I have to give some context to start this off— I live in a complex, my unit is technically conjoined (same building but split in half if that makes sense) so all our yards are side by side and the garden beds in all of the backyards are roughly 2ft taller than ground level. I 22F live with 2 other people and my dog.
I know there’s a person that watches me from my garden at night when i’m outside AND inside, I can hear them sometimes and have seen them move before. It started around 6 months ago and I think they are getting braver.
The first instance I remember I was taking my dog outside at night to do his business and I sat down on a hanging chair I have in my backyard closer to the garden watching tiktoks on my phone when I could have sworn I heard someone cough. I paused my phone looked around and tried to listen for any noise but heard nothing until i was just about to press play and I heard what sounded like someone stepping on something crunchy (leaves or sticks, i’m not quite sure) which immediately made me get this sick feeling in the bottom of my stomach so i quickly went back inside with my dog.
Little instances like this have been going on rather consistently since then however a couple nights ago there was a new weird thing that happened. I was getting the creeps as per my routine lately and went to go inside but as I closed my back door I saw this little white light peeking out of the bushes. This immediately struck me as weird because the streetlights behind my unit glow orange and we don’t have any garden lights so I couldn’t figure it out. I saw that twice in a row and haven’t seen it since, maybe a camera?
Recently I saw you for the first time since you started watching me, you moved when you thought i wasn’t looking and accidentally moved partially into the soft lighting. I know you’re watching me as I type from the safety of my loungeroom.
I know because I just saw you again and you’re getting closer, so to the person watching from my garden please go away and let’s NOT meet ever.