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3 True Fall Horror Stories for a Cold October Night That Will Keep You Awake · True Horror Stories

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  Speaker 1: I was sixteen last year and me and my friend
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  Speaker 1: Leon were hanging out a few days before Halloween talking
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  Speaker 1: about what we wanted to do. We felt too old
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  Speaker 1: to go trick or treating, but we also still wanted
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  Speaker 1: to do something and have some fun during the holiday.
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  Speaker 1: We thought up a few ideas, most being quickly discarded,
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  Speaker 1: but then I thought of something different. I reminded Leon
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  Speaker 1: of the abandoned farm that both of us had already
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  Speaker 1: known about, and suggested we explore it. It would be
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  Speaker 1: creepy and thrilling, which was exactly what we wanted for Halloween. Also,
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  Speaker 1: compared to our other ideas, this one was the best
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  Speaker 1: by a long shot. Leon was excited about it too,
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  Speaker 1: but we both agreed that other people would probably have
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  Speaker 1: the same idea to go on October thirty first, so
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  Speaker 1: instead we chose to go on the night before. Didn't
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  Speaker 1: want a risk running into anyone crazy at an abandoned
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  Speaker 1: place like that. We just wanted to explore and maybe
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  Speaker 1: be a little bit spooked, then leave, which sounded harmless enough.
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  Speaker 1: On the thirtieth, leand drove us out to the neighborhood
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  Speaker 1: it was by and parked on the road. Then we
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  Speaker 1: got out and walked through the neighborhood until we got
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  Speaker 1: to the street that turned into a gravel path. This
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  Speaker 1: was the driveway leading up to the farm. I'd only
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  Speaker 1: ever seen the place during the day, but it was
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  Speaker 1: pretty much just a large field of grass with a
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  Speaker 1: typical wooden barn and a single story home. From the
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  Speaker 1: edge of the path, neither structure was visible. Our flashlights
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  Speaker 1: only lit up a few feet ahead as we started
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  Speaker 1: making our way down the gravel driveway. Once we started
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  Speaker 1: to get closer, we could see the outline of the
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  Speaker 1: barn on the left side and the house further back
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  Speaker 1: at the end of the driveway. We were more interested
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  Speaker 1: in the house, figuring the barn was probably completely empty
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  Speaker 1: and not very exciting. We kept walking and got to
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  Speaker 1: a clearing of the tall grass. It was like a
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  Speaker 1: circle of dirt and short grass that went around the
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  Speaker 1: perimeter of the house. As we approached the front, we
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  Speaker 1: passed by some large farming equipment. I don't know what
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  Speaker 1: they were, just some sort of old tractor looking things
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  Speaker 1: that had been left out for years. Even with our
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  Speaker 1: dim flashlights, we could see that they were engulfed in rust.
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  Speaker 1: When we got up to the porch, it looked like
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  Speaker 1: the door had been replaced by a solid wooden board.
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  Speaker 1: We walked around the whole outside of the house and
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  Speaker 1: every window and door was sealed and covered. Disappointed, we
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  Speaker 1: went back to the front of the house and tried
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  Speaker 1: to think of something else. As we stood there, we
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  Speaker 1: saw the path going up to the barn. It wasn't
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  Speaker 1: an actual path, it was more of just a line
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  Speaker 1: of flattened grass. With nothing else to do, we started
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  Speaker 1: heading for the barn. Something felt different as we approached
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  Speaker 1: it compared to when we approached the house. It was
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  Speaker 1: just an uneasy feeling that grew as we got closer.
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  Speaker 1: When we reached it, the large door was already wide open.
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  Speaker 1: I walked in first and Leon followed behind, both shining
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  Speaker 1: our flashlights around as we entered. It only took a
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  Speaker 1: couple seconds for a horrid smell to hit us. Though
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  Speaker 1: it was a barn, so it wasn't exactly surprising. But
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  Speaker 1: then we noticed something else. There were footprints all over
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  Speaker 1: the ground, but not what you'd expect from other kids
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  Speaker 1: exploring the place. They all went in a line back
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  Speaker 1: and forth from a single point on the other side
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  Speaker 1: of the barn. I saw in Leon's eyes that he
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  Speaker 1: was just as freaked out as I was, but that
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  Speaker 1: was the goal of going there in the first place.
