Woken by a strange scratching sound at 3 a.m., a widow living alone called the police, only to learn someone had already phoned using her name from inside her locked house.
Responding officers searched every room without finding an intruder, though they discovered fresh footprints leading from beneath her bedroom window toward the sidewalk outside.
The woman later learned her daughter had awoken from a vivid dream about her childhood home at that exact moment, having remembered standing outside that same window as a child.
Though the identity of the mysterious caller remained unexplained, the mother found comfort believing a protective force had watched over her and ensured her safety.