"Why I Quit My Job as Forest Ranger" | 5 TRUE Scary Work Stories

[@coowings6862]

"I AIN'T LETTING NO ROAST THAT DARK COME NEAR MY MOUTH." 😂 Perfect start to a great upload. Thanks DP!! Take care!

[@Grandcaravanman]

“I Ain’t lettin no roast that dark come near my mouth” 😂

[@coowings6862]

Adam the Hiker was a really well-written story. With DP's excellent narrating skills, it truly got me hooked throughout. What an incredible treat to my ears. I like reading everyone else's take (via the comments) on the story too.

[@seandpizzle]

Those excellent narrative skills belong to AI

[@gypsyfox3285]

The mystery packages. It had to be someone you knew who wanted to help without embarrassing you about the situation. Or all of them and they agreed to deny it when asked. Pretty cool really. You seem loved.

[@vicious0927]

I think it was her husband/partner sending the mystery packages

[@TheFirefishe]

The story about the “hiker” intrigues me. Makes me think of a shaman or Druid or other such type of “land wizard” who’s “pet” just happened to slip through a rift in space time, causing an environmental shift in the local temporal reality, causing a limited “bubble” of weird for the time he was searching for his “animal.” The tattoos could have religious, spiritual, or tribal significance; perhaps he was an ancestor of an ancient people that knew how to do such things, like interdimensional travel. “Dreamwalking” also comes to mind, which is said to enable someone so skilled to walk between realities.

[@charlienicholson3827]

Oh good point! I was thinking vampire or warlock and the wolf being his familiar

[@FiresCollide]

Yeah, man, Druids aren't like that.

[@TheFirefishe]

@@FiresCollide - They were quite shamanic and they were rumored to be adept with animal communication. Tattooed Guy didn’t seem evil to me, just obfuscating and a bit unwilling to discuss what seems to be some type of use of magic.

[@CleoHarperReturns]

I'm a bit of a skeptic but this was fascinating nonetheless. Say more words, please. Or better yet, write a story!

[@FiresCollide]

@@TheFirefishe I'm a practicing Druid. While some of that may be true, we know next to nothing about how the actual ancient Druids lived, and what we do know comes from outside sources. Also, an ancient Druid wouldn't be speaking a language the park rangers could understand.

[@Viper83]

That Adam the hiker story was amazing. It truly got my attention.

[@sofiakingsbury277]

My fav category cuz it motivates me to be aware of my surroundings more while hiking

[@Wep1]

Awesome! I just finished eating a delicious burger🍔 and I get this notification, my day couldn’t get any better, thanks a lot Darkness!😁😁

[@49erJoe]

Are you saying this story is a Great Big Nothing 🍔?

[@Wep1]

⁠@@49erJoeOn the contrary, it’s a great big hunk of awesome stories LOL 😂

[@battleroyale5009]

Aww lucky

[@LadyRoofer]

These are my absolute favorite stories, thanks darkness prevails for making my day again!

[@shaylagraymist11]

Same here!

[@pjmacinnes831]

Although I don't believe it for a second, the story about Adam was incredibly well done and I would love to see a movie about it!

[@sheilamcfadden6261]

Oh yes! Running across this upload just made my night better ❤❤

[@einienj3281]

Creepy forests are my favorites, even though I live in the woods, my country is nothing but woods.. 😂 Thank You Darkness! 💜

[@patriciamurphy6559]

I live in the woods too! Love it, never get scared, feel very safe here! 😊

[@einienj3281]

@@patriciamurphy6559 Yup.. I feel a lot more unsettled in the city.. 😬

[@jessicadanna5206]

Yeah I agree I will always think that humans can be the worst monsters in existence imo.

[@spiteful_blaze6665]

I found the Mystery Package story and Longarm story to be very wholesome and well thought out. This episode was a joy to listen to. As usually tho. ❤

[@charlienicholson3827]

Wow, very good stories in this video! I almost wonder if "Adam" in the last story was maybe a vampire or a warlock and that the wolf(turned pup)was his familiar.

[@jessicadanna5206]

That honestly wouldn’t surprise me didn’t even think that could be a possibility so thanks for putting that out there dude. He also could’ve been a wolf entity himself but who really knows? Definitely creepy for sure.

[@crtal614]

Yay!! More allegedly true scary stories. Thank you!!

[@mommyholly7073]

Love forest ranger stories

[@Brunick34]

I liked the last story. Sounds like Adam was a Fae. Pretty cool!

