A voice in the desert
Two young men in their 20s, Josh and Dan, went on a camping trip together in a desert in New Mexico. They didn’t take much with them besides sleeping bags, food, and materials for a fire. After they cooked their dinner, they fell asleep as they gazed up into the starry night sky. The beauty and peace of the trip were short-lived, however. In the early, dark hours of the morning, Josh was startled awake by what sounded like Dan’s voice, but frantic.
The voice said, “Come here, quick! Look!” Sleepy and confused, Josh got up to see what his friend was talking about. He heard again, “Come here, quick! Look!” It sounded unnatural; a perfect repetition. Josh took a few steps forward, and then someone grabbed him from behind. He turned around to see Dan with his finger in front of his mouth, warning Josh to keep quiet. They rolled up their sleeping bags and left. They still don’t know who—or what—was trying to lure Josh away into the desert.
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Just a little chill.
Burrrrrrrr
Having grown up in Cochise County in SE Arizona in the Sonoran Desert, I spent a lot of my formative years camping out in the middle of nowhere. I have memories of hearing what seemed to be non distinct human voices in places where I knew there was nobody else around for miles. Was once told by an old prospector that we were close to a Native American Chiricahua burial ground. Ghosts, the wind, young imaginations, combination? To this day I don't know but I try to keep a open mind.
meh, I don't hear any voices because my hearing is so bad now.
Voices luring people away go back to Sirens and Will-o'-the-wips. The Pied Piper may even be a variant of these stories. There are hundreds of stories online of people hearing voices of people they know calling to them to lure away from others. When I was a teen, on several occasions, I heard the sound of children laughing in the distance, but I was the only one home.
I have read many stories of Sirens, not so many on the Wilies....
I have heard my name called several times when there was no one to call it. Hmmm, maybe that will be my next story.
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I know a guy who could not read the room, he’s but a pariah.
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Repeated simply because I wasn't here to catch your first post - not sure which came first.
When moderating..delete his comments so the rest of us don't have to look at them
I don't know how to delete them.
Highlight the text you want gone then hit the delete button on your keyboard
Well, wish I knew that before - now I can't go back and do that.... crap
HELP Perrie or Sandy......
Now you know how to get rid of offensive material
Yes I do. Thank you for the tutorial.
In my neck of the desert border we have, depending on region, Mexican stories of "La Llorora" i.e. weeping lady or the White Lady who murdered her children and searches for them in the afterlife. She always comes out in the middle of the night! Many on both sides of the border swear they have seen her wandering the desert and calling to her lost dead children.
My husband has a story about his abuela. She was going to the store one day for her mother and as she's walking along a ball of fire came towards her very fast. She believed in witches and all kinds of stuff. So does his mom
I have actually heard of La Llorora. I have even researched it. It is very intriguing.
There are versions of the White Lady story all across the globe.
Appears to be a worldwide phenomena one form or another.
Have you seen the movie The Curse of La Llorona? It's pretty creepy.
Nope, have not seen it yet.
Spooky for sure
Morning...we don't have much in the way of ghosts running around in the Outback but we do have the Min Min lights...
These orbs of light appear at night and basically dance across the desert...as you walk towards them they move away. The Koori kids are always taught never to follow them as they draw you away from home and family out into the desert...
Many people both Koori and Whites have seen them and absolutely swear they exist..the Kooris believe it is the spirits of past elders...
My sister had an experience like that in Western NY when we were very young. She saw the light in the words and as she moved towards it, it retreated. She could only get within 50 yards before it would retreat. Then it vanished.
Though I haven't seen them myself, I know people, and I don't doubt them, who say they have.
I used to live in and old gold mining area, and these "lights" were a common event around the old "diggings". Whilst there were many explanations of a "ghostly" nature, including spirits of departed "diggers" (or miners), a scientific explanation is they are pockets of luminous gas rising up from deep underground via the excavated mine.
This has also been an explanation in other places, especially swampy areas.
I never believed in ghosts, until i saw a shadow dart away. It changed my whole attitude towards the possibility of their existence.
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My days of being a weekend hippie are long long ago, long before I left Canada, and the shadow was here, and not that long ago.
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You're woefully lost.
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He's just being mean. He always trolls Veronica's articles
I know of 2 groups he almost always avoids...
I have seen them since I can remember. It has just become a fact of my life.
I wasn't accurate enough in my comment. I saw the shadow out of the corner of my eye, I wasn't "looking" at it, and it darted away instantly. Granted that I might have been influenced in thinking it was more than it was, having watched the movie "Meet Joe Black".
I didn't think on an ADULT forum I would have to post the rules on every article, but here we go:
RULES:
No politics
No judgments (no calling someone's story hogwash)
If you don't believe - don't join
All in the name of fun
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Sorry, MM, but I didn't see being reminded that in the past I might have done something illegal (and you used that word) to be a "fun" comment. And I replied to your comments, which normally causes any flag I could have clicked to be inoperative.
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So, another angry charm free comment?
Does it never occur to try another tactic?
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I'm not one for the supernatural but I have seen 2 UFOs in my lifetime
Is that UFO as in Unidentified Flying Object or as in Underwater Flying Object? I have seen examples of both and I have zero logical or reasonable explanation for either variety.
Secret military holograms depicting UFOs and other supernatural phenomenon were developed for both propaganda and battlefield psyop purposes and have been observed during testing near US bases since the 1970s. Similar technology has also been used at amusement parks like Disneyland and Universal Studios...
flying...I have no explanation either
my granny was a bigshot in the USAF finance and accounting. she had a higher security clearance than my uncle in army intelligence or my cousin later on in one of the alphabet intelligence agencies. she knew where all the air force money was spent. when I was a teenager I asked her a direct question about project blue book when the air force was denying it's existence in the early 70's. her answer was "I'm not allowed to talk about my job, and there's no such thing as flying saucers" she said with a wink. years later after she was retired, she was a little more forthcoming, but still very reserved about what she knew. I tried to press her again for more info in the 90's and all she said was "you wouldn't believe me if I told you". I never asked her about UFO's again. she also had a extremely low opinion of most USAF brass.
When my BIL was in the Navy he used to hint that he saw things in the deeper parts of the ocean that they were told to keep quiet about because the citizens of the world would not be able to handle it.
It pisses me off when the government treats us like 5 year olds
I know exactly what you mean. He did tell us he saw a huge sea turtle one time go under their ship. He said it was massive.
That I would have loved to have seen
Me, too. He didn't even have a camera on him.