Hiker Hears Scream From Cave - Turns Pale When He Sees This.
At first, it sounded like someone needed help.
A single voice echoing from inside a cave that wasn’t marked on any map.
But as he moved closer, the timing felt wrong.
The pauses were too perfect.
And the cave wasn’t as empty as it should have been.
What he discovered inside turned a simple hike into something far more dangerous.
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At first, it was just another trail. Dry
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leaves, quiet air, the kind of hike
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where you hear your own breathing. Then
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the sound came again. Not wind, not an
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animal, a voice. Help, please. It didn't
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match the place. No cabins, no camps,
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just rock and trees in a dark cut in the
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hillside Ethan hadn't noticed at first.
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He stopped walking, listened. Silence.
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He told himself to keep moving, to turn
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back, to pretend he never heard it, but
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the voice came back thin and broken like
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it was coming through stone. down here.
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Ethan's hand tightened around his
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flashlight. He stepped off the path.
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[music] The opening wasn't big, not a
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dramatic cave mount hidden behind brush
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and shadow. It smelled wrong. Cold,
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damp, metallic, he called out, keeping
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his voice [music] low. Hello, are you
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hurt? The answer came fast. Please, I
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can't. And then it cut off. That's what
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[music] pulled him in. Not bravery, not
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curiosity, that sudden stop like someone
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had [music] grabbed the person
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mid-sentence. He ducked inside. The
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light from his phone barely reached the
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first few meters. [music]
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The cave swallowed the rest. Every step
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changed the sound of the world outside.
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The birds disappeared. [music] Even the
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windfelt shut off. His boot scraped
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gravel. Then a drag. A soft scraping
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noise ahead of him like something being
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pulled over rock. He froze. Hey, he
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called. I'm here. Stay where you are. A
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small shaky breath answered him. Then a
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whisper. Don't come closer. That didn't
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make sense. People don't warn you off
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when they're [music] trapped. Ethan
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moved anyway, slow, shoulders tight,
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light sweeping the walls. The passage
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narrowed. He had to turn sideways in
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places. Water dripped from above in
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slow, patient taps. And the deeper he
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went, the clearer the voice became. But
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something about it felt off. It wasn't
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getting weaker. It was getting steadier,
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like the person had found their rhythm,
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like they were waiting for him to be
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close enough. He rounded a [music] bend.
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His flashlight hit a patch of flat
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ground and stopped because there was a
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backpack there, clean, dry, placed
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upright like someone had set it down
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carefully. Next to it, a fresh bottle of
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water. Ethan's stomach dropped. No one
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loses a bottle like that deep inside a
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cave. He stepped closer, half buried in
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dust, was [music] something else. A coil
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of rope, not climbing rope, thick rope,
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utility rope with a knot already tied.
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Ethan didn't touch it. He didn't have to
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because the voice spoke again right
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behind the bend ahead, now close enough
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to sound like it was only a few steps
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[music] away. Help me. I'm stuck. Ethan
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lifted the light toward the darkness.
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[music] And that's when he saw the first
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sign of a person. A hand. Pale
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fingertips pressed against the rock as
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if they'd been there a [music] long
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time. But the hand wasn't reaching out.
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It was bracing, holding itself in place
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like whatever was on the other side was
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trying to [music] pull it back. Ethan
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whispered almost to himself, "What
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happened to you?" The answer came in a
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breath that didn't sound like pain. It
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sounded like relief. You came. Ethan
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took one step forward. The hand slipped,
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not down sideways as if something yanked
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it. A small rock clicked and rolled
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toward him. Then another sound joined
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the dripping water. A low buzz. His
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flashlight found a tiny red light on the
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cave wall. A device taped to stone.
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Blinking. Ethan leaned in just enough to
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read the plastic. A cheap motion sensor.
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[music] The help came again. Same words.
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The hand pressed harder into the rock,
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fingers shaking, and from deeper inside,
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beyond the bend, Ethan heard a second
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breath. Not the voice, something else.
