“All of a sudden I heard the most horrifying scream outside and my blood ran absolutely cold.”
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Updated 4 years ago,August 7, 2021
I look out my window.
This person is walking out at 4 am.
Marcelo Braga
He suddenly stops and looks at me despite me looking through a tiny crack in the curtain.
Thats the last time I did that.
Used to live in a building in downtown Reno.
Marcelo Braga
My window faced an alley but people thought it was a walkway.
It was also right behind the plasma donation clinic.
Watching homeless people dumpster dive into there was never pleasant.
Witnessing methed out weirdos screw on or in the dumpster was even worse.
I didnt live in that apartment long obviously only about 6 months.
My favorite though was watching a guy trying to tame a life-long stray.
Guy who lived in the same building had a good heart, clearly.
He fed this cat daily.
It snows here and that winter was very snowy so without this guy that cat may have died.
Still, this cat wasnt into being a pet though.
6 months I watched this guy have a go at tame this cat.
Every morning and every night like clockwork this guy brought this stubborn stray food and water.
This cat had probably been a stray since he was a kitten.
I like to think that the guy and the cat eventually came to an understanding of mutual friendship.
Saw someone messing with a scooter.
Dude just calmly gets off it, lays it against a car and walks away.
It melted everything plastic on the car and fucked up the paint.
Took him like an hour to fix it.
At one point some random guy showed up and started helping him.
After a while, the guy got in a different car and left.
I had a time where I could not sleep in, at all.
Nights Id take a drink before bedtime, others Id just have a stroll through town.
The street is pretty empty so late at night (think 2AM-ish) so no one really noticed.
Informed the cops and they were aware of it.
The most electrical electrical storm Ive ever seen.
Lightning flashed literally every five seconds for around an hour or two.
The lightning lit up the world bright as day.
I have always been a night owl and Ive worked several 3rd shift jobs in my life.
I used to work out later in the evening, around 9-10.
My apartments gym is on the ground floor with huge windows.
Made me laugh, at least.
Not even lying some spook fanatics like to call it a skin walker I think.
Something like that I believe.
My apartment sits overtop the second floors roof and is flat enough to sit out on.
My cat continued to watch it all from the window, so I guess he got his kicks.
I watched and whistled at them and after a while, all went off in the same direction.
Was kinda eerie but cool.
Was taking my 3 am cigarette, some dude was digging a hole in a childrens sandbox.
After about 10 minutes he stopped and started dancing around the hole Michael Jackson style.
He did that for about an hour and then just left.
Checked the sandbox the next day, found nothing there.
Maybe he was digging something out, who knows.
A bear walking down the middle of the street at 2 AM.
This was in dense suburbia.
And yet here was this bear just moseying down the street like it was no big deal.
Where did you come from, 2 AM Bear?
Amish teenagers drag racing at 2 am.
Someone looking into MY window.
Saw a gang fight between two packs of dogs in an old cemetery.
It was the most amazing thing Ive ever witnessed.
I was high as fuck, which made it even cooler.
When I was in college I lived in an apartment close to campus.
It was very common for me to study until 3-4am on a weeknight.
This one particular night I was studying around 2 am and it was totally silent.
All of a suddenI heard the most horrifying screamoutside and my blood ran absolutely cold.
I froze for a second because I was certain that I had just heard someone get murdered.
Thats when I saw this girl laying in the middle of the road.
I immediately approached her to see if she was ok and she was just laying down and sobbing uncontrollably.
