Ok so this is my first ever Reddit post so sorry if I’m bad at it. So I’ve always experienced little creepy things throughout my life but nothing huge. I moved from California to western New York to live with my boyfriend and we moved into our own place. It’s a very nice area so I would say I live without huge fear of anything really happening. We work nights, but I am currently laid off due to covid; my boyfriend still works though: 8pm-4am. So I am awake and alone during these hours (with my dog and two cats).

It started off as knocks on my back door (always coming from the back door) that I would sometimes get scared of, but I just passed them off as wind. But then one day while I was playing PS4 online while in a party chat, I hear a lady sobbing outside. I tell my friends and they tell me not to open the door believing it could be a human trafficking trick. So I crawl to the window and peek outside only to find nobody out there. So we joke that my backyard is haunted and all that. But I don’t think much of it, I eventually forget about it.

This one stands out to me because I almost ran outside. I was on the phone with my family as my boyfriend was leaving to work. He usually lets the dog out before he leaves and sometimes she doesn’t come back in immediately. This is important because she has escaped from our yard as my boyfriend leaves, and we have to chase her down the block to catch her. So while I’m on the phone I clearly hear my boyfriend YELL the f bomb, I immediately think “oh no the dog escaped”. So I hang up the phone and rush to the door. But I realize his car is gone, so I just stand confused and call him: Me- “hey what happened did Ruby(dog) get out?!” Bf- “no she’s inside, why do you think that” Me- “i just heard you yell outside” Bf- “oh that’s weird no Im like a few blocks away right now” I was left extremely confused as I’ve never experienced that

I keep hearing things since then, knocks, bangs, even meowing once? But I ignore them all because I don’t want to go outside. Who ever or whatever it is wants me outside I guess.

So at around 3:30 am today my boyfriend got out early and got home as I was washing dishes so I didn’t get to hug him his welcome back hug yet. He went upstairs to get changed and I continued doing my thing. I then hear him at the back door saying “Hello!”. For a moment I’m thinking he is outside the door and needs me to unlock and open it. But I quickly realize he is upstairs. So I freeze and immediately call him as I am scared and confused. He tells me he didn’t say hello and that he is in the bathroom. I slowly walk away from the kitchen to the opposite side of the house and I was shaking hard. It was definitely his voice and rhythm. Whatever it is mimicked his voice perfectly. I am even shaking now tbh.

Nothing else has happened as now the sun is out but I do worry for tomorrow and every night after that. I luckily am not getting hurt by it or anything, but it’s just very scary to experience. And it is honestly giving me some anxiety now every time I open that door. One of my friends have told me to get my house blessed, although nothing ever happens in the house it’s only in my backyard. I was also told to put nickels on the window sill or something like that. I don’t know if I’m going crazy and imagining this? I wouldn’t believe it could be that though, because it doesn’t happen when I’m thinking about it. It happens at random moments when I’m too busy doing something to be able to imagine it. I’m not on any medications, I don’t drink or do drugs. I have looked online for anything similar but haven’t found anything. What are your thoughts?