10 TRUE Terrifying Middle Of Nowhere Horror Stories | Alone At Night

I'm 25 now but what happened when I was just 14 sticks with me like it was yesterday it's the scariest thing that's ever happened to me back then my family decided to move to a small house that was smack in the middle of a large field of Tall Grass there was a Dusty path that connected our front yard to the main road while the rest of our house was hidden by the thick grass I loved to stay active always running around with my dog Sparky whether it was early in the morning or late in the afternoo

n since we were new to the area surrounded by Fields I needed to find a new route for my exercises our new home was pretty big two floors and from my room's window I could see the road out front after we moved in and I arranged my room I spotted a narrow dirt path beside the main road from my window this is perfect perfect I thought to myself it was around 5:30 p.m. my usual time for a run so I decided to explore it the path was tight barely enough for a car flanked by tall grass on both sides m

uch taller than me after about 15 minutes of running the main road was out of sight the path had curved and up ahead there was a house its roof peeking over the grass as I got closer I saw a young boy in a red shirt sitting on the roof he seemed around five or six how odd I thought it puzzled me how he got up there and whether his parents knew because it looked risky deciding not to intrude or risk a confrontation if they had dogs as Sparky wasn't friendly with other animals I turned around and

jogged back home at home my dad was lounging watching TV I asked him if he knew who lived in the house down the path nope it's empty he said but I saw a boy on the roof I insisted my dad gave me a SC skeptical look no Tori that place has been empty for ages it used to be a storage spot for farm equipment I was baffled wondering if my mind was playing tricks on me my sister JMA who's 12 came out drying her hair JMA join me for a run tomorrow morning I said why she asked I need to check something

out I replied the next morning I convinced y to come with me leaving Sparky behind just in case what's this about she asked yesterday I saw a boy sitting on the roof of a house down this path but Dad says no one lives there it's been bugging me as we approached the spot where I saw the roof there was no sign of the boy let's check it out J urged so I nervously followed her lead as we approached the place clearly looked like no one could live there the house was big with two floors and covered in

black marks as though it had been through a fire it it had three big holes where Windows should be staring at us like empty eyes the stairs leading inside were at The house's back near a dark dirty Pond it was obvious the place hadn't been touched in ages just like Dad said it used to be a spot where Farmers kept their tools and machines the yard was littered with old tires broken tractors and rusty cars honestly the whole scene was just Eerie do you feel something off here I asked Gemma she he

sitated then nodded suddenly she froze Tori isn't that the boy her voice trembled I followed her gaze to a small room on the ground floor with a broken window sure enough a little boy was sitting there we were so scared we ran all the way home bursting through the door to tell our parents dad just laughed it off I told you nobody lives there I was annoyed but Dad both Gemma and I saw him they didn't take us seriously despite their disbelief Gemma and I maybe foolishly decided to go back that aft

ernoon with Sparky when we arrived the boy was nowhere to be seen Sparky was acting wild so we let him off his leash and he dashed towards the house and up the stairs calling him back was useless now we had to go in after him the stairs creaked under our weight making every step feel like a risk Jimma reached the top before me I was too scared to move quickly then she called down Tori you need to see this I forced myself to follow entering through where the front door used to be the sight sent s

hivers down my spine there were children's drawings all over the dusty floor in a small blue shoe I wish Dad could see this maybe then he'd believe us right after seeing the box full of blank videotapes and hearing those footsteps Gemma and I didn't wait around to see who was coming we ran out into the fading light of the afternoon the sky quickly turning dark just as we made it a bit away from the house the rain started pouring down heavy and cold glancing back we could barely make out several

large figures standing in the window openings just watching us run we arrived home out of breath soaked and scared we tried to tell our mom and dad everything especially about the strange tapes and the figures in the house videotapes that's odd dad said sounding more Curious than worried mom on the other hand didn't seem to take us seriously we explained how we ran when we heard someone inside even though it was nearly dark by then Dad decided he'd drive back to the house to take a look and desp

ite our fear Gemma and I insisted on going with him the drive back was tense the darkness made the narrow dirt road seem even more ominous with only the car's headlights cutting through the night the house looked even more menacing at night like something straight out of a horror movie we sat in the car car the headlights Illuminating the decrepit building when suddenly a loud gunshot shattered the silence we all nearly jumped out of our skins dad quickly reversed the car ready to leave but then

