night visitor
After-dark guest
A night visitor is someone who comes after dark, often uninvited or unexpected.
The phrase carries connotations of secrecy, intrusion, or the supernatural—a burglar, a ghost, a lover arriving discreetly: She heard footsteps and wondered who her night visitor could be.
In folklore and horror, night visitors are creatures like vampires or incubi that prey on the sleeping.
- nocturnalActive during darkness
- witching hourTime of supernatural activity
- intruderUnauthorized person present
- strangerPerson not yet known
- uninvited guestAttendee lacking formal welcome
ghost · dream · shadow · prowler · moonlight · darkness · sleep · apparition · shadow figure · burglar · nightmare · sleep paralysis · cold sweat · creeping · silent · uninvited · vampire · bat
- Alien Abductionabductee, beam of light, close encounter, grey aliens, gray aliens
- mysterious strangersstranger, mysterious stranger, shadowy figure, mystery man, mystery woman
- Sleep SpiritsSandman, Morpheus, Dream
- shadow figuresshadow person, shadow people, hooded figure, cloaked figure, black mass
night visitorpermanent resident
One who stays indefinitely
inhabitant · occupant · homeowner · tenant · host
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