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Sage Hills in Eastern Washington, a privately managed area with a lot of hikers on week-ends where the farthest trail goes no more than a few miles from civilization, is one scary place. Not all of it, but in its SE corner there is a spring hidden in bushes and some trees. The trail winds down along the sides of a canyon to the lowest point where the water is and climbs back on the other side of the next hill. The first time I walked along the trail by the spring it was high noon, the sun was shining, and it was hot. A cool breeze in that depression gently brushed off the back of my neck and I was having goose bumps all over. I knew I was being watched! I kept walking on the verge of starting to run but held it together. An few moments later, further along the trail away from that ravine, I started having the creeps again, I turned around and saw three beings walking behind me. Shadows, barely visible, but my emotional, and energetic reactions were telling me that they were real...
Posted: Oct 28, 2010 A.K.

I was hiking in a secluded canyon out in the Tonto national forest north of Phoenix Arizona with my dog one day. Unique place because it had the only stream for miles with beautiful Cottonwoods and Sycamores, but it was hard to get to and quite remote. After spending half the day hiking up to the beginning of the stream, as I approached the end of the canyon, my dog began acting strangely. I stopped there to rest and the whole time he was nervously pacing about the area. As I started my trip back down the canyon, I distinctly heard a voice to my right say, "See ya later boys". I turned in that direction only to see the steep wall of the canyon a few feet away. There was absolutely no way that voice came from another living person, cause I was the only person in the whole area.
Posted: Oct 28, 2010 Erik P

About 15 yrs ago three of us were hiking the AT in NC. We had hiked up Flint Mtn and camped not far from the grave site of the 2 Civil War soldiers. Next morning we got up early and headed south in a heavy fog.We were in thick rhododendron
going across bear mtn.It was so quiet with the fog captureing all sound.And we hadn't seen anybody else for 3 days. Suddenly an old man was standing there covered with chains. I nearly wet myself. After a few awkward moments he asked us if we had seen his brother.We said no and he was gone just as quick as he showed up. Very wierd and unsettling moment
Posted: Oct 28, 2010 jay

The Zaleski trail in Ohio passes near the famous Moonville Tunnel, which is reputedly haunted by the ghost of a train brakeman who was run over by a train, as well as several other people who were killed by trains there over the years. Plus, the trail itself follows old roads through long-gone towns. I don't believe in the supernatural, but it makes for great folklore.
Posted: Oct 28, 2010 Scott

Here in Northeast Georgia, there is Blood Mountain. Many speculations of murders in the levine but mostly car wrecks that have killed so so many people. A great place to investigate the dangers of this mountain
Posted: Oct 30, 2009 Talib

A great scary trail in Colorado is MT. Sherman. Not only is it one of our great 14er hikes, the abandoned mines are said to be haunted with the ghosts of miners who lost their lives working here. There are many abandoned buildings that you may enter if you dare, though probably scarier is the condition of the buildings than running into a spirit.

Last summer I hiked this with some of my friends (both female). It was the middle of the week and we were the only three people on the trail. As we passed one of the buildings (near 13500 feet) We distinctly heard a man's voice and what seemed to be a moan. We all thought that it was each other and at close to the same time all responded "What did you say?". We continued our hike not really speaking of this.

Once we returned to the car we pulled out our book on Colorado Fourteeners and read the description. Scary part of what they had to say was that many people hear the voices of miners who lost their lives here.

I am not one to usually let noises get to me as I hike and backpack so much that unusual noises tend to go with the territory, and generally you can eventually figure it out. But this definitely opened my eyes to the possibility of the supernatural.

MT. Sherman is located in the Tenmile-Mosquito mountain range and the Summit elevation is 14,036 feet. Happy Hikin's!
Posted: Oct 30, 2009 Jason Parr

Really, you guys are leaving out the scariest trail and region of all; the Catskill Mountains, home of Sleepy Hollow and the Headless Horseman.

The scariest trail in the US has to be the Devils Path, were a hiker can trek through Devils Kitchen or camp out at the Devils Tombstone Campground.

Happy Halloween, Happy Trails,
Mike Wilkie
Posted: Oct 29, 2009 spicedoubt

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