SOMETHING Is Going On In The Appalachian Mountains...

Strange cases of missing persons are happening everyday in the wilderness, from the Appalachian mountains to the Ozarks. Today, we explore some strange encounters within the Appalachian mountains.

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What Lurks Beneath is a channel focused on true scary stories and true horror stories, I cover the supernatural cryptids, bigfoot, dogman and scary mysteries. In this channel, you'll find storytelling of the unkown, the supernatural and the paranormal. If you enjoy shows like Unsolved Mysteries or Paranormal Witness, you'll enjoy What Lurks Beneath

[cheshrkatt]

I've hunted, fished and camped my whole life. When I was a kid, my Grandfather once told me that as long as you hear noises, everything's fine. If it gets REAL quiet, something "ain't right" and to pack up and leave quickly. I've experienced "dead quiet" a lot of times in the deep woods and always followed that advice, even going so far as to completely pack up and hike back to my car and go back home.

[anthonyplanzo]

The one time I heard the woods go completely silent it was so eerie. I was sitting on a downed tree near a river on my lunch break when it immediately went quiet. I turned around and about 10 ft behind me there was a mountain lion just stalking slowly through the forest. It didn't even glance my way and once it was gone from the immediate area all the sounds of the woods just turned right bk on like someone hit a switch. Weird experience

[Qwijebo]

My step-son had a strange encounter. he was alone, hiking for months in one area, almost living in the woods. He encountered a strange force, almost like an alien encounter or some strange force. He managed to get to a local town days later, here in a local hospital, emaciated and somewhat out of it, the doctors tested him and discovered that he was either irradiated or hit with some EM force. Hours later, after being asked weird questions by the doctors and nurses, he was met with some military types who questioned him further. It was almost like he stumbled upon an area that may have had some military interest.

[ThanksforcensoringmeYoutube]

I’ve lived in Appalachia my whole life, and about a decade ago a lifetime hunter from my area completely disappeared in an area he’d hunted in since he was a boy. He was in his late 50s-mid 60s. Never found even a trace of him.

All I can say for sure, if you get out in the deep woods in Appalachia, you will have a hard time believing you are alone out there. It’s a very ominous feeling that you get sometimes worse than others. With how thick the trees are and the sheer amount of undeveloped land, God only knows what’s out there.

God bless and keep you all!

[frankd]

I've always followed the silent woods leave advice. I was camping in Sleepy Creek National forest and it was around 1am and it sounded like some one pushed mute on the forest no sound at all when just a moment before we heard crickets, birds and an owl we packed up every things tents, beer, food and put the fire out and left the area.

[brittanyhyatt]

Having lived my entire 35 years in the Appalachian Mountains (Cherokee National Forest) I can attest to what everyone else is saying. There are strange things that go on in these mountains that’s for damn sure!

[JJxlian]

Appalachian Mountain Rules:

- If u hear somthing, you dont
-If u see something, you dont
-If u hear someone calls your name, you dont

Dont Run just calmy walk away and dont look back or in the woods
and NEVER whistle
When it gets dark dont go outside, close your windows and put the curtains infront
lock the door and NEVER look outside at Night

[OacarBritz-lxbp]

I'm a combat veteran and I will never forget camping in the sierra anches mountain range in Arizona and for some reason I was scared shitless the whole time

[dartmart]

There are, unfortunately, a lot of people who go to mountains, forests and deserts to end their lives. So sad.

[michelewalburn]

I've been in the woods and felt like I was drawn toward something. It's like being enchanted, hypnotized, in a trance, whatever you want to call it. Thankfully someone has always caught up to me in time. It's like feeling music that you can't hear.

[Lettea]

i actually grew up in the town Appalachia. i still live there. and yes, i have had close experiences with "sasquach" . i mean close enough that we once thought we would have to hide n the attic when i was a child if "it" broke n the house. sasquach is not a quiet, peaceful animal. all you can do is hide and hope for the best. these mountans hold secrets.

[patriciavia]

In 1979, I was living in West Virginia. I decided to take my dog on a nearby dirt road. We went about 2 miles into a forest devoid of people, when I decided we should return for supper. When I turned to head back, a rock as big as my head whirled past me & hit the tree on my right. I immediately looked to see where the rock came from. On my left was a valley. The rock had been thrown UP the hill with such force it knocked bark from the tree! I started walking, but noticed my dog wasn't following. She was frozen with fear. As much as I didn't want to go back, I went back for my dog😁

[lindabriggs]

I live in the Appalachian's since 2008. I used to live, when I first moved here, off of Walnut Creek Rd., a few miles southeast of Franklin, NC. I literally lived in a 1bd/1bath cabin almost on top of what is named, Keener's Knob. I had a few neighbors a few hundred yards down the road. But it was a beautiful area, with all sorts of wildlife around, from black bears, coyotes, squirrels, rabbits, possum and snakes. After living up in the cabin about a year or so, I was quite comfortable there. I had a large Golden Retriever and bark at anything that drive up the road, which ended at my cabin and the summer home of a family that lived in Atlanta, GA. Since I am a single woman, I was well armed with a shotgun and a handgun, and not afraid to use them. Occasionally, I'd hear strange noises, or distant screams or loud wood knocking in the late evenings. But one night in particular, it had rained, with spectacular lighting displays all around the surrounding mountains. On nights like those, I'd sit in the dark and watch the show. But this one night freaked me out. In the back yard there was a yard light that came on at sunset. Now my cabin was on a foundation of cinderblocks which put the bottom of my kitchen windows at around 8 feet from the ground. I had small curtains across the lower half for some basic privacy.
Well, during that late summer storm, my dog was acting weird. Kept looking towards the doggy door and growling softly. I got up from the couch and locked that dog door hoping my dog would quit making the noise. There was enough light coming through the kitchen window that I went and got a glass of water. And froze. There, walking past my kitchen window, was the shadow of something huge! Tall and bulky looking. I had know idea what it was. But I knew it wasn't a bear since it would have has to be walking on its hind legs and be at least 8 feet tall. What ever it was, was moving from right to left until I couldn't see the shadow anymore. All I am certain of is that was no black bear! So, yes, there are unknown somethings here in the Appalachian's. Could it have been a sasquach? I have no idea. But maybe?

