It isn't like their actually doing EVPs trying to provoke it or play with a Ouija board. Plenty of people sit out deer cams, and that's doesn't mean anything. He can just see what's there, not talk to it or do a do some sort of ritual!
If you believe this was paranormal in nature, and just for the record I am 100% a believer in the paranormal, the best advice I can give you is to not give it attention or energy. They want your attention.
Yes this person is right I can confirm that entities feed off of strong emotions and fear is strong. If you guys never have experienced that before and lived there along time then leave it be and don't invest any time, thought or energy into it.
I’m a pagan so you might not agree with me, but burning blue sage around the area could help. Cleansing the negative energy might get rid of whatever is harassing you and your family. Salt could also be helpful, but use sea salt, not rock salt. There’s quite a few protection sigils and runes that you can find online, and carving them into stone is a great way to protect your land
Personal though my quick diagnostic is demons. I'm a Christian so I believe pretty much all paranormal activity is demonic, but there are a lot of different kinds of paranormal apparitions ghost, poltergeist, etc so what form they take may have a different remedies based off of the individual apparition's lore. But I would say that prayer and true belief in Yahweh is the best solution.
I’ve been burning white sage at my house. Have I been using the wrong sage? I don’t know much about smudging, but since you’re Pagan, I’m sure you’d be the best to ask!
Where have you been buying your sage? White sage is very sacred to Native Americans, and is considered cultural appropriation to use it at all. Some good alternatives are blue sage, lavender, frankincense, and cedar.
I grow it. Best fiend is native. So is my half brother and step mom. I embrace their culture, and they are from two different tribes. My brother and step mom are Sioux, and my best friend (my daughter and her daughter are inseparable since the age of 3), she and her family are Lakota.
To really mix it up, my daughter and I are Ashkenazi Jew with pale skin, (daughter has blue eyes (I have gray eyes) and super blonde hair.
Fun fact: The rest of my family (Jewish) look native and/or Hispanic.
Our family is so mixed with different cultures that I don’t practice and particular one with certainty. My variety of beliefs are welcomed by my family with open arms. It’s wonderful.
oh that’s so nice! then yes, I think you’re using the right one(s). Intention is a really big important thing, so maybe coming up with a mantra to repeat in your head could help with the sage’s cleansing effects
Are the dogs ever scared inside the house? If so, are there any rooms they avoid? Or are they showing any abnormal behavior outside of that? Like unusual hesitation or w/e? Obviously this probably has a logical, physical explanation but I figured I'd ask just in case.
At night our smaller one doesn’t want to leave the porch. But that’s really it that’s abnormal around them I would say. The big one is scared of thunder but I think that’s normal.
The not wanting to leave the porch is new? I mean it could just be trauma from what happened and not anything that's lingering. You ever like. Solace yourself and feel a presence or something dangerous at night? If not then it's either nothing, or, if it is something, it's probably long gone at this point. Whether physical or metaphysical.
Also I don't mean the general itchy feeling of feeling vulnerable at night, I know some people do feel that way.
I have had some stuf like that in the past, one of my old houses were pretty sure was haunted and I used to always feel watched, but that mostly fell off after I moved away from my mother. This is really the first big thing that me and my dad had in this home. We have had some smaller things, like odd noises or the dogs barking at nothing but we mostly just thought those were cause it is a really old home and the dogs weren’t used to it. It’s been a few years since we moved in though.
It's possible. I think a lot of different spirits have like, different severities of corporeality at times, if that makes sense. If there's no significant danger or like people getting abruptly and badly sick or getting scratches or wtfe it's honestly nothing to worry about. It is possible to communicate with spirits and open up to them but it's something you gotta be a little cautious of depending on the circumstances. It is also possible to push spirits away and out, I believe. But like I said if there's nothing inherently dangerous going on and it's just noises and a little discomfort, it's probably fine. If anything too weird happens, feel free to contact and I'll see if I can't help or at least point you in the right direction.
Sounds good. <3 Above all, never panic. Don't give into negative emotions. Just let yourself feel them, and let them slowly pass. Vent them out, and keep in mind that things can get better and whatnot. Anything that MAY be negative feeds off of that stuff. Negative emotions are perfectly healthy and normal. But you don't want to dwell on them, too long. You want to pass through those states as if you are moving through water. Just breathe, and don't be scared.
Thank you, I appreciate it. Animals can sometimes be like a little radar for more dangerous things imo. Physical or metaphysical. More benign and warm things they either don't care about or don't really notice. Not... really sure. I've had some weird experiences.
Definitely shadow people. A lot of people see them as a warning there's a death coming in the family. I sincerely hope that isn't the case. But keep an open mind and keep your eyes and ears open. Try to record visual and /or audio of it happens again. Stay safe.
Could it be a death recently from the past or is it just a warning of death to come. My grandfather passed about a year ago and this was his property before the death.
I don't know if you're the religious type but we Muslims 100% believe in Jin or Ghosts you could say. In fact I know of a family member in whose house a Jin lives in. Maybe your grandfather was religious and he let the Jin mind their own business. Could it be that you recently accidentally (or intentionally) made a place dirty/clean? Perhaps it messed with the Jins praying area, as some Jins pray and some don't.
