The following Journal, excerpt was discovered by a surveyor for
the u.s. forest service. If you have any information that
may identify or locate the missing person in the case,
please contact local or federal authorities March 17th 2022.
I started hiking and backpacking with my father.
When I was around 12 years old, my mom passed away giving birth
to me. So my dad was the only parent I
ever knew he did his best to try to keep me interested in things
that typical little girls enjoy. But I never took to them during
the day he worked as a store manager for an Agricultural
supply company, but on the nights and weekends he worked on
our small farm. He raised livestock to make
additional income as well as planted a few acres of corn.
While this took up the majority of his day, he was careful to
include me to make father-daughter time feeding
cattle, mending fences, harvesting corn and running the
tractors, became our evening routines.
Over the years, our little farm prospered and grew.
Dad was able to hire some additional hands which Freedom
up for more Leisure activity. I can still remember our first
hiking trip. Dad surprised me with a new
hiking pack and pair of boots. My eyes.
Eyes sparkled as he told me, we'd be spending the entire
weekend hiking and camping. On a local trail with how hard
he worked. We had never had the time to
take a trip of any kind that I could remember a few scattered
visits to family members in other states.
But nothing like this. This was an adventure.
He made me wear the boots while we worked on the farm that week
to break them. In my mind, raced with the
possibilities. We had slept in the tent in the
backyard dozens of times, but never in the Thoughts of
spotting Wildlife setting up camp and the smell of eggs
frying over an open fire filled every vacant moment of my day.
And that's exactly how it went. It was magical, we spent three
days hiking beside a rushing stream, sleeping under the stars
and cooking delicious meals on a beat-up, iron skillet over the
years. My Tom boyish ways softened a
bit but my love for the outdoors never faded dad and I went
hiking or camping at least. Once a month until he passed
away. Three years ago I still go as
often as I can. It makes me feel close to him.
Occasionally I find myself talking to the memory of him as
I sit around the Embers of my burning fire.
Last year, I started to develop an interest in ultralight.
Backpacking. If you're not familiar, it's
essentially long distance. Hiking with the least amount of
gear and weight possible. If you give me something to
sleep in something to sleep under and something to cook
with, I can live in the woods for weeks at a time.
I still carry dehydrated food and water ration with me but
otherwise its Bare Essentials three meals a day and enough
water for two will get me started.
The planning process always involves finding trails with
available water, sources, boiling, and bottling keep down
on the amount of weight that I have to carry.
My foraging skills are improving but they aren't up to
self-sustaining level quite yet. My work as a freelance writer
lets me stay out on the trails longer than a traditional job
which has been a blessing. So, as long as I make it back to
the old farmhouse five or six days, a month, I can do enough
work to keep the bills paid otherwise you'll find me in the
forest, I've been on the trail for four days.
Now, this time, I'm planning to stay out a bit longer than
usual. Typically I am 45 days.
But 10 is my target for this trip.
I'm on a trail in the Appalachian mountain range, and
heading toward a waterfall that some backpacking blogs
recommended. It should only take another day
to reach. So I'll enjoy two days there
before heading back time to set up camp for the evening Laurie.
March 18th 2022, so I still haven't found the waterfall.
I followed the maps. I printed off before heading out
the first few days, everything look exactly as it was
described. But this afternoon, the
directions didn't seem to match up.
I was supposed to cross a wooden foot Bridge earlier this
afternoon but when I reach the stream, there was no bridge to
be seen. I thought about trying to Wade
through but I still can't tell how deep the water is and the
Stream. Wider than I had anticipated.
Seems like a bad plan being out here by myself.
If I get swept off or bogged down, I'm in trouble cell
service. Hasn't been much of a help after
a few attempts to look at my whereabouts on Google Maps.
I've given up there is a bar of service but the loading wheel
spins like a tire, going down, the hill and the map never
loads. I wasted a lot of time by hiking
back and forth on the side of the stream looking for the
bridge. Maybe it washed away.
Some of those posts were from two or three years ago the trail
itself doesn't seem to receive much maintenance either.
I'll give it another day of looking but I'll need to head
back soon. Food will start running low and
there hasn't been much to forage or gather I'm bummed out but it
happens if I don't find the Falls this time, I'll give it
another try in a month or two. I'm feeling a little bit winded
from all of the searching today and it's gettin.
Dark better set up camp, better days ahead Lori.
PS setting up camp was quicker than usual tonight.
I ended up stumbling into an abandoned camping spot at first,
I thought someone was still there after a closer inspection.
It's obvious. Someone left a lot of gear
behind to dry rotting shirts hanging from a tree branch.
A sleeping bag filled with Dead Leaves and animal.
Droppings still sits by the stone.
Fire ring the Fire Ring came in handy.
I usually have to set up one myself but someone took care of
that for me. There are even enough dried logs
piled up to keep me from having to gather my own.
But I'm still a little irritated that someone dumped their gear
and bailed stuff like that was getting more common.
These days. It's a great way to mess up.
Natural habitats like the world isn't full of enough garbage.
March 19th 2022. I didn't sleep.
Well last night, it started to rain around 12 a.m., and I had
only set up the sleeping hammock for the evening.
The weather report, before I sat out showed clear skies, and no
precipitation. So I hadn't tied a tarp over
head. Dad wouldn't have been that lazy
I should have listened to him. There was a lot of noise in the
woods as well, a few breaking tree, branches and rustling
leaves. The And didn't seem that bad.
But I guess it was enough to cause some of the old tree bows
to give way and rattle on the forest floor.
Some of the noises sounded almost rhythmic though.
There was a handful of times. I thought I heard a distinct
wrestling of footsteps in the leaves, but my mind must have
been playing tricks on me. I even pulled out my night
vision trail, cam and scan. The area surrounding my Camp.
I didn't see a thing though. Other than trees, of course,
most of the animals in this Forest.
Bed down during the rain. Anyway, not to say something.
Couldn't have snuck away from its den for a midnight snack,
but it wasn't a good night to be out and about, I should know.
It took me nearly a half an hour to secure a tarp over my hammock
before I could get back to my waterlog sleeping back, my
sleeping bag is still soaked, hope it dries out before bed
tonight. I'm not hopeful on a high note.
I found the bridge today looks like I decided to walk in the
wrong direction. I walked about a half a mile
past, the point where I had originally run into the stream
and there it was and all of its wobbly Splinter filled Glory.
It wasn't much more than some crudely nailed playing supported
by some log settled into the stream bed, but it held up for
me to cross it. I still can't decide if I'm
going to try to make it to the falls this trip or not, it's a
long way to go and I already lost lots of time.
If I don't hit the Falls by afternoon tomorrow, I'll turn
back. Don't want to get stuck out here
without any food? Hoping for a dry night of sleep
Lori. March 22nd 2022.
What the hell is going on two days ago?
I turned on my phone to look through some pictures from the
hike so far and it was filled with photos.
I had never taken. I spent another day trying to
hike toward the waterfall. Before I saw them, there were
more than 40 pictures of me sleeping from various angles.
I always sleep with the netting of the hammock zipped, but some
of the pictures are of me with the zipper open the dates on the
picture is starting On March 16th, someone had been following
me. Almost the entire time a video
on my phone from last night. Even shows someone taking
dehydrated food from my pack and dumping them on the ground Brown
work, boots grinding the food into the ground.
You can hear them breathing, like a marathon runner.
The entire time, the last picture was the worst.
Whoever took the picture was holding a hunting knife inches
from me. I've been traveling for a day
and a half with no sleep when I found the pictures, I I grabbed
my pack and left my hammock and sleeping bag.
I know I should have grabbed it but I panicked and didn't want
to stick around for another minute.
Some nutcase in the woods is following me and I'm at least
three days from making it back to my car on the trailhead.
That is, if I don't stop to rest, I told myself at first, I
would just walk non-stop until I got back, but I'm already
exhausted. I've got to get some rest.
Maybe I've lost them to make matters worse that crappy little
Wooden bridge was gone when I got back to the stream I know I
was in the right place because the log pilings in the Stream
are still poking out of the water.
I'm going to have to swim or weight across.
I hope I make it. What other option do?
I have God? Help me Lori.
March 23rd 2022, crossing the stream didn't go.
Well, I tried to toss my pack to the other side, but it landed,
two feet shy, and splashed into the moving water.
