Ghost Next Door

Don’t Let Your Brain Trick you

Sannan A.
Be Open
2 min readFeb 1, 2023

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As I sat in my living room, I couldn’t help but notice the light blinking on and off in the house across the street.

I couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off about it.

The next night, as I sat in the same spot, the light caught my attention again.

This time, I noticed that it seemed to be blinking in a pattern, like a code.

I feel a sense of intrigue.

Who could be sending a coded message from their house? And why?

There was something sinister at play.

I found myself staying up late, watching the light, and trying to decipher the code.

I started to become obsessed with figuring out the mystery.

I even went so far as to grab a notebook and jot down the patterns of the light, trying to crack the code.

But no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t make sense of it.

I knew I couldn’t let this go. I had to know what was going on.

I grabbed my binoculars and set out to get a closer look at the house.

As I crept closer, I felt my heart pounding in my chest.

I couldn’t shake the feeling that I was getting myself into something dangerous.

I finally reached the house and peered through the window.

And what I saw shocked me.

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It was just a teenager tapping on the window with a flashlight, sending messages to his friend across the street.

Feeling foolish, I slowly made my way back home, my mind reeling with the realization of how far my imagination had taken me.

It was then I realized that sometimes, the unknown can be far more terrifying than the truth.

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Sannan A.
Be Open

College Student | Likes to Write Fiction & Non-Fiction | Night Writer