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subscribe and click the notification bell to join a group of the most amazing people in the world the notification squad national and state parks are realms dominated by nature and often mystery protected by our government sometimes the best choice is to stay away but if you can't bring a flashlight bring your friend so that when you're taken you can see it coming and you don't have to be alone these are ten allegedly true scary stories from national and state parks if you want your story featured in an episode of darkness prevails share it with us a darkness prevails org I'm looking for scary stories from India and creepy experiences from police firefighters and other first responders one full moon night from Devil's bartender location unknown a year ago I was working the bar at a Bar and Grill my family owns in a small town our town has thrived because of the beautiful State Park that attracts a lot of tourism it was the middle of summer and the bar was nearly filled with tourists in their 20s both men and women who were looking for something to do late at night after the Rangers kicked everyone who wasn't staying in the park out until dawn every one of those guys wanted to tell the cute brunette behind the bar how they did something in the park that they thought was impressive unfortunately I was that girl behind the bar having to act like they were the first to tell me that they had climbed to the peak of something or had gotten this massive fish in the lake when closing time came around Tyler the bars security helped me get everyone out except these two drunks who were waiting on their driver who was in the bathroom Tyler is a huge man built like a lineman so I felt safe sending the rest of the employees home as I finished cleaning the bar the two drunks seemed normal enough at the time they were mostly talking to themselves or laughing or talking to Tyler about the last game they saw on TV the point is they didn't seem that drunk but they were responsible enough not to insist that they drive themselves home so the only weird part about them as they seemed too responsible to go out drinking until 2:30 in the morning finally the driver came out of the bathroom and walked up to me and asked if his buddies owed anything on taps but they didn't but I wanted to hurry up and go home so I finished up and I wished them a good night and I began to walk the gentlemen to the door after they were out I jokingly shook my head and he smirked ready to go ma'am Tyler asked calling me ma'am knowing it annoys me not yet I need to take the money out of the register then we're all done as I opened the register the two drunks barged back in pushing themselves against the door as something slammed against it I looked over to Tyler as he looked at me guys it's time to leave Tyler said beginning to walk over to them call 911 yelled out still leaning against the door the other ran to a window and began to look around outside frantically what happened where's your driver I asked something attacked him the man at the door yelled I was trying to figure out what they were talking about when I noticed the one looking out the window had red stains on his shirt they weren't there before I ran across the barn to where the phone was and dialed 911 operator greeted me with a somewhat cheerful tone this was my first time calling the police like this it was usually passed down drunks or a small bar fight I struggled to find the words this is Alexa at the bar there's a few guys here that say their friend got attacked they're insisting that who attacked them is still outside I must have sounded frantic because the operator was telling me to calm down and that the police and the ambulance would be on its way after I hung up I looked at Tyler and I wasn't sure what to do next we've got three minutes I told them my father made all of his employees especially his daughters remember how long emergency responses would usually take the second - you hung up Tyler went to start calming everyone down he heard something strange coming from outside just by the door the way it sounded he thought it was a bear or a large dog growl like what in the world was that Tyler asked all of us looking at the door a few seconds later sirens could be heard the police were banging on the door but the man didn't move Tyler went to move him out of the way to let the police inside but the guy pushed him back which was quite the feat considering Tyler sighs Tyler shoved back managing to get the guy away from the door the police rushed in to assess the situation seeing Tyler basically fighting to hold on to the frantic man the police restrained him the sheriff walked in he's a close family friend so I was very happy to see him he asked me what was going on exactly so I told him as much as I knew which wasn't much he said they found the third man outside he was fine but had a huge gash he pointed to his young deputy and told me to show him the security cameras to see what they caught as he took statements from everyone else I knew the deputy is a youngish man he was a year older than me but he was new to the area and still very much green behind the ears we went to the back office and I pulled up some footage from outside the cameras covered the parking lot but there was a blind spot if you were up against the building we watched as the men went out to their car and one of them