There was this camper who went on a solo camping trip. In the middle of the night, he woke up to the sound of someone whispering his name right outside his tent. He thought it might be another camper playing a prank, but when he opened the tent, there was no one there. As he was about to go back to sleep, he felt a cold hand touch his shoulder. He immediately packed up and left the camp in a hurry. It was a truly terrifying experience.
A group of friends were camping near a lake. One night, they decided to take a midnight swim. While in the water, one of them felt something brush against their leg. They thought it was a fish at first, but then it grabbed their ankle tightly. They started screaming and thrashing around. The others quickly pulled them out of the water. When they looked at their ankle, there were red marks as if they had been gripped hard. They never went back to that campsite again.
Sure. There was a story about a group camping near an old forest. At night, they heard strange howling noises that seemed to surround their campsite. They thought it might be a wolf, but it sounded too eerie. As they huddled together in fear, they saw a pair of glowing eyes in the darkness just outside the reach of their campfire. One of them threw a flashlight in that direction and for a split second, they thought they saw a human - like figure with long, matted hair and a distorted face, but then it vanished. They were so scared that they packed up and left in the middle of the night.
One good scary camp story is about a camper who heard strange howling noises at night. He thought it was just the wind at first, but then he saw glowing eyes in the forest. He quickly ran back to his tent and hid. The next morning, he found large paw prints near his tent. Turns out it might have been a wild wolf.
There was a summer camp near a lake. One time, a group of campers went canoeing. As they were in the middle of the lake, they heard strange splashing sounds that seemed to be coming from all around them. Then, they saw what looked like a large, dark shape moving under the water. They quickly paddled back to shore, terrified.
One scary camp fire story could be about a hiker who got lost in the woods near the camp. As night fell, he heard strange growls. He found an old, abandoned cabin and decided to take shelter. But once inside, he saw strange markings on the walls and a feeling of dread overcame him. Then, he heard footsteps outside getting closer and closer. He hid under a table, trembling with fear, as the door slowly creaked open.
One really scary camp story is about a group of campers who heard strange howling noises at night. They thought it was just a wild animal at first. But then they saw a pair of glowing eyes in the dark. As they huddled together in fear, they heard heavy footsteps approaching. They were too scared to move. Eventually, the noises stopped and the eyes disappeared. They never found out what it was.
Sure. There was a story about an old, abandoned asylum. People who dared to enter at night reported hearing strange moans and seeing shadowy figures. Some said they felt cold hands touching them in the dark corridors. It was really terrifying.
I'm sorry I can't give you the exact ones from '13 true scary stories'. However, some common elements in true scary stories are unexplained disappearances. There could be a story about a hiker who vanished in a forest without a trace, and later people who entered the same forest reported feeling a strange presence and cold spots, which is really spooky.
The Dyatlov Pass incident is also a scary true story. In 1959, a group of hikers in the Ural Mountains died under mysterious circumstances. Their tent was cut open from the inside, and they fled out into the freezing cold. Some had strange injuries. To this day, the exact cause of their deaths remains a mystery, with theories ranging from avalanches to some sort of unknown force.
Sure. One could be about a haunted house where people heard strange noises at night. Another might involve a cursed object that brought misfortune to those who possessed it. And there could be a story of a ghostly figure seen in an old cemetery.
There might be a story of a cursed object. A person found an old doll in an attic. After bringing it home, they started having nightmares and feeling a sense of dread. Strange things would happen around the doll, like objects moving on their own.