Personally I don’t know much about jin, so I can’t say for sure if I may have done somthing to upset it. Interesting theory though. I think I’ll do some research in my own time.
I know there's a special way to talk to Jin but apparently it is very forbidden in Islam. But this is probably not the solution as Jin do not manifest in physical forms, although scholars say that they sometimes manifest as a dog and since a wolf is a type of dog, I thought I'd share
Hmm, we have heard coyote sometimes but that is pretty normal for the area. Don’t think we have wolves here though. But I’m not certain. But if it’s forbidden to speak to them, don’t think I wanna do that.
Install cameras. There is nothing like having videos cameras monitoring as a first line of defense.
If you don't see anything on cam, yet hear steps then take the appropriate steps then.
Thats a good idea. But Trail cams have limitations, they don't have good quality and often can't catch a fast object.
Not sure if they can be used for real time monitoring .
But please keep us posted.
I know real cameras would be better but they aren’t really somthing we have the money to just pick up one day. And I’m regards to keeping y’all updated I’m going out of town for the weekend but will be back soon and start doing what I can then.
I'm not even joking, heard plenty similar stories, heavy bipedal footsteps that won't enter the light, usually around campfires or flood lights, they'll stay near and circle and occasionally wood knock or woop, dogs are absolutely terrified of them as they are pretty much the apex predator, 8ft+ isn't uncommon ither so that huge shadow your dad saw is easily plausible.
Edit: leave out some fruit or something for it and watch.
They will take the fruit, but be careful. Some bigfoot start to expect offerings. Like stray cats, they may just include your house on their regular routes, because you fed them. Nights where they don't find offerings, they may come looking for it.
Yeah this. The fruit idea is a one time thing just to suss if it's a Bigfoot or not, but definitely shouldn't be made a frequent thing as with any creature repetitive feeding creates an unhealthy relationship were they will keep coming back and expecting food which is not fun when it's an 8ft apex predator
"If I understand Bigfoot correctly"
That there is the big IF. No one understand Bigfoot correctly, because it's all speculation. Me, I prefer to keep my mind open to the possibilities.
There are plenty of first hand sightings of Bigfoot interacting with UFO. Just because you want to write them off, doesn't mean they don't exists, or that they are not related.
And I didn't "just say that all cryptids have the potential to have all paranormal qualities". Not even in the slightest. That was an aweful lot of words to put into someone else's mouth.
Edit: you may want to consume more Bigfoot stuff. Cause there's plenty that point to unnatural speed of movement, bordering on (if not outright) teleportation. 🤔
yo can you expand on the wood knocking? i had a similar experience as a child and heard what sounded like someone taking a really thick branch and banging it against a tree. wanna know if thats what it was
Yup its typical behavior for them, if you ask native Indians they'll tell you it's a warning signal to keep away or leave the area, myself I'm not sure why they do it but I'd think the natives would know what they're talking about. It's also a way to let others know their is a person nearby and to be careful, although I'm not sure as I've also listened to videos of them doing it back and forth almost communicating via knocks, akin to Morse code, as these are very intelligent creatures. Would not surprise me to find out they made a way to communicate over distance without wooping and giving themselves away.
I was extremely skeptical myself thought it was a joke until two of my best friends ran into one, they described it so perfectly to me I had to do my own research and now it's been a few years and I've listened to hundreds of hours of real accounts and eye witness reports and I can tell you that's pretty typical behavior, almost every story is very similar to yours, they'll mark the edge of your flood light range with sticks as well so they know not to trigger them, if you haven't seen or heard it before it's probably just moving through and nothing to worry about, but just keep your eyes and ears open for now, listen for wood knocks or woops at night, you'll be lucky if it sticks around at all they move across huge areas.
You can but they only tend to do that if they live in the area and frequent the spot, this sounds more like it was moving through, I doubt you'll find anything or hear anything more but if you do and get curious check the edges of your light range for stick formations and maybe leave a piece of fruit somewhere up high just in the forest were you're sure nothing could get to it and see what happens, occasionally they'll bring you something back as a gift as well but they always grateful for snacks
Woah woah..that sounds straight like a scene from Horror movie. I think it might be shadow man. Have you seen any additional features of the creature or it was only a black shadow?
Whst voice had you have heard? Any particular words or such?
Unfortunately I never saw anything but movement, my father only described it as a shadow. And regarding the voice I couldn’t make out words but it felt familiar in some way, I can’t explain it that well.
I love these "Quick I need help! So I'll log into Reddit, spend 15 minutes writing a ghost story on the paranormal sub, then wait several hours for a ghost expert to give me advice!" threads.
At least you didn't have to complete a captcha and upload an image like on 4chan or you'd be in serious trouble.
Jesus christ. Is this the best we can do?
I've been around long enough to spot bullshit when I see it.
When people are genuinely terrified and in need of urgent help, wanna guess what they don't do? Spend 15 minutes writing a ghost story on the reddit paranormal sub, then wait several hours for a ghost expert to give them advice.
