Out here in Colorado, my uncle Jim always said once when we were camping "If you're ever deep in a forest not near any major roads and all of the birds and animals go quiet, to leave the forest as fast as possible."

*Finds corpse with face chewed off* "I'm starting to think these weird beasts may be bad news, Phil."

Wendigos: creatures that only seek to eat, since they’re constantly starving Skin walkers: shapeshifting creatures that try to trick and kill humans

I camped out one night with a buddy of mine in Colorado and we was sitting around the fire drinking some hot coffee when my buddy said”you hear that?”I got to listening and we heard huge like heavy footsteps and we looked everywhere and couldn’t see anything so we yk went to bed and halfway into sleeping I hear what sounded like my buddies voice and I was frightened when I woke up to see him fast asleep with his voice outside saying”come out here and drink with me buddy”I’ve never been so scared in my life

As a deer hunter for years, the part about animals going quiet is very true. Make it to your stand and roughly half an hour will pass before they start moving again.

I just realized a wendigo’s presence is sometimes foretold by a blizzard or foul smelling odor so that’s another similarity

My grandma told me a story about her grandma when she was a young child and her family had a close encounter with the wendigo in the trapline during the winter. Soon as they knew it was clear outside they packed up got the families on the dog sleds and rushed back to the community and she said those dogs ran and never stopped because they were scared of something in the woods. But that never stopped my family from hunting on the trap line in the bush in the winter.

Idk what I saw when I was younger but it shook me to my core. I’m being fully transparent if nobody believes me that is ok. When I was young, maybe 8-9; I awoke to a sickening feeling that I was being watched. The best way I could describe this feeling was as if I had just had a near death experience and my adrenaline was high. I felt frozen in fear, eventually I mustered up the courage to just lift my head up with my neck in order to look around the room. My eyes eventually rested upon my doorway, and that is when I saw it. The moon illuminated its gaunt figure it was no more than 4ft tall, hairless, as well as pale white or light grey. I had laid my eyes upon it as it was slowly crawling on all fours. When I looked in it’s direction it’s head slowly turned and it’s gaze met mine. I am sorry to say I can’t remember it’s eyes, but I believe they were a solid black. Eventually I did what any kid would in that situation, I covered my head with the blankets to make it go away; it did not go away. Eventually I kept my blankets over my head and fell asleep. A full decade later and I hardly have nightmares anymore, but whenever someone brings up a similar looking creature I can’t help buck think back to that fateful night. Please don’t ridicule me for this story, it is what I saw nothing more, if anything I’d like for others to reply if they have similar stories.

This guy could read me a cordless drill operator's manual and i'd still be attentive.

cover me boys, I'm about to watch this without my blanket on

2nd best piece of advice I’ve been told by my halfblood grandpa for the woods, “A deer doesn’t walk on 2 legs”

I’m starting to think maybe I shouldn’t have watched this at 2am in my pitch black room

Since there's no music it feels like someone is telling me a story in person, good job on the narration.

Is it a Wendigo? Short answer: No Long answer: Noooooooooooooooooo

the first story reminded me of the "so anyways i started blasting" meme... tbh he should've unloaded the entire magazine

I’m a deer hunter up here in Ohio, we have this property of a friend whos tree farm went under and all the trees are overgrown making a thick forest, me and my dad were out one day when suddenly the birds and small vermin went silent. I thought nothing of it until I heard a breaking of branches a ways off. I readied my bow in hopes of a deer, but nothing. I soon relaxed myself a little and about an hour later the forest went back to normal. I always dismissed my experience as over active imagination, but I don’t know what could have been out there.

It isn't a worry for me if I hear the creatures of the forest suddenly go silent. What really makes the hairs on my neck stand on end is when I hear the faintest, distant sound of the saxophone playing "I'll be Watching You" by Sting It's the first clue you have that Saxsquatch knows you're near

1st story is definitely a skinwalker. Likely the best depiction of a skinwalker i ever heard

There’s currently a blizzard in my hometown which is a rural suburb of Chicago. All night I kept smelling a foul odor and was stopping me dead in my tracks... but then I realized it was just my dog passing gas all night. I hate when she does that while I’m enjoying a movie and some popcorn 🍿. Scary stuff man.

