[Music] thank you [Music] it was almost a decade ago I was in the Adirondack Mountains for a hiking and skiing trip I rented an Airbnb cabin for the week kind of nestled in its own private section of woods perfect for skiers and hikers though there was news of an incoming blizzard all of a sudden one day that week I wasn't just going to cut my trip three days short though and I already paid for it I think it was a Friday I don't remember but I woke up that morning to knocks at the front door
of my cabin I looked out the window in my bedroom I was greeted with nothing but white sheets of snow covering everything with heavy snow still piling on I looked to the front door and there was this woman in a parka who looked rather distressed I quickly threw on a change of clothes and opened the door she was some 40-something-year-old woman her cheeks were red and she looked freezing she asked and I guess as polite way as possible if she could seek shelter here until the storm blew over figured it was the gentleman thing to
do so I invited her in and told her to make herself comfortable while I heated up some coffee she plopped herself down on the couch and asked if I lived here I told her it was just an Airbnb then asked where she was coming from she said she also rented an Airbnb up here but she got caught in the blizzard and couldn't find her way back she said her name was Meredith I handed her a cup of coffee but she refused it and said she was really tired then she asked if she could just rest
on the couch I allowed it though as I ate my breakfast I can't lie I felt really awkward I didn't really know what to do after my breakfast I didn't feel comfortable just hanging in the living room kitchen area so I went back to my room to watch TV the snow was really coming down outside and the wind was so aggressive that the whistling streaked through the windows not too long after another knock at the door I once again looked out the window this time there was a man outside I went to open the door
with Meredith now sitting up on the couch asking who it was I told her I don't know then I opened the door was like deja vu because the man basically gave the same story that he was caught in the blizzard and needed a place to stay at this point having already LED Meredith in I had to let him in too I told him the same thing I told her make yourself comfortable he introduced himself as Mark Meredith and Mark they introduced themselves to each other as well and they had a laugh at the fact that
they were both in the same boat then they both kind of playfully praised me for letting them in Meredith seemed more lively now Mora opens a conversation so we talked about a bunch of random stuff until there was nothing really left to talk about the day dragged on Into the Night it grew dark and cold inside the cabin the snow was showing no signs of receding I offered them whatever food was in the fridge throughout the day unfortunately for me seemed it was approaching that time that I had to designate where there would be sleeping
but Meredith kind of did that for me she asked if I would allow the two of them to stay here for the night I had to say yes so they both slept on the couches I slept in my room of course I fell asleep rather easily with the knowledge that my belongings were under my bed and couldn't be easily stolen by these two strangers I'm usually a heavy sleeper but this night I woke up to a loud thump I sat up the door to my bedroom was open the sound of the outside wind was incredibly
loud I discovered the front door to the cabin was open too and neither Meredith nor Mark were on the couch I went out to the porch for a second just to look into the woods there were fresh looking footsteps leading into the snow and I could see Meredith just standing out there in the snow facing me holding what looked to be my travel bag I yelled at her to come back here along with a few Choice words I ran to my room to get my boots as I rushed to put the boots on while on
the couch I noticed my bedroom door was now shut I 100 did not close that door was I about to open it hell no especially not after I heard footsteps on the other side of the door I got my boots and coat on and ran to the front porch again but now Meredith wasn't alone someone a man I couldn't tell if it was Mark or not I was standing next to her holding her hand and they were both facing the house I didn't care about the bag anymore I ran to my Jeep and drove through
the three feet of snow there had to be more than just those two people in the house that night because someone else was in the bedroom I was too nice I let my guard down with two strangers and I paid the price I'm just happy they didn't kill me though somehow I got the vibe they were trying to do more than just Rodney at my bag my older brother and I used to love to play out in the snow we live by the woods I'm not giving my town or state or any other details of
our location though one night our parents let us go outside to play in the blizzard we figured playing hide and seek would be fun since the footprints in the snow would create a new factor in the game so I was the one hiding first we were playing in the woods with flashlights I turned mine off once I found a place to hide just to not give away my location I ducked down in the deep snow between two big trees I tried covering my tracks in the snow but I couldn't possibly get all of them saw
my brother's flashlight in the distance coming in my direction he was definitely going to find me so I ran in the dark deeper into the woods I definitely lost him because I didn't see his light anymore or maybe he turned it off also we knew these woods and I knew which direction I was going I wasn't going to get lost eventually as I kept walking though I found another trail of footprints seemed like they were left there only a few minutes ago so I started following them expecting to find a deer at the end as
