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Night in the Shadows - Creepy 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 the 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 Prince 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 left.
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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. I followed the Prince away from
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  the opening and 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 like some
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  kind of deranged freak. I started to gradually move
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  backwards without even turning around, making sure this man
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  didn't turn around or notice me. When I got out of visual
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  distance, I turned around and stomped through the snow back to
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  the cabin. When I slammed the door shut, my
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  wife came over to see what was wrong.
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  I saw worry in her eyes. I guess she saw the worry in
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  mind. She knew I saw something and
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  after a few minutes of harassment I finally told her
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  what I saw. She immediately started packing
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  her things, telling me we're leaving right away.
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  I told her no, we're not going anywhere, I would not get a
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  refund for leaving early, and I wasn't about to up and leave
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  just because some weird guy was walking around outside.
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  She made a point of locking both locks on the door and making
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  sure all the windows were sealed shut.
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  For the rest of the night. We read stuff on our iPads.
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  I reviewed the pictures and videos I had taken so far.
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  We turned out the lights early as there wasn't much else to do.
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  What if he's still out there? I remember my wife asking me.
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  There's no way he's still out there, I then assured her.
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  Listening to the wind blowing outside along with the small
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  flakes of snow hitting the windows was strangely relaxing
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  and I knew I'd be able to fall asleep quickly.
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  Except if it wasn't for the knock at the bedroom window.
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  We were both still awake, and we both knew it was a knock from a
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  person. I ushered my wife out of bed and
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  out into the living room without turning on any lights.
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  There was nothing to use as a weapon whatsoever.
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  Our only option was to run before something might happen.
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  I told my wife we'd have to forget our luggage and make a
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  dash for the Jeep. We slipped on our boots and
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  coats in the dark in a matter of seconds.
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  When we heard a knock at the living room window from the
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  opposite side of our car, we took that opportunity to run.
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  I pressed the unlock button, so grateful I chose to have remote
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  locks on my Wrangler, and we hopped in.
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  The car started with ease, and as soon as the headlights
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  flashed on, the man was standing facing the log cabin on our side
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  now. Not a window, just facing the
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  wall of the cabin in the same position I'd seen him in
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  earlier, as if he were hiding his face.
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  We drove to the nearby ski resort without much trouble in
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  the Jeep. We stayed there for the night
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  and went back the next day to the log cabin to collect our
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  things we left behind. He wasn't there.