I couldn't afford to lose the last bit of food.
I had. So I dove in and swam after it.
The effort was more energy than I should have expended, but my
options are running out. It's getting dark and I'm still
at least a day away from my car. All of my clothes are wet and
there is only enough Food left in my pack for one more meal.
I'm going to make it tonight and try to get a little bit of
sleep. My phone is still out of
service, and I haven't been able to reach anyone for help.
I'm afraid I'm going to die here, I'm scared.
I just want to go home. I want my dad.
I think I just saw a camera flash go off in the wood line.
If anyone finds this, please tell.
The author of this journal is still unidentified.
Have you ever heard of the Black Hill Forest?
If you didn't, I can't really blame you.
The aforementioned Forest is rather obscure but we're getting
off subject. My background isn't of
importance, nor is my name. However, what I can tell you is
what I know about the Black Hill Forest.
What it truly is. It's been 20 years since I found
my way into the Black Hill Forest, 20 years.
Since I saw things, a person wasn't supposed to Their eyes on
the held beings best left unknown and witnessed events.
Even now I can barely comprehend.
And understand, this is the story of a ten-year-old boy who
ventured into the Black Hill Forest, not much is known about
the forest as many of the map, simply Mark, the forest as
forbidden, and the grown-ups refused to tell me why, none of
us could go there. Citing, I'll tell you when you
get older, the whole town seemed to be weary and fearful of the
forest. In the winter when the first
snow starts to fall and the trees have completely lost their
leaves. The forest would resemble
spikes. Warning us to stay away.
It didn't help that the closer you got to the forest the more
blackened and charred, the ground seemed to become.
It was a cloudy day as far as I can recall.
And it had been snowing. The day started out as it always
did when I was younger. I ate breakfast and got ready
for another day of school. The school bus route was
strange. To say the least at one point on
its Journey, it would get really close to the Black Hill Forest.
I'm not even sure why it moved along this path, but it always
did without fail and we would be within spitting distance to the
forest. Every time we went to and from
school and I could glance into the areas between the spiked
trees that fateful day as our bus moved along, its unchanging
path, near the Black Hill Forest, as I stared out the
window pointed toward the forest On the bus suddenly collided
with something. I barely caught a glimpse of the
thing. When it let out a shriek, the
thing was alive and it was angry.
I can still hear the sounds of the metal buckling and bending
and the frightened screams of my peers as the dark thing.
Began to smash the bus in anger. I could only get a few glimpses
of the thing. It's yellow eyes and deer like
appendages before something impacted my head knocking me
out. I woke up after who knows how
long inside What remained of the bias?
The front half of it had been smashed.
The remaining half was badly damaged.
There was no one else in the wreckage, but I visibly saw what
I can only assume to have been Blood on the floor.
I was unharmed, no injuries, no cuts, no broken limbs, I was
just fine. I don't know how I survived
whatever it was, but I got up and grabbed what I could and
slowly exited the bus. The first thing I noticed when I
left the wreckage, Was the ground.
I could see beneath the thin layer of snow, the blackened
ground and then I saw the trees, those familiar Spike like trees
that thing, whatever it was dragged, part of the bus into
the forest. If that thing wrecked the bus
was such ease, what else could be hidden?
Amongst the spike like trees? My mind raced thinking of the
countless possibilities of what might lie within the forest.
I knew I had to leave. So I started to try to Get my
bearings in One Direction. The bus wreckage in another, a
clearing, among the trees and in a third one, I saw what looked
like a creek. I walked the gentle snow
sloshing and slurring underneath my feet with each step, the snow
piled on the air grew colder nature.
Did not seem to care much for my situation and the snow continued
to fall but I continued wandering forward in a single
Direction. Hoping.
Perhaps I could leave the forest but no matter how much I walked
I could not see the edge of the forest.
Its Stillness was baffling The Emptiness the lack of any life
the isolation and nothing aside from the spike like trees as I
walk through the forest I realized what the forest was
unnervingly, quiet, not a single noise emanated from anywhere.
The silence only broken by my own breath and steps on the
powdered snow. Spell of Simply wandering
through the cold was broken when I discovered a cave cold and
exhausted, I moved into the entrance as I walk through the
rocky formation, The Damp, warm air of the cave, welcomed me,
the darkness compared to the starch.
White landscape of snow outside was strangely welcoming I sat
down on the rocky, Stones below me and rest my head against the
wall exhausted. As my eyelids adjusted to the
darkness. I saw something.
On the cave, walls, a wall painting.
The painting looked a lot like cave paintings from ages past,
but it seemed Well a different instead of the red and orange
and black color that most cave paintings had these had only
black, this one depicted not hunts or some long-forgotten
tribe but instead, the forest itself the spike trees, the
blackened ground things that the longer I stared.
It, the more I got lost in their seemingly incomprehensible form
in the center of all of the paintings.
Nothing, just a sheer, Indescribable mass of darkness
and from it, all manner, of Beast, seemed to emerge.
The painting seem to Ramble On as if ancient artists were
trying to put disjointed memories together and paint them
down the beasts being peaceful in the next section rage.
Humanoid beings emerged to seal. Oh away the darkness or God's
arising to reconcile with the darkness and then nothing.
The painting abruptly cut off on a final image of darkness and
thousands of yellow eyes. As my mind was lost in the
paintings Majesty, I heard a rumble emanating from deeper in
the cave, then yellow eyes peered out of the darkness.
I couldn't make out its form, but it was big as the cave
itself. I saw dark red fluid like, It's
starting to form on the cave floor.
It smelled of Decay, I looked around the things eyes, fixed on
to me. As I was struck with fear it,
let out an inhuman Roar almost identical to the roar I heard
when the school bus crashed into that thing.
Then I heard screams but it sounded distorted almost like it
was mimicking. Dozens of the screams from the
bus crash. The Shadows started to almost
danced as the thing started to move towards me without a Second
thought I ran out of the cave. My tired legs nearly tripping on
the uneven floor as the snow sloshed under me.
I turned back to the opening of The Cave.
I saw the thing, dragging itself out of the cave before, letting
out another great Roar that shook the forest in the
sunlight, I could make out its form and it didn't make any
sense. Its body was decaying portions
of its skeletal structure, visible.
Its skin is dark as the ground, its bones.
Shape and twisted and limbs. It was very dear, like, standing
on its hind legs, all being completely worn out and be on
functionality. It was Almost Human, it was
massive, it's formed casting a long Shadow, it dripped a dark
liquid substance, that appeared as soon as it hit the ground.
It shouldn't have been alive, let alone moving in, such a
state. Know what, how was that?
How was it alive? I Don't wish to see anymore and
started running with no sense of direction.
No care for finding my way out. Just getting away from that
thing. I heard a deep blaring Roar loud
enough to shatter glass. I recoiled in pain.
My hands instinctively reaching for my ears.
I turned behind me to see that thing.
Dragging itself towards me, I heard trees falling down and
crashing under the ground. As I heard thundering steps of
the Beast, it's deafening lonely, Roars, as it Chased
after me, what was that? I cried at the top of my lungs.
As I ran between the mighty spiked trees, the Beast knocked
down the trees, like they were nothing.
Their grand tall structures crashing, under the ground with
a great force and thundering crashes.
It cut through the trees, like a warm knife through butter.
It didn't want to give up the chase, the hunt for me.
It wanted me. The trees seem too narrow in and
blend in as if trying to slow me down as the The Beast kept it,
space behind me, no matter how fast I ran the quiet constantly
broken by the beasts Roars and my ever tired, gasps for air, as
it followed me, as I ran through the endless Forest, I noticed
that there was less and less snow on the ground and more of
the blackened ground revealed itself to me until any trace of
snow was gone. And all that was beneath me was
black soil. The thing still followed as I
ran, I saw others Like me, some look to be Lumberjacks.
Others look to be cartographers. People who got thrown into the
forest, they just had their pale.
White bones, lying, perfectly on the ground resting against
trees, as I looked back, the Beast.
Again, slashed its great Limbs and another several trees were
Fallen. It's yellow eyes forever fixed
on me. It's decaying form caring.
Nothing more than to take me it dripped that same black liquid
and produce the ever familiar. A blaring Roar.
My legs started to give and I felt as if I needed to collapse,
I now began to see ornaments made of Spike to tree.
