The House at Number 17

They say every town has one house you shouldn’t stare at for too long. <break time="1.2s" /> In my town,

that was number 17, at the very end of the dike. <break time="1.0s" /> The house had been

empty since 1984, when the Van Daal family vanished... without a trace. <break time="1.3s" /> At night,

people swore they saw light flickering behind the torn curtains, but whenever someone

went to check... everything was dark. <break time="1.5s" /> Until last year. <break time="0.8s" /> A real estate agent finally dared to

sell the place. <break time="1.2s" /> He never came back out.