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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Local_Conflict_4301 on 2025-10-24 03:45:42+00:00.
Power went out last night in my neighborhood. Total darkness. I live alone and got paranoid hearing noises, so I grabbed my phone flashlight and started checking the rooms.
When I went to the hallway mirror, I saw a figure move behind me. I screamed so loud my throat hurt, dropped my phone, and ran outside barefoot. My neighbor came out with a bat asking what happened. I said someone was in my house. He came in with me and found… nothing.
I replayed the footage from my doorbell cam and realized the “figure” I saw was just my own reflection moving when I turned the light on. My brain just refused to process that mirrors exist when I’m terrified.
Now my neighbor keeps calling me “Ghostbuster” every time he sees me.
TL;DR: Thought I saw an intruder during a power outage, screamed, ran outside, it was just me in the mirror.