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One of Us Never Came Back.

(A Story From Pine Hollow, Colorado)

People who live near Pine Hollow don’t like talking about the cabins anymore.

The county records say there are five rental cabins around the lake.

Tourists see five when they arrive.

Five when they walk the trails.

Five when they check the map nailed to the wooden welcome sign.

But sometimes—only sometimes—people swear there was another one.

And every time someone remembers seeing it…

someone from their group doesn’t come home.

This story was first posted online in October 2023 by someone using the name “Evan R.”

The post was deleted two days later.

But screenshots of it still circulate on horror forums.

This is what the post said.

Day 1

There were five of us on that trip.

We’d been planning it for months.

Not some crazy expedition—just a normal weekend getaway to escape the city.

The group:

Evan – that’s me Marcus – loud, sarcastic, always filming everything Dylan – the calm one, engineering student Luke – the guy who organized the trip Sophie – Luke’s girlfriend

We rented a car in Denver and drove three hours into the mountains.

Pine Hollow was exactly the kind of place you imagine when someone says quiet mountain vacation.

Tall pines.

A long narrow lake.

Mist sitting low over the water like smoke.

And five small wooden cabins spread along the tree line.

Luke parked the car and stretched.

“Perfect,” he said. “No signal. No people. Just peace.”

Marcus laughed.

“That’s exactly how every horror movie starts.”

We all joked about it.

Looking back, I wish we hadn’t.

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