Grew up in northern New England, spent a lot of time in the woods and on the mountains. Let me tell you, that bit about the woods getting silent is no joke. The woods can get pretty quiet sometimes, more so at certain times of the year, but dead silent? Never felt anything like that, the urge to move and get the heck out of there. Didn't see anything, didn't encounter anything, but wow, that feeling of something being dead wrong in your gut. Won't forget that.
@@halfwaywater4407 it is because of our historic instincts, silence means death or predators, all animals escaped or have hidden themselves, hence silence in woods scares humans
Our DNA is ancient. For countless years The survival of the fittest preserved ancient survival instincts. The sudden silence of nature indicates danger. Years ago at the wild animal park in San Diego. There was a dinosaur display and there was a full size T. Rex. It was well made And interesting from the front view. As I walked around the back towards its tail There was a deep guttural sound sound that came from the t rex. Every hair on my body stood up on end And all the fight or flight chemicals dumped into my system. I realized at that time that humans (at one time) were not the dominant species.
One thing about Appalachian Mountains most people don't consider is just how mind boggling old they are. They've been around as solid, dry land for over 480 million years. They've been around before the continent of Pangea existed. They're older than the first dinosaurs by good 240 million years. I'm not saying supernatural things happen there, but there very might be things living in those mountains that are nowhere else to be found...
Fallout 76 has inspired a new found love for Appalachia cryptids, though the siren head one seems out of place. Personally I think Kansas or Nebraska would be a more likely place that he would be seen
I didn’t grow up in the Appalachian but I did grow up in the woods of southeast Texas, the “Texiana” area. You learn that the woods are old and there are things in them that are natural and unnatural. When the woods go silent, be ready. When you hear someone yelling, don’t go looking for them. If you feel you are not alone and the woods go silent, that’s because you’re not alone and you need to move out of that area quickly. Pay respects to the land you live on or it will not respect you.
I love the town of Jefferson, ghosts everywhere! And they believe in bigfoot around there, for good reason. The old stage coach road is really kool also.
That quiet in the woods one is real. If everything goes silent, that normally means nothing good, and it's best to gtfo of the area as quickly as you can. Ever get a sick feeling in the woods like you shouldn't be there or something bad happened here or somethings watching you. Listen to that. It might save your life. Oh! and NEVER explore any U.S. forest unarmed you are not at the top of the food chain.
I stay in the hills of easterm Ky but thats the only time i have truly been scared is when I hear nothing at all, and when im bored ill let out these god awful screams and you can listen to everyone the next day talking about bigfoot , did you hear that last night ? nope sure didnt . no I got no life but anyway I know who is behind the bigfoot screams around here . hes 6'7 250lbs divorced with two kids but i cant tell his name. just an opinion anyway
@@brianpinion5844 You'd be fun to hang out and drink some bourbon with. The screams and howls sound like what some buddies and I used to do for kicks. Cheers!
i thought the general understanding that when it goes silent suddenly is because there's a predator in the area and that's a way to signal they're there
I'm a Quebecer thinking of hiking some parts of the Appalachian trail sometimes soon. I own guns but I know I can't exactly take one across the border. Any pist of solutions for being armed for a foreigner?
The benevolent old lady spirit reminds me of a 66 yr old woman named geraldine largay who was an avid hiker that got lost in the appalachian trail and was found dead in her tent 2 yrs later. People who last saw her alive described her as having an infectious smile. 😢😢😢
Born and raised in WV for 30 years and I loved this story. I often tell the city people I live with now in Ohio that “if you hear your name in the woods, no you didn’t” and “when the woods go quiet YOU to quiet”.
Ah, I love how often these rules coincide between forested areas. I live in Tennessee, in a heavily wooded area just west of the Appalachians. Walking out here, you really understand why there are stories of cryptids. Things just feel *wrong* sometimes, and it can get pretty spooky. Swear I've seen nonexistent roads in the fog a couple times.
I am new to Lighthouse Horror. I work the nightshift. I would like to say the narration and stories are spot on.. I really enjoy the 2 and 3 hour stories, it makes the long nights go by faster... new fan... thank you
Grew up and now live again near the Appalachias. About 3 miles from Cherokee national forest. Red or orange eyes mean coyote.... Tornado siren or woman screaming is a bobcat.
The only people who I’ve ever seen disobey these rules and be okay afterwards are people from deep Appalachia. You don’t want to break them if you’re not. Our ‘folk tales’ have some genuine truth and basis behind them. These things are not to be messed with, and not to be doubted.
I'm from Appalachia and live near a mountain range. Never go alone, never go unarmed. I don't know about anything super natural, but I do know the government is lying about mountain lions not existing here, they do, and those screams that sound like a woman or child in the woods, that's coyotes. I had a situation with glowing eyes and Woods being silent. Sure wish I had thermals or night vision back then, even a very good surefire flashlight only got reflection on eyes and couldn't see the coat or shape. Also, a good German shepherd or similar breed is worth it's weight in gold if you live out here. They're smart and will protect you, warn you, and pick up signs of danger usually long before you do.
@@griftinggamerPretty sure the woman/child sound is the mountain lion. Coyotes sound like a gaggle of witches summoning shrieking demons from a cauldron.
There's no point explaining any aspect of the rural, less densely populated parts of the country to yuppie urban dwellers who've hardly been out of their tri-county area. Funny part though, they'll mock you, but not a one of them would be able to step into our woods at night. I have yuppie cousins from Detroit, they think we're pulling their leg when we talk about rabbit and duck hunting, like they just cannot believe people could or would eat rabbits or ducks. These people get anxious at the sight of a shotgun on the mantle, but they also think everything in the world that could possibly exist must exist in the 30mile radius they grew up in.
If “the quiet” happens around you, making noise yourself is a good idea. Paranormal aside, when it gets quiet, that’s usually a sign that a predator is around. You’re in a lot more danger if you happen to surprise that predator. Sneaking up on a bear, for example. That is one of the most dangerous things you can do in the woods. Making noise prevents that from happening.
Before you start making noise or move pause observe your surroundings as you could be a few steps from a predator waiting in ambush or about to get between a mother and it's offspring and no amount of noise will make that better it could indeed get you killed
@@vladboy1 Depends on the predator. If it's a bear, this is generally good advice. It is extremely rare that a bear will actively hunt a human. They attack based on territorial, protective instincts. Humans are avoided by bears actually, and if you're making a lot of sound, bears will tend to avoid that sound. And there are few other animals in these types of wilderness that would choose to interact with you either. If you're talking about "monsters" though then sure making noise is probably a bad choice.
These “strange rules” stories are always so wild. Author thinks they are super strange yet the list is there for your survival. Love the stories and the narration.
I'm from Jersey but most of my family is from Ireland so I've been a few times, anyway my grandparents own a farm in Sligo and when I was 13 I went over to spend the summer. One night I was looking out the window in the room I was staying in on the second floor and across the street is one of their fields. There was something in the field that wasn't there sheep, I didn't get a good look at it but it was big, dark and had red eyes. Everything in my body was telling me not to acknowledge it so I didn't, I just scanned over the rest of the field and glanced at the church before closing the curtain and going to bed. I noticed some movement out of the corner of my eyes as I did this. It was going towards an old cemetery about a half mile up the road. Me and my grandma found a dead cat on top of one of my relatives that was buried in their graves. Freaks me out to this day. I never told anyone about it either.
just wanna say how much I love this new format with you showing your face. It feels a lot more like somebody sitting down with me and telling me a story of theirs!
Never been to Appalachia, never been anywhere near it, but I have lived in southern Arizona my whole life, and let me tell you, there are some very strange things out in the desert similar things to whats in Appalachia. There are also some strange things in the mountains here too. I’ve always lived in the middle of nowhere, both the mountain’s and the desert. This story doesn’t sound real but it most certainly is, heres one of the strangest things I have ever seen. Way out on a back road in Arizona. I was driving my ATV, found a fence with some old government property signs, and outside the fence was a checkpoint thing. Bullet casings were everywhere all of them were either 12 guage slugs, 9mm, or 5.56, and on the fence was either rust or old dry blood. Inside this fence was a building, burnt to a crisp, about 20 gas cans were just sitting outside it, someone wanted it gone. So anyways I drive in and thats when I get the worst feeling of fear I’ve ever had, and I just stop. I scan the area for around 5 minutes until I see them, another set of eyes looking right back at me. They were white, and standing around 10 foot tall. Couldn’t see anything else besides the eyes in the darkness of that building. Then it moves, and I could hear it moving around, I start my four wheeler and high tail it out of there. Weirdest part of this whole story, is about a month after this happened, someone moved on the land, less than a day later, they had fences up, solar panels, a bunch of satellites and not just little satellite I mean the big ones, and theres just a small concrete building on the land. I haven’t seen anyone come in or out of there before, anyone except this odd black truck with government plates. I think I found something, something that I shouldn’t have found and ever since that day, I swear I see things looking at me out of the corner of my eye. Edit: story 2 Here is one of my more recent story’s. I was taking a walk one night up in the mountains, I started from my property and was walking down the road to the gas station, which was about 4 miles away. I get half way down the mountain and then I hear the weirdest thing I had ever heard, it was like an ancient demonic language it sounded like… an old Native Americans language but more sinister I couldn’t understand a word of it. Then came this mix of distorted wolves howling and coyotes yipping, now as I’m sure you know we don’t have any wolves in Southern AZ not even in the mountains and we definitely don’t have any wolf coyote hybrids. But the worst part of all that was, it came from the direction of my damn house, and the whole way down I felt watched and I felt followed, all I had to protect myself was an old 380 pistol because my revolver was broken at the time I have since gotten it fixed. Anyways, I made it the gas station and started walking back up the mountain which I just had a real bad feeling about doing so I got a ride back up the mountain. But yeah, thats another one of my story’s Arizona is home to some of the strangest things, and if you seek them out like I do, either you will find them, or they will find you.
