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Me: *trying this* Me: *my joint cracks*

You can tell this girl ruled at hide and go seek.

Saving this for when hunger games becomes a real thing

'Who knows? This could save my life one day!' I say to myself at 3am when I should be doing homework

I've always wondered how the Dead Silence perk works

Here i am at 2 AM walking around my room like some fucking lunatic.

This is pretty much what my grandpa taught me when I was a kid. I lived with him on a Cherokee reservation for a few years and he got me into the habit of walking like this so much that I've been unintentionally sneaking up on people pretty much my whole life. Walking like this works to move silently even when you're not in the woods. Obviously I don't lower myself when not trying to be quiet, but I everything else I still do on the regular.

“Gonna try to walk silently to see if I can spot wildlife” *jumpcuts to ridiculously loud pantlegs sloshing against each other*

I can use this technique to sneak out of my office to go home and nap during business hours.. :-)

After watching this video my Sneak went up by 10. Thanks!

Me and my friends play a game called Stalker and it's pretty much a game where there are two teams of two, one team is trying to survive as long as they can and the other has to capture them (grab or tackle) to win as fast as possible. We go all out, black outfits, going places during the day to memorize good ambush spots for Hunter team. Pretty fun.

*S N E A K 100*

Oh hey, I've kind of done this! I don't have a real need for stealth, but I really like walking as quietly as possible. Noise brings attention, and I avoid real human interaction at all costs.

Some of us (Old) archers have been hunting in socks for years . Old multiple layered socks are great , very quiet and disposable . We called it "Indian walking" back in the day . You have the technique down pretty good . Another trick in very dry areas , it the skitter method . You know you are going to make noise so you place your foot in a series of quick taps to imitate a squirrel or other animal . This was a very good video . ( Perfect your walk at night in the dark ) Learn to feel the forest floor !

well its easy step.1 Get a leaf blower step.2 Blow away the leaves from your path step.3 walk, run, do whatever you want without making a single noice

*Learns Technique* *Becomes a Ninja*

This got me 30 melee kills in airsoft, Thanks.

If you sneak in morrowind, the sneaking animation is exactly like this, minus the hands

Me: Trying this to sneak something My stomach: GRRRRR

I can see Furries wearing fox customes doing this in the woods

In the finnish army we were taught a similar technique, but a faster one. Bend your knees, hold your weight on the backfoot, but then put your heel on the ground and "roll" over that foot so that your weight transfers from your heel to your entire foot and finally onto your toes. It's also silent, but once you've done it a bit you can move very fast, at almost a jogging speed.

So I literally just tried this right now at 3:00 AM In my hard wood floor home With heavy duty military boots with a carbon safety toe. After getting over the generally awkward position of kneeing down a bit and focusing all my weight into one foot whilst trying to accurately land the motions of my feet to follow your instruction, I did notice a significant reduction in noise generated. It was a slow pace from my room to my kitchen (no more than 15 feet at best) but that's clearly just because I've never done this before. On my way back, the only noise generated by my steps was the creasing of the boots leather and a light "clack" as my boots touch the hardwood floor. HOWEVER, I actually managed to completely eliminate the clack by going in heel first, but sliding into the step rather than stepping. I slide my heel in, and when it touches the floor, gently bring my toe down. Now of course, this is not a forest where sound travels a lot clearer and there's a lot of forest debris to step on, but I found the experience interesting anyways.

I learned a similar walk from watching cats stalking prey. they place their paws down toes first and feel the terrain before fully seating the paw rolling onto the pad as you have shown. I've done this walk for years in stiff boots and it always amazes me how close I can get to some animals. it's marvelous learning from nature. very handy for photography!

This is no match for a wooden house from the 1800s

Much easier to be quiet in the damp woods. It's the dry leaves that make it harder. Crunch-o-matic walking to me no matter how hard I try to be quiet. lol

if you are doing this to avoid scaring animals, tuck your hand into your pits or your pockets. NO other critter but man walks with appendages flopping around. So critters notice that movement and are quite fearful of it.

Maybe im a bit of a freak but i practice walking silently in all my daily walking. (I like in a city btw) its a great way to increase the exercise potential of walking without having to walk alarmingly fast. Also up and down stairs, it looks like youre on an escalator.

Shhh DONT TOUCH THAT.... Ok lets try something else

I live in the city, I'm just high as shit lmao

I don't know why I got this recommend

Call them *sneakers*

Step # 1: Have a kick ass accent

Why am I watching this? KZfaq recommendations never cease to amaze me.

