A Small World
There are times when the world appears to be relatively small, as though everyone knows everyone else. For example, this person’s ex-boyfriend was chased out of an abandoned home by a gunman with a rifle. Exploring a rundown building for laughs isn’t worth your life, so this guy made the rational decision and took off in a hurry.

It turned out that the man who chased the boyfriend from home was, in fact, the OP’s cousin and uncle. Also, just because a building isn’t lived in doesn’t imply it’s abandoned. This is a cautionary tale for anyone wanting to explore abandoned structures.