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The realization that a stranger was living in my house didn't come from a bump in the night, but from a forgotten roll of film I found hidden in my desk drawer. I got it developed expecting nostalgic memories, only to feel my blood run cold when I saw that all 36 photos were extreme close-ups of my sleeping face. But the true horror wasn't the unsettling angle shot from the ceiling above my bed; it was the bright orange timestamp on the final picture—dated 3:00 AM yesterday, taken from inside the bedroom I strictly triple-lock every single night.