Paranormal Encounter: Park Ranger Faces Doppelgangers in Pinewood National Park

Posted Friday, June 06, 2025

By Squatchable.com staff

Title: A Terrifying Encounter in the Woods: Park Ranger's Chilling Tale of Doppelgangers Hello, fellow Bigfoot enthusiasts! Today, we're diving into a chilling video from the YouTube channel CreepCast, where a park ranger shares an unsettling encounter in Pinewood National Park. In the video, we meet Jesse, a park ranger who's been patrolling these woods for over a decade. She's seen it all - wild animals, lost hikers, the usual. But when she's called in for a peculiar report about a hiker named Tom, things take a strange turn. Tom claimed he saw himself in the woods. At first, Jesse dismisses it as exhaustion, hallucinations, or paranoia. But when she meets Tom at the ranger station, his wide, jittery eyes and trembling hands make her pause. Something about his desperation piques her curiosity. As Jesse investigates, she can't shake the feeling that something is off. The forest seems eerily quiet, and the usual bustle of campers is absent. The deeper she ventures, the more unsettled she feels. Then, she hears it - her own voice, clear and unmistakable. She freezes, her heart skipping a beat. She turns, scanning the woods, but there's no one. Only the wind, the trees, and the ever-present fog that seems to be rolling in thicker by the minute. But the voice lingers, echoing in the space between her ears. Is she losing her mind? She isn't the type to let paranoia take over, but something about this place is breaking through the veneer of her calm. As she continues her search, she encounters a group of people standing in the clearing. They're distorted, like looking at a reflection in a funhouse mirror, but still somehow familiar. They're too still, too silent. Jesse calls out to them, but they don't respond. Then, a voice, her own voice, cuts through the quiet. Jesse, it's not them, the voice says. It's her own voice, but distorted, hollow, almost a mockery. She turns, scanning the forest, but no one is there. It has to be a trick, the isolation is messing with her head. But as she turns back to the figures, one of them moves slowly, deliberately. It shifts its head to look at her. The figure smiles. A cold shiver runs down her spine. The smile isn't right. The eyes are too wide, too empty. They stare at her with an intensity that makes her skin crawl. Then, something worse happens. A second figure moves. This one closer to the first. It's another version of her standing in the middle of the clearing, grinning in that same unnatural way. Her breath catches in her throat. She backs away, her legs trembling, but her feet won't move fast enough. The figures, each one mirroring a different person from the campsite, start to speak at once, their voices blending into a chorus, but it isn't right. Their words are garbled, broken, as if they are trying too hard to mimic human speech, but can't quite get it right. Her own name echoes through the clearing, each repetition coming from a different mouth. Jesse, help us. Jesse, they're not who they say they are. The words twist in her mind, and she stumbles back, tripping over a root and falling hard onto the ground. Her mind races, trying to make sense of what is happening. The line between reality and delusion is blurring, and she is no longer sure if she is the hunter or the hunted. She stands frozen, her mind spiraling into confusion. The forest around her seems to close in, the trees pressing in as if they are watching, waiting. The figures, those doppelgangers, still stand in the clearing, their eyes trained on her with that unsettling mocking grin. And then, there is the voice again, her own voice cutting through the silence. Jesse, you know what this is. This video has left us all shaken. It's a reminder that the woods can be a mysterious and unsettling place, even for those who have walked its paths for years. It's a tale of doppelgangers, of the unknown, and of the line between reality and delusion. We encourage you all to watch the video for yourselves. Let us know what you think in the comments below. Until next time, keep exploring, keep believing, and keep searching for the truth. After all, as Jesse says, "You never know what you might find in the woods."