A Denver family said they lived every parent’s worst nightmare, waking up in the middle of the night to find a stranger walking toward their children’s bedrooms.

In an interview with Fox News Digital, Kevin and Sarah Root described the terrifying early-morning encounter inside their southwest Denver home. The couple said the break-in happened around 3:30 a.m.

“We heard the footsteps coming up the stairs to where our room is,” Kevin recalled. “We looked at each other and said, ‘Somebody’s in our house.’ You realize you’re not dreaming — this is real.”

Sarah immediately grabbed her phone to call 911 while her husband went to check the hallway.

“The fear of what’s going to happen when my husband opens the door, that’s what replays in my mind the most,” she said. “Your gut just kicks in, a

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