The Photographs
A few months ago a friend of mine, who is an up-and-coming nature photographer, decided to spend a day and night alone in the woods outside of our town. She wanted to get photos of the woods and wildlife as naturally as she could for her portfolio. She wasn’t afraid of being alone, as she had camped by herself many times before. She set up a tent in the middle of a small clearing and spent the day taking pictures. She filled up four rolls of film on that trip, but something was strange about them. What she saw in those pictures has stayed with her ever since, and she is still trying to recover from the trauma the have caused her.
Almost every picture was accounted for, save for one picture in each roll of film. These pictures were of her, asleep in her tent in the middle of the night.
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Credited to Hendetta.
Posted in Strange & Unknown
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:48 am
THEN WHO WAS NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHER?
Seriously though, kinda creepy but really similar to that ambient recording artist one.
September 22nd, 2008 at 12:33 pm
BUT WHO WAS PHOTOGRAPH!
Anyway, I liked this story, it’s short, well-written, and the realism makes it creepier. Great job.
September 22nd, 2008 at 12:56 pm
interesting
September 22nd, 2008 at 1:07 pm
BUT WHO WAS PICTURE?
September 22nd, 2008 at 1:42 pm
definitely creeps me out.. <3
September 22nd, 2008 at 2:03 pm
:C creepy …..i love it !! >:3
September 22nd, 2008 at 2:11 pm
It just seems like a rip-off of ‘La Nuit’, really.
But still a bit creepy.
September 22nd, 2008 at 3:27 pm
i’ve always loved this one.
September 22nd, 2008 at 3:34 pm
This is just a copy of the one where the guy records himself sleeping.
September 22nd, 2008 at 3:39 pm
AHHHHHHHHH!!!
September 22nd, 2008 at 3:41 pm
then WHO WAS PICTURE TAKER?
lol I’ve always wanted to do a who was.
Creepy, I actually liked this one.
September 22nd, 2008 at 3:55 pm
This reminds me of that ‘la nuit’ creepypasta. Same basic idea.
September 22nd, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Sorry, Anon E. Mouse was in the name field and I didn’t change it. So yeah, 1 and 2 are diff people.
September 22nd, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Awesome.
September 22nd, 2008 at 4:28 pm
THEN WHO WAS CAMERA?!
September 22nd, 2008 at 4:34 pm
.. HAWTNESS.
September 22nd, 2008 at 4:43 pm
it is just them friendly bears.
September 22nd, 2008 at 5:03 pm
Well, she didn’t get raped, so its not as bad as it could have been. Vaguely creepy, yes. Scary, no.
September 22nd, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Well, that’s creepy. It’s like the red in the keyhole one where there’s a disturbing revelation later on, but by then there’s no danger. Still creepy. I wonder, though… Did it come back as she changed rolls, or did it come once and change the roll for every picture?
September 22nd, 2008 at 6:14 pm
BUT WHO WAS STALKER??
September 22nd, 2008 at 6:33 pm
This was good, but a bit too similiar to La Nuit.
September 22nd, 2008 at 6:37 pm
dude it was probably the blair witch have you seen that movie is so fucking scary i heard that all of the footage is real!
September 22nd, 2008 at 7:14 pm
BUT WHO WAS CAMERA?
Win.
September 22nd, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Very, very nice.
September 22nd, 2008 at 7:56 pm
THEN WHO STOLE CAMERA?
I really need to stop that. XD
I liked this one, very unsettling.
September 22nd, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Sounds like a photo version of “La Nuit”.
September 22nd, 2008 at 8:21 pm
uuuuuuuuuh *cricket cricket*
September 22nd, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Then who was photographer?
September 22nd, 2008 at 8:33 pm
sasquatch struck back
September 22nd, 2008 at 9:03 pm
BUT WHO WAS LOG
September 22nd, 2008 at 9:03 pm
BUT WHO WAS LOG
September 22nd, 2008 at 9:44 pm
wow…that’s a chilling thought.
i’m an aspiring photographer so this definitely creeped me out. =S
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:25 pm
cep’ for some typos, tha was good
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:29 pm
BUT WHO WAS CAMERA?
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:25 pm
God damn that’s creepy! I gasped in shock
September 23rd, 2008 at 12:11 am
this is a real creepy pasta, one of the good ones very creepy
BUT….WHO WAS CAMERA
September 23rd, 2008 at 12:29 am
Cue x-files music.
September 23rd, 2008 at 12:53 am
I am not going camping ever again
September 23rd, 2008 at 12:58 am
Wait, hold the phone…
She went for only one day and a night, correct? Then how does each roll of film have a picture of her sleeping in the middle of the night?
It would be hard to fill one roll, go to sleep, fill another, go to sleep again, fill another, go to sleep again, and finally one more, then go to sleep for the last time; especially in one night.
Could use working, but has potential!
September 23rd, 2008 at 12:59 am
I took those pictures!
September 23rd, 2008 at 1:13 am
But, WHO WAS BLAIRE WITCH?
It reminds me of that one story with the med student recording his sleep, then hearing his door opening in the recording.
September 23rd, 2008 at 2:25 am
BUT WHO WAS PHOTOGRAPHER?
September 23rd, 2008 at 2:37 am
ahh, i remember a few years ago a girl told me this had actually happened to her friends and it creeped me the hell out. i was actually planning on submitting this as creepypasta myself but someone beat me to it!
and just to get it out of the way: BUT WHO WAS PHOTOGRAPHER?
September 23rd, 2008 at 2:39 am
WHO WAS CAMERA?
September 23rd, 2008 at 4:43 am
Alright, it was me, I’ll admit it.
A bit of Timey-Wimey stuff going on though.
but seriously, interesting, and delicious pasta right there.