Branches, dangling from the trees.
They displayed images that I could not put into words.
And on the ground Effigies of creatures beings and charred
remains of what I can only. Assume was a ritual, I kept
running emerging from the blackened ground.
I saw something I never expected to grow in such an empty
Wasteland, a pale white Choose a sign of innocence in such a
Barren. Black Wasteland up ahead.
I saw countless more roses their pale white glow, in the stark,
contrast to the blackened ground and Spike trees.
Densely collected around a massive, Frozen League hesitant.
I looked behind me only to see the Beast a couple hundred yards
from me and without a second thought I ran onto the ice, I
was lucky the ice was capable of holding my weight as I ran
across almost slipping on this. Dice several times.
I then noticed that the Beast wasn't following me, it's
thundering steps went silent and I turned around expecting it to
be in spitting distance, but it was standing by the frozen lake.
It stared at me, it's yellow eyes staring at me, never taking
its gaze off of me. It didn't even try to step on
the ice, its limbs refused to move forward.
I took this as an opportunity to take a breather and I collapsed
my Hands resting on my knees. Then I noticed something in the
center of the lake standing on a small island on it.
A single tree, not like the others in the forest rested on
black charts soil. The tree was crooked, bent
Twisted, beyond recognition, its branches bent, and molded in
such abstract shapes. It was, as if you were trying to
describe a tree to a man who had never seen one with no other
place to go, I decided to cross the ice and move towards.
The island as I was a few feet from the tree, the Beast, let
out a great Roar turning back. It's swung its arms wildly as if
it were trying to reach me. But it didn't dare step onto the
ice and simply grab the cold air as I stepped closer and closer
to the island. It's Roars, grew, louder, louder
and louder. But once I stepped foot on the
soil of the island, it immediately went silent.
It was then I noticed the stone tablet resting by the tree.
Reading it aloud. I uttered the words into the
cold air in the beginning. God created Heavens the Earth,
the great empty, God, disregarded the great empty and
left it as empty as the world was before creation before.
God, God has long left, but his mistake of creation, still
lingers the hatred creation, seeps itself into the heavens
and the Earth. Corrupting The Works of God
blackening the soil and destroying man's mind.
The gateway to the great. Empty is here beneath the soil
Beyond the Veil of reality, at the center, and Edge of
everything, and at times, end and beginning.
As I read the last word off the tablet, I heard crackling above
me. And the tree that stood above me
was no longer a tree instead of its wooden bark.
It now was rotten its branches. Were now a series of small bone,
like structures and along its trunk human eyes stared unto me.
I left back and fear as the think screeched with rage and
its pupils contracted it. Let out another Screech as it
contorted its branches, and swung its rotten like Inches.
As if it was trying to grab me, what the I backed away from the
tree. And then I tripped on a rock,
but routing from the ground and I stumbled backwards and broke
the ice. I was standing on, I filled down
into not freezing cold water, but pure nothing, I simply fell
fell and fell as the world faded far from my view.
As I fell not on to something, but into nothing.
Pure nothing, not black nor white, just the sheer absence of
either, do you know those sensory, deprivation Chambers?
The ones that dull your senses significantly if you were to
enter them, I've been in a couple in the past year or so
just for curiosity's sake, they don't even compare to what the
void was like. There was utter nothingness, in
the void, time-space the real world seem to just blur as my
ears. Picked up nothing.
My body unable to feel anything and my eyes unable to detect a
single Photon of light that MD, it's enough to drive a man
insane. I screamed yelled and Cried unto
the darkness, but no sound emanated from my mouth.
I tried to move, but my limbs wouldn't obey me.
So I simply stared into the void into the vast darkness and I
felt something had now fixed. Its attention unto me.
It's countless eyes, it's formless form, its sheer
Darkness. It stared at me from the
Timeless ceaseless void. I could feel it was ancient far
older than the Earth, the Sun and every Star perhaps even
older than the universe itself. My mind started to buckle as my
fickle mind, tried to cope with the sensory, deprivation, and I
could feel things slipping their way.
Into my mind, I could feel them. I could feel Things dancing, in
the void things, far greater than any Star things that snuck
into the real world through cracks in reality and things
that plagued our dreams, all their eyes, oh, God, their eyes.
Why do they stare? Why do they not do anything?
And why do they hate you? Why do they stare?
Oh, God, they're yellow orbs, their ever-changing forms the
void. No sense, feeling, Beyond,
eternity, beyond the heavens beyond Earth.
Earth. There was nothing but me.
I could hear them talking screaming, roaring corruption,
it spread across all worlds. It corrupts all it takes all it
took the forest, it took the soil.
I will be embraced by Darkness. Expands I shall be taken by the
great void. I awoke outside the forest
beside the bus. Wreckage, I stood up as my eyes,
adjusted to the light, I started to hear the sirens, the police,
the ambulances and crying parents, the paramedics picked
me up and examined me while I stood in shock, the eyes of the
Beast, and the voids sheer emptiness was still echoing in
my mind, it has been ten years now and nobody knows what
happened to the others who were on board that bus and why I The
only Survivor they asked me what had happened, but I didn't think
they would believe me if I told them.
So, they simply listed it as a mad accident, they assumed the
bus crashed and the others were taken away by wolves.
And I somehow spared, the only Survivor that is what they seem
to want to believe. Anyway, it's been ten years now
since the incident nobody wants to talk about it.
Let alone, what happened? I Occasionally, go to the site
where the crash occurred where I constantly debate to myself,
whether I should go back in and see what else.
The forest held, maybe answer some lingering questions on what
had happened on that day. Like who were the people?
Who came into the forest before me?
What the forest was? Or he'll jump into that Lake
again to feel the absence of sense and meaning now at this
point you might be wondering why I'm even telling this story at
all. Why?
Would even indulge you in something like this.
It's because on my most recent visit, I noticed something odd
about the charred black ground of the forest.
It grew further out. Tape one the road.
Alright, so my name is Grace and I'm recording this for anyone
that either wants to hear it or anyone stupid enough to go into
the hagwood forest, go there at your own risk.
You don't want to know what's waiting for you in there unless
you do. Then listen on, I'll tell you
everything. That happened to me.
You can choose to believe me or just brush it off.
Just saying it was about two months ago, three of my friends.
And I wanted Lodging in the woods for at least a week for a
bit of downtime life that hit us hard the last few weeks and we
just wanted a break. So I decided that we should go
to the hagwood forest and stay in one of the cabins for a
while. They loved the idea and said
that they would start getting ready the same day after about
two days. We were ready for the trip.
Now, if you're listening to this then that means you either know
how to get there and how weird the drive here is or you just
found this on the internet. And just outside Johnsonville
Tennessee, down week drive for about 10 miles.
Then take five rights two left's Andrew there I recorded the
whole experience so you'll hear some of the videos in the back
while I'm talking I'll stop now and let the video play out.
We recorded it because it was one of the few times we ever got
together and wanted to remember it.
But now we just want to forget it but we never will.
It started out like normal. We pulled our stuff in the back,
got in the car. I start the engine and started
to drive a little after we started, I turned on the camera.
Okay, it's on. Here we go.
I said under a heavy breath, it's good to hang out with you
guys again. It feels like it's been ages.
James said with lots of excitement in his voice.
Yeah, it's good to be back. James said, shyly James has
never been one for talking. He's always been a bit of an
introvert. But he opens up more around us,
so that's good. At least I just hope, we'll get
to see some cool stuff. While we're there said June June
and I have been dating for about two years and she was excited
about the trip. I'm glad that she was and it
made the trip even more enjoyable, about 15 minutes
later. We made it to the light outside
of the week drive and stopped. There were no cars out.
At this time, it was about seven, twenty five in the
morning. I stopped the car at the light.
And I turned to tell everyone in the car, alright.
Are we ready? I said with much excitement, you
bet we are said, Matt laughing only because I was doing this
for a bit of fun. Before we started the longest
drive into the forest after a little banter, we started our
drive. Now, if you are driving to the
forest from the town, the speed limit is 45 down week drive.
It would usually take about 13 minutes to travel 10 miles at 45
miles an hour. Our but it takes about three
hours to get to the first turn. That's 10 miles away.
That's the first thing that we noticed on our trip.
Hey, you said the first turn, was only 10 miles, right?
James mentioned. Yeah, I did.
