MrBallen

So she walked back to her bed, laid down, pulled the covers up over her, and sure enough, just a couple of minutes later, she had fallen asleep.

But several hours later, Anna suddenly woke up.

She's laying in her bed, her eyes shoot open, and for a second as she's laying there, she can't quite remember where she is.

She's confused, disoriented, and then she remembers, oh yeah, I'm in that bed and breakfast, I'm in Chicago, okay, I'm going home tomorrow, okay.

But as she's laying there sort of putting together what's happening, she just has this weird feeling that something just feels off in the room.

She can't quite place it, but there's something wrong here.

And so instinctively, Anna sits up in her bed and she kind of just surveys the small room that she's in.

And at first, everything seems totally in order.

There's nothing odd here at all.

It's just a late night inside of a bed and breakfast.

It's still, it's quiet.

There's nothing going on here.

But then as she scans the room one more time, her eyes stop on the open window because now there is a man sitting on the windowsill, looking into the room right at her, unflinching, just staring right at her.

And Anna, in an instant, is looking at the sky and a million thoughts go through her head.

She's thinking, oh my God, he's here to hurt me.

He must've climbed up and he's about to come in here and attack me.

Like what's going on here?

She doesn't know if she's dreaming.

She's just completely panicked.

And unlike a lot of people who in this situation might freeze completely or scream and try to hide or run away, Anna's fight or flight response was to fight.