to think we're all going to be mudered?

[Objection]

I'm away for the Christmas period working for the family I Nanny for at the weekend. We are staying in a mansion/log cabin on the top of a mountain - very very secluded.

On the first night, I heard very light knocking in my room. Quite distinctive as knocking - like one of the kids wanted me. But the kids are on the opposite side of the house and there was no one around. This happened twice (early morning) but I was so tired I didn't think much of it.

The next morning it turned out that everyone in the House had heard the three light knocks at least once in the night.

I checked outside all the windows and there were recent animal prints (think Elk and Bear) and human foot prints circling the house. no one in our group had been outside at all and the prints didn't match anyone's shoes.

Second night, three light knocks again in the dead of night. Everyone heard them at different times.

Third night (last night) the knocks happened again and the four year old boy I look after starts talking about the "blood man" that only he can see being in the House he keeps singing songs about the Blood Man.

AIBU in thinking that we're living some crazy horror film?

Someone's been living in my walls

Enjoy at your own risk

'Twas the night before New Year and all through the house
Not a creature was stirring not even a mouse
When a knocking was heard 3 times, 1,2,3
Objection was so scared, she let out some wee.

The children were nestled all snug in their beds
Hoping no monster would saw off their heads
Objection called Mumsnet - Help! A mad chap?
Nonsense! They said - it's a pile of old crap.

G'wan - your turn

I'd also give that window a damn good clean before night falls.

Then you'll know if there are fresh ginger prints.

You know it makes sense

walls update

It's not very exciting or illuminating considering - but the OP did do one at least.

Wow, this thread is like a film. I think it's the family having you on.

Totally glued to this thread

Ooh, thanks for the creepy room links.

You still with us OP?

Twas the night before New Year
And all through the cabin
The creatures were restless
And ready for grabbin'
They knocked at the doors
For their sinister fun
And they knew that the eve
Would bring death number one.......mwaahaahaahaa

Although i am 100% sure it is animals and plumbing!

This thread is ace! Thanks op. I think you need to get the kids drawing pictures of the blood man - then you can post them up on here. Photos are a bit hard to make out, but dripping ice does sound plausible. Is that your bedroom window in the pic?

oh and is there any chance you can film him singing blood man songs??!! sooo creepy.

Op..who do you think will play you in the film of this?

Do you know what? Its quite easy to just say oh its animals, icicles etc BUT I'd listen to the 4 year old. 'Blood man' sounds a bit too extreme for over active imaginations and also children do have that extra sense thing that closes when they reach the age of reason.

I like the suggestion of knocking back. Play the devil at his own game.

Have the parents heard the knocking?

I was thinking that lovely girl who played Natalie in Love Actually. She would play a great nanny, adorable and funny with the kids, faintly sexy with the husband (not that I think you ever hit on your employer OP but for a horror movie a hint of naughty nanny might be apropos), could ramp up quickly to very sexy when disheveled in lamplit snow etc., and also could ramp up quickly to "ninja fighting nanny does lamp karate at killer"

If it's three knocks, and always 3 knocks, you've obviously got yourself a Sheldon Cooper.

freaky! love to know if there are fresh prints in snow...

Is she not dead yet? Where's my NYE entertainment?

R.E. the secret bedsit, if you read the comments on reddit, here, you'll see some more insight, and some proof it might be fake here.

But for something a bit creepy in NZ www.stuff.co.nz/national/7320623/The-jilted-lover-and-the-bunker

OP in all honesty I think you will be okay. Just never be alone... and sleep in the kids' room.

finger prints, not ginger.

How you doing OP?

I reckon its some yokels wanting to keep the 'most haunted' thing going, so are coming up to cabin at night and making prints/knocking just to scare the crap out of you all.

Im not one for scaring easily (grew up with 7 brothers and live on a farm). If it was me i'd have made a scary mask/face painted stood by window and waited for knocking then flung curtains back whilst making some hideous screachy/wailing sound and scared the crap out of whoever was on the other side.

Why did I start reading this!!!!!!!!