3 Disturbing TRUE Winter Horror Stories
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00:00for the clarity of this story i must mention that i have a hearing disability that has made
00:15me hard of hearing i know that there are some things in life that i'll never understand
00:20but i still look back on this experience wondering what could have happened and what
00:24i should have done differently this all happened around a year ago the holiday season had just
00:29rolled by and i was settling down from traveling and all the get-togethers with family and friends
00:34i live in a small suburban neighborhood that borders a forest in southern quebec
00:39it's a quiet area as most of the residents are familiar with each other which i honestly kind
00:45of prefer as it adds a warmer atmosphere around winter i like to take my dog monty on walks in
00:51the local forest he's a rottweiler husky mix which is perfect for me since i enjoy going for runs from
00:57time to time the forest has several trails none of which are challenging for non-hikers i remember
01:04it being an afternoon i had just finished having a late lunch and decided to burn the calories on a
01:09walk with monty as usual my dog goes ballistic when we turn the corner on my street towards
01:15the forest entrance it was relatively cold for a february day a fresh blanket of snow lined the
01:22paths overnight creating this nearly blank canvas as usual i let my dog off the leash so he could run
01:29around there were a few yellow patches along with some boot prints in the snow which signaled to me
01:34that several people had already taken their dogs out earlier most people like to go on walks before
01:40noon since the sun tends to set around 4 pm so i didn't expect to see anybody out at that time
01:45after walking for around 30 minutes we came to a fork in the path i noticed that one of the paths
01:52hadn't been walked yet so feeling semi-adventurous i decided to take it i have a pretty concrete memory
01:59of the trails so i knew exactly where i was going the trail led to a clearing which was great since i
02:05wanted to check out the native birds with the binoculars i had gotten for christmas i remember
02:10scanning the surroundings until i saw a strange shape along the tree line in the distance
02:15when i focused my binoculars i saw a blue tarp and what looked to be a makeshift shelter
02:21as curious as i was to check it out it was getting dark and i wanted to get home turning around monty and
02:29i started walking back as usual he ran up ahead but something seemed off in his behavior he was
02:37much more alert and was sniffing the trail more than he normally would from what i observed in the
02:41past when i looked down at the trail my eyes widened there was a set of footprints in the snow much larger
02:49than my own i remember turning my boots over out of sheer confusion to compare them to the ones in the
02:54snow the prints were different which left me with even more questions there were no other forks in
03:01the trail so whoever took it had to have passed me at some point i figured they must have passed me while
03:06i was using my binoculars at the time it seemed like the most logical explanation so i tried not to
03:12overthink it at this point it was significantly darker outside but i could still make out my surroundings
03:19as we were walking back monty stopped abruptly and started barking relentlessly in my direction
03:26as i turned around that's when i saw him there was a man probably around six foot four wearing
03:33charcoal colored snow pants and a white camo jacket only about a meter away from me he didn't make any
03:39movements towards me he just stood there with his hands in his coat pockets i didn't recognize him from
03:44anybody in the neighborhood so i assumed he must have been a hiker or someone from out of town
03:50he looked like he was muttering something to me but i couldn't read his lips due to the lack of
03:54lighting and not knowing if he was speaking english or french which are the two commonly spoken languages
03:59in quebec i felt like an idiot at that moment for not bringing my phone with me so i ended up trying
04:06to communicate with him that i was hard of hearing and that it was getting late i got back home around
04:124 30. by then it was completely dark out i remember following my standard night routine not really
04:19thinking much about the encounter but in the middle of the night something happened that still shakes
04:24me to this day i woke up to monty licking my hand which is something he usually does to get me out
04:30of bed in the morning i tapped my phone to check the time and to my surprise it was 3 a.m
04:37i noticed the message from my neighbor asking if everything was all right which if i'm being honest
04:42confused me at first the message was a few minutes old and asked if everything was all right since
04:47monty had been barking like he was possessed i looked up from my phone to see that monty was no
04:53longer in my room i walked downstairs to find him barking hysterically at the patio door as i approached
