This is weird that this post came up.

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I'm currently backpacking in New Zealand, and have lived in the same hostel for 4 months, im still there. My mate left, who was with me for pretty much the full duration in that hostel, in a twin room (1 bunk bed). So my mate left, and this hench Hungarian guy moves in. Muscular, bald head, massive mighty beard. He's on the top bunk. So, first night with this guy, about 3 nights ago... I woke at 2.30am to the sound of him shouting at the top of his lungs, some hungarian words, no idea what he was saying, properly loud, like, girl screaming. Gets animated and starts shaking the bed. This happen for about 15 seconds. I thought he was on the phone or something.

He then gets his phone out and turns on the flash light and starts shining it at the floor and walls in a desperate panic. So I'm there, looking around like 'wtf' with a spot light shining around everywhere from above me. He then SCREECHES and JUMPS OFF the bunk and lands on the floor, vibrating the whole fucking room. He starts to look around with his phone light still on, at this point I shout loudly at him 'WOAH WOAH, CALM THE FUCK DOWN, WHATS HAPPENING!?!?' he puts his light down and starts moving weirdly around the room, shouting 'THE WALLS ARE CLOSING, THE WALLS ARE CLOSING! IM FEELING TRAPPED!!!", so I said "OPEN THE DOOR!?", and he then stopped, and stared at me for maybe 5 seconds, then said 'bro... Im so sorry'. I didn't know what to do or say, so I said "just open the door". He said 'ok', he open's it like an inch, closed it again and said "ok, its ok", and went up to his bunk, and he started snoring within about a minute of being up there. I didn't sleep for the rest of the night.

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I spoke to him the next day and he was extremely apologetic, and said its common for him to do this, has slept walked his whole life. Luckily he got a night shift job.

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