The footage is fuzzy. Rainbow-colored lines of interference traverse the window on my laptop screen.

This prompts me to hunch over, moving closer to the screen as I squint my eyes.

Not that it will help.

The video is of a bedroom. My dad's bedroom.

I can make out bits of furniture underneath and between the lines of interference. Like the foot of my dad's bedroom. I can make out bits of furniture underneath and between the lines of interference,

like the foot of my dad's bed and the dresser adjacent.

What I can't seem to get a good glimpse of is the figure that moves into frame,

stalking toward my dad as he sleeps in his bed.

At least, I think it's a figure. The brief

climpses I get suggest it's a man with the beard. I rewind the video for the third time,

going back to before the footage goes fuzzy. The video starts with my father coming into the room,

prompting the motion sensor camera to start recording.

He gets ready for bed, then slides under the covers, turning off the light next to his bed.

The camera automatically switches to night vision mode, giving everything a ghostly, greenish tint.

Once my father settles in and falls asleep, the footage jumps ahead because the camera stopped recording.

The gentle rise and fall of my dad's chest apparently was not enough to keep the motion sensor camera recording.

There's a strange flash of light from off-screen to the right, enough for the

camera to start recording again. A moment later, the footage goes fuzzy. And as I re-watch the video,

I'm convinced I see a tall man with strange clothing and a beard walking toward my father's sleeping body.

The man, who I now think of as bringing the interference with him, seems to stop by my father's

bed.

I watch closely, pausing and un-pawsing the video to see if I can get a clear view of what

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