began to point to the corner of the building just under one of these cameras out of sight then something quick ran out at them it looked like a tall and thin man running around on all fours he jumped on the driver the two men didn't ran in the bar and it turned to look at them so we saw its face then it looked like a man wearing a mask but nothing else it ran after them that's what slammed against our door I said dumbfounded what in the world is that the deputy asked he walked over to the door and called the sheriff into the room insisting he needed to watch this the sheriff came in and watched the security footage he didn't look shocked but he did look confused what is it he began to stand up and looked at me put a hand on my shoulder and told me to call everyone that I thought needed to know what happened I called my father but the phone went straight to voicemail so I called my sister who said she was coming over immediately with Arthur I also called the opening crew who would be coming in a few hours to give this place a deep clean before prepping for the lunch crew I told them to be careful and to not rush over I finished my duties and realized it was already 4:00 a.m. my sister scared me as she rushed in and hugged me thankful that I was okay all she knew was a patron got attacked in the parking lot and the attacker tried to get in Arthur got called over to the sheriff who wanted to talk to him he's a forest ranger who works at the State Park nearby so I was confused on why he wanted to talk to him my sister was being your standard older sister and was asking if I was hurt looking me over for scratches and injuries like I had fallen off a bike she asked me if anyone else had gotten hurt and that's when I realized that I sent the employees my friend's home only minutes before that thing attacked but I didn't think about that for long before the conversation between Arthur and the sheriff got our attention but what do you think he's doing here Arthur said a little too loud it looked around to see everyone looking at them the sheriff motion to Arthur to turn their backs to everyone and quietly continue their conversation my sister asked me what I wasn't telling her and I told her that some sort of animal or person had attacked the poor man after a while the police had gotten everything they needed from me and allowed me to go home which of course my sister insisted she drive me I really didn't want to her attention on me anymore and Arthur agreed saying that he would drive me home instead in my car and that my sister could follow us in theirs on the way back we were mostly quiet when Arthur spoke up did he did it see you he asked sounding very concerned what I asked confused I mean did you see it he rephrased his question no I didn't why it's it's nothing he said turning into my driveway Arthur what was that thing I asked him how do you know about it he looked at me with genuine care in his eyes you've had a rough night he said I'll see if I can explain things to you another time he never did but that partly is because after that day I never asked him about it it wasn't the last thing I saw out there near the State Park that I couldn't explain there's something up with this place I don't think the weirdness is going to stop the forest of Romans from Gill location loch lomond national park in scotland the story takes place last year in the final days of the summer holidays at a national park in scotland known as loch lomond i had been staying with my cousin for a week before we had to go back to school we'd spent that week for the most part at least pretty non-eventful e we stayed up watching scary movies went out with my cousin's friends and generally just tried to have some fun however there was an experience i had during this week which stands out is just plain unsettling not unsettling in a sinister malevolent way it's just I truly can't explain it but I will try my best as I was saying I was down staying with my cousins who also lived with my aunt and uncle they lived on the outskirts of Glasgow and never really got to see much in the way of wilderness or nature so we had all decided to go for a track in the loch lomond National Park which is around 25 miles north of Glasgow it was a fine day for it the temperature would have been around 20 degrees Celsius there was a distinct warm breeze in the air and the Loch was completely flat calm after a while my cousin Dan grew tired of wandering about the forest we had found ourselves in and asked if we could go off and explore that I was 17 and Dan was 15 we were told we were allowed as long as we didn't wander too far but as bored teenagers do we completely disregarded this advice and ran off deep into the forest it was quite dark in there as the leaves of the trees were that dense not much sunlight could penetrate the forest canopy we saw a few deer running through the trees in the distance and Dan at one point swore he saw a wildcat scaling a tree which I deemed unlikely as it soon turned out however there were weirder things to be sighted in this forest than wild cats we eventually came to a clearing and Dan stopped just before we got into it for a number one so I continued on past the tree line into the bright clearing it was very beautiful there were loads of wild plants like foxgloves and there were bees buzzing around but this is when things get very strange as I looked about the clearing the form of another