Woman Says She Kept Finding Her Window Unlocked — Then Learned Someone Had Been Using It To Get Inside
A woman on Reddit said she always made a habit of locking everything before leaving—doors, windows, everything. That’s why it stood out the first time she noticed one of her windows unlocked when she got home.
According to her post, she assumed she must have forgotten. It wasn’t a big deal at first. But then it happened again.
Same window.
Same situation.
She said she started paying closer attention after that. Before leaving, she would double-check the lock and even test it to make sure it was secure. But when she came back, it would be unlocked again.
That’s when it started feeling wrong.
She looked around for other signs and noticed small things—items slightly moved, a chair not exactly where she left it, things that were easy to question but hard to ignore once she noticed the pattern.
So she decided to test it.
Before leaving one day, she took a photo of the window and the surrounding area. When she came back, the window was unlocked again—and the position didn’t match the photo.
That confirmed it.
Someone had been there.
Her first thought was maintenance or the landlord, but she hadn’t received any notice about anyone entering. No messages, no emails—nothing that explained it.
That’s when she took it further.
She set up a camera facing the window and left like normal.
When she checked the footage later, she said her stomach dropped.
The video showed someone outside opening the window and climbing in.
According to her post, the person moved quickly but confidently, like they had done it before. They went inside, stayed for a while, and then left the same way.
She said that moment made everything clear.
The unlocked window, the small changes, the feeling that something was off—it all lined up.
After that, she contacted authorities and reported what she found. She also secured the window and started looking into additional ways to protect her home.
By the end of her post, she said the part that stayed with her wasn’t just seeing it happen—it was how easily it had been happening without her knowing. What seemed like a small mistake—an unlocked window—turned into proof that someone had been entering her home repeatedly.
Read the original Reddit story here: https://www.reddit.com/r/BestofRedditorUpdates/comments/11t7g6m/window_being_unlocked/
Abbie Clark is the founder and editor of Now Rundown, covering the stories that hit households first—health, politics, insurance, home costs, scams, and the fine print people often learn too late.