I have heard this called Indian walking. I call it barefoot walking as that is where I learned it first. If you learn to walk barefoot it's always toe to heel as that is the best way to avoid placing your foot in something irregular and hard, (like a Lego in the middle of the night), as you have more time for your foot to sense such an impediment. Side effects are cats who do not fear getting stepped on and people who swear you are a ninja even though your eighty pounds overweight.

Now I'm gonna be Killua

Well hey, I've been doing this for years going to the refrigerator at 2am, making sure not to creak the boards with my fat butt

All the dislikes are from flat earth believers. They got triggered when you said Gravity.

Bring the crow some peanuts and shiny things as a peace offering, she will forgive you. Seriously as mentioned they are super intelligent and once they know you are not going to harm them and will bring them food and "gifts" they will be fine.

which type of parents name thier son "survivalmike" ? Edit: someone replied to my comment 2 years later and now Im realizing how cringe is this comment. Sorry

Any murderers here?

This will definitely come in handy when I'm...uh...hunting....animals. Thank you.

serious question.... Anyone else notice all the shoes now are only available in clown colours.... wtf?! Even black shoes they add fuckn reflectors or shiny bits to them... I just want flat earth tones... I'm not trying to stand out and I don't work at a carnival.

i love her, she's like a cool big sister without all the fighting and mean friends, totally!

3:36 Drunk me trying to sneak in at home so my parents won't notice I was out all night drinking...again then I realize I live alone in my apartment.

2 more methods are being as skinny as you can and having an abusing parent, so you will have a lot of experience sneaking out

if you walk barefoot you tend to walk more carefully and thus much more quietly!

First stick or rock in my foot whilst barefoot will alert at least 2 acres of wildlife.

This is both beneficial and kinda creepy.

GOOD "HOW TO" VIDEO ! Also, always pay attention to the terrain - lots of dry leaves & fallen twigs will make silent walking virtually impossible. Stay on grassy areas, or those with moss which will reduce footstep noise. Avoid areas of low brush which will scratch against your clothes, and which also can hide snakes. IF TRYING TO ELUDE SOMEONE, stop at regular intervals and LISTEN. You should be able to hear THEM, and move in the OPPOSITE direction. IF ALL ELSE FAILS, hide in place - keep low, and cover yourself with leave or brush.

I always wondered how a person could walk through a leaf covered forest and not make noise. I just figured leaf crunching was inevitable.

now i can get snacks at 3 in the morning

me after leg day

ninja lesson number 1.

That's almost the same way humans used to walk in the Middle Ages before the invention of heels, which resulted in a different walk where we put our heel down first.

Lillly:Tries to make a stealthy intro Also Lilly: *Hi my name is Lilly*

I have always been someone who is light on their feet and can be pretty silent when it comes to sneaking around but every time I do there's always those couple of times where I misstep or go to fast and I end up making noise. This helped alot with that! Thank you!

Kept You Waiting, Huh?

That was a great explanation of that walking technique. It was explained to me once before and I read about it, but you brought it to life. Thanks a lot.

Another thing you can do is constantly scream at the top of your lungs, or continuously use a very intense noisemaker of some sort. This will mask the sound of your footsteps.

Well done Lilly, well done. I didn't know anyone knew how to do this any more. I was taught this in the early 1960's while wearing the old Converse All Stars. Proceeding slowly into the wind, always into the wind, you can walk down deer and elk, almost every time. Be mindful that using this technique you can walk up on bears, and be very close to them before either of you know the other is there. Keep up the good work, and Merry Christmas:-).

when in the woods, bring an extra pair of old thick wool socks. slip your boots off and put those over your good socks. Feel the ground and walk up on game.

Awesome video thank you!

Thanks for the great video! Very helpful! I love the area of woods you are walking around in. Very beautiful.

Interesting video.That's a serious Indian walk.There are several Native American legends about crow, and one tells why crow tells on hunters when they are slaking prey. Annoying to be sure if you're hungry, but having read the stories now when I've been sitting in the woods and heard crow, I look around to see if something is stalking me.

Exactly like an old-style humanoid robot, with the projection of the center of gravity always inside the convex hull of the support base. Very clear :)

Getting a snack at 3 am is good training aswell

When I am trying to walk with no noise I do this, before I saw the video I didn't know what I did was an actual technique!