person caught my eye from the other side as I squinted to see the shadowy figure which was stood just beyond the trees I could instantly tell there was something weird about them I took a few steps toward the figure but they showed no signs of life that's when I noticed what they were wearing it seemed to be a metal helmet and armor over some ripped red coloured undergarments one of the figures hands was placed on something on his belt which I perceived as being the hilt of some kind of short sword that's a freakin Roman I murmured aloud to myself I'd studied history at school of course the Roman Empire had been one of our topics that wasn't definitely Roman armor and that seemed to be a Roman Gladius sword at his hip that was the last thing I expected to see in the woods what are you staring at a voice from behind me jolted me back from my thoughts dan was coming up from behind me dude there's some weirdo over there dressed up as a Roman just stand over there luck I froze when I turned and pointed the guy had vanished I thought to myself I began to walk quickly to the trees where I'd seen him to see if he had hid from our view but he was completely gone not even a trace of him so where's this dodgy Roman ad kill my cousin asked me mockingly I gave him a bit of abuse before we continued on adventuring I convinced myself it was probably some group of people filming a project for a college or school or something they probably seen us and tried to prank us I was beginning to push it to the back of my mind we had come upon a very dark part of the forest dan and I were chatting about various things when I heard a loud high-pitched sound coming from our right we both froze dan had heard it too we stopped and listened for a while this was freaky I got all the birds had stopped singing in response the noise came again dan asked is that metal the noise began to increase in volume and frequency Dan was right it sounded like swords clashing together by the sounds of it there was an entire army waging war within the depths of the forest I was beginning to think I was right about that roman figure being part of a film group when suddenly a guttural scream of pain split through the trees and then there was silence what the hell Dan said but he was interrupted when a dark figure stepped out from behind a tree about 20 meters away this figure was also clad in the same Roman armor as the man I'd seen earlier it was another Roman maybe it was the same one I don't know the only difference seemed to be a very noticeable huge cut down his center dan and I were frozen by the sight of this figure before we could make a move another figure stepped out from a tree behind the first this one was missing his left arm and held a javelin in his right his armor hung off of him raggedly we could see more shadowy figures in the distance beyond these two all of them horrific ly injured that was when we both finally remembered how to move we both turned to run and as we did we caught sight of one final figure separate from the rest this one wore a Galia the classic bristled Roman helmet which marked him as a senior officer a Centurion but he had not escaped injury either there was some kind of axe buried in his chest piece he was hunched over in pain that was enough for Dan and I we ran back the way we came as fast as we could though I can't say for sure I swear I heard the Centurion calling out to us it had sounded like he told us to flee and that chills me to this day once we had eventually found our way back to the car back to my aunt and uncle we were given the standard lecture about ignoring instructions and how we could have been missing and all that but we didn't care instead we tried to tell them about the Romans but they would not have it they thought we were making it all up after I got home I decided to research the area around that forest and found information about the Roman Ninth Legion or lost Legion as they had come to be known after the entire six thousand strong army up and vanished after being sent north into Scotland trying to quality rebellion the natives that were wildly considered to be responsible for wiping out the Romans all lived near Loch Lomond and so likely ambushed the Legion as they knew the land the forests well so what do you think was this an elaborate prank just for two young kids or was this something beyond natural wolf creature robbed a and rimy location Colorado this happened about two years ago in the uncommon a tional forest near my home I had my 7 year old Labrador Retriever with me while I was hiking on this particular evening in late August I was going through a hard time and went hiking a lot to clear my head during that time I had been hiking for about four hours without seeing anything but a few chipmunks and a black bear my lab was trotting beside me happily excited just to be outside when we decided to stop along the canyon Ridge for some water and some dinner that I had packed for the two of us his was a can of dog food but I had made myself a nice spread of cheese crackers a turkey sandwich and some apple juice when we had finished with our dinner I began to tell him what I was thinking about like problems with friends as I had a rough time in high school and my lab was my closest friend come on old pal I said to him let's head back to the car he lept up happily and began to trot beside me we didn't make it a mile before a feeling washed over