When I was around 10 years old, I would sleepwalk every single night. This lasted until I was around 14. I'd go to bed upstairs and wake up downstairs on the couch with my dog next to me. One time I woke up in our back garden, on a bench we had.

On one particular night, I was about 13, I had the strangest experience I can remember, that judging from other posts, could be an encounter with a demon.

I was laying in bed half-asleep when I heard three of the faintest knocks on the front door downstairs. I don't know how I heard it, but my bedroom was at the front of the house, so maybe that's how I heard. I think I looked at the clock and it was around 3:15am. When I got up, my dog followed me downstairs to the front door. I opened it and saw a little girl, she had to be around 5 or 6. She had bright blue eyes, brown hair that was really short. I couldn't make out many other details about her face, it was a really dark night. But the faint glow of the street lights seemed to make her eyes a bright shade of blue. I didn't recognize her from my school, nor from my neighborhood, I had never seen her before in my life.

I remember being confused as to why she was at the door, but before I could say anything she asked 'Can I come in?', as she asked, she stepped closer, almost into the house and my dog saw her and started growling.

(A little about my dog for context, he was a rescue Springer Spaniel called Benji, and the most gentle boy ever. He never barked or growled at anything unless he was trapped somewhere. The sanctuary we rescued him from said he was probably hit when he barked or growled, so that's why he never did. He would cry after he barked or growled, because he was scared he'd get hit. He was an amazing, gentle boy who I miss so much.)

He snarled and growled at this girl and started backing up like he was going to attack her. I had never seen Benji this angry, ever. All I remember saying to her is 'No you can't come in, sorry but you're upsetting Benji'. She said 'okay', and just turned around and walked away.

I closed and locked the door, turned around and Benji was wagging his tail. I looked out the curtains just a couple of seconds after closing the door and couldn't see her anywhere, like she just vanished. My house had views across a lot of the neighborhood and there was no where she could have gone that fast that would be out of sight from the front window.

After that night, Benji started sleeping with me, right by my bedroom door, as if to block me sleep walking again. Even though he had his own bed in my room next to my bed, he would sleep on the floor inside my room, in front of the door.

I'm 26 now, but still remember this encounter today. I don't know if it was a demon that night, or what it was, but I feel like Benji protected me from something.

EDIT

I changed the wording of some parts to remove typos and make it easier to understand.

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