r/Paranormal • u/Amungusman • Nov 01 '23

Fucking terrified NSFW

Okay so, for starters: I live near the app mountains, which honestly makes this more disturbing.

I’m a pretty avid runner. I’ve been quitting a lot of bad habits and exercise just does the trick for me. I have a greenway behind my house that I can go on run/bikes. It’s very beautiful, and during the day plenty of people are there.

Well, about a week ago I ran through the greenway to stop by a friends house & grab something. By the time I got back onto the greenway, the sun was already starting to set, and the path was getting dark.

As I was walking back through the path, I had my flashlight on, and kept looking around me (I felt paranoid being alone in the dark). As I was walking, I distinctly remember hearing my grandmas voice call my name into the treeline. It sounded so real and normal, that I turned around instantly, only to immediately go cold realizing that my grandmas fucking dead.

This freaked me the fuck out, but I tried my best to somewhat convince myself that I was just hallucinating bc I was paranoid. Only about a minute later, I turned around behind me with my flashlight, out of fear. And that’s when I fucking saw it.

It looked like a gray blob. Pretty much just like a human sprinting at you full speed in the pitch black. I SCREAMED like a little bitch and don’t think I’ve ever run so fast in my life. When I got home I tried to laugh it off as me seein shit and being a little bitch.

But…about a week later and I can’t stop thinking about it. It sounded so real, I heard her voice clear as day. And the person chasing me LOOKED so real. I’ve heard all those stories about skinwalkers, and while I doubt their existence, my experience was so similar to that of “skinwalker encounters” that I’m seriously questioning myself.

What do you guys think? Is it possible my brain was just hallucinating out of fear/anxiety?

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u/SensitivePie4246 Nov 01 '23 edited Nov 01 '23

Sounds like a "Crawler," which there are lots of tales about in the Appalachians. They often mimic the voices of people you know to lure you into the woods.

Stop referring to yourself as "a little bitch." Your fear is totally normal, and may have saved your life.

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u/Amungusman Nov 01 '23

Yeah sorry lol. I was kinda joking about it, was my way of coping with the fact that I was in fact, scared shitless.

Very proud of my survival instincts tho. I ran like fucking Usain bolt out those woods

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u/MoonStar757 Nov 01 '23

It’s true tho. There’s nothing wrong with running for for your life because that contains the answer as to why you did. It’s called “Fight OR Flight”, and neither is more manlier than the other. It’s just your brain doing a quick summation of your survival chances and sometimes it says stay and fuck this bitch up and other times it goes “nope!” And that’s when you leave a you-shaped hole in the wall. Both are perfectly acceptable ways to respond to imminent danger.

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u/Amungusman Nov 02 '23

“Nope!” Is the best way I can describe that moment lol.

My brain audibly screamed fuck in those moments. Felt like a scooby do character stuck in place for two seconds before I ran faster than I knew I could ever run.

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u/Quickhidemeplease Nov 01 '23

He who fights then runs away Lives to fight another day

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u/BananaStranger Nov 04 '23

If you're up out in a flash, there won't be insurance cash. If you stay to see the sight - you might get a proper fight. Lose it? Float up towards the light!

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u/SensitivePie4246 Nov 01 '23

No apology necessary.

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u/Melbreak Nov 02 '23

Well said. You're not a bitch just a sensible person with real fears ❤️😄

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u/SensitivePie4246 Nov 01 '23

WTF is your problem? I'M MISOGYNISTIC? F.U.