什么东西在下午三点出现没有问题，但在半夜三点出现非常吓人？
What is normal at 3PM, but terrifying at 3AM?
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吓人。
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What is normal at 3PM, but terrifying at 3AM?
什么东西在下午三点出现没有问题，但在半夜三点出现非常吓人？
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Car pulling into your driveway
汽车停到你家门口
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One night (right around new year), I thought I heard something in our driveway. I looked (it was snowy and very quiet, right around 2am) and it was no car but two people sitting underneath our mailbox, waste-high in the snow. Just sitting there, not moving or talking. It was SO freaky! The snow was going pretty strong and we are well in suburbia where there is noone walking that late because there is nothing like bars or clubs or anything around walk-ing distance-wise. Ok so I sit there terrified and thinking these are intruders, just resting quietly (as we live on a very steep street) and as soon as they even make a step forward, I am calling the cops. (In retrospect, how stupid that I am waiting to be attacked). In any event, these two people sat in the snow for disturbingly long time. Then I started to kind of worry if they are okay or too cold. Eventually, they got up, and quietly embarked further up the hill/street. They did not have anything on them, not even sure if they had jackets. They did not talk. They were super creepy. Again, in retrospect, they were probably drunk, reasonable people walking from a neighbor’s house or party back to their house but at 3AM and sitting in front of my house, it felt like the intro of a horror flick.
有一天晚上（大概是新年前后），我听见门口的车道上有什么动静。我向外观瞧（当时下着雪，而且非常安静，大概午夜两点钟左右），看见外面没有车，但是有两个人坐在我们家的邮箱下面，雪都埋到腰了。就坐在那里，也不动弹也不说话。太吓人了！当时雪下得挺大的，我们住在郊区，这里晚上没有人会出去走路，因为附近步行距离之内没有酒吧，也没有俱乐部之类的东西。所以我就坐在那里，吓得够呛，以为那两个人要闯进我家，只是在那里安静地休息一样（因为我们住在一个非常陡的地方），只要他们再敢往前走一步，我就报警（现在回想起来，我竟然在那里等着被他们攻击，真是太愚蠢了）。不论如何，这两个人就在雪地里坐着，坐了很久很久。然后我开始担心他们还好吗，是不是太冷了。最终，他们站了起来，安静地接着往山坡上继续走了。他们身上什么都没带，我甚至不确定他们穿没穿外套。他们也不说话，他们真的非常可怕。现在回想起来，他们可能只是喝醉了，但也是讲道理的人，可能是刚从邻居家的派对或者房子里出来，走在回家的路上，但是半夜三点坐在我家门前，真的感觉就像是恐怖片的开场一样。
Breaking news
突发新闻
It’s wasn’t 3am, but still somewhat late as both my dad and I were in bed, when we got alxs for a special presidential address for when SEAL Team 6 killed Bin Laden. I remember knocking on his door and whisper yelling “Dad, Daaad, we need to go turn on the TV .” It was just us living there, idk why I was whisper yelling lol I was thinking that maybe someone was assassinated or we were about to be bombed, expecting something terrible.
当时并不是半夜三点，但仍然是挺晚的时候，我和我爸都已经上床了，然后我们突然收到了总统发布特别演讲的警报，当时是海豹6队杀了本拉登。我记得去我爸门口敲门，对他悄悄说，“爸，爸——！咱得打开电视！”当时只有我们两个，我不知道自己为什么要悄悄对他喊哈哈哈我以为可能有人被刺杀了要不然就是我们要被轰炸了，我以为要发生什么糟糕的事情。
Very different situation, but that reminds me of when Princess Diana died and my mom woke me up in the middle of the night to tell me. I was 10 years old and I’m American and I didn’t even know who she was. I was like “ok” and went back to sleep.