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  Speaker 1: We slowly walked in line with the footprints leading to
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  Speaker 1: a wooden cellar hatch that was blended in with the floor.
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  Speaker 1: The only noticeable thing other than the clear footsteps going
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  Speaker 1: up to it was a shiny new padlock that held
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  Speaker 1: the hatch shut. Before we could really think about it,
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  Speaker 1: a sudden thud shook the whole barn. We turned around,
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  Speaker 1: seeing the door had been shut behind us. Leon sprinted
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  Speaker 1: over and shoved the door back open, and both of
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  Speaker 1: us looked around but didn't see anyone. Now terrified, we
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  Speaker 1: sprinted straight through the tall grass back to the gravel driveway,
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  Speaker 1: then booked it to the neighborhood where the car was.
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  Speaker 1: We definitely got the scare we were looking for, but
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  Speaker 1: maybe even too much so. Neither of us ever tried
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  Speaker 1: to figure out what really happened that night, but a
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  Speaker 1: couple months later we saw that the whole house and
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  Speaker 1: barn had been blocked off. We tried to look up why,
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  Speaker 1: but there was no word publicly about it. What was
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  Speaker 1: going on there remains a mystery, but I think if
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  Speaker 1: we had stayed to find out we may have never left.
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  Speaker 1: It was the fall of twenty eighteen when this happened
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  Speaker 1: to me. I was twenty two and at the time
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  Speaker 1: I was living temporarily on the East Coast, right outside
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  Speaker 1: of the Appalachian Mountain Range. I'll go ahead and admit
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  Speaker 1: that I've never been too much of an outdoorsy person
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  Speaker 1: and hadn't had any experience in camping or anything, nor
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  Speaker 1: was I really that interested in those sorts of activities. However,
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  Speaker 1: this was my last year living in probably the best
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  Speaker 1: place to do all those outdoor things. Plus, with it
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  Speaker 1: being midfall and the trees looking pretty and the weather
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  Speaker 1: being nice, I figured this was my chance to try
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  Speaker 1: it out. I didn't want to go for a huge
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  Speaker 1: camping adventure or anything, so I found a simple hiking
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  Speaker 1: trail instead that had some good views of the mountains.
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  Speaker 1: I prepped a small backpack with water, snacks, and a
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  Speaker 1: first aid kit. No cars were there, though. It was
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  Speaker 1: just a small dirt parking area, so I guess it
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  Speaker 1: wasn't as popular as I thought. I parked and started walking.
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  Speaker 1: It was calm, and it definitely didn't feel like a
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  Speaker 1: path a lot of people would take. It didn't have
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  Speaker 1: any noticeable recent shoeprints in the dirt. It was just
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  Speaker 1: a fairly small path with trees on either side. As
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  Speaker 1: I got further in, the entire path became more densely
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  Speaker 1: covered in trees, enough to block out a lot of
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  Speaker 1: the sun and make the whole trail shaded. It was
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  Speaker 1: actually really nice and cooling, but not hearing or seeing
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  Speaker 1: anyone else became more of an unsettling thought. The further
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  Speaker 1: out I got, not in a creepy way, but just
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  Speaker 1: that I was entirely alone. It wasn't something I was
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  Speaker 1: used to. About an hour, or maybe even two hours
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  Speaker 1: down the trail, I was caught off guard by seeing
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  Speaker 1: a man ahead of me. He was sitting on the side,
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  Speaker 1: looking like he was just taking a break under one
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  Speaker 1: of the trees. As I passed him, I gave a
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  Speaker 1: friendly nod and said hi, to which he looked up
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  Speaker 1: at me and said nothing. He didn't smile or nod,
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  Speaker 1: He just looked at me for a few seconds, and
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  Speaker 1: then I looked away. I wasn't sure what to make
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  Speaker 1: of it. Maybe he didn't hear me, or maybe I
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  Speaker 1: caught him off guard as well. But the strange look
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  Speaker 1: without even a slight smile was not giving me a
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  Speaker 1: good feeling. I walked a bit faster for the next
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  Speaker 1: part of the trail, hoping to put some distance between us.