Everyone on KZfaq: We can't stop it, it's too fast! Me: Have ya tried Napalm?

Wendigos are not shape shifters; that's skinwalkers.

Imagine an alternate reality where Wendigo’s keep their terrifying appearance, but instead of being monsters they are guardians of the forest who help lost hikers and give flowers to children.

I had a weird experience a few months ago on my way home from work. I live in the country and was driving up my hill which is like half a mile up. As I hit the dirt road part I began to feel eyes on me and pulled into my parking spot. Got out with my knife I keep in my glove box and stare hard in the direction of where I felt I was being watched. Making sure my knife was visible I calmly said I know you’re there and for a moment everything went quite couldn’t even hear the nearby waterfall after about 10 seconds of pure silence something moved in the other direction away from me and all the sound returned again. I made sure to calmly go into the house feeling like running would have been a bad idea… haven’t felt anything like that since

Once while hunting with my dad in northern Canada we found ourselves on a random trail that lead to a turn around where there was a small lake. It was completely silent the whole time, silence you could hear…painfully noticeable. When I went to the end of the turn around to take a look at the lake I found an ouija board that had shot gun blasts all through it…still one of the scariest things I ever came across.

*zones out while scrolling thru Twitter* "I got back to my truck unmolested" 😳🤨🤨 "HUH!?"

I lived on a 1,600 acre ranch for over a decade, before moving away three years ago. I’ve learned a lot, but what i learned most, was if the woods were silent, you were in danger. I come from strong Native American roots, and i have a strong intuition that’s never lead me wrong. Ive never seen any creature i couldn’t explain, but when one of our cows died it shook me. I rode around the property daily, so i know its body hadn’t been there more than a day. I know how a cow looks when they first die: they get all swollen from the heat and buzzards will flock to it. But When i found her, she looked sucked dry inside and like she’d been there for weeks. I know she hadn’t. I’d fed her veggies from the garden only two days before. I can’t explain it, but my mind always goes to a Chupacabra. Theyre rumored in my area. Other than strange feelings about areas, thats the only “encounter” ive ever had. I dont know. I painted warding symbols on some of the trees and hadn’t seen another death like it again. Its been years and it still bothers me.

I've always found it fascinating how these stories of human like animals or half human/half animal creatures have been a part of myth and folklore of every single culture on the planet. From bigfoot, sasquatch, The Yowie, Leshy, the African Bili Ape, the Wendigo, and many MANY others even going as far back as ancient Sumeria and stories of Enkidu. They've been a part of myths and legends for as long as they have, I think because of this innate fear that is imbedded into the human DNA of things that are ALMOST human but not quite. On on one hand you have stories of things that are for all tense and purposes animals, they look like an animal such as an ape or some other kind of biped but with human like intelligence, the ability to almost be smarter then humans, to make sounds like humans and even mimic human speech or screams. Then you have the stories of things that LOOK human, but are kind of "OFF", the ones that look human but have black eyes, or give the on looker a sense of unease in the way they move or speak. Even today, when you look at a person you can sort of get a sense of what there like and who they are by the way they act, move and hold themselves. But when you see something that your eyes is telling you is human or animal but then they dont act the way they should or the way your expecting them to, it makes you feel unsettled. And I think that is why these stories even exist in the first place and have persisted for as long as they have. Its this conflict between what the "modern" brain sees through the eyes clashing with what we consider to be human or with what the "reptile" brain can sense. Its really interesting if you think about it, because even though this all makes sense, it makes you wonder, was this always a fear that humans have had or was there SOMETHING that initially placed this fear and unease in human millions of years ago to begin with?

pay very close attention to your gut feelings in the woods. I’ve had an encounter with something like this and you can feel a sinking feeling in your stomach before it happens. Also your ears will ring in the direction of malicious things in the woods. Or atleast mine did

Great narration. So many horror readers on here talk so monotone.

