Intruder

Him, when we open the door.

The **intruder** is the antagonist of *Fears to Fathom: Home Alone*.

## Background

After reading a text message from his mother, Miles discovers that she cooked some lasagna for him being left in the fridge. Just as he notices that it is getting very dark outside, he sees a stranger in their front yard, idling around. Before Miles can get too anxious, the man slowly walks away.

Miles dismisses this strange encounter and reheats the lasagna in the oven after watching some TV. While eating, intruder goes up to the stairs. Miles receives a text from his friend cancelling their plans. Miles, all alone, decides to do his chemistry homework and head to bed right after.

After a few hours of hard work, Miles finishes his homework at half past 12. Miles observes the dark, empty streets through his bedroom window and heads to bed after. About half an hour, he becomes thirsty, forcing him to go downstairs. After drinking some water, he goes back to his room and gets a concerned text message from his mother; a picture of a person in the dark in front of their house. Miles asks her how she got the photo, and his mother explains that their neighbor saw the stranger creeping around their house as if watching Miles.

Knowing he's home alone, Miles spots the stranger in his yard again, becoming increasingly anxious and worried. There is no current reason, why he not in the house. Maybe, he jump from the window. His mother instructs Miles to lock all the doors and wait until the police arrive. As she calls 911, Miles thinks about how to find a way to survive this situation. He hears a window breaking downstairs. Soon after, he hears the doorbell ringing non-stop; his mother later texts Miles that it's their neighbor Paula and that Miles should open the door for her.

Unsure what to do, Miles starts believing that there's an **intruder** in the house. After a bit of consideration, Miles concludes that his best chance of survival is taking shelter with Paula, as the intruder might harm him before the police arrives.

Just as Miles begins making his way downstairs, he hears the floor squeaking from his parents' bedroom, located right next to the staircase. As he gets closer to the stairs, he witnesses the bedroom door opening and the shadow of the intruder, prompting him to go back to his room and hide. Lucky for Miles, the police arrive soon after, with the intruder escaping. Miles successfully manages to go down to the main door without the stranger coming out of his parents' bedroom. It's later revealed that if Miles actually listened to his mother and went down to Paula, the intruder would intervene and attack him upstairs. This is also the case if Miles opens the door for the stranger.

His fate are unknow and he is presumed arrested or escape.

## Personality

The Intruder was not a typical burglar trying to steal anything, he didn't wanted to cause damage to the house, he didn't seem to be an arsonist, nor did he seem to be a squatter. The fact that he had been observing Miles for some time indicated that his target was none other than the 14-year-old boy himself. It's very possible that he was a sexual predator having noticed that Miles was home alone and waited for the perfect chance to break in and take advantage of the situation, which is explained why he was investigating and scouting around the house earlier in the day, just waiting until it was late at night to snatch him. He has a sock on his head. That can mean that he was crazy. Maybe he tries to kill Miles. He has a knife, when he was in the parents' room.

## Physical description

He's usually shown in the darkness. But in a one moment we can see him. He's an old man with age 50-60 years old. He has something that resembles a sock on the head. He has an red sweater. His hair is gray.

## Trivia

* The name of the intruder on the map is called "grandpa". There is no current reason onto why. Maybe, that's because he looks like an old man with a sock on the head.