@@mrconfusion87 I am off work now, Hers the short version of the other things I have seen in the mountains of Southern AZ. I have seen demons, other native American “urban legends” things I can’t even describe because I just saw its eyes. I have heard strange noises, seen UFO’s I found an abandoned town which was on no maps and I had the strangest feeling while there. I found old cars out in the desert which was probably due to the cartel but it was still weird, and thats about it. I seek these things out so thats why I have seen so much.
I grew up in Northeast Georgia in the foothills of the Appalachian trail. A beautiful wooded area with much history, natural energy, and things that happen that I wouldn't want to experience again. When I was a kid, I had a habit of playing in the woods right outside my house if I wasn't at my neighbor's house playing with them. If anyone reading this grew up in the area, you know how the dogwood trees grow all twisted and can form their own sub forest within the forest, naturally creating a darker area in some parts. Well, I was exploring a part of the forest I normally didn't go to, which was within these dogwood trees, and thought nothing of how unnaturally dark the canopy had gotten for the short amount of time I was there (maybe 15 minutes, but felt like longer). There was absolute silence other than my feet moving across dried leaves -- then I heard it. A voice with an airy, longing tone that said my name, as if it were the wind flowing through the top canopy. That was enough to drive chills up my spine instantly and I booked it straight back to my house, the sunshine pouring in stronger with each step, not looking back to question what said it. Still gives me chills writing it today.
I’m an avid horror fanatic and a well seasoned hunter/outdoorsman, and I am absolutely obsessed with Appalachia. It is honestly one of the most fascinating places in the world to me. I love how old and beautiful yet terrifying it is and nothing has yet to capture this same degree of wonder from me.
Same lol, I've gotten unintentionally hooked on horror mainly supernatural/paranormal like the kinds in the woods, especially Appalachian and native folklore. The Appalachians are lovely though, I live a few hours away from them but my family and I being from central Maryland take trips to WV often and the mountains are like beautiful rolling hills. I've never been around long enough to see anything unusual though. Also, have you ever had any spooky or unexplainable encounters in the woods?
Look into the “superstition mountain” another terrifying yet fascinating places to hike. Lots of people have disappeared in those mountains and lots of people have been beheaded by someone or something that lives there.
I love hearing stories from my area! And the fact that you pronounce Appalachia right😂❤ Your format keeps getting better! So awesome to see your journey, incredible talent. I love how you maintain your audience, not change your content for higher views. I have a lot of respect for you for this reason.
@@Anti-Villain-Wolf Depends what you define as proof. You certainly understand where the stories come from, but pretty much everything has completely reasonable explanations once you've gotten some sleep and can see the sun. It's in the dark, when it's foggy, that things feel weird. Edit: I will say that Sirenhead is obviously fake, created by imaginative children on the internet, like Slenderman and some other cryptids. Makes zero sense, even if you believe in the supernatural.
@Anti-Villain-Wolf I'd say yes. If you think about how old the land is, how undisturbed it is, and how it's been woods for at least hundreds of thousands of years.
I grew up in these mountains. The same ones in the story. I was born and raised in Tennessee. Spent a lot of time in Carolina and Virginia. I’ve seen and heard some wild stuff in the Appalachians. There’s area you don’t go alone. There’s areas you don’t go at night. There’s area you don’t go ever unless you have an invitation. Everyone on that part of the mountain will know you’re there before you even see one person. I wouldn’t be surprised if this story was originally true.
I love the way you tell these stories, not flat and emotionless, but not overly animated and obnoxiously loud either, like other narrators can be. It's like hearing someone you know personally telling you something that happened to them. It's a more personal feeling. Love that! And love that we can see you, personalizes it even more, especially with this kind of story!
I was a camp counsellor in 2019 in North Carolina's smoky mountains.. on our overnight campout deeper in the woods, around 4am when all the kids were sleeping, way off in the distance I started to hear what I described as sounding like an old siren with a howl like quality/, it slowly approached for the next 45 minutes or so, on and off getting louder and louder then just stopped. Very remote area, no roads and no idea what it was. Ended up reading about bigfoot the last year or so and thought it might be that, but definitely find it harder to believe there is a moving speaker running around the woods, but who knows! anyone who has had a similar experience please feel free to share
I live a couple miles away from the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania. It's a beautiful place to hike but you definitely perk up when things go silent. It's eerie.
NC boy here. While, I grew up on the SE coast near the OBX, I regularly went on many solo trips to the mountains as a wayward very young artistic adult trying to "find myself." Lol. Let me tell you. I never found myself, but am certain that things found me. I know there is a lot of folklore speak, and many people will disregard said talk as simply mythical nonsense. It is not. I never once personally saw anything, but every time "something" "found" me, I definitely knew it. That famous, "if everything goes silent," mantra is VERY real. Imagine being in an ancient forest with vibrant wildlife to hear all around you. And suddenly, like a light switch flipping to off, all sound stops. The wind even seemingly stops. This happened to me, and when it did, I vowed never to return without at least two others with me; and I haven't. The feeling of suddenly not being alone, even though you hiked out alone, is heart pounding. You feel it in your bones; your very being. You'd better know how to backtrack out of wherever you are. For some reason, something told me to NOT run. But y'all, I felt like I was going to faint from sheer terror at the unknown and unseen. When I previously mentioned that I wouldn't go back alone ever again, I meant it. Not only that, I've never been back since. I last went when I was about 22-23. I'm now 37. I'm absolutely convinced: that's where the wild things are. I will never go back, that deep, into that old ancient forest. No amount of money would get me there again.
I went out on the old trail near Laurel Gorge one late fall. No one was around and I was all alone. I heard something in the woods. Things grew silent. I moved as fast and deliberately back to the car. I started to get in when I heard a large tree branch falling. I thought it was going to hit the car. But it got stuck in the tree. Anyway I was a bit uneasy and I drove home after that. It must have been my imagination. But I still can't shake the feeling that something was off that day.
@TheStuart-of-Cosby same. My "go to" is always Lighthouse and the rest of the day is me wishing there was more Lighthouse but settling on creepypastas lol I mean other content creators are good but nothing gabs me like Lighthouse...even if I randomly scream in other narrations "Don't trust them! That's King Creole in disguise!" LOL
I totally wish lighthouse had one those 24/7 radio things like a few others do...I could listen to him nearly all day...few other narrators I just have to watch as well...but if I'm not listening to them I would love a 24/7 thing of his to watch of lighthouse....or a Playlist with all his videos....one click for amzing and relaxing content
I own a few hundred acres of property in the Hills of North Louisiana that were a large Caddo Indian village for hundreds of years and we have Indian Mounds and burial grounds on property and we also have multiple Criptids like Bigfoot, Dogmen and even Thunderbirds. We have seen ghosts of Native Americans and even Spanish ghosts as they camped on the property during the DeSoto expedition hundreds of years ago and a couple of soldiers ghosts from the Civil War. The land has been in our family for over 275 years. Every time we go out there we experience something and we have video and photo proof.
the whole whistling in the woods part at night. Also pretty much mean don't make any sound at night. Because the whistling are initially attracted the creature but when the guy spoke and said what the hell it located him immediately and zoned it on his speech as well. So it seems like any noise that's not natural force noises will draw it.
The flow of words is smooth, The depiction of the story’s atmosphere is colourfully imaginative and breathlessly captivating suspense buildup is verily attention rejuvenating Masterful toggling of emotions of the characters in the story
I grew up in the mountains of Buncombe and Madison counties. I wondered forests and trails as a child. I heard most of these tails my whole life. As a kid, some of these things are kind and helpful. On seperate occasions, i got turned around and had an old man come along and point me the right direction. There wasnt anything scary or strange about him, but i was miles from anything both times, and it was the same man years apart. In very different locations. I have also heard the babies cry and women scream. I was always told it was bobcats, and to avoid getting closer. When the forest gets deathly quiet, move quickly and be ready to fight.
People think of a rabbit as being silent, but they do scream like a woman if attacked. I found this out by being given permission to catch a baby rabbit inside a fenced area. I caught one and took it home on my bike. It almost beat me to death with kicks.
until reading about your encounters with the "old man", I've never really thought much about an encounter I had. It was a very cool encounter with an old guy that has been a cherished memory for over 25 years now. I was in Southern Germany on a work trip and I took my mountain bike (too close to the alps not to). This was before mountain biking came to them areas and I got allot of attention on my "weird" bike. I went to the boarder of Austria right where the Alps start. I rode up a huge mountain (took hours) then the road stopped and I finished on foot. I could see that there was a top, it was not too far up so there was still vegetation (little bushes scattered about with grass everywhere). I climbed up to the top and took some great pictures of the distant Alps mountain ranges. When I finished and went to leave, I couldn't find my bike. I thought that I had climbed straight up from my bike but it was nowhere to be found. I was in a very remote area so it surely was not stolen, it had to be there somewhere. After a good hour of searching, I came across an old guy walking along the ridge I was on with two of those waking sticks in hand. He says to me "looking for a bike", now I'm sure I was obviously riding a bike from my attire but i was so happy to hear that. I replied "yes" and he told me it was farther down the ridge. It appears that I went on a diagonal climb instead of straight up as I thought. We chatted for a few, he was in his 80's and climbed the mountain every day (yep, one of those guys). One weird thing at the time was that he spoke English. Nobody in the towns I was in for a week spoke English. I found my bike and went on my way. It was a trip plagued with weird/bizzare things happening that made for many great memories.
We had a saying in our country regarding paranormal sounds in wild that whenever it sounds near it is actually very far and when it sounds faint it is actually very near.
I called it deafening silence after experiencing it. Would have preferred to hear someone sharpening a knife out there (not really, but you catch my drift).
I worked with the USFS both as a paid ranger for a short time, and a volunteer for 7 years. It was a great job, I was in the Laguna Mountains outside of San Diego, California, I met a lot of nice visitors in those years. Also worked in various parks, that were State or County run. I miss those days.
This was the best written and the best narrated story I've heard 💙💙 I enjoyed it so much!!! I've not heard a better "rules story" ever!!! Thank you Stephen, you did an excellent job on this story 💙💙 Much love from South Carolina ❤️ xx May God always bless you keep you healthy and safe ❤️🙏❤️ Edit: It's awesome to put a face to the voice!!!
