#witches forest

First of all: I forgot how...kind of dickish they were about this poor Jennifer girl (who yes, was weird, but damn fellas, maybe don't call her out so callously in a youtube video).

Can I be honest? I still find this whole thing hard to believe. They meet this random girl at the Stanley Hotel, who is an actress and is totally cool with just following them around for the entire night. Before she leaves them, she ominously tells them that she knows of a super spooky forest they can film in, which perfectly sets up their next series. They call her weeks after the Stanley, and she immediately answers a random number she doesn't know, and is like, "Oh yea, weird kids from the Stanley that i dont really know...come meet me in the park at midnight so I can give you THE KEY TO MY GRANDFATHER'S CABIN. It's scarier than the Stanley Hotel, which is perfect since this video is a sequel of sorts to that, but we didn't set it up that way at all. Also, I have a bestie out there who will totally let you in her house and give you a tarot reading. Ok, bye now! Oh by the way, its super scary there. Ok, bye for real now!"

Fucking what?

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Jake: "We're not some LA douchebags."

Colby: "Yea, we're Kansas douchebags."

Peak traphouse humor right there. 🤣

Honestly, and this is a running theme through this, so I'll just put it here: when the four of them were gelling, they were all did work fantastically off one another, comedically speaking. Their timing was *chef's kiss.* That is something that all four of them are lacking in any of their interactions with anyone else these days.

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Another running theme with this video: holy fucking filler, Batman.

There is so much crap in this video that could've been cut out and we still would've gotten the damn point. I'm literally 16 minutes in and they haven't left the fucking apartment yet (except when they met Jennifer in the park to get the key). Like, get to the POINT.

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Hey, remember that time Corey said he never said he didn't want to do haunted anymore?

Maybe he should watch this video.

Just saying.

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"It's always been us four. If we ruin that now, it's not going to make sense. It wouldn't feel right."

Oh, 2019 Colby Brock, with your aqua blue hair and your delusions of grandeur, you poor, sweet summer child. 2022 Colby Brock has got some news for you.

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18 minutes in and they FINALLY got in the car.

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Ok, so, they promised Corey that they wouldn't do any seances or rituals, and then they took him into the woods and did a horribly researched ritual.

Maybe this is why he doesn't fuck with them anymore, lol.

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Fast forward through another 5 minutes of filler and we finally arrive at Jennifer's Wiccan friend's house.

These boys are very afraid that everyone is out to murder them (Jennifer, the Wiccan...). Yet, this does not stop them from meeting these people in dark parks at midnight or going up into the woods to meet these people at their houses.

What I'm saying is, they have zero self preservation skills and I don't know ow how they've made it thus far.

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The Tarot Card reading is actually still fascinating to me. She predicated chaos, the death of an era (👀) and "being more afraid than you actually need to be."

Maybe they should've listened to her.

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34:50, they FINALLY get to the woods.

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This is where my frustration kicks in.

They are in the woods. Woods with commonly used trails. Woods with commonly used trails on a windy, rainy night.

Every little creak and noise they hear, they go into full panic mode, for no reason.

At one point, Corey demands they leave the tent, which probably isn't the best idea. They get out of the tent, and Colby (who I lowkey think is done with them all by this point) is trying to say, "I think a pinecone just fell out of the tree guys," but the other 3 are just too far gone to hear him.

At one point, Corey gets a couple spam calls and gets so freaked out that he just...walks into the woods by himself. Sam and Colby follows him, and Colby is just mom voicing him so hard. "You can't just go off by yourself, Corey!" And I'm just over here, like...this man, who did not even want to go with them, who was terrified before they even got out of the car, decided to just wander off by himself on a foggy night because he was getting prank called?!

I can't believe I never realized this, but Colby was the voice of reason all along. He's over here, trying to wrangle everyone, begging them to calm down and get organized, reminding them of the tarot card reading they got that said they would be more afraid than they needed to be, keeping them from running off by themselves...

...and then he goes and ruins that by running off into the woods by himself, but I'll get to that shortly.

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This ritual is fantastically stupid.

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Interesting tidbit: Corey decides he's going to burn an XPLR sticker because, and I quote: "Ever since I stopped playing with the Ouija Board, the only thing that's made my life haunted is you! If it wasn't for y'all, I would have never brought back this Oujia Board crap."

