The shadow man

I was only 8 years old. Yeah, I know. My mind is still very young and full of imagination. But let me tell you my story, because it is true. My parents were around their mid 30s and like all of us, they went out to party. Well, my parents left us children at my aunt's house. This was my mom's sister. Anyway, I was left there with my 2 older sisters and younger brother. Well, we all ate our dinner and then the kids played some board games until 9pm. We (my cousin Josephine age 12 and my sisters Mary 10 & Melody 12) were told to go to my older cousin Rena's bedroom. Rena was 16 years old. My youngest brother still a toddler was sound asleep in my Aunt and Uncle's room. Anyway, it was about just passed midnight. I couldn't sleep. I kept thinking when my parents were coming to pick us up. I was so scared, because both my sisters and cousins were sleeping already. I tucked my head deep underneath the blanket. It was so hot under that blanket, but I didn't care, I was scared of the dark and I felt alone. Moments later, I saw a part of a shadow reflecting on one of the bedroom walls. I wasn't sure what it was, but I tried to not move at all. I didn't want this thing to know I was awake. Shortly, this shadow moved slowly to the bedroom door. It was a dark shadow. It started to form. It looked like a man with a straw brim hat. I slowly looked at one of his hands and it seem like he was carrying a machete. I was so frighten and seriously sweating now. My breathe was so hot and I wanted to scream, but I didn't want him to notice me, so I bit my lip. Soon, he slowly entered the room. He paused at times and looked around, as though he was checking to see, if anyone noticed him. He finally moved forward, floating like motion, came near the edge of the bed where I was sleeping. He was right on top of me! I closed my eyes, because I didn't want him to see me or look directly into my eyes. Then suddenly, I heard a loud scream! It was my cousin Rena! She sat up and saw the shadow man! He grabbed one of her legs. He raised his arm that had the machete. It looked like he was going to chop off her leg. She continued to scream, stood up, jumped off the bed and ran out the door! I looked at my sisters and by the time I looked right back towards the shadow man, he was gone. My sisters and I were so shaking and so scared that we just stared at the door for a moment, to see if the man was coming back. Then I ran bravely towards the light switch and turned on the lights. We all ran towards our aunt's room. By that time, Rena had already woken her parents. She was crying so hard and was trying to explain with mumbling words. My sisters and I told our aunt and uncle that there was a man in the room. My uncle ran down the hall to Rena's bedroom. He returned and said he found nothing. He searched the entire house and still he found nothing. He checked the back exit door, which was near Rena's room, but all the locks were still intact. Nothing, and I mean there was no trace of anyone coming into the house. My uncle said, maybe Rena "you had a bad dream" with a puzzled look on his face. But we all saw this shadow man and our uncle knew we saw it. We all stayed in the living room until my parents came to pick up us kids. I cried in my mother's arms and I told her that I didn't want to overnight in my aunt's house anymore. My mother and father looked concern. They had acted as though they knew what we were experiencing. This is one of my stories. Believe my story.