Began dating my wife in the early 70s. We'd go to the mountains Friday afternoon after work and walk up to a tourist geological formation late at night to camp further up (See "Last of the Mohicans"). We always felt at home, until one time everything got silent about 3 in the morning. I got a terrible feeling that something *insane* was on the mountain and we had to get down from there. On the way down I felt followed and the light picked out a lynx stalking us behind in the middle of the road. That was just a cat being a cat and not what spooked me. That made for a long Friday that ran well into Saturday. We never went back.
Pennsylvanian reporting: The woods don't want you there. Especially the rare, old spaces that have been left undisturbed. There aren't many left. Almost every hill has been logged at some point in the last 2 centuries. But when you enter spaces with old growth, be quiet and don't linger. You are not welcome there, tolerated perhaps, for a time, but not welcome.
It's true you can come across camps or even small villages with shack like homes. While hiking the smokey mountains. It's best just to avoid them and keep moving in any direction that prevents you from entering. As long as you bypass it, you will be fine. I came across one of those shack like villages saw some women and kids but no adult men. Yet it seemed every boy over the age of 10 had a rifle or shotgun as the moved about bare footed. Seemed no one there had shoes of any kind. We changed course to avoid it did not allow our curiosity to get the best of us. And after about a mile even the sense of unease we felt left. The rest of the trip was uneventful. After we just chalked it up to weird things you see in the woods. Now I'm not sure if this was supernatural or just people living off grid so to speak. However the rule is leave them alone and they will do the same.
I never understand how someone could live with windows without shutters of some kind: is just common sense and not only for additional protection against intruders (humans or animals) but also against the kinds of bad weather able to break your windows. Having purposely weak, vulnerable points in your own house is beyond my understanding.
In the Appalachians in Maine, my homeland, before you set out for the day, check your pack for rocks. You can leave or keep them. The important part is to know if they're there before heading out. If you discover a rock in your pack after starting the day's hike, put it in your pocket until the next day. Then search your pack for rocks, pretend to find it and leave it in the spot where your fire was. If you just made camp after hiking and discover a rock in your pack, in addition to the previous steps you need to pick up camp and move at least 100 yards away.
You are such an amazing narrator that I always feel like I’m right there in the story. Also, the drawings are great they really added to the story. I also like being able to watch you tell the story. I hope you will keep doing that. 💕💕💕
Me and my bf are planning to hike the Appalachian trails in a few weeks.. he’s always liked the paranormal and convinced me to watch this. Wish me luck 🥲
I was thinking of listening to this tomorrow at work but I guess I couldn't wait. 😅 Thank you for becoming such a contributing factor to me getting through the day, LH! ❤
Yeah, definitely never respond to people calling your name from the woods. I've had experience with that one. I live in the Appalachias. It started my junior year. When I was waiting for my bus to come, I would hear people calling my name from the woods behind my house. Our house was on the outskirts of the Jefferson National Forest. Different versions of my name by both male and female voices. It got to be pretty bothersome, so I said something to my dad. He went pale and told me to ignore them and never go looking for them.
I had a voice call out to me when I was in the forest as a kid - grew up in NE Georgia and was in the foothills of the Appalachia. The voice I heard didn't have an identifiable gender, but it was airy, kinda raspy, and sounded like it was longing for something... Did those voices have those qualities for you?
@@Dman3827 Bigfoot can mimick. If the heard patents saying name, they can repeat. Also, some people believe Bigfoot is supernatural and potentially telepathic
This was another awesome tale , with a fantastic choice in backgrounds, great voice and wonderful to see our favorite narrator, LH, thank you! 💜 I live in Alaska, upon moving up here in the military, we were told a list of rules and guidelines for surviving this state. As a kid, I took it seriously, big wildlife I could see nearby vs the bugs & bees in upstate NY, haha.
I love the way you're doing your videos now & how you're narrating while showing who you are! It makes me feel like you're actually telling me the story & not just narrating it. Makes it feel more personal!! And this story was very good & relatable to me, as I'm from & live in Ky & also once hadda dog myself who's name was Barkley!!!🤨😊
Thank you for all the amazing content!! 🤙🏼🤙🏼 The stories are always awesome. Your narrations are incredible! You are absolutely one of the best story tellers on TH-cam! 💯💯
I don't care for numbered rules tales, and I did see the post earlier but passed on it for that reason. It's now 12 a.m. and because I love his voice, and the cadence, and the general calmness of his narration, I'm here. I'm so happy that I am.☺️
I grew up in New Jersey. We have the Pine Barrens and the Appalachians, and they border each other, having similar ages. It's weird to comprehend how old and "undisturbed" these areas are. I actually experienced something akin to the red eyes when i was 12 or 13. It was a camp sleepover. They allowed the junior boys (summer after 6th grade) and senior boys (summer after 7th grade) to spend one night at the end of the summer, overnight. We all slept in this big open air meeting area. Raised concrete slap, steps leading up, covered, etc. There was a game room attached to it but nobody ever slept in the game room. The game room was a corrugated metal room attached to the main structure, and had books at the far end. Only one window in the game room and it faced the door. I went and got a book and sat down on the steps with my back to the door. I had trouble sleeping. I then looked up and saw two red eyes staring at me through the glass. I screamed and ran into the main room. The counselors listened to my story and calmed me and the others down. The counselors insisted we wait in the main area and do not leave the covered building. They said it must have been an animal and encouraged us all to sleep closer together, nobody on the outlying benches. To this day i know it wasn't a wild animal. This came borders on the pine barrens. People hear New Jersey and think chemical plants. If people realized how much of New Jersey was not developed they would be surprised.
I really like this one, coming from the person who made the list of rules. There's something kind of cozy about it, even though parts of it are spooky. I also really like the details of the benevolent spirit and the old storyteller. Not everything uncanny is scary or evil.
You are my favorite narrator on youtube. I love scary stories, but I want fiction mostly. Hearing stories of real life monsters from Reddit isnt fun for me. You havent really put out a story that i didn't like. I love the long stories. Barnabys grocery story, Charlies store, and i baught a haunted house and no believes me are my favorites. I laugh, I think, and I pick up something new everytime I listen. You read them wonderfully with voice change and perfect tones. Thank you for all your hard work that goes into these. Thank you.
I grew up on a huge family farm in West Virginia and when the forest goes silent its time to go. As a life long hunter I unfortunately know what it feels like to be the hunted. I was stalked, hunted, by a Puma. I also almost became lunch for a huge Black Bear. In my tree stand 35 feet up a young Red Oak tree, the bear climbed up and tried to bite my boot but I put the business end of my 300 Winchester Magnum between his eyes and blew his brains out. Scared the Be-Jesus outta me. His pelt now lays flat on my floor in front of my fireplace.
man if only that firing pin hit an empty chamber, and if only you were about 34 an a half feet down from that tree!!! it would be a perfect world, sorry bud, but i'd pay to see that. YEP I'M AN ANIMAL LOVER, so what can i say but next time.. GO BEARS??!!!...
@paulcarey191 Well hopefully you get taken out the way you suggested for him. F that bear. I have watched them eat baby deer alive. Animals in nature are just as cruel as humans.
did that bear eat the dear before you shot the dear, or after?? nah wait..let me guess you don't shoot baby dear, only the parents.. so the baby dear starve to death. I think i'd rather get eaten alive, starving to death?? have you ever went 2 days without eating? i'd bet you never tried 30 hrs!!! we can play these games all day bud, but much wiser men than both you and myself seem to have the same/or similar quote about man slaughtering animals, it goes something like - when men slaughter the animals around them, they will kill each other as well. The bible says even worse, something like judgement being reserved for mans treatment of the animals in his domain. no matter how you come at this, your making a mistake, and your doing the wrong cowardice thing. Trust me under god, i'm telling you the truth, i hope i helped you.@@timspellman47
I usually skip stories that have stuff about 'rules' in the title. So many times they're just lists of random arbitrary things with no explanation, just a bunch of stuff to fill time and sound spooky with vague-ness. I'm glad i gave this one a try though. The rules actually have a purpose to the story, they fit into the narrative and each is explained why you should actually follow it. This one was really enjoyable
A few years back, I was in the Ozarks in Arkansas trail riding with a friend. We were heading back to camp when we came onto a stretch of trail where, for 10 solid minutes, the woods fell still. There were no bugs, no birds, no animals, and possibly the creepiest part. There was no wind... my friend was in front of me, and neither of our horses were reacting and were calm as usual. We continued on until the silence finally broke and my friend hadn't said anything to me and to make sure it hadn't been all in my head I casually stated "Well, that was the creepiest 10 minutes of my life." My friend whipped around in her saddle to look back at me and said "Right!?" We still talk about it every now and then and still can't explain what we experienced
Love this story. I hope there will be a follow up. In fact I want a follow up for all the stories 😂 They are all amazing. I like how we can see you in the newer episodes. It feels more personal. You have such a calming voice. Still helping me get enough sleep and I listen more than once in case I miss anything 🎉 Thank you 🙏🙏🙏
That's awesome. I was listening to a Dr Creepen narration. Then I got a notification that Mr Lighthouse has posted. So yeah I don't mean no disrespect to the Good Dr. Lighthouse Horror is my absolute favorite narrator.
I live in the forest. There are also, caves, & caverns around my house. And smaller mountains, more like big bluffs. I live in south central Kentucky. I’ve lived here 14years. One night I was setting on my porch & shortly after sunset I heard a cat crying in the woods. I ran towards the meow and called for it. Then I heard it crying further in the woods so I carried on. Coyotes are bad here & bobcats, too, so I didn’t want anything to happen to the kitty. I already have 3 strays I saved & had spayed/neutered. I was deep into the woods when I realized how fast it got dark! 😮 I didn’t have my phone or a flashlight because I’d taken off immediately thinking I’d get the cat. I called & called the cat “come on, Kitty… come on, come on!”. I listened & didn’t hear the cat meow, anymore. I quickly started back home & could see our porch light through the woods as I was on top a ridge line behind our house. I walked faster & faster because I heard leaves crunching loudly but thankfully far behind me. As I ran I swore I head a hiss like breathe a couple times! I ran inside & told my husband who said it was a squirrel. I argued it was too loud and heavy to make that much noise in the leaves! I could almost feel its impact on the ground! A few days later our adult daughter was visiting. I told her about the encounter and she said what if it’s some type of critter or spirit that mimicked a cat to draw me into the woods. That thought gave me chills. Halfway brushing it off & halfway wondering.. what was it??
