The Phone Rang at Night
By Jo Ann
@akalinus (40440)
United States
October 11, 2018 11:26am CST
I stayed up late reading last night. I just could not put the book down. I finally got off to sleep and a couple of hours later the phone rang. I woke up instantly and saw it was my son in NY who hung up right away.
I called him back and found out that he was deleting stuff from his phone and accidentally dialed me. I told him I would go back to sleep.
A late night phone call gets the adrenalin pumping so I could not sleep. I would be up early to go to my writer's group meeting this morning. I forgot to go the meeting.
Some days, you just wonder.
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@marguicha (215346)
• Chile
11 Oct 18
I am always terrified by late phone calls. Last year, besides the 2 times the burglars entered and robbed at my house, I was called at night once. The person told me they had one of my daughters and they wanted ransom. The voice of my daughter called help. Fortunately, I had the other phone and called my daughter and she was at home, fast asleep. She did not believe me until the same thing happened to her. Bad guys get cellphones into prison and they have people outside to do their bad deeds.
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@marguicha (215346)
• Chile
11 Oct 18
@akalinus I wish I know. Claudia had the same experience days later and it was Carolina´s voice. But Carolina was then in Spain. Still, the next day, she called her.
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@akalinus (40440)
• United States
11 Oct 18
@marguicha How do they get the voices of someone in your family? Who does this stuff? Can't the police do anything about it?
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@anya12adwi (6037)
• India
11 Oct 18
I get into freezing mode.. I feel like some ghost would be calling me and I again freeze thinking that
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@akalinus (40440)
• United States
11 Oct 18
@anya12adwi I hate it when people start rumors like that. They only do it to hurt people. I can see why you aren't sure about this. 
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@anya12adwi (6037)
• India
11 Oct 18
@akalinus There were many rumours but this had seated fear in my subconscious mind.. So, I get startled when I receive call at nights.. So, either I put my phone on aeroplane mode or I mute the ringtone
@m_audrey6788 (58485)
• Germany
11 Oct 18
It irritates me sometimes if a sudden call early in the morning 
Just like you I can`t go back to sleep
Just like you I can`t go back to sleep 1 person likes this
@1creekgirl (40497)
• United States
11 Oct 18
So glad it was just a mistake and not something bad.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
11 Oct 18
Oh yeah a middle of the night call always means something bad. Glad he is just a night owl playing with his phone.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
11 Oct 18
I never pick up late night calls and those who know me will never call me.
@wolfgirl569 (95082)
• Marion, Ohio
11 Oct 18
Glad everything was ok. Mine had my text alerts going off a few nights ago. He was learning to work his new security system and set me as a backup.
@akalinus (40440)
• United States
12 Oct 18
Yes, I know that feeling. A few years ago, I was getting a call every night from a Mr. Lee in Mexico City, a collect call. I have no idea who he was or why he was calling collect. I kept yelling that it was a wrong number and to never call here again. It went on for days.
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@nela13 (55698)
• Portugal
11 Oct 18
late phone calls terrify me, it is always bad news, glad that it wasnt in your case.
