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Below are encounters with superstition, the paranormal, or beings of local legend, as told by county residents.
"Was fixing up the power steering line on a client's truck late one night. Heard a ruckus by the dumpster. Thought it was a possum. Wasn't a possum. Had the face of a man. Ran off before I could grab my gun."
-Hank C.
"I was taking a stroll in a park, I ain't sure if it had a name, and I stumbled upon a plant that was really lovely and couldn't help but crouch down and admire the petals. Some hours laters, I began hearing singing as if a siren was nears by. I approach the window to check, which I get it's stupid to do in this county but I had to check to find anyone singing. They're lucky it's angelic. But it began to be annoying when I tried to listen to others songs to get the singing to go away. Still, they're lucky it's angelic."
-Fritopha
"Late last night, walking home along the bypass, I saw someone—or something—standing motionless just beyond the guardrail. No streetlights, no sound. Just a silhouette that didn’t move or respond, even when I called out. I crossed the road and looked back. It was gone. I’ve taken that route a hundred times. Never seen anything like it." (Click for Image)
- John Moran
"My aunt always told me and my siblings not to play in the woods alone, and if we turned our back on the trees, to cross our fingers so the woods walkers would leave us be. She said that when she was a little girl, she was playing in her backyard when one of them came right up and gave her a shiny red apple. When she went home and cut it up, the apple was hollow on the inside and full of worms. Every time she told this story she described the woods walker differently. Sometimes it was a woodland animal like a rabbit or a deer. Other times it was a beautiful woman or even a young boy. Once, she added that for weeks after, an apple would be on her doorstep when she got home from school. Auntie passed away earlier this year. I miss her and her tales every day.
-Nora
"i was moving out of the county to ohio for school and i swear as i was packing i saw this... owl or something watching me, just staring. think it was a barn owl? i know this sounds insane but this thing followed us to the county line im sure of it. i did a little uh, sketch of what i remember it looking like.." (Click for image)
- Kingston B
"I saw it drink deep from the well."
-Remy
"Me and my mom were staying in the Gloaming for the night as we were on a roadtrip. I decided at night to go for a little walk and on my walk I saw this weird dude just kinda, off standing there staring off at like nothing. I immediately headed back to my hotel, it only hit me to take a photo once I left. I didn't want to go check it out and my mom said the dude was probably on something so we just stayed there."
-Mr. A
"I was walking through the woods after a silly dare from my friends, When suddenly I heard my name being called. Thinking it was jsut my friends playing I prank I followed the sound, but what I came across was something that appeared to be a deer. It was moving in an unnatural manner and seemingly had horns growing out of it's face.I've attached a illustration based on my recollection, but granted I'm not a great artist and it was a dark night, so things might not be a perfect recreation.
I turned and sprinted as fast as I could back home. Ever since that day I've heard things in the corners of my house that aren't there, I feel as if I'm never alone, I cannot rest easy as I feel like prey in my own home." (Click for image)
- Reid C.
"The birds! The birds! They sing to me! They speak to me! I know no one else would believe me if I told them so, this'll be our little secret, okay? So just last month. I started feeding all the birdies in town little bread crumbs.
Only a few showed up at first, but a week later, there must have been hundreds swarming me all over. They gave me lots of hugs and little pecks. It was the best. However, recently, they started speaking to me. Or I finally started understanding them. They told me about all these wonderful things! Cities in the sky, friends in the woods, the mothers of the tunnels. They said they'd show them all to me very soon.
I was so excited. Until earlier today. Only one bird showed up, a hummingbird. It didn't say anything. It started drinking from my wrist. I wasn't sure what it was doing until it was over, and I nearly passed out. I looked so pale. Though even in my delirious state, I could still hear its words. He told me he and all of his friends would finally show me all the secrets of the woods. I just had to meet them there. I really want to, but I'm so scared for some reason. It's not that I don't trust them. Just please come with me. Maybe they'll take both of us, and we can go on an adventure together. You don't have to do it, but it'd really mean a lot to me. Just please don't show this letter to anyone else. My dad would kill me if he found out."
-Anonymous
"I MAY BE WRONG WITH SUM DETAILS!!!! IT WAS A WHILE AGO!!!!!!!
i went to a vacation around ~3 months ago(????) to gloaming bcus a friend said i could sytay there.. but then like. i went out bcus i needed to get somethingfrom the backyard (i may have dropped it out the window. :P lol)!!! but like., i saw a deer i think
something that looked like it at least
it had weird glowing eyes like a cat or somethigg
i ran the F*** back 2 the house lol
didnt tell anybody until now, not even my friend
i dont have any contact with my friend anymore i think he said something about "going camping with friends" lol gl to him bcus i am NOT going back there ever AGAIN </3
so anyways i went back home as soon as possible
but like when i went home i swear something was following me
you know when u get the feeling of ur back being itchy when u lie down??? like bugs are on it????
well it felt like a hoof. nothing was there apprantely (how do u spell lol) </3!!! "
-Apple
"Few weeks ago I had gotten up late that night to do my nightly cardio, but I was then promptly distracted by some strange noise coming from the forest connected to my backyard. It sounded like violins or something of the like. I tried following it but no matter how deep into the forest I went it'll be sounded like the music was further away than before. Eventually I came to a clearing in the forest, and the music stopped, there I was greeted by a group of something that looked like deer, I think. I got freaked out so I promptly ran back home as fast as I could. But ever since that night, I've been hearing that music just faintly behind me, like they're taunting me."
