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The shadow on the blinds
14 years ago
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I moved in here about two years ago, almost to the day. One night not long after that, after my eyes had adjusted, I noticed a peculiar shadow on the blinds of the window facing the street, of more or less uniform broadness up until near the top, where it narrowed.
The overall effect was that of a man standing there, which I initially thought it was. But after seeing it remain motionless for several minutes I concluded it was not a man, but only the illusion of one. I went to sleep.
The next day I went outside to determine what had cast the shadow, but there was nothing in-between my window and the streetlight, neither was there any evidence that the dirt had been disturbed. I checked the blinds themselves and found nothing amiss, so chalked the whole affair up to an optical illusion and put it out of mind.
When I went to bed the next night, sure enough, the shadow was there again, only this time I thought that it might have been a bit to the left of where it stood the previous night. The longer I stared, the more certain I became of this until, finally, I concluded that it was a person. I slipped out of bed and took up the axe-handle I keep for such occasions, intent on running off whoever it was. I went outside, quietly as I could...
There was nothing there, of course. No tracks in the soil, nothing. There was nowhere for anyone to run and hide so quickly without being seen and setting off every guard-dog for miles around, so I went to bed again and fell back onto my "optical illusion" theory. But once my eyes had readjusted to the darkness I saw that the shadow was back and that this time it had brought a friend. The two figures were motionless so long as I stared at them, but when I looked away I would sometimes hear (or think that I heard) faint scratchings.
The next morning (early, for I had not slept much) I found little flecks of paint and metal on the ground. It appeared that some sort of animal had been digging at the bolt that keeps my window locked.
I nailed my window shut in three places after that. Fire hazard or no, I feel safer.
As for the shadow on the blinds, I can't say. I sleep with my back toward them now and never look at them after sunset.
The overall effect was that of a man standing there, which I initially thought it was. But after seeing it remain motionless for several minutes I concluded it was not a man, but only the illusion of one. I went to sleep.
The next day I went outside to determine what had cast the shadow, but there was nothing in-between my window and the streetlight, neither was there any evidence that the dirt had been disturbed. I checked the blinds themselves and found nothing amiss, so chalked the whole affair up to an optical illusion and put it out of mind.
When I went to bed the next night, sure enough, the shadow was there again, only this time I thought that it might have been a bit to the left of where it stood the previous night. The longer I stared, the more certain I became of this until, finally, I concluded that it was a person. I slipped out of bed and took up the axe-handle I keep for such occasions, intent on running off whoever it was. I went outside, quietly as I could...
There was nothing there, of course. No tracks in the soil, nothing. There was nowhere for anyone to run and hide so quickly without being seen and setting off every guard-dog for miles around, so I went to bed again and fell back onto my "optical illusion" theory. But once my eyes had readjusted to the darkness I saw that the shadow was back and that this time it had brought a friend. The two figures were motionless so long as I stared at them, but when I looked away I would sometimes hear (or think that I heard) faint scratchings.
The next morning (early, for I had not slept much) I found little flecks of paint and metal on the ground. It appeared that some sort of animal had been digging at the bolt that keeps my window locked.
I nailed my window shut in three places after that. Fire hazard or no, I feel safer.
As for the shadow on the blinds, I can't say. I sleep with my back toward them now and never look at them after sunset.
Rainwhisker
~rainwhisker
Creepy. :O
zearfox
~zearfox
Yeah, that is fucking scary. Thank god my window blinds are the solid, roll-down ones
