When my five-year-old insisted a “big man” stood in his room every night, I assumed it was just nightmares. But one night, a loud crash led us to his closet, where fallen boxes revealed a hidden crawlspace behind the wall.
A contractor later confirmed it was an old attic access from before the house was renovated, with no signs anyone had been there recently. Even so, I never forgot my son’s fear—or the reminder that children sometimes notice things adults dismiss.