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In early 1998, three Finnish tourists were sound asleep at the Cedar Lodge Hotel near

California's Yosemite National Park.

The trio consisted of two young girls and an older woman who was acting as their guardian.

At around 2am, they woke to the sound of something rattling.

It wasn't particularly loud, but the hotel's remote setting, surrounded by acres of woodland,

meant that even quiet noises could cut through the silence like a buzzsaw.

Like all of the rooms at the Cedar Lodge, the women's room opened to an outdoor parking

lot that any passerby could pull into.

They quickly realised that the rattling was coming from the front door of their room,

just a few feet away.

Someone was fiddling with the handle from the outside, trying to get in.

The women had locked the door earlier, but this wasn't deterring the person on the other

side.

It sounded as though they were trying to gain access with a key, as opposed to using a

tool or brute force.

The older woman cried out in panic before calling the front desk.

She informed hotel staff that someone was breaking into their room.

But by this point, the rattling had stopped.

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