04:59the door i struggled to see anything with my vision still blurry i tried to focus my eyes when the
05:06motion sensor light turned on at that moment my heart sank the man from the forest was standing there
05:13in my backyard i didn't think twice to process any more questions i stepped away from the door and
05:19texted 911 i don't think i've ever texted 911 faster than i did that night i ran up to my room with
05:26monty and grabbed the machete from under my bed i'm a shorter woman with a background in martial arts
05:32but i know damn well that the best move in a fight is to not fight at all i sat there in my room
05:38guarding monty and myself until the police came with my heart beating out of my chest i sat opposite
05:44from the door with monty by my side it didn't last long until monty sprang up and started barking
05:50violently at the bedroom door my hands were sweating profusely as i watched a shadow cast in from
05:56underneath the door the movement in front of the nightlight suggested the man was seconds from
06:01breaking into my room those had to be the longest minutes of my life as i anticipated the door handle
06:07turning or the door completely breaking in luckily for me it never did when the police arrived i explained
06:15everything to them while they searched the property the glass on the patio was smashed completely but
06:20besides that nothing was missing and everything was still relatively the same the police found the
06:26gate in my backyard open it leads to the forest which is where they believe the man disappeared to
06:32i let them know about the shelter i saw in the woods the day before i took monty and some of my
06:37belongings to stay with a family friend for a few days while i got the patio door fixed i never got a
06:43follow-up from the police after the incident but ever since that day i decided to stick to roads when walking
06:49my dog not trying to think too much about the incident my name is ember lay and i'm a 16 year old girl
07:06who lives in illinois with my younger sister kate who's 15. my dad works for a deforestation group about
07:1330 minutes from our house it was a normal morning on december 5th as my sister and i were getting ready
07:18to go out to the movies we decided to go watch a somewhat new horror movie terrifier 3 which had
07:25some christmas stuff included in it we all knew it was 18 plus but nobody paid much attention plus we
07:32looked older than we were anyway we made our way to the movies and easily got in thanks to our appearance
07:38however halfway through the film as everyone was anticipating the next scene my phone buzzed loudly
07:44enough for the whole theater to hear which really killed everyone's vibe as they all turned toward
07:49me with annoyed looks my sister and i scurried out until i tripped which was embarrassing enough
07:56after we exited the theater i checked my phone to see who called me it was my dad but instead of
08:03calling back i received a text message that said something like hey would you mind bringing me some
08:08lunch since the small cafe in the woods is shut today i looked over at kate and she looked at me
08:14confused but neither of us second guessed the message since it seemed normal we arrived home packed
08:20some food for him and took my car downtown to the woods i've always loved that place and never felt
08:26uneasy there because it was large and secluded the scenery was amazing with a hill that led down to a lake
08:32perfect for fishing and photos after a while kate and i got out of the car and we walked down the path
08:38through the woods i took out my phone to call my dad but he didn't pick up confused i looked over at
08:45kate who was just as confused as i was why wouldn't he respond when he just called us at the movies
08:52i decided to message him instead reminding him that we were at the woods to give him his lunch
08:57after a few moments i saw the three little dots on the screen appear showing he was typing he responded
09:04by telling us to walk down the small hill and wait for him at the lake which we followed the sun was
09:10slowly setting since it was winter so sunset came much earlier the sky had a beautiful radiant orange
09:17glow over the hill and down the mountain snapping out of my thoughts kate pointed down to the lake where
09:23man in black was sitting on the deck by the water with his back to us we guessed it was our dad we
09:29walked down a bit more and stopped a little behind him i called out his name but he didn't move kate
09:36grew uneasy and her attitude made the scene even more eerie i slowly pulled off the hood he was wearing
09:42and revealed a man who definitely wasn't our dad kate and i shrieked as he turned around and began waving
09:48my dad's phone around like a maniac smiling like he was happy to see us scared i blurted out asking
09:55why he was using our dad's phone but he didn't respond instead he lunged and grabbed kate's arm as
10:01she screamed luckily i was strong enough to pull her away and we started running as fast as we could