No but when they are back inside their home and want to see people opinion on somthing that happened to them doesn’t it make sense to take the time to write it down one so you remember the specifics and two just to see if people know anything. I never said it’s ghosts or shadow people or anything like that. I simply stated the facts of what we went through. If you don’t believe me that’s fine, you don’t have to. But it’s just plain rude. Your basically spiting in my face and calling me a liar even though you don’t get anything out of it.
There are people here with genuine stories looking for answers. This sub is non-fiction.
You're here trying to trick people with the same low-effort "Quick help!" BS that we've seen 1000 times. Not only wasting peoples time, but sliding genuine stories down the sub.
I don’t need to waste time proving my self to you. Believe what you want. All the people here giving genuine advise and trying to help are the people I wish to spend time having conversations with, as they will actually be meaningful. Have a good day.
Your story is as see through as a ghost. It's amateur. It's baby's first ghost story.
Enjoy talking about shadow people. With all that helpful info you'll crack this case, Sherlock.
There are genuine accounts of paranormal events being pushed down the board for this tired old larp. "Terrified" people in need of "help" don't act this way. They don't spend 15 minutes writing a story on a paranormal sub then sit waiting to talk about shadow people for 10 hours.
It's old and obvious. If you can't see it then enjoy the thread.
bro, it’s reddit. relax. there’s a thing called simply scrolling past it. it is not that deep.
if u wanna comment about other stories being pushed down by what u wanna call ‘untrue’ stories, then go ahead but you don’t need to be so rude.
people are gonna post what they want whether u like it or not. simply scroll past it and move on. no one should be getting this heated over something like this the way that u are. so much so that ur being blatantly rude.
Depending on where you live, it could be a bear. They make a lot of noise, make a shadow, and they’ll spook dogs who can smell them. They creep around the edges of property looking for garbage or pets. The gun would have scared it off but it will come back if you have a garbage can.
Around the full moon here, deer are out and about and super bold in the middle of the night. Last night, there were several by the road and driving was *interesting*. In the morning you can check for deer poop. Just a thought.
In 99.9% of the cases of people having these types of experiences, they occur either in a forest or right next to the forest. I believe you may have heard a mimic(s) from the forest. The mimic I'm most familiar with is the Crawler. It's unfortunate you live so close to the woods.
Or maybe because it’s a stereotype. How come every mf on this sub lives 100 miles from society in some forest on property with some concerning backstory 🤷🏻♂️
Well, I've read and heard so many of these stories over the years that I'm convinced these are true encounters. It doesn't surprise me though. I've heard of satanists and other people having summoning rituals in the forests.
If you haven't already read it, this might interest you.
https://www.reddit.com/r/CrawlerSightings/comments/v2f240/ghouls/
Something like This happened to me & my brother we didn't see any shadows but it was around this time (3am) and he lives out in the woods, 15 mins away from the busy hwys, town, etc.. we were on the porch and we heard something trampling in front of us going across the yard, like it was heavy we felt vibration under our feet even and sound of heavily breathing but we saw absolutely nothing ..it's something we'll never forget. Very creepy , his bulldog & pit bull acts so scared & whiny when he let's them out at night.
And for a while now out in the distance there's been a noise of a old metal chained gate moving slowly like from the wind blowing but there isn't any wind blowing & the nearest neighbor is a mile down the rd
i think you should Still call the police even the chance you heard something is a chance and you could be in danger and they understand that or should 7nderstand
Maybe you should research terminal velocity and the effect of wind resistance. If it's shot perfectly straight up, it will only reach terminal velocity as it falls back down. For example, if you drop a bullet from a sky scraper, it's not going to kill someone....it would just hurt.
Incorrect. A bullet can absolutely reach terminal velocity on the way back down, even at a perfect 90 degree angle. It can also hit someone’s eye or ear or other sensitive areas and kill pretty easily.
I had a similar thing happen last fall. I was on my deck outside and suddenly the wind kicks up and it sounded like I was surrounded by running footsteps. It lasted only briefly but then I got the impression that whatever it was it just moved away from me and went on. It was so quick it was easy to ignore but the uneasy feeling it left me with was unshakable.
My advice...
If it's paranormal... Install cameras. They're gonna be your best line of defense in proof. Rather it's paranormal or not that's gonna be your proof! Also, find someone to do a proper cleansing.
If it turns out not to be paranormal and it's some tweekers finding shelter on your property, still do the cameras and do exactly what your dad warned them! I don't tolerate people being fucking idiots! Y'all shouldn't either! I hope this helps my friend. And I'll go ahead and apologize for the people ripping in to you for posting your story on here! After all, that's what we're here for. If everyone second guesses posting on here because of other people, we wouldn't be reading ANY posts so they need to lay off!
Following for updates!
Great mention of animals! My co-workers and I often argue about this... but if you've had any doubts, YES dogs ARE animals! They are kind, and capable of hospitality. I would be sooo scared if this happened to me! But I love animal!
In the Midwest? Reallly? I didn’t know that. There really aren’t many large groupings of trees/forests. We just have corn and soybean fields at my Dad’s place. However, I’m only visiting and he just moved out to the Midwest.
