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 These TERRIFYING monsters look like people! But be warned - Approaching them may cost you your life... 
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339 | REAL Encounters with Crawlers and Doppelgängers

(Formerly the Darkness Prevails Podcast) Host Darkness Prevails brings you Unexplained Encounters, a podcast where everyday folk share their most terrifying and unexplained experiences. From mysterious creatures seen in national forests to supernatural events disrupting peoples' lives, prepare to explore the unexplained. These stories might sound bizarre, but it's up to you to decide which to believe. Submit your story to Unexplained Encounters at darkstories.org

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Fishers of men are what they call these monsters and demons that haunt rivers, lakes and the ocean! Enjoy these 11 HORRIFYING Things Seen on Fishing Trips! 
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 SCARY STORIES TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 INTRO 0:53 If You See Anything, Say NOTHING from Petrichor 12:06 It Changed Us Forever from Mryeetusfeys 17:14 Out of Place from Redscarecrow99 20:31 Tree Stalker from Wesley G. 23:40 Hellhound from Lillyrunawaystar 30:25 Fire on the Mountain from Anonymous 33:00 Umbagog Occurrence from Larrence 37:43 A Cajun’s Encounter from backwoods_fisher 43:22 The Umpqua Thing from 3_GAR_3 48:16 The Man by the River from JayneJ89 53:41 Attacked at Quetico Provincial Park from Rapsconion 
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472 | 11 HORRIFYING Things Seen on Fishing Trips

The well with the chain in the woods is worse than any horror film you've ever seen. Enjoy these 6 new true scary stories of the unexplained! 
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471 | DO NOT APPROACH THE WELL IN THE WOODS - 6 TRUE Scary Stories of the Unexplained

Don't let that rifle make you think you're safe, Mr. Hunter... Enjoy these True scary stories of the unexplained! 
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 SCARY STORIES TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 INTRO 0:51 What’s Wrong with Grandpa? From Loremaster93 11:08 Boy in the Deer Stand from Gamecock711 19:43 The Odd One Out from Peanut Butta Thugga 27:10 My Encounter with a Moehau Man from ash 35:07 Skinwalker in West Palm Beach from Angela T. 38:30 West Virginia Crawler from Appetite_4_Fight 44:39 While We Were Alone from Shady_german 52:54 Am I Haunted from Bethie555 
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470 | Beware the CRAWLER of West Virginia | 8 True Scary Stories of the Unexplained

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 What happens in the woods, stays in the woods. Especially if it kills you. Enjoy these allegedly true horror stories of the unexplained! 
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 SCARY STORIES TIMESTAMPS 0:00 INTRO 1:05 Adirondacks Mystery Monster from Anonymous 6:11 Possible Cryptid in the Woods from Lori 911 10:23 Seeing is Believing from K_Bar the Donkey 18:54 Lynda from PumpkinMama2022 23:43 Letchworth State Park from TJB 26:16 I Don’t Believe it, Why Should You? From CoffeeQueen 37:55 Encounter on the Hill from The Dark Knight 44:50 A Presence from a stranger 
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469 | 8 TRUE In the Woods HORROR Stories

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 Do you believe in ghosts? You might after this compilation of 34 Real GHOST Stories to Fall Asleep To! 
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 SCARY STORIES TIMESTAMPS: Intro 0:43 The Cat Saw It Too from TheWoo 1:40 I Call Him Jerry from Josh 10:12 It Came with the Fog from Double D 16:44 Yellow Eyes from Zax 27:13 The Basement from Martin 43:10 Faint Bernard and the Warbling Man from X99X 51:24 The Drench from mariscully 57:54 Just Getting Started from N00N3 1:03:34 The Skwentna AK Happenings from Quillback 1:09:11 Quiet Nights from TeaFox 1:23:59 Terror in the Chapel from Jack 9053 1:31:24 Late Night at the Park from 1314RECON 1:35:09 The Other Girl in the Room from Mavie Wavy 1:41:35 Hospital Terror from Lady Blue 1:47:33 It Got Inside My House from Anonymous 1:57:41 Never Sleep with the Closet Door Open from Crystal_hawley22 2:02:23 The Ghost in my Basement from Papigallo22 2:05:42 Creature Near the Old Oak from HotChocolate 2:13:26 The Mounds from bekka 2:19:18 Sleeping with the Ghost from Auntie TT 2:27:50 Shadow Island Drive from EvansFiance 2:31:43 My Haunted Doll from Smileyalby 2:34:25 The Many Voices in my Ears from Darkvoice 2:41:33 My Friend's Experiences As A Police Officer 2:46:17 Demon Pretending to be a Skinwalker or Wendigo from CountryMama87 2:52:50 Haunted Old Brothel Above Restaurant from April 3:04:44 Shadows Plague from Celestial 3:11:01 My Weird Childhood Poltergeist from JollyJello 3:16:43 The Haunting on the Roof from paranormal.pk 3:21:19 Ya I’m Here from Laurie Means Me 3:26:50 Shape from Casket 3:34:59 My Terrifying Home Alone Experience from OhNoItsAGhost52 3:42:01 I Felt like the Ghost's Plaything from PennyB2203 3:47:34 Specter Brume from WhiteChapel 3:54:07 
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339 | REAL Encounters with Crawlers and Doppelgängers

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