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The Ranger's Hat, The Cellar, The Scarecrow In this episode, we follow the chilling search for a missing hiker in the Colorado mountains, uncovering a series of unsettling clues that defy explanation. From cryptic messages to an abandoned car and a ranger's strange behavior, the story delves into the unknown, leaving more questions than answers about what truly happened. Person: Dylan Location: Colorado mountain area Status: Missing, never confirmed found Object: Wooden baseball bat Event: Unidentified messages from a missing person's phone - Three messages arrived from Dylan's phone, two days after he went missing, each with a different tone. - Dylan's apartment contained a topographical map of the Colorado backcountry with black and white thumbtacks marking trails. - A white sedan, identified as Dylan's, was found at the trailhead under police tape. - The park ranger interviewed had shaggy black hair and smelled of cigarette smoke, dismissing foul play. - The search led to three specific, unmarked locations on the mountain, indicated by Dylan's map. Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA. Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: OBOMEDIA presents real horror stories a scary story podcast for the late night hours. Every episode is horror narration done right: true scary stories and horror stories based on true events, told from the first chilling minute. Expect disturbing true stories, disturbing horror stories and dark true horror stories drawn from real testimonies. Some nights bring camping horror stories, forest horror stories and road horror stories; others bring home alone horror stories, haunted stories, eerie stories, strange stories and unsettling tales true creepy stories and creepy encounters that never made the news. Press play on our late night horror stories and late night scary stories, from storytime horror to a full horror stories compilation or scary stories compilation real scary stories, scary stories based on true events, and dark stories to keep the lights on. © 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network, who owns and is solely responsible for this content. All rights reserved. Reproduction or commercial use without the creator's written permission is prohibited. Business: [redacted].