[@hichigoshirosaki3665]

About "long arms": All i could hear in my head at the part with the cat was an elmo-esque voice saying "WTF is this thing?" 😂

[@jessicadanna5206]

I would’ve been laughing seeing that especially when the writer was saying they were gawking at it while it was gawking at the cat 😅

[@ajastokes4760]

Wooo! Park ranger/ forest stories are the best! Thanks darkness!

[@steveknows_420]

Bonghits before the stories start! Mocha cappuccino and choco avocado cake for the munchies! Thanks DP!😋👌😊

[@cejara1801]

Sounds delicious!!!

[@jessicadanna5206]

Choco Avocado cake? That sounds really interesting tbh.

[@ilseboshoff1393]

I always enjoy tales from the break room! But this final story is especially fascinating. Wow!

[@SherryJMorris]

YEA!!! MY FAVORITE!!! THANKS DP!!!

[@lisakarson3279]

YOU'RE A LEGEND!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👽👹👻👺💀🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@alishashields830]

Loved Adam.Great story.

[@jllemin4]

If I was the boss on 1 I wouldn't care either tbh. You feed those sort of things by dwelling on them. Best to ignore it or tell it iff

[@bruciebunddles65]

Ty for the content. I listen every morning b4 work.

[@dannamccall9937]

Everyone Daddy darkness posted!!!!

[@SherryJMorris]

I received my "Folklore" GLOW IN THE DARK TUMBLER TODAY!!! THANK YOU DP!!!

[@rneustel388]

Thanks for all your hard work, Darkness! 👏

[@jessicadanna5206]

Woohoo I’m early for a DP session for once! Annnddd there I go again! Oh well love the stories great job as always!

[@CleoHarperReturns]

Story 5: Excellent writing skills; I hope this person pursues a career in this direction. However I'm really very glad they are no longer a ranger; they spook too easily. I swear I met a Canadian named "Adam" (edit: of the same description) back in 1996 in Key West, Florida. He let me borrow his buckskin coat on an unusually cold night and was quite the poet. Sounded pretty normal to a weirdo like me.😉

[@jayl5032]

Loki is a strange fellow, yeah.

[@jessicadanna5206]

Hey we are all human after all so being spooked after experiencing something like that isn’t all that weird imo.

[@CleoHarperReturns]

@@jessicadanna5206No, I meant it seemed normal to a weirdo like *me* -- I was making a joke to illustrate the point that "normal" is a highly relative term. One person's normal is another's nightmare. I guess not everyone has heard of Key West and therefore may not get the association.

[@CleoHarperReturns]

@@jayl5032 Well that's an intriguing thing to say. I'd be interested in hearing more.

[@dasdeke]

Really enjoyed the stories and atmospheric music in this one nicely done.

[@Canuovea]

Quite a few hints for "Adam" being a Fae, or something similar. Very interesting and well written. The Seelie and Unseelie, as it were.

[@jayl5032]

The whole thing is a direct reference to Loki and Fenrir, in norse mythology.

[@Canuovea]

@@jayl5032 Oh yeah. I see it. Neat catch.

[@jessicadanna5206]

Yeah but isn’t fenrir usually bigger and all black though? Also didn’t Hela their sister have control of fenrir or was that just more Hollywood trope like usual?

[@jayl5032]

@@jessicadanna5206 Some depictions of Fenrir are black. Like I said though, the author just took story beats and lifted certain elements to make a new story. The parallels between the original and this author's story are too great to ignore. As for the Hel thing, no, they had no chance to interact. Fenrir was bound by Gleipner until Ragnarok, so they had no chance to really have any interactions.

[@nolimitvonny1956]

I shouldn’t be listening to scary stories at night but they help me sleep !

[@szidoniasuto1186]

Perfect, now I can go to sleep. Thank you Darkness ❤

[@andrewmoore3474]

It 6 Inna night boi

[@itsjustme7487]

I really enjoyed story #5. BRAVO Author!

[@giniwalters8401]

Darkness, this was awesome 💙💙 I love the great stories, your soothing voice and excellent narration 💙💙 Thank you so much!!! I greatly appreciate you 💙💙 Much love and hugs from South Carolina ❤️ xx May God always bless you, keep you healthy and safe ❤️🙏❤️

[@miroslavzima8856]

The hiker story was one of the best I´ve heard on your channel!

[@BarbieBarbieto19]

The last one was fascinating. Fae? Enkanto? Trans dimensional traveler? Thoughts?