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  Speaker 1: After an hour, I slowed down and made it to
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  Speaker 1: the end, which was an overlook of the mountains. The
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  Speaker 1: fall colors on the trees made the view way better
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  Speaker 1: than it probably would have been any other time of
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  Speaker 1: the year, and overall I was glad to have made
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  Speaker 1: the hike. I stared off into the distance for a
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  Speaker 1: few minutes, enjoying a view that I almost never got
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  Speaker 1: to see. But when I turned around to leave, my
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  Speaker 1: heart almost left my body when I saw the man
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  Speaker 1: from earlier standing right at the end of the trail.
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  Speaker 1: He was maybe ten feet from me, and I never
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  Speaker 1: heard him walking up. After the initial scare, I realized
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  Speaker 1: how creepy it was that he was just standing there
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  Speaker 1: and not coming up to look out the overlook like
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  Speaker 1: a normal person would be doing. But then he did
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  Speaker 1: something even more odd. His face shifted as he smiled
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  Speaker 1: and said hi, asking me how the view was. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it's really nice. You should take a look too, I responded,
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  Speaker 1: trying to be polite but still really confused. The man
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  Speaker 1: stepped closer, then pointed to my right and said there
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  Speaker 1: was an even better view down that trail. I looked
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  Speaker 1: over my shoulder to where he was pointing. There was
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  Speaker 1: a path barely visible going through the dense trees. It
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  Speaker 1: was rugged and undefined, not something that looked to be
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  Speaker 1: used very often. The man walked up to where the
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  Speaker 1: path started and stood at the entrance, telling me again
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  Speaker 1: about how great the view was, and saying it was
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  Speaker 1: just a minute or two to walk there. I politely declined,
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  Speaker 1: but he continued to tell me about how great it was,
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  Speaker 1: to the point where it was obvious that he had
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  Speaker 1: to have other intentions than just wanting me to go
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  Speaker 1: there and see a nice view. I said I was
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  Speaker 1: okay and had to get home, then started to walk
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  Speaker 1: toward the main trail, but the man was quick to
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  Speaker 1: move his body in front of it. I stopped in place,
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  Speaker 1: now even more terrified in thinking of the possible intentions
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  Speaker 1: of this man who was just a few feet from
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  Speaker 1: me in the middle of an empty forest. The man
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  Speaker 1: looked at me with a blank expression. I took a
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  Speaker 1: few steps, walking around him and just hoping that nothing escalated,
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  Speaker 1: and for some miraculous reason, it didn't. The man watched
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  Speaker 1: me as I made my way around him and down
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  Speaker 1: the trail. Every time I looked back, he was still
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  Speaker 1: watching me, not even trying to be discreet. Thankfully, he
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  Speaker 1: didn't follow, and I made it back to my car.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know what that man was trying to do,
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  Speaker 1: but it was almost surely not anything good. What was
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  Speaker 1: down that path likely was just a dead end, somewhere
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  Speaker 1: for him to lead me before doing whatever horrible thing
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  Speaker 1: he had in mind. I don't know why he didn't
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  Speaker 1: stop me from leaving either, Maybe he was worried about
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  Speaker 1: doing something on the main trail. All I can say
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  Speaker 1: is that I'm lucky to have gotten out before something
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  Speaker 1: else happened. During October and our town, there's always this
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  Speaker 1: place that opens up with a bunch of fallen Halloween
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  Speaker 1: related things to do. It's a huge fair that's set
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  Speaker 1: up on a farm. I'd been there a couple times
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  Speaker 1: with my family when I was younger, but this was
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  Speaker 1: my first time i'd gone alone with just friends. We
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  Speaker 1: were in high school and thought it'd be fun to
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  Speaker 1: walk around and just have a few laughs while we
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  Speaker 1: enjoyed the Halloween vibes it offered. The place was open
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  Speaker 1: late the whole week leading to Halloween, so we went
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  Speaker 1: on one of those weekday nights around eight pm. I
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  Speaker 1: guess we chose an odd day in time, though, because
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  Speaker 1: most of the families had already left and there were
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  Speaker 1: only a few groups of kids our age running around. Still, regardless,
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  Speaker 1: we still had fun. We played some of the random
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  Speaker 1: games they had set up and messed around a bit,
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  Speaker 1: but then one of my friends said we should check
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  Speaker 1: out the corn Maze. None of us hesitated to run
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  Speaker 1: in and try to get as lost as possible. That
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  Speaker 1: was until somehow we split into two groups. Three of
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  Speaker 1: them ran off one way and I was left with
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  Speaker 1: my buddy Micah. Seeing as it was a maze, there
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  Speaker 1: was no use in trying to chase after the others.
