it was my first Halloween living my own
house away from my parents I live in a
small corner house with a basement but
no upstairs house my parents paid half
for it was 11 o'clock at night I was
sitting in the living room watching
scary Halloween movies when I found
myself getting up to answer a knock at
the door but then I stopped and thought
who could be at the door at 11:00 p.m.
surely there were no more
trick-or-treaters out I had a pretty
good feeling it was a late night
Halloween ding dong ditcher so I gave it
a second then I shot a glance to the
porch through the window they were gone
already yup ding dong ditcher z-- I sat
back down not thinking twice about it
and again knocking at the front door
get lost I yelled I was not in the mood
for punky kids they ignored my demands
and started pounding now not just
knocking I was pissed now and leapt up
and swung the door open that one was
there once again I slipped on my shoes
and headed outside to begin searching
the bushes for the kids but there was
nobody in sight not in the bushes not
behind my car not across the street I
was done answering I didn't want to feed
into their fun anymore so I went back
inside double locked the door and went
to my bedroom also locking that door
just to feel safer I guess even over the
TV I could still hear the stupid kids
pounding on my front door repeatedly
I was so close to calling the cops to
get them away but that would undoubtedly
lead to my house being egged or tp'ed
the pounding continued for an
uncomfortably long time more than half
an hour
I thought these kids must be filming
something for YouTube and were desperate
for a reaction but it wasn't going to
give it to them at some point I'd dozed
off with the TV on only to wake up to
the knocking again I looked at the clock
it was 2:00 in the [ __ ] morning how
could those kids still be at it I
thought I turned the TV off and sat up
with my ears open for a few moments my
heart completely stopped as I realized
that knocking was not at my front door
but rather at my bedroom door I jumped
out of bed looking around my room like a
madman for something to use as a weapon
they knew I was awake now
they were trying the doorknob trying to
bust down the door
these weren't any kids by some miracle I
came up with an idea it was a long shot
but it was all I could think of I turned
on the receiver to my speaker system
plugged in my iphone brought up the
YouTube app typed in 45 gunshot sound
effect turn down the volume and pressed
play the sound of a gunshot echoed out
of the speakers it sounded real enough I
paused the video after the first shot
and yelled that was a warning shot leave
now or I won't hesitate to shoot anew in
the head and it worked I heard two pairs
of footsteps stomping over my wood
floors and out the front door I gave it
a moment before opening my bedroom door
and peeking outside they were gone but
the front door was left wide open I
quickly shut it called the police and
that's where my story ended