I said back, well, it's been two hours since we left town.
James responded. Everyone looked at their phones
for the time. Holy crap.
June exclaimed, recoiling backwards.
Okay? I've been down this road, plenty
of Time's it only takes about a half hour to get to the highway,
I mean, how many miles away are we from the turn?
Matt said with concern and confusion 3.5 miles away 3.5
miles away. I said still confused.
All to hell. That's the thing about week
drive it only does this when you have the intention of going to
the forest an hour later we made the first turn.
Finally Matt said with much relief Okay.
Okay, so five rights and two left's, right?
Grayson James said, yes, James five rights, and two left's, I
set back. Wait, that doesn't seem
possible. June said in response, how can
you do that without getting back to the same road?
And that's the thing about the journey.
It may not make sense but you'll get there anyway.
I can't tell you how or why it happens, but it does now the
That we traveled on after our first turn is 15 miles an hour.
It gives you a great view outside the car windows as you
drive along. Hey guys.
It's 5:00 James said with a hint of anxiety in his voice.
Okay so I guess we'll get there a lot later than anticipated.
I said in a similar tone we kept driving down the road taking
every turn that we needed and made it to the entrance of the
forest. We turned into the small parking
area and there was no one else. Else in the lat.
Nice, we have the whole place to ourselves.
I said with more enthusiasm than I thought.
I had in me, we then started unloading our items from the car
clothes, bathroom stuff and all the other things that you would
need, hey guys, I said yeah. James responded.
Do you see that in between the trees over there?
I questioned the camera focused in, on the spot.
What I saw was a large dark figure in between the trees, it
About the size of half the tree. It was standing next to it was
staring directly at me as it. Did it slowly wrapped one of its
arms around the tree and opened. Its hand to expose seven long,
sharp fingers, the rest of its body was perfectly blending in
with the Dark Shadows of the forest.
Its eyes were yellow. Almost glowing slightly.
But I had a feeling that they were not lights of Hope but
something more Sinister. That's when Matt walked up next
to me. You know, nothing but the
Shadows of the trees and the trees themselves.
He said I looked back and it was gone.
I kept a footnote on the thing I saw and went back to unloading
with the now apparent feeling that we were being watched tape
to a mr. Easter's, it was James.
Who first saw my unease on our walk, the leaves on the path
crunching underneath our steps, the cold breeze, move through
the trees. I had been looking around.
Emily a bit more quickly than the others.
And also allowing the camera to follow my eyes so I could
capture everything. Hey man, you okay over here, he
asked. Yeah, I'm fine, just a little on
edge that's all but he could tell that I was more than that.
I knew that James was very observant, he notes, most things
around him. As we walk down to the cabin, we
take in the forest are and smell, Pine and Oak.
Then June, who was in the front stopped.
Soon, everyone else. I walked up next to her to see
what she was looking at. It was a small, deer standing in
the path, eating some grass, but she looked frightened.
So I looked past the deer and saw what she saw the same figure
from before everyone else saw it too.
So now I know, I wasn't crazy in a small whisper.
I said I told you I saw something back there.
All of us were frozen not making a single sound or movement as
Watch the deer, eat grass and the thing stood a good 30 feet
from the deer. We waited about a minute, my
camera pointed at the deer and the thing in plain sight past
it. We all were about to move when
the creature ran to the deer. Snatched it and ran off in the
blink of an eye. It almost made.
No sound all of now with looks and shock on our faces.
We exhale, do most at the same time, then we heard the scream
of the deer very far off in the forest.
As to our left, we all looked at each other.
What just happened? Matt exclaimed.
Well a dark Creature from the forest.
Took a deer deep in the woods and had a meal.
June said, sarcastically with a shaky voice.
Let's just get to the cabin before anything else happens.
James said, yeah, I replied we walked on the path with no other
incident. We got to the cabin and opened
the door. It was a large building with
four bedrooms, four bathrooms, a good size.
Kitchen with a small bar next to it.
There was also a large living room in the Middle with a large
window. Making up one side of the room.
Wow, this is better than I thought, said, Matt.
Well, I wanted us to have a good time so I got the best.
I said, a little nervous, you did well.
James said with a calming hand on the shoulder.
Alright, let's get unpacked. Then meet in here.
I said trying to lighten up the mood.
We all went into Our separate rooms and did.
As I said, we all went and sat on the couches and turned on the
TV for some background noise. I say we stay in the cabin for
the first day and relax Matt said all in favor raise your
hand. I said, playfully everyone
raised their hands. All right, so it's decided then
we'll stay here for tomorrow. I said I'll get us drinks James
offered as he stood as we all talked James walked over to the
small bar and went to grab Us some drinks.
When all of the sudden there was a crash of glass hitting the
floor, all of us looked in James's direction to see what he
had. Dropped.
An empty shot glass on the floor and was looking straight in the
mirror. I started to stand when James
says, trembling in fear, don't it's here.
The thing that we saw its hiding in the room opposite the mirror,
the room he is describing was the closet was some general
cleaning supplies in it. We then just stayed as still as
we Could it's moving and as he said that, I saw hand slowly
come out of the closet then the rest of its body.
The thing was about 12 feet tall and towered over us.
It had long legs that were about five feet tall with the body of
about 6 feet, the neck and head made up.
The last foot, its arms went so far down, the tips of his
fingers were only just a few centimeters off the floor, the
things sharp pointy fingers were about the things Sharp.
Pointy fingers were about a foot long.
It's feet looks normal enough if it wasn't for the fact that the
things body was darker than the night sky.
I saw them the first time I saw it but now I was sure.
Its eyes were glowing yellow, it walks slowly around the room.
It appeared to be examining us. None of us looked into the
glowing orbs that were at size but we did follow its movements.
It walked over to all of us. I wouldn't say that it was
sizing a us up but more or less examining what we were after its
examination. It slowly walked back to the
closet went inside and closed the door after a minute June
walked over to the door and opened it, it was gone at the
same time. We all let out a breath.
Okay, so what happened? Matt asked shaking with every
word. Well, I think that it was
examining us. I said, what, how can you say
that we could have? Hurt June exclaimed.
If it wanted to get us, it would have done that, but it made no
move to touch one of us. I merely think it was just
interested, James commented. I mean, Grayson, you said that
no one had stayed in the cabin in years, right?
Yeah, the only time there is someone up here is when someone
comes to clean the place I replied.
So it's safe to assume that it was interested in the fact that
there were someone here for longer than it was used to.
You know, that makes sense. Matt said, under breath with
exhaustion. Okay.
I say we all try to go to bed, then we'll talk about it in the
morning, I suggested. Okay, that's fine, said, June to
bed then I replied Tape 3 day one.
The first move I woke up around 8:30 to A nice bright sun and
clear skies overlooking. The small Valley outside the
window. I didn't remember there being
The valley outside the back windows, but I shook it off as
nothing and went into the main area of the cabin.
The main cabin area was coded in sunlight from the big window
that made the back wall. I looked over and saw that the
big TV was on quietly playing the morning.
News in the kitchen June made us four cups of coffee and handed
one to me. Good morning, she said with a
yawn. Good morning, I set back.
Didn't think we got the news out here.
I said she just Just Shrugged and sat on one of the couches
and I sat on the countertop facing the TV.
So have the other to come out yet I said they're taking
showers so they'll be out soon she replied after a few minutes
of casual talk James and Matt came out of their rooms.
Good morning. Matt said drying his head with a
towel. Good morning replied, June.
Handing them cups of coffee, we all went to the couches where
food was laid out. How did everyone sleep?
James asked the room was quiet for a few seconds.
Everyone looked at each other. Yeah, I actually did Matt said
in almost a whisper. Let's not dwell on it.
All we need to do today is try and relax while we're here at
the cabin and tomorrow we can go out and see some places in the
forest. I said in response, they all
nodded their heads and they went to do their things around the
cabin I went and got the camera. I walked out of the main area
and turn the camera on. On.
I looked around the room with it and walked around the area
showing off everything. The cabin had to offer a few
minutes of showing off the place later, I grabbed a ladder out of
the closet, I did my best to forget what happened last night
but I can't, I don't think anyone could forget that.
Why do you have a ladder? Matt asked from behind me?
I was going to place a camera up here.
Pointed it toward one of the low-hanging.
Beams at the far end of the cabin.