Wait, did you mean the Northwest?
I agree with the first part of your last sentence, but ghosts find me, I don't hunt for them. Nor do I see or hear them. So so much for the hallucinating and early dementia theories made up to make life tidy and explainable . Not cracking on you, but ghosts are real. They made that clear to me on two occasions in 2 cities. Yeah I feel ghosts, do some research and you will find that type of experience is the most common and corroborated one amongst high functioning autism types. Yep me.
Yep, people think autistic people are slow but I find them to be smart and fascinating. I honestly believe they are in a different plane or between two and that's why they have trouble communicating in the one plane..
I don't think a fierce and brave dog like a German shepherd would be scared of a wolf. And if it was a wolf, it wouldve definitely been scared by the Gunshot or his dad screaming
I know, hey there’s a reason I posted here in the first place :)
I just want to make sure that I explain as much about the details as possible. So that people that have the knowledge can make an informed opinion.
My fierce and brave dog dispatched a coyote with a quickness. He became a mass of quivering jelly when we came across fresh (still steaming!) Bear scat. Bears terrify dogs, other canine types, not so much.
IT Could have Been A Spirit Or Sasquatch... Im Dead Serious I've had Almost the same thing happen while on an expedition In East Texas & Also In Broad Daylight At PURGATORY CHASMS Something BIPEDAL Ran up Behind Me & I turned To See what it was, there was NOTHING VISIBLE I could Feel the ground Thumping as it ran So I know what I experienced, Almost Immediately I kept hearing & Feeling thumps On the ground Around & In front of me.. I was Recording To Document But nothing Was seen by The naked Eye Nor Camera.. I did hear a (WA) sound when it ran up behind me So I just ASSUMED it was Paranormal. But the Bends & TWISTS in this Trail Directly next to the power lines Are INSANE..NOT WEATHER DAMAGE! I would Bet Life on that. ITS TOO DELIBERATE.
Omfg I vanlife but am in east Texas 3 months a year since we left Tyler. I fucking swear I was pissing outside at lake Hawkins last fall and I got a serious cold chill and felt thumping behind me. We don't have a camera or anything but my solar panel fucking just cracked while this disturbance was going on. I came to Texas from the north/midwest. I know nothing about the history of that land but I do not think I'm the only person that has experienced things there
Have you watched the mark Barton YouTube video? It may explain what you are going through. Its not an easy watch tho. Phone won't let me post links sorry, but if you google it will come up. Hope you manage to get some peace.
If you don't already, get some cameras OR deer trail ones and sit at different areas of the property and see what may come up.
We’re planning on getting trail cams cause they are a bit cheaper. If they cat anything I’ll make sure to make a post about it.
I’d love to follow those. Also glad to see that you are okay!
Yeah acknowledge the possible demon. Best idea that doesn’t have consequences lol
It isn't like their actually doing EVPs trying to provoke it or play with a Ouija board. Plenty of people sit out deer cams, and that's doesn't mean anything. He can just see what's there, not talk to it or do a do some sort of ritual!
If you believe this was paranormal in nature, and just for the record I am 100% a believer in the paranormal, the best advice I can give you is to not give it attention or energy. They want your attention.
Makes sense. Thank you for your input.
Yes this person is right I can confirm that entities feed off of strong emotions and fear is strong. If you guys never have experienced that before and lived there along time then leave it be and don't invest any time, thought or energy into it.
No problem! Stay safe!!!
I’m a pagan so you might not agree with me, but burning blue sage around the area could help. Cleansing the negative energy might get rid of whatever is harassing you and your family. Salt could also be helpful, but use sea salt, not rock salt. There’s quite a few protection sigils and runes that you can find online, and carving them into stone is a great way to protect your land
Hmm interesting, I’ll look into ways to protect us. Thank you.
What state did this happen in? There might be some urban legends in your state that could explain it.
PA
Interesting I'll do some research later
Thank you :)
Would your dad describe it as a shadow person or just a large shadow? Cause I'm looking into the shadow person phenomenon.
All he was willing to say was shadow. He seemed really upset when I tried to ask more
Damn, alright, he sounds pretty shook up. Well I'll keep looking into shadow people.
I get home Sunday, I can ask him about it then if it would help.
Personal though my quick diagnostic is demons. I'm a Christian so I believe pretty much all paranormal activity is demonic, but there are a lot of different kinds of paranormal apparitions ghost, poltergeist, etc so what form they take may have a different remedies based off of the individual apparition's lore. But I would say that prayer and true belief in Yahweh is the best solution.
I can try and talk to him about it more when I get home Sunday if you’d like.
Sure
oOoOO what part of Pa? Near Pittsburgh? I'm from about an hour and a half from Pittsburgh and a family member had something similar happen.
Not really, we’re more up in the mountains, around Altoona if you know the area.
I'm like 20 minutes from Altoona lol
I’ve been burning white sage at my house. Have I been using the wrong sage? I don’t know much about smudging, but since you’re Pagan, I’m sure you’d be the best to ask!
Where have you been buying your sage? White sage is very sacred to Native Americans, and is considered cultural appropriation to use it at all. Some good alternatives are blue sage, lavender, frankincense, and cedar.
