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13 Creepy Pieces Of Found Footage People Say Are Simply Nightmarish
Article created by: Shelly Fourer
Fictional horror stories — whether they come in books or movies — rely on artistic devices to creep us out. But real-life terror doesn't need a droning score or sudden jump scares. The mere fact that a person has actually experienced something horrifying implies that it could also happen to us — and that's what makes it hard to shake. One Reddit post asked platform users to name the creepiest verified pieces of found footage they've ever stumbled upon, and their answers remind us that some nightmares strike while you're still awake.
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#2
Omayra Sanchez's picture, when she was slowly dying, in Colombia, after the 1985 eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano.
There's something about these dark eyes, and her resigned look that just gives me chills everytime I look at that picture. There was a huge scandal afterwards, about how long it took the government to send help. People around couldn't help her as she was trapped under some part of her house that collapsed, and she slowly died over the course of 60 hours.
#3
The Hunt for the Death Valley Germans
Found this one posted on reddit a few months back and got captivated by the story. Basically, a German family underestimated the American desert and tried driving from Nevada to California off-road in a stock rental minivan. After getting stuck in the middle of nowhere they ventured off in search of help. The van was found weeks later and triggered a massive search effort. Rescuers found clues and searched extensively in the direction they thought they traveled. No bodies were found until the stubborn author searched a completely different direction no one thought they would take years later.
#4
Any black box recording where a plane is crashing and the pilots slowly realise they are going to crash with all the passagers on board.
It's very chilling.
#5
It was audio tape, not film: When I first started working with nuclear submarine programs in the 90s, we had to go to "training" (really just a presentation) about the Sub Safe program, which is an extraordinary QA program enforced for nuclear subs. They played audio of the USS SCORPION sinking and breaking up as a result of an equipment failure.
I don't remember the exact number, but the entire crew perished.
#6
There were those photos of the guy that went out in the bush and ended up dying (they made that movie about it) he was living in a bus?
Chris McCandless - those photos always creeped me out. (Its late so i'm not going to look at them before I sleep).
#7
Scuba diver Yuri Lipski died at just over 300 feet underwater. When a diver went to retrive Lipski's body at the request of his parents, he made an unnerving discovery: the footage captured by Lipski's helmet camera was still intact. The doomed diver had recorded his own death.
At this depth, the body is subject to nitrogen narcosis, which can play havoc on the mind by inducing overconfidence, euphoria, hallucinations, confusion, and impaired judgment. It didn't help that Lipski had just one tank full of air — technical divers are better served by multiple tanks filled with trimix, a combination of oxygen, nitrogen, and helium that reduces narcosis.
#9
There was a bear enthusiast in Alaska who recorded himself getting close to grizzlies.
There is audio footage of him being mauled by a hungry bear.
Edit: I think the documentary about him is called Grizzly Man (doesn't include audio footage) if anybody is curious about his story.
#10
I believe there is a reasonable official explanation, but there were some Dutch hikers that went missing in Panama. The last photos they found are kinda creepy (though they were either taking them as a light source or to try to attract the search parties).
#11
I'm not sure what you mean by verified, but I remember an incident from Northern Ohio back in the 90s. Someone found a video camera lying in the middle of a pasture. When they checked the recording, they found very creepy B&W footage that included someone who looked deceased. Where the footage came from and how it got there was a mystery.
A few weeks later it came out that the footage was from a video shoot from the band Nine Inch Nails, which was a new and up and coming band from Northern Ohio at the time. They had suspended the camera from a helium balloon, trying to get an overhead shot, and the balloon broke away and disappeared. At some point it must have landed in that pasture.
So it wasn't a deceased person after all, just creepy footage from a creepy band.
#12
I always found the one where a couple is on their honeymoon and playing around in waist high water at the edge of a lake. Suddenly the ground gives way and they are struggling to stay above the water until finally you don't see them anymore and the water goes calm.
#13
A man died getting lost in the catacombs underneath Paris and they found this footage of his last few hours desperately trying to find a way out. Chilling stuff.
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