3 Very Scary TRUE Desert Horror Stories
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00:00this happened not even a month ago i'm a senior in high school and i've lived in nevada my whole
00:16life there's not a whole lot to do here but one thing my friends and i have always been into
00:21is urban exploring we'd look for abandoned buildings old service tunnels dead malls
00:27anything that felt forgotten we'd climb through broken fences take pictures sometimes sneak up
00:33to the roofs or down into basements it wasn't about breaking stuff or doing anything illegal
00:39it was just about the vibe the only guy in our group who always found the weirdest places was
00:45charles he was kind of the quiet mysterious type he'd show up with locations none of us had heard
00:51of half the time i didn't even ask how he found them one day he sent us a screenshot from some
00:57sketchy instagram account low follower account blurry photos all kinds of creepy comments under
01:04the posts the caption on the post in question just said something like dozens of abandoned
01:09mineshafts in the mojave desert if you know where to look according to charles he had been in contact
01:15with the account and whoever was running it had given him some areas to check out that's all
01:20charles needed he was instantly obsessed with the idea so that saturday it was me charles and our other
01:27friend james i had a wrangler that was perfect for off-road desert driving so we took that we didn't
01:34have a specific address or anything just a general area and a pin dropped somewhere in the middle of the
01:39mojave the spot charles had marked was way off in the desert like really far from anything we turned
01:47off the main road almost half an hour earlier and the dirt path we were on barely looked like a road
01:52anymore we drove around for what felt like forever no signs no structures no landmarks just endless
02:00nothing i kept checking my phone even though i knew we didn't have service james was in the back
02:07getting more and more irritated he started telling charles this whole thing was a waste of time and
02:12that he had been scammed by some troll account charles insisted that we keep looking so we did he's
02:19always been stubborn with navigation so i figured i'd indulge him a little while longer eventually just as
02:26we were about to call it quits james pointed out something off to the right at first it looked like
02:32just more rock and sand but as we got closer we saw it this half collapsed wooden structure built
02:39into the side of a slope part of the entrance looked like it had been caved in but you could
02:44still see a dark hole behind the support beams it wasn't huge but it was definitely man-made
02:51definitely a mind shaft charles didn't say anything at first he just pulled out his phone open the
02:57offline map he'd downloaded when we still had service and dropped a pin on it then he turned to
03:02james and said told you to which james said he just got lucky but even i had to admit it was kind of
03:09crazy we'd been driving in circles out in the middle of nowhere and somehow we'd actually found one
03:16i parked a few yards from the entrance just off to the side on a flat patch of dirt
03:21we all climbed out and geared up charles had even brought masks for us to wear
03:26the three of us walked up the mine and it looked even sketchier up close
03:30charles picked up a rock and tossed it in we waited a few seconds later we heard it clang three times
03:39then nothing it was really deep charles looked back at us and said if we tripped on the way down
03:45we were probably dead we started the descent luckily the shaft wasn't a straight drop it sloped down at a
03:53steep angle but not enough that we had to climb hand over hand the ground was loose and uneven and
04:00there were old wooden beams lining parts of the wall surprisingly they seemed pretty sturdy
04:06the deeper we went the colder it got and quieter it was really eerie down there we couldn't even see
04:13any light coming through from the entrance anymore eventually we made it to what felt like the bottom
04:19the shaft leveled out and opened into a wider tunnel that branched off in a few directions
04:26it looked exactly how you'd imagine old support beams every few yards rusted rails half buried in
04:32dirt and a thick layer of dust on everything there were scraps of wood and metal scattered around maybe
04:39parts of old carts or tools it smelled kind of stale in there if that made any sense
04:45honestly i didn't realize how much of a blessing the masks were until that point we picked a tunnel
04:50and just started walking none of us really said much we weren't looking for anything specific just
04:57exploring there honestly wasn't much cool stuff down there the place looked like it had been mostly
05:02cleaned out of anything worth taking but then we heard something it was faint somewhere further down the tunnel
05:14it sounded like something being dragged at first i thought i imagined it but i looked over and saw
05:23charles had stopped too james motioned for us to turn off our flashlights so we did we just stood there
05:30in total darkness listening the sound came again it was a sort of scraping sounds like metal or maybe even
05:39wood being dragged along the ground it was hard to tell with the echo but it seemed like whatever it
05:44was was getting closer we stood there in the dark for maybe 30 seconds maybe a full minute it was hard to
05:51tell the scraping sound kept coming slowly getting louder it didn't sound too close to us but that didn't
05:59make it any less terrifying then james accidentally flicked his flashlight on and then off again
06:05i wanted to kill him the scraping stopped and everything went silent then out of nowhere there
