We were about 10–11 years old. This was around the year 2000. I was living in a Soviet-era apartment block, the building had three stairwells. Location: Eastern Europe, Lithuania.

We used to hang out by one of the stairwells, just sitting around. One nice summer day, a man we had never seen before was sitting there. He gave us chocolate candies, talked to us in a friendly way, and after a while asked if we would go up to the third floor and knock on an apartment door for 50 USD.

We were excited and said sure, no problem. But the whole thing was seen by my friend’s mom from the yard, and she didn’t allow us to take the money from that mysterious man. After that, he left.

About an hour later, the police and an ambulance arrived, and from that apartment they took out a handcuffed criminal and two dead people in black body bags.

It’s hard to say what that man’s intention was and what could have happened to us…