Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Something Unusual That Happened Today
As I’m typing right now, something very peculiar and mysterious happened moments before. I can still feel the shivers running down my spine and could not get it out of my head. It was roughly around 11:15pm and most of my family members were fast asleep in their bedrooms. Only my sister was outside watching some Korean dramas. I was busy surfing the internet to finish up some of my projects. At the same time, I was also figuring out what to type for my final English assignment post. As I was sitting there staring at the computer, my sister and I both heard three distinct knocks on the front door. KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK. Usually when somebody came to our door, we would hear the footsteps first followed by the doorbell. But this time, we heard nothing and that person didn’t even ring the doorbell. My sister called me to look who was at the door without turning her head. As I was walking towards the door, a million thoughts raced through my mind. Firstly, I assumed that the newspaper man would collect money for the newspapers we had received. For the past few months, the newspaper man had come in the middle of the night to collect money. So I was pretty confident that he was outside the front door. Without looking through the peephole, I swung the door open.
There wasn’t a single soul in front of the door! It was just dead silence. I waited and looked around. Maybe the newspaper man had gone to my neighbour’s house. But the more I waited, the creepier it is. The night was so silent that I could hear a pin drop far away. I could not stand it much longer so I closed the door shut. I turned my back towards the door and decided to head back to my computer. The moment I took a step forward, I heard foot shuffling just outside my door… I froze there without moving an inch. I regained my senses and swung around. This time, I followed safety precautions to look through the peephole before opening the door. I levelled my eye with the peephole and looked through it. I was staring into empty space and that started to freak me out. Chills ran down my spine and goose bumps started appearing everywhere on my body. I could feel my hair on my head starting to stand. Without a moments delay, I brisk walked my way to the sofa and laid there. My sister looked at me and I stared back. I broke the silence and asked whether she heard foot shuffling outside the door. She said no and continued watching the Korean dramas. It was like a bomb had exploded in my heart. I was so shocked that my limbs became numb. I stayed there for 10 minutes before I decided to blog about these events. The whole time I felt so uncomfortable that I kept turning from side to side every few seconds. It is nearly midnight now and I must go to bed. That was really spooky and I will never again open a door in the middle of the night.
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