But, you know- he's been into this consecutively since he was 16, independently of anything anyone else around him was doing. (Salty moment is over)

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I remember Jake burning the Shrek VHS, but I totally forgot that Colby ripped half of his cardboard cutout face off and burned that.

This ritual really is stupid.

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Ok. Now we're at the part where Colby literally flips ass over teakettle because he saw a shadow and, a couple things:

First: Sam accusing Colby of fucking with them pisses me the fuck off. This man is the only one who has been logical the entire night thus far, and he just did a backflip off his chair cause he was so shocked, and this is the man you want to accuse of lying? Bro.

Second: this is where everyone kicks their annoying into high gear. Corey refuses to leave the fire. Colby just flips out and jets into the woods like a bat out of hell (RIP Meat Loaf). Sam and Jake wander off to...look at a branch that they think looks like a hanging baby.

And they're all just yelling and talking over each other the entire time.

Ugh.

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So, they've lost Colby. They put the fire out for some reason, and then start yelling, "Colby! Come back to the fire!"

Um...he can't? You put it out.

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I cannot deal with this chaos.

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So, we've finally arrived to Jennifer's cabin, after 42 hours of these idiots running around in the woods cause they heard a rustling noise.

I forgot that after Sam lost the key, Corey blamed him for losing Colby in the woods. I don't understand this leap, but sure.

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"Let's go to this lady's house- who we just met today- at 3 in the morning to see if she has the key. Totally good idea. Not at all supremely creepy."

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Sam (about the lady and her friends): "They were probably put in the woods doing some Satanic shit!"

Sam (in the next breath): "I'm not judging or anything."

Jesus, Sam.

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"But nothing actually happened to us tonight."

And that is my problem. Nothing happens in this video, really. Nothing of true interest, at any rate. And yet, they react to every non-event like it's a full bodied appartion just popping down in front of them and punching them in the dicks. It's too much.

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Corey Scherer (the man who never said he wasn't going to do haunted anymore): "This is definitely my last video with something like this. Not for y'alls kind of haunted stuff. I'm staying away from Ouija Boards, I'm staying from seances...I don't want nothing to do with it."

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Ok, overall, this really did suck.

I'm honestly just tired and frustrated watching this. I didn't like this one back when they first dropped it, but time has really not done it any favors.

The one bright spot about this is that you can watch this, and then watch their newer videos and really get a sense for how far they've come, professionally and as people.

BACK AT THE CAMPSITE

Sam’s Pov:

I was freaking out right now. How could we have lost Colby and Y/N in one freaking night!

“Bro, this feels like were in a movie.” Corey said to Jake and I while shoving his hands deeper into his hoodie pockets.

We both just nodded in agreement.

“Do we even know if there together?” Jake asked us.

I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion.

“What do you mean ‘together’ Jake?”

He turned to look at me, his eyes wide.

“I mean we don’t even know if there lost together or separate.”

I didn’t even think about that. I just automatically assumed that they would be together.

“I have no clue, but knowing Colby there probably together. He’s terrified of her getting hurt.”

Jake just nodded and sighed in relief.

“But that still doesn’t tell us what we should do right now.”

Core’s got a point. We have to figure out something. Anything.

“How about we just sit by the fire and wait until they come back? We can’t go looking for them cause then we're gonna get lost too and that’s not gonna do any good.”

The boys just nodded.

“Alright then, let the waiting game begin.” I said to the camera as we sat back down around the lit fire.

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Colby’s Pov:

It was taking forever to get back to the fire. I must’ve run pretty far, because I was just about to call it a night until I saw some orange flames about one hundred feet ahead of me. As soon I as I saw spotted the flames I started running towards them.

“Guys!” I yelled. “Sam, Y/N!”

I was flying through the woods. Branches whipped across my face. I’m surprised I haven’t tripped yet.

“Guys!” I yelled again once I got closer.

“Brother?” I heard. Sounded like Jake.

“Yes, it’s Colby.” I didn’t want them to think I was a monster of some sort.

Once I reached them I was immediately pulled into a hug by Sam.

“Where the hell did you go bro? You were gone for like thirty minutes!” He sounded angry.

“I just went to follow the shadow figure, but I lost him. I ran further than I thought I did. I’m sorry.” I said to him while running my hands through my blue sweaty hair.

Jake and Corey just nodded.

“Just don’t do it again bro. You scared us.” Jake said while coming over to where Sam and I stood to give me a pat on the shoulder.

