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5 min readTwo summers ago, Amber Lee was fifteen, staying with her aunt and cousins in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. She had been warned that the nearest town was far away, but she was used to the woods. One afternoon, while exploring alone, everything went suddenly silent—no birds, no bugs, no wind. Then she heard footsteps. She ran back to the trailer and never went into those woods again. But the woods came to her.
The Not-Deer and the Rules of the Woods
Amber’s story, read on the episode, is one of several listener accounts that orbit a recurring figure in Appalachian folklore: the not-deer. One night, she and her cousin Caitlin let the dog out and walked onto the porch. Near the neighbor’s trailer, they saw a deer with its head down. When it stood up, its limbs stretched in a way that looked like arms forming. Its face had become a mix of deer and skeleton, and the creature was six feet tall or more. It ran off into the dark, and the dog, who never growled, spent the rest of the night growling at windows and doors.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (02:07) **Episode Open & Theme Setup** - Sabrina and Corinne banter about Halloween, costumes, and set up the episode's focus on Appalachian and forest-based paranormal encounters.
- 2 (05:25) **Listener Story: "What We Saw in the Appalachian Woods"** - Amber Lee recounts a 14-year-old memory of encountering a "not deer" in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.
- 3 (15:22) **Listener Story: "Witchcraft out of a Vermont State Park"** - Natalie, a former state park attendant, shares a story of a cursed doll found after a camper's suicide.
- 4 (25:22) **Listener Story: "The Ghostly Archaeologist"** - A skeptic named Smokey, working for the Forest Service, hears a child's laugh in the deep woods, only to discover an antebellum house site a year later in the exact same spot.
- 5 (32:05) **Listener Story: "The Lake Tahoe Scream"** - A lifelong skeptic named Connor has his worldview shattered after hearing a terrifying, unidentifiable scream near his family's cabin, which is close to a Donner Party camp.
- 6 (43:31) **Listener Story: "Correctional Officer in Appalachia"** - Grace, a former corrections officer in East Tennessee, shares video evidence of a ghostly figure following her coworker and later whispering a threat in her ear.
- 7 (54:37) **Episode Wrap-Up & Patreon Tease** - The hosts wrap up the episode, thanking listeners and teasing a bonus story on Patreon.
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Show Notes
We love a peaceful walk in the forest, but sometimes there’s more than wildlife lurking between the trees. We’re venturing into the woods where cryptids, spirits, strange entities, and unexplained phenomena wait in the darkness, and these listener stories make the great outdoors feel a whole lot creepier after sunset.
Stories include:
One listener encounters a terrifying, unnaturally tall deer-like creature in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
A strange stick doll found after a tragedy at a campsite triggers a streak of bad luck.
A skeptic hears a child laughing in the Mississippi woods and later discovers the remains of an old home nearby.
A correctional officer sees a mysterious figure moving through jail surveillance footage.
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New Episodes are released every Thursday and Sunday at 12am PST/3am EST (the witching hour, of course). Corinne and Sabrina hand select a couple of paranormal encounters from our inbox to read in each episode, from demons, to cryptids, to aliens, to creepy kids... the list goes on and on. If you have a story of your own that you'd like us to share on an upcoming episode, we invite you to email them to us!
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