during my holiday I spent about three
weeks in Japan I arrived pretty late so
I couldn't check into the hotel that I
initially booked so I booked the
cheapest hotel that I could find nearby
aesthetically it was quite nice but it
did have easy access to the building
meaning anyone could come in and go to
any room as they please
plus there was no security in sight
after arriving in my room I ordered some
food and watch some TV I was still
pretty jet light from the flight so I
started to get ready for bed as I was
falling asleep I felt the urge to double
check the door just to see if it was
locked I didn't think anything was going
to happen but I'd rather be safe than
sorry about five minutes after I checked
the door I heard footsteps outside
initially I thought it was someone
leaving their room but the footsteps
started to pick up speed the sound
started getting louder and louder and I
started to freak out a little all of a
sudden the sound stopped I looked at the
light shining through the bottom of my
door and there was a shadow of a person
at first I thought it was room service
but it was too late for that
or maybe it was some drunk idiot who was
at the wrong room as soon as I switched
my light on the shadow disappeared I was
confused but I reluctantly went back to
bed
that's when I suddenly heard scratching
coming from my door so he immediately
turned my light on and shouted who's
there
after a moment of silence I heard the
footsteps slowly fade away at this point
I was thinking it could be some kids
messing around so I got up opened the
door and peeked my head outside I
glanced in both directions down the dark
and slim hallways that's when my heart
stopped a man emerged from the darkness
and Rani radically towards me his face
was contorted as he screamed and I could
see he was holding a knife in his right
hand as he got closer I could see him
more clearly he had disgusting long
dirty hair his clothes were ripped and
he had cuts and bruises all over
I quickly slammed my door and pressed
against it praying that the man would
just go away
after what felt like hours I finally
gathered my courage and looked through
the peephole he was gone I let out a
sigh of relief and checked the people
again my heart started pumping faster
than ever before he was right in front
of the door he was wearing a maniacal
smile on his face and all of a sudden he
raised his knife and yelled kill you I
jumped back and kept my eyes locked on
the bottom of the door as I backed up to
my bed I grabbed my phone and started
dialing the police as I raised the phone
to my ear I saw that the shadow was gone
when the police arrived I tried to
explain what happened when they checked
the security cameras they almost
immediately recognized the man he had
been doing this to people for a while
now and the police have been trying to
track him down for months
after a long night of no sleep I finally
arrived at the right hotel that I had
booked initially in Tokyo that creepy
guy was still on my mind but I thought
the chances of him being here were
pretty slim so I didn't bother locking
my door that night
at 12:05 a.m. I woke up to a big bang
next to me I turned around to see the
same guy passed out on the floor with a
knife in hand I was in shock how did he
find me I quickly ran out of the room
and locked him inside the cops came and
he was finally arrested let's just say
I'm always going to be locking my doors
from now on