[@christicrenshaw2772]

I loved the stories. Thank you very much

[@susanbutler2542]

Hello darkness thank you❤❤❤

[@johnnivek9653]

The mystery packages happened to my aunt. She'd randomly receive packages through Amazon often times of things she would previously mention to her husband that she needed or wanted or that he would mention to her they needed. We know she wasn't being hacked because he was a computer code hobbiest who used to work in IT and never found any maleware.

[@ezracohan7755]

Thank you thank you thank youuuu❤❤❤❤

[@jesusquiroz3149]

Love your content... Keep up the good work.

[@alexissmith169]

Awe man that was a good eppie!!

[@shawnpowell9506]

How would an animal "pass" coffee beans??

[@pandafu92]

Jacu bird has ingested the cherry, it goes through its digestive system and the local villagers collect the odourless droppings, composed of the extremely rare coffee beans, and transport them to the drying areas where they are dried, cleaned and stored in their parchment for up to three months and the Kopi luwak is made from coffee beans plucked from civets' feces. This is bad news for civets. It's the world's most expensive coffee, and it's made from poop. Or rather, it's made from coffee beans that are partially digested and then pooped out by the civet, a catlike creature.

[@misspixie774]

Civet Cats: They eat the beans, they pass through their digestive tract whole, and they poo them out; Kopi Luwak. I've tried it; it's no great shakes.

[@ephraim1995]

I would love to hear more wendigo stories

[@joelceda3500]

The long-armed thing just came to check that its kitty-friend was okay, and had forgotten to turn invisible. 😸

[@jnort95]

Great Video!

[@Zembatka]

Loved the "direwolf" story:-) Great job, I'd love to hear more:-)

[@jessicadanna5206]

May I ask what makes you think it’s a direwolf? I like hearing people’s theories!

[@jessicadanna5206]

Nvm I realized she thought it was a direwolf because of how big it was haha

[@angelj1989]

The last story sounds like a Fae encounter.

[@TaliaBSJ]

For anyone wondering, the coffee is Kopi Luwak. It’s real.

[@christicrenshaw2772]

Adam is not human and wasnt of this world, neither was his pet. The animals left because they knew

[@jessicadanna5206]

What do you think he could’ve been? I think maybe he was a wolf like being himself of some sort it’s definitely creepy for sure. I always listen to animals and the wildlife or lack thereof as I believe everyone should tbh.

[@lisa8477]

OMG yes. You rock Darkness Darling 🥰🙃😁💤

[@Ashkracker]

That last one was a good one! I wonder who it was. Was the wolf a hellhound? 🤔

[@jessicadanna5206]

It actually sounded kind of like a direwolf perhaps or as one person said in a couple other comments, it sounds like Loki and fenrir or if it had been a woman, Hela and fenrir from Norse mythology. Or even maybe a familiar possibly? There a few possibilities anything is possible. What do you think it could’ve possibly been?

[@LeeroyPorkins]

Ranger Smith knows

[@stressedout7174]

The story number 5, I thought dude was a windigo lol.

[@johnpopa8093]

Love your videos

[@chrisfarr6955]

Civit coffee 😂

[@umairkhan59]

The last story could make up a good creature feature horror movie if someone look into it and edit the plot.

[@jayl5032]

Well its in the Poetic Edda, if you want to give it a read!

[@jessicadanna5206]

@@jayl5032may I ask what the Poetic Edda is?

[@cindyhesson9213]

I love these ❤ Thanks DP❤

[@MissKennedy18]

So curious about what park it is in the Prince George story that's my home town and just so curious now

[@CARMESHA-eh1ed]

Thank goodness! I can go to sleep now.

[@nomansgoddess]

On the strange package story, I would have sold everything I got for free but I didn't need for sale online. If you are homeless (which I was until just recently) you can surely use every extra dime you come across.

[@charlesjbutler1]

good one

[@jayl5032]

For story 5 I've already commented on some threads here but for anyone wanting an answer here's the run down. I'll just copy my first comment to explain some of the things and clear the air. Sorry to say but its obviously fiction, if you know the source material that the author drew from. He tried a little too hard and made it a bit too obvious in my opinion. The characters were Loki and Fenrir, from Norse mythology. The tatoos on "Adam," the strange "old" speech, the wolf transforming from adult to cub, "Adam" stating he was running out of time, the storm when the rangers approach at the end. All these things were directly picked from the mythos. I'm surprised he didn't include a scene where the wolf just bites the hand off of someone(Tyr), or another strange man tying up the creature. (Odin) Another thing to add, Loki convinced the other gods not to kill Fenrir while he was a cub (Odin knew the wolf was fated for evil, so he bound him instead) but Fenrir grew too big to contain, and would later aid the trickster god in Rangnorak.

