I loved the x-files.... Apart from one episode.... There was a half man/half creature roaming round killing people in locked rooms.... They discovered he was squeezing himself into the toilets and through the sewer system to get away & to the next victim. This thing dragging itself across floors absolutely terrified me and for weeks I put heavy books on the toilet sheet lid each night! (I was mid to late 20's at the time!)
I went to school with four girls, with about six years between the eldest and youngest. The eldest was from a different mother and was of a different demeanour to the other three, who were 'rather outgoing'.
On one occasion, the other five were all out, without the eldest girl, who was to return home whilst they were out. The others returned, to find the house open, the lights and TV on, but no sign of her anywhere.
They were about to raise the alarm, having searched the house and surrounding area, when she was discovered, hiding behind the hanging clothes, in a wardrobe.
She had come home, turned the telly on and been so petrified by the horror film that was on, that she was just too terrified to approach the TV and turn it off - hiding in the wardrobe seemed a much better idea. She was then further terrified by all the muffled voices as the gang of unknown assailants searched the house for her.
She was 18 at the time.
Amusingly, the most outgoing of the other three girls had an intermittent, on-off relationship with a lad who was very much in the Brian Jones style. Anyway, I recognised his name on a school-related Facebook post and read it all, out of interest to see what had become of him. He revealed that he had actually married her eventually - and they were still married. This seemed so unlikely, that either of them would be married to anybody for more than a year, that I considered reporting it as a fake account.
