The Chilling Night I Heard a Voice on the Baby Monitor

While babysitting my sister’s son, the baby monitor lit up at 3 a.m. The baby was asleep, but a voice whispered, “He’s not okay.” I called my sister, who yelled, “Grab my son, run to the car, lock it, and call 911!” She’d been hearing strange noises through the monitor for days.

I saw a shadow outside the baby’s window—which was open, though we always kept it closed. I fled with my nephew. Police found nothing but said the monitor model often picked up “strange sounds.” We replaced it, and the noises stopped, but that shadow and open window still haunt me.