[@jessicadanna5206]

I’m just wondering what if the cub or smaller one was the pup from the bigger one? It does sound a lot like fenrir and Loki especially since the wildlife and pets were gone and the tattoos and old speech and clothes. Could the author have been trying to make it seem like maybe they were from another dimension or something?

[@jeffreypeterson9929]

The Moors are prime real estate lol..

[@Pixels_and_Points]

So, we can all "Adam" was an alien or interdimensional being, right?

[@jessicadanna5206]

Anything is possible! I’m curious to what are your thoughts on it?

[@elizabethsisney9145]

Lol 😂 “Well I’m Lactose Intolerant!” 😉😘🥰🙏🙏🙏

[@wickedxtremegraphics]

Soo the package thing happened to me also...except it was just random stuff not specific.

[@donnadunlop7853]

Thankyou 🖤 🖤

[@The_Hat_Man]

I'll quit your job as a forest ranger!

[@ValleyOfTheSunTarot]

Daddy darkness thank youu

[@harsha2086]

I guess the dude in the third story encountered a fresno Nightcrawler. Check out their actual footage, its kinda cool

[@christicrenshaw2772]

Maybe it was an Alien

[@silentopinion]

Sivot coffee?

[@UpUrHeine]

26 secs out and still first

[@ShirleeKnott]

[@sapphirebunny28]

adam was trying to seduce the rang- * gets dragged away * i mean major will herondale vibes👀👀

[@chuckguard6128]

Anyone want a deployment story? We had no clue what was working toward us, there's something in Ukraine the feeds off the war and death.

[@jessicadanna5206]

That would definitely be different so you should send it in if you feel comfortable enough to do so or just speak about it to us. It can be cathartic to talk about it but only if you feel comfortable enough.

[@chuckguard6128]

@@jessicadanna5206 yes ma'am I'm ok with it just gonna take a few to get it in a story worth sending...

[@jessicadanna5206]

First, I want to say thank you for your service and welcome home wherever home is Sir I’m glad you made it back safely I sincerely hope you’re doing ok and you and yours are safe I really do mean that. Second, thank you for being so kind and respectful in your reply there are not many men or people out in this crazy world like you but that’s what makes you a kind, unique, awesome human being and there’s only one of you you’re definitely one of a kind my good Sir! I hope to hear your story and if there’s any way I can help please don’t hesitate to ask you can even dm me if that helps as well and if it would help, I would gladly share with you my experiences as well I have quite a few. Sending you much love and good vibes to you and yours you’ll definitely be in my thoughts and prayers that’s for sure!

[@chuckguard6128]

@@jessicadanna5206 thank you much for the prayers! They are for sure needed! I do want to share what happened, I'm just not the best at typing everything up! There is not many respectful people these days it's disgusting, and needs to be corrected. There's no reason to be rude and mean to someone. Thank you for the offer to help as well!! I might take you up on that offer to help! God bless you and yours as well!

[@chriswhite2346]

The definition of a split level given is not what a split level is lol

[@ellesandralady8596]

❤❤❤

[@Crazyloon31]

Thought I was the first. Nope 😂

[@ShirleeKnott]

[@princesssolace4337]

U are talking about coffee Luak

[@cherylmoore3349]

I see a figure in a black rope

[@jennifercrandall7648]

My aunt had a dream multiple times. She said my dad was going to get hit by a train and be beheaded. After she hadn't dreamed it for about a week, her brother in law was hot by a train and beheaded 😮

[@delbertmulholland652]

the last story it sounds like he met some god

[@Rainbowofthefallen]

🤍

[@MonicaMorales-vs1td]

❤wow!! Your voice!!!!!! ,im in love with you!! 💋

[@serenacain2162]

The person should send you a damn house🤧send you a cheque for a down payment🤧

[@Nickname619S.S.]

🎭🥶👍🏽

[@stuartgmk]

👍

[@leonelmendez7267]

First

[@ShirleeKnott]

[@danem2215]

You said you pay 5 cents a word in the intro, but 3 cents in the outro.

[@tsmith4675]

Really I am getting ads every 10 minutes?

[@darkwebwatching5100]

These ads are kind of out of control.

[@siouxperion9786]

Aren't forest rangers armed?

[@itcantbetruebutis7778]

Horrible stories pathetic from the 1st... deleted

[@ShirleeKnott]

Feed the algorithm a comment or a reply and help the channel grow! it also likes to snack on likes to both comments and replies. 👍❤😎💯

[@sapphirebunny28]

The urge to read a whole book based on the 5th story. 🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼

[@suzanneroche2615]

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