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we're never going hiking again
welcome to watch mojo and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 10
creepiest things found in the woods
for this list we're looking at the
scariest things people have stumbled
across while in the woods
even though some of these come from
semi-anonymous sources and as such
should be taken with a grain of salt
they're still spooky enough to make us
reconsider ever going near the woods
again
number 10 clowns
a lot of people don't like clowns at the
best of times but even folks who don't
suffer from coulrophobia
yes there's an actual name for fear of
clowns would get creeped out if they ran
into a clown in the middle of the woods
around 2016
there was actually a rash of mysterious
clown sightings many of which happened
in rural areas
in one story out of south carolina a
group of children even warned their
parents about a group of clowns who
lived nearby
and who would try to lure them into the
woods according to deputies there have
been several reports of suspicious
characters dressed like clowns
white face paint and all flashing green
lasers and enticing kids with large
amounts of money
whether it was a sinister clown
conspiracy or just plain old mass panic
the clown sightings took over national
headlines before
eventually dying down
number nine a shrine two departed pets
okay this one is more heartwarming than
creepy but we had to include it anyway
losing a pet can be a devastating loss
and many find a way to remember their
furry companions in the form of tributes
and memorials
one such memorial can be found in the
lin woods of massachusetts where a tree
has been decked out with the collars of
dearly departed fur babies
according to dan small a lynn woods
ranger the memorial seemingly sprang up
on its own before he started working
there in the early 2000s
see this is how you pay tribute to your
departed pets without things leading to
a pet cemetery situation
do not go on to the place
where the dead
number eight le l part man part cryptid
all spooky this mysterious figure spent
years haunting the forests of maul in
switzerland
clad in a cloak boiler suit and gas mask
the figure never attacked or antagonized
anyone who crossed paths with them
but their creepy appearance and silent
demeanor left many
unsettled and local children were
terrified of the prospect of going into
the woods
the identity of the ghostly figure
remains unknown but for whatever reason
they've chosen to live in isolation
hiding their face and shunning human
company
in 2013 a purported suicide note from
whoever was under the cloak and mask was
found
in which they expressed fears that they
would be hunted down ending their tail
on a tragic note
number 7. a house covered in dolls
everyone can agree that while sometimes
adorable
dolls can often give off creepy vibes
so imagine hiking around the woods one
day and finding a house covered with
them
as was the case when hikers stumbled
upon one such house in the countryside
of russia
what makes the site even more disturbing
is the variety of ways in which the
dolls are displayed
with some of them notably being
literally headless
some were attached to trees surrounding
the area as well
although the motives behind this display
of the house owner are unknown
we wouldn't be surprised if the dolls
were part of some creepy ritual
it's a frightening thought because we
all know how that could possibly turn
out
hi it's me chucky
what do you think number six a forest
monster
the human brain has a tendency to
organize the shapes we see in our
everyday lives into recognizable
patterns
most commonly faces called pattern
recognition
the phenomenon explains why you can
often see faces in clouds or other
random formations
it's just the way our brains are wired
being social animals and all that having
been said
it cannot just be pattern recognition
that makes this outgrowth photographed
by a reddit user look like a terrifying
forest demon
like come on just look at it it's got
horns and everything
while not quite as mysterious as other
entries on our list
we would turn tail and run if we saw
this
number 5. a pale creature in 2018
a strange video was released showing
what appears to be some type of creature
stalking a moose in canada
the person who shot the video couldn't
even explain what she had witnessed
while it remains unknown what she
actually saw many have drawn comparisons
to gollum from the lord of the rings
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luckily the mysterious figure was merely
staring and did not harm the moose
during the video
although it was facing in the opposite
direction we can't help but wonder how
freaked out the moose would be if it saw
what was lurking behind it
number four an unexploded mine landmines
and similar munitions are some of the
most dangerous weapons employed in
warfare
not just for the soldiers on the
battlefield but also for those that come
after
unexploded mines can lay dormant for
years after they're placed
leading to deaths and injuries among
civilians in former war zones
under international law when mines are
laid they must be mapped
so they can be removed safely at a later
date
all too often they're not mapped or maps
are lost
and the process of demining can be a
slow and dangerous one an arkansas man
had a close encounter with one of these
lurking dangers
when he found what he initially took for
a cannonball after bringing it to a
local museum
he was told to his shock that it was
actually a landmine from the civil war
the authorities were called and it was
safely disposed of
though the surrounding area was
evacuated for safety
number three pulsating earth there's a
whole lot going on in the ground under
our feet from microorganisms and plants
to whole critters like groundhogs and
moles
but it's easy to forget how much
activity is happening under our feet
until you run across something like this
filmed in the forests of sakurakura
quebec
this video seemingly shows a patch of
earth pulsating and breathing like a
living organism
is it an earthquake the rising of an
ancient eldritch god
a bunch of moles having a rager not
quite
the phenomenon is caused by winds
blowing the nearby trees
whose root systems are being lifted up
in the loose earth to displace the
ground
the tree was experiencing these strong
winds and that force
from the wind gets translated from the
tree down towards the roots
in the ground totally explainable but
still
super weird to see number two in the
river lies a girl given how isolated the
woods are
it's no surprise that forests and wooded
areas are often the sites of violent
crimes
it's a sad reality that many dark and
terrible things have taken place in the
woods
and this sign found by a reddit user
seems to at least hint at one
the post shows a sign found in the woods
which bears the words
in the river lies a girl in the water
swims her blood
could this be a confession of someone
who committed a heinous crime somewhere
nearby
in all likelihood it's probably part of
a scavenger hunt or geocache puzzle
but it still sends a shiver down our
spines
before we unveil our top pick here are
some honorable mentions
unexplained statues for art where you
least expect it
an abandoned crematorium for abandoned
resting places
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number one the lady of the night the
life of marie holmes was not a happy one
after emigrating from england she
arrived in santa cruz in 1897 and began
working at a local brothel
withdrawn in melancholy marie lamented
the state of her life to the other
workers at the brothel even confiding
that marie holmes was not her true name
despondent holmes eventually took her
own life and was interred beneath a
headstone paid for by her friends at the
brothel
that headstone later went missing
presumably the work of vandals
but years later the headstone was found
by a hiker some 12 miles away
relocated to the woods of davenport by
parties unknown
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