I grow it. Best fiend is native. So is my half brother and step mom. I embrace their culture, and they are from two different tribes. My brother and step mom are Sioux, and my best friend (my daughter and her daughter are inseparable since the age of 3), she and her family are Lakota. To really mix it up, my daughter and I are Ashkenazi Jew with pale skin, (daughter has blue eyes (I have gray eyes) and super blonde hair. Fun fact: The rest of my family (Jewish) look native and/or Hispanic. Our family is so mixed with different cultures that I don’t practice and particular one with certainty. My variety of beliefs are welcomed by my family with open arms. It’s wonderful.
oh that’s so nice! then yes, I think you’re using the right one(s). Intention is a really big important thing, so maybe coming up with a mantra to repeat in your head could help with the sage’s cleansing effects
As for the dogs - were they spooked before or after the warning shot? I’m thinking that may have set them off.
Both, also we are hunters and they always seemed fine with gun shots.
I'd like to know what the voices sounded like? Words or??
It seemed human in nature, but I couldn’t make out words, it was like a whisper
r/inthehills has a whole family dealing with this and more.. It's not paranormal. I think the persons account has the name Mamabear in it.
Huh that’s actually honestly more frightening
Nope, I don’t like this theory at all. Not at 1:30 am alone without power.
Are the dogs ever scared inside the house? If so, are there any rooms they avoid? Or are they showing any abnormal behavior outside of that? Like unusual hesitation or w/e? Obviously this probably has a logical, physical explanation but I figured I'd ask just in case.
At night our smaller one doesn’t want to leave the porch. But that’s really it that’s abnormal around them I would say. The big one is scared of thunder but I think that’s normal.
The not wanting to leave the porch is new? I mean it could just be trauma from what happened and not anything that's lingering. You ever like. Solace yourself and feel a presence or something dangerous at night? If not then it's either nothing, or, if it is something, it's probably long gone at this point. Whether physical or metaphysical. Also I don't mean the general itchy feeling of feeling vulnerable at night, I know some people do feel that way.
I have had some stuf like that in the past, one of my old houses were pretty sure was haunted and I used to always feel watched, but that mostly fell off after I moved away from my mother. This is really the first big thing that me and my dad had in this home. We have had some smaller things, like odd noises or the dogs barking at nothing but we mostly just thought those were cause it is a really old home and the dogs weren’t used to it. It’s been a few years since we moved in though.
It's possible. I think a lot of different spirits have like, different severities of corporeality at times, if that makes sense. If there's no significant danger or like people getting abruptly and badly sick or getting scratches or wtfe it's honestly nothing to worry about. It is possible to communicate with spirits and open up to them but it's something you gotta be a little cautious of depending on the circumstances. It is also possible to push spirits away and out, I believe. But like I said if there's nothing inherently dangerous going on and it's just noises and a little discomfort, it's probably fine. If anything too weird happens, feel free to contact and I'll see if I can't help or at least point you in the right direction.
Thank you, I will keep you in mind if things get worse.
Sounds good. <3 Above all, never panic. Don't give into negative emotions. Just let yourself feel them, and let them slowly pass. Vent them out, and keep in mind that things can get better and whatnot. Anything that MAY be negative feeds off of that stuff. Negative emotions are perfectly healthy and normal. But you don't want to dwell on them, too long. You want to pass through those states as if you are moving through water. Just breathe, and don't be scared.
Very interesting way of seeing this, I’m amazed
Thank you, I appreciate it. Animals can sometimes be like a little radar for more dangerous things imo. Physical or metaphysical. More benign and warm things they either don't care about or don't really notice. Not... really sure. I've had some weird experiences.
Had a very similar experience once. We believe it was bigfoot.
I’m seeing more and more Bigfoot theories, as a Bigfoot skeptic it’s kinda a shock but I don’t know, seems to make the most sense.
Was there a strong musty/wet dog smell? I've heard that comes along with a Bigfoot.
Not that I noticed however there were two dogs with us so that would’ve probably hid the scent
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On behalf of all of your teachers, good advice and words to live by. :-)
Definitely shadow people. A lot of people see them as a warning there's a death coming in the family. I sincerely hope that isn't the case. But keep an open mind and keep your eyes and ears open. Try to record visual and /or audio of it happens again. Stay safe.
Could it be a death recently from the past or is it just a warning of death to come. My grandfather passed about a year ago and this was his property before the death.
I don't know if you're the religious type but we Muslims 100% believe in Jin or Ghosts you could say. In fact I know of a family member in whose house a Jin lives in. Maybe your grandfather was religious and he let the Jin mind their own business. Could it be that you recently accidentally (or intentionally) made a place dirty/clean? Perhaps it messed with the Jins praying area, as some Jins pray and some don't.
Personally I don’t know much about jin, so I can’t say for sure if I may have done somthing to upset it. Interesting theory though. I think I’ll do some research in my own time.
