Terrifying Scary Stories To Help You SLEEP
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What happens when you return to a childhood hiking trail?
So Forest Glen is where we would go to spend a lot of our time. Both of us enjoyed the outdoors, and we would go hiking on one of the many trails nearly every day. Sometimes we'd do two or three depending on our mood. It wasn't long, of course, before we knew them all by heart and we both had our favorites. That didn't matter, though. We would still go on any of them on any given day. Eventually, though, time went on, and Robert and I grew up. Robert and I are still good friends, but we hadn't been out to Forest Glen in a long time. It was recently that I had been reminiscing about those old trails though, and I decided that I wanted to go back out there and visit some of my favorite spots. So two weeks ago I called Robert and asked if he wanted to go back out there with me that weekend, and to my surprise, he was overjoyed at my proposal. He said he'd been thinking about going out there himself, but just hadn't gotten around to it. So it was decided, on Saturday morning we would head out to Forest Glen and meet up at one of Robert's favorite trails.
I made it out to that trail at Forest Glen about 10 after 6 in the morning. When I drove out to the reserve, I parked my car in the spot closest to the trail, but I didn't see Robert's car. There's more than one entrance into the park. so I thought that Robert hadn't arrived yet, or he was parked at one of the spots that was near one of the other entrances. I thought I might call him, but when I looked at my phone, I saw that I only had one bar and figured that it wouldn't go through. I should have known the reception would be bad out there. Stashing the phone in the glove box, I got out and made my way to the trail. I started to do some stretches in front of the trail entrance while I waited for Robert to arrive.
After waiting for what felt like about ten minutes, I began to wonder if Robert was going to show up late. When we made the plans to show up at the trail, we agreed on 6.30 a.m. I thought about jogging back to my car to grab my phone and call him after all, but I decided to instead venture into the trail a little ways, and then return after a moment to see if he had shown up.
What terrifying encounter happens in the woods?
I started my walk at a brisk pace into the opening of the trail. The clear patch of the trail's entrance quickly gave way to a narrow cleared path, surrounded on both sides by a thick growth of brush and tall trees. The trail seemed a bit more overgrown than I remembered, but I suppose that was a good thing. It meant that the preserve was thriving. I did notice, however, that it was rather quiet out there on the trail. That isn't to say there was no sound at all. I could hear the occasional caw of a bird and the rustling of leaves, but the sound seemed somehow muted. It was as if the entire woods had its volume button turned way down low. About three minutes into my stroll, I stopped just before a small stream that cut through the trail.
I looked to the other side of the stream where the trail's path resumed. The path stretched out a few hundred feet beyond the stream and looked like it forked off in two different directions, as far as I could tell. This is when I decided to turn back and wait for Robert at the entrance. I never knew this trail like Robert used to, and for the life of me I couldn't remember how far it went. Before I turned to leave, I knelt down to tie my sneaker. When I finished, I stood up and had to stifle a scream. Robert was standing right in front of me, grinning like an idiot, and when he saw the look on my face, he howled with laughter. My face went hot and I gritted my teeth. "'What the hell, man?' I yelled. "'You nearly gave me a freaking heart attack!'
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What happens when you return to a childhood hiking trail?
0:41–2:48
2
What terrifying encounter happens in the woods?
2:48–9:05
3
How does a friend become a source of fear?
9:05–15:07
4
What strange occurrences happen after returning home?
15:07–26:03
5
What is the dark truth about the dog that returns?
26:03–31:56
6
How does the story conclude with a terrifying twist?
31:56–50:57
Speakers
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