me I was being watched by what they thought there wouldn't be anyone out here for miles I reminded myself that's when my labs ears perked up he began a low growl Remmy boy what's the matter the first stood up on his whole back the way he does when he's angry or scared he started to run and I chased after him calling and calling he never ever disobeyed a call back so this worried me I then began to hear heavy footsteps running from his barking he was chasing something Remington get back here I yelled after him when I finally caught up with him the mutt had every single first standing on end teeth bared and growling at a large dog sure he would give chase to creatures all the time but never had he been so aggressive before and looked at the larger dog after I put Remy back on his leash it wasn't a normal dog this one was huge with dark fur and a single silver spot over its eye I immediately thought wolf its legs were muscular the muzzle covered in dried red the head was up to my chin on all fours and the creature had red glaring eyes I slowly began to back away from the wall saying it's okay to it I'm not here to hurt you we're going now the animal took a step towards us my eyes went wide as saucers Remy growled and jumped from his leash at the woth catching me off guard that's when I felt more disturbed than ever startled the wolf-like creature stood up on hind legs muscles that I could see better now rippled and flexed its legs looked human almost and the chest was like a grown man's covered in hair the thing bared its teeth and looked directly at me Remmy cowered behind me now whining and whimpering we were both terrified the creature towered over us and snapped its teeth at me and began to sniff me and Remmy circling us slowly I couldn't move at all even when the creature touched its muzzle to my back sniffing at me the creature began to well rearing its head back I remember thinking that these are my final moments maybe it's calling others to help eat me I looked down at my terrified dog we reached an agreement I shoved at the creature as hard as I could causing it to fall over which is easier for things on two legs and we ran I ran like I would never see tomorrow and Remy kept pace with me come on buddy he said to him I could feel the heavy footsteps of that animal behind me I pushed and ran faster faster I made it to the road and looked back that was a big mistake the creature was no more than ten feet behind us sprinting at full speed that's when I hear it a truck a large semi coming towards us on the road I kept running until I saw it then I turned again the creature was now gone probably scared from the sound of the loud machinery I ran until we reached the car and I threw the backpack in Remy jumped inside we thundered down the road at about 45 miles an hour any faster and we surely would have crashed there was a horrible howling sound booming from the forest and the creature returned in the rearview mirror pursuing us again I couldn't go any faster weak wrapped around curves and hit potholes I thinked God my car was high rise it was only 3 feet behind us at one point I could hear the pause over the engine that's when we had the pavement instead of dirt I sped up to sixty miles an hour we lost the creature and I continued down the road back to my house when we finally made it there we got inside both of us shaking my parents asked what had happened I told them that we were chased by a bear it wasn't entirely false as we did see a black bear and we were chased by something Remy and I eventually calmed down enough to go to sleep I woke up at 2:00 a.m. because I had to use the bathroom I began to get out of bed when I heard a familiar growl outside my window Oh God I thought I heard footsteps and a ripping sound as if there were claws sliding down the siding of the house I was terrified but Ramiz stayed silent shaking like he had been before I slid out of bed and I walked to the door keeping an eye on my window the entire time the ground deepened and eventually the creature roared pounding three times in the wall I screamed and ran into the living room waking my family my dad grabbed a 12-gauge and ran outside but the creature was gone but there were remnants of it because the siding on the side of the house had deep scratches on it two feet to the right of my bedroom window I've since moved out from my parents place Remmy and I don't go hiking in beyond compare more and I've never seen the creature again some part of me does want to go back try to see it again but I know better than that so I steer clear of those woods if you're ever in the young Kapaa gray where the spring creek trails I saw him again from J location Georgia I grew up in a small town in rural Georgia there are two schools here one private and one public I went to the private school until middle school then switched to the public school in an attempt to get scouted by a college to play football after I graduated the football thing didn't work out and I left for college I had to come back home after my freshman year for typical reasons partying too much not paying attention in class and cedra when I came back home in 2012 I moved into a remodeled trailer on family land got a job and enrolled at a community college in the neighboring large city in my hometown it was about 30 minutes away I had gotten into legal trouble since my return and I wanted to quit drinking and smoking one late night or