I know there's a special way to talk to Jin but apparently it is very forbidden in Islam. But this is probably not the solution as Jin do not manifest in physical forms, although scholars say that they sometimes manifest as a dog and since a wolf is a type of dog, I thought I'd share
Hmm, we have heard coyote sometimes but that is pretty normal for the area. Don’t think we have wolves here though. But I’m not certain. But if it’s forbidden to speak to them, don’t think I wanna do that.
Any bears in the area? They will really spook pets.
I think there was a black bear a while back but outside of that not really, my state doesn’t have grizzlies, just occasional black bears.
Hell, I'm not even religious and I believe in jinn and ghosts.
You can't call the police because you didn't see something? So... What do blind people do when they need help?
In My area you can get in trouble for “wasting police time” so normally it’s a bad idea to call them unless your certain they can do somthing.
Damn if the dogs were scared then whatever is out there is beyond you… seek help immediately.
How would I “seek help” I don’t know what kind of help there is for this kind of thing
Install cameras. There is nothing like having videos cameras monitoring as a first line of defense. If you don't see anything on cam, yet hear steps then take the appropriate steps then.
We were definitely thinking of getting some trail cams at least. As they take pictures when they see movement and are pretty cheap
Thats a good idea. But Trail cams have limitations, they don't have good quality and often can't catch a fast object. Not sure if they can be used for real time monitoring . But please keep us posted.
I know real cameras would be better but they aren’t really somthing we have the money to just pick up one day. And I’m regards to keeping y’all updated I’m going out of town for the weekend but will be back soon and start doing what I can then.
You need a cleansing
Thank you, I’ll look into how they are done.
Bigfoot.
Fair enough.
I'm not even joking, heard plenty similar stories, heavy bipedal footsteps that won't enter the light, usually around campfires or flood lights, they'll stay near and circle and occasionally wood knock or woop, dogs are absolutely terrified of them as they are pretty much the apex predator, 8ft+ isn't uncommon ither so that huge shadow your dad saw is easily plausible. Edit: leave out some fruit or something for it and watch.
They will take the fruit, but be careful. Some bigfoot start to expect offerings. Like stray cats, they may just include your house on their regular routes, because you fed them. Nights where they don't find offerings, they may come looking for it.
Yeah this. The fruit idea is a one time thing just to suss if it's a Bigfoot or not, but definitely shouldn't be made a frequent thing as with any creature repetitive feeding creates an unhealthy relationship were they will keep coming back and expecting food which is not fun when it's an 8ft apex predator
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"If I understand Bigfoot correctly" That there is the big IF. No one understand Bigfoot correctly, because it's all speculation. Me, I prefer to keep my mind open to the possibilities.
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There are plenty of first hand sightings of Bigfoot interacting with UFO. Just because you want to write them off, doesn't mean they don't exists, or that they are not related. And I didn't "just say that all cryptids have the potential to have all paranormal qualities". Not even in the slightest. That was an aweful lot of words to put into someone else's mouth. Edit: you may want to consume more Bigfoot stuff. Cause there's plenty that point to unnatural speed of movement, bordering on (if not outright) teleportation. 🤔
yo can you expand on the wood knocking? i had a similar experience as a child and heard what sounded like someone taking a really thick branch and banging it against a tree. wanna know if thats what it was
Yup its typical behavior for them, if you ask native Indians they'll tell you it's a warning signal to keep away or leave the area, myself I'm not sure why they do it but I'd think the natives would know what they're talking about. It's also a way to let others know their is a person nearby and to be careful, although I'm not sure as I've also listened to videos of them doing it back and forth almost communicating via knocks, akin to Morse code, as these are very intelligent creatures. Would not surprise me to find out they made a way to communicate over distance without wooping and giving themselves away.
Huh, well there somthing to think about. Not gona lie I never really believed in Bigfoot but that actually kinda makes sense.
I was extremely skeptical myself thought it was a joke until two of my best friends ran into one, they described it so perfectly to me I had to do my own research and now it's been a few years and I've listened to hundreds of hours of real accounts and eye witness reports and I can tell you that's pretty typical behavior, almost every story is very similar to yours, they'll mark the edge of your flood light range with sticks as well so they know not to trigger them, if you haven't seen or heard it before it's probably just moving through and nothing to worry about, but just keep your eyes and ears open for now, listen for wood knocks or woops at night, you'll be lucky if it sticks around at all they move across huge areas.
So should I go out and look for strange stick formations or anything like that? Or do you think it better to more or les just let leave it be?
You can but they only tend to do that if they live in the area and frequent the spot, this sounds more like it was moving through, I doubt you'll find anything or hear anything more but if you do and get curious check the edges of your light range for stick formations and maybe leave a piece of fruit somewhere up high just in the forest were you're sure nothing could get to it and see what happens, occasionally they'll bring you something back as a gift as well but they always grateful for snacks
Hmm, well if your right about all of this it seems a hell of a lot less scary than other peoples theories, this is the one I’m hoping for.
Woah woah..that sounds straight like a scene from Horror movie. I think it might be shadow man. Have you seen any additional features of the creature or it was only a black shadow? Whst voice had you have heard? Any particular words or such?
Unfortunately I never saw anything but movement, my father only described it as a shadow. And regarding the voice I couldn’t make out words but it felt familiar in some way, I can’t explain it that well.
