Let Me Sleep!

Imagine this. You are in an empty bedroom all by yourself. You tilt your head to your side to check the time on your alarm clock. The hour needle points at three and the minute needle is pointing at eight. It was 3.40a.m. The atmosphere in your room is just too damn silent. All you hear is your own heart beat pounding through your chest. The bedroom is completely dark. Not even the light from the street lamps outside could penetrate the thick curtains that are hung in your room.

"Creak" Creak". The sound of the floor board from downstairs. Everything was alright till you realized that you're the only person in the entire house. What could have caused those loud footsteps downstairs? You were having difficulties sleeping due to constant nightmares that haunt you during your slumber. The footsteps grew louder and louder. As the footsteps came closer and closer, you grew more and more anxious. Your heartbeat is racing at phenomenal rates. You realize that checking the footsteps wasn't really the best idea but you had to because naturally we humans are very much curious of things that we can't understand.

You got up from your bed, grabbed your smartphone and turn on the flashlight. You immediately pointed that beam of light towards the room door. Could it be a cat? A Dog? What if it was a burglar? What would you do? Luckily you had a tennis racket under your bed. You held in high above your head and tip-toed towards your room door. You took a peak under and saw a dark shadow standing on the other side. Sweat was flowing from the top of your head and dripping down from your chin. Did I mention that your room was air conditioned? Adrenaline was pumping through your bloodstream. Finally you've built up the courage to open to door. You held the icy cold door knob and slowly opened the door. You froze in silence.

To your shock, there wasn't anyone or anything standing on the opposite side. You began to wonder what was that dark figure that you saw just moments before. Your mind starts contemplating of the various possibilities that could have caused the dark figure to emerge. However, You're too tired and sleepy to even bother what was happening so you hurried back to bed, placed your tennis racket beside you and tucked yourself under the thick and comfy blanket. As soon as you close your eyes to get some rest, the footsteps grew even louder than before. You hear knockings on your room door.

Now you're getting terrified. Who or what was causing this? Even the slightest amount of fatigue you had was converted to fear. Your whole body began to shiver. You start to tremble in horror as your room door sways open slowly. You took a peep from under your blanket. As you were about to inspect what was standing at the edge of your bed, that's when your worst nightmares came true. You saw a misfigured entity. It was tall, lean and dark. Suddenly the environment in your room grew pitch black.

There it was; the dark figure from your dreams. It stood still at the corner, staring down on you. As you tried to reach for your smartphone to call for help, you realized that you couldn't move a single muscle. Your body felt like you were pinned down onto the mattress from head to toe. You began to panic as the mysterious entity moved closer towards you. Shouting out loud didn't help too as no one could hear your screams. Seconds felt like minutes. Minutes felt like hours.

All you could do was just lie down there on your bed and hoped that the dark figure goes away without harming you. You closed your eyes and tried to calm yourself down through the hectic and terrifying situation.

All of sudden, you felt a sense of relief as you were able to moved your body again. You opened your eyes and the entity was gone. Immediately you got up from bed and turned on all of the lights. You sat down in pure horror as you were recalling back what happened. It was truly a terrifying experience.

As you are reading this, try to imagine how would you react if the same situation happened to you. What if I told you that this whole experience was based on true events. Have fun sleeping tonight!