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By holycow - 22/02/2010 09:28 - United States

Today, I was awakened, in the middle of the night, by the sound of crying coming from outside. There's a mile in between houses where I live. FML

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By Deborah - 27/10/2011 06:41 - United States

Today, I saw my upstairs neighbor outside getting the mail. She asked how my day was, and then apologized that the sound of her baby's crying through the walls kept me up last night. Apparently she heard me when I yelled at 2am for her fucking demon spawn to shut up. FML

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By MALICEG - 26/05/2012 07:00 - United States - Oklahoma City

Today, there was a knock on my apartment door. It was the man from next-door, who sarcastically asked if I was alright, because he said he heard me screaming in agony. I was singing. FML

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By sleepy - 01/07/2019 02:10

Today, I was trying to fall asleep. Unfortunately, my next-door neighbor's baby began to cry. I closed the window and rolled over, unable to hear the crying anymore. My dog's hearing is better than mine, and so he started barking. Goodbye, good night's sleep. FML

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By LostSleep - 24/05/2016 21:54 - United Kingdom

Today, I was woken at 4 a.m. by the sounds of someone crashing down the stairs. I scrambled out, still half-asleep, to find out that nobody was in an agonized heap at the bottom. The walls are so thin in my house that I could hear the neighbour falling down HIS stairs. FML

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By scaredshitless - 10/04/2019 18:00

Today, at 2:30am, I heard my baby crying on the monitor. As I got out of bed, she stopped crying and started laughing. There's nobody else in the house. FML

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By elle - 23/05/2011 10:17

Today, I found out that the peaceful rain I'd been listening to all night was really a broken water-main flooding my entire yard. FML

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By tireedddddd - 25/11/2011 16:24 - United States

Today, I was woken up at 6am to the sound of my mother on the back deck of the house hooting like an owl. FML

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By WTF - 07/03/2011 09:19

Today, I was awoken by my neighbor pounding on my back door at 3 am, only to look outside and see my car engulfed in flames. FML

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By frenchpop1960 - 23/02/2009 21:58 - United States

Today, I was over at my boyfriend's house and I heard a strange sound. I laughed and said, "It sounds like a dog throwing up!" He listened for a second and said "That's my mom crying downstairs." FML

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By AAAAAAAAAAAAA - 11/07/2022 07:00 - United States - Steele

Today, I heard a scream that sounded suspiciously like my cat when he's just had a nightmare or is otherwise in a state of extreme distress. I found him chilling on my couch, so I walked back to my room, when I heard the scream again. I ran back and he was still chilling. It was my neighbor's son screaming outside. FML

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mcicycool 0

Monday 22 February 2010 16:04

that's just creepy.. I say gtfo of there

MoonyIce 0

Monday 22 February 2010 16:20

It was likely just some animals having sex. When they're mating, a lot of animals - foxes especially - can sound rather horrifyingly like a human in distress.

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i33dtehsceti 0

Monday 22 February 2010 22:19

how is it an FML are you scared of ghosts or something

jessxoxo28 5

Monday 22 February 2010 22:24

omg, thats freakin scary....

PUfelix85 0

Monday 22 February 2010 22:36

not sure how this is a FML? Why did you hear crying? Did you witness a rape? Did you see a ghost? If it was the second one that is kind of cool but if it was the first then ... maybe you should have mentioned that.

PhillyFox 0

Monday 22 February 2010 22:51

Are you sure it was human then? It may have been a mountain lion.

mister_moops 0

Monday 22 February 2010 23:09

that's the creepiest shit ever. it's an fml because if you lived in the middle of nowhere and heard someone(or a baby) crying at ******* midnight you would probably freak the **** out. at least, i would.

AndelleRae 9

Monday 22 February 2010 23:11

Based on all of the comments, I am reminded of this: http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/crybaby.asp Either way, I can see why the OP views this as an FML. Regardless of what the noise actually was, hearing that kind of stuff when you live alone in the middle of nowhere can be pretty frightening.

Volcomrox2266 0

Monday 22 February 2010 23:14

wait... you live in California, but there's a "mile" in between the houses..?

abradant_spoon 0

Monday 22 February 2010 23:32

not all of California is L.A. there are ranches there. and small towns and all that. really not that hard to imagine.

canzo378 0

Monday 22 February 2010 23:19

ghost...?!?

cadillackitty 0

Monday 22 February 2010 23:32

this would be a fml if you looked out your window and saw a naked man jerking off

exquisite 0

Monday 22 February 2010 23:40

I could see this being an FML b/c now the person will most likely have a hard time sleeping for a while. With that said, OP don't be afraid to call the police if you hear that.. someone might have needed help ..

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