Sounds very similar to what I experienced one time growing up in NE Georgia -check out my comment I posted from today for my story. I completely understand the forest getting unnaturally dark (even after sunset) and hearing silence before hearing an airy voice - I'm sure akin to that hiss-like breathing. At least your name wasn't called out to you, like mine was. But still terrifying. Glad you shared your story.
I read storys rather then listening to them because almost nobody would read it the way I would read it in my mind. And almost no voices are (for me) pleasant to listen to. Up to an extend that I can not listen to audio books at all because I can not stand the voices (even if read properly by experienced persons). You are one of the few people I not only tolerate listening to - but really enjoy doing so! Plus: I really love most of the stories too! My all time favourites are the storys from the Voodo-Shop, the grandfather serial killer, the stories with the postman for cryptids and the stories from Pine Grove.
Hey man, I just wanna say I've been loving watching the quality constantly improving since I found your videos. The way you do things really sets your content apart from all the other storytellers out there, keep up the fantastic work! 💖
Born, raised, and living in The Daniel Boone National Forest up in the Kentucky Appalachians... This is my home. I would never want to change anything about my heritage... I feel extremely privileged to have grown up here. There are insufferable people here who do nothing but complain about everything "wrong" with the region. Of course, these same people are 100% extremely left-leaning liberals who LOVE the làrger city areas that I and most people who have always been rooted here really, really hate!!! Lol, a Wampus Cat... I have heard all about those, especially growing up... As a small child, on more than one occasion I heard someone calling my name. It was an invisible person. I know because it was right in front of me and nothing was even there. Funny, I had a black and white English Shepherd named Rex. This story is very true to life in Kentucky! Thank you for the story!!!
I grew up in NE Georgia and experienced the voice calling my name as well, thank God only once as a kid! I can still remember experience as clear as day. Kinda glad to know I'm not to only one to experience that in the Appalachia. Gives some validity to those things we don't tangibly know.
This is such a great twist on the ‘rules’ format of horror stories. You almost always hear the story from the new guy. This is the first time I’ve heard this format told from the perspective of the veteran who’s balancing the need to share the rules against the worry that sharing too much at once will be too much for the newbie
Grew up in Southern Ontario on a large piece of land near a native reserve. I was only about 6-8 years old and had an encounter with a being that was about 6-8 feet tall and was pure black with glowing red eyes staring into our living room. Nothing bad happened but I remember being a little boy and full of terror when this experience occurred.
I love Appalachian stories!! They are my favorite!! And as always you are my favorite story teller. But just a side note.. the Bell Witch is not an Appalachian tale (that I know of) it's middle Tennessee where I'm from. If there is an Appalachian Bell witch story someone please correct me! I'd love to hear it
God love this man's voice an narrations the voices the passion I was in the middle of another live when this came out an I said byyeeeee cause no way I'm missing this or waiting lighthouse gang comes first.
Once hiking in Sweden, close to the Norwegian border, I ve heard a female laugh coming from the woods. It was off hiking season, there were no one in the trail and that laugh in the beginning was very inviting, but than it became so creepy that I just turned around and hiked to the nearest village and take the train back to Danmark.
You seriously deserve many more subs and likes. You are one of a kind.I do wish you would make the Pokemon story a single. "My name is Joe and I guess I'm a doll or something now". I can only find it in a mix. Thank you for maaany hours of awesome stories ♥
Love your stories. I rarely comment (sorry 😔) but your one of the few I listen to on a regular basis since I found your channel. Please keep them coming. Your an excellent sorry teller who I recommend all the time. Have a great day everyone!
Just being a strong fan who hasn't ever shared my appreciation: Thank you. You do a fantastic job with narating and your nuances are point on. Thank you for the story telling, you have a gift for it!
Obviously I wouldn't expect you to switch up what you're doing just based on what I want. But I thought it might make things more interesting to spread out the rule videos with other things instead of having them back to back. I do like a good rules pasta every now and then but a lot of the time it does boil down to "here's some scary things I thought of, but instead of writing them into a compelling story I'll just list them out and tell you exactly how each one works instead of showing it." Not trying to complain though just thought it might spice things up. you're by far the best horror narrator ive found on youtube!
My second of your stories and again I'm amazed. Even have a slight smile because of the fun I had listening. I've got so many questions about you and your stories, but I'll save them for another day.
Yeah Lighthouse! 🤗 I get so Happy and hit play so fast when you upload! 🥰 I Love your way of Storytelling! 🤪 I don't have a Favorite Narrator, I have 3 and you are one of them! We need more Ghost Stories LH! Thanks for All you do for us!!! ✝️💜☮️👻👀
You really do have the perfect voice for the stories you narrate. Loved this batch of creepy Appalachian creations! Especially the weird siren cryptid.
Been in the woods of wnc all my life. The appalachian trail runs through my county. Never experienced anything like this. Ever. He is right about when things go silent, it means a predator around. Just pay attention and you'll be fine. There isnt anything there at night that isn't there in the day time. Nothing really that scary. It can be eerie, but never seen any red eyes or old men and women. I'd be more worried about a phsyco murderer. Typically, I never sleep in a tent where I'm confined. I just stay by the fire. Keep it stoked.
This is really a great story! Neither of the main characters acted like an idiot, and there’s a happy ending that may lead to more. Thanks so much for narrating this.
Based on the legends, this is near me. My fiance has seen Siren Head. My woods go quiet at night sometimes. I don't have the red eye thing near me. If I can get my physical problems under control I'd love to work for the several parks near me.
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Grew up in northern New England, spent a lot of time in the woods and on the mountains. Let me tell you, that bit about the woods getting silent is no joke. The woods can get pretty quiet sometimes, more so at certain times of the year, but dead silent? Never felt anything like that, the urge to move and get the heck out of there. Didn't see anything, didn't encounter anything, but wow, that feeling of something being dead wrong in your gut. Won't forget that.
Been there, felt that
2 Samuel 18:8 For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured
Had it happen to me once while hunting was not enjoyable
@@halfwaywater4407 it is because of our historic instincts, silence means death or predators, all animals escaped or have hidden themselves, hence silence in woods scares humans
Our DNA is ancient.
For countless years The survival of the fittest preserved ancient survival instincts. The sudden silence of nature indicates danger.
Years ago at the wild animal park in San Diego. There was a dinosaur display and there was a full size T. Rex. It was well made And interesting from the front view. As I walked around the back towards its tail There was a deep guttural sound sound that came from the t rex.
Every hair on my body stood up on end And all the fight or flight chemicals dumped into my system. I realized at that time that humans (at one time) were not the dominant species.
One thing about Appalachian Mountains most people don't consider is just how mind boggling old they are. They've been around as solid, dry land for over 480 million years.
They've been around before the continent of Pangea existed. They're older than the first dinosaurs by good 240 million years.
I'm not saying supernatural things happen there, but there very might be things living in those mountains that are nowhere else to be found...
Damn that sounds kinda dope
Fallout 76 has inspired a new found love for Appalachia cryptids, though the siren head one seems out of place. Personally I think Kansas or Nebraska would be a more likely place that he would be seen
yes, i agree with your point...there might be things living in those mountains that are nowhere else to be found....
They've really been around THAT LONG????
Supernatural things do happen there…
I didn’t grow up in the Appalachian but I did grow up in the woods of southeast Texas, the “Texiana” area. You learn that the woods are old and there are things in them that are natural and unnatural. When the woods go silent, be ready. When you hear someone yelling, don’t go looking for them. If you feel you are not alone and the woods go silent, that’s because you’re not alone and you need to move out of that area quickly. Pay respects to the land you live on or it will not respect you.
I love the town of Jefferson, ghosts everywhere! And they believe in bigfoot around there, for good reason. The old stage coach road is really kool also.
Our ancestors respected the woods. They knew you didn't act a fool and survive because they knew of some who did and disappeared.
@@johnnycarson67it’s why they built cities
Are you saying the woods are haunted?
what the scream thing means?
That quiet in the woods one is real. If everything goes silent, that normally means nothing good, and it's best to gtfo of the area as quickly as you can. Ever get a sick feeling in the woods like you shouldn't be there or something bad happened here or somethings watching you. Listen to that. It might save your life. Oh! and NEVER explore any U.S. forest unarmed you are not at the top of the food chain.
The US Forrest parks overlap the underground cave system and missing persons last known locations perfectly
I stay in the hills of easterm Ky but thats the only time i have truly been scared is when I hear nothing at all, and when im bored ill let out these god awful screams and you can listen to everyone the next day talking about bigfoot , did you hear that last night ? nope sure didnt . no I got no life but anyway I know who is behind the bigfoot screams around here . hes 6'7 250lbs divorced with two kids but i cant tell his name. just an opinion anyway
@@brianpinion5844
You'd be fun to hang out and drink some bourbon with. The screams and howls sound like what some buddies and I used to do for kicks. Cheers!
i thought the general understanding that when it goes silent suddenly is because there's a predator in the area and that's a way to signal they're there
I'm a Quebecer thinking of hiking some parts of the Appalachian trail sometimes soon. I own guns but I know I can't exactly take one across the border. Any pist of solutions for being armed for a foreigner?
The benevolent old lady spirit reminds me of a 66 yr old woman named geraldine largay who was an avid hiker that got lost in the appalachian trail and was found dead in her tent 2 yrs later. People who last saw her alive described her as having an infectious smile. 😢😢😢
I couldn't remember her name but I was thinking the same thing.
