Home Alone...from the Inside

This happened to me when I was 15, so about 10 years ago. I live in a fairly large apartment complex with a pool and a gym, etc. It's nothing crazy, but you know, an apartment. My bedroom is the back left corner of the apartment, and my balcony faces a big open field. It's pretty much just dirt and a bunch of random trees and bushes.<br><br>Anyway, one night I'm lying in bed, watching tv, and everything is pretty normal. I'm kind of half asleep at this point, and I start to hear this really loud noise. It sounded like someone was jumping on my roof. I figured it was probably nothing, but I still get this really bad feeling. So I start looking around my apartment to see if anything is out of place or whatever. I look out my balcony to see if anything is different, and nothing is. Just dirt. Still, that really loud noise is kind of unsettling.<br><br>So then about 10 minutes pass and I hear another noise. This one is smaller, but it sounded like someone jumping on my roof again. I start to get really creeped out at this point. It's late at night and I hear someone jumping on my roof. I start to look around my apartment again, but everything is still in place. Then, about 5 minutes pass and I hear a loud noise that sounds like someone dropped something on my roof. This one is different because it's much louder and more heavy sounding than the others.<br><br>I'm starting to get really scared at this point. I'm 15 years old, it's the middle of the night, and someone is on my roof. I don't know what to do so I just sort of sit there in fear, waiting to see what's going to happen. Then, about 10 minutes pass and I hear another noise. This one sounds like someone jumped off my roof, and landed on my fire escape. I'm thinking to myself, "Why would someone jump on my roof and land on my fire escape? That doesn't make any sense." <br><br>So then about another 10 minutes pass and nothing happens. I'm starting to think it was just a branch or something that fell on my roof, but then I hear this other noise. This one is really heavy, and sounds like someone is standing right outside my balcony. I'm freaking out, because I can hear their breathing. It's really loud. So then they start walking. I don't know how I know this, but it just seems like whatever is out there is walking. They walk around to the corner of my building and then I don't hear anything else.<br><br>I waited about 30 minutes before I called 911. I tell them what happened and they tell me not to leave my apartment, and they're on their way. So they show up and I explain what happened. They search my apartment and outside and find nothing. They search the entire apartment complex and find nothing. They ask if I know anyone that might have played a prank on me, and I say no. They leave after about 30 minutes of searching. That was it.<br><br>I don't know what happened that night. I don't know if it was an animal or a person or something else, but it was the weirdest experience ever. I'll never forget that night, and I will always look out my balcony and wonder if they're out there. Let's not meet.