From howling monsters in the Ozarks to dark doppelgangers in the Rockies, today's stories

feature the most horrifying things that might happen.

If you visit these massive geological regions in North America at the wrong time.

Plus, we start off with some scary things seen while walking at night.

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Now, let's begin.

They came with the fog from summer showers.

I don't know what I saw.

To this day to think of that evening terrifies me.

In 2017 on a beautiful May 1st, I took a hike up into the hills.

I walked for a few hours and it was getting late.

The sun would soon be setting so I headed back down.

About 30 minutes into my trek down, the fog began to slowly roll in.

That's when I noticed how quiet it had grown.

The hair on my arms and the back of my neck were standing up, like I had just pulled a

shirt on from the dryer without using fabric softener.

I started walking faster.

And noticed what I first thought was a low hum, but the closer I got to the small grove

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