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Am I being haunted?

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windowwhy · 15/09/2022 22:54

Someone pls shed some light on what on earth is going on. Name changed because it's an incredibly outing story if I've told it in real life..

Working from home today and I have two dogs as well as my sisters dog for the morning. On a call and I hear the dogs going crazy downstairs so I peer out of the upstairs window but don't see anything and forget all about it. Go downstairs after 5pm and as I bend down to get a candle out of a drawer I notice that someone has written on the outside of my living room window (which is clearly dirty) with their finger 'next run 15'. It's been written backwards from the outside because I can read it perfectly from in here.

Please share your best guesses as to what on earth is going on?! I assumed it happened earlier when I heard the dogs going but obviously can't be sure. Not impossible that it's been there for ages either and I've just not noticed because it wasn't overly visible from any usual angle

Please convince me I'm not about to be murdered and/or being haunted.

Window cleaner isn't due and not expecting any deliveries. Absolutely bamboozled 😂

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Luredbyapomegranate · 15/09/2022 23:26

Could have been there for ever, you just noticed because the sun shone through it. I wouldn’t assume anyone walked up
your drive today. But if they did it’s just kids messing about.

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windowwhy · 15/09/2022 23:28

@ofwarren they're not like the back of a white van where someone's wrote 'clean me' on it or whatever, but you can definitely see where the dirt/dust has wiped as it's been written

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TidesOfLife · 15/09/2022 23:32

meateatingveggie · 15/09/2022 23:19

Next num 15?

As in a parcel for you at number 15?

This?

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windowwhy · 15/09/2022 23:33

So I've got a terrible diagram of my street - only included the placement of the numbers I know. We're number 36

As well as where the house sits from the street. The writing was much much smaller on the window, this is definitely not to scale 😂

Am I being haunted?
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windowwhy · 15/09/2022 23:34

meateatingveggie · 15/09/2022 23:19

Next num 15?

As in a parcel for you at number 15?

We're nowhere near number 15 though so I don't think so

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windowwhy · 15/09/2022 23:35

RagzRebooted · 15/09/2022 23:19

I think it has always been there, from back when the glass/window was manufactured. Maybe an imprint from something else, or where some kind of wipeable pen was used to write on it. Could have left residue which dirt/moisture has stuck to.

'Next run 15' could mean something in factory terms.

I hope you're right! Just seems strange that I've never noticed it before. We've been here 4 years!

Definitely plausible that it's been there for longer than just today though

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Mushroomlady · 15/09/2022 23:36

I don't believe that this post is real. Sorry OP. Little signs like telling us that you were getting a candle from a drawer when you spotted it feels like unnecessary detail, and that's often a sign of lying.

meateatingveggie · 15/09/2022 23:37

Number 21? Easy to get mixed up writing backwards and they're opposite

TidesOfLife · 15/09/2022 23:39

Do you have children? Or anyone at your house recently? Like work done.

My son (admittedly he's only 3) drew something in the window dirt that looked a lot like a penis on our front window. And I think it's still there because I haven't got round to cleaning it. 🙈

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windowwhy · 15/09/2022 23:40

meateatingveggie · 15/09/2022 23:37

Number 21? Easy to get mixed up writing backwards and they're opposite

Possibly yeh, will check that in the morning! Why wouldn't they just leave a card like a normal delivery driver though instead of a message only visible in the perfect light. I hope you're right though!

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Lochjeda · 15/09/2022 23:50

There's no way anyone with bad intentions stood and took their time to write something that makes no sense, backwards, on a dusty window, in the hope you MIGHT see it.

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windowwhy · 15/09/2022 23:58

Lochjeda · 15/09/2022 23:50

There's no way anyone with bad intentions stood and took their time to write something that makes no sense, backwards, on a dusty window, in the hope you MIGHT see it.

I agree.. but where has it come from then?!

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wherearethehumans · 16/09/2022 00:24

@RagzRebooted exactly my thoughts..saved me typing it 🤣

nancydroo · 16/09/2022 04:58

Maybe it is not a number. Maybe it reads. next run is....

Do the lotto with number 15 as bonus ball just in case though....then the check the loft

erikbloodaxe · 16/09/2022 05:45

When glass is produced every batch made has a Melt Run number. It's for traceability.

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windowwhy · 16/09/2022 08:14

Well, made it through the night unscathed and thankfully DH will be home mid afternoon!

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