06:13was this loud metallic clang from somewhere deep in the tunnel like whatever was being dragged had just
06:19been dropped and right after that came the most awful demonic scream i'd ever heard
06:25it barely sounded human we turned and ran not even caring about how loud we were being i'd never run
06:37faster in my entire life i could hear footsteps coming from somewhere behind me and i thought i was
06:42going to have a panic attack i was in the back trying to keep up and then i tripped on something
06:48one of my shoes came off and i struggled to stay upright
06:52i didn't have time to go back for it so i just kept going trying to ignore the pain in my foot
06:58up ahead charles and james had already reached the incline and were climbing
07:02i practically threw myself up the stairs when i tell you climbing those stairs half barefoot was
07:08the most painful thing i'd ever experienced i'm not exaggerating it was excruciating i picked up a
07:14new splinter every few seconds if not for the adrenaline coursing through my veins i don't think
07:20i would have been able to make it out of there by the time i finally made it out into the open air
07:26my foot was shot i needed james and charles to damn near carry me over to the car i couldn't drive
07:32like that so james jumped in the driver's seat i barely got the door closed before he threw it in
07:38gear and floored it i don't think we were followed up the shafts but we weren't sticking around to find
07:44out we drove in silence all the way to the nearest hospital i thought the pain was going to make me
07:49pass out i ended up having to get a tetanus shot and even after all my wounds were cleaned and all
07:55the splinters were removed i couldn't walk normally for days a few days later once i could walk without
08:02limping too bad james told us he dropped his wallet somewhere near the shaft probably when he was helping
08:07me get to the car he hadn't said anything at the time but now he figured it was worth going back
08:13just to the entrance no way were we going back inside so the three of us drove back out there
08:19using the pin that charles had saved obviously james's wallet was nowhere in sight but we did find
08:25something my shoe it was sitting a few feet from the mine's entrance i cautiously walked over to it and
08:32picked it up it was torn up like someone or dare i say something had bitten into it there were literally
08:40teeth marks in my shoe and entire chunks of it were missing we didn't stick around much longer after
08:46that none of us can come up with any rational explanation you might be quick to just say it
08:52was some homeless person living down there but if that were the case how the hell had they managed to
08:57stay alive for so long there was no food down there what in the world would they eat
09:03charles said that instagram account never responded to him when he dm'd him about what happens
09:07it's going to be a long time before i do any urban exploring in the desert again
09:21i've always been a rugged kind of guy i've always loved the outdoors and a vacation to me is a camping or
09:28fishing trip not some extravagant excursion to some resort or something my girlfriend of six months
09:34shares my love of nature that's probably one of the main reasons we started dating if i had to be
09:40honest a couple weeks back tiki and i decided to do something a little different we drove out to the
09:47desert to camp for a few days we'd both done forests mountains lakes all that but neither of us had
09:53really experienced the kind of open silent dry isolation the desert offered it just felt like
09:59something we had to try at least once one of the main reasons we landed on the desert too was the
10:04stargazing that's something we both love probably more than anything else even back when we first
10:11started dating we'd take drives out past town just to lie on the hood of the truck and watch the stars
10:17so when we read that this spot was far from any towns or light pollution it was basically a done
10:22deal i found a place online that was supposedly remote but legal to camp on no amenities just open
10:29land some fire rings and stars sounded perfect we packed up the truck with our gear and made the three
10:36hour drive early that friday morning the last hour or so was on a dirt road that felt like it went on
10:43forever there wasn't a house or sign of human life in sight honestly that was half the appeal
10:49by the time we found the campsite it was already late afternoon the place was completely void of
10:55people just as i had hoped the first couple nights were exactly what we wanted warm days cool nights
11:03clear skies we'd sit out by the fire with a couple drinks pass a little joint back and forth
11:08and just talk about dumb stuff or lie back and stare at the sky not having a schedule or any
11:14distractions was really really refreshing and yeah we'd fool around a bit in the tent that was all
11:19part of the fun too it felt good to be disconnected both nights though we heard something strange
11:27not close just somewhere way out in the distance it was this low drawn out sound like a howl or a moan
11:38it didn't really sound like a person more like an animal the first night we both sort of paused
11:47when we heard it tiki looked at me like did you hear that too and i nodded but we ended up laughing
11:53it off i said it was probably a coyote or a mountain lion or something and she agreed same thing the
12:01second night right around the same time too we chalked it up to being desert wildlife i mean there's all
12:08kinds of stuff out here that we're not used to hearing it was unsettling sure but we weren't going
12:13to let it ruin the trip the third night i woke up to the sound of footsteps outside the tent
12:23it was soft at first just a couple faint crunches like someone walking slowly over dry dirt
