42 Times People Experienced Something Entirely Unsettling In The Comfort Of Their Own Homes

Standing in the kitchen talking on the phone and there's a thumping on the floor under my feet. There's no way in to the area under my feet, there's a cinderblock wall between the basement and a hollow space beyond..like they meant to make a bigger space but left a dirt pocket. I only know it's there because the hole where the plumbing runs through was overly large and we patched it when we moved in. The thumping happens again. Like someone hitting the ceiling with their fists below me. The lights flicker, the picture on the television jumps up and down. I run to the living room and jump onto the couch, bury my head under the blanket. My parents pull into the driveway and everything stops. It never happened again. That was 33 yrs ago.

Last year. Was sick. Fell asleep on the couch. Woke around midnight. As I was laying there trying to motivate myself to walk the two flights of stairs to bed I heard a slight creak from the front porch. I didn't think much of it. We get opossums and raccoons on the porch from time to time. Just as I was sitting up I heard the doorknob to the front door turn. They turned it slow, probably just to see if it was locked. Since I was sick I questioned if what I heard was real or was I just feverish and hearing things. I checked the curtains to the window looking out on the porch. Blinds down, curtains fully closed. Black out curtains, so it probably appeared dark inside. Then another noise like light footsteps and the knob turned again. I thought about trying to peek through the curtains and blinds but decided I didn't want to tip my visitor off to my presence. Checked to make sure all other first floor windows had the blinds/curtains closed. Waited another ten minutes and went to bed. I figured any attempt at a break inn would be heard and I would deal with it then. Nothing happened again that night .