Stranger In The House

we've all imagined that there is someone living with us while growing up and we can't see them, so when everywhere is dark it's always scary. so have you ever thought about the imagination being true?

Have you ever thought about a complete stranger who may even be harmful, might be living in the same house with you? Imagine you going to bed alone at night only to find out someone, a stranger is inside your house?

My friend saheed once told me a true story about a mentally ill man who is known as Eni Njoku a Calabar man very popular in his street, he was popular because he was always causing trouble and always roaming around, chasing and frightening kids, teens, even grown up after some days people started noticing it's been a while they have seen Eni Njoku.

People didn't pay attention to his unexpected disappearance because the trouble which was caused by him will also stop. being the only one that caused trouble in the street one of his favorite trouble is throwing stones at people, pouring people water away, stealing food and killing chickens, and throwing them at people. so for him to disappear it was a great relief to people residing in that street, they were so happy that finally, God have answered their prayers.

Now there was this couple with 3 children living on the same street with that my friend shared. The husband was a principal of a primary school which was named after him Jamo piper and the wife was a manager at the first bank, both couples had to leave the house constantly at 6 am everyday to return in the evening after they had closed from work and picked their 3 kids from school which is not far from where they work.

The wife of jamo piper began to notice weird occurrences in their house. it all began the day when she cooked rice with the stew that would serve as lunch for the family on weekend so after they have finished eating she kept the remaining stew in the cupboard in the kitchen because she planned to use the remaining stew to prepare beans for dinner, she was stunned when she noticed no meat in the stew and the stew was barely enough to go round.

Another time was when she came home and she found her pot was used and the gas burner was warm, someone had been cooking in her kitchens she became scared since her children and husband are not around, she wanted to search the house but she thought that would be ridiculous since she knows that the doors and windows are well intact with burglary.

the most shocking part was that food was disappearing rapidly, both cooked and raw ones. There was a time she saw the water closet in the toilet stained and she noticed the bathroom wet as someone had just taken their bath. she told her husband what is occurring in their house but he always ignores her thinking it was a lie. she also tried to meet the security about the situation but the security was shocked about the occurrences but the security man told her, he hasn't noticed anyone entering the house.

There was a time her husband came to her that he was looking for his favorite shirt and this is the second time such thing is happening in a week and he also he told her he found his room very scattered but it was great before he left.

one fateful day she was a little weak so she couldn't go to work, so her husband has to take the children to school in the morning while she was home all alone. while she was alone sleeping in her room she heard a loud bang like something fell on the ground in the kitchen so she decided to check it out until she heard a footsteps sound so she became scared. so she still decides to check what's happening so she walks stealthily to check where the sound is coming from. when she reached the kitchen she saw a man she became scared but she couldn't see her face so she decided to hide a little longer for her to see the man face only to discover the man was Eni Njoku the Calabar man that was mentally ill that has disappeared from the street for over 1 month which is exactly 42 days was intact living in her matrimonial home and in fact he was sharing everything with them and the most painful part was that how did he get in with all doors locked and windows always closed. but then she remembered there was a room the roof was opened up by a strong wind which they tried fixing but they couldn't because of their work.

She wanted to scream but she knew it would be a bad idea because Eni Njoku might want to hurt her and also he was only trying to help himself with food and drinks maybe that was why he entered here. the wife of Jamo piper tried to crawl back to her room so she won't alert Eni Njoku that someone is around. so as she got into her room she called her husband but at first, he couldn't believe her until Eni Njoku grabbed his wife because Eni Njoku heard some murmuring in her room and he heard his wife screaming on her phone so he quickly decided to call the security about the event happening in his house.

Before Eni Njoku could harm her security were inside the building they took him to the nearest police station but before that, they discovered he was not mentally ill which provoked the security men so they beat him to stupor before releasing him to the police station. after two days he was taken to the psychiatric hospital but this time it was real because of the head injuries he sustained during the beating.

Since that day I have always become more aware of my surroundings because I can't imagine that happening to me.

Thanks for reading ❤ I really appreciate

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