14 People Who Were Trapped in Their Own

Strange Nighttime Encounters

Sometimes real life feels like a scary movie, with bizarre events that are hard to explain.

One story tells of a man who got up at 2 a.m. to get water and heard his daughter asking for a blanket, even though she was at a sleepover.

He said, “I still get chills thinking about that night,” realizing it was just his tired brain playing tricks. Another person heard a music box playing in the house when their parents were away, but when they found the box, it had no batteries, yet it played for several nights.

Unseen Visitors and Voices

Some people have experienced visits or voices that defy logic. One recalls, “My grandfather entered and spoke with me, then left—five minutes later, my mom said he had passed away the night before.”

Another remembers hearing a man’s voice in their head telling them to go to bed, but no one was around. A boyfriend once felt a forceful tap on his back in a room where he heard whispers; “a large mark… remains there to this day,” he said.

Unexplained Objects and Sounds

Objects sometimes move or appear mysteriously. A sign with a person’s name fell off their bedroom door the night before they moved out—“No one touched it,” they insisted. In another case, a faucet turned on by itself during a conversation. One coworker heard a patio door open in a supposedly empty building and later saw on security footage the screen “briefly changed to white fuzz.” These events remain puzzling and unsettling.

Unusual Physical Experiences

Some strange incidents affect the body or senses. A second grader experienced sudden hunger and vision loss, seeing only in black and white until eating lunch. “I’ve never understood how temporary colorblindness could even occur,” they said. Others report objects appearing where they shouldn’t, like an odd key found locked inside a car with no explanation.