he froze what's going on I shouted terrified Gemma was close to tears but they just stared ahead Frozen I noticed then in the dim light something odd about the road it had rained earlier washing away any tracks except ours and there sitting on top of our tire tracks was a bullet shell perfectly upright we never went back to that house again it was clear we weren't welcome after that I started running on a track behind our house which was a much safer option but the questions about that day neve

r left me what was on those videotapes why was there a whole box of them and who were they protecting them from those Mysteries stayed with me unanswered and haunting I was raised in a very isolated place my family owned a large area of land with a big house that had two floors located right in the center to the South we had an orchard full of apple trees the entrance road to our place cut through a row of Willow and walnut trees on the west side this road was surrounded by Fields where we kept

cows the rest of our land to the East and North was covered in thick forests and bushes stretching all the way to where our nearest neighbors lived about 2 miles away at that time I worked at a small shop in the nearest town where we made Furniture I had recently gotten my driving license which meant I could drive to work by myself it took me about an hour and a half to get there we usually started work late around 10:00 in the morning because the shop owner liked to sleep late this meant we oft

en worked until 9:00 at night this schedule was okay in the summer but in winter it became difficult because it got dark early and I didn't like driving in the dark my car's headlights weren't very good I drove an old truck a 1987 model which was all I could afford back then one cold night in December about a decade ago I left work later than I should have I had messed up a piece of a bedside table I was making for a customer who was supposed to pick it up the next morning by the time I fixed my

mistake it was around midnight I was really mad mad at myself as I locked up the shop and headed to my truck there were two ways I could drive home one was on the main Highway and the other was a longer route through the countryside on unpaved roads surrounded by dense Woods I usually preferred the highway because it was quicker and felt safer especially at night but that night there had been a crash and the highway was closed off by the police and ambulance so I had to take the longer rural ro

ute home as soon as I turned onto those back roads I started feeling uneasy like something bad was about to happen this feeling grew stronger the further I went making me wish I had just waited at the highway closure I tried to shake off the fear reminding myself that I had taken this route many times before without any problems even though it was tough on my truck but then as I was driving through a particularly wild area only about 10 mi from home my truck's front left tire burst I managed to

stop safely I had a spare tire and had changed Tire ties by myself many times so I wasn't too worried at first but when I went to get my tools and spare tire I discovered someone had broken into my toolbox and stolen everything there I was stuck in the middle of nowhere far from any houses in an area known for wild animals in the dead of night with no phone and no way to fix my truck the smell was odd a mix of old cigarettes and something else I couldn't identify I was still frozen un able to mo

ve then he took a deep breath and closed his eyes as if he was trying to memorize the scent of my fear he smiled but it wasn't a real smile his eyes stayed Dead showing no emotion be careful out here boy there's a lot of dangerous things out here boy he said then just as quickly as he had appeared he disappeared into the bushes slowly I started to be able to move again suddenly my legs gave out and I fell to the ground shaking and crying from the shock and relief when I finally could control my

body again I ran faster than I ever had before not stopping until I reached home the sight of the familiar lights of my house in the distance was the most relieving thing i' had ever seen as I got close to the edge of the forest near our land I heard hey there boy my heart stopped I screamed and kept running not daring to look back until I was safely under the porch lights of my home he was there at the edge of the forest with that wildl looking dog by his side smiling that Eerie smile I quickly

unlocked the door my parents always locked it by 8 and once I was inside I felt a bit safer I rushed to my room making sure every window was locked along the way when I looked outside again he was gone the next day I told my dad about what happened he suggested it might have been Samuel an old man who lived alone in a cabin in the woods and had been there for about 30 years my dad had never actually seen him though so maybe I wasn't in real danger after all but to the creepy man and his wild do

g in the woods I hope we never meet again last summer my partner and I went camping in a secluded spot within the Black Forest far away from the usual Trails this place was hidden deep in the woods with no sign of civilization nearby no water no electricity and definitely no restrooms the camping spots were scattered each one a good distance from the next surrounded by dense forest without a car it would take at least an hour to walk to the closest road despite its remoteness the area was still