10:08the adrenaline pushed through us so much that i had never seen either of us run that fast behind me i
10:14heard stomps getting closer so i knew we were being chased i didn't dare to turn around finally we
10:21reached the car i slammed the door shut and locked it as the man came to my window then crouched down
10:27out of sight as i reversed and sped away back home when we got home my dad and mom were there we arrived
10:35panting out of breath and explained the whole situation to them my dad was furious and said his
10:40phone had been stolen while he was working so he decided to come back home he said the man must have
10:46taken his phone and messaged us my dad called the police and filed the report they used the imei number
10:53to track the device which was still on the deck by the lake and they returned the phone to my dad
10:58they said there wasn't much they could do since the phone was already found i thought this was the end
11:03of it but i wouldn't be telling this if it was six hours later around 1am i got an unknown message that
11:11said i like that your house is lit only by your bedroom tv i immediately went cold and pale i paused
11:19the tv and heard rustling outside my window my room was on the second floor i shut my phone and listened
11:27slowly i peeked through the blinds and saw the man smiling with a gun pointed at my window
11:33i screamed and pulled away as glass shattered everywhere across my room my parents ran in
11:39followed by kate i screamed for them to crouch and told them the man was outside with a gun
11:44when my dad went to check the man was gone then we heard another loud bang and more glass breaking
11:51downstairs in the kitchen we ran and locked the bedroom as kate called 911 my mom hugged us as we cried
11:58in fear throughout the whole situation i kept wondering how he knew where we lived a few moments
12:05later the police arrived and searched the whole house but nobody was there kate and i explained
12:11the situation again and one of the officers said they should check the car surprisingly a small air
12:17tag was found on my tire which explained how the man knew where we lived and why he crouched before i
12:22sped out of the woods the police told us they would patrol the streets and do everything they could
12:27to find the man a few months later he still hadn't been found but he never returned which i hope it
12:34stays that way me kate and my parents are still traumatized by the situation but mostly i felt stupid
12:41as the older sister for not being alarmed when the person didn't respond to calls and only responded
12:46through texts all i know is that i'll be more careful and never go to secluded places again
12:52especially when i'm responsible for someone else's safety
13:06it was 2021 one word to describe my day hectic work was a shitshow this was prime covid time so i
13:15was working from home i was supposed to be meeting with my extended family upstate and i ended up
13:21finally getting off a nearly three hour zoom meeting for work a whole hour and a half after everyone
13:26else had already arrived at my parents house and that didn't include the next two hours or so the
13:31trek up to their house would take me i filled up two cups of coffee in my kitchen to take with me before
13:37leaving god knew i'd need them the second i opened my front door i realized this drive would be more
13:43of a shitshow than i had originally thought the snow and wind had already picked up since earlier that
13:48evening and the streets were barely even plowed the ground had at least two feet of snow already
13:54and it was supposed to snow like this for a majority of the night i had to be driving under 25 on most
14:00residential roads my car at the time was also a really old crappy hyundai which wasn't ideal for
14:05extreme weather conditions at all it didn't have anti-lock brakes either i'm a fast driver though
14:11so when i got on the highway i raised my speed to 70 which was probably a lot faster than safe for
14:17the conditions i finally arrived at my parents house around nine they had begun dinner without
14:23me but thankfully weren't too far along a few drinks and gift sharing later i started to lose track of
14:29time i got so caught up in seeing my relatives i hadn't spoken to in a while that i ended up basically
14:35forgetting i still have to drive home even as most of my family had started to leave once i finally got
14:41in my car to leave it was past midnight and at least another foot of snow had accumulated on the
14:46ground i was buzzed but i figured i was sober enough to drive home not that i condone drinking
14:52and driving at all i was tired and simply wanted to get home as i was heading towards the highway i
14:58realized the roads were completely dead i made the grave mistake of raising my speed to 40 down one
15:04particular road because as i began to approach a bend in the road i realized my car had gone into a skid
15:11i tried not to panic as this wasn't the first time i'd skidded i started to steer into the skid and