Yes! That's who immediately came to mind too when I heard itn
If this is the same person, wasn't she found less than 2 miles from the trail or something. Wrote a note to her husband before passing.
@@Jake.44MagYes. 😢
Thanks-I couldn’t remember her name. Such a sad story.
Born and raised in WV for 30 years and I loved this story. I often tell the city people I live with now in Ohio that “if you hear your name in the woods, no you didn’t” and “when the woods go quiet YOU to quiet”.
The most normal forest in Ohio:
Finnish proverb: if you are alone in the woods, no you aren't.
This comes from a country whitch is 70% forrest/wilderness
Ah, I love how often these rules coincide between forested areas. I live in Tennessee, in a heavily wooded area just west of the Appalachians. Walking out here, you really understand why there are stories of cryptids. Things just feel *wrong* sometimes, and it can get pretty spooky. Swear I've seen nonexistent roads in the fog a couple times.
@@caioaugusto3138bit late to the Ohio jokes there bud.
I grew up in WV too. Then, I moved to KY and then to GA. Never got away from small towns though.
I am new to Lighthouse Horror. I work the nightshift. I would like to say the narration and stories are spot on.. I really enjoy the 2 and 3 hour stories, it makes the long nights go by faster... new fan... thank you
They're perfect for long road trips too! My husband and I are big fans of LH!
You should not listen to this on the night shift
A forest ranger story combined with a rules story?! And about my home mountain range?! Perfection.
Lol
And, you don't believe any of it?
Also my home mountain range! Grew up in Tennessee in a valley in the Appalachians :)
@@anoops6383Nah it’s all bullshit
Grew up and now live again near the Appalachias. About 3 miles from Cherokee national forest. Red or orange eyes mean coyote.... Tornado siren or woman screaming is a bobcat.
The only people who I’ve ever seen disobey these rules and be okay afterwards are people from deep Appalachia. You don’t want to break them if you’re not. Our ‘folk tales’ have some genuine truth and basis behind them. These things are not to be messed with, and not to be doubted.
I’m very intrigued, please elaborate
Can you please explain more
I'm from Appalachia and live near a mountain range. Never go alone, never go unarmed. I don't know about anything super natural, but I do know the government is lying about mountain lions not existing here, they do, and those screams that sound like a woman or child in the woods, that's coyotes.
I had a situation with glowing eyes and Woods being silent. Sure wish I had thermals or night vision back then, even a very good surefire flashlight only got reflection on eyes and couldn't see the coat or shape.
Also, a good German shepherd or similar breed is worth it's weight in gold if you live out here. They're smart and will protect you, warn you, and pick up signs of danger usually long before you do.
@@griftinggamerPretty sure the woman/child sound is the mountain lion. Coyotes sound like a gaggle of witches summoning shrieking demons from a cauldron.
There's no point explaining any aspect of the rural, less densely populated parts of the country to yuppie urban dwellers who've hardly been out of their tri-county area. Funny part though, they'll mock you, but not a one of them would be able to step into our woods at night.
I have yuppie cousins from Detroit, they think we're pulling their leg when we talk about rabbit and duck hunting, like they just cannot believe people could or would eat rabbits or ducks. These people get anxious at the sight of a shotgun on the mantle, but they also think everything in the world that could possibly exist must exist in the 30mile radius they grew up in.
If “the quiet” happens around you, making noise yourself is a good idea. Paranormal aside, when it gets quiet, that’s usually a sign that a predator is around. You’re in a lot more danger if you happen to surprise that predator. Sneaking up on a bear, for example. That is one of the most dangerous things you can do in the woods. Making noise prevents that from happening.
Before you start making noise or move pause observe your surroundings as you could be a few steps from a predator waiting in ambush or about to get between a mother and it's offspring and no amount of noise will make that better it could indeed get you killed
You know you are on that menu so making a bunch of noise yeah ok
@@vladboy1touch grass
@the_ultra_robot6884 lighten up sweetheart
@@vladboy1 Depends on the predator. If it's a bear, this is generally good advice. It is extremely rare that a bear will actively hunt a human. They attack based on territorial, protective instincts. Humans are avoided by bears actually, and if you're making a lot of sound, bears will tend to avoid that sound. And there are few other animals in these types of wilderness that would choose to interact with you either. If you're talking about "monsters" though then sure making noise is probably a bad choice.
These “strange rules” stories are always so wild. Author thinks they are super strange yet the list is there for your survival. Love the stories and the narration.
I'm from Jersey but most of my family is from Ireland so I've been a few times, anyway my grandparents own a farm in Sligo and when I was 13 I went over to spend the summer. One night I was looking out the window in the room I was staying in on the second floor and across the street is one of their fields. There was something in the field that wasn't there sheep, I didn't get a good look at it but it was big, dark and had red eyes. Everything in my body was telling me not to acknowledge it so I didn't, I just scanned over the rest of the field and glanced at the church before closing the curtain and going to bed. I noticed some movement out of the corner of my eyes as I did this. It was going towards an old cemetery about a half mile up the road. Me and my grandma found a dead cat on top of one of my relatives that was buried in their graves. Freaks me out to this day. I never told anyone about it either.
just wanna say how much I love this new format with you showing your face. It feels a lot more like somebody sitting down with me and telling me a story of theirs!
Really adds that "scary stories around the campfire" vibe and I'm so here for it
Me too I love seeing him while he changes characters voices it’s pretty cool 👍🏻🫶🏼
It's cringe
@@RaccooniusIII Says the Rocket ripoff lmao
Never been to Appalachia, never been anywhere near it, but I have lived in southern Arizona my whole life, and let me tell you, there are some very strange things out in the desert similar things to whats in Appalachia. There are also some strange things in the mountains here too. I’ve always lived in the middle of nowhere, both the mountain’s and the desert.
This story doesn’t sound real but it most certainly is, heres one of the strangest things I have ever seen.
Way out on a back road in Arizona. I was driving my ATV, found a fence with some old government property signs, and outside the fence was a checkpoint thing. Bullet casings were everywhere all of them were either 12 guage slugs, 9mm, or 5.56, and on the fence was either rust or old dry blood. Inside this fence was a building, burnt to a crisp, about 20 gas cans were just sitting outside it, someone wanted it gone. So anyways I drive in and thats when I get the worst feeling of fear I’ve ever had, and I just stop. I scan the area for around 5 minutes until I see them, another set of eyes looking right back at me. They were white, and standing around 10 foot tall. Couldn’t see anything else besides the eyes in the darkness of that building. Then it moves, and I could hear it moving around, I start my four wheeler and high tail it out of there. Weirdest part of this whole story, is about a month after this happened, someone moved on the land, less than a day later, they had fences up, solar panels, a bunch of satellites and not just little satellite I mean the big ones, and theres just a small concrete building on the land. I haven’t seen anyone come in or out of there before, anyone except this odd black truck with government plates. I think I found something, something that I shouldn’t have found and ever since that day, I swear I see things looking at me out of the corner of my eye.
Edit: story 2
Here is one of my more recent story’s. I was taking a walk one night up in the mountains, I started from my property and was walking down the road to the gas station, which was about 4 miles away. I get half way down the mountain and then I hear the weirdest thing I had ever heard, it was like an ancient demonic language it sounded like… an old Native Americans language but more sinister I couldn’t understand a word of it. Then came this mix of distorted wolves howling and coyotes yipping, now as I’m sure you know we don’t have any wolves in Southern AZ not even in the mountains and we definitely don’t have any wolf coyote hybrids. But the worst part of all that was, it came from the direction of my damn house, and the whole way down I felt watched and I felt followed, all I had to protect myself was an old 380 pistol because my revolver was broken at the time I have since gotten it fixed. Anyways, I made it the gas station and started walking back up the mountain which I just had a real bad feeling about doing so I got a ride back up the mountain. But yeah, thats another one of my story’s Arizona is home to some of the strangest things, and if you seek them out like I do, either you will find them, or they will find you.
This is TH-cam! There will be people who will read it! Just spill it out!
@@mrconfusion87 like I said at the time I didn’t have any time to write it all out, I still don’t but I can when I get off work.
@@mrconfusion87 I am off work now, Hers the short version of the other things I have seen in the mountains of Southern AZ.
I have seen demons, other native American “urban legends” things I can’t even describe because I just saw its eyes. I have heard strange noises, seen UFO’s I found an abandoned town which was on no maps and I had the strangest feeling while there. I found old cars out in the desert which was probably due to the cartel but it was still weird, and thats about it. I seek these things out so thats why I have seen so much.
I have had experiences with things that I couldn't explain either. More times than I care to admit.
@@johnbrawner1942 I look for these things, I just wish I had more resources and time.
I grew up in Northeast Georgia in the foothills of the Appalachian trail. A beautiful wooded area with much history, natural energy, and things that happen that I wouldn't want to experience again. When I was a kid, I had a habit of playing in the woods right outside my house if I wasn't at my neighbor's house playing with them. If anyone reading this grew up in the area, you know how the dogwood trees grow all twisted and can form their own sub forest within the forest, naturally creating a darker area in some parts. Well, I was exploring a part of the forest I normally didn't go to, which was within these dogwood trees, and thought nothing of how unnaturally dark the canopy had gotten for the short amount of time I was there (maybe 15 minutes, but felt like longer). There was absolute silence other than my feet moving across dried leaves -- then I heard it. A voice with an airy, longing tone that said my name, as if it were the wind flowing through the top canopy. That was enough to drive chills up my spine instantly and I booked it straight back to my house, the sunshine pouring in stronger with each step, not looking back to question what said it. Still gives me chills writing it today.
My Lord. I almost heard it myself, from you tellin' it.
I’m an avid horror fanatic and a well seasoned hunter/outdoorsman, and I am absolutely obsessed with Appalachia. It is honestly one of the most fascinating places in the world to me. I love how old and beautiful yet terrifying it is and nothing has yet to capture this same degree of wonder from me.