visited by a good number of campers and hikers but being in such an isolated part of the forest made everything feel a bit strange and Eerie we visited the same spot four times over the summer the last visit was the most isolated one yet with no restrooms around we had to use the woods While most people would stick to commonly used Trails I didn't like the idea of following in others footsteps for such private moments so I always looked for A New Path one time I went farther from our camp than u

sual through thick Woods until I reached a dense group of thin pine trees I felt completely alone far from any other people and as I crouched down I thought to myself how I was just another creature living in the woods it was a surreal feeling knowing that anything or anyone could be watching me without my knowledge then right there in front of me as I was crouched I noticed something that didn't belong there were two pine trees that had been crudely cut down to the size of stumps these were thi

n young trees the kind that could easily snap or be uprooted in bad weather each stump had gray duct tape wrapped around the top a lot of it it was an unsettling sight completely out of place in the natural surroundings the tape seemed to be holding something together but it was hard to tell what the trees looked like they had been chopped down not too long ago as the cuts were still fresh I couldn't shake off the feeling that this was a sign of something more Sinister a mark left by someone for

reasons I couldn't fathom the thought that someone else had been here in this remote and hidden part of the woods and had left behind such a strange and disturbing sign filled me with a deep sense of unease I stood there for a moment trying to make sense of what I was seeing but the Silence of the the forest around me only added to the feeling that I was not alone the first thought that hit me was that something must have been tied between these trees and then instead of removing the tape the p

erson chose to cut the trees down but the questions that raised through my mind were endless why would someone do this what could possibly have been tied up here this spot was Far From Any Trail it was in the depths of the forest where few would wander it wasn't a place you could easily reach with a car a bike or any vehicle this had to be the work of someone moving through the woods on foot they had used a significant amount of tape to bind whatever it was to these trees standing there I realiz

ed the isolation of my location I was close enough to our campsite to shout for my partner yet the Solitude and Silence of the surroundings made me feel incredibly alone the tape didn't look new but it wasn't old and worn out either I scanned the ground around the trees for any other signs of tape AP or evidence that something had been constructed there but found nothing it seemed as though something had simply been tied between the two trees and for some mysterious reason the trees were Cut Abo

ve the tape leaving two stump likee figures standing out like unlit torches in the soil it was clear that this setup wasn't meant for hanging food or anything like that if a person had been tied here they would have been in a sitting position because the tape was positioned low to the ground when I brought my partner back to see it neither of us could figure out what had happened here we could only agree that something had been tied between those trees but the lingering questions of what it was

and why it was done that way haunted us when I was 16 I found myself in a small hunting camp located in the remote corners of West Virginia far from the bustling life of the city the entrance to the camp greeted visitors with a sizable pond setting a Serene yet isolated tone the layout of the camp formed a large circle with a few smaller paths branching off driving straight in would lead you to an area surrounded by Tall Pine trees under which nothing seemed to grow hiding a small almost forgott

en Shack within turning left at the entrance the road hugged the Pond's Edge before winding up the mountain reconnecting with the main path further on my own spot was nestled on this side a good distance about 2 and 1 half miles away from the pond one night around 10 p.m. I felt a sudden urge to go fishing at the Camp's pond so I loaded my four-wheeler with fishing gear a Miner's hat equipped with a lamp for the dark and a hatchet for any snakes I might encounter and made my way down the rocky d

irt road to the pond arriving there by 10:30 p.m. with my fishing line cast I found myself sandwiched between the dense Woods on my right thick as a wall of blackberry bushes but with a narrow path carved through to another fishing spot and the road trailing off to my left descending slightly I spent a good hour and a half fishing managing to catch only a small fish when a sudden sensation washed over me it was as if someone or something was watching me from the Shadows then breaking the night's

silence a branch snapped having spent my entire life around the woods I wasn't new to the strange sounds and sights that Darkness brought yet this night felt different I grabbed my Hatchet placing it ready on my lap my eyes trying to pierce through the dense Thicket of trees half expecting a coyote or a black bear to emerge for what seemed like an eternity or perhaps just 30 long minutes the feeling of being watched didn't fade then as suddenly as it had arrived the tension in the air lifted an

