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True Scary Stories
Read true scary stories and first-person accounts of frightening encounters, unexplained events and real moments that still resist an ordinary explanation.
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Alan Chow: Six Days Lost at Hetch Hetchy
A first overnight hike, an injured ankle and a waterfall that blocked the way home: the documented search for Alan Chow in…
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Pikelot Atoll: The Word That Made Three Stranded Men Visible
They had reached land and had food and water. Their damaged skiff still left them stranded about a hundred nautical miles from…
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Hebgen Lake Earthquake: The Night the Road Out Disappeared
The earthquake woke the canyon. The road behind the campers had broken, and a landslide had blocked the other end of their…
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John Muir Trail: The Emergency Call Dropped, and He Kept Walking
He had decades of winter experience. When his equipment soaked through, he abandoned a week-long trip and faced fifteen cold miles back…
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Yosemite Falls: The Missing Student Hidden Among the Boulders
His friends had last seen him near a busy attraction. A serious fall left him out of sight while a cold storm…
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Budd Lake: He Waited Because He Thought His Friends Were Missing
One hiker stayed beside the lake, worried about his friends. They had returned to the trailhead—and could no longer find their way…