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“So Many Eyes”: 55 Stories From The Middle Of Nowhere That Will Probably Make Your Skin Crawl
Courage the Cowardly Dog did a number on an entire generation. That little pink dog, living in the middle of nowhere with his oblivious owners and an apparently endless stream of supernatural visitors, taught millions of children one very clear and lasting lesson: remote areas are not to be trusted. We were supposed to grow out of that fear. Most of us did not. And it turns out, we were right not to.
When you strip away the city noise, the street lights, and the neighbors who would definitely hear you if something went wrong, what you are left with is a very different kind of world. The stories were shared by real people who went somewhere quiet and came back with something they cannot explain. Some of them are eerie, some of them are deeply unsettling, all of them are nightmare fuel.
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Luke || Kira (he/she) 4 months ago
"Nah, there are no ghosts. I've lived here for 130 years and I've never seen one yet."
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Beak Hookage 4 months ago
We don't have mountain lions, but at night in the forest you might hear ominous growls or creepy goblin-like grunts. Respectively: a kangaroo and a brushtail possum. KANGAROOS GROWL. Seriously.
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Oskar vanZandt 4 months ago
A forest ranger who can't distinguish between an actual bear and a guy in a bear suit? The behaviour alone should've been a tip-off...
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viimatar 4 months ago
Well, the bear fortunately was sure to stay clear of the OP, instead of confronting them in some way. Most species of bear avoid humans in any way they only can. This apparently doesn't apply to grizzlies and polar bears, though...? And never, ever get in between of a mother bear and her cub(s). It isn't just a figure of speech.
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Kelly Scott 4 months ago
If this guy is a polar bear guard, guarantee nothing is ever going to spook him.
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Peter Bear 4 months ago
You forgot to ask what it wanted. It might have led you to something valuable.
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Peter Bear 4 months ago
Gee, it's almost like the ocean is full of very large creatures that are perfectly suited to their environment and have evolved to be very silent by terrestrial standards, or something...
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viimatar 4 months ago
Apparently, people see all kinds of weird and creepy things through NVDs. It stimulates the brain in a different way, and eventually, wearing them too long in one go will cause a person to have visual hallucinations of some kind - especially since most of the time, the people using them are military personnel either during practice or in actual operations, and often very tired. At least this is what some ex-military say online, but verifying it isn't easy. Some of the real-like things seen through them aren't there to be perceived by the bare eye, but what really causes that, is another question.
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Andrew Keir 4 months ago
Fun fact - this is actually a design feature, not a flaw. If the ship didn't bend a little for the waves, it would have to be much stronger (and heavier and carry much less freight / fewer passengers) or be in danger of breaking like a dropped glass. There's a resemblance between this sort of design and 'crumple zones' in car.
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Oskar vanZandt 4 months ago
Find a way to bar the door? Unless you're a knife fighting expert, you're likely to have it used against you...
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turk 4 months ago
Sharks existed before trees evolved on land. And most modern sharks are not very different from their ancestors hundreds of millions of years ago. Because they don't need to be. They are almost perfectly adapted to be deadly efficient predators in their environment. One of the most thrilling moments of my life was going over a reef in the Maldives and seeing a 4-5' black tip reef shark swim by me about 10' away, showing no interest in me at all. Now, if it were a larger shark, I would have had a heart attack.
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Oskar vanZandt 4 months ago
Ghost of old logger? I've camped in Algonquin park a few times- beautiful place.
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Andrew Keir 4 months ago
Try the story "Mary Melindy". Pretty well guaranteed to keep the kids awake all night ...
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viimatar 4 months ago
As I've heard it told, deer sometimes actually do this. It's said to be induced by parasites that are getting into their brain, which causes them unbearable agony and uncontrollable behavior. (The morale of the story: never consume any meat taken from such a carcass, I suppose.) You commonly hear these stories on YT, but they're given a clear explanation. Deer, especially the male deer, also sometimes get up on their hind legs to smell the air or to be able to perceive things more clearly with all of their senses, and to my understanding, this behavior is specifically linked to the mating season. Deer of all kinds may also reach for the tender leaves (or maybe the fruit) higher up in a deciduous tree, temporarily standing up on the hind legs thoughoften leaning on the tree trunk, which gives rise to all kinds of weird stories.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 4 months ago
Wonder if it was a bird that had heard OP whistle the same tune for months.
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Ursula S. 4 months ago
I really enjoy these types of stories and the readers offering possible explanations.
Saber4 4 months ago
Try some Tom Lyons books. They have some great stories
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Rachel Reynolds 4 months ago (edited)
Went camping with a group of friends in a state campground. I heard noises in the night but figured it was some one in our group maybe going potty at night, Nope, we woke up with a rusty hatchet in the middle of our fire pit. It was not a hatchet we had brought. edited to add: this was in Michigan.
Ursula S. 4 months ago
I really enjoy these types of stories and the readers offering possible explanations.
Saber4 4 months ago
Try some Tom Lyons books. They have some great stories
Load More Replies... Rachel Reynolds 4 months ago (edited)
Went camping with a group of friends in a state campground. I heard noises in the night but figured it was some one in our group maybe going potty at night, Nope, we woke up with a rusty hatchet in the middle of our fire pit. It was not a hatchet we had brought. edited to add: this was in Michigan.
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