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Breathing, slow, controlled. Ethan
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swallowed. Are you alone? Silence. Then
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the whisper returned softer than before.
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No. Ethan didn't answer. He didn't step
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back either. He stood there, light
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shaking slightly, trying to understand
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how many people were really inside that
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cave. The hand against the rock trembled
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again. Please," the voice said. "Don't
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leave." Ethan glanced at the rope on the
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ground, at the sensor blinking red, then
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at the narrow bend ahead. That's when he
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noticed the floor. Marks in the dust,
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dragged lines, not footprints. Something
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had been pulled through here more than
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once. He lifted his phone slowly,
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careful not to trigger the sensor again.
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No signal. Of course, [music] the cave
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swallowed everything. The buzzing sound
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stopped. The red light went dark and the
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voice changed. No panic, no strain, just
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calm. You shouldn't have come alone.
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[music] Ethan took a step back. The hand
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vanished instantly, snapped away from
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the rock as if yanked hard. A dull thud
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echoed deeper inside. Then silence, not
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even breathing. [music] Ethan turned,
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hard hammering, ready to run, and froze
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because the cave behind him was no
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longer empty. The flashlight caught
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movement where there hadn't been any
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before. [music] Another sensor, another
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rope, and footprints this time, fresh,
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pointing inward, not out. The cave
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wasn't a place someone got trapped. It
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was a place people were brought to.
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That's when the realization hit him. The
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voice wasn't calling for help. It was
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bait, recorded, [music] timed, played
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through a small speaker hidden beyond
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the bend. Every pause, every plea,
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designed to pull someone deeper. Ethan
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backed up slowly, keeping the light
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ahead of him. That's when a real sound
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broke the silence. Footsteps, careful,
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barely disturbing the gravel. Someone
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who knew exactly where to place their
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feet. Ethan didn't shout, didn't [music]
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run. He lowered the light and switched
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it off. Darkness swallowed the cave
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instantly. He dropped to one knee,
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holding his breath. The footsteps
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stopped. A whisper passed through the
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dark too close to be the recording.
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"Where did you go?" Ethan crawled
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sideways, feeling the rock scrape
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[music] his shoulder. His hand brushed
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against something warm skin. A body
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pressed into [music] a shallow cut in
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the wall. Alive, shaking, the trapped
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person. Before Ethan could react, the
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person's fingers tightened around his
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wrist hard, [music] a warning, then a
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breath against his ear. Don't move.
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Light snapped on ahead. A beam swept the
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cave floor, slow and deliberate. A
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silhouette crossed the wall. One person,
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then another. They spoke quietly,
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annoyed. Sensor tripped. Check the
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entrance. Boots moved closer. Ethan's
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pulse thundered in his ears. The person
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beside him whispered again, barely sound
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at all. They don't want witnesses. The
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light turned away just for a second.
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That was enough. Ethan lunged. He kicked
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loose gravel toward the light and ran
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blind toward the entrance, slamming
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shoulder first into rock, not caring how
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loud he was now. Shouts erupted behind
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him. Real voices, angry fast. The cave
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exploded into chaos [music] boots
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pounding, lights bouncing wildly, curses
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echoing off stone. Ethan burst out into
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daylight and didn't stop. He ran until
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the trail reappeared, until his lungs
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burned, [music] until the forest noise
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came back. He didn't look behind him.
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Hours later, rescue teams returned with
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equipment and daylight. The cave was
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empty. No speakers, [music] no sensors,
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no rope, only drag marks leading deeper
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into passages too tight to follow.
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Authorities later confirmed the area had
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been used before. Remote caves, fake
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[music] distress calls, people who went
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missing after trying to help. No bodies
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were ever found inside, just abandoned
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gear placed carefully, like an
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invitation. Ethan never hikes alone now.
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And when [music] he passes caves, he
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keeps walking. Because if he hadn't
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stepped back when he did, no one would
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have ever known what was waiting inside.
