The unprecedented event

The loud and somewhat unanticipated wailing of siren at the middle of the night was indeed spine chilling. There had been an attempt of burglary in the neighbourhood but the police had successfully arrested the culprit. Apparently the culprit worked for the local circus. Here's what had happened.

Lavender Heights was a quiet locality apart from the few reports of burglaries in the past month. But it was no surprise since it was a posh area comprising the rich households. Mr. and Mrs. Hall had just shifted to the neighbourhood. The winter was especially brutal this time of the year. Mr. Hall who was a pilot had to leave early next morning for a flight. And although feeling exhausted and yearning for a nice warm slumber Mrs. Hall had to start unpacking the furniture. Much of the day passed in unpacking the essentials of the bedroom. In the evening Mrs. Hall started working in the living room . Suddenly there was a loud noise from her bedroom. Upon checking she found out that the flower vase on the table had fallen down and shattered into pieces. She quickly cleaned it up and resumed her work.

Unfortunately they did not have enough time to fix all the electrical appliances and the living room only had a dim light bulb. She started to feel a bit scared but did not pay much attention to it. After unpacking the huge sofa set she looked up with a sense of satisfaction and suddenly it seemed like something moved in front of her. She switched on the flash light but there was nothing just the sofa set, the half unpacked lamp shed, the clown statue and a large number of unpacked boxes. Realising a lot of work was left she decided that it was just her hallucination. However she kept feeling uneasy. It seemed like someone else was there in the room. Perhaps the result of watching too many ghost movies.

After an hour or so she went to bed for her much awaited slumber. Within a few minutes she heard a thud from outside. A chill ran down her spine. She picked up her phone from the side table and called her husband. Mrs. Hall quickly told him about the thud and that she felt that there was someone in the house, watching her. Mr. Hall however counselled her by saying it was all a figment of her imagination. Mrs. Hall was not convinced. She told him that the clown statue especially was freaking her out and no sooner than she mentioned the statue she realised that they never owned a statue.