THEY LEFT THE MOTHER IN THE HOUSE?? BRUH

wow. a narrator who actually seems to have a feel for story telling. This is top notch for the genre. great beats... brief, but relaxed style... just the right amount of enthusiasm. nice voice. seems like you either hit it on the first try, or actually edit the audio. clean noiseless sound. bravo. Liked and subscribed.

i would pay a lot of money to have this guy do an audio book

I hate when stories claim that people in rural communities don't trust outsiders. I've been to plenty of rural areas, backwoods properties, ranches, etc. They're so much more generous and trusting than most people in the city. It's like the closer someone lives to their neighbors, the less likely they are to talk to anyone.

The Narration is absolutely brilliant, my dude.

If you know the true story of the Wendigo from Native legend, you'd know that it's more of a warning against the dangers of the wilderness and the desperate nature of the human mind.

Bro I live in Eastern Mississippi and my brother told me we have skin walkers, he hears them in the woods and they call his name, sometimes they play damsel in distress and have feminine voices and other times they tell him to come to them. They mimic family’s voice as well. He always heard it as a kid and dismissed himself as crazy. He then realized he wasn’t crazy when my uncle and his son said they saw a doppelgänger of my uncles son running around outside. It was him with messed up eyes. Anyways my animals are always barking at things and then go quiet. So now that everyone knows this can someone tell me if this is Wedigos or skin walkers? I’ve heard both but wendigos seem more relevant because someone told me they live in Eastern Mississippi.

My dumb butt was like. Yeah your gonna watch this at 11 o'clock at night.

creepy stories: playing me, zoning out and not even listening: i wonder what i'm having for dinner

I used to go night hiking in the forest as a kid and I’m so glad I don’t have any stories like these

Was 8 years old in rural Maine. Had a tree fort I had built complete with shuttered window flaps to shoot my slingshot out of. There was also a natural hot spring nearby and a large ancient gnarled apple tree on a hill with nothing else growing around it on the small hill. Felt Old, ancient even. As an imaginative kid I loved to play pretend in the woods and they looked just like the 2nd stories background save for the large clearing and old apple tree. I might add yes, I have consumed apples from that tree... shouldn't have done that I'm thinking nowadays after learning and just knowing more through life experiences etc. But a bipedal almost baphomet esque creature with large elk like antlerrs leaned around a tree just far enough away to where the eye has a hard time seeing movement between trees (mid-long range for my slingshot) and I have always been able to pick out rabbits sprinting through grass, or tiny birds in bushes, squirrels gone complete stealth mode rigid on a tree. Always seeing animals nobody else is able to until I point it out. I saw the movement and TALL (maybe 7 feet including antler height) creature peering around the tree at me and my heart lurched, almost that cold acid feeling in your stomache. I RAN to my tree house and sprinted up to the ladder and looked around before practically skipping the ladder rungs 2 at a time. Got inside and grabbed a rock for my slingshot and just started shooting rocks into the woods in the direction I saw it. Not fun for an eight year old. Kept it to myself because I was that imaginative kid who nobody would believe for something like that.

im listening to this, home alone, while a huge lightning storm is happening outside (edit: my dog just scared the crap out of me)

Story 1 was terrifying

when you say six sasquatch walking onto the theme I can't help but imagine 6 of these bear men just die walking into a gas station like "ho".

Subscribed!! That first story had me gripping my pillows! Omgosh, I love your narration especially during the highlight part of the story and the way your voice changes it makes it even more scarier!!!

I've noticed something in a lot of different Wendigo stories. The old stories were about giants as tall as trees now these creatures are reported as smaller, long broken like limbs, using broken disturbing voices, moving unnaturally, too fast, sharp claws. But I noticed it seems like they also feed on fear as much as flesh. They scare their victims and chase them, but really they should be able to catch these people. And they can't seem to come into a home uninvited unless the home is not secure such as an open window. So many stories of them tapping and knocking on doors, walls, and windows to scare, but really.. shouldn't they be able to just break through the glass and enter?

Wendigo's, Skinwalkers: exist Me: light the forest on fire with napalm.

