At nightfall, I see the text say "I want to go home" but I've stay hidden and I feel bad

[Tonygamersman]

This is after I reached day 2 but after night time. That what is say about I want to go home and I've just frozen solid not to move. I've did turn on generator to keep power on since it did say on the notes.

about that "I want to go home" I don't know if this is a trick or could be a someone got lost. but I've refused to move unless I wanted too but I just can't.

Any suggestion if I want to go out there if I see this text again or will I just wait till next day!?

[MazyRun]

You caught a glimpse of something called a 'night event', these are random events, although some are scripted to happen on specific nights (like the one you almost witnessed). There are many types of events, it's up to the player to decide whether or not they want to go and investigate & experience them.

As you've noticed it can be quite easy to miss an event if you're situated on the other side of the hideout, but there are lots of audio & visual cues to look out for (if you decide to make a habit of interacting with night events).

The only way to understand the nature of every event is to let your curiosity take over and confront them. Once you've experienced all the different types of events you'll remember which methods to use to deal with each individual one (and learn which events are beneficial/rewarding).

The 'scripted night events' tend to only happen once per playthrough (they are usually story/lore related), so if you miss those you can try to catch them in the next playthrough. Whereas 'random night events' can happen with any kind of frequency (or infrequency!) throughout a standard run, these events are just mechanics to keep the player mobile & busy (and of course intrigued & scared).

[JesterVae]

All sorts of things happen at night. I haven't been playing for very long, but I've seen so many different things. Sounds, scenes, lights, and some bird thing popped into the room once, spun around, and then disappeared.

It's good, because otherwise nights would be really boring, hiding in the dark in a corner.

[[ITA][(Big) (Boss)]]

night time in this game is truly art. first night i had no gas and i froze near to death when i heard the door opening.
that event you're talking about is "lovecraftian" interesting, i saw the text, i went to this dude near the bed and it was real... i tried to hit him (because why not) and i think I received the damage.... maybe he was talking to himself...