d everything around me felt normal again but this piece was shortlived roughly 10 minutes later a loud scratching noise followed by a heavy thud echoed from the direction of the Tall Pine trees thinking it might be one of the local drunks stumbling around I stood up making my way towards the edge of the pond passing by the small shed and into the old trees with my headlamp casting light ahead I scanned the area that's when I saw it at the very edge of my light's reach there was a pale humanoid f

igure crouched on all fours our eyes met and even though it was just at The Fringe of the light and I couldn't see it clearly a wave of Terror washed over me I knew that running could provoke it much like a cougar into attacking so I gripped my Hatchet tighter preparing to defend myself and took a step back it mirrored my movements maintaining the distance between us this Eerie dance continued until we reached the banks top without ever turning my back to it I managed to start my four-wheeler tu

rning its headlights towards the creature I quickly packed my things careful not to show my back and jumped on the vehicle in a desperate attempt to escape I drove directly at it forcing it to back away and then sped off down the road pushing the four-wheeler to its limits far faster than I ever dared before glancing over my shoulder I saw the creature running on all fours beside me this terrifying Chase lasted for about half a mile until it stopped moving to the center of the road to watch me d

isappear into the distance I reached the camp in record time my heart pounding out of my chest I stored my weapon in the corner of my room too scared to even think about sleeping the lesson was clear never turn your back and run from the unknown confront it head on if you must and never ever go fishing alone at night many years back I found myself working at an old forgotten Factory it was our job to keep people out out who shouldn't be there every so often we had to check the area but I'll be h

onest I hadn't really been doing my job for the last couple of hours just marking everything is okay it was a boring job Dawn was breaking and I could see the first light of day beginning to show this meant my shift was almost over ending at 7: a.m. and I was looking forward to being free so I decided to do one last check around the place to finish up my duties it's a 15-minute walk which isn't too long but it's kind of a hassle because of all the trash and stuff you have to step over now and th

en unless you go the long way around I took my flashlight because it was still pretty dark and started on my usual path looking around I had been doing this job for a year and nothing scary had ever happened before about 8 minutes in halfway through I was just walking and not thinking about much when I heard what seemed like footsteps I quickly pointed my flashlight upwards towards the second floor of the factory I couldn't see anyone but but the footsteps sounded loud like they were on metal bu

t the factory floors weren't made of metal which I found weird I yelled out telling whoever was there to show themselves to avoid getting in trouble but got no reply knowing I had to check it out I took my key unlocked the nearest door and started climbing up the stairs each step I took echoed loudly which I thought would scare off whoever was making the noise they'd have to run down these stairs to get out since the other exit was far away I figured I had the upper hand because I knew the layou

t of the factory better than they did as I went up I listened carefully trying to hear any sound of them but there was nothing completely silent I searched the entire level the one above and the one below but found no one it took me about an hour to check everywhere I was really surprised and thought maybe they managed to escape at the last second I locked the door again thinking it was over and tried to figure out how they got in but I couldn't find any signs of a Breakin I went back to check t

he security camera footage hoping to see how they got inside when I reviewed the footage from the second floor around the time I heard the noise I saw nothing even though I could hear the loud bang that first caught my attention but I couldn't find where the sound came from it was really confusing when the person who was taking over my shift arrived I tried not to think too much about it and went home but it's stayed in my mind as one of the strangest things that had ever happened to me none of

my co-workers ever mentioned experiencing anything like it either before or after that night I heard the noise on the tapes so I know it wasn't just my imagination I still wonder what it was in our small town we have a place called ice twice where you can get water and ice much cheaper than at the store a few nights back I needed to refill our water bottles normally you'd avoid drinking straight from the tap my husband who was at home suggested he should go instead especially since I'm quite far

along in my pregnancy I really wish I had let him it was around 1: in the morning pitch dark and the station was out in the middle of nowhere after parking I opened the back door of my car to grabb the empty bottles and then shut it right then a dark blue truck drove up and stopped right across blocking my way back into my car alarm Bells went off in my head and they rang louder when two big guys stepped out of the truck they were about 20 ft away from me so I quickly acted like I was answering

a call from my husband saying hey love yeah I'm on my way back now the moment they saw me on the phone one of them made a disgusted sound and they both hurried back into their truck and sped off tires screeching I threw the bottle back in the car locked the doors over and over and then called my husband for real shaking I described the truck to him and we agreed to report it to the police the next day 2 Days Later the local news reported a pregnant lady had gone missing her dad was adamant she'