I want to keep it there. So, Can document while we go
about the day. I replied.
Sounds cool. He said back and walked off.
I place the camera on the beam climb down and put back the
ladder. Everyone was in different parts
of the house so there was a good amount of Silence.
I went over to one of the couches drink and hand and sat
down to watch some TV. I turned it on and there was
static damn, no signal. I said annoyed everyone else
walked into the room right after After damn, that sucks.
No TV James said, sitting down. That's when I noticed the sound
of Rushing Water. Almost like, we were by a
waterfall and there were no water falls within a mile hike
from the cabin. So it was definitely out of the
ordinary. Hey, what's that noise June?
Questioned sounds like water. Matt said, I went to look
outside and there was a view of a valley but in a different
spot. Hey I remember seeing the
waterfall on the other end. Valley yesterday I said, so
James replied. I'm saying that because the same
waterfall is next to the cabin. Now, everyone went to look where
I was looking. They all had some of the most
questioning faces I'd ever seen. So did the house move or did
some rocks fall, Matt, questioned.
That's way too large for some rocks.
I replied with a bit of a chuckle so you're saying that
the forest is moving James replied.
Yes. For the rest of the day, we
decided to forget about it and have a good time for today.
Let's just say, drinking started at about lunchtime for the rest
of the day. We went without incident and
about 9:00. We all went to bed tape for Day
2 and 3, the lake. After I woke up, I got the
camera and turned it on. After that, I place the camera
on the bed and got my hiking bag packed and went to meet the
others in the main room. Alright is everyone.
I said they all in confirmation nodded their heads.
Okay let's go. I replied walking out the door.
So where are we going? James asked behind me over to
that, large lake in the valley. Then we'll spend the night
camping and returning. The next morning, I said, with a
bit of enthusiasm after that, we went outside and started on the
path to the lake. As we walked, we took some time
just to listen to the world around us the Crunch of leaves
under our feet, the moving of leaves in the wind, the
occasional chirp of a bird and the Rushing River nearby, it was
peaceful around an hour of hiking later.
We took a break. We placed our bags down and sat
on the edge of a calmer part of the river by a log that
stretched across. Did.
It's beautiful here James commented.
Yeah. Only about another 45 minutes
and we should be there. I replied we all got up put our
backpacks on and started walking.
Again, the hike and total was about three miles long.
It had been about five miles since our River stopped.
When we finally noticed something, some of the trees
were different as we moved. We started to notice that the
trees would be in the same spot of our vision, the path going in
abnormal directions. And at times sudden, dizziness
like when going fast on a roller coaster, man.
What is going on in this Forest, Matt complained throwing his
hands up in the air. What do you mean?
Dean asked June, don't play it off.
We have all noticed. This damned Forest is changing.
No moving. What do you think of all this
James? I exclaimed.
Well, the Lakes right over there.
He said pointing over to the Shoreline.
That wasn't there before, we all walked over there to the water
and sure enough, the lake was right there at this point we all
just accepted it an unloaded, our bags to set up tents in a
small clearing by the water we'd gathered.
Dick since it was getting dark and made a fire.
Well, tents are all set fires burning and we have drinks.
Matt said holding a drink up in the air it was fun to finally
not be on edge for part of the trip.
The four of us just sat there by the fire looking at the lake, a
small radio playing music quietly in the background taking
in the cool air of the night. It was peaceful about 11 p.m. we
all called it a night and went to our tents.
I laid their clothes Seeing my eyes taking in all the sounds of
the forest and the lake water moving in the wind.
Then there was a snap of a branch allowed one.
Then loud heavy footsteps started walking in the same sand
near our tents whatever it was. It was big.
I heard it walking around until it got to my tent.
I heard the crunch of dirt under its feet and even the movement
of its limbs for a second. I saw a glimpse of its shadow in
the tent. It was the creature from Were
the only difference this time was its mouth was open through a
small, clear piece of plastic in the tent.
I could see it. I saw it's ungodly big mouth for
long arm like appendages were coming out of its back lifting
it about a foot and a half off the ground.
It moves slowly observing everything.
I then moved only a little and I guess it heard that because I
was now looking right into its eyes, the two yellow glowing,
eyes eclipse the silhouette of the creature.
ER, as we were facing off, there was a crack of a branch in the
woods. I looked over in the direction
of the noise and so did it. It crept toward the noise then
stopped it turned back to me. I don't know why this thing at
such an obsession with me over the others, but I don't want to
find out. I saw it take one step and sped
over my tent. At this point I could feel it's
cold breath on my face. Its teeth, look sharper went up
close. It had an awful stench that came
from it and just standing around it.
Made the air feel as if it was in the negatives.
We stared at each other for what felt like forever then in the
blink of an eye, it was gone, Matt, June, James, and I all got
out of our tents and slowly gathered by the fire and started
a new one. We all sat in silence for five
minutes. Before we finally, decided to go
to bed, just sitting there under the blanket of stars, listening
to the sounds of the nighttime Forest.
It was calm enough to put anyone to sleep.
We woke up. Up around 8:00 in the morning to
a sun rising over the mountains. And birds chirping in the trees,
I stood out of my tent and took in the scenery thankfully, I
woke up in the same place this time.
I thought, as I walked out of the tent, I took the camera out
and placed it on the spot that looked over the camp.
I looked over to the shore of the lake and saw James sitting
there toes in the sand. I walked over and sat next to
him. Good morning.
I said trying to start a conversation.
He It's still looking out over the water.
You, okay? Yeah, I'm fine.
James replied. Still looking toward the water.
Why did it take interest in you, he said turning his head to look
at me. I recoiled at the question, it
took me by complete surprise. I didn't even consider that, I
replied. So what was it like?
I mean being so close to it. June asked walking up behind us.
I'm Stood to Mad exclaimed also walking up.
Well, the first thing I can think of is it sighs, they felt
Hollow almost empty but the glowing yellow of its eyes
filled that its breath was also cold.
I could almost see frost on the tip of my nose now that I think
of it, the air was really cold too, I said in almost a calm
voice. Wait, it felt cold, Matt
questioned to my right. It also had teeth.
Sharp teeth that could possibly cut without even touching skin.
But its breath also smelled like death or as close as you could
get to death. It moves fast too.
I saw it move across 50 feet. In a matter of seconds, I said,
looking into the water. Damn, that's, that's, I've got
nothing. James said, well, that's in the
past. We are here now and let's enjoy
the. Now, while we still can Matt
said standing up, Looking back, I feel that I should have been
more affected by what happened. But at the same time, I think
that I was so traumatized that I didn't even process it
correctly. Anyways, enough, focusing on
that. After our conversation, we
decided to have fun and forget about what happened all day.
We took time to focus on relaxing, and being one with
nature. As some would say, after our day
of fun, I grabbed the camera forgot to turn it off and we
went to the tends to fall. Sleep with no incident for the
whole day. Tape, five day for the bunker.
I don't know what time I woke up, but very little light and a
slight, echoing noise All Around Me.
Took me by surprise the ground that the tent was on was hard
and cold. I pick the camera up and saw
what was on it? Crap, need to replace the
battery. Only just then realizing the
echo in the room, I replace the battery and turned on the
camera. And I unzipped the tent and
looked out on the other side of the tent was a good-sized
concrete room with only three. Yellow light shining enough
light to see the other tents were in the other room too.
Hey, wake up. I exclaimed, I heard the 10
Shuffle and everyone got out and assess the room.
Why are we in a room? Why are we in a concrete room?
James said freaking out. Hey, calm down.
Let's huddle up near the burnt, wood over there.
Is that a fire June said? Yep, Matt replied.
Let's sit down for a minute and gather ourselves.
I said calming lie, we all walked over to what used to be
the fire and sat down. Do you have to bring the camera?
Matt said annoyed, if we didn't have it anyone that would come
and find us would know nothing and find nothing idiot.
June said, it's the only proof we have.
She was right. We had no other proof of what
happened. And what will happen?
It was the last thing we had, we all sat around for a few minutes
until James said, what we all were thinking?
Should we look for a door? We all nodded and went to
explore, what seemed to be an infinitely sized room.
The fire was in the center. That's what the conclusion we
made. When, starting from the fire we
walked in four separate directions and counted.
How many steps from the fire to the wallet was on three.