After that we were quite for a couple of minutes. Each of us lost in our own thoughts. I took this time to just look around. Everything was still so foggy so I couldn’t really see much. Just us, the fire and the tent. I did however noticing something different as I was looking around though. Y/N was nowhere to be seen. Maybe she was in the tent?

“Hey guys, where’s Y/N?”

At the mention of my girlfriends name Sam grew pale.

“Shit.” He mumbled as his knuckles grew white around the camera.

At his reaction, I grew worried.

“What do you mean ‘shit’ Sam?”

Jake put his hand on my shoulder again.

“She’s not with you?”

I shook my head. Obviously she wasn’t with me or I wouldn’t have asked where she was. And besides, why would she even be with me? I thought her, Sam and Jake left the woods together when they followed me out.

“No, I thought she was with you guys.”

Fuck, I thought. This can’t be good.

“So, if she’s not with you and she’s not with us that means she’s out there somewhere. You were right Jake.” Corey said.

Just at the mere thought of her being alone and lost out there in the woods terrified me and was enough to send me into panic.

“This can’t be happening right now. We have to find her Sam.”

My breaths were coming out in short gasps. It was getting harder and harder to inhale oxygen.

“We will find her. You just need to calm down, alright? We can’t do anything if your panicking okay Colbs?” Sam said to me while handing over the camera to Jake to film.

Once Jake had the camera Sam grabbed both of my hands.

“Deep breaths okay? Remember how we used to it?” His voice was soft.

I nodded. I took everything in me to not freak out and run right back into the woods and shout Y/N’s name. I needed to find her. I needed her to keep me sane. All I wanted right now was to feel her. To feel her in my arms, run my fingers through her long hair. I was gonna do everything in my power to find her.  

The more I thought about her the more that I had started to calm down. Which was a good thing.

“Alright,” I exhaled. “How do we wanna do this?” I asked calmer than before.

Sam was the first one to speak as he let go of my sweaty hands.

“I say you, me and Jake go looking and Corey can stay here.”

“I’m not staying her by myself again. Nope, not happening brother.” Corey said while shaking his head back and forth in protest.

Sam just sighed. He was frustrated.

“Well someone needs to stay by the fire in case she comes back.”

Jake raised his hand.

“I’ll stay with Corey. You and Colby can go look for her.”

Sam and I turned to face each other. His brown eyes met mine and I could see the determination glimmering in them. He wanted to find Y/N as much as I did.

“Sound good?” Jake asked again waiting for either our responses.

I just nodded not in the mood to talk anymore.

“Alrighty then boys,” Sam announced as he took the camera back from Jake and swung his green bag over his shoulder. “Let’s go find Y/N.”

“I think we should take her up on the offer. You never know. This could be a once in a life time opportunity.” He said. Colby turned the camera to you. “What do you think, Babe? You're the one who has the most experience in the paranormal.” He said. [Y/N] sighed and ran her hands though her [h/l] [h/c] hair. [Y/N] was a medium who could not only feel the different energies of ghosts and spirits, she could also see the spirits. [Y/N] rested her mouth against her hand, thinking about it. She pulled her hand away from her mouth and looked at her boyfriend of five years and his best friend. 

“I've never actually been to the Witches Forest myself, but I've heard a lot of stories from others about Witches Forest, all of which are not good.” She said. Sam and Colby looked at each other, clearly debating on what they should do. “But it's your YouTube channel,” [Y/N] said, raising your hands in surrender. “I can't exactly tell you guys to go or not to go. Plus I know that you'll probably still go even if I tell you not to.” She said, chuckling. Colby turned the camera to Sam, the both of them smiling and nodding at the medium's words.

“She's not wrong.” Colby said, laughing. Sam laughed along and nodded.

“I'd say let's take Jennifer up on that offer. And if it seems like it's really sketchy, then we'll come back here and scrap the whole idea for this video.” Sam said. Both [Y/N] and Colby nodded, agreeing to the plan.

“Sounds good to me. Babe?” Colby asked, turning the camera towards his girlfriend. [Y/N] shrugged, smiling.

“Why not. You guys have done crazier things than this.” She said. Sam nodded and opened his phone, opening the contacts app and finding Jennifer's number to call her and ask her about the offer.

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After having an awkward call with Jennifer and going to get Jake, the four made their way to the meeting point. You held Colby's hand as Sam filmed.

