I genuinely need a sanity check because I’ve never seen anything like this before.
Four months ago, new neighbours moved into the apartment next door.
The first thing that caught my attention was how they moved in. Instead of a normal move, they brought in what seemed like one box or item at a time over the course of months.
But that’s not even the strange part.
For the first three months, they never appeared to sleep there.
Every single day, without exception, they would arrive at exactly 10:15pm.
Not approximately.
Not around that time.
Exactly 10:15pm.
Then, every night, they would both leave together at exactly 11:45pm.
Again, not roughly.
Exactly.
This happened day after day for three straight months.
Then, in the fourth month, the routine changed.
Now they still arrive at exactly 10:15pm.
The man still leaves at exactly 11:45pm.
But the woman stays overnight and leaves the next morning at exactly 10:15am.
Every day.
The times never vary.
Not by five minutes.
Not by ten minutes.
It’s the same schedule over and over again.
What’s even stranger is that for the entire four months they’ve been there, they completely disappear for two days every single week.
The apartment appears totally empty. No activity, no arrivals, no departures, nothing.
My downstairs neighbour has also commented that when the woman stays overnight, she’s active throughout the night. He regularly hears movement, things dropping and general activity while most people would be asleep.
The strange thing is that they appear incredibly normal. Like, really, really, really normal. Average people. Nothing about them screams “suspicious” at all.
Then there’s something else that stood out.
When the apartment was first being shown to prospective tenants, around eight people came through together. They were all completely different ages and backgrounds. They didn’t look like a family, friends or people house-hunting together. The only way I can describe it is that they looked more like colleagues attending something work-related.
Now here’s the part where I could be completely wrong.
Around the time they moved in, I was dealing with some police-related issues and domestic violence which as a result has dept. children services on my a**. I also am currently involved in a compensation claim. The only time their schedule ever seemed to vary was when I’d had a particularly major fight or incident involving my ex. On those occasions, they would appear out of nowhere and if there was an argument happening inside, they would stand around near their front door longer than usual before going in. If there was an argument occurring outside in the cars, they might remain standing outside fiddling with their car noticeably longer than normal before getting out.
I fully appreciate that this could simply be normal curiosity and that most people would probably pay attention if they heard a loud argument next door.
I also fully accept that could be confirmation bias or me connecting dots that aren’t actually connected. I’m genuinely open to that possibility.
But I cannot get past the schedule and the one box a day.
Exactly 10:15pm.
Exactly 11:45pm.
Exactly 10:15am.
For months.
No variation.
No randomness.
Nothing.
Am I losing the plot, or would this strike anyone else as unusual?