We started counting, I guess. Room just stopped past where the
light passed from the fire to the edge of the light was 40
steps and I guess the walls were about forty eight steps if only
I knew June was finished before the rest of us forty three
steps. She said with a raised voice
forty seven steps, I said in the same tone 56 steps.
James said, we waited three minutes format 530 steps.
Mad exclaimed. And we seemed only to hear the
echo of his voice James June, and I ran back to the fire and
looked toward the direction that Matt went.
We looked at each other, then ran back to the black void.
A minute later, we heard steps as he came into view.
What's with the Box? June asked, I almost fell on it,
I haven't opened it yet, but it's worth a look.
He said placing the Box on the ground and opening it in the Box
were some MREs flashlights and other survival.
Dear. Well, this is expected.
Matt said, I also felt a metal rectangle on the wall with a
door handle. He found a door, a door.
I thought, I thought about, what could be on the other side, a
staircase, the outside, or a room.
As I finished the thoughts, we were all packed and nodded at
each other. We turned on the flashlights and
started to walk for the first minute of walking, it was just
black. Then we saw the door we stopped
just before. For the thing, it was rusted all
over and had an old dirty metal, sort of smell and shook, only a
little now and then a breeze. There was wind on the other side
of the door mat reach for the door and opened.
It, it grown too loudly and was hard to open due to the large
amount of rust on the hinges, that we're now flaking off.
When the door opened, we aimed our flashlights down.
The new dark hallway, that was pressed before us crap.
James explained, I was hoping For some stairs.
That led outside. Let's go.
I said taking the lead down the hallway.
We stayed silent. While walking down the long dark
hallway. Keeping quiet out of fear to see
if we could hear anything. There were doors on either side.
We tried them all and none of them would budge.
Not even any sign that they would move about 10 minutes.
Later, the hallway, widened into a large room, we aimed our
flashlights around to reveal, more of the room, a light
dripping sound of water. Hitting a puddle on the ground,
echoing through the room, it was longer than what our flashlights
could light. We could see two pillars holding
the ceilings up and two more at the edge of the light.
Hey, two of you go to the other side of the room and shine, your
lights back at us. I said why Matt asked, so we can
see the room, duh, June, setback, she and James went to
the other side and place their lights to the floor, pointing
up. Matt, and I did the same, the
lights. Selected off the walls,
Illuminating the room with a faint glow.
We all took a minute to take in the surroundings, four pillars,
kept the ceiling from falling small, coffee tables, and chairs
lined. The room old vintage machines
were placed on one of the walls, a sign above the door, set
bathroom. Next to the other door was
another hallway on the last wall.
There was a large window that looked into a room that we
couldn't see, but there seemed to be a faint red glow far into
the distance. What kind of place is this James
questioned? It looks like some sort of break
room, I said and how might have you guessed that Matt said
annoyed the counter with a coffee machine in microwave on
it and the fridge next to that I said pointing toward the wall
with the vending machines. Oh, I guess that would make
sense. He said in response.
We then got some chairs and sat them in a circle in a random
spot in the room and sat down. All right.
To question. What the hell?
Is this place that we're in? Matt said, well, I would say
that we're in a bunker of some sort, James said, shivering over
how cold it was and why do you say that Matt returned?
The shapes of the rooms are too simple and the fact that
everything is made of concrete. The better question is, how did
we get here? I think I might know, I replied
remember how in the cabin when we woke up the building was in a
completely different spot. W.
Yes, June replied. And in the walk to the lake, it
took a surprisingly short time to get there.
I returned. I think that whatever happened
there happened last night, or if it's still night, have any of
you tried your phones, James asked, everyone pulled out their
phones. None were turning on damn out of
battery. June said, we all just sat
around for a while and looked at all the different things
throughout the room. Everything looked normal.
And everything looked pretty up-to-date up until the rapper
of the candy bar. Sitting in one of the vending
machines, the rapper showed that it expired, in 1985 1985 older
than I expected. I thought, hey guys, this place
is older than you may think I shouted.
Why James asked? Because the Candy in the vending
machine expired back in 85, what Matt said, coming out of the
bathroom, I then turned my attention.
Tension back to the wall with the big window and walked over
to it. Hey guys, so if this place
existed back in 85 and if back then the US was looking for ways
to get the upper hand on the Soviets and this was a bunker,
could this be an observation room on the other side of this
window? I said, with a hint of
curiosity, everyone then looked at me, what?
Matt questioned it only makes sense, James said, but if that's
the case, then we might want to get out of here.
Cause I don't want to find out what's down here.
So, down the next hallway, we go.
June asked onward. I replied we quickly grabbed our
gear and started down the hallway.
This hallway felt unnatural there was something off about
it, we all could feel it. The deeper, we got the more
strange things happened. After about four minutes of
walking down the hallway. I strange particles started
floating about it was almost snow like buttfart.
Are colder on each side of the hallway.
The doors started appearing we took our time to investigate and
show as much as we could on camera some rooms just had an
operating table, a light and a set of tools on a small table
interrogation rooms about seven minutes into our walk.
Deep fog started to set in the air, started to get hard to
breathe in. What the hell happened here?
June asked, I don't know, but I think our government bunker
theory has been. Then James replied.
We walk some more until we came to a four-way intersection of
hallways. Well isn't this perfect for
directions for people? Matt said no we're not splitting
up. I said that's the last thing
that we need to do. We stick together I said,
sternly they recoiled back with surprise on their faces, I'm
sorry. I just wanted to have a nice
vacation. Hey we'll make it through this.
And afterward. We'll have an interesting story
to tell. James said, placing his hand on
my shoulder. Now, let's get out of here.
The wall with the window was on the right side when facing the
hallway from the room. So we went right down this
hallway. There were larger doors that led
to full-on operation rooms cold storage rooms and
decontamination rooms the place was a maze, a Labyrinth of
hallways, and rooms of the same stuff, it was more of the same
until we found. To stairwell, our stairwell that
went down farther than we could see.
We looked up and saw a sign that said lower levels officers and
higher-ups only Tape 6 the lower levels even they keep secrets
from themselves. James said, looking up at the
sign. What do you mean?
I asked what I mean is that even if you're allowed to work in
this place, you don't really know what's going on here.
We all took a second to look around.
What might be down here? I shivered at the thought of
going down there, but we all had been exploring for hours and
there didn't seem to be any way up.
So, this was our only option. We looked at each other for
reassurance. Is that we all agreed and
started down the stairs. The walk down was unstable.
They were rusted all to hell and some of the steps fell
completely off. Most of them, just fell on the
stairs below, but one, fell down the middle shaft.
And we decided to listen, we waited and waited to hear it.
Hit the floor below, but we heard nothing and must be so far
down the echo didn't reach us. I thought after that, we moved
more carefully, it was only after 35 minutes.
Did we make it to the bottom at the bottom?
We found the step that fell and adore adore with a faint, red
light shining through the fog. So there is power here, June
said, anxiety, filling her body. The light kept blinking on and
off an alarm. I thought with me still taking
the lead, we walked forward more particles floating in the air
started appearing open, doors on either side of the white
hallway. All of the room.
Made for different experiments. What the hell were they doing
down here? Matt said, hey, I found an
office over here. I exclaimed, they ran over and
we entered the room, it's clean. I questioned.
I can't breathe in here. June said, well, at least the
light works. Matt said, flicking on the light
with the light on the room revealed to be a conference
room. A large table, sat in the Middle
with 11 chairs surrounding the table.
There was Is also a projector on the far end that face toward a
large white surface. On the other wall stacks of
paper were all over the room, large filing cabinets line.
The wall filled with folders, I took in a deep breath of clean
air in the room and walked over to the table.
The others joined me. And we all sat down to rest,
James reached for the folder that was laying in front of him.
On the table, dark creature, James read aloud.
What, Matt asked what this folder says?
James replied. He proceeded to open the file
and start taking out, papers, research, documents analysis,
papers, official, reports and pictures.
Most of the pictures and papers described.
What we had seen above ground, a tall dark creature with glowing
yellow eyes we all got to James's side of the table and he
gave us each some papers origin unknown appears in Old cave
writing in Native, carvings the natives referred to it as a dark
creature. That is not part of our natural
order and does not belong here. I read aloud from what I've
read, it seems to have the abilities that we have seen, but
is suspected to have more. James said, mine says that his
blood is an extremely good energy source and that one
gallon could power. New York for almost 15 years.