“Dude, this can't feel any sketchier.” Colby said. “We're meeting her at a park, at night.” He said. [Y/N] nodded along.

“Yeah. Something about this does feel kind of weird. I mean, she has a cabin, in the woods that her grandpa owns, in a haunted forest. She also happens to be friends with a Wiccan that we have no idea who this friend is or if she is even legitimate.” She said. Sam nodded.

“Yeah. I mean, I would be fine with it if it were in Kansas, cause almost everyone knows everyone. But in LA?” Sam questioned. They made it to the picnic table where Jennifer was sitting by herself.

After exchanging somewhat awkward hugs between them, the five sat down.

“So, like you said at the Stanley Hotel, your grandfather owns a house in the haunted Witches Forest, right?” Colby asked. Jennifer nodded.

“Yeah. I used to go there all the time.” Jennifer said, confirming what she told them a year ago. 

“So, do you think that the forest is haunted?” [Y/N] asked the woman. Jennifer nodded.

“Oh yeah. It's definitely haunted in my opinion,” [Y/N], Colby, Sam and Jake shared uneasy looks. “When I stayed with my grandpa in the cabin, there would be shadow people who stood outside my window all the time.” She said. The three YouTubers and the medium all exclaimed out in shock and slight fear.

“Are you serious?” Sam asked. Jennifer nodded smiling.

“I'm serious.” She said. [Y/N] raised her hand. 

“Wait, like, you would see them inside the cabin itself, or outside the cabin, like in the woods.” [Y/N] asked. 

“In the woods outside my window is where I would see them.” Jennifer said. Jake looked at Jennifer.

“And you have a friend who lives in the Witches Forest who is a Wiccan?\” He asked. Jennifer nodded.

“Yeah. We met in summer camp and remained pretty good friends for a while before we went separate ways.” She said. [Y/N] cocked her head to the side.

“Are you two no longer friends?” She asked. Jennifer shook her head.

“We're still friends, I'm just not into the type of witchy stuff that she is into.” Jennifer explained. [Y/N] nodded in understanding. She had a lot of friends in the past who didn't really believe in mediums like herself. Which was fine with her, everyone was entitled to their own beliefs. 

“And do you think that she would be okay with us, you know, filming and what not?” Sam asked. One thing [Y/N] enjoyed about filming with Sam and Colby is that they always, always asked for people's consent. Whether it be about being filmed or joining them in an investigation, haunted or not, and they always respected the person's answer no matter what it was. Jennifer nodded. 

“Oh yeah, for sure.” She said. 

After you got the key and the number to Jennifer's friend, they all made their way back to the apartment [Y/N] shared with Colby.

“That was so weird!” Sam exclaimed. Sam was standing up and filming while Colby, [Y/N] and Jake were all sitting on the couch. [Y/N] was sitting with her back against Colby's side, her now shoe and sockless feet resting on the couch. Colby's was arm wrapped around her waist. 

“I know right! She was there by herself, and is friends with a person who claims to be a Wiccan. How does that not sounds sketchy?!” Colby asked. After calming down a little bit after the interaction with Jennifer, Sam suggested something.

"Why don't we call Corey and see if he's down to go with us?" Sam suggested. [Y/N] raised her head and looked at Sam.

“Considering that it's Corey, I highly doubt it.” She said. Colby nodded and looked at her.

“Still, it's worth a try.” He said. Colby set his computer up and FaceTimed Corey, who answered after two rings.

“Corey!” Sam, Jake and Colby shouted in greeting. Adjusting her position to sitting next to Colby, [Y/N] smiled and waved at Corey.

What's up! Corey shouted in greeting back.

“Dude, did you get Sam's text?” He asked. Corey froze for a moment, still smiling a little bit.

No. He said. Sam looked to [Y/N], Colby and Jake in uneasiness.

“Who wants to tell him?” Sam whispered. Colby shook his head slightly, looking at Jake. [Y/N] sat forward.

“I'll tell him,” [Y/N] said. Corey frowned.

Tell me what? What's going on?  [Y/N] sighed. 

“Corey, we met with Jennifer, the woman we met at the Stanley Hotel a year ago, and we asked her about the offer to stay in her cabin that was in the Witches Forest,” she said. They could see Corey's expression fall in understanding, knowing what the medium was going to ask him. “And she said that the offer still stood, so sometime tomorrow or this weekend, me, Colby, Sam and Jake are going to be camping in the Witches Forest. Do you want to come?” [Y/N] asked. Corey, after a moment of silence, shook his head. 

