August 26, 2026 at 12:20 pm

Someone Pounded on Her Door in the Middle of the Night—But She Was Too Scared to Open It

by Matthew Gilligan

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This sounds like the beginning of a horror movie

And I can hear people in the audience yelling out, “Don’t open that door!”

What am I rambling on about?

Well, the woman who wrote this story heard some commotion outside her door in the middle of the night and let’s just say that it scared the heck out of her.

Read on and find out what happened next.

AITA for not opening the apartment building door at 2 am?

“I woke up at 2 am to loud knocking on the apartment building door.

She wasn’t about to open the door!

It seemed like it might have been my neighbour from upstairs (dude most likely lives with his family and I guess they don’t have keys for everyone), but I wasn’t sure and, honestly, too scared to check.

Wouldn’t recognize him anyway.

This guy is nuts!

He was banging on the door, yelling outside and throwing stuff at the window for about 30 minutes.

AITA for not checking on who that was and not helping just because I was scared?”

And this is how folks reacted on Reddit.

This person said she’s NTA.

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Another individual weighed in.

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This Reddit user shared their thoughts.

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Another person spoke up.

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And this individual also said they’re NTA.

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I agree with the last commenter!

Never open the door without knowing who’s there or what’s going on.

Especially in the middle of the night!

She absolutely made the right decision in this situation.

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