June, red, we looked over to Matt to hear what his paper
said, but he seemed to be covered in fear his eyes wide
and muscles tensed up. But breathing, almost Only mine
says that they found worried came from by looking at ancient
writings in the area and found a door to another world.
He said, I'll explain the rest to you.
What they found behind the door was a world that was dark and
cold, dark clouds. Covered the sky, a purple Hue,
covered everything. And vibrant, red lightning would
trace this guy at random points dense forest and old vacant
cities that had been destroyed large mountains, surrounded, the
valley that the door opens to There are more of the creatures
in that place and something else in the reports in the pictures.
It described a large towering monster.
That was almost as large as Everest.
It had appendages that stretched out word for miles and was as
dark. Maybe even darker than the
creature. We saw there wasn't much
information on the creature beyond that.
I grabbed the camera and I placed it at the end of the
table and made sure to capture everything for proof.
We decided to take as much information as possible.
Thus, after talking, we decided that we needed to go there as
soon as possible. We got our stuff and headed
toward the door. That's one of the loud.
Thump came from the other side of the door.
My hand stopped on the doorknob Frozen in place.
I felt small. Vibrations, reach my hand when
the creature stomped. I slowly put my ear to the door,
trying not to make a sound through the door.
I heard steps, get louder and the door get colder within a few
seconds. The doorknob felt ice cold and
frost started forming on the The metal.
The air became dry and we could see our breath more clearly and
the steps got louder a muffled growl from the creature could be
heard on the other side, it huffed as it took a breath.
I quickly looked around the room at everyone and as I did the
creature stomped on the ground outside causing a vibration in
the floor and the table where a pence at it's.
As if time, slow down at that moment, the pain bounced up a
little off the table and started rolling off until it hit the
ground with a loud. Side.
We locked eyes and ran under the table behind anything that we
could find. I went to dive under the table
and slam myself against one of the sides.
At the same time, the door was thrown open and a loud thud.
The creature stepped into the room, a thin layer of frost.
Now started to cover the room, the room fell silent so silent.
I could hear my heart beating. I moved as slow as I could to
get the camera where I could see, at least where the creature
was through a small sliver at the bottom of the table, I could
see the ever. Absorbing black leg standing in
the doorway. I could hear the Deep gargling
growls of the creature, scanning the room, a crackling fleshy
sound filled the room then. Five more limbs, touch the
ground. And lifted.
The two original legs. The new limbs slowly.
Take steps around the room. The step, sounded more like,
needles being stuck into the ground.
It's join sounded like they were breaking with every joint.
I go to look over to my left and see James has either through a
gap behind some of the cabinets. His eyes were wide with fear.
Looking back at me, his mouth covered by his hands to not make
any noise. One of its Lake step down onto
the ground startling, both of us, James kept his eye on me.
Another Lake stepped down in front of us, and the creature
started to bend down the crunching.
Sounds of it. Moving almost made me nauseous
before. The creatures had got down to
our level. I'm mouth to James play dead.
I quickly set the camera down and made myself look limp.
I held my breath. Breath in close my eyes and
waited, only from the camera. Do I know what happened in that
moment for me? All I could do was listen, its
head was now down at our level, it's glowing eyes scanning for
any movement. It first looked over in the
direction of James, looking over every detail for any sign of
life, it must not have seen anything because now it had its
eyes on me, it slowly moves forward as if it's being
cautious. So as not to provoke a dangerous
animal, it's on. Scanned every inch of me I could
feel its cold breath on my face. And smelled the god awful stench
coming out of the creature. It slowly started to move away
keeping its eyes locked on me. I did my very best not to move I
could feel my joints starting to hurt just by trying to stay
still it's head eventually left the underside of the table and
lifted. Once I heard the cracking of its
bones as it was starting. Its way back up.
I open my eyes and let out a long silent breath, almost
coughing due to the particles. Circles in the air.
I looked over at James who I could see past the things.
Bony legs, he looked back at me and let out a sigh of relief
then immediately breathed back in when one of the Lakes moved
and stomped on the ground. The creature made sort of a
hellish chirping noise as it explored the room.
The Stomps of its feet vibrated, the room shaking, everything a
pencil or pen dropped on the floor.
The creature stomped over to it, making a growl of
disappointment, once it found the item, Lost interest in the
item and walk to another area of the room as it did.
I slowly took off my bag and tried to find something.
Something heavy. I landed on a heavy metal water
bottle, I took it out of the bag and crawled over to the edge of
the table. I looked out and saw the door,
the lightning peering into the room fog, filling the space.
I arched my arm and toss the Bottle Into the hallway, the
bottle, hit the wall and onto the floor of the hallway with
banging. The metal to concrete, the
bottle, made a You loud banging sounds that echo down the
hallway, the creature snap to look at the door and sprinted
toward the table. Vaulted over and ran out of the
room down the hallway with lightning speed, its body
snapping and crackling with every movement, the room shaking
in a guttural, horrifying Roar erupted from its mouth.
The further, it was the warmer everything got once I knew that
it was gone, I got up and close the door slowly.
Hey, it's clear. I spoke looking around the room.
James walked out, first looking around.
That was smart. James said, walking up to me,
Matt and June walked out from where they were hiding.
Dang, that was something Matt, said walking to me and James
June walked up and hugged me. I patted her on the back, and
she let go. So, what now she asked, now we
get out of here. I said we all fixed our packs
and I placed my hand on the cold metal door handle.
Here we go. I said Opening the door when the
door opened there was silence total, absolute silence.
I poked my head out and looked both ways shining my flashlight
with it. The only thing that I saw were
objects floating in the air, the fog and lights, blinking slowly.
And Rhythm, I took a few steps into the hallway and signaled,
the others to follow. Once everyone was in the
hallway. We started to walk back in the
direction. We were going in the same
direction as the creature tapes. Seven the creature in the tree.
We walked for, who knows? How long down?
Never-ending hallways and large rooms meant for various
purposes. The dust was almost an inch
thick. On every surface.
We found a large Barracks a few hours into the wok.
I turned on the camera and started recording.
There were bunk beds and either side of the room.
All of them very messy waving the flashlight around.
I went to each bed. Looking at all the things that
each person Had Each one had a life.
Looks like they left in a hurry. June said, well, most of them.
Matt said pointing his flashlight toward a dark stained
blanket. There was also dark stains on
the ground below the sheets, and a trail had left leading to the
door. On the other side of the room,
the door led to the kitchen where the room had a shiny red
color to it. There were Dent marks in some of
the cabinets and some of the utensils were missing all of the
sudden, the intercom beep, tan, Eerie, White Noise, sounded
faintly from the To come on. The ceiling.
I felt my stomach drop and my body turned cold.
I looked toward the others and they were just as shocked as I
was. I slowly walked out into the
room with the beds, the slow faint red glow of the lights.
Outside of the room, only just making their presence known,
then loud. Bellowing of hellish screams
could be heard from the intercom, the horrifying sound
filled the room. I fell to the floor of shocked
and felt fear overwhelm me. The screams were Distorted some,
almost sounding reversed or gargled.
The sound continued for another minute.
Then slowly faded back down to the White Noise, I opened my
eyes slowly and sat up I was shaking.
Barely able to keep the flashlight.
In my hand, the camera tipped over.
After dropping it facing me. I looked toward the kitchen,
Matt June and James all looked at each other and looked at me,
what the hell was that? James said, shaking out of fear?
I don't know, but I think we need to get out of this room.
Something tells me that we just heard where the screams of the
people were in this room. I said trembling still.
Yeah, good idea. Grayson, let's keep moving Matt
said standing almost falling. I got up and walked towards the
doorway. I moved my hand onto the
doorknob and turned it slowly. I poked my head out to make sure
everything was clear. I looked right, just follow.
Okay, it was clear. I looked left.
Also fog red-tinted fog, but it was clear, the intercom noise
stopped when I looked left and everything went Silent.
Not a single noise or vibration. I motioned them to come along
and June handed me the camera I turned left out the door and
waited for them to come out. We walked for a few minutes
down. The same looking hallway.
Before, a faint noise could be heard.
It was muffled, and echoed passed us in the other.
Direction. It sounded almost like the
yelling or moaning of a whale. I still can't place it.