非常不同的状况，但是这让我想起戴安娜王妃去世的时候，我妈半夜把我叫醒，跟我说了这件事，我当时只有10岁，我还是美国人，所以我根本就不知道她是谁。我就回了句“噢”，然后就接着睡去了。
At 3PM it’s “Oh boy, a car chase! Better get some popcorn.”
在下午三点，就是“妈耶，警匪追车！最好整点爆米花去。”
在半夜三点就是“我的天哪，普京又在做什么了。”
My google home on max volume saying "MICROPHONE DISCONNECTED." "MICROPHONE CONECTED."
我的谷歌智能音响用最大的音量说“麦克风失去连接。”“麦克风已连接。”
我一个人住。
A kid's toy going off in a random room
一个小孩玩的玩具在某个房间里突然响了起来。
My kids used to have a book that, when opened, played nursery rhymes.
我家孩子以前有一本书，一打开就会播放安眠曲。
结果我们发现当那本书的电池快没电的时候，书会干两件事：
第一，就算合上书它也会播放音乐。
第二，它播放的速度会特别慢，而且音调也会下降。
你应该能想象会发生什么对吧？
半夜三更的时候，我和我丈夫被我家宝宝床底下传来的，低沉的“一——闪——一——闪——亮——晶——晶——”给吵醒。
My mother once told me that when I was a baby, she woke up during a thunderstorm to one of my toys going “Let’s play a game!”
我妈跟我说过，当我还是个孩子的时候，她曾经在一场雷暴中被我的一个玩具吵醒，那个玩具突然说“让我们玩个游戏吧！”
My dad told one of mine went off so he grabbed it and threw it in the street
我爸跟我说我的一个玩具之前也突然响了，于是他就抓起来直接扔到街上了。
Similar memory of my mom throwing a talking Barney out on the street because it scared us in the middle Of the night!
我也想起了我妈妈把一个会说话的玩偶直接扔到了大街上，因为大半夜的把我们都吓坏了！
My kids had toy that would randomly giggle. I noped that damn thing in the dumpster. They also had a learning play table that would make sounds when nobody was around it. It got disappeared as well
我家孩子有个玩具会随机发出笑声。我直接把那玩意儿扔进垃圾桶了。还有个用来学习的字母表，周围没人的时候它会发出动静。那玩意也消失了。
Dog standing at the top of the stairs and barking at something on the main floor.
狗站在楼梯最上面，对门口的什么东西叫唤。
My dog doesn't bark very often (we had her for 4 years before we heard her bark) so this would scare the shit out of me 100%
我家狗并不经常叫（我们养了四年才听见她叫第一声），所以这绝对会100%把我吓坏的。
This happened with my last dog. I was sleeping with the door open and she was sleeping at the end of the bed. I felt her move in the middle of the night and it woke me up so I looked down to see her slowly standing up and looking out the bedroom door. She jumped off the bed and started going insane and barking. She was frantically stepping across the threshold of the room and then backing up into the room. It was like she was trying to get something/someone to back off but it kept spooking her back into the room.
我上一只狗就发生过这种事。我开着门睡觉，她睡在床尾。半夜我感觉她在动，于是我醒了，我看见她慢慢站起来，往卧室的门外看。她一下子从床上跳了下来，开始疯狂地大叫。她像疯了一样在门口出去又进来。就好像她想要什么东西或者什么人赶出去，但是那东西却不断又把她赶回来一样。
我从自己的角度看不见门外是什么，所以我也不知道她在对什么叫。她甚至都听不见我让她停下的声音，这很奇怪，因为她不仅听力非常出色，而且她也从来都不叫。然后突然间她就不叫了，跳回床上继续睡觉去了。我根本就不知道她到底在对什么叫。我和狗是这个房子里唯二活着的生物，并且房子外面的监控一整晚也没拍到东西。
My dog used to do this. Turns out his thyroid wasn’t working and it broke his brain. He’s all good now that he’s on meds.
