I had this issue in Svet, on Stable branch. Could hear zombies, couldn't see any, started to walk around and then starting taking damage. Could hear the sounds of them hitting me, but couldn't see them anywhere, ran inside a building and it sounded like they were following me.
Took dmg inside the building as well until I fired my gun around me just in case, then ran up stairs when the attacking stopped. Seems like they couldn't follow me up stairs. Could still hear them but couldn't see them, thought they might be under the map/ground, but wasn't sure. logged out on top floor of house.