Same lol, I've gotten unintentionally hooked on horror mainly supernatural/paranormal like the kinds in the woods, especially Appalachian and native folklore. The Appalachians are lovely though, I live a few hours away from them but my family and I being from central Maryland take trips to WV often and the mountains are like beautiful rolling hills. I've never been around long enough to see anything unusual though. Also, have you ever had any spooky or unexplainable encounters in the woods?
Look into the “superstition mountain” another terrifying yet fascinating places to hike. Lots of people have disappeared in those mountains and lots of people have been beheaded by someone or something that lives there.
I love hearing stories from my area! And the fact that you pronounce Appalachia right😂❤
Your format keeps getting better! So awesome to see your journey, incredible talent. I love how you maintain your audience, not change your content for higher views. I have a lot of respect for you for this reason.
Any bit of truth to anything in these stories? I live in New York and I'm curious about them
@@Anti-Villain-Wolfnot from my experience, but that's not to say it doesn't exist 😂
Yeah. LH is very consistent and never missed. ❤
@@Anti-Villain-Wolf Depends what you define as proof. You certainly understand where the stories come from, but pretty much everything has completely reasonable explanations once you've gotten some sleep and can see the sun. It's in the dark, when it's foggy, that things feel weird.
Edit: I will say that Sirenhead is obviously fake, created by imaginative children on the internet, like Slenderman and some other cryptids. Makes zero sense, even if you believe in the supernatural.
@Anti-Villain-Wolf I'd say yes. If you think about how old the land is, how undisturbed it is, and how it's been woods for at least hundreds of thousands of years.
I grew up in these mountains. The same ones in the story. I was born and raised in Tennessee. Spent a lot of time in Carolina and Virginia. I’ve seen and heard some wild stuff in the Appalachians. There’s area you don’t go alone. There’s areas you don’t go at night. There’s area you don’t go ever unless you have an invitation. Everyone on that part of the mountain will know you’re there before you even see one person. I wouldn’t be surprised if this story was originally true.
What about the Appalachian Trail thru hikers who know no better?
@@AndrewSmith-uz8bg that’s on them. Ignorance isn’t an excuse to go into certain areas.
@@jayteefishing1543 Listen to South Force 10. His family is from the Smokies for generations. He has excellent true scary stories.
@@AndrewSmith-uz8bg I’ll check it out man. Thanks! I love these stories.
@@AndrewSmith-uz8bg thanks for the sub too brother! 🍻
I love the idea of Geraldine becoming a benevolent spirit for her fellow hikers. 💕
Growing up in up state NY for the first 21 years, I only encountered dead silence
one time, turned out I was being stalked by a mountain lion
Oooo not too good! 😮 Glad you made it out to tell the tale!
I love the way you tell these stories, not flat and emotionless, but not overly animated and obnoxiously loud either, like other narrators can be. It's like hearing someone you know personally telling you something that happened to them. It's a more personal feeling. Love that! And love that we can see you, personalizes it even more, especially with this kind of story!
I was a camp counsellor in 2019 in North Carolina's smoky mountains.. on our overnight campout deeper in the woods, around 4am when all the kids were sleeping, way off in the distance I started to hear what I described as sounding like an old siren with a howl like quality/, it slowly approached for the next 45 minutes or so, on and off getting louder and louder then just stopped. Very remote area, no roads and no idea what it was. Ended up reading about bigfoot the last year or so and thought it might be that, but definitely find it harder to believe there is a moving speaker running around the woods, but who knows! anyone who has had a similar experience please feel free to share
Sounds spooky, thanks for sharing.
Here in the Brazil we call them “Gritador”
Whoa that's wild
I live a couple miles away from the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania. It's a beautiful place to hike but you definitely perk up when things go silent. It's eerie.
Crazy when I see videos here on YT of attractive young woman hiking the Appalachian Trail alone.
NC boy here. While, I grew up on the SE coast near the OBX, I regularly went on many solo trips to the mountains as a wayward very young artistic adult trying to "find myself." Lol. Let me tell you. I never found myself, but am certain that things found me. I know there is a lot of folklore speak, and many people will disregard said talk as simply mythical nonsense. It is not. I never once personally saw anything, but every time "something" "found" me, I definitely knew it. That famous, "if everything goes silent," mantra is VERY real. Imagine being in an ancient forest with vibrant wildlife to hear all around you. And suddenly, like a light switch flipping to off, all sound stops. The wind even seemingly stops. This happened to me, and when it did, I vowed never to return without at least two others with me; and I haven't. The feeling of suddenly not being alone, even though you hiked out alone, is heart pounding. You feel it in your bones; your very being. You'd better know how to backtrack out of wherever you are. For some reason, something told me to NOT run. But y'all, I felt like I was going to faint from sheer terror at the unknown and unseen. When I previously mentioned that I wouldn't go back alone ever again, I meant it. Not only that, I've never been back since. I last went when I was about 22-23. I'm now 37. I'm absolutely convinced: that's where the wild things are. I will never go back, that deep, into that old ancient forest. No amount of money would get me there again.
As someone who grew up in rural Kentucky yeah a bunch of the rules are right. My mamaw had me memorized the woods around us too.
I went out on the old trail near Laurel Gorge one late fall. No one was around and I was all alone. I heard something in the woods. Things grew silent. I moved as fast and deliberately back to the car. I started to get in when I heard a large tree branch falling. I thought it was going to hit the car. But it got stuck in the tree. Anyway I was a bit uneasy and I drove home after that. It must have been my imagination. But I still can't shake the feeling that something was off that day.
I literally have devoured your entire TH-cam content. I can't get thru my work days without your narrations!! Thank you for all you do! ❤
Same here. I listen to The Mr Lighthouse Horror like all day radio. I don't go a day without one lol.
@TheStuart-of-Cosby same. My "go to" is always Lighthouse and the rest of the day is me wishing there was more Lighthouse but settling on creepypastas lol I mean other content creators are good but nothing gabs me like Lighthouse...even if I randomly scream in other narrations "Don't trust them! That's King Creole in disguise!" LOL
I totally wish lighthouse had one those 24/7 radio things like a few others do...I could listen to him nearly all day...few other narrators I just have to watch as well...but if I'm not listening to them I would love a 24/7 thing of his to watch of lighthouse....or a Playlist with all his videos....one click for amzing and relaxing content
@@zarostheemptystories1178 I second that. Lighthouse Radio!!! 😍
Same here ❤
I own a few hundred acres of property in the Hills of North Louisiana that were a large Caddo Indian village for hundreds of years and we have Indian Mounds and burial grounds on property and we also have multiple Criptids like Bigfoot, Dogmen and even Thunderbirds. We have seen ghosts of Native Americans and even Spanish ghosts as they camped on the property during the DeSoto expedition hundreds of years ago and a couple of soldiers ghosts from the Civil War. The land has been in our family for over 275 years. Every time we go out there we experience something and we have video and photo proof.
Awesome
What you shared is fascinating. Thank you
the whole whistling in the woods part at night. Also pretty much mean don't make any sound at night. Because the whistling are initially attracted the creature but when the guy spoke and said what the hell it located him immediately and zoned it on his speech as well. So it seems like any noise that's not natural force noises will draw it.
As a wildland firefighter. I love these kind of stories. Makes me want to write my own
The flow of words is smooth,
The depiction of the story’s atmosphere is colourfully imaginative and breathlessly captivating
suspense buildup is verily attention rejuvenating
Masterful toggling of emotions of the characters in the story
I grew up in the mountains of Buncombe and Madison counties. I wondered forests and trails as a child. I heard most of these tails my whole life. As a kid, some of these things are kind and helpful. On seperate occasions, i got turned around and had an old man come along and point me the right direction. There wasnt anything scary or strange about him, but i was miles from anything both times, and it was the same man years apart. In very different locations. I have also heard the babies cry and women scream. I was always told it was bobcats, and to avoid getting closer. When the forest gets deathly quiet, move quickly and be ready to fight.
People think of a rabbit as being silent, but they do scream like a woman if attacked. I found this out by being given permission to catch a baby rabbit inside a fenced area. I caught one and took it home on my bike. It almost beat me to death with kicks.
until reading about your encounters with the "old man", I've never really thought much about an encounter I had. It was a very cool encounter with an old guy that has been a cherished memory for over 25 years now. I was in Southern Germany on a work trip and I took my mountain bike (too close to the alps not to). This was before mountain biking came to them areas and I got allot of attention on my "weird" bike. I went to the boarder of Austria right where the Alps start. I rode up a huge mountain (took hours) then the road stopped and I finished on foot. I could see that there was a top, it was not too far up so there was still vegetation (little bushes scattered about with grass everywhere). I climbed up to the top and took some great pictures of the distant Alps mountain ranges. When I finished and went to leave, I couldn't find my bike. I thought that I had climbed straight up from my bike but it was nowhere to be found. I was in a very remote area so it surely was not stolen, it had to be there somewhere. After a good hour of searching, I came across an old guy walking along the ridge I was on with two of those waking sticks in hand. He says to me "looking for a bike", now I'm sure I was obviously riding a bike from my attire but i was so happy to hear that. I replied "yes" and he told me it was farther down the ridge. It appears that I went on a diagonal climb instead of straight up as I thought. We chatted for a few, he was in his 80's and climbed the mountain every day (yep, one of those guys). One weird thing at the time was that he spoke English. Nobody in the towns I was in for a week spoke English. I found my bike and went on my way. It was a trip plagued with weird/bizzare things happening that made for many great memories.
@@ghimmy47 Good for the rabbit.
But also, great anecdote on the mountain, the old man and the bike.
We had a saying in our country regarding paranormal sounds in wild that whenever it sounds near it is actually very far and when it sounds faint it is actually very near.
I’ve heard that about specific creatures in urban legends. But not for anything paranormal in general
Eek 😬
The quiet woods one is so real, honestly more terrifying than if I heard a t rex roar in the middle of the woods
I called it deafening silence after experiencing it. Would have preferred to hear someone sharpening a knife out there (not really, but you catch my drift).
