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50 Times People Found Something Wild And Unexpected While Strolling Through The Forest
Close your eyes and picture the deep, green, musty forest. You can almost feel it soaking up your anxiety and slowing down your rushing thoughts, soothing your soul and body. No wonder so many of us have a deep fascination with forests.
Woods are also among the most mysterious places. They never cease to capture our imagination, from early childhood days spent roaming there carelessly to watching horror movies about haunted forests (who needs a reminder about The Blair Witch Project?).
So no wonder there’s this impression that the only other place where what happens in there stays there, apart from Vegas, is the forest. And the collection of pictures below puts that into perspective. Scroll down through the craziest, weirdest, and most question-inducing discoveries people made while talking a walk out in the woods, and let us know if you too have seen something unusual there in the comments.
Psst! More bizarre and fascinating forest findings can be found in our previous feature here.
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#2
An Albino Moose In The Forest
#3
Found A Cool Tree In My Local Park And Felt Like It Needed Some Magic
#4
Came Across Some Dinosaurs In The Woods
#5
I Found This Carved Fox Inside A Tree Stump, In A Forest Close To My Home
#6
The Sculptures Are All Made Of Twig And Twine. They're Mostly Tucked Away Off The Main Paths, So If You Don't Know They're There, You Might Walk Right Past Them
#7
Yes, She Found A Wild Mushroom In The Forest. No, She Didn't Eat Part Of It, She's Just Always A Derp
#8
A Buddy Of Mine Found This Dinosaur While On A Hike The Other Day
#9
This Tower We Found In An Irish Forest Looks Like Something Out Of A Fairytale
#10
A Forest Dining Room
#11
An Old Jacket Hanging In The Woods With A Bird's Nest Built In The Pocket
#12
This Wooden Throne In An English Woodland
#13
Out For A Walk, Found In The Middle Of A Forest
#14
Igor Hit The Jackpot, And That's Why Jogging Is Good, Kids
#15
This Random Chandelier Left Hanging In The Forest
#16
Keeper Of The Woods
#17
Massive Abandoned Sanatorium I Found In A German Forest
#18
Found A Little Faerie Door In The Woods
#19
This Abandoned Ship In The Middle Of A Forest
#20
Eerily Humanoid Shapes On This Tree
all 4 paws 3 years ago
i have theories but i respect your wishes to have a good nights sleep 😊
#21
A Creepy Little Christmas Tree Fully Decorated In The Middle Of The Woods. Powered By What Looked Like Mini Solar Panels
#22
I Have No Good Explanation For This. Found Three Hours Into A Deep Forest, 20ft In The Air, And Impaled On A Tree. Hours Away From Major Roads
#23
Came Upon A Stained Glass Window Hanging In A Forest In Belgium
Phobrek 3 years ago
Almost 30 years ago I stuck an 8' tall black monolith (a la 2001: A Space Odyssey) in the woods near where I was living. In a clearing along a public trail. You'd walk around a bend in the trail, it would open into the clearing, and boom, monolith! Probably didn't last long before tipping over, it was upcycled plastic. Hm. Basically I littered. My bad.