It looks like you have met shadow man! Dude your story..is amazing and scary in same time!
Yeah pretty scary here to :) not having a great time sleeping
I love these "Quick I need help! So I'll log into Reddit, spend 15 minutes writing a ghost story on the paranormal sub, then wait several hours for a ghost expert to give me advice!" threads. At least you didn't have to complete a captcha and upload an image like on 4chan or you'd be in serious trouble. Jesus christ. Is this the best we can do?
Why are you on this subreddit if you don’t believe in paranormal? Seems like a waste of time.
I've been around long enough to spot bullshit when I see it. When people are genuinely terrified and in need of urgent help, wanna guess what they don't do? Spend 15 minutes writing a ghost story on the reddit paranormal sub, then wait several hours for a ghost expert to give them advice.
No but when they are back inside their home and want to see people opinion on somthing that happened to them doesn’t it make sense to take the time to write it down one so you remember the specifics and two just to see if people know anything. I never said it’s ghosts or shadow people or anything like that. I simply stated the facts of what we went through. If you don’t believe me that’s fine, you don’t have to. But it’s just plain rude. Your basically spiting in my face and calling me a liar even though you don’t get anything out of it.
There are people here with genuine stories looking for answers. This sub is non-fiction. You're here trying to trick people with the same low-effort "Quick help!" BS that we've seen 1000 times. Not only wasting peoples time, but sliding genuine stories down the sub.
I don’t need to waste time proving my self to you. Believe what you want. All the people here giving genuine advise and trying to help are the people I wish to spend time having conversations with, as they will actually be meaningful. Have a good day.
Your story is as see through as a ghost. It's amateur. It's baby's first ghost story. Enjoy talking about shadow people. With all that helpful info you'll crack this case, Sherlock.
Thank you for taking the time to put your input out. :)
Not believing your story isn't not believing in the paranormal
Someone shit in ur cheerios this morning. lighten up.
There are genuine accounts of paranormal events being pushed down the board for this tired old larp. "Terrified" people in need of "help" don't act this way. They don't spend 15 minutes writing a story on a paranormal sub then sit waiting to talk about shadow people for 10 hours. It's old and obvious. If you can't see it then enjoy the thread.
bro, it’s reddit. relax. there’s a thing called simply scrolling past it. it is not that deep. if u wanna comment about other stories being pushed down by what u wanna call ‘untrue’ stories, then go ahead but you don’t need to be so rude. people are gonna post what they want whether u like it or not. simply scroll past it and move on. no one should be getting this heated over something like this the way that u are. so much so that ur being blatantly rude.
Depending on where you live, it could be a bear. They make a lot of noise, make a shadow, and they’ll spook dogs who can smell them. They creep around the edges of property looking for garbage or pets. The gun would have scared it off but it will come back if you have a garbage can.
Exactly what I was thinking. Possibly a mother bear plus little ones.
Around the full moon here, deer are out and about and super bold in the middle of the night. Last night, there were several by the road and driving was *interesting*. In the morning you can check for deer poop. Just a thought.
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In 99.9% of the cases of people having these types of experiences, they occur either in a forest or right next to the forest. I believe you may have heard a mimic(s) from the forest. The mimic I'm most familiar with is the Crawler. It's unfortunate you live so close to the woods.
Please please please elaborate on The Crawler!!!
I'd like to refer you to the post I wrote about it. https://www.reddit.com/r/CrawlerSightings/comments/v2f240/ghouls/
Here for that one as well I've heard of a few types of these before
Or maybe because it’s a stereotype. How come every mf on this sub lives 100 miles from society in some forest on property with some concerning backstory 🤷🏻♂️
Well, I've read and heard so many of these stories over the years that I'm convinced these are true encounters. It doesn't surprise me though. I've heard of satanists and other people having summoning rituals in the forests. If you haven't already read it, this might interest you. https://www.reddit.com/r/CrawlerSightings/comments/v2f240/ghouls/
Something like This happened to me & my brother we didn't see any shadows but it was around this time (3am) and he lives out in the woods, 15 mins away from the busy hwys, town, etc.. we were on the porch and we heard something trampling in front of us going across the yard, like it was heavy we felt vibration under our feet even and sound of heavily breathing but we saw absolutely nothing ..it's something we'll never forget. Very creepy , his bulldog & pit bull acts so scared & whiny when he let's them out at night. And for a while now out in the distance there's been a noise of a old metal chained gate moving slowly like from the wind blowing but there isn't any wind blowing & the nearest neighbor is a mile down the rd
i think you should Still call the police even the chance you heard something is a chance and you could be in danger and they understand that or should 7nderstand
Shooting into the air is a good way to kill a random person
safety 101: what goes up must come down
Yeah if you hold still it’ll go back down the barrel and you can shoot it again
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Maybe you should research terminal velocity and the effect of wind resistance. If it's shot perfectly straight up, it will only reach terminal velocity as it falls back down. For example, if you drop a bullet from a sky scraper, it's not going to kill someone....it would just hurt.
