5 Terrifying DEEP WOODS Scary Stories For Sleep
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What creepy experience led to a fear of the woods?
After hearing all the stories on here, I wanted to write down my own experience that still freaks me out whenever I think about it. Just down the road from where I used to live a few years ago in southeast Australia, there's an opening that leads into about 100 acres of woodlands and bush. I frequently went there when I was younger to ride, camp, and do the usual outdoorsy things. One night, around 11.30pm, I was out driving with my girlfriend. Since we were in the area, I decided to show her the woodlands. she loves everything related to nature and because it was summer the night was extremely warm i parked my car so the headlights were shining into the trees as we weren't planning to go very far and it was pitch black inside we both sat there chatting having a smoke and generally relaxing
She was sitting on a sort of plastic-covered map of the area, and I kept watching the trees because I had a strong feeling that something wasn't right. I've read posts where people mentioned feeling like they were in danger, even though nothing around them seemed out of place, and I had that exact same feeling. Every sense was on high alert and my adrenaline was up, yet I couldn't see anything unusual in front of me. After lighting another cigarette to calm my nerves, I scanned the tree line again and realized it looked different than before. It took a moment of staring into the dark to notice that moonlight was now hitting some grass where there had previously been a black shape blocking the light.
A shape I had assumed was just a tree. I get goosebumps just typing this. But the only way to describe the next moment is that all sound suddenly ceased, leaving everything dead silent. A few seconds later, a horrible feeling of dread washed over me. I saw something move in the dark along the path. It was crawling toward us on all fours. I've seen nearly every animal in the outback, and we don't have large predators like they do in the US or Europe. But I somehow knew this thing was a predator. It wasn't hiding, it was deliberately crawling toward us. I don't know if my girlfriend saw it at first because I couldn't look away. As soon as it reached the edge of the car's headlights, it rose up onto two legs and just stared at us.
i'm six foot four and this thing was about a metre taller than me with arms far too long almost reaching the ground its fur looked off-white almost yellowish and in the dim light its head resembled that of a dog or a wolf I couldn't move while it stared at me, but then my girlfriend gasped, snapping me out of whatever was preventing me from thinking straight. I grabbed her arm, sprinted to the car, slammed the doors, and sped away as fast as I could. We were both too terrified to speak until a good half hour later. We've discussed it many times since then. The feeling we had was like what I imagine a rabbit feels when it sees a wolf or fox watching it. the realization that this creature could end us with absolute ease if it chose to.
Neither of us has been able to explain what we saw, but it definitely changed how I view the woods and bush. Now, whenever I go camping or hiking, I think back to that night and wonder what it was, and if I'll ever see something like it again. This is a true encounter and one of the creepier experiences I've had, and trust me, I've had plenty. I stumbled across this sub recently, so I thought I'd share my story here and see if anyone has had similar experiences anywhere in the US. Back in the summer of 2017, my girlfriend and I were driving up from Evanston, Illinois to spend the weekend at her parents' lakefront cottage in Petoskey, Michigan. a popular destination for summer retreats. The drive was about six hours, taking us north through the western half of Michigan. Much of this route goes through fairly remote areas. Eventually we realized we'd been on the same single-lane highway through dense woods for what felt like at least 45 minutes. I remember our navigation showing we were somewhere in the Huron Manistee National Forests.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What creepy experience led to a fear of the woods?
0:20–6:47
2
What terrifying sight was witnessed in the woods?
6:47–9:58
3
What happened during the drive to Petoskey, Michigan?
9:58–22:33
4
What unsettling events occurred at the cabin?
22:33–33:36
5
What mysterious footprints were discovered at the cabin?
33:36–41:30
6
How did the night end with an eerie voice calling out?
41:30–49:42
7
What creature might mimic voices in the woods?
49:42–1:02:08
Speakers
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