-O. N.
"It isn't of this world."
-Risk
"It was about....five years ago now? I was camping with two friends and one of us had been feeling pretty bold the entire trip. They said that the old rumors about why you should never go out at night were bogus and that we should learn to live a little. Against me and my other friend's warnings, they left the tent. My buddy and I locked arms and went to follow them, after all if you're stepping out in the woods, let alone at night, it's important to have a buddy.
We wandered for a few minutes, calling their name, up until we had started to hear what sounded like a drowning man singing out our names. We booked it back to the tent and cuddled up trying to fall back asleep. We never saw our friend again after that night.
My other buddy just moved out of state. I've been meaning to do the same but I can't shake this feeling something's following me..."
-May
"Near the weaver's wood trail while I was going on a short walk on the trail, I saw a dead deer. It was quite gruesome, but not too noteworthy at first due to the history gloaming has with deer accidents. I walked a little closer and found out the deer had been slaughtered in a way that definitely didn't seem like a car accident or the usual animal encounter. I had just recently started my walk, and I was pretty deterred by this, but nonetheless I decided that the best course of action would be to report it to a park official. I took out a camera I had in case of beautiful nature (which I found, by the way!), and took an unfortunately blurry photo that I didn't think to check. Nothing else notable happened, but later I could've sworn I heard some singing. If ghosts are real, then that deer is haunting me. Otherwise, Gloaming has been great! I can't wait to come back next year!" (click for image)
-Gametram
"i was looking out a window and I SWEAR TO GOD I saw something out there. I just felt a kind of dread. I know i may sound crazy because it may have been a deer, but i promise you. that was no deer. Deer don't just stand up, the place is nice but Im not coming back."
-J.T.
"I keep seeing a deer in my back yard. I’m always inside and it’s always dark but it feels like it’s looking at me. I feel crazy but I hear humming? I don’t know what’s happening to me."
-Skylar
"There's a lamb in my house. In the corner of my room. I can't quite make out what it's saying, but I feel like I've heard whatever it's saying before. Sometimes I see it on my workstation's desktop. Sometimes I see it in my toy box. Sometimes I see it out of the window. I live on the first floor. What were those dreams about? Why does it become more indiscernable the longer I look at it?"
-Riley
Buried deep, or made anew?
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-Anonymous
"My cat was at the door a few nights ago, it was 10pm and i let her in because she was meowing, normally when she is left outside she doesn't do this. my yard has 3 ft tall rows of bushes about 4 yards away from the door and i saw something in there i believe? i am not sure what but a friend told me to put it here." (click for image)
-Will A.
"Me and my boyfriend and I are reading a story together and something was whistling outside my window and when I checked it wasn't there anymore..."
-Horo & Rel
They are not deer. They are not deer. They are not deer. They are not deer. They are not deer.
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-Sam
"One time, some friends and I went into an abandoned school in our town. It was night, so we were all going around with torches. When we got in, the place looked like most abandoned places look at night, a bit eerie but nothing too weird. However, as I followed my friends deeper into the building, I heard a soft noise coming from one of the rooms. Normally, I am not really the type to check on mysterious noises alone at night, but something about this small noise intrigued me enough to leave my friends behind. The closer I got, the better I could hear the sound. It was a small, lithe giggling that sounded almost like tiny bells. As I got closer to the sound, though, I started to feel increasingly uneasy, like something terrible was about to happen. I finally entered the room from which the sound was coming and saw something hiding in the corner. It wasn't small. I woke up to the sound of my friends calling my name. I was outside the school. They said that they couldn't find me for an hour. I didn't remember anything. We were all so spooked that we went home immediately. I don't know what exactly happened in that room, but I think I asked for something. Maybe for mercy. I think It gave me something. I can still hear its laughter sometimes. I imagine I would have been delicious."
-Happy Singer
"I was out one morning birdwatching, heading down my favorite nature trail, when I took a step a reality all around me just went... weird. Like I just stepped on a thin part of reality. I slipped out of the place I was in, even the time I was in, and went elsewhere. I was suddenly at the playground my folks always used to take me to. I saw my mom standing by the swings, just the way she looked back then. Healthy and happy, smiling the way she always used to before, y'know, life happened. I wanted to go to her so badly, but I felt like if I took another step forward, I'd... I dunno. Get crushed. Like reality would suddenly fold in on me and crush me like water pressure at the bottom of a trench. I could already feel it starting to tug on me. So I carefully, slowly, walked backwards, retracing my steps. I watched my childhood, my mom, disappear all over again until I was back in the woods again, safe but... alone. I fear I talked my poor therapist's ear off after all that, haha."
-Mary M.
"They've been watching, they've been watching since I was a child. From a corner of my eye, just on the edge of the woods in the back of my house. Their wretched, twisted bodies have been watching from glowing eyes. But just a week ago, they made a move, they're coming for me. They are not deer, they never were, those disgusting things mock me."
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-Gary
"Was walking to my hotel after touring the town, I could feel something staring at me. I could feel the goosebumps coming as I walked. Finally decided to man up and looked at the woods, saw some deer. Thought it was funny, so I tried to draw a little mockup of the whole thing."
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-Jayden
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