“I was not afraid until I saw this thing.
Pasty-white, hairless, ugly.”
By
Updated 4 years ago,September 8, 2021
1.
Flickr /massmatt
I was not afraid until I saw this thing.
Pasty-white, hairless, ugly.
I was coyote hunting in the dark, maybe 3am.
Flickr /massmatt
I am not one of weak stomach, I work with pigs.
I smell this rotting, disgusting, horrible smell.
I find a nearby small cave and look inside.
There were maybe 6 dead coyotes and just GORE.
Bloody shit and body parts.
Some of it was human.
I then heard struggled breathing and hacking/coughing.
Armed with a Semi-Automatic Shotgun, I was not afraid until I saw this thing.
Pasty-white, hairless, ugly.
It was similar to the made-up Rake, but this was real.
I aimed and fired twice, it was about 15 feet away.
It recoiled and ran off, screeching as it ran.
I paged a local ranger office, they sent out a recovery team and police showed up later.
I was questioned and the cave was discovered and the human parts recovered.
The area was locked off from public access for a while.
GlaceauSmartWater
2.
Mckaos
3. feelthatk188
4.
Just a bloated and sunburnt torso bobbing on an endless horizon.
Seeing what was left of a man lost at sea.
We were too far offshore to report it to any governing body and what would they have done anyway?
Just a bloated and sunburnt torso bobbing on an endless horizon.
Entrails dragging behind like jellyfish tentacles, and fish hanging out underneath, nibbling.
For me, the creepiest part was that there was no mystery.
We all knew what happened, more or less, and we all knew we could be that guy.
YaBastaad
5.
Saw an unidentifiable creepy blob underwater.
I camped by myself in Northern MN by boat.
Found my spot but saw an unidentifiable creepy blob underwater.
Later I noticed bark scraped off tree about 8 feet up (bear sign).
It was getting dark.
rob51
6.
I had that feeling like I was looking at a person but it wasnttotallyhuman.
I saw what I believe to be a wendigo or skinwalker.
I was driving back home from my friends place in rural western MA around 1-2AM.
Dark even in the day but at night, its pitch black.
you’re free to barely see 20 feet in front of you even with high beams on.
You know when something doesnt make sense to you or you KNOW something isnt right.
It was like that, but I wasnt sure why until I was ~30 feet away from it.
It made me feel nauseous just looking at it.
It was too tall and its face was wrong.
It looked humanoid, the same way we recognize human faces as being human.
I had that feeling like I was looking at a person but it wasnttotallyhuman.
It reminded me of Cat Eye syndrome but at least that is explainable.
I dontknowwhat it was, but it freaked the fuck outta me.
dangit-deadlifts
7.
All of a sudden a red dot pops up on my chest.
We were on the coast, but we were probably 40-50 miles from the nearest village.
One of the other volunteers and I were assigned the 1am-7am shift.
Like the kind of dot youd see if someone was pointing a laser at you.
The other volunteer was asleep in the chair next to me.
cube44
8.
We walked past an armed drug cartel in the middle of the night.
So I worked at a ranch in southern Arizona, right on the border.
I didnt really consider it to be secluded because I had horses and cows.
In hindsight, I guess it was really lonely because sometimes theyd talk back to me.
As we round the bend we see a bunch of beat up trucks sitting there armed to the teeth.
Turns out we ran into some kind of big deal for a cartel.
The other guy told me to keep steady and we just walked straight through them on our horses.
Only had 1 person to so many acres.
Could have been offed and left there for many days before someone noticed.
With all that in mind, I had a very passive relationship with those kind from then on.
MrGordley
9.
I nearly got shipwrecked in a storm in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
About 10 meters away from me I see a weird glint in the water.
Then I realize its a partially submerged shipping container.
Ayy_2_Brute
10.
I passed something on the side of the interstate that looked like a mangled body.
Turned around at the next pass, came back.
Put my lights on it and tried to call 911 on my cell.
TaiChiDeathmatch
11.
I was on an Outward Bound trip in the White River National Forest in Colorado.
I set up a sweet tent in a tree grouping.
It had rained the night before so the ground was pretty soft.
After setting up I walked around the area.
I felt pretty tired, and decided to take a nap… for 8 hours.
I woke up in the middle of the night to a bunch of twigs cracking.
It turned on my torch to look to see if it was the instructors or any kind of animal.
I even called out, Hey, you good?
(not sure why I said it that way).
It was really unnerving knowing that a mountain lion was near me when I was sleeping.
connietsunami
12.
I noticed a large wolf step out of the forest about 50 yards ahead of me.
It was just staring and I stared back.
It was just an instinctive feeling.
Thats when I noticed a large wolf step out of the forest about 50 yards ahead of me.
It was just staring and I stared back.
I kept running in the same direction but never really shook the feeling of being watched.
Abusedtoaster123
13.
If youve never heard a fox cry, it is the scream of nightmares.
A winter night in a forest in northern Utah is amazing.
They can also be terrifying.
Scared the absolute shit out of me.
If youve never heard a fox cry, it is the scream of nightmares.
You see all kinds of cool stuff in the forest if you could be slow and quiet.
brendobeans
14.
Its well after midnight and were away from major shipping lanes.
And then I see a light off the port bow.
(Yes, I used old-timey sailing talk in a crisis.
Then its gone into the night, still travelling straight at maximum speed.
This was over ten years ago.
I still wonder sometimes.
BillybobThistleton
15.
I found an abandoned hotel with an attic full of bats.
(Serious) I was living in a dirt floor cabin for about 6 months.
I would pack a lunch and hike out half a day in random directions.
One day I found an abandoned hotel with an attic full of bats.
The old kitchen was full of taxidermy.
Not abandoned old taxidermy…current taxidermy, in various states of finish.
I noped out of there in a hurry.
I took my brother there later because he didnt believe me…so I have a witness.
rufuckingkidding
16.
I was scratching the head of a pretty big grey wolf.
More mysterious than creepy.
We were camping in Montana near Yellowstone park in a small campground.
I figured it was the dog and started scratching its head.
I was scratching the head of a pretty big grey wolf.
We went to a hotel that night…
Northsidebill1
17.
I start to feel the hair on my neck straighten out.
Hunting on Thanksgiving, 2015.
I was at my in-laws house for Thanksgiving in NW Montana.
They live about 60 miles south of the Canadian border.
They are what I would call comfortable survivalists, and live waaayy off the grid.
No cell reception, too far up in the mountains for that.
Great people, just dont like towns.
(My wife was home schooled).
You get the idea.
I decided I would go for a morning deer hunt on Thanksgiving.
My FIL insists I leave the house at the butt-crack of dawn.
(Where I hunt, the deer dont start moving around until 8 to 9 am.)
But of course, I agree with him and head out before light.
Its super cold but no snow.
20 miles from the nearest town.
The trail meets up with a rugged logging road.
I find a good spot over this little valley to sit and listen.
As Im sitting there and its getting light, Im looking all around me for deer.
To my right about 200 yards away there is a slash pile with something moving on or around it.
I pull out my little binoculars and look.
There is a deer with its legs in the air, covered in dirt and blood.
I start to feel the hair on my neck straighten out.
He scrapes all around the area for a few minutes.
I didnt know what the hell to do.
I kind of panicked because they are very territorial and will definitely attack people.
I did see the lion run off, but still.
That was the scariest walk Ive ever been on!
And of course played it cool when I got back.
Told my wife what happened that night.
mtsnowghost
18.
They all held that position for several seconds then bolted.