early morning my friends all left my place and I was Restless due to the no drinking or smoking thing I had trouble sleeping so I said screw this I got him to my car and took off to the gas station it was about ten minutes away from my house I needed to buy a pack of smokes it was about 12:00 or 1:00 in the morning and as I was coming around a curve I see flames on the side of the road there was an incredibly large fire there the flames engulfed what appeared to be a car flipped upside down I slowed down going from 55 or 60 to about 10 in the matter of two seconds I pulled up beside the wreckage when I noticed something else as that a man I asked myself and disbelief it burned up carcass of a man was outside of the car closest to the road he was burned into nothing but a black crisp he was on his back with one of his legs cut from a kneecap down the other leg still had its glut but it was burned so bad it didn't matter his arms were charred so bad that they appeared to have missing fingers and his hands had been burned down into smaller versions of themselves his left arm was extended into the air as if he had been reaching out for help or something else I guess the fire had burned it into place where it just stuck out like that the other arm was extending partially up but not nearly as high as the other arm I was in disbelief how had anyone not heard or seen this there were houses in the neighborhood nearby I wondered am I the first person to see this incident I exited my car and called the police after I got off the phone with them I wandered around the scattered wreckage and I actually found his ID I knew the guy he was seven years older than me and he had attended the private school that I attended until middle school and it was a long night needless to say I was there for three more hours talking with police I got my pack of smokes then went home in 2015 I was at the Nantahala National Forest my buddies and I were camping getting ready for our usual summer fun of whitewater kayaking on the Chattooga River I was the last one up that night smoking my last cigarette before bedtime it had been almost three years to the date of the incident I had put it in the back of my mind but soon it would be all I could think about suddenly I heard something off into the woods to my right when I looked up I felt very strange about it I'm not the type of person to ignore these feelings either so instead of brushing it off I shown my flashlight in the direction of the noise what I see knocks me right out of my chair it's him I think the man I'd found on the side of the road burned into a charred mess he was standing looking right at me he had no eyes he was exactly as I had found him in fact one and a half legs messed up fingers screwed up hands the exact same I was shocked into paralysis he lifts his burned arm up and points it right at me I finally come out of my paralysis and stand up grabbing myung-bo a knife I asked in a soft voice and I call him by name what do you want from me I wasn't expecting a reply but he did he said look behind you I turn around and when I do I'm looking straight at a bobcat maybe five or ten feet away from me right beside my tent I pull my knife and I call to my friends as loudly as possible then I get into an athletic position just in case this Bobcat jumps at me scared now it runs away I turned back around and the man was gone my friends get out and see the Bobcat hi telling it out of there and they asked Jude how close did he get I said he was right on top of you guys I really don't know why this happened I'm not sure if that man ever truly left this earth but today is almost the sixth year anniversary of his passing I can only wish him my thinks or possibly saving my life that day I drove through a park that didn't exist from don't tell anyone location unknown [Music] in 2009 I had a falling-out with my parents I was 17 at the time and still very much depended on them after coming out as gay to them I was kicked out of the house and sent packing on my own you might be saying I should have notified the police of this as I was underage but the last thing I wanted to do was stretch out that drama any longer than it needed to be if that's how they were then who cares if they raised me I deserve to be happy I took odd job after odd job gathering enough cash to stay in motels across the Midwest and eventually purchasing an old Ford Focus filling the trunk with hiking and camping equipment I found myself drawn to state and national parks spending my time hiking and sometimes even meeting new people along the trails this was my life now camp hike drive and when money got scarce higher myself out to people in need it was a bit of a wizard with pre-modern cars before things got too advanced under the hood so I was more often than not a freelance mechanic and May of the following year which would be 2010 I was driving through rural Indiana I had spent the day hiking through some mountains I was tired and wanted to get out of this National Park and onto the next one before I was ready to sleep it was then without warning when things turned into a nightmare first it started with the stars out here there was hardly any light pollution I remember before night even peeked I could see a multitude of stars in the sky but one moment they were there and all their glory in the next I looked up through the windshield and the sky was solid black I mean it was so