我家狗之前也这样叫过。结果是他的甲状腺出问题了，把脑子弄坏了。现在他吃药了就好了。
Maybe your dog was sleepbarking
或许你家狗在梦吠。
Seriously, do dogs do this shit? Maybe they have nightmares and bark at shit that just ain't there.
说真的，狗会这样吗？是不是他们做梦了，然后开始对不存在的东西大叫。
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For sure! My husky will be fully eyes open up and moving around but she's obviously asleep because there's NOTHING going on behind her eyes. If you touch her or call her name she kinda startled, looks around confused for a minute, then smiles and starts wagging
是真的！我家的哈士奇就会瞪着眼睛到处走，但是她是睡着的，因为她眼睛一动也不动。如果你碰她一下，或者叫她的名字，她就会愣住，迷迷瞪瞪地四处打量一分钟，然后笑嘻嘻地开始摇尾巴。
My dog farts, startles himself, and barks as a result.
我的狗会放一个屁，把自己熏懵了，然后开始叫。
A phone call from parents/relatives etc.
父母或者亲人打来的电话。
My Mom called me at 2:42am the other night. I woke up to her call and dreaded the worst as I answered.
我妈妈有一天晚上半夜2:42给我打了个电话。我被她的电话吵醒之后，接电话的时候已经做好了最糟糕的心理准备。
结果是她把自己的脸书密码给忘了。
Unless you need that password to prevent a nuclear apocalypse, you better just wait your ass until a time when I'm not gonna assume someone died.
除非你需要这个密码来阻止核战争末日的发生，否则你最好等到不至于让我假设有人去世了的时候再给我打电话。
Honestly, a call from my dad at any time. The last two times he called it was because someone died. We text and see each other and stuff; we have a decent relationship. It’s just that neither of us likes talking on the phone very much. So a call from him is like an instant punch to the gut.
说实话，任何时候从我爸那里接到的电话都是这样。最后两次我爸给我打电话都是因为有人去世了。我们会互相发短信，也会互相见面；我们的关系不错。只不过我们都不喜欢用电话聊天而已。所以从他那里接电话，会让我感觉是给肚子上来一拳。
Yep. I got a call at 4 a.m. when my dad died and 3 a.m. when my mom died.
没错。我父亲去世的时候我是半夜四点接到的电话，母亲去世的时候是半夜三点。
Early morning phone calls scare the hell out of me. I know from experience that means somebody died.
凌晨的电话都会把我吓得够呛。我根据过往的经历知道这就意味着有人去世了。
Yep. Good news waits until a decent hour.
没错。好消息都可以等到好的时候再通知。
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The sound of a branch breaking when you're outside.
在你在户外的时候，树枝断裂的声音。
Someone knocking on the door
有人敲门。
Just happened to me on the 4th, neighbors were banging on my door and ringing my doorbell like crazy. Scared the shit out of me but I have the ring doorbell so I pulled up the camera on my phone and saw it was my neighbors plus could see cop cars outside.
4号那天发生在了我的身上。邻居疯狂地敲我的门，按我的门铃，把我给吓坏了，但是我有应答机，所以我打开了手机上的摄像头应用，看到是我的邻居，而且外面还有警车停着。
我飞奔到门口，我邻居跟我说，你得赶紧把家人都救出去，我一脸懵逼地看着他，他说你家邻居的房子着火了。我往门外一看，看见我家旁边烧着熊熊大火，于是赶紧跑回去把家人都带出来，接下来一个小时看着我家邻居的房子烧的渣也不剩，顺便把我家房子的一边也烧化了。
幸运的是一切都很安全，但这太他妈吓人了。还有，烟花爆竹都是臭狗屎。
I once saw a little kids birthday party at a park super late at night, like almost midnight. I didn't understand wtf and for some reason the Nope level was really high, like my brain said this is some creepy shit they are gonna eat you for the birthday cake so I just kept on moving.