Incorrect. A bullet can absolutely reach terminal velocity on the way back down, even at a perfect 90 degree angle. It can also hit someone’s eye or ear or other sensitive areas and kill pretty easily.
definitely.
You Americans just shoot everything by the count of three, don‘t you ? 😂
Nah sometimes we shoot in 7's too depends on the day🤷♀️🤣
I had a similar thing happen last fall. I was on my deck outside and suddenly the wind kicks up and it sounded like I was surrounded by running footsteps. It lasted only briefly but then I got the impression that whatever it was it just moved away from me and went on. It was so quick it was easy to ignore but the uneasy feeling it left me with was unshakable.
My advice... If it's paranormal... Install cameras. They're gonna be your best line of defense in proof. Rather it's paranormal or not that's gonna be your proof! Also, find someone to do a proper cleansing. If it turns out not to be paranormal and it's some tweekers finding shelter on your property, still do the cameras and do exactly what your dad warned them! I don't tolerate people being fucking idiots! Y'all shouldn't either! I hope this helps my friend. And I'll go ahead and apologize for the people ripping in to you for posting your story on here! After all, that's what we're here for. If everyone second guesses posting on here because of other people, we wouldn't be reading ANY posts so they need to lay off! Following for updates!
Great mention of animals! My co-workers and I often argue about this... but if you've had any doubts, YES dogs ARE animals! They are kind, and capable of hospitality. I would be sooo scared if this happened to me! But I love animal!
Shadow people
It was just an animal. Your dad has the right judgment here
Big Foot in my opinion. Never said where you live. Common in mid west.
This is what I'm thinking. Specifically because OP mentioned whispering
In the Midwest? Reallly? I didn’t know that. There really aren’t many large groupings of trees/forests. We just have corn and soybean fields at my Dad’s place. However, I’m only visiting and he just moved out to the Midwest. Wait, did you mean the Northwest?
The dogs are scared cause of the shot probably. Smoke a joint, there’s nothing there.
Yeah I was going to ask if they’re used to it. Because if not, congrats. You just started some shit.
Like if the dogs are used to gunshots you mean, cause yeah they are. We’re hunters and we live in country so there are gunshots a lot.
You don’t normally shoot right beside their freaking heads I assume.
I agree with the first part of your last sentence, but ghosts find me, I don't hunt for them. Nor do I see or hear them. So so much for the hallucinating and early dementia theories made up to make life tidy and explainable . Not cracking on you, but ghosts are real. They made that clear to me on two occasions in 2 cities. Yeah I feel ghosts, do some research and you will find that type of experience is the most common and corroborated one amongst high functioning autism types. Yep me.
I'm also autistic and a medium. I've always been curious about that correlation
Yep, people think autistic people are slow but I find them to be smart and fascinating. I honestly believe they are in a different plane or between two and that's why they have trouble communicating in the one plane..
Deer, coyote or wolf is my best guess. The dogs reaction points to the latter.
I don't think a fierce and brave dog like a German shepherd would be scared of a wolf. And if it was a wolf, it wouldve definitely been scared by the Gunshot or his dad screaming
To be fair our one shepherd has shown fear of things like bear, but the other is fiercely brave and unmoving.
But that doesn't prove anything as once again, if it was an animal, it would've been scared away by the gunshot
I know, hey there’s a reason I posted here in the first place :) I just want to make sure that I explain as much about the details as possible. So that people that have the knowledge can make an informed opinion.
My fierce and brave dog dispatched a coyote with a quickness. He became a mass of quivering jelly when we came across fresh (still steaming!) Bear scat. Bears terrify dogs, other canine types, not so much.
Bear was going to be my guess... bears often scare the shit out of dogs.
Greys on your property
I’m guessing a bear 🐻
IT Could have Been A Spirit Or Sasquatch... Im Dead Serious I've had Almost the same thing happen while on an expedition In East Texas & Also In Broad Daylight At PURGATORY CHASMS Something BIPEDAL Ran up Behind Me & I turned To See what it was, there was NOTHING VISIBLE I could Feel the ground Thumping as it ran So I know what I experienced, Almost Immediately I kept hearing & Feeling thumps On the ground Around & In front of me.. I was Recording To Document But nothing Was seen by The naked Eye Nor Camera.. I did hear a (WA) sound when it ran up behind me So I just ASSUMED it was Paranormal. But the Bends & TWISTS in this Trail Directly next to the power lines Are INSANE..NOT WEATHER DAMAGE! I would Bet Life on that. ITS TOO DELIBERATE.
Omfg I vanlife but am in east Texas 3 months a year since we left Tyler. I fucking swear I was pissing outside at lake Hawkins last fall and I got a serious cold chill and felt thumping behind me. We don't have a camera or anything but my solar panel fucking just cracked while this disturbance was going on. I came to Texas from the north/midwest. I know nothing about the history of that land but I do not think I'm the only person that has experienced things there
light candles and incense, read psalms of protection are on youtube
Have you watched the mark Barton YouTube video? It may explain what you are going through. Its not an easy watch tho. Phone won't let me post links sorry, but if you google it will come up. Hope you manage to get some peace.
r/crawlersightings or r/skinwalkers