black it was more like a giant black continent had blotted out the sky above me I tried to find the moon to reassure myself but it had vanished along with those stars despite there being a decently bright half moon that night this wasn't creepy but it was a head-scratcher it was so dark that I could no longer see outside my side windows all I had in the way of light were my headlights and a flashlight in the backseat when I saw a familiar green square on the side of the road I slowed my car down to get a closer look I could not angle my headlights right to see the entire text of the roadside well so I had to step out with my flashlight if I wasn't creeped out yet I was after reading that bizarre sign the white plain letters read you're now leaving Feld fields National Park caution Feld fields huh I've never heard of this park before and I was almost certain a park of that name did not exist anywhere in the Midwest and what was with the caution part confused and ready to leave I turned back to my car shining the road with my flashlight I couldn't breathe for a moment my car was gone how was that possible the headlights had been on shining half the sign for me to read I would have noticed a disappearing in this absolute darkness I began to panic shining the flashlight left then right then left again this couldn't be happening I told Souths this wasn't real it had to be a dream maybe I'd fallen asleep on the road and I needed to wake up unfortunately I was already awake awake inside a nightmare I didn't know what to do besides to continue walking I continued the way I'd been going past the sign on the side of the road I kept an eye on the trees on either side occasionally shining them with the torch I swear I kept seeing a silhouette standing there it would move just out of sight when I'd appear in that direction maybe I was going crazy maybe I wasn't I began running at that point my heart racing and trying to throw itself out of my chest as I was shining my light to the sides of the road I ran into something hard it knocked the air out of me and left me with a broken knuckle I shone my flash light ahead of me quickly sure that I was going to see a creature or person ready to end me in this dreadful darkness but it was just my car I stood up there ahead of my car just as I left it was the sign that I passed a half hour ago I didn't waste a second as I climbed into my still running Ford Focus and stepped on the gas pedal I drove for and I'm not exaggerating here about three hours only after those three hours did the stars finally fade into view the moon revealed itself and I passed that dang sign one last time it was over the most confusing and panicky event in my life the event that made me weary of driving and hiking for a very long time and I ended up getting a stable job at an apartment in a small town in Minnesota too that's my story there's no explanation I've yet to find anything online or physically of failed fields and I will never forget the fear I felt what happens at national and state parks should stay at the national and state parks because if they don't do you want that kind of horror finding its way home to you people disappear and are taken from national forests every day and unless you really want to disappear into an unknown fate I advise you to stay away or stay prepared at this point I might just superglue a GPS into the back of my head good night be sure to LIKE share comment and subscribe if you enjoyed this episode don't forget to share your stories at darkness prevails org for a chance to have it featured in a future episode of darkness prevails I'm looking for stories from India and tales from first responders if you want to support my show you can go to patreon.com/scishow to teespring comm slash doors slash darkness prevails or if you're on youtube click the shop button below to check out my merchandise in time for the holiday season now as usual here are 5 of my favourite early comments from the previous video about seven creepy cabin stories Danyelle lake access I've been waiting for this video for like two hours even though I wake up in three absolutely love this theme well with all that lack of sleep what you need is a rest we'll stay in a haunted cabin in the woods Patrick Gaylord says first comment that's my first can I be in your next video at the part with the favorite comments almost Patrick you're a second comment this time around but I'll still feature you because I feel bad enjoy Alberto Alvarez says yes time to have nightmares ah that's life for you oh you meant the video when not waking up every day my bed the weirdo project says I got stood up tonight but you never fail me darkness well that's heartbreaking I'm sorry that happened these stories will always be here for you and I hope that never happens again because that's pretty sucky for anybody and horror fan says love your videos they helped me with stress and make my day better thank you spooky stories strangely do the same for me and on long drives that's my favorite thing to do scary stories non-stop well that brings us to the end of this episode but don't you get too worried because more scary stories are coming soon so stay tuned until next time here are the credits to my amazing patrons who continue to donate remember stay safe out there and stay creepy because this world is a strange one [Music] [Applause] [Music]

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