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What do fairy tales, horror films and the news all have in common? One of the top lessons we can learn from them all is to be extremely careful when venturing into the woods. You never know what kinds of dangers might be lurking around the corner, especially after the sun goes down…

There’s nothing like being able to experience the beauty of nature up close, but that doesn’t mean we should throw caution to the wind when hiking. And if you need some reminders to be aware of your surroundings in the wilderness, you’ve come to the right place. Bored Panda has compiled a list of the creepiest things people have ever stumbled upon in the forest, so you’ll find the wildest surprises below. Enjoy scrolling through, and be sure to upvote the items that would send you running back to your car!

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#1 This Weird Tree Stump

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#2 Being Chased By A Southern Cassowary For 15 Minutes On A Rainforest Trail

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#3 Something I Found In A Tree On The Way Back From A Hike

Why Do They Always Take The Freaky Voodoo Things Back Home? Why?

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#4 I Found These While Walking My Dog Near Our Local Nuclear Power Plant

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#5 I Found This On A Trail Quite Close To My Home, It Wasn’t There Last Week

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#6 Abandoned Subway In The Middle Of Nowhere

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#7 Found In The Woods Near Grand Maria’s, Mn

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#8 Tree Grew Around This Sign, Only Leaving The Word “Help” Visible

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#9 Found A Random Gravesite Deep In The Woods

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#10 This Note My Buddy And I Found While Geocaching. “Here Was M+P, We Took Our Lives A Mile Out From Here. Goodbye”

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#11 Found A Creepy Door In The Woods While Looking For Morels

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#12 Driving At Night In Rochester NY And Stumbled Across A Line Of Children’s Shoes By The Woods

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#13 On A Trail In Bald Eagle State Forest, Pa

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#14 The 13-Mile Long Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike: No Motor Vehicles Are Allowed On The Property, But Bicycle Riders Are Free To Use It At Their Own Risk

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#15 Found This Tree With A Hole In It With Old Shoes Surrounding It. This Is From A Forest In Pennsylvania

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#16 This Tree Growing Around Some Railings. Found This Creepy Sight While Out On A Country Walk Today

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#17 Michael Myers Mask Found Deep In The Woods

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#18 I Found A Pile Of Baguettes In The Woods

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#19 I Was Wandering Through The Forest At Twilight And Found A Stairway That Leads From Nothing To Nowhere

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#20 I Found This Abandoned Cave And I Was Scared To Go Further In

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#21 Barbie Shrine In Woods Behind Park

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#22 House While Hiking In The Appalachian Trails. There Were No Paths Or Roads Going To This House

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#23 Abandoned And Gutted Plane Found In Forest

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#24 Got Film Developed From Hiking In The Mountains. Is That A Hand?

My boyfriend and I aren’t really sure what to think. We went to a state park in West Virginia during off season, according to the park ranger (and the conditions of the hiking trails) we were the only ones there for the week and had been the first there in a while. I took this pic at the top of the mountain. Behind the pillar should have been nothing, a drop off to the woods below. are we bugging? that really looks like a hand.

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#25 Found/Offered Voodoo Doll In Hoh Rainforest

I got offered a voodoo doll in Hoh Rainforest, by this construction worker who said he found it buried under a tree. Looks like it’s made of some sort of fur and has some sort of hair on its head. Eyes look new-ish? Super weird. Should we get rid of it? Just came her for 5 days and it would be a very interesting souvenir but this may be out of my pay grade. Help on any info of what this is, what to do with it, where to ask, etc would be appreciated. To be honest I don’t really believe in this but it was very odd and strange things have been happening on this trip. Also my girl’s streak was 666 today with her friend. Please take me seriously just for a second lmfao I can elaborate on everything that happened I cannot make this up.

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#26 These 2 Tress Connected Together I Found Randomly In The Forest

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#27 I Dreamed About A White House With No Windows. Today, I Found The Extract Same House While Working

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#28 This TV My Dad Found In The Middle Of The Jungle In Guyana

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#29 Hey I Was Walking With My Dog And We Discovered This Symbol In The Forest Near Lake . Maybe Yall Know What Does It Mean? Or Maybe Its Just A Prank. I Got Chills When I Saw It

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#30 In The Woods Near Harper’s Ferry Wv, USA

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#31 Found In The Middle Of The Woods

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#32 Southeastern Ontario, In The Middle Of The Woods. About Ten Feet Deep, Fifteen Feet Long By 8 Feet Wide. More Details In Comments

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#33 Freshly Left Mobility Chair I Came Across While Riding My Enduro 2+ Miles Into Thick Woods. Creeped Me Out

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#34 Found Something Creepy To Explore

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#35 The Reason Why It’s Only An Engine Is Because The Rest Of The Plane Was Buried Under Concrete To Hide Evidence Of It Mission

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#36 Found This On My Property In Appalachia

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#37 Do Ominously-Placed Abandoned Baby Strollers On Hiking Trails Count As Oddly Terrifying? Certainly Spooked Us Out. We Were A Little Scared To See What Was In It. Tried To Walk Around It

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#38 This Wooden Sculpture In The Forest, Middle Of Nowhere

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#39 Random Fireplace In The Middle Of The Woods?

My bf was doing work on electric poles and was following pole lines and found this lone fireplace. He thinks it’s haunted. He’s in Georgia somewhere in south Newport and we are from Tampa fl so he never seen anything like this.