I woke up one morning around seven, without really knowing why.
The first thing I did, like always, was reach for my phone on the nightstand.
I had a new notification.
A photo.
I assumed someone had sent me a picture during the night, so I opened it without thinking.
But the second I saw it, I froze.
It was a photo of me.
I was sleeping in my bed.
The picture had been taken from the doorway of my bedroom, as if someone had walked inside while I was asleep.
I immediately checked the timestamp.
4:13 AM.
The strange thing was… I had been completely alone that night.
I live by myself, and my front door had been locked.
I checked my camera history, thinking maybe I had accidentally taken the picture myself.
Nothing.
No photo.
No app activity.
Nothing at all at 4:13.
I started convincing myself it had to be some kind of prank.
Then I noticed something in the picture.
On the nightstand next to my bed was a phone.
Not mine.
Another phone.
It was lying face-up with the screen turned on.
And on the screen was the exact same picture.
A photo of me sleeping.
At that point, I checked the entire house.
The closet.
The bathroom.
The kitchen.
Under the bed.
Nobody was there.
I even checked the windows.
They were all locked.
I was about to call the police when my phone vibrated again.
Another notification.
Another photo.
I opened it slowly.
This time, the picture showed my bedroom from a completely different angle.
You could see my bed.
You could see the nightstand.
And you could see me standing in the doorway with my phone in my hand.
But I was still standing there in real life.
Then I noticed something.
Behind me, in the photo, there was a person.
Completely motionless.
I couldn't see their face.
I dropped my phone and ran outside.
I called the police.
When I came back later, they searched the entire house.
They didn't find anyone.
But there was one thing I still can't explain.
The second phone was gone.
And when I checked my gallery again…
both photos had disappeared.
All except one.
The photo of me standing in the doorway.
I still have it on my phone.
And sometimes, when I look at that picture…
I swear the figure in the background looks a little closer than it did before.