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Scary Story Podcast

Never Record Yourself While You Sleep

Scary Story Podcast

Scary Stories

Society & Culture, Fiction, Arts

4.72.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2019

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

When a nighttime microphone recording catches something unexpected, life doesn't return to normal. 

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0:00.0

Did you know choosing the train over your car can cut your carbon footprint by up to two thirds?

0:06.0

So, one family outing at a time, one little adventurer at a time, one trip to the museum, one dinner in the city, one nap on the way home at a time.

0:18.0

One train journey at a time can help create a greener future.

0:23.0

So when will you take your next trip? Find out more at nationalrail.co.uk slash greener.

0:46.0

I'm afraid that I've gotten into something not many people have experienced.

0:52.0

I'm forced to turn off my cell phone and wifi at night while I sleep after the most bizarre incident happened about six months ago.

1:02.0

You just never know who is listening or maybe you don't want to know what you can't hear.

1:12.0

Let me explain.

1:15.0

There is an application for iPhone that can tell you about your sleep quality.

1:21.0

I believe you can also integrate it with your Apple Watch, but I don't have one.

1:26.0

So I just use a phone app itself and rely on the information it gathers.

1:32.0

Everything was fine and I was tracking my sleep patterns until I noticed that the app itself was requesting access to my microphone.

1:43.0

I found it odd, but then the app explained that it doesn't say for recordings and it doesn't send them anywhere.

1:50.0

So I agreed and went to sleep.

1:54.0

In the morning there was a new notification saying that I snored and I was curious enough to check them.

2:03.0

Sure enough, there I was, at 1.20am, some snoring.

2:11.0

I never knew that I snored, but it was good to know.

2:16.0

There is something eerie about listening to yourself sleep.

2:22.0

I kept on with the app as usual.

2:26.0

Normally you have to set it right before you go to sleep and it wakes you up to an alarm at an optimal time, supposedly to prevent you from waking up feeling tired.

2:39.0

One morning I woke up earlier than usual, way earlier, actually, at 4.45am.

2:50.0

I wasn't feeling tired so I went to the bathroom then for a drink of water and got back to my room.

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