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** In the forth [[Dark Tower]] novel, [[The Dark Tower/Wizard and Glass|Wizard and Glass]], Roland's love Susan can sense when the witch Rhea is watching them through the eponymous glass.

* In the YA novel ''The Dancing Meteorite'', misfit Kira tries to tell her less-experienced fellow students that someone is watching them... and they think she's crazy and ignore her. Needless to say, it turns out they should have listened.

* In [[Dan Abnett]]'s ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]: [[Gaunt's Ghosts]]'' novel ''Sabbat Martyr'', Baen says this to Varl. {{spoiler|He's right, because Pater Sin and his psyker-[[Creepy Child]]ren are walking between them while psyk-cloaked}}. In ''Traitor General'', the scouts on Gereon know they're being tracked just before the Nihtgane show themselves. In ''The Armour of Contempt'' Mkoll and Eszrah recognise that there's someone out there watching them {{spoiler|1=who the latter gets to see and is strongly implied to be MkVenner}}, while Vadim and Caffran have a similar sentiment at their part of Gereon.

* In [[Dan Abnett]]'s ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]: [[Gaunt's Ghosts]]'' novel ''Sabbat Martyr'', Baen says this to Varl. {{spoiler|He's right, because Pater Sin and his psyker-[[Creepy Child]]ren are walking between them while psyk-cloaked}}. In ''Traitor General'', the scouts on Gereon know they're being tracked just before the Nihtgane show themselves. In ''The Armour of Contempt'' Mkoll and Eszrah recognise that there's someone out there watching them {{spoiler|who the latter gets to see and is strongly implied to be MkVenner}}, while Vadim and Caffran have a similar sentiment at their part of Gereon.

* In one of the ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' ''Eisenhorn'' short stories by Dan Abnett, a veteran soldier twice has this feeling, which is good enough to make the titular Inquisitor ready weapons and get into cover. Good job really, as they get fired on almost immediately.

* In ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'', characters in the World of Dreams have a constant feeling of being watched. Often, possibly always, they're right.

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* In [[John C. Wright]]'s ''[[Chronicles of Chaos]]'', this is a magic ability. Unless magically blocked, absolutely reliable, and capable of detecting even magical viewing, from a distance, and often capable of figuring out the intent of those watching.

** This ability can also detect electronic surveillance devices, but only if there is someone monitoring them and consciously watching/listening. If no one on the other end is paying attention to the data being transmitted, then this ability will not pick up on the devices.

* In the ''[[Discworld]]'' book ''[[~~Discworld/Monstrous Regiment|~~Monstrous Regiment]]'', it is mentioned that vampires have a highly developed sense of this. As [[The Igor]] says, "In timeth of thtrethth a vampireth perthonal thpace can extend theveral mileth". "Threth-th?"

* In the ''[[Discworld]]'' book ''[[Monstrous Regiment]]'', it is mentioned that vampires have a highly developed sense of this. As [[The Igor]] says, "In timeth of thtrethth a vampireth perthonal thpace can extend theveral mileth". "Threth-th?"

* In ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', Gandalf calls Sam out for eavesdropping on him when he is explaining the properties of the [[Artifact of Doom|One Ring]] to Frodo.

* In ''[[Warbreaker]]'', Breath gives you this ability, called "lifesense". With only one Breath (which everyone is born with), it manifests as this trope.

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* [[Heralds of Valdemar|Herald Mage Vanyel Ashkeveron]] convinced the ''vrondi'', a type of minor and generally harmless elemental spirit of air to [[Staring Contest|watch]] any non-Herald that used "true" magic in Valdemar until a he or another Herald Mage told them to stop. Given that Ashkeveron was the ''Last'' Herald Mage for several centuries and the spirits were nearly impossible to ignore, block out, drive off, or even properly locate... most mages either fled or cracked within a week or two of crossing the border.

== Live Action TV ==

== Live-Action TV ==

* ''[[The Rockford Files]]''

{{quote|'''Karen Hall:''' That's why I had that horrible feeling I was being watched.}}

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== Real Life ==

* The inexplicable sensation that someone is staring at you is a real phenomenon that people experience in everyday life. There are even scientific studies corroborating it. Evidence tends to support that the ability to sense directed attention from other people is a real sense and it's ~~surpisingly~~ accurate, being correct more often than not.

* The inexplicable sensation that someone is staring at you is a real phenomenon that people experience in everyday life. There are even scientific studies corroborating it. Evidence tends to support that the ability to sense directed attention from other people is a real sense and it's surprisingly accurate, being correct more often than not.

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