[geminidream]

I like your choice of words concerning someone taking their life as "opting out". It is a gentler way of saying it. I believe that relatives of these people watch these shows and to me, this is a way showing respect for their feelings of their loss than using any trigger names for it. Thank you for this and thank you for teaching me this way.

[Jebotito]

When I was a soldier in basic, we went to a bivouac in the woods up the mountains.
One time a friend of mine and i were told to "watch" shift. Basically, over the day we dug up foxholes a bit downhill so we can overlook the hill and the field below us.
The hill was going down about 150m from our hole, the camp was 100m uphill then 250m further into the forest.
On the foot of the hill were we were at, there was a field of long tall grass. The grass way shoulder high so you wouldn't see your buddy half of the time if you move through the grass in daylight.
The field was surrounded by forests left and right, distance from the left trees to the right trees was about 600-700m, and about 500m further away from our position the field would end in some kind of march and forest also.

Back to the creepy part.
We were told to have watch at around 2am or so
It was pitch black.
No lights allowed so our torch was in our tent back on campsite. I only had a small led Lenser which wouldn't light up the ground after 5m.

To get back to the campsite, we had a very dim florescent tape, called "dressierband"
It's so dim you don't see it if you look directly onto it, only if you look slightly away from it.



While we were in the foxhole, we were whispering to each other, heard sounds of the woods. Rabbits, a fox bark, birds, rattling and little twigs snap etc. Nothing special.
Like i said it was pitch black night, overcast, no moon no stars, no NVDs, so if someone would stand 10m from me i wouldn't have seen him.


Suddenly i had goosebumps all over my skin. Realized all the sounds stopped. No chirping, no birds, nothing.
I asked my buddy if he noticed no sounds. He said he did
I felt watched, like someone was right behind me. I was mortified! I had tears in my eyes for some reason and felt panic coming up. Unbelievable! I had a gun clenched to my hands, loaded with blanks but still. I felt super uneasy like never in my life again.

We didn't move a muscle. I held my breath, i knew something was bound to happen.
I thought of lighting the torch to see something but in reality i wouldn't see jack shit also i feared what i could see. Didn't want to see two eyes reflecting back at me lol

So after what felt like an eternity, we heard sounds from our "left border" of the forest. It was the sound of someone/thing moving through the grass slowly.

When it traveled for about 100m we heard sounds of something else moving in the grass, i guess a rabbit or deer or whatever.
As soon as the second sound started, the first sound RUSHED through the grass and raced from left to right "border" to the forest. It took maybe 15-20seconds.

15 SECONDS! for over half a kilometer!
I really felt unbelievable fear and really had to control myself not to panic.
These 600m weren't tarmac or dirt, it was tall grass mind you, i had a hard time walking through it at all, let alone sprinting through it.

So after the twigs stopped breaking on the right side forest and the sounds of "it" vanished in the distance we decided my buddy would go back to camp and tell the sgt what we heard just now.

Nothing else happened that night and when we were released by the next shift the sounds were back again.
But the sgt said, he believes there is stuff in the forests we wouldn't read on Wikipedia about.

I will never forget this my whole life.
It's really a pity i picked up hunting last year and now i have thermals and nvgs, but back in 2012 i didn't have any of that unfortunately

[ninachkah]

That "suicide forest" at the foot of Mt. Fuji has also been reported to have intense unnatural quiet. No bugs birds or other wildlife reported.
This also makes me think of the random stairs that have been reportored in deep forest areas. Something spiritual - positive OR negative surely exists in these places

[kmurray]

When it comes to the woods, it is to be treated with the utmost respect and even though it is a fun place it can also be very dangerous. I grew up in a very small town and close to deep woods. I started hunting alone at about 9 or 10 yrs old with a recurve bow. Immediately recognized the fear that can come with being in the woods especially that young and alone. I wanted to be able to deal
with this the absolute best way possible that led me to the ways of
native American Indians. They knew how to be the quietest, fastest,
most invisible humans in the woods.

[Cutter-jxxj]

I live in Texas and have hunted and fished all my life. I have also been a sensitive all my life. I have walked into areas that was like stepping thru a curtain into something totally different. Even the way the light from the sun looked appeared different. I also new to turn around and go back the exact same way until I walked out of it. I rented a cabin in Servier Tennessee the 3rd week in December this past year. It was a beautiful place and I enjoyed it but I NEVER felt at ease there.

[TonyaB]

I grew up in the Appalachian mountains and have heard some sort of screaming critter that made dogs scratch at doors begging to be let in houses. These were dogs that were kept outside and big dogs, too.

The screams made the hair on your head stand up. We always thought it was a panther, but dogs aren't that terrified of a big cat or bear. I watched dogs chase a big black bear away from my grandparent's house.

[mikeyjcoxrock]

I live in the Appalation mtns. Daniel Boone National Forest. Crazy things go on in the woods down here thats bizarre. Thanks for sharing brother.