12:30i held my breath and listened it wasn't an animal it was too steady and slow i didn't move
12:38i wanted to grab the flashlight wake tiki up and say something but i couldn't i was frozen my heart
12:45was pounding and every muscle in my body felt locked up the steps didn't go around the tent they just
12:51stopped a few feet away and for a long time there was nothing but silence i stared at the ceiling of the
12:58tent barely blinking waiting to hear something else but whoever or whatever it was didn't make another
13:05sound i waited there for god knows how long praying they'd walk away but then out of nowhere i heard a
13:12flick that sharp unmistakable sound of a lighter a small orange glow appeared through the fabric of the
13:21tent maybe waist height a few feet off to the side whoever was out there held the flame steady for a few
13:27seconds then started waving it around slowly i didn't move i just stared at it trying not to
13:34make a sound and then the flame got bigger way bigger it went from a flicker to a glow like they'd
13:41lit something a torch maybe then without warning the person dropped whatever they were holding i heard it
13:49hit the dirt with a dull thump and a second later the side of the tent lit up the heat came fast way
13:56faster than i expected and within seconds the fire started spreading that's what finally snapped me out
14:03of my haze i woke tiki up and she immediately realized what was happening we scrambled no time to think
14:11we started tossing our stuff out of the tent and onto the dirt i'm not even sure we got everything
14:17we sprinted out of the tent while the fire spread tiki grabbed one of our water jugs and dumped it
14:22on the fire while i tried stomping out anything that had caught on fire eventually we got it under
14:28control half the tent was completely ruined i grabbed the flashlight and started scanning the area around
14:35the tent looking for the person who had just tried to kill us but there was no one at least no one i
14:41could see tiki started packing up our stuff and i quickly followed suit we started speed walking
14:48what we thought was the direction of the truck there weren't any landmarks and it was dark so we were
14:53practically guessing after a few minutes it became clear we were turned around at some point maybe 10
15:01minutes into walking i heard it again that same distance scream we'd heard the first two nights
15:07only this time it didn't stop it kept going like an animal was in constant pain and then another
15:14scream started from somewhere else and then another one they were all coming from behind us but it was
15:20clear that there were multiple things out there i didn't say anything i just grabbed tiki's arm and
15:26started moving faster by some miracle we actually found the truck we practically threw all of our stuff
15:33into it and i drove off as fast as i could i couldn't go too fast though the road was rough
15:38and without any light besides my high beams it felt like every dip and bend could flip us
15:44after what felt like forever we finally hit a main road i didn't stop speeding until i saw other cars
15:51again tiki was holding it together but i could tell she wanted to cry and i was doing a really bad job
15:56of consoling her we did call the police to report everything that happens all i can think about all
16:03of this is how if i weren't such a light sleeper my girlfriend and i could have been murdered that
16:07night in the middle of the desert this is important context for what i'm about to tell you so i'm going
16:22to start here i've always been a little suspicious of my mom's past suspicious isn't exactly the right
16:28word but i can't think of a better one she was born in mexico and spent her childhood there before
16:33moving to the states alone to pursue an undergrad degree the rest is history she found work met my
16:40dad and has lived in america ever since i don't really know a lot about her life before america
16:46and there's a part of me that thinks that's by design she avoids talking about her past entirely
16:51and dismisses any questions about it with a joke or by changing the subjects growing up my dad always
16:58told me that it was because she had some childhood trauma that was better left undiscussed and i
17:02believed that for the longest time i mean why wouldn't i but as i grew older i started getting
17:09more and more curious and would often marvel at how skilled my mom was at dodging those kinds of
17:14questions at family gatherings and whatnot here's what i do know she lived in a border town somewhere
17:20northern mexico along the texas border it doesn't have the best reputation being a border town at all
17:27the closest i've ever gotten to knowing anything about her parents is a joke that she told a few times
17:31when i was younger she would laugh that her dad's side of the family were the politicians and her
17:36mom's side were the crooks but she was never able to tell which was which i never read into it as
17:41anything beyond a cynical political joke but as i grew older i started wondering whether there was
17:47more truth to that statement than i had originally thought her dad worked for the government in some
17:52capacity and she never spoke about her mother not once the only other piece of information i have is
17:59a name i'm not gonna write it out so i'm just gonna call him r one night when i was around 10 or 11
18:06i woke up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom as i was walking past our living room i
18:11heard my mom speaking in a quiet voice i didn't understand spanish but she repeated r's name multiple
18:18times the way someone talking about someone would as opposed to someone speaking directly to someone
18:24all the lights in there were off so i couldn't actually see her but i could hear her even though
