It was a late October night around 10:15 at night. Cheryl had just put her youngest daughter to sleep for the night after trying for about two hours.

Cheryl came downstairs and sat on the couch and turned the tv on. She had not noticed the figure that was handing behind the couch staring at her.

When she turned around the figure was gone. It had went upstairs. A few minutes went by and Cheryl heard her baby crying from upstairs. She got up and froze as a message appeared on the wall written in red and seemed to be blood

"Don't Forget to check the baby Cheryl!"

Cheryl screamed and ran upstairs the baby was now fine sleeping soundly in his crib.

The mother woke him up and got everyone out of the house, and called the police.

After a few minutes of searching the house the police found no trace of anybody breaking into the house. Cheryl ever since she was a baby has seen spirits and can communicate with the dead. So was this man in her house real? Or was she just imagining things?

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