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5 min readIn October, a couple from Ohio took a long-planned hiking trip in Southwest Virginia. They wanted to see the wild ponies on the balds and sleep in an Appalachian Trail shelter. The wife, Carrie, had been looking forward to it for two years. The husband, who tells the story, grew up hunting in the Ozarks and knew what the woods were supposed to sound like at night. The trip started well—ponies, good weather, a phone call home to their three kids. Then they reached the shelter, and something in the woods began to change Carrie, slowly and methodically, until she was carving lines into her own arms with his knife and running barefoot into the trees toward something that stood twice the height of a man.
The shelter and the logbook
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **Introduction & Sponsors** - Podcast host Darkness Prevails introduces the episode with ads for Progressive and Shopify.
- 2 (01:51) **Story Setup: Gray and Carrie's Trip** - Listener Gray describes himself, his wife Carrie, and their plan for a four-day hiking trip to see the ponies on the Appalachian Trail.
- 3 (05:08) **Day One: The Balds and the Ponies** - The couple hikes onto the open ridges ("balds") and encounters the famous wild ponies, a highlight of the trip.
- 4 (10:57) **Day Two: The Shelter and the Log Book** - They arrive at the Appalachian Trail shelter, where Carrie is excited to sleep. Gray notices strange carvings and a disturbing log book entry.
- 5 (16:53) **The Shadow in the Moonlight** - A massive shadow crosses the floor of the shelter, and something leans on the roof beam, bending down to face Carrie.
- 6 (20:45) **Day Three: Changes in Carrie** - Carrie wakes up happy and energetic, but Gray notices she is acting differently, moving faster and seeming drawn to the woods.
- 7 (26:54) **The Entity Appears in Daylight** - The entity appears on a hillside, watching them. Carrie refers to it as "He" and says, "He's so tall," mirroring the log book.
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Show Notes
If you find yourself on the Appalachian Trails at the wrong place and the wrong time, you might get to meet a God of Appalachia. Then, you'll never get to leave.
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