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  Speaker 1: We went our own way for a few minutes, then
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  Speaker 1: started trying to find our way out. During our ten
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  Speaker 1: or so minutes that we spent walking around, we never
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  Speaker 1: heard or ran into any of the others from the group,
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  Speaker 1: which made us wonder how big the maze actually was.
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  Speaker 1: At some point, we were getting tired of it and
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  Speaker 1: really started trying to find the way out. Whenever there
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  Speaker 1: were more multiple paths, we would split up and check
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  Speaker 1: if either were a dead end, then come back and
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  Speaker 1: go down together, whichever we thought was best. But on
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  Speaker 1: one of these random crossroads, Micah didn't come back. I
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  Speaker 1: waited for a long time, at least two or three
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  Speaker 1: minutes without hearing or seeing him, until I heard footsteps
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  Speaker 1: coming from down the path. As I waited for Mica
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  Speaker 1: to reappear, something about the footsteps didn't seem right. A
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  Speaker 1: moment later, a large man came around the path and
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  Speaker 1: walked up to me. He was wearing farmer type clothes
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  Speaker 1: like overalls, a flannel shirt, and boots, looking like all
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  Speaker 1: the other employees at the fair. He said it was
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  Speaker 1: closing for the night and that he would take me
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  Speaker 1: out of the maze. I told him my friends were
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  Speaker 1: in here as well, and he said that he'd already
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  Speaker 1: shown them out, which made everything else make sense now.
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  Speaker 1: I followed him, going around multiple turns in corners, but strangely,
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  Speaker 1: the sound of the fair started to get quieter and
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  Speaker 1: quieter until I couldn't hear it at all. It was
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  Speaker 1: just me and this man walking through a dead, silent
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  Speaker 1: corn maze. Then we reached a dead end. I stopped
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  Speaker 1: and watched the man pull aside the corner and start
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  Speaker 1: pushing his way through it, urging me to come through.
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  Speaker 1: I did as he said, walking through it and following
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  Speaker 1: closely behind him until the corn abruptly stopped and turned
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  Speaker 1: into an empty field. As I looked around, I realized
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  Speaker 1: that this was the other side of the cornfield, opposite
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  Speaker 1: of the town and fair, and right in front of
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  Speaker 1: me was a car parked in the grass with its
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  Speaker 1: engine running and headlights off. My breathing became shallow and
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  Speaker 1: my heart rates started increasing. All of a sudden, the
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  Speaker 1: man quickly turned around and tried to grab me. I
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  Speaker 1: was able to react fast enough, moving away and running
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  Speaker 1: back into the maze. As I sprinted back onto the path,
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  Speaker 1: I heard the man forcing his way through the corn
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  Speaker 1: again and following right behind me. I started going straight
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  Speaker 1: through all of it, just trying to get back to
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  Speaker 1: the fair, where hopefully someone could help me. This seemed
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  Speaker 1: to work, as the man never caught up to me.
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  Speaker 1: When I made it out, my whole friend group was
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  Speaker 1: standing at the entrance waiting for me. It's not really
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  Speaker 1: clear what happened, but Micah said he came back for
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  Speaker 1: me and I was gone. None of them saw the man, though,
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  Speaker 1: and almost didn't believe me until I called the cops.
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  Speaker 1: All they found were tire tracks in the grass. No
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  Speaker 1: car or man anywhere