15:16downshifted but as i got even closer to the curve and my car still wasn't slowing down i started to
15:22panic my car went straight off the side of the road and into a tree and the airbag deployed it was
15:29momentarily in shock from the force of the impact but thankfully i was relatively unscathed my car was
15:35ruined though the whole hood was buried in a bank of snow surrounding the tree i hit no chance i was
15:42pushing it back onto the road or anything like that the first thing i did was phone my roadside
15:47assistance company and they said they'd send a truck to my location but because of the horrible
15:51conditions it could take up to 40 minutes for the truck to reach me i was on a deserted road surrounded
15:57by forest and no houses for miles in either direction so i decided to also call my parents and
16:03ask one of them to drive over and wait with me my dad said he'd get in his car and drive over so then
16:09i hung up and waited as i was sitting there i began to hear something over the sound of the wind howling
16:15outside there were undeniably footsteps in the snow i couldn't tell exactly from where but they sounded
16:21somewhat distant i opened the driver's side door and stepped out looking over the roof of my car
16:28i wasn't hearing footsteps anymore instead i was hearing some new sounds it was kind of hard to
16:35describe but it sounded like some kind of wet slurping i looked over to where i thought the
16:40sound was coming from and i could see some movement by the tree line it was dark as hell though but i was
16:47pretty certain i was looking at a person i called out hello the sound stopped but no one called back
16:54back i sat there for a few more seconds awkwardly but no one ever responded or appeared to me i
17:01couldn't see any more movement either i was officially freaked out so i got back in my car and locked the
17:07doors what couldn't have been a whole minute later i heard footsteps in the snow again outside then i heard
17:13something hitting the passenger side window like a rock or something was thrown at it i couldn't see out
17:19the passenger side window because it was covered in snow or any of the windows for that matter once
17:25again i opened the driver's side door and stepped out of my car checking my immediate surroundings i
17:31made a disturbing discovery there were boot prints in the snow circling all around my car and then
17:37leading away from my passenger side door into the woods i felt sick to my stomach i also noticed there
17:43were drops of blood in the snow i opened my driver's side door and then grabbed my nine millimeter out
17:49of the glove compartment clutching it in my right hand i began to follow the prints leading into the
17:54woods at that moment i was convinced someone out there was with me as i followed the prints the drops of
18:02blood began to grow larger it looked like someone had been bleeding profusely and then i saw some dark
18:09mass lying in the snow just past the tree line i couldn't tell what it was i was just praying it
18:15wasn't a person i took out my phone and enabled the flashlight it wasn't a person it was a dead deer
18:23seemingly slaughtered by some larger predatory animal the stomach was ripped completely open
18:29and shockingly the deer had been completely decapitated i swept the flashlight over the surrounding few
18:35feet but i didn't see the head anywhere i decided this was getting too weird for me and i started heading
18:40back to my car i got back to my car and opened the driver's side door and as soon as i did it was all
18:47i could do to keep myself from vomiting on the spot lying in the driver's side seat of my car was the
18:54severed head of a deer placed on the seat as if it was looking right at me i booked it out of there and
19:00made it a few minutes down the road before headlights appeared in the distance i ran towards the car
19:05waving my hands and shouting like a madman still holding my handgun thankfully it was my dad and he
19:12stopped the car and asked me what the hell i was doing i got in the passenger seat and explained
19:16everything to him and i kid you not he literally didn't believe me i felt more comfortable going back
19:22to my car with my dad now so he drove the two of us over there and we got out the footprints were still
19:28all around my car but the deer head was gone all that remained was a large spot of blood on my
19:34driver's side seat i think once my dad saw that he started to believe me the deer corpse was also
19:40gone all that remained were drag marks in the snow the tow truck finally showed up and he towed my car
19:48my dad asked me if i wanted to call the police but honestly i just didn't have the energy to file a
19:53police report i was exhausted and just wanted to go to sleep i figured calling the police wouldn't
19:59accomplish jack anyways so that's my story i have no idea who was in the woods that night
20:05and what they wanted maybe they were just trying to scare me or maybe they had worse intentions
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