#24
Pass Under The Stairs To Nowhere, Then Turn Around Three Times, To Find Yourself Right Where You Need To Be. His Is In Madame Sherri Forest In West Chesterfield, NH
#25
Just Going For A Little Hike
#26
I Found A Plant-Based, Man-Made "Acorn" Hanging In The Middle Of The Woods
#27
Skull Looking Rock In The Middle Of The Forest
#28
I Found A Deer In A Makeshift Hut In The Woods
#29
This Guy I Found In The Woods, About 11ft Tall
#30
Steam Engine Left In The Forest. Ontario Canada
#31
So I Was Walking In A Forest Near My City And Found This
#32
Found A Random Painting In The Middle Of The Woods
#33
Found A Cougar Skull In The Woods
#34
Piano In The Woods
#35
Found This Gnome Town On A Walk In The Woods Today
#36
This Creepy Paper-Mache Family I Found While Walking In The Forest
#37
A Cast Iron Cauldron I Found Buried In My Forest
#38
I Was Walking In The Forest And Noticed That Some Plastic Was Sticking Out From Under A Rock. I Find It A Bit Eerie Since I Still Was On My Dad’s Property
#39
This Super Mario Pipe In The Woods In New Hampshire
#40
Sleeping Bus In A Japanese Forest
#41
Clean-Cut Stone In A Swedish Forest
#42
Doorknob On A Tree In The Middle Of The Woods
#43
Random Old Chimney And Fireplace In The Middle Of The Woods. Found Off The Trail While Fishing In Northwest Pennsylvania
#44
This Small-Scale Railway In The Forest
#45
My Friend Has The Theory That If I Laid Down I Would Wake Up In The Hole In The Middle Of The Woods Every Night Like A Curse, And Keep Coming Back
#46
Old Shoes In The Forest Turned To Moss
#47
I Found An Old Abandoned Cottage N The Woods
#48
An Ordinary Photo Of Some Lost Items In The Woods
#49
A RuneScape Player With Low Cooking Made This
#50
In The Woods
#51
This Tree Broke This Rock And Kept Growing
#52
An Actual Pet Cemetery In The Woods
#53
These Steps I Found While Hiking Are Carved Out Of A Fallen Tree
#54
This Gravestone I Found In The Woods
#55
A Random Abandoned Mausoleum In The Middle Of The Woods
#56
Just Strolling Through Kielder Forest, UK
Phasmainmachina 3 years ago
A few of our National Parks and Forests have sculptures and sculpture trails through them. As well as mountain biking trails.
#57
When Walking In The Woods And Finding The Exit Of The Matrix
#58
There Is A Plane In The Middle Of The Forest In Oregon
#59
There Are Abandoned Bunkers In Lithuania. They Look So Surreal In The Middle Of A Forest
#60
Abandoned Fireplace In The Forest
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 3 years ago
Often times the only thing left standing when the rest of the building rots away.
#61
While Cycling Through The Forest I Found This Old-Looking Wood Carving
#62
Beautiful House In The Woods That Was Abandoned
#63
Found This While Walking My Dog In The Woods. Someone Put A Lot Of Time Into Making This
#64
NC Mountains
Michael Mckeon 3 years ago
I had a dream once a plane crashed near my house and I was excited because all the meals were already hot. Something wrong with my brain
#65
Anyone Lose A Camera Say, I Don't Know, Maybe 80 Years Ago Down At Eagle Creek? I Think We May Have Found Ansel Adams 1st Camera
Obviously, we were in a spot not many people have been. Down a high steep slope next to the creek!! My homie Ethan found it almost completely buried! And it still has a film in it!
Cyber Returns 3 years ago
See if it is possible to get the film developed. In good condition, these cameras can be worth about £300
#66
Geodesic Dome In The Woods With Dry Stone Surround
Kind of a sci-fi sort of vibe, when you're walking through the woods and happen on this. Great acoustics inside.
#67
Walking In The Woods And Came Across This Building With A Whole Wall Made From Old Wooden Doors
#68
This Payphone In The Middle Of The Woods
#69
Tall View Of A Tree Besieged By Woodpeckers And Termites
#70
An Old 8 Ball Found Deep In A Forest
#71
My Friend Found A Tiny Tree House In The Forest
#72
Found On A Hike Through The Woods In The Middle Of Nowhere, West Virginia. Nothing Else Around, No Buildings Anywhere
#73
Someone Hid A Bunch Of Little Plastic Dinosaurs Amongst The Trees On A Hiking Trail
Taryn Bailey 3 years ago
That is an AWESOME idea. I love doing stuff like that to make people wtf?
#74
An Abandoned Piano In The Forest
#75
Was Out Foraging In My Local Woods Today, And I Wandered Off Down A Long Overgrown Path I'd Never Followed Before
This rather unsettling padlocked door freaked me out a bit.
#76
The Things You Find In A Forest
#77
Found This Weird Underground Door In The Woods. Thank God It Was Daylight
Terje Nygård 3 years ago
I'm way to curious to leave this door alone ^^. Guess i'm the person in the horror movie who always gets killed first : )
#78
I Love The Cool Stuff You Find In The Woods
#79
I Found A Bomb While On A Hike
#80
Found A Boat In The Woods. Well, Half A Boat
#82
Found This Big Structure Hiking In The Woods. Big Square Cement Tower, About 3 Stories Tall, Inside Had Metal Ladder To The Top With A Small Seat And Window. What Is?
