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CFO-2026-0005

Ghost / haunting · Case file

Tall dark figure on the landing, at the same time each night

Open
  1. Received
  2. Director's review
  3. 3Investigation (current stage)
  4. 4Filed

Witness account

Homeowner reports a tall dark figure standing on the upper landing at 01:10 on four consecutive nights. On the fourth night the homeowner set up a camera on the stairs. The camera recorded nothing and the homeowner recorded the camera. A neighbour confirms hearing the stairs creak on the same nights.

Evidence

  • “Four nights. Same time. It does not seem to mind me.”

    Homeowner
  • Sound · 6s

    A slow creak on the fourth stair, twice, at 01:10.

Field Investigator’s memo

Memorandum

TO
The Director
FROM
Field Investigator
RE
CFO-2026-0005
Plausibility74/100

The regular timing and the neighbour’s independent account raise the file well above a single-witness report. A camera that records nothing is, in the Bureau’s view, more interesting than one that records something. Recommended for investigation.

Closest match on file: SUBJECT-SF · Shadow Figure

  • Strong detail
  • Corroborated

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Case timeline

  1. Bureau · 9 May 2026, 08:10 UTC

    Report received.

  2. Agent · 24 Sept 2026, 16:24 UTC

    Field Investigator: plausibility 74/100. Opened for investigation.

  3. Bureau · 24 Sept 2026, 16:24 UTC

    Investigation opened.

  4. Agent · 24 Sept 2026, 16:24 UTC

    Cross-Referencer: 1 related file on record.