary
my boss informed me that he would be flying in to work on an important project with me that
would have us working through the weekend I was really disappointed and felt like I was letting
my parents down but I managed to get away for a quick overnight trip in the middle of the week
to see them and get back before my boss was due to arrive I drove down and spent the night with
them the next morning morning I checked my email as I was getting ready to head back there was
an email from
my apartment manager in regard to the incident the night before the email was very
vague but it stated that a resident was dead and there would be further details coming later my
heart sank and I immediately went pale my mind instinctively went to my strange neighbor David
I opened up a local news app for my city and the top story was about an active shooter in my
apartment building who was killed during a SWAT team standoff the night before apparently
David approached my next door neighbor
in the hallway with a gun and threatened to shoot him
the neighbor ran into his apartment and called 911 David also called 911 and told the dispatcher
that his neighbors were hacking his phone and if the police didn't come he was going to start
shooting people the police came and tried to talk to David but he had barricaded himself in
his apartment and claimed to be heavily armed the state police police and the SWAT team soon
arrived and David began firing a rifle out his window at anyone
he saw in the parking lot below
all of the Neighbors on my floor were trapped in their apartments with no way of Escape they had to
get down and barricade themselves from the gunfire there was another building across the street with
a direct line of sight into our apartment building a police sniper took a position in the building
across the street and shot David through his window then they flew a drone into his open window
and confirmed that he was dead with a gun still in his hand luckily
no one else was injured I got
home later that day to a bullet riddled apartment building and several neighbors who normally didn't
speak to each other were hugging and crying and showing each other videos of the incident from
their hiding places I've never been so lucky to have been out of town if my boss hadn't messed
up my plans I would have been home that night I'm sorry David didn't get the mental health
attention he needed but he put so many lives in danger
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Great work 💯❤ Keep it up and good luck
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