我曾经在晚上特别特别晚的时候，在一个公园看到过给小孩子举办的生日派对，已经快半夜了。我根本就不理解，而且我当时就觉得这肯定不对劲，就好像我的脑子跟我说这玩意儿太哈人了，他们说不定要为了过生日把你当蛋糕吃了，所以我就赶紧走人了。
Seen it!
我见过！
其实是那孩子特别喜欢天文，所以家人们就安排了类似于过夜的生日派对。甚至从城市获得了特别允许，给市里花了点钱，让他们在晚上关掉一点灯光。
There's also certain disabilities where people can't be out in the sun. If the kid had that maybe it would make sense to have their party after dark so they could play on the playgrounds and other things they normally can't do during the day.
还有一些残疾会让人们不能在日光下待着。如果那孩子碰巧有这种疾病的话，那么晚上开排队挺正常的，这样他们就可以在游乐场上玩耍，或者做其他他们在白天做不了的事情了。
if they were hispanic, trust me is normal
如果他们是西班牙裔的话，相信我这种事太正常了。
The kids are asleep but the party has 4 hours left
孩子们都睡了，但是派对还有四个小时才结束。
This is why I love going to my Mexican friends parties. Even 1 year old’s birthdays get fucking wild well after the kid went to sleep
所以我喜欢去墨西哥朋友的派对。就算是一岁小孩的生日派对，在孩子去上床睡觉之后都开得跟他妈疯了一样。
To be fair, all one year olds’ parties are basically adult parties.
说实话，一岁小孩的生日派对基本上都是给成年人开的。
The sound of an ice cream van.
冰淇淋车的声音。（译注：有点像洒水车，会一边开一边播放那种可爱的音乐）
I must now buy an icecream van to drive around at 3 am
我一定要买一辆冰淇淋车半夜三点开出去
Just buy the sound projector. Even creepier. Ice cream van sound, no ice cream van in sight...
你直接买个音响更好，更可怕。有冰淇淋车的动静，却看不见冰淇淋车……
Put it on a drone and have it fly around the neighborhood.
把它放到无人机上，在小区里到处飞。
I have a drone and a Bluetooth speaker... ideas are forming.
我有个无人机，也有个蓝牙音箱……我有一个大胆的想法。
House sounds. During the day if the house creaks or what ever, who cares. If it's night, holy fuck demon in the darkness.
房子的声音。在白天如果有哪里嘎吱作响之类的，谁在乎呢。但如果是晚上，那就他妈肯定是黑暗里的魔鬼了。
Looking in your bathroom mirror.
往浴室里的镜子里看
The door opening
开门的声音
My girl works overnights and last winter I wake up to my door unlocking, so I go and investigate. She wears a massive parka in the winter so as a shadow (no lights on) I see someone walking into my home shoulders about 4 feet wide. She got home 5 hours early, I was freaked out pretty good.
我女朋友上夜班，去年冬天我醒来听见门开的声音，于是我去看了一眼。她冬天穿着一个大外套，所以我看见一个肩膀有四英尺宽的巨人的影子（没开灯）往我家里走。她早了五个小时到家，把我吓得够呛。
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Taking a walk in the woods alone
一个人在森林里走。
My teenage daughter and I were out camping in the woods when she shook me awake at about 2-3AM. She said she heard something, and it kept freaking her out. I asked her what it sounded like, and she said, “it’s a weird screeching sound, like an animal, but playing on a loop like a tape machine out in the forest.” My blood immediately ran cold, and I said to her do not tell me this shit right now!
