Paranormal encounter near Lynchburg, Virginia (2001)
Account
The witness drove to a Blue Ridge Parkway overlook on Halloween night to clear his head and walked down a trail to a bench. After noticing unnatural silence and hearing branch snaps circling him, he returned to his car. While sitting in the car he heard repeated impacts like cones hitting the vehicle and saw tall black hooded figures in the treeline and prone shapes on the grass that appeared closer each time he looked away, with faint flickering lights near their faces. He spoke to them, then drove away, later finding no damage and noticing maps show the turnout on the opposite side of the road from his memory.
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- Height src
- six foot, seven foot
- Face src
- no face seen, black where face should be
- Hands src
- no hands seen
- Posture src
- standing in trees, laying prone on grass, crouched near car
- Clothing src
- black cloak with hood
- Other features src
- flickering light like a lighter in front of face
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