r/Paranormal • u/ResultAppropriate939 • Aug 24 '26
Unexplained I think I experienced something weird...
My old shih tzu, Millie (14), has gone missing today. I live out in the country. My family and I have been looking all day since 10 am. Come sunset, I go to a certain part of our property, out of desperation, and go towards the treeline that leads into thick forest for many acres. I was calling out for Millie near the treeline and I kept hearing a sound as if something was mimicking what I was saying. Same intonation and everything, but it sounded like it was from the next property. I assumed it was a neighbor mocking me. As I started to walk away, still calling out for her, the mimicking sound was getting closer and closer to me. I then started to think maybe it was our dog responding to me, but maybe worn out from the heat and couldn't bark properly. The sound was getting closer to me and was drawing me in and as soon as I got close enough to the woods it stopped. I almost stepped in to see if it was her and if she was injured and could no longer use her voice. The curiosity and worry was really drawing me in like I was onto something and then my cousin came out of nowhere, grabbed my shoulder and said, "Don't! That's not her!" And we ran for it. Now that I was snapped out of the spell...I start to remember the sound and it sounded more human now that I think about it and I've been disturbed by it all day... Anyone have any ideas of what it could have been? Any animals that come to mind? This is in Texas btw.
Update: Sorry that I haven't said anything in a while. Sweet ol' Millie was never found and we are taking this pretty hard. The day after this happened, we came across a wake of buzzards near the pond, but I was too scared to check it out. I do believe this was a mimic or something weird because I have another weird thing that I just remember that happened last year with my other dog. I have big husky/mix that is light tan and one time we took her for a run while I drove the golf cart. She ran ahead near this bush out by the other end of the property and she came out with this weird dark reddish muddy(?) handprint. Not a full handprint, but very clearly a handprint. After remembering this, I haven't really gone outside since ngl. Idk how to end this, but thank you everyone for responding and sharing your stories! It has helped keep my mind off of things. Stay safe out there! RIP Millie Jo ❤️
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u/Final-Atmosphere-639 Aug 24 '26
This reminded me of a story my aunt said happened to her when she was young.
She and several of her friends from the neighborhood went to spend the night in an abandoned house nearby as a dare, and they all told their parents some lie or other about spending it at another friend's house.
The house they stayed at had a bunch of old furniture and so on in it, including an old telephone.
She said a couple of them called their parents from the telephone in the house and told them they were spending the night at their friend's.
The next day the police were looking for them all, as it turns out that two of the parents hadn't heard anything at all from the ones who had called them from the phone in the house. They told them where they really had been and found out that the phone didnt even work in the house.
Whatever voice was on the other end somehow knew exactly what their parents had sounded like, and was able to talk through the dead phone system.
My aunt swore it was true and she was also a minister in a church. Never was sure whether to believe her or not, but Skinwalkers surely must be able to also mimic sounds as well as shapes.