Mr. Nightmare

True Snowstorm Horror Story

"My name is Ethan and I'm a photographer, I took a trip last year with my wife to the Colorado mountains for an art project. My wife is also an avid skier, so she talked me into adding skiing into the trip. We had the option to book a room at a ski resort or rent out a private log cabin. The second one seemed more romantic, so I picked that one, plus it didn't hurt that it was cheaper. The cabin was nothing luxurious or anything, it was a single floor, four room, little thing, a two-person bedroom, a small living room, a kitchen and a bathroom.

It may have been small but the actual idea of being secluded in a warm log cabin during a blizzard was amazing, however, the storm was interfering with the cable signal so we didn't have much to do this one particular evening.

It was just starting to get dark out at this point but there was still a decent amount of light outside so I thought it would be perfect for getting a few shots and videos in the blizzard for backgrounds and wallpapers. I told my wife I'd be back within 10 minutes and slipped on my boots and coat. The moment I stepped outside and shut the door, I noticed footsteps leading up to the door in the snow that had blown under the wooden awning. I could see the prints doubled as whoever left them there, turned and went the opposite direction. I was freaked the fuck out but I wasn't about to go inside and scare my wife. I decided to give in to my curiosity and followed the prints to the right side of the cabin, right away I noticed that they led to the bedroom window.

My heart froze in fear when I saw this, I could see my wife sitting on the bed using her iPad, she noticed me and I waved, she laughed, I continued to follow the footprints around the cabin to the other side, they led to the living room window on the other side, someone was stalking us but how long ago was the question. I found myself standing there for a good minute asking myself if I should follow the footprints anymore, for whatever reason I decided I would. They were now leading away from the cabin, I knew I was following the prints to where this person was going, not coming from, simply by the boot marks. I followed the prints away from the opening and into the trees, that was where I saw him, a man wearing a black coat facing a tree, slouched down looking at the ground.

He was still as a statue and I could see the snow piling up on his hood and shoulders. I froze in my tracks trying not to make a sound, I would have thought to ask him if he needed help otherwise but this guy was just standing there not doing anything like some kind of deranged freak. I started to gradually move backwards without even turning around, making sure this man didn't turn around or notice me. When I got out of visual distance, I turned around and stomped through the snow back to the cabin. When I slammed the door shut, my wife came over to see what was wrong, I saw worry in her eyes, I guess she saw the worry in mine. She knew I saw something and after a few minutes of harassment I finally told her what I saw, she immediately started packing her things telling me we're leaving right away. I told her no we're not going anywhere, I would not get a refund for leaving early and I wasn't about to up and leave just because some weird guy was walking around outside. She made a point of locking both locks on the door and making sure all the windows were sealed shut. For the rest of the night, we read stuff on our iPads, I reviewed the pictures and videos I had taken so far. We turned out the lights early, as there wasn't much else to do. "What if he's still out there?" I remember my wife asking me, "there's no way he's still out there", I then assured her. Listening to the wind blowing outside along with the small flakes of snow hitting the windows was strangely relaxing and I knew I'd be able to fall asleep quickly, except if it wasn't for the knock at the bedroom window. We were both still awake and we both knew it was a knock from a person, I ushered my wife out of bed and out into the living room without turning on any lights. There was nothing to use as a weapon whatsoever, our only option was to run before something might happen. I told my wife we'd have to forget our luggage and make a dash for the jeep, we slipped on our boots and coats in the dark in a matter of seconds and when we heard a knock at the living room window from the opposite side of our car, we took that opportunity to run. I pressed the unlock button, so grateful I chose to have remote locks on my Wrangler and we hopped in. The car started with ease and as soon as the headlights flashed on, the man was standing facing the log cabin on our side now by the window just facing the wall of the cabin in the same position I had seen him in earlier as if he were hiding his face.

We drove to the nearby ski resort without much trouble on the jeep, we stayed there for the night and went back the next day to the log cabin to collect our things we left behind, he wasn't there".
-Unknown, Mr.Nightmare did not say who this story was by.
( The pictures in this story are created by Llama Arts, Llama arts basically creates animated videos using Mr. Nightmares Audio, if you have not seen Llama Arts, be sure to check out their Youtube channel and subscribe to them.)