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Home Alone MAG
The sky was pitch black, the house was creaking, and I still had four hours until my parents got home. Locked in my parents’ room, I turned on the TV full blast so I wouldn’t hear the creaking house.
I barely heard the phone ring. I picked it up and said, “Hello … hello …?” but there was no response. I knew someone was on the other end. Finally, I hung up. A minute later, the phone rang again; still no one was there. I became more frightened as time passed; the same person called five more times.
At this point I didn’t bother picking up, but the ringing continued. To get my mind off this prank caller, I called my friend. She told me not to worry and to turn the phone off. As we talked, I heard someone pull into the driveway. When I peeked out the window, I saw an unfamiliar car.
Thirty minutes passed and the car was still in my driveway. It drove up and down the drive as if aware I was watching. My friend told me to call the cops, but I refused.
Soon the phone calls started again. I heard noises in the background, but I couldn’t tell what they were. I really didn’t want that person to get out of the car and start toward the house. If they did, I didn’t know what I’d do. None of the doors were locked, and I would have no way of protecting myself. The only thing I could do was hide, which wasn’t a very good plan.
At this point I was considering calling the cops, but my friend offered to drive by. “Maybe if they see me pull in, they will leave,” she suggested. By the time she arrived, the car had left. The phone rang again and I picked up, thinking it might be my friend. Someone on the other end said “Bye-bye.”
At that point I wasn’t as scared as curious. Since then I have not stayed home alone and I probably never will.
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I loved this story but right now i very scared. you should tell your parents immedialty if you didnt and always be sure when your home alone to have a cell phone or something to call someone in case of a danger and to lock all the doors and windows and to have something to protect your self or a plan. but the best way to be safe is too NEVER be home alone especially at night. was this story true??
Me i used to stay the night with my made and sister alone but one night a car stopped in the front of my house i loocked at it i saw a man that was staring at me in a creppy way so i called my parents they told me its your immagination. i wen to see and i saw the car empty and the door way open i was frightefid i was gonna turn crazy i called my parents and i set them the pic of the car so they came right away with the cops but when they arrived the car had lefr.
Since then i never sayed alone.
thak tou for eading
You did a good job capturing your fear/curiousity in this! (: You gave me goose-bumps! ><
Yeah, scary stuff..
One time my family was driving home from a movie and we saw this GIANT pickup parked straight across our front gate, and my mom honked her horn and a guy sat up in the seat fro mwhere he'd beeen LYING DOwN and he was smoking a giant cigar, and we asked what he was doing, and he said "waiting for a friend"
He drove down the road a few minutes later without waiting for his "friend."
OH MY GOD! WOW! Scary!
that's crazy creapy but i am glad ur ok and you did an amazing job writing this peice!