I felt this sinking feeling return and look toward them.
Matt looked almost as pale as snow and James's eyes were
almost as wide as golf balls. I then looked at June, she had
the same expression and kept going flashlight and Camera in
hand as we walk down the hallway.
The noise only filled the area more and more.
We walked a little more in found a At the end, I turned the
corner in the flashlight. Went out.
But the other flash lights were still on.
I walked back around the corner and the flashlight was turned
back on. Oh, crap.
I said under my breath. I look back at the others.
Why did this have to be us? Matt said, what do you mean,
Matt asked June, we were just trying to have a good time and
now now we're going to be lost in this bunker concrete that we
can't find an exit too. Matt said, pushing his hands to
his face. Hey listen.
We're not going to stay lost down here.
I said placing my hand on his shoulder.
Let's go and get out of here. Okay, I said okay, Matt
responded standing up. I looked toward everyone and
walked back around the corner, in the flashlight turned off
again. All I could see in front of me
was black and the occasional fading in and out of red light.
The sound coming from down the Dark Hall.
I stayed still for Good. Well, felt like an eternity
until I took my first step then the next and the next the other
is still followed behind. All of us doing long breaths to
keep us calm as we could get all there was.
Now was a faint red glow of a red light through the fog.
The sounds of our footsteps and breaths and the faint louder
noise down the hall. We could have turned back but
there would be no point in doing so we don't even know where the
creature is. So we continued, the more we
walked the louder, the noise God after a while.
The sounds of our footsteps changed, it sounded like we were
stepping in some squishy material.
The ground was slippery and my shoes were wet the air got
stuffy, but still, it felt cold. I went to feel the wall and it
felt like touching uncooked chicken.
A substance was dripping from the walls and ceiling and I
swear it felt like there was a pulse moving through it.
Moved along until how I said, what Matt asked in a sudden
panic. I ran into a wall.
I felt around to my left and found a wall.
I looked over to my right and saw a large red light coming
from the fog. The sound that we have been
hearing was almost deafening now, it filled the room and made
the walls vibrate, we walk toward the light and entered
some large room, the light in the fog lit up some of what was
surrounding us. We looked back into the hallway
and saw that the hallways floor was covered in Remains the wall
of the room that connected. The hallway was dark gray
concrete and had symbols carved into them as we looked a shadow
appeared on the wall and we turned around.
There was something in front of the light.
The creature. It was looking in our direction,
we quickly duck down and walked out of the light from the dark.
We saw the silhouette move in search making those familiar
noises, it makes We stayed. Absolutely still, we watched its
can its surroundings. It totally focused.
Not bothered by anything. Not even the deafening hellish
yelling, I heard Matt. Go to move and a rock slide
under his shoe. It felt like time had slowed
down. I looked over at the creature
who was already looking in our Direction and starting to move.
I turn my body to move, dropping the camera on the floor.
I kicked off and toss myself towards Matt the creature
moving. Faster than what I could see.
And before I knew it, I hit the floor where Matt was June and
James were in shock, still frozen.
Not moving, not breathing. They looked over to me and I to
them tears. Slowly fell down their eyes and
mine. We knew what just happened but
we couldn't let it stop us from getting out.
We couldn't the horrific noise stopped and we looked over to
the light. Nothing total silence.
We couldn't even hear if the creature was in the room.
We didn't even know how big the room was.
I grabbed the camera and made sure it was still recording.
I looked over to them. He did the same.
We looked back over to the light and heard the intercom system
turned back on the same. White Noise, playing through.
And the red light starting to flicker, I stood up and the
others did the same. I took one step at a time,
walking towards the Light June. And James following just right
behind all of us, making sure not to make a noise.
After about 45 steps, we reached the light.
It was just a light. We look down at it for a second.
Only for it to turn off the intercom turned off as well,
PitchBlack surrounded us. And the only thing that you
could hear was our breathing, we made no moves.
The only thing that provided light was the camera.
I slowly hold it up to my face and press their night vision
button. The camera went dark for a
second, then switch to night vision.
With the camera, I could see the edge of the room.
The only thing being that edge. Almost a quarter mile away.
The other wall to, I looked up at the wall to the left of the
door and saw window, the window from the room we stopped in.
Then, I looked over to the wall opposite, the hall, there was a
large tree thing in the center of the room larger than I think,
any known tree, I quickly threw over my backpack and grab my
flashlight. I pointed it at the direction of
the tree and turned it on. The fog helped illuminate the
room, the trees Shadow made it seem bigger somehow it was dark
almost perfect black. It had thin lines of purple
substance coming from a large door.
Looking opening at its base. We started walking toward it,
the ground turned from concrete of the room to an almost soil
like substance. Once we were a good 500 feet
from the tree, the muffled yelling came back.
Only this time, we knew where it was coming from the hole in the
The tree, we walked closer and began to see purple flashes of
light coming from the upper area through it.
There was a Forest Clearing that led out to a large grouping of
destroyed buildings in the background above us.
And one of the branches of the tree, we heard a growl then
smaller branches, snapping as the creature, was charging
toward us. If then jumped and landed on the
ground between us and the door. Its tall lanky body and glowing
eyes. Now walking toward us, the
muffled yelling still coming from the door, was still
unknown. Own, but it was still walking
towards us. It stopped four feet from me and
leaned forward. I was now staring directly into
its eyes and in them I saw only death pain and suffering, it
raises. Its left hand and touched my
forehead with its cold finger and everything started to fade.
I feel myself, Hit the Floor, a year to muffled screams and two
others. Hit the Floor, then everything
Fades to Black. Tape, eight home.
The next thing I know, I'm laying in the cabin, both June
and James are there to I hear the muffled noise of a door
being kicked in and I see blurry figures looking at June and
James. And one comes to me, they try to
say something to me, but it's just muffled.
I try to get up, but I can't then everything Fades to Black.
I awake to the sounds of a heart monitor to my left.
I opened my eyes to see if one of Works.
I look over to the window on my left, it's sunny, I see clouds
moving across the sky outside. I see the sign to Knoxville
Hospital. I take a look around the room
and see my camera on the desk to my right, I pick it up and open
the screen. I look in the files and see
everything is still. There I go back to the camera
and press record. I place it on the table and look
back and see June and James waking up on the couch.
Hey, how do you feel June asked placing her hand on mine?
It felt cold almost metal. Well, received, I responded.
How long have we been here? I asked, looking out the window
about a week and a half, James responded, walking over a
doctor. Walk through the door, sat down
and rolled over to the side of the bed.
Well, look who's awake. He said, all right.
As far as we can tell you aren't really Anywhere.
Well, except your left eye. I'm sorry to say that you won't
be getting that eyesight back, but your eye is now, a deep
purple, he stated waving a pen around.
Anyway, you'll be able to get out of here by the end of the
day and go back home. You'll also be prescribed
medication. You'll need to take them when
needed and not take them with alcohol.
He said, I looked over to him. What do you mean?
My eye is purple. I asked he picked up the mirror
and held it to my My face. There were scars, all over my
left side. My I was slightly faded but
definitely purple. So the end of the day, right?
I asked still looking at my face.
Yeah, we'll come release you in a few hours, rest up.
He said, walking out of the door a few hours later, the doctor
came in and discharge me from the hospital and we walk to the
entrance, the doors of the hospital opened and I stepped
outside and I don't think I It into words, what?
I felt to feel the cool autumn breeze on my face to feel the
sun warming the area around us. Just for a moment, I forgot all
about what happened. And just took in the fact that I
was alive with my friends, we found my car got in and drove to
our small town, a good few miles north of Knoxville.
I drop James off at his place and just hugged him.
We both cried tears of happiness because we were just able to
have this moment. Aunt after that June, and I
drove back to our place across town.
It's been about two months. Since that day, we have lived
happily. Since all that happened, I found
that James is now more open to people.
And that after all, June and I have experienced together, she
wants to get married, but I don't sleep well anymore.
I get nightmares of that. Place of Matt, I've had his
parents ask where he's been but I can't say anything.
Only that I haven't seen him for a while.
I started recording these tapes. A few days ago, I guess to try
to comprehend everything that happened.
It's something that I haven't put much thought into lately.
Now, that I've said everything I needed to, I finally put this
whole thing behind me, but sometimes I look outside only to
see two yellow circles. Looking back at me.