Use to live out over yonder at the base of a small mountain with my family on a house that was on stilts and we were surrounded by forests and the nearest neighbors were miles apart, anyways everything is fine for a long time, but then shit starts happening over the years that you can't ignore anymore, like strange noises that you can't explain or weird experiences when you're out in the woods. It just came to a point where i had to move in a highly populated city cause that stuff got too freaky. There was definitely something out in them woods

These have always and will always be my favorite types of scary stories, and I almost exclusively come to this channel because there’s always a hidden gem I haven’t seen before. Your narrations are always top shelf! Brilliant work, MrSinister ❤️

With the first story, I really liked the extra detail of the ranger dude using hand sanitizer after going. Not today Corona, not fucking today.

Story 1 is pretty good. My main criticism is that there are moments that are too "literary" for a first-hand account. The narrator sometimes states things in a way that nobody would. A prime example: "I frowned to myself". Nobody ever describes such a thing during first-hand accounts because we feel the emotion rather than witness it. Another note: It's a common trope for gunshots to "throw back" a charging enemy, but it would be far more realistic and scary if they didn't.

I have also had phone calls from those who don't exist anymore. I have heard a lot about this creature from many people. Spirits can become stuck in a loop reliving what happened when it was violent. The interesting part is that they contacted animal control. Very logical...it could mean they don't realize they have transitioned into spirit, or they are worried about someone who is living there. It happens more often than people might think. You did a great job narrating. It's not easy to go through something like that and not be able to talk to people about it. There are many things I cannot mention that I have experienced. It's good we have utube, at least you can release it to others which should feel better than keeping it inside completely. Take care and thank you for sharing.

The way you read these stories is absolutely brilliant. Could hear the fear in your voice as you talked about going into the first house. Keep it up 👍

I'm calling the SCP foundation

Most people - holy shit a wendigo! Me - ah yes, deer.

The 1st story was so good, the Tension built was heart pounding, I usually listen to these types of videos as background noise while doing school work, But not only did your narration captivate me but the story was excellent

Windigos are truly terrifying i met one at my dads place in Ontario not once in my entire life have i felt so scared it just stared back at me then my little brother and sister luckily enough it never came at us i told my siblings to face me and never look back my dad was so terrified when I told him hope he and my sisters are okay up there god knows what that windigo was planning

Ever since I have heard of a wendigo, it is the main thing that scares me when I go out at night, when I’m paranoid I’m thinking of that thing. It. Is. Creepy.

To have something hit my window when he’s reading at 20:00 was not fun. Needless to say, lights on, and window closed.

almost pissed myself laughing when you said "somehow i still made it to my truck unmolested" 12:40

Very well done. Had mey attention the entire story looking forward to checking the rest of your content out.

is it normal that im not even scared i just feel like i would fall asleep this guy's voice is so calming

Time to whip out the 50bmg Armour pearcing incindairy tracer and the Barret 50

Its good before sleep your voice is really chill and reminds me of my father reading me scary stories to tell in the dark

The first story was amazing. Huge credits to whoever made it

people who know their spiritual stuff watching this guy repeatedly name wendinopes: 👁👄👁

Hans, get the howitzer

"they are efficient survivalists, theses creatures wear the hides of the animals they kill and have a tribe like mentality" hmmm i wonder if theirs any other animals that do that...

From my time in the Army I’ve had my fair share of being alone deep in thick forests at night. Spookiest experience was feeling the entire energy around me change and just feeling like I definitely did not belong in that part

Sometimes I wonder if giving monsters Apple Pie would be fun.

No one asked but I truly appreciate/prefer these paranormal scary stories instead of stalker/crazy people scary stories. Thanks for this!

In the first story he says he thinks I could be related to a wendigo but the only similarity it shared was the eating people, but wendigos r said to be able to mimic the sound of a human crying for help, much like the creature crying like a child

i come back to this video sometimes because it’s my favorite on his channel. brings back memories when i first found it, listening to it late at night in the summer. thank you “mr sinister”

r/NoSleep is specifically for works of fiction, so I highly doubt any of these stories are real. Still terrifying, but if you wanna find real ones, r/GhostStories is for actual paranormal experiences!

