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My Dog Wouldn’t Go in the Laundry Room, and the Dryer Was Always Warm

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Dark laundry room with a louvered water heater cabinet slightly open, a scene of someone hiding in my house

My dog figured out there was someone hiding in my house about three weeks before I did. I just kept explaining her away, along with the socks, the towel, and the dryer that was warm every time I opened it. I’m a high school band director, which means from August to November I basically live … Read more

Somebody Kept Refilling My Halloween Candy Bowl From Inside My House

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Orange candy bowl full of peppermints on a dark porch beside a front door, from a home intruder story

This home intruder story starts with a bowl of candy I left on my porch on Halloween night. By morning somebody had filled it back up, and my doorbell camera swore nobody had walked up to my door. I work twelve-hour nights as a respiratory therapist, which means I miss most holidays, and Halloween is … Read more