#83
Took A Walk In The Forest And Discovered A Decorated Gnome House Inside A Tree
#84
Picture I Took In A State Forest
#85
Red Balloon Far Out In The Woods
#86
Found A Random Door In The Woods In A Fairly Desolate Area Of Pa Near A Lake. The Door Also Faces Almost Perfectly East / West
#87
Came Across This Abandoned Building In Vermont While Hiking In The Woods. There’s No Door And The Windows Have Been Boarded Up And Caged
#88
What Is This Metal Sphere I Found In The Woods?
#89
I Found A Pac-Man Manhole Cover In The Middle Of The Woods This Afternoon
#90
This Photo I Found Impaled In The Woods
#91
This Was Found In The Middle Of The Woods
#92
I Found Plane Wreckage While Hiking In A State Park This Weekend
#93
The Lines On This Tree I Found In The Woods
Crystal Davis 3 years ago
It looks like it's from a bark beetle that burrows under the bark and basically kills the tree by keeping it from getting food and water.. they leave lines like that under the bark.. I grew up in a national forest that had a problem with them..
#94
Chair In The Woods For The Outsider Art Park
#95
All The Trash I Found In 25 Square Feet Of My Forest
#96
This Absolutely Humongous Plow I Came Across In The Middle Of A Forest
#97
What Are These Big Concrete-Blocks I Found In A Forest In Switzerland?
#98
I Went For A Walk At An Old Ski Hill And Found The Abandoned Snow-Maker Machines
#99
Altar Of Lost Toys In The Woods Near A School
#100
Trash I Found In 25 Square Feet Of My Forest
Michael Mckeon 3 years ago
That's rubbish! I teach Cultural Education to kids at a behavioural school. One of the lessons was altruism and caring for Country. We cleaned up a Sacred site where somebody had dumped a couple of trailer loads of building materials. People have no respect
#101
I Was Told Y'all Might Like This Reel-To-Reel Audio Tape I Found Near A Collapsed House In The Woods
#102
This QR Code Etched Into A Rock Along A Forest Trail In My City
#103
An Auto Rickshaw Abandoned In The Forest
#104
Iron Door In The Middle Of The Woods, With Rock Behind Them
#105
Came Across This On A Remote Forest Road
Amanda B Bench 3 years ago (edited)
🥺 looks like a car seat in the background. Maybe a memorial site for a horrible wreck
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Karin 3 years ago (edited)
I often hike off-trail (I'm a biologist) and have encountered many weird stuff, most of it harmless. However, last winter I found a dead body. I was pregnant, far away from any road and had to lead the police to the place after calling them. It was wild. I still feel very sorry for the family of the victim and the person itself. Turned out it was suicide. The guy was my age. I have clinical depression myself and am so sorry nobody was able to help him. I am however glad that I found him and not the wild boars or wolves... And now his family at least knows what happened and can hopefully start the process of grieve. (Sorry for the language, I'm not a native speaker)
Bored Retsuko 3 years ago
That must have been tough for you, especially while pregnant!
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B.Nelson 3 years ago
Just do one of the weird carvings on dead plants and broken logs. It's not littering and it looks like a fairy did it.
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Karin 3 years ago (edited)
I often hike off-trail (I'm a biologist) and have encountered many weird stuff, most of it harmless. However, last winter I found a dead body. I was pregnant, far away from any road and had to lead the police to the place after calling them. It was wild. I still feel very sorry for the family of the victim and the person itself. Turned out it was suicide. The guy was my age. I have clinical depression myself and am so sorry nobody was able to help him. I am however glad that I found him and not the wild boars or wolves... And now his family at least knows what happened and can hopefully start the process of grieve. (Sorry for the language, I'm not a native speaker)
Bored Retsuko 3 years ago
That must have been tough for you, especially while pregnant!
Load More Replies... B.Nelson 3 years ago
Just do one of the weird carvings on dead plants and broken logs. It's not littering and it looks like a fairy did it.
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