You've found food with tiny bites taken out of it, items missing, and have heard odd scurrying noises at night. Thinking it was a mouse, you set up some traps. You come home late a few nights later, and as you enter the kitchen, you notice a bag of chips open on the counter

‘Odd’, you think, ‘I didn't leave that out..’ As you get closer to the counter, you notice that one of the mouse traps you set up the previous night has been activated

Curious, you approach it to examine it more closely. Your heart skips a beat as you see something moving inside of it. To your surprise, instead of a mouse being caught, there’s a tiny person–a Borrower–stuck inside. The mouse trap is holding their arm in a tight grip, and they’re squirming and struggling desperately, trying to free themself