The following is a compilation of over four hours of allegedly true and scary small-town stories I've told in the past.

Because small towns make for one of the most unsettling locations apparently.

Enjoy, and don't forget to send me your scary stories of the unexplained at darkstories.org, so I can aerate them.

Also, be sure to catch my other podcast, Tales from the Breakroom, where I narrate work-related horror stories.

Now, let's begin.

Possible Werewolf Encounter in Jamestown, Colorado.

Collected by C. Philly 100.

First off, I'd just like to say it's fascinating how many of these types of stories come out of Colorado.

But I think the reasons for that are two-fold.

One, the high-human population density living so close to vast wilderness areas.

And two, the percentage of that population whose hobbies and passions take them deep out into the backcountry of this beautiful wild state that is Colorado.

This story happened to two of my best friends, C. and P, out on the Old Bar-K Ranch, where we all used to live up in Jamestown, Colorado.

But don't be fooled by the name. This isn't your grandfather's cattle ranch.

No, the Old Bar-K covers thousands of acres of rugged mountain terrain.

Steep rocky cliffs and jagged granite spires like citadels or centuries, standing guard to either side of James Creek, as it snakes its way down the unforgiving canyon.

It's such a wild place.

You can almost imagine the Native Americans living and hunting out here, as truly very little has changed since then.

We used to have mock battles, whereupon we would try to sneak up on each other with snowballs, which probably wasn't the wisest idea after all.

As we later spoke with a forest ranger who told us that there is a rather robust mountain lion population living in that area, and that they've evolved to live in prides of sorts, similar to those of African lions.

And we would see lots of tracks too, including Cougar, Bobcat, Coyote and Bear tracks, not to mention SCAT.

Wolves have also made their way back down into northern Colorado as well, and there's a known pack not too far away from there.

The town of James itself, originally called Jimstown after Jim Smith, an early pioneer, is an old gold mining town, and modern home to the Mercantill Cafe.

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