18:30i knew it was just mom my young self was still a little scared of the dark so i instinctively flipped
18:35the light switch on she didn't scream or even react to the light it was like she was anticipating that
18:41i'd be there instead she immediately hung up the phone and glared at me with a look i had never seen
18:47from her she told me to go back to bed and i did and that's it that's basically all i know about my
18:54mother's past a joke her dad's very vague occupation and the name r what i'm about to tell you happened
19:02almost a year ago to date and it's been on my mind a lot recently i'm from arizona lived there my whole
19:08life i was a year removed from graduating college and i was driving through the desert on my way to meet
19:14up with one of my old college friends it was a really long drive i'm talking road trip hours and
19:20i was tired of listening to music i'm not a podcast guy so i was low-key cycling through my contacts
19:27calling up all my friends and whatever girls i happen to be talking to eventually i decided to call
19:33my mom we're both really into soccer so we were talking about the upcoming champions league fixtures
19:39and how exciting the matchups were she's got some serious knowledge on the sport so the two of us
19:44can talk soccer forever out of nowhere i saw two pickup trucks blocking the road up ahead it didn't
19:52look like a car accident so i wasn't sure what i was looking at i was worried that someone might need
19:57help or something so i slowed down as i approached my mom was still on the phone but i hadn't let her
20:03know what was happening i stopped my car and sat there wondering if it would be a good idea to get
20:09out before i could do anything three men sprang out from the two cars all holding guns i froze up
20:16and realized there was another car quickly approaching mine from behind i was unarmed so compliance was
20:22really my only choice at that point one of the men tapped his gun on my door motioning for me to get
20:28out the other two stood a little further back i put my hands up and slowly got out of my car by that
20:35point the car behind me had fully caught up and was parked a little ways away the man barked a few
20:41commands in spanish but i didn't understand what they were saying i consider my inability to speak
20:46spanish one of my biggest failures in life especially as a mexican american and in that moment not being
20:52able to at least communicate with my assailants i wanted to die it didn't take a translator to know
20:58what they wanted me to do though before i knew it my phone keys wallet and other personal belongings
21:05were in their possession and it looked like i was going to be stranded in a barren desert with no viable
21:10escape one of the men got into my truck and that's when things took a turn i realized i hadn't hung up the
21:17phone with my mom and since my truck was still running she was still on the line i watched through my
21:22driver's side window as the man reached his finger toward the screen as if to hang up only to pull it
21:27back like he had changed his mind i kept watching and it seemed like he was listening i instantly
21:34connected the dots my mom must have been speaking to him eventually i saw his lips start moving and
21:41realized they were having a full-on conversation in there i obviously couldn't hear anything because
21:46the windows and doors were closed but i knew they were speaking spanish i swear on my life
21:52i'm 90 percent sure he repeated r's name a few times like my mom had said it and he was making
21:57sure he heard it correctly at some point the other guys must have realized what was going on
22:03because they stopped guarding me and approached the car the guy inside rolled the window down and
22:07stared at me as he spoke to the other two men after he finished talking all three of them turned and
22:13stared at me as if sizing me up the conversation didn't last long after that they hung up the phone and
22:19walked back over to me they handed me all my stuff back including my car keys the only thing they took
22:26was the cash in my wallet one of the men looked at me smiled and in a thick accent said tax as he did
22:33it i had never been more happy to lose all my cash in my life as i drove away all three cars including
22:40the one that had been behind me started speeding off into the desert away from the road my plan was
22:46to try memorizing their license plates but none of the cars had any i was still in shock after a few
22:54minutes of driving i called my mother back and demanded an explanation she told me that she had
22:59simply threatened to call the police on them as she was tracking my location and knew exactly where i was
23:05i told her that was obviously bs and insisted she tell me what they had really been talking about
23:10she was adamant about her story though and told me most of the spanish was just her pleading her case
23:16even though i didn't believe her story there was nothing i could do but accept it i asked her to
23:22call the police for me and she said she would eventually we ended the call and i drove the rest of
23:28the way in complete silence in all honesty i blocked that experience out of my mind for as long as i could
23:34but over time i just couldn't anymore i'm becoming more and more sure that my mom had some kind of
23:40tie to a mexican gang or a cartel growing up and even scarier maybe that tie didn't end when she left
23:47mexico she knows i'm not stupid so i don't know how much longer she expects to keep the charade up
23:54i feel like i should just straight up ask her but i'm really worried about what kind of tension that
23:58might create or worse what kind of world i might be getting myself into should she tell me the truth
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