DD is 2 1/2... from tiny, strange things have happened around her. When I was exhausted, I would find her with a dummy back in her mouth that she couldn't have reached, neatly tucked in with blankets when she hadn't been when I left the room etc...
As she has gotten older she has said hello to someone coming into our lounge (not for about 12 months though). The past few months she has woken up in the night, pointing at the ceiling, and getting worked up - we have asked the people to let her sleep and she has settled again.
She got very scared by masks at Halloween, and quite often says that she is scared by things, but doesn't actually seem scared.
The past few weeks, at my friend's house, she has been getting very upset by "Man" - sometimes on the stairs, sometimes by the front door, and sometimes in the diningroom. I have felt someone in the house myself - normally a man on the stairs, and a child seems to play behind the sofa... both kind. We showed her a photo of who we suspect the man is, and she agreed, but in hindsight we realise we should have shown her a few different ones and asked if she could see him. Tonight she also mentioned a dog, and either a cat or a hat - a hat makes sense (and is more creepy as he wasn't wearing it in the picture), but when we tried to establish which, she got worked up again.
She is getting very very scared by it all, and the level of fear is making me believe that she is seeing someone, and not just being a toddler playing.
I thought that maybe trying to teach her about some sort of circle of protection might help (I normally see it as a bubble myself, so easy for her to visualise), but I'm not sure if she is too young to grasp the concept.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!!