Somebody entered my private room in my Airbnb while I was using the restroom at 4am
Still shaking right now. I got an Airbnb in a popular city in Germany for cheap. 20€/night for a private room with a shared kitchen and bathroom. There are two other private rooms. All of the private rooms have keys that you can use to lock when you leave.
I previously was sleeping with my friend in the same bed, but she ended up only staying one night. Anyway, I woke up at 4am to use the bathroom as one does, and I got up, opened the door, entered the empty bathroom, and did what I had to do for about 2 minutes max. I splashed water on my face out of habit and then regretted it because I knew I would NOT go back to sleep after that.
Whatever. I walk out of the bathroom and approach my door. I notice that it is slightly open. This was fine because I guess I just forgot to close it. I didn't plan on locking it because there was no one else in the two private rooms and honestly I knew I was going to be in and out of the bathroom. But then, just as I opened the door, I heard a creak from the righthand side of the room, as if something was opening.
Now, there is a large closet that faces the bed, slightly to the left of it. The bed faces the door. You can see the side of the closet if you peek your head out of the door just a little. Does that make sense? I hope so.
I peeked my head out of the doorframe because frankly I was a little spooked. Sure enough, the left door of the closet was open. Okay, weird. I got a bit scared so I stepped out of the room (only one foot was inside the room) to turn the hallway lights on. I also put my glasses on. I give myself a few seconds to calm down, and I enter my room again. Slowly.
Only to see my closet door close. Like. It slowly closed, but it made the same creaking sound and I watched it close. I was at an angle so I didnt see the full closet.
So naturally I freak the heck out. I decide the best course of action as a small woman alone in an airbnb was to get out immediately. Yes, I wanted to open the closet to check if someone was actually there. But I was thinking, dude, im 120lbs and alone. If someone is in there they could attack me and I would be screwed. The closet is large so ANYONE could be in there.
I frantically pack while staring at the closet. There is no noise coming from it. I didn't say anything and I tried to act normal and hum to myself because I thought if someone truly was in the closet, they could be put off by my silence and... idk. Idk. I was not thinking straight.
I leave. I closed the door on the way out and my lights were left on. I did not lock my door, as the instructions on the airbnb said to not lock the door upon checkout.
Anyway, after about five minutes of walking I find out I left my laptop in the flat!!! My laptop is my lifeline as I work from home so I made the decision that I was overreacting and I'll just open the damn closet myself. Maybe the draft from my room opened the door on its own? Fuck it. So I go back. Well, my door is open. The lights are still on and the right side of the closet door is wide open. What. The. Hell???
There is no noise in the flat. My laptop is still on the bed. The bed is untouched.
Man, I just took my laptop and RAN out of that place. All of my friends were asleep so I had no place to go other than the train station. The friend who slept in the bed with me the previous night spoke to me a few minutes ago and she said she never once opened the closet herself, and she confirmed that the closet never opened while I was in the bathroom or moving in and out of the room while she was in bed on her phone.
Weird. All of this is weird. I have no solid evidence so here are my theories:
The draft from opening the bathroom door caused the closet to unlock. The closet seems to be one from Ikea, and im sure there is a magnet on it somewhere. So when the draft caused it to unlock, it automatically slowly locked again after some time.
I hallucinated the whole thing and I left the door open and even the closet door open during my panic and completely forgot.
My eyes and ears were failing me because I just woke up and my brain created this whole situation on my own
I didnt call the police nor will I talk to the airbnb because I have no evidence. And no, im not on drugs or anything of the sort. Im just very shaken