We found the last missing piece."
We discovered a human skull buried in the sand
I was like 12 and lived near the sand dunes.
We used to hike there all the time.
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She then pulls it out of the sand and its a human skull.
We reported it to the police.
We found the last missing piece.
We were on the news!
Pretty cool memory I have of my grandmother.
2BeersADay
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It was next to about 400 acres of woods and old farmland.
There were several abandoned houses and barns, equipment, and random junk.
It was great to grow up there as we spent nearly every day exploring the area.
But there was one house off the main road, but about 200 yards into the woods.
It looked abandoned but a woman lived there.
She was scary looking as hell.
She looked to be in her 30s.
Needless to say, we stayed away from her most of the time.
We also never told our parents because we knew that they wouldnt let us play back there anymore.
We did go back sometime though.
Even then we never got closer than 100 feet from her house.
That meant the were probably freshly dead when we got chased away by Crazy Mary.
Luder714
3. champagne_farts
4.
As we kept walking we entered a mash like area, soft, squishy ground and very tall grass.
The pile was easily over 10 feet tall, with a 15 foot circumference.
The old man that owned the land trapped year-round for anything he could get.
He just kept throwing the carcasses in the same pile year after year.
The group was just saturated with the decaying fluids of all those animals.
Thats also the reason the grass was abnormally tall in that area.
Handlbar_relay_box
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Seriwanabuckulamian
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All the gravestones were dated from just after the civil war and most were women and children.
No combat-age males were buried there so I assume they died in the war and the family couldnt survive.
The whole area was super creepy, especially the well.
Gundanium88
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I was completely alone in the woods but smelt a womans perfume
A chill went down my spine.
No response, called again, listening carefully.
And I stood there, wondering what to do.
I just realized I never looked UP in the trees.
im_dead_sirius
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There were mangled dead animals with bones poking from their flesh
Ive been homeless… A lot.
(Illinois is weird.)
Anyway, I spent a good amount of time in this old cabin.
Wood stove, porch swing hanging from the ceiling that I used as a bed.
Bones sticking out of the dirt.
It just looked like a straight up goose genocide.
I also found a torn open old backpack and a great deal of candy wrappers strewn about it.
Way to moldy to identify anything about it.
I took off pretty fast when that started.
To this day, my best guess is some sort of massive commune of foxes.
It really is the only rational solution I can come to.
Still scared the shit out of me.
Nkechinyerembi
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Upon seeing my friend he stopped.
My buddy talked with him and they walked and talked.
They lad was gay and his parents and family had disowned him when he came out to them.
They are still firm friends.
scrappy1982
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I was on some BLM land in California in the desert.
Had a nice evening, slept in, enjoyed breakfast and started to head back to the car.
They see me approaching and I wave and say hi, being polite and hoping they mind their business.
Both step onto the trail and begin to approach me.
One pulls a knife.
I immediately pull my revolver from the side of my pack, cock it and point it at them.
Loudly, I tell them to back off.
They leave the trail and I make my way past, while they give me a menacing look.
I face them, backing away on the trail until the sight line vanishes.
I then run to my car.
When I get there I drive off and call the authorities about the incident.
fromdario
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I found a human arm from a murdered woman
A human arm.
Little did he know, a camera above the parking area for the garden where I worked caught him.
The whole thing was grizzly.
I had to testify as a witness.
I still hate mannequin hands/arms.
conefishinc
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We spotted the vehicle someone used to abduct hikers
Oh man.
I hope someone reads this, cause holy shit.
I like primitive camping and me and my wife go out sometimes by ourselves.
We usually bring the dog and spend a couple nights.
This time we invited some friends for drinking shenanigans.
Anyways, on the first day we heard a vehicle coming down the road.
Not odd, there are maybe 10 more sites on this several miles of road.
Its a dirt road with nothing there BUT these primitive sites, one way in one way out.
It was old, really old, and all the lettering/signage was faded or taken off.
It was this fading beige and decrepit.
Flash forward to the next morning, my mom calls.
She is panicking, freaking out.
Apparently, some hikers were abducted near us.
It was about half a mile away from where we were.
I want to say they found one of the girls tied to a tree.
Apparently there are quite a lot of people abducted and murdered on and near the parkway, finding this.
Pretty sure they never found the guy though.
onlythisonecomment
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We found an empty, child-sized grave
Two adult sized empty graves and one child-sized empty grave.
MrAcrimony
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0verland3r
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But a few scraps and a bit of google later I realized they were bible pages.
AdjectTestament
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A_Trustworthy_Pear
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There were toys in the storage areas, and a blanket still in the main area.
I have a picture of it on an old phone.
We entered the tunnel, and began walking toward the other side.
We kept hearing strange echoes and noises, but we both nervously laughed it off.
We had one flashlight between us and, at the middle of the tunnel, it started to die.
Right before it went out, we saw this really creepy, white, faceless man-sized doll.
It had been stabbed repeatedly where its face and groin would have been.
White stuffing was leaking out.
We heard loud shuffling behind us.
The light went out.
We hauled ass and RAN to the end of the tunnel.
On the way back, we took an alternate route.
Neither of us ever went back to that trail.
To this day, I have no idea what went on there.
Was it a homeless guy?
How did the doll get there?
That scene was the stuff of nightmares!
DoodlingDaughter
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Really scared the shit out of me and the 2 guys with me.
I sent them back down the hill and called up the duty desk for the nearby post.
Sparks_MD
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We found a pile of disturbing fish skeletons
Sheephead fish skeletons.
Like hundreds of them in a pile.
I_am_spoons
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ChipMcFriendly
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We heard strangers talking outside of our tent
Camping at Yellowstone/Grand Tetons a few years ago.
The second one we went to was Cascade Canyon.
We cook some food and chill for a bit before heading to bed.
Around 2 am, were all awakened by something just outside the tent.
My mind immediately jumps to bears or wolves or something.
I will never forget it.
I think theres 3 or 4 in the tent.
Lets just get out of here.
None of us could sleep the rest of the night.
At the crack of dawn we high tail it out of there.
Hiked the 12 miles in about 3 hours and got to ranger station.
They sent rangers into the trail at dawn.
Never found out what was going down.
Didnt hear of anyone getting hurt, but then again I didnt really look into it.
CappuccinoBoy
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Shirt, pants, underwear, even the shoes.
CynicalScooby
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The weird thing was that the house had been left very suddenly.
Dishes in the sink, dishes on the table.
Unburned candles still sitting out waiting to be used.
A fridge outside full of food that had turned to muck and dust.
After exploring the house for a while we checked out the farm.
The chicken coop had dozens of chicken skeletons, wrapped in desiccated skins or picked bare.
A tractor was parked in the garage and was in great shape for its age.
pupilkupil
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I still think about what mustve happened and draw a blank.