我和我青春期的女儿在森林里野营，然后她突然在半夜两三点钟把我叫醒。她说她听见了什么东西，一直把她吓得够呛。我问她那听起来是什么动静。她说，“是一种很奇怪的尖啸，就像动物一样，但好像在循环播放，就像森林里有个磁带机一样。”我的心一下子就凉了，我跟她说不要大半夜的跟我讲这种东西！
于是我们从帐篷里走了出来，看看能不能听见，于是真的听见了。当时黑得伸手不见五指。声音很微弱，但是跟她描述的一模一样。就是同样的，像在剐蹭什么东西一样的声音，一遍又一遍地，断断续续地播放着。我们刚看完《湮灭》，她以为是一个受诅咒的混种熊怪要从森林里蹦出来吃我们了哈哈哈。我们吓得不轻，我直接拿了个毯子，我们在我锁着的吉普车里睡觉了
结果我们活了下来，没有熊来袭击我们，但是第二天我们在野营的地方溜达的时候，看见一个带着万圣节装饰的房车。那种吓人的声音的来源是一个死神模样的模型，会亮起来，一边动一边叫唤，用动作感应器激活的。它会一遍一遍地播放那种尖叫。我们笑了，但是搞不懂为什么他们要把这玩意儿开一晚上？！
Seeing the sun in the sky
在天上看见太阳
Alaska’s got it real rough then
那阿拉斯加的日子一定很难过了。
Perfect for procrastinating. "I'll do it in the afternoon". Or some such nonsense.
对于拖延症来说太完美了。“我下午再干吧。”或者类似的屁话。
It doesn’t bother me, but my husband hates it. We live above the 60th parallel, so around the solstice, we get full light for maybe 22 hours with barely-dark dusk for the remaining time. He duct-tapes aluminum foil to the bedroom windows, drapes blankets over the curtains and blocks the door with a bathrobe to make sure no light comes in from the rest of the house.
对我来说没什么，但是我丈夫一点也不喜欢。我们住在北纬60度附近，所以在夏至的时候，我们一天有差不多22个小时都是白天，剩下两个小时也是不怎么暗的暮霭。他会往卧室的窗户上用胶带粘上铝箔，往窗帘上挂床单，再用浴袍把门给堵上，保证不会有光从房间里别的角落进来。
June in Scotland, the sun's up at 3am.
六月的苏格兰。早上三点太阳就升起来了。
The fact that I have to get up at 5 AM
我得早上五点钟就起床这个事实。
The horror is even worse when you wake up after what seems like an hour and the clock says it's 5 minutes to wakeup time
最恐怖的是当你醒来之后感觉自己好像只睡了一个小时的时候，表告诉你还有五分钟就该起床了。
Recently I've been going to bed after work, it's actually kinda nice. I work from 8-16 and sleep 17-00. Might wanna try it out.
最近我都在下班之后立刻睡觉，感觉其实挺不错的。我工作的时间是早上8点到下午4点，我5点就睡觉。或许你想试一试。
What are you doing between midnight and 8am?
那么你在半夜和早上8点之间的这段时间做什么？
Apart from normal chores around the house and making food, I play video games, read books, play my guitar etc. Pretty normal stuff, also despite being almost 30 I still have quite a few friends who are total NEETs, so they are usually up during night time and go to bed at around the time I go to work.
除了普通的家务和做饭之外，我会打游戏，看书，弹吉他之类的。基本都是挺正常的。而且尽管我已经快30了，但我还有不少朋友是完全的宅，所以他们通常也是半夜也醒着，大概在我去上班的时候才去睡觉。
我并不觉得我被自己的睡眠习惯限制住了，因为附近的连锁商店都是24小时开门的，我如果需要买什么东西，直接在网上订好，下班路上去取就行，如果我那天不是居家工作的话。
我是在一次短假把自己的睡眠周期毁了个底朝天之后实验的，想要看看这样睡会是什么感觉，我已经这么做大概三个星期了。
目前为止我真的很享受。或许是因为我的绝大多数爱好都是一个人就能做的。但是我在这种睡眠周期和更正常的那种之间真的感觉不到什么区别，除了我能更充分地享受午夜那伟大的静谧之外。
在我住的地方，一年的这段时间里，太阳几乎一晚上都挂在天上，所以我想看看接下来一天变得越来越短的时候会是什么感觉。顺便我是4：45写的这个回帖。