I worked with the USFS both as a paid ranger for a short time, and a volunteer for 7 years. It was a great job, I was in the Laguna Mountains outside of San Diego, California, I met a lot of nice visitors in those years. Also worked in various parks, that were State or County run. I miss those days.
I head there's a forest service discount pass available to those who volunteer 250 hours. Did you do that?
This was the best written and the best narrated story I've heard 💙💙 I enjoyed it so much!!! I've not heard a better "rules story" ever!!!
Thank you Stephen, you did an excellent job on this story 💙💙
Much love from South Carolina ❤️ xx
May God always bless you keep you healthy and safe ❤️🙏❤️
Edit: It's awesome to put a face to the voice!!!
Began dating my wife in the early 70s. We'd go to the mountains Friday afternoon after work and walk up to a tourist geological formation late at night to camp further up (See "Last of the Mohicans"). We always felt at home, until one time everything got silent about 3 in the morning. I got a terrible feeling that something *insane* was on the mountain and we had to get down from there. On the way down I felt followed and the light picked out a lynx stalking us behind in the middle of the road. That was just a cat being a cat and not what spooked me. That made for a long Friday that ran well into Saturday. We never went back.
I live in the Appalachian mountains and I just love these stories. The mountains should be feared 😊
No. Respected.
STEPHEN, you are in an INCREDIBLE ROLL! My friend thank you so very much for the FANTASTIC video!
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Pennsylvanian reporting: The woods don't want you there. Especially the rare, old spaces that have been left undisturbed. There aren't many left. Almost every hill has been logged at some point in the last 2 centuries. But when you enter spaces with old growth, be quiet and don't linger. You are not welcome there, tolerated perhaps, for a time, but not welcome.
It's true you can come across camps or even small villages with shack like homes. While hiking the smokey mountains. It's best just to avoid them and keep moving in any direction that prevents you from entering. As long as you bypass it, you will be fine. I came across one of those shack like villages saw some women and kids but no adult men. Yet it seemed every boy over the age of 10 had a rifle or shotgun as the moved about bare footed. Seemed no one there had shoes of any kind. We changed course to avoid it did not allow our curiosity to get the best of us. And after about a mile even the sense of unease we felt left. The rest of the trip was uneventful. After we just chalked it up to weird things you see in the woods. Now I'm not sure if this was supernatural or just people living off grid so to speak. However the rule is leave them alone and they will do the same.
I never understand how someone could live with windows without shutters of some kind: is just common sense and not only for additional protection against intruders (humans or animals) but also against the kinds of bad weather able to break your windows.
Having purposely weak, vulnerable points in your own house is beyond my understanding.
European three plane windows are stronger than US dry wall and vinyl siding. Most Americans live in a framed cardboard box.
In the us shutters are usually decorative. Yes, I also think it's stupid.
In the Appalachians in Maine, my homeland, before you set out for the day, check your pack for rocks. You can leave or keep them. The important part is to know if they're there before heading out. If you discover a rock in your pack after starting the day's hike, put it in your pocket until the next day. Then search your pack for rocks, pretend to find it and leave it in the spot where your fire was. If you just made camp after hiking and discover a rock in your pack, in addition to the previous steps you need to pick up camp and move at least 100 yards away.
Can you please explain this more? I don't understand the meaning.
We need an explanation ffs
Can you Explain it more please
You are such an amazing narrator that I always feel like I’m right there in the story. Also, the drawings are great they really added to the story. I also like being able to watch you tell the story. I hope you will keep doing that. 💕💕💕
Me and my bf are planning to hike the Appalachian trails in a few weeks.. he’s always liked the paranormal and convinced me to watch this. Wish me luck 🥲
Did you do it ?
😅 did you make it back?
It ate her
You alive ?
They didn't make it 😢
I was thinking of listening to this tomorrow at work but I guess I couldn't wait. 😅
Thank you for becoming such a contributing factor to me getting through the day, LH! ❤
I live in the Appalachian mountains and I LOVE these rules tales 😂😂❤
Yeah, definitely never respond to people calling your name from the woods. I've had experience with that one. I live in the Appalachias. It started my junior year. When I was waiting for my bus to come, I would hear people calling my name from the woods behind my house. Our house was on the outskirts of the Jefferson National Forest. Different versions of my name by both male and female voices. It got to be pretty bothersome, so I said something to my dad. He went pale and told me to ignore them and never go looking for them.
I had a voice call out to me when I was in the forest as a kid - grew up in NE Georgia and was in the foothills of the Appalachia. The voice I heard didn't have an identifiable gender, but it was airy, kinda raspy, and sounded like it was longing for something... Did those voices have those qualities for you?
How would they know your name though?
Wow. Am speechless.
@@Dman3827 Bigfoot can mimick. If the heard patents saying name, they can repeat. Also, some people believe Bigfoot is supernatural and potentially telepathic
That's the right approach.
If you heard your name called from the woods, no you didn't.
If you saw something in the dark no you didn't.
I love that in spite of all of the weird and wild things Ryker was warned about, he still wanted to move close to those woods. Excellent.
Yeah, I don't know about that.
@@RescueAlwaysOfficial😂😂same
@@adrialee8149 🤣
This was another awesome tale , with a fantastic choice in backgrounds, great voice and wonderful to see our favorite narrator, LH, thank you! 💜
I live in Alaska, upon moving up here in the military, we were told a list of rules and guidelines for surviving this state. As a kid, I took it seriously, big wildlife I could see nearby vs the bugs & bees in upstate NY, haha.
I love the way you're doing your videos now & how you're narrating while showing who you are! It makes me feel like you're actually telling me the story & not just narrating it. Makes it feel more personal!!
And this story was very good & relatable to me, as I'm from & live in Ky & also once hadda dog myself who's name was Barkley!!!🤨😊
I've never clicked on a channel so fast!!! Lighthouse Horror + A Follow the Rules Story = SIMPLY, UTTERLY PERFECTION!!!
If someone gave me a list like that and I believed 1% of it I’d say, “Well, no more hiking for me.”
Thank you for all the amazing content!! 🤙🏼🤙🏼 The stories are always awesome. Your narrations are incredible! You are absolutely one of the best story tellers on TH-cam! 💯💯
I don't care for numbered rules tales, and I did see the post earlier but passed on it for that reason. It's now 12 a.m. and because I love his voice, and the cadence, and the general calmness of his narration, I'm here.
I'm so happy that I am.☺️
I grew up in New Jersey. We have the Pine Barrens and the Appalachians, and they border each other, having similar ages. It's weird to comprehend how old and "undisturbed" these areas are. I actually experienced something akin to the red eyes when i was 12 or 13. It was a camp sleepover. They allowed the junior boys (summer after 6th grade) and senior boys (summer after 7th grade) to spend one night at the end of the summer, overnight. We all slept in this big open air meeting area. Raised concrete slap, steps leading up, covered, etc. There was a game room attached to it but nobody ever slept in the game room. The game room was a corrugated metal room attached to the main structure, and had books at the far end. Only one window in the game room and it faced the door. I went and got a book and sat down on the steps with my back to the door. I had trouble sleeping. I then looked up and saw two red eyes staring at me through the glass. I screamed and ran into the main room.
The counselors listened to my story and calmed me and the others down. The counselors insisted we wait in the main area and do not leave the covered building. They said it must have been an animal and encouraged us all to sleep closer together, nobody on the outlying benches. To this day i know it wasn't a wild animal. This came borders on the pine barrens. People hear New Jersey and think chemical plants. If people realized how much of New Jersey was not developed they would be surprised.
Yes ma'am Egg Harbor Township girl here ❤
A few animals would have red eyes in the right light. I think dogs do.
I am a transplanted Jersey boy and can attest to this, vast tracts of land are indeed uninhibited; by humans at least.
I think the best thing I learned from this is that 12 gauge answers almost any problem.
But do you know what fixes problems the 12 gauge won’t solve? A 4 gauge shotgun!
I really like this one, coming from the person who made the list of rules. There's something kind of cozy about it, even though parts of it are spooky. I also really like the details of the benevolent spirit and the old storyteller. Not everything uncanny is scary or evil.
Love your channel. Keep up the good work. Btw, that BEER repellent @ 17:54 made me rewind twice 😂
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You are my favorite narrator on youtube. I love scary stories, but I want fiction mostly. Hearing stories of real life monsters from Reddit isnt fun for me. You havent really put out a story that i didn't like. I love the long stories. Barnabys grocery story, Charlies store, and i baught a haunted house and no believes me are my favorites. I laugh, I think, and I pick up something new everytime I listen. You read them wonderfully with voice change and perfect tones. Thank you for all your hard work that goes into these. Thank you.
I grew up on a huge family farm in West Virginia and when the forest goes silent its time to go. As a life long hunter I unfortunately know what it feels like to be the hunted.
I was stalked, hunted, by a Puma. I also almost became lunch for a huge Black Bear. In my tree stand 35 feet up a young Red Oak tree, the bear climbed up and tried to bite my boot but I put the business end of my 300 Winchester Magnum between his eyes and blew his brains out. Scared the Be-Jesus outta me. His pelt now lays flat on my floor in front of my fireplace.
Wow! It is one of those times where "presence of mind" can be the difference between life and death!
That’s an awesome story
man if only that firing pin hit an empty chamber, and if only you were about 34 an a half feet down from that tree!!! it would be a perfect world, sorry bud, but i'd pay to see that. YEP I'M AN ANIMAL LOVER, so what can i say but next time.. GO BEARS??!!!...
