Sean

If this was something I was looking away from at the wrong time, it would have been so easy to miss. But we both locked onto it and just kind of watched it recede into the distance in five or six seconds. Both of us were pretty freaked out. It took us almost an hour to get to that point in the trail.

So my first thought is, okay, well, whatever that was, we have to just keep walking in the other direction. This, you know, kind of unlike the help thing at first, this we really weren't laughing about, especially based on feeling pretty isolated. And the fact that the weird feeling that had kind of hung over the day just felt like it was validated.

So my first thought is, okay, well, whatever that was, we have to just keep walking in the other direction. This, you know, kind of unlike the help thing at first, this we really weren't laughing about, especially based on feeling pretty isolated. And the fact that the weird feeling that had kind of hung over the day just felt like it was validated.

So my first thought is, okay, well, whatever that was, we have to just keep walking in the other direction. This, you know, kind of unlike the help thing at first, this we really weren't laughing about, especially based on feeling pretty isolated. And the fact that the weird feeling that had kind of hung over the day just felt like it was validated.

And the other thing that's making the whole thing worse is the fact that it is rapidly getting darker, like hitting now the middle to tail end of twilight. So we keep going on and eventually turn on our phone flashlights. It gets to that point. I didn't realize this at the time, but, you know, we were now holding hands, which we were not I didn't realize I was grabbing pretty tight.

And the other thing that's making the whole thing worse is the fact that it is rapidly getting darker, like hitting now the middle to tail end of twilight. So we keep going on and eventually turn on our phone flashlights. It gets to that point. I didn't realize this at the time, but, you know, we were now holding hands, which we were not I didn't realize I was grabbing pretty tight.

And the other thing that's making the whole thing worse is the fact that it is rapidly getting darker, like hitting now the middle to tail end of twilight. So we keep going on and eventually turn on our phone flashlights. It gets to that point. I didn't realize this at the time, but, you know, we were now holding hands, which we were not I didn't realize I was grabbing pretty tight.

I think I was trying to put on a face of not being as freaked out as I was. So we walk on for maybe five, ten more minutes. I'm looking at the woods the entire time. She's looking ahead. We have our flashlights on. And she gives the biggest like, gasp I've heard out of someone. It sounded like the wind got knocked out of her. And I look over to where her flashlight is in front of us.

I think I was trying to put on a face of not being as freaked out as I was. So we walk on for maybe five, ten more minutes. I'm looking at the woods the entire time. She's looking ahead. We have our flashlights on. And she gives the biggest like, gasp I've heard out of someone. It sounded like the wind got knocked out of her. And I look over to where her flashlight is in front of us.

I think I was trying to put on a face of not being as freaked out as I was. So we walk on for maybe five, ten more minutes. I'm looking at the woods the entire time. She's looking ahead. We have our flashlights on. And she gives the biggest like, gasp I've heard out of someone. It sounded like the wind got knocked out of her. And I look over to where her flashlight is in front of us.

And in the ground, maybe four feet across, is the word help etched in very scratchy almost threatening letters. At this point, she froze, like mouth to hand. I have never felt my stomach drop harder. My main thought was, we need to leave right now. My creeping thought that kept

And in the ground, maybe four feet across, is the word help etched in very scratchy almost threatening letters. At this point, she froze, like mouth to hand. I have never felt my stomach drop harder. My main thought was, we need to leave right now. My creeping thought that kept

And in the ground, maybe four feet across, is the word help etched in very scratchy almost threatening letters. At this point, she froze, like mouth to hand. I have never felt my stomach drop harder. My main thought was, we need to leave right now. My creeping thought that kept

coming in was not only that I can't believe this is really happening, it was almost the thought that if this is happening, then literally anything could happen by the time we get out of this trail. If we get out of this trail. We now started really walking hard, not running I think I was stupid enough to even at the time say, don't run. Mainly because I don't, we were still far enough.

coming in was not only that I can't believe this is really happening, it was almost the thought that if this is happening, then literally anything could happen by the time we get out of this trail. If we get out of this trail. We now started really walking hard, not running I think I was stupid enough to even at the time say, don't run. Mainly because I don't, we were still far enough.

coming in was not only that I can't believe this is really happening, it was almost the thought that if this is happening, then literally anything could happen by the time we get out of this trail. If we get out of this trail. We now started really walking hard, not running I think I was stupid enough to even at the time say, don't run. Mainly because I don't, we were still far enough.

I don't think we even would have had the energy to make it out. As we were going, eventually she's able to kind of snap out of it a bit. And now we're both walking extremely fast. And I told her, you look ahead and I'm going to look behind. I mean, it probably looked pretty ridiculous from afar, but I was speed walking backwards, just looking at the woods and flashing a light around.

I don't think we even would have had the energy to make it out. As we were going, eventually she's able to kind of snap out of it a bit. And now we're both walking extremely fast. And I told her, you look ahead and I'm going to look behind. I mean, it probably looked pretty ridiculous from afar, but I was speed walking backwards, just looking at the woods and flashing a light around.

I don't think we even would have had the energy to make it out. As we were going, eventually she's able to kind of snap out of it a bit. And now we're both walking extremely fast. And I told her, you look ahead and I'm going to look behind. I mean, it probably looked pretty ridiculous from afar, but I was speed walking backwards, just looking at the woods and flashing a light around.

To be honest, it was probably only something like 20 minutes. I could hear my heart beat the entire time. She asked, should we run? And we pretty much just start booking it from there. I was wearing Timbs at the time and I almost immediately tripped. which again, when you see it in movies, like everybody else, I always thought it was ridiculous when people trip at the worst possible time.