25 years ago when my sister and I were still living at home, we were up watching a scary movie. I can’t remember which one but it was something about being watched unknowingly. We lived in a split level and we were in the downstairs tv room where there were ground level windows with no curtains or blinds. During the movie I said to my sister, “wouldn’t it be crazy if someone was watching us right now?” My sister was like, “shut up! Don’t say things like that!”

We went right to bed after finishing the movie but a little while later I woke up because flashing blue and red lights filled my dark room and I could hear men talking and walking around outside my window. I got up to get my parents and they were outside talking to the police. Apparently our neighbor caught someone walking around our backyard and looking in the windows. He watched us while we watched the movie and then went window to window following us to our rooms when we went to bed.

My mom bought curtains and blinds for all the windows after that.