the footprints became more fresh however I started to realize they were boot prints not animal footprints this also meant I was getting closer to whoever just left These Blueprints I was thinking at first that it was my brother maybe he ran past me without me hearing it I only thought that because I didn't see how or why anyone else would be out here in the middle of the blizzard with my lights still on I noticed something black sticking out of this big pile of snow which seemed to sit right next to the boot marks I
stopped and examined it and brushed some of the snow off the objects I brushed enough snow off to realize there was a big black garbage bag this didn't look good I already smelled something foul in there garbage that's what I was hoping for I tried to find the opening of the bag and eventually just gave up and tore the bag open with my nails gagged the instant I saw what was inside a decomposing human body when I say gagged I'm talking coughing loudly and uncontrollably in shock and disgust and I think that gave away my
position to my brother because pretty soon his light started shining on me I turned to him his light in my face and made a hand motion signaling for him to run like go home rightfully so he was confused and kept approaching me so I ran to him and told him to turn off his flashlight pointed at the bag and whispered what was inside he didn't believe me even after I begged him to just go home with me he went to the bed to see for himself and when he saw I wasn't lying he put his
hand over his mouth as the older brother he started guiding me and nudging me back to the house trying not to make a sound though as we moved we kept looking back thinking we heard Footsteps in the snow behind us we moved faster every time he had to keep the flashlight on otherwise it would be Pitch Black then I think at the same time we both looked back after hearing a footstep again and saw about 50 feet away or so there was someone standing there right in the light of my brother's flashlight watching from there
we ran all the way back home the man yelled something at us but neither of us could make out what he said we got back to the house two minutes later and told our parents who called the police to report the dead body the police came and asked us a bunch of questions and they sent out a search team based on our description of the location they didn't make us go back out there the search turned up no results but they resumed the next day in the daylight which was when we were asked for assistance
in retracing our steps we did the best we could but the body was never found it wouldn't be much of a surprise if whoever was out there moved the body after realizing there were two witnesses we were literally just little kids when this happened and we were still being followed by possibly the person who hid that body there to begin with I still wonder if we just narrowly escaped with our lives [Music] it started on the night of the first snowstorm of the year I was off the next day for work so I was just
relaxing in my bed watching a movie drinking hot cocoa all of a sudden something hit my window that nearly gave me a heart attack I looked at my window and saw The Fresh Mark of a snowball having just splattered over the glass I open the window to look outside and I heard a kid's laughter well that answered that I closed the window again and my attention shifted back to the movie not too long before a second pow at the window followed by the kid's laughter this time I ignored it I knew that by giving the
kid a reaction they would keep going apparently that worked because no more snowballs were thrown at my window that night the next night though it happened again this time while I was asleep I woke up to a much louder and more ferocious bang at the window from a snowball I opened the window and took a look outside though it wasn't snowing anymore I still couldn't see too far out onto the lawn though I did hear the Laughing of the kid again it was a boy's laughter it sounded like a 10 year old I yelled something
out the window at him I think it was a threat but nothing too serious to be directed at a child it didn't happen again that night the next day a lot of the snow had melted but most of the ground was still covered in a white sheet after turning off my light in my room I lay awake anticipating and dreading the sound of a snowball hitting the glass that would once again make me jump out of my skin and just like clockwork it happened that goddamn kid was back I was ready this time I jumped
out of bed and looked out the window this time I saw just for maybe half a second the back of a kid running away into the darkness I threw on my shoes and coat and ran outside to find him I found where his footsteps started at my window and I followed them I ran as fast as I could trying to catch up to him his Footprints led me down a grass field until I reached a road footprint stopped at a big sycamore tree wrapped around it were two white bands of flowers there was also a
wooden cross planted in front of the tree it was a memorial for a fatal car crash here I double and then triple check to see if the footsteps went any other direction but they mysteriously stopped right there I walked back home and went to bed a bit disturbed the next day I did some research and inquired with some locals and I found out a mother and her son died in a car crash running into that tree when I learned this I got goosebumps but I didn't want to find out how old the sun was I
couldn't bring myself to do it God forbid the sun was around 10 years old I'd forever be haunted by this even more so than I already am the next night I thought I heard a child's laughter outside my window but it may have just been My Imagination Running Wild I had to take sleeping pills for a whole month just so that I wouldn't be awake terrified all night
