The FaceTime Intruder

The FaceTime That Answered Itself Did you know FaceTime has a feature that automatically brightens

your screen when it detects a face—even in complete darkness? A girl learned this the hard way.

Every night her phone would flash white for a second, as if reacting to a face in the room.

She thought it was a glitch until one night the screen didn’t just brighten. It answered an incoming

FaceTime call. She hadn’t touched it. When she looked at the screen,

she saw her own bedroom. Live. From across the room.

From a low angle, like someone was crouched near the floor. She whispered,

“Who’s there?” The camera zoomed in, slowly. Closer… closer…