I love how that couple just straight up left that guy’s mother to be savagely torn apart

i really enjoyed this, and I hope you continue to put out more stories that are like this in the near future. thank you

I live in the back woods of Missouri, and my grandpa has seen a wendigo. He refuses to go into the woods at night. I remember one night we were in the woods and everything went absolutely silent and my grandpa was screaming at me to get back to the cabin and was crying when he got back

This has gotta be the best narrative voice I've found on KZfaq. I usually have trouble sleeping, but despite the suspenseful story I am so relaxed. Thank you man, you keep it up.

Neither of these are Wendigo. Both are definitely from First Nations folklore, but neither are Wendigo. The former is a Skinwalker, whilst the latter be a Gugwe. If it was a Wendigo, you would know. Wendigo are terrifying and unmistakable.

It’s easy to be skeptical about such things, but naive to think they’re not possible, every myth and legend carries a grain of truth, absolutely love listening to you narrate these stories ❤️

Your are the best narrator I have ever heard. The way you talk with the words you speak is incredible . You make it sound that we are the person In the story and that is truly amazing.

I've recently started listening to these story's. I find them quite interesting. I used to be an avid hunter, firearms & archery. I never encountered anything of the sort. I live in the east coast. If they are real, i guess i can consider to be lucky.

Facinating insight into cryptids narrated perfectly

As Halloween approaches again, here I return! These are some truly spooky stories, and the narration is sublime! Bravo!

as a person raised on stories of wendigos and skinwalkers, this is genuinely terrifying by the similarities. personally, never encountered anything such as this (for the love of god im glad) I've had a few weird encounters with a certain animal linked to skin walkers. coyotes. I was at a little tour with my father to see some long horned cattle (extremely friendly to people) and we had pet a few. on the way to tell stories about skin walkers, a coyote. we see a coyote moving TOWARDS the cattle. (this exact herd kills about 3 coyotes a year) I dont think any cattle died, but it was very strange. and the fact we were near an indian reservation made it worse. kept hearing sticks cracking just out of range.

Really, really good reading man. I love how the dialogue is the same level as the narration. And props for using a good mic and a perfect image.

The best wendigo I ever saw, was in until dawn

I was out by Glacier in Montana. Im from California and i like to venture out to random places. Some of the locals said that would be ill advised there. Im like im dressed warm enough, is there bears or mountain lions. They looked at each other very serious like and said "yeah.... bears and mountains lions". If it gets quiet, like really quiet just get out of the area double time. Don't wander off the trails.

I've been searching for new narrators to listen to but i cant stand anyone's voice, i came across your channel in my search, your voice is great

"Global warming isn't likely to stop in the foreseeable future" Covid: allow me to introduce myself

I love you’re voice! And for some reason you’re accent makes the stories you narrate even scarier!!!

thank you for the inspiration to make my own stories. Definitely subbed. keep it up

Finally, another good scary story teller! I have only ever liked Mr. Nightmare, but having watched every one of his videos I am excited to find another :)

I don't usually get spooked by /nosleep but the 1st story just scared me.

I swear this sounds like a documentary

This feels like an audiobook, excellent job! Subscribed

A little over a year ago, I went to a forest park with my friend. We stayed there after dusk to smoke a joint but nah bruh. In one moment the sudden overwhelming stench of something rotten passed us, although there was no wind. This immediately triggered my flight reflex and I was adamant that we leave immediately. The only time I had felt panic like this before had been during sleep paralysis. My friend thought I was joking, but I basically hightailed it out of there, dragging them along with me.

The bigfoot story is legitimately unsettling and super interesting. I love the different types of sasquatch described

I'm incredibly picky when it comes to narrations, but wow. You're damn good.

My first time hearing your channel. Subscribed immediately! Love your work, very well done! Thank you 💯👌👍

Great stories and awesome narration 💙💙💙 Thank you Mr. Sinister!!! Take care & stay safe!!! God bless you ❤️