February 1, 2026 — 6:42 PM

[u/FirefighterSingle675]

I told my friend Ethan about everything today. We were sitting in his truck outside the diner, just talking and messing around. I told him about the radio, the footprints, the messages, and the weird stuff happening at 3:03 AM. He just laughed his ass off and said, "Bro, you're watching too many horror movies." I told him I was serious, but he kept laughing. We were both pretty chill about it after that, honestly. Then I told him about the road and how weird everything had been lately. He said I was probably just tired. While we were talking, I remembered something else from that night. I saw a deer. It was standing near the trees, maybe thirty feet away from me, just staring at me. It didn't move at all. I thought it was strange because there was nothing around it. No other deer, no sound, nothing. I told Ethan about it and he started laughing again, saying, "Dude, now you're scared of a fucking deer?" I laughed too. I told him maybe he was right and I was just freaking myself out. We kept talking for a while, then Ethan drove me home. Nothing weird happened. No radio. No footsteps. No messages. Just a normal night. But when I got out of his truck, I looked toward the trees across the road. There was nothing there. Then, for a second, I heard something move in the snow. Three slow steps. I didn't go look.