Great information. Thanks for sharing it with us.

honestly I suggest going barefoot, you can be dead silent easily like that as you start to walk more naturally. Getting foot injuries isn't an issue if you got good walking feet.

thank you so much for sharing this

This'll come in handy when getting chased by a crazed psycho in the woods!

Actually you _can_ walk silent even with heavy boots. I wear very heavy protective boots (the kind which protects you from fire, stepping on nails and/or heavy objects falling onto your feet) and I still can walk with them on a typical dirt-ridden road or something similar and sneak up even onto persons who I deliberately use as sparring partners and told them to even _expect_ me. There is a HUGE difference between sneaking up onto someone who doesn't expect you and someone who has been told upfront that you're trying to sneak up within the next 5 minutes or so. First one is WAY easier than trying to sneak up to someone who is already on "high alert". I managed to do both with my heavy boots. It all comes down to being familiar with what you're wearing. Someone who isn't used to heavy security boots will have a hard time sneaking up while for me it's easy, because I wear them everyday. I even go dancing with them. If you can walk as lightly as someone who is barefoot with your shoes on... you have mastered these shoes. :D

A friend told me that the Indians-Some of them-made a practice of sewing a pebble into the heel of each of their children's moccasins. That trained them to avoid the "Heel-Toe"-or more precisely "Heel-First-Then-Rock-The-Weight-Onto-The-Ball-of-The-Foot" motion that Civilized people who wear shoes with both thick soles and a generous heel naturally tend to habituate themselves to. I had Heel spurs for awhile and it definitely cried me of dropping my weight onto my heel. …..RVM45

Wow! That's awesome!

1:24 the shoes has Vibriam typed on them lol she wearing black panther

Will definitely be giving this a try next time I'm in the woods. It could be an improvement over what I try and do!

Hi... I don't usually post comments, but I just want to thank you for ALL you do. I've learned a lot from watching your videos, and I know it's not easy doing the work AND the vids. Thanks again :-)

I love you Lilly. Im totally killing the fox walk now. Im gonna train doing it all day every as much as i can so it can be second nature to me. And soon my natural walk will be unheard where ever I go. Thanks again for the video's... I really appreciate them.

Nice stretch of woods

I have found that the best way to walk quietly in the woods is to walk barefooted...because you are barefoot you walk slower and more deliberate and thus are quiter

I thank you for this, i need this in order to sneak into my parent’s room and get back my confiscated ipad

Very nice! Thank you!

Just what i was looking for! Thanks..

This is a good method for stalking your targets. I highly suggest going barefoot though. You get a better feel of the ground and it's easier to also miss twigs that you might not see right away. Also, do a lot of lunges on your toes to build balance.

"How to walk silently through the woods" *DONT* *WALK*

You can walk almost totally silently with boots, it's just very hard and takes longer than other shoes. You described it almost exactly, but the only difference is instead of the ball of your foot, you land with your heel, and put the side edge of your boot down first, then gradually shift the weight to the foot stepping down while you flatten your foot. The biggest issue is that to do so, you have to move extremely slowly, but if you're hunting an animal, that could be a benifit. Also keeping your knees bent and shifting your gravity to and fro can be exhausting if you do it in excess of say, 8 minutes. Longest I've been able to do it without messing up is around 7 minutes and 20 seconds.

Thanks for this, very helpfull👍

A LRRP taught me that, and a heal toe type. excellent demo Survival Lilly.

The quietest shoes I've ever worn in the woods were plain old Converse high tops. They were silent on gravel. The worst? My White's Smokejumpers. The sole is so hard, it's like you're walking through tin cans or something. Just no way to be quiet. :-( Also, the right one squeaks pretty loudly. Grrr. Arrgh.

Useful and simple video, thank you very much for this content

When you up to 3AM and get up for a snack while trying not to wake up your parents

Crouching Lilly and Hidden Dax

Metal Gear?

Back in my army days, we used something similar, called a deer trot, which we had to employ despite wearing heavy combat boots. It seemed to have worked. Thanks for this video.

I didn't realize that I was doing this naturally, my friends would freak out whenever they would find out I was following with them not knowing

Hey Lilly!! That bird you heard was a jay not a crow! Whatta beautiful forest...take care!

This is fascinating 😄

AHHH I am excited to come across this channel again I used to watch her was I was younger, and I needed to learn how to walk quietly in the woods for airsoft and because I am a sniper I figured it would be useful for sneaking up on enemy territory. Thank You Lilly!!

I remember reading a book as a kid that talked about this, but I couldn't remember what it was exactly. When I saw the title, I knew I had to watch this.