I'm sorry what? You contacted a woman we met a year ago, who we don't even know anything about. Who is friends with a Wiccan who lives in the Witches Forest, and you want to stay there? In the forest? He asked. The others all nodded.

“Yeah. Do you wanna come?" Colby asked. Corey shook his head.

No!  Corey exclaimed. [Y/N] sighed and lowered her head. She knew this would be Corey's answer. No I don't want to come. You don't know this girl or her friend, you know, they could be, like, bsing you or something and they could like, I don't know, fucking kill you. It just doesn't sound safe. He said. Jake smiled slightly. 

“You do realize that everything we've done so far hasn't been safe, so what’s up?” Jake stated. Corey shook his head at Jake’s words.  

This is a whole other lever of unsafe! Corey shouted. And I’m not down. Colby sighed and rubbed his forehead, trying to understand what Corey was saying. Honestly, he was fearing the worst. 

"So, does this mean that you're done with us, for, like good? Are you done with like exploring and haunted places, or is it just because this is the Witches Forest?" Colby asked, trying to understand what Corey was saying. Corey shook his head.

No bro, like, at the freaking Stanley, bro. We were safe in a hotel bro. Just because we're going somewhere for a YouTube video and have a medium with us doesn't mean that it's gonna turn out like every other video we've done. I mean, even [Y/N] has said that there are spirits and demonic things that even she can't ward off and won't go near. Corey said. Colby nodded, glancing at his girlfriend and then at Sam. 

"That's true." Colby whispered, agreeing with Corey. [Y/N] nodded, playing with Colby's fingers for comfort. 

"I mean, Corey is right," she said, causing the three males with her to look at her. "This might not play out like every other video. This, could very well be, the last one.” [Y/N] explained. Corey nodded. 

Exactly, and I'm not down with that. He said. Sam nodded. 

"Yeah, that does make sense how it could be a little creepy.” Sam said, contemplating what he was going to say next. “Well, anyways, we're probably going to go in the next couple of days so, I'll text you more about it in the morning. So if you change your mind, let us know." Sam said. Corey nodded. 

Yeah. Talk to you later, bro, you're good. Corey said before hanging up. After Corey hung up, Colby slouched against the couch in defeat and disbelief.

“I-I just don't know what to do,” Colby said, looking at Sam who was holding the camera. “I mean, Corey has been there for every exploration and paranormal investigation we've ever had. It already feels so weird to think about him not going with us.” He said. [Y/N] nodded. She moved her arm to rest behind Colby's head, gently playing with his hair, knowing that it helped relax him. She sighed, looking at the boys.

“I, honestly have to agree with Corey. He's got a point. We honestly don't know Jennifer all that well and we don't know her friend. Remember the psychic medium you hired in the Stanley Hotel video? She said that you and Corey were going to be in danger in the near future." She said, looking at Colby. Colby nodded, intertwining his fingers with her’s. 

"Yeah. I remember that," He said. [Y/N] let out a shaky sigh. 

“And since she didn’t tell us whether the danger was going to be some time in the close future, like a year from now, today, or whether it would be in the far off future. If what the medium predicted is going to happen today and the danger is either human or non human, I don’t know if I would have the proper skills to make sure that you are safe, especially in a place I’ve never been before like the Witches Forest.” [Y/N] said. She started getting chocked up at the thought of not being able to protect her best friends and boyfriend like she was able to in the past. Colby gently pulled [Y/N] closer to him, kissing her head. He looked up at Sam. 

“Honestly, we could just, like, accept that Corey isn't coming, still go to the Wiccan’s house and the Witches Forest, and if it feels really sketchy and we don’t like it, then we come back here and scrap the whole video.” Colby suggested. Sam nodded.

“Yeah,” he said. Sam sighed. “Let's just, see what happens tomorrow and see if Corey still wants to come or not.” Everyone nodded in agreement. Colby sighed, nodding. 

“It will definitely feel like something is missing tomorrow.” He said. Jake looked up. 

“I know what will be missing. Corey will be missing.” Jake said, trying to make a joke to defuse the solemn atmosphere. [Y/N] leaned her face into Colby's shoulder, laughing slightly at Jake's joke while Colby laughed, pinching the bridge of his nose. Tomorrow would decide whether they continued with the video, or scrapped it as a whole. 

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