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Chilling Footprints and Frozen Courage - Scary Paranormal Story · Shallow Nights: Scary Bedtime Stories

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  My name is Ethan and I'm a photographer.
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  I took a trip last year with my wife to the Colorado mountains
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  for an art project. My wife is also an avid skier,
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  so she talked me into adding skiing into the trip.
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  We had the option to book a room at a ski resort or rent out a
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  private log cabin. The second one seemed more
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  romantic, so I picked that one. Plus it didn't hurt that it was
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  cheaper. The cabin was nothing luxurious
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  or anything. It was a single floor, 4 room
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  little thing, a two person bedroom, a small living room, a
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  kitchen, and a bathroom. They may have been small, but
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  the actual idea of being secluded in a warm log cabin
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  during a Blizzard was amazing. However, the storm was
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  interfering with the cable signal so we didn't have much to
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  do this one particular evening. It was just starting to get dark
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  out at this point, but there was still a decent amount of light
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  outside, so I thought it would be perfect for getting a few
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  shots and videos in the Blizzard for backgrounds and Wallpapers.
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  I told my wife I'd be back within 10 minutes and slipped on
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  my boots and coat. The moment I stepped outside and
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  shut the door, I noticed footsteps leading up to the door
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  in the snow that had blown under the wooden awning.
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  I could see the prints doubled as whoever left them there
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  turned and went the opposite direction.
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  I was freaked the fuck out, but I wasn't about to go inside and
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  scare my wife. I decided to give in to my
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  curiosity and follow the prints to the right side of the cabin.
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  Right away I noticed that they led to the bedroom window.
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  My heart froze in fear when I saw this.
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  I could see my wife sitting on the bed using her iPad.
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  She noticed me and I waved. She laughed.
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  I continued to follow the footprints around the cabin to
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  the other side. They led to the living room
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  window on the other side. Someone was stalking us, but how
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  long ago was the question. I found myself standing there
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  for a good minute asking myself if I should follow the
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  footprints anymore. For whatever reason, I decided I
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  would. They were now leading away from
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  the cabin. I knew I was following the
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  prints to where this person was going, not coming from simply by
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  the boot marks, followed the Prince away from the opening and
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  into the trees. That was where I saw him.
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  A man wearing a black coat, facing a tree, slouched down,
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  looking at the ground. He was still as a statue, and I
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  could see the snow piling up on his hood and shoulders.
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  I froze in my tracks, trying not to make a sound.
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  I would have thought to ask him if he needed help otherwise, but
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  this guy was just standing there not doing anything.
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  Like some kind of deranged freak.
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  I started to gradually move backwards without even turning
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  around, making sure this man didn't turn around or notice me.
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  When I got at a visual distance. I turned around and stomped
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  through the snow back to the cabin.
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  When I slammed the door shut, my wife came over to see what was
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  wrong. I saw worry in her eyes.
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  I guess she saw the worry in mind.
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  She knew I saw something and after a few minutes of
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  harassment I finally told her what I saw.
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  She immediately started packing her things, telling me we're
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  leaving right away. I told her no, we're not going
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  anywhere, I would not get a refund for leaving early, and I
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  wasn't about to up and leave just because some weird guy was
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  walking around outside. She made a point of locking both
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  locks on the door and making sure all the windows were sealed
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  shut. For the rest of the night.
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  We read stuff on our iPads. I reviewed the pictures and
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  videos I had taken so far. We turned out the lights early
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  as there wasn't much else to do. What if he's still out there?
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  I remember my wife asking me. There's no way he's still out
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  there, I then assured her. Listening to the wind blowing
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  outside along with the small flakes of snow hitting the
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  windows was strangely relaxing and I knew I'd be able to fall
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  asleep quickly. Except if it wasn't for the
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  knock at the bedroom window. We were both still awake, and we
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  both knew it was a knock from a person.
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  I ushered my wife out of bed and out into the living room without
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  turning on any lights. There was nothing to use as a
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  weapon whatsoever. Our only option was to run
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  before something might happen. I told my wife we'd have to
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  forget our luggage and make a dash for the Jeep.
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  We slipped on our boots and coats in the dark in a matter of
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  seconds, but when we heard a knock at the living room window
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  from the opposite side of our car, we took that opportunity to
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  run. I pressed the unlock button, so
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  grateful I chose to have remote locks on my Wrangler, and we
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  hopped in. The car started with ease, and
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  as soon as the headlights flashed on, the man was standing
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  facing the log cabin on our side now.
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  Not a window, just facing the wall of the cabin in the same
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  position I'd seen him in earlier, as if he were hiding
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  his face. We drove to the nearby ski
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  resort without much trouble in the Jeep.
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  We stayed there for the night and went back the next day to
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  the log cabin to collect our things we left behind.
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  He wasn't there.