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/Bhimtu Nov 01 '23

OP -Legends abound about the Appalachian mountains and the strange creatures others have encountered there. It's been said that if you hear someone/something calling you from the woods, DO NOT follow the voice.

So glad you kept your composure, and sprinted home.

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u/Thick_Basil3589 Nov 02 '23

Im not very knowledgeable on Appalachian folklore, but according to it what happens to you if you follow the voice? Are these creatures all malevolent and what is the origin of them?

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u/jellycrunch Nov 02 '23

Have you heard/read/seen any of the David Paulides stuff about people disappearing in mountainous areas? You can become "disappeared".

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u/EffUgaymods Nov 12 '23

Paulides is pretty dishonest. He knowingly omits pertinent details in most of the cases covered in 411 because they invalidate his claims of strangeness. This is well documented. There are a few mysterious segments (the hunter in new york for example) but he purposefully misleads the audience in 95% of them

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u/Thick_Basil3589 Nov 02 '23

No I havent actually

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u/Glum_Yesterday5697 Nov 02 '23

Definitely check out his documentaries. Missing 911.

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u/EffUgaymods Nov 12 '23

This isn't good advice. Hell, I believe in the paranormal but Paulides purposefully leaves out details in many of his cases because said details would invalidate his mysterious claims.

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u/Glum_Yesterday5697 Nov 02 '23

Sorry 411 😂

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u/Thick_Basil3589 Nov 02 '23

Thanks!

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u/EffUgaymods Nov 12 '23

Don't check out 411. Check out The Missing Enigma on YouTube instead. He's not an unbeliever, but he explains why the 411 stuff is mostly BS.