WHO WAS PHOTOGRAPHER!?
September 23rd, 2008 at 7:14 am
Bigfoot will take a picture of you long before you will ever take a picture of bigfoot.
September 23rd, 2008 at 8:49 am
BUT WHO WAS PHOTOGRAPHER?
Seriously, though. That was pretty freggin’ scary. Nice job.
September 23rd, 2008 at 9:47 am
I like this one
Partially because I’m a photographer, myself. Or at least I’m trying to be.
September 23rd, 2008 at 10:02 am
BUT WHO WAS PHOTOGRAPHER?
September 23rd, 2008 at 10:37 am
hey!
you stole my name
September 23rd, 2008 at 1:10 pm
i’ve always loved this one
September 23rd, 2008 at 1:37 pm
I lol’d at comment 46.
September 23rd, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Bro im scared D:
When I went to a family reunion I took pictures of my mom sleeping.
September 23rd, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Good, but I preferred La Nuit.
September 23rd, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Wait, wait, wait. How was she taking pictures of herself while she was asleep.
September 23rd, 2008 at 5:50 pm
@55: That’s the creepy part. She couldn’t have, meaning someone else (or someTHING else) did.
I like it. Short, but spooky.
September 23rd, 2008 at 5:52 pm
…strange, ignore the top part of my previous comment.
It appears the comment by some “xanthenian” guy disappeared o.O
September 23rd, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Little creepy, but not really scary.
WHO WAS FILM?
September 23rd, 2008 at 7:55 pm
BUT WHO WAS WOODS?
September 23rd, 2008 at 8:57 pm
was she hawt?
September 23rd, 2008 at 10:48 pm
If she was, she better find out if she’s knocked up.
September 24th, 2008 at 2:19 am
i liked this one, it was a good read it wasn’t until after i realized it didn’t make sense because no one leaves one extra picture on each roll of film they shoot, but where it says
“Almost every picture was accounted for” gets me… either this is a plot hole or its implying that something CHANGED the pictures? my first impression was someone sneaking in and taking pictures but im not sure very creepy good pasta =) it makes you think.
September 24th, 2008 at 5:43 am
THEN WHO WAS PERVERTED PICTURE TAKER?
Seriouly, this is a bit scarier than La Nuit
September 24th, 2008 at 9:26 am
it was jack skellington on his way to the tree. he decided to take a few photos.
September 24th, 2008 at 10:16 am
I liked this one better than the recording artist one. La Nuit could be explained away as sleep walking or something, but this one is air tight.
September 24th, 2008 at 11:52 am
@56 But if she never took the picture, how does she know it was missing?
September 24th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
@66: No, no, the pictures of her sleeping weren’t missing. When it says “accounted for” it means that those pictures were the ones she took. Therefore, the unaccounted for pictures weren’t taken by her.
..Granted, the author probably could’ve used better wording than “accounted for” as that’s causing confusion for a lot of people.
September 24th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
@ Hops Diggins
don’t b dising jack just cuase he’s had more dates then you
September 24th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
WHO WAS CAMERA?!
September 24th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
I like this. First creepypasta since the red-eyes-keyhole one to genuinely creep me out. (Like other people have said, this is creepier than La Nuit because La Nuit just made me think ‘well, he sleepwalks. so?’.)
September 25th, 2008 at 12:23 am
Thanks for all the nice comments, guys. I didn’t come up with this idea, but I paraphrased it from what I remembered since I couldn’t find the original.
September 25th, 2008 at 11:08 am
@67 Oooooooh, I misread it. Mildly good pasta then.
September 26th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
maybe the camera was like weird and she left it on and it took photos of her LOL? pervy cameraaaa.
Kinda scary :\ maybe another phtographer camping right next too her wanted too say hi and found her so hot he took pictures?
September 26th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
This one definitely scared me. D= I don’t want to turn around now.
September 26th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
Hey she looked so peaceful sleeping there.
September 27th, 2008 at 11:25 am
I bet she would’ve gladly removed her bra for the stalker.
September 27th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
strange things lurk in the woods. things noone can explain. things beyond any nightmare you’ve ever had.
thay creep around late at night. they move swiftly but silently. all you would hear if any thing is a slight rustle of leaves. you try and make your self belive its just the wind. But in side you know someone (or SOMETHING) is following you.
September 30th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
@77
….uhh….okay.
October 4th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Lmao so she was photographed in the night by some pervet….good pasta though xD
October 4th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
@77
You can’t try to be Mr. Welldone unless what you have to say is relevent, spelled correctly, and actually creepier than pre-teen campfire stories.
October 5th, 2008 at 4:49 am
I think this pasta is very good, creepy and well-written. I actually have had this idea for a story before, but it was put away with many other ideas that I wasn’t writing at that moment, and was forgotten about. If this happened to me, I’d be creeped out, and if I ever found out what did it I’d call it a perve and, depending on what it is, run for my life. ^_^
October 7th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
@ 80
sorry bout the spelling i suck at spelling and i wasn’t tryin to be mr welldone
October 7th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
That one really creeped me out…
October 9th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
@82 Eh, it seemed like it, since usually you either miss the point of the story or try to make some fun at it in the comments…I perceived your little foray into attempted creepiness to be emulative of welldone.
October 16th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
@ Syrange: Leave shortys roc my sox alone.
October 28th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
What have we learned? Don’t be a nature photographer!
November 5th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
See, if they did this in Blair Witch, it wouldn’t have been such a big waste of time.
November 10th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
IM SORRY- I FOUND THIS MECHANISM IN THE WOODS AND WAS FLASHING IT AEROUND EVERYWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NITE.
HOPE IT DIDNT SCARE EANYONE.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:57 am
Wat wat WAT??? I don’t get it.