You may want to sleep with ALL of the lights on tonight...
It can be argued that there is no feeling more eerie than the horrible sensation that overcomes your entire existence when you sense that someone is watching you.
As the old saying goes, ‘always go with gut instinct’, and when a 16-year-old from Chester, England had the feeling she was being watched, it turned out that it more than her imagination.
The young girl’s stalker, 18-year-old Kyle Ravenscroft, had managed to make his way into her bedroom and sent a text message that read. “I’m watching you” from underneath her bed.
He then continued to send messages, detailing how he was going to take his own life and that she would find him hanging outside her bedroom window.
According to The Daily Mail, police reports suggest that Ravenscroft broke into the premises while her Mum was at home.
After receiving the disturbing texts from Kyle, the teenager chose to sleep in her mother's room for security, and it is believed it was at this point that the young man then hid under bed.
The following morning the girl returned to her room and after experiencing the sensation that someone was watching her investigated, only to find Kyle under her bed.
The young woman’s legal representative, Rob Youd, told the court she checked the area after noticing that all her shoe boxes, which were normally neatly lined-up under her bed, had been moved.
After making the discovery the teen asked, “What are you doing under my bed?" His response was that he had been asleep.
The girl’s mother entered the room and demanded Kyle to leave, it was at this point that he fled the scene – not before stealing the girl’s mobile phone.
Police confirmed that Kyle had no previous convictions however believe that he went through the phone to "discover personal details about her life".
Chester Magistrates Court noted that the incident was "frightening" and "psychologically harming" to the girl.
Kyle was given a 12 week sentence, suspended for two years and placed under a supervision order.
He was also ordered to pay €125 compensation to his victim after pleading guilty to stalking.
