The Mysterious Cabin Encounter

This happened when I was a youngish child. I was about 6-7 years old at the time. Being partially Irish, we'd always visit and stay in the countryside, where it was nothing but fields upon fields with little to no road lights. It started how it typically would; getting shopping, visiting family, and attending mass. We were staying in an old cabin with rustic interiors and an old coal fire. It was your typical spooky-looking house.

I would sleep in the guest room by myself, which was spooky enough. Whenever I was in this room, I would always get a feeling that I was not alone. This one particular day, I was feeling a bit under the weather and was playing with my action figures at the top of the helical stairs. I heard what I thought was my mum crying out to me from downstairs. So I replied but did not hear anything back. I turned my attention to the bottom of the stairs to look down, and when I cried back and asked what she wanted, I still did not hear anything. As I turned back around, I saw a buckaroo-type figure standing at the far end of the hallway. I was in total shock, and to this day, I still can't wrap my head around it.

After seeing this man, I rushed downstairs to find both my parents asleep on the lounge. This made it all the scarier because I was 100% sure I heard her call out my name. When I informed my parents, they said how pale I looked. For the rest of the time there, I had to sleep in my parents' room. It was the first time I had ever endured anything like this.