This freaked me out
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (52199)
Staten Island, New York
January 9, 2024 3:22pm CST
I was in the bathroom yesterday when all of a sudden I heard a loud noise, like something turned on. And it wouldn’t stop. It startled me and freaked me out a bit. I started to panic.
I ran out of the bathroom to see where the sound was coming from. Thought it may be coming from outside but when I neared the bedroom window I heard nothing.
Went downstairs and the sound became louder. Went down to the first floor and noticed that the contractor’s vacuum was working. I fumbled with the power button and it turned off. It was partially plugged into the outlet so I unplugged it just in case.
I wonder why it turned on all of a sudden, especially when there was no one down there to turn it on. It doesn’t make any sense.
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@Deepizzaguy (122269)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
9 Jan 24
It sounds like a story that could be featured in the former television series "The Twilight Zone." I can understand why you were scared over a noise coming from outside.
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@lovebuglena (52199)
• Staten Island, New York
10 Jan 24
If only the noise were outside.
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@Deepizzaguy (122269)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Jan 24
@lovebuglena I am in agreement with you.
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@RasmaSandra (98072)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
9 Jan 24
Strange things are known to happen. I was sitting by my PC one night watching a DVD and in our cold weather I have the AC off and it is in a window right by the PC. As I was watching my series suddenly the digital lights came on the AC and a second later turned off. I tell you that spooked me, My AC stays plugged in,
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@lovebuglena (52199)
• Staten Island, New York
10 Jan 24
Sometimes our doorbell rings but no one is there.
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@AmbiePam (120999)
• United States
10 Jan 24
@lovebuglena From my own experience, no.
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@lovebuglena (52199)
• Staten Island, New York
10 Jan 24
I guess a device doesn’t need to be fully plugged in to start working.
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@kaylachan (84834)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10 Jan 24
I don't know what to tell you. That would freak me too. Especially if there was no auto-settings to make it do that.
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@lovebuglena (52199)
• Staten Island, New York
10 Jan 24
If the contractor had left it on it’d be working the entire time. But it wasn’t until hours later.
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@lovebuglena (52199)
• Staten Island, New York
10 Jan 24
That actually makes sense. Might be what happened.
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@lovebuglena (52199)
• Staten Island, New York
10 Jan 24
Weird things do happen for sure. There have been times when the doorbell rang but when I went to open the door no one was there. And sometimes the storm door opens by itself, even when not very windy outside.
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@popciclecold (40214)
• United States
10 Jan 24
@lovebuglena Don't you live near a cemetery?
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@GardenGerty (169530)
• United States
10 Jan 24
No doubt it was some kind of power surge, and you were smart to unplug it.
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@popciclecold (40214)
• United States
9 Jan 24
That had to be freightening, I would even be more freightenec that no one was there. Weird.
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@lovebuglena (52199)
• Staten Island, New York
10 Jan 24
I thought something was wrong when I heard the noise.
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
10 Jan 24
Oh Lena..that seems serious to me..get that checked out..it is electrical!!
@lovebuglena (52199)
• Staten Island, New York
10 Jan 24
Well, I turned the vacuum off and unplugged it and all was fine.
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@lovebuglena (52199)
• Staten Island, New York
10 Jan 24
Definitely. So unexpected. I started to panic a bit.
@lovebuglena (52199)
• Staten Island, New York
10 Jan 24
Maybe it wasn’t totally turned off and there was some electric current from it being plugged in slightly, which made it turn on.
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@moffittjc (128837)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Jan 24
You definitely live in a haunted house. Get out now! Get out!
@moffittjc (128837)
• Gainesville, Florida
13 Jan 24
@lovebuglena I’m telling you, your house is haunted!
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@lovebuglena (52199)
• Staten Island, New York
11 Jan 24
Well, never know. I have this little statuette of an animal and it keeps moving of its own accord. Like I will put it in one spot but then some time later I notice it is not where I had put it but slightly to the side. How do you explain that?
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@lovebuglena (52199)
• Staten Island, New York
11 Jan 24
@just4him Must have been some connection still even though it wasn't fully plugged into the outlet. But then why hadn't it turned on sooner?
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@lovebuglena (52199)
• Staten Island, New York
10 Jan 24
I’m glad I realized that it was the vacuum.
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@lovebuglena (52199)
• Staten Island, New York
10 Jan 24
What kinda ghost? 
Should I call ghostbusters?
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@lovebuglena (52199)
• Staten Island, New York
11 Jan 24
@porwest Wouldn't that be nice? Lots of dust everywhere.
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@porwest (112864)
• United States
11 Jan 24
@lovebuglena A ghost that apparently doesn't like filth. Maybe Ghostbusters could be of help? Or maybe you can take advantage of the situation and have the ghost simply vacuum the house? lol