d never just leave on her own I'm sure those men in the blue truck took her I've told the cops everything I know I can't say if they came after me because I was alone or because I'm pregnant but thinking about what could have happened to me or my baby fills me with Dread about 20 years back I was trying to get back in touch with a cousin of mine this cousin lived deep in the mountains of Virginia and he had sent me the way to his place I was driving my car and my sister was in her car right behi

nd mine we both had walkie-talkies to talk to each other while driving we were on the road and I turned onto what I thought was the right path but then the road turned into a dirt track that went steeply uphill we drove slowly up this winding path until we reached a dead end there we found an old falling apart house with a big porch in front the porch was cluttered with stuff like an ancient ironing board against one of the windows boxes full of old soda bottles and some sacks probably filled wi

th animal feed an old man was sitting on a rocking chair with a long gun on his lap next to him likely his wife was using an old-fashioned tub to wash clothes around them were kids without shoes or shirts just running about they all stopped and stared at us as soon as we arrived and so did a bunch of lazy dogs that were lying around I slowly rolled down my window trying to be as polite as possible and said excuse me sir I think we're lost the old man Still rocking slowly with his hands on the gu

n only said one thing in reply yep I quickly grabbed the walkie-talkie told my sister we need to go back now and so we reversed all the way down the hill to the main road again that moment was one of the strangest I've ever had it felt like we had somehow driven into the past my uncle my brother Tom and I were staying at our grandparents old house in a quiet part of Oregon their home was far from the city surrounded by a few scattered houses and a lot of trees separating each one the place was a

lmost like a small isolated piece of land so we hardly ever saw any strange animals there one night my uncle and I decided to take a walk in the forest nearby because we kept hearing this loud unexplained noise it was already dark but we were curious as we walked we came across a small Lake and then found a clearing in the forest as soon as we stepped into the clearing I started to feel uneasy I thought it was just because it was dark and I've always been afraid of the dark plus I was feeling pr

etty tired but I tried to convince myself that there was nothing to worry about the path through the forest was not well kept and was getting harder to walk through so we thought about going back home just then I saw something that looked like a huge owl perched in a tree staring directly at us I'm not familiar with the kinds of animals that live in these forests since I'm from Arizona but something about this creature seemed off it made me feel really uncomfortable despite this my Uncle continu

ed walking and I quickly followed him the walk to the clearing and back was supposed to be short around 10 minutes or so but when we got close to the house we heard my grandmother shouting for us she sounded worried and told us we had been gone for much longer than we thought we were sure we had only been out for about 30 minutes at most but when Tom and my brother returned they said they had been searching for us for a long time we checked the time and they were right something else that might

be related happened a few days earlier we were outside making s'mores when we started hearing strange sounds from the forest these sounds were like nothing we or even my grandparents who have lived there for many years had ever heard the noises got louder and seemed to come closer every time but whenever we tried to record them they stopped eventually I got so scared that I had to go inside thinking back on the time we lost that night in the forest still bothers me I can't help but wonder if it

was related to to that owl or something else in the woods but I may never find out a couple of years back my friend Tom worked at a big storage place far from the city surrounded by train tracks in a river near this place there was a thick forest he finished his job one evening around 8 just as it was getting dark he was outside waiting for someone to pick him up and chatting with me on his phone at first everything seemed normal but but then I noticed his voice sounded strange Tom usually doesn

't show his feelings much but I could tell right away something was up I asked him what was wrong and he told me he thought he heard a baby crying from the forest normally I might have thought he was playing a joke because he likes to tease but the way he spoke I knew he wasn't kidding the crying kept going for some time and he said it started to sound louder and closer he had to hang up Suddenly which worried me but then he sent me a sound clip it was really a baby crying he said he wanted to c

heck the forest to find where the sound was coming from but I told him not to it just didn't feel safe luckily his ride arrived before he could go into the trees I've heard stories like this where something in the woods mimics a baby's cry to trick people into coming closer but I still can't understand it thinking about it now still scares me even Tom doesn't like to talk about it because it scared him too it's one of those things that's just hard to explain and I'm curious what others think