@paulcarey191 Well hopefully you get taken out the way you suggested for him. F that bear. I have watched them eat baby deer alive. Animals in nature are just as cruel as humans.
did that bear eat the dear before you shot the dear, or after?? nah wait..let me guess you don't shoot baby dear, only the parents.. so the baby dear starve to death. I think i'd rather get eaten alive, starving to death?? have you ever went 2 days without eating? i'd bet you never tried 30 hrs!!! we can play these games all day bud, but much wiser men than both you and myself seem to have the same/or similar quote about man slaughtering animals, it goes something like - when men slaughter the animals around them, they will kill each other as well. The bible says even worse, something like judgement being reserved for mans treatment of the animals in his domain. no matter how you come at this, your making a mistake, and your doing the wrong cowardice thing. Trust me under god, i'm telling you the truth, i hope i helped you.@@timspellman47
I usually skip stories that have stuff about 'rules' in the title. So many times they're just lists of random arbitrary things with no explanation, just a bunch of stuff to fill time and sound spooky with vague-ness. I'm glad i gave this one a try though. The rules actually have a purpose to the story, they fit into the narrative and each is explained why you should actually follow it. This one was really enjoyable
A few years back, I was in the Ozarks in Arkansas trail riding with a friend. We were heading back to camp when we came onto a stretch of trail where, for 10 solid minutes, the woods fell still. There were no bugs, no birds, no animals, and possibly the creepiest part. There was no wind... my friend was in front of me, and neither of our horses were reacting and were calm as usual. We continued on until the silence finally broke and my friend hadn't said anything to me and to make sure it hadn't been all in my head I casually stated "Well, that was the creepiest 10 minutes of my life." My friend whipped around in her saddle to look back at me and said "Right!?" We still talk about it every now and then and still can't explain what we experienced
Love this story. I hope there will be a follow up. In fact I want a follow up for all the stories 😂 They are all amazing. I like how we can see you in the newer episodes. It feels more personal. You have such a calming voice. Still helping me get enough sleep and I listen more than once in case I miss anything 🎉 Thank you 🙏🙏🙏
Anyone else stop listening to another narrator and click on lighthouse when the notification pops up?
That's awesome. I was listening to a Dr Creepen narration. Then I got a notification that Mr Lighthouse has posted. So yeah I don't mean no disrespect to the Good Dr. Lighthouse Horror is my absolute favorite narrator.
I just did! 😊
I didn't know the trail or Appalachian mountains had these creepy stories. Thank you for posting!
I live in the forest. There are also, caves, & caverns around my house. And smaller mountains, more like big bluffs. I live in south central Kentucky. I’ve lived here 14years.
One night I was setting on my porch & shortly after sunset I heard a cat crying in the woods. I ran towards the meow and called for it. Then I heard it crying further in the woods so I carried on. Coyotes are bad here & bobcats, too, so I didn’t want anything to happen to the kitty. I already have 3 strays I saved & had spayed/neutered. I was deep into the woods when I realized how fast it got dark! 😮 I didn’t have my phone or a flashlight because I’d taken off immediately thinking I’d get the cat.
I called & called the cat “come on, Kitty… come on, come on!”. I listened & didn’t hear the cat meow, anymore. I quickly started back home & could see our porch light through the woods as I was on top a ridge line behind our house. I walked faster & faster because I heard leaves crunching loudly but thankfully far behind me.
As I ran I swore I head a hiss like breathe a couple times! I ran inside & told my husband who said it was a squirrel. I argued it was too loud and heavy to make that much noise in the leaves! I could almost feel its impact on the ground!
A few days later our adult daughter was visiting. I told her about the encounter and she said what if it’s some type of critter or spirit that mimicked a cat to draw me into the woods. That thought gave me chills. Halfway brushing it off & halfway wondering.. what was it??
Sounds very similar to what I experienced one time growing up in NE Georgia -check out my comment I posted from today for my story. I completely understand the forest getting unnaturally dark (even after sunset) and hearing silence before hearing an airy voice - I'm sure akin to that hiss-like breathing. At least your name wasn't called out to you, like mine was. But still terrifying. Glad you shared your story.
I just love when you stand in the screen to tell the story. Makes it even better.
I read storys rather then listening to them because almost nobody would read it the way I would read it in my mind. And almost no voices are (for me) pleasant to listen to.
Up to an extend that I can not listen to audio books at all because I can not stand the voices (even if read properly by experienced persons).
You are one of the few people I not only tolerate listening to - but really enjoy doing so!
Plus: I really love most of the stories too!
My all time favourites are the storys from the Voodo-Shop, the grandfather serial killer, the stories with the postman for cryptids and the stories from Pine Grove.
Hey man, I just wanna say I've been loving watching the quality constantly improving since I found your videos. The way you do things really sets your content apart from all the other storytellers out there, keep up the fantastic work! 💖
Born, raised, and living in The Daniel Boone National Forest up in the Kentucky Appalachians... This is my home. I would never want to change anything about my heritage... I feel extremely privileged to have grown up here. There are insufferable people here who do nothing but complain about everything "wrong" with the region. Of course, these same people are 100% extremely left-leaning liberals who LOVE the làrger city areas that I and most people who have always been rooted here really, really hate!!!
Lol, a Wampus Cat... I have heard all about those, especially growing up... As a small child, on more than one occasion I heard someone calling my name. It was an invisible person. I know because it was right in front of me and nothing was even there.
Funny, I had a black and white English Shepherd named Rex.
This story is very true to life in Kentucky! Thank you for the story!!!
I grew up in NE Georgia and experienced the voice calling my name as well, thank God only once as a kid! I can still remember experience as clear as day. Kinda glad to know I'm not to only one to experience that in the Appalachia. Gives some validity to those things we don't tangibly know.
I really like how you present theses now. Such a change from other narrators keep up the great work my friend much love.
Sorry i was waiting for a new creepy pasta all day 😂 i love the rules series
This is such a great twist on the ‘rules’ format of horror stories. You almost always hear the story from the new guy. This is the first time I’ve heard this format told from the perspective of the veteran who’s balancing the need to share the rules against the worry that sharing too much at once will be too much for the newbie
Those woods are older than bone, and it's good to remember that. As long as you respect them though, you should be just fine.
Another amazing addition!! I'm really loving the rules stories!!!!! They are my favorite kind!!!!!❤❤🥰🥰
Living here in the Appalachians I'm looking forward to this one. Thank you sir have a safe weekend
I'm loving these videos! Thank you LH, its always nice seeing you narrate these awesome stories! 😊
Grew up in Southern Ontario on a large piece of land near a native reserve. I was only about 6-8 years old and had an encounter with a being that was about 6-8 feet tall and was pure black with glowing red eyes staring into our living room. Nothing bad happened but I remember being a little boy and full of terror when this experience occurred.
*Thank you so much for uploading a deep woods horror story on my birthday!!* 💕
I love Appalachian stories!! They are my favorite!! And as always you are my favorite story teller. But just a side note.. the Bell Witch is not an Appalachian tale (that I know of) it's middle Tennessee where I'm from. If there is an Appalachian Bell witch story someone please correct me! I'd love to hear it
God love this man's voice an narrations the voices the passion I was in the middle of another live when this came out an I said byyeeeee cause no way I'm missing this or waiting lighthouse gang comes first.
Once hiking in Sweden, close to the Norwegian border, I ve heard a female laugh coming from the woods. It was off hiking season, there were no one in the trail and that laugh in the beginning was very inviting, but than it became so creepy that I just turned around and hiked to the nearest village and take the train back to Danmark.
Smart move. Go to an entirely different country!
You seriously deserve many more subs and likes. You are one of a kind.I do wish you would make the Pokemon story a single. "My name is Joe and I guess I'm a doll or something now". I can only find it in a mix. Thank you for maaany hours of awesome stories ♥
Love your stories. I rarely comment (sorry 😔) but your one of the few I listen to on a regular basis since I found your channel. Please keep them coming. Your an excellent sorry teller who I recommend all the time. Have a great day everyone!
Just being a strong fan who hasn't ever shared my appreciation: Thank you. You do a fantastic job with narating and your nuances are point on. Thank you for the story telling, you have a gift for it!
Obviously I wouldn't expect you to switch up what you're doing just based on what I want. But I thought it might make things more interesting to spread out the rule videos with other things instead of having them back to back.
I do like a good rules pasta every now and then but a lot of the time it does boil down to "here's some scary things I thought of, but instead of writing them into a compelling story I'll just list them out and tell you exactly how each one works instead of showing it."
Not trying to complain though just thought it might spice things up. you're by far the best horror narrator ive found on youtube!
My second of your stories and again I'm amazed. Even have a slight smile because of the fun I had listening. I've got so many questions about you and your stories, but I'll save them for another day.
I love the idea of this picking up steam and becoming trail lore.
Hello Face!! Always enjoy hearing your voice... but it's twice as nice to see your face!!
Yeah Lighthouse! 🤗 I get so Happy and hit play so fast when you upload! 🥰 I Love your way of Storytelling! 🤪 I don't have a Favorite Narrator, I have 3 and you are one of them! We need more Ghost Stories LH! Thanks for All you do for us!!! ✝️💜☮️👻👀
You really do have the perfect voice for the stories you narrate. Loved this batch of creepy Appalachian creations! Especially the weird siren cryptid.
Woo Hoo! A new Lighthouse story. Love the tales you tell. Thank you soooo much
Dude. I love this story and how it doesn't end with a sad or eerie end. Also, your sound effect mixing is great. Creeps me out like it should lol.
How to survive: Don’t go there in the first place.
Scary cat
Been in the woods of wnc all my life. The appalachian trail runs through my county. Never experienced anything like this. Ever. He is right about when things go silent, it means a predator around. Just pay attention and you'll be fine. There isnt anything there at night that isn't there in the day time. Nothing really that scary. It can be eerie, but never seen any red eyes or old men and women. I'd be more worried about a phsyco murderer. Typically, I never sleep in a tent where I'm confined. I just stay by the fire. Keep it stoked.
My feeling exactly.
This is a great rules story. I loved it. And i loved the way you narrated it, LH. One of my favorite rules stories ever. ❤
Best story reader ever. Voice incantation perfect❤
This is really a great story! Neither of the main characters acted like an idiot, and there’s a happy ending that may lead to more. Thanks so much for narrating this.
Based on the legends, this is near me.
My fiance has seen Siren Head.
My woods go quiet at night sometimes.
I don't have the red eye thing near me.
If I can get my physical problems under control I'd love to work for the several parks near me.
Your fiance saw a made up creature created in 2018 by a canadian artist? That's sick, man
Stories my elders would say when we went camping are very similar to this