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Not to tell anyone in a horror story what to do, but:

Forests are normally loud.

They're full of life. There's endless animals that live there. They make noises. Lots of them.

If you ever are in a forest and it's quiet, that's not right. That means something is very wrong. You should probably either be similarly quiet until you can figure out what's going on, or you should get out of there very quickly.

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Even when it’s quiet there’s the rustling of the trees in the wind.

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That being said, if you're used to the forest... you will not notice it. Just like how a city person probably won't acknowledge how loud it is to hear cars driving on the highway in the distance, or how most people aren't always aware of the sound of their fridge humming or something. It's background noise. It's normal. A quiet forest is normal; that just means there's no unusual noises, everything's faded into the background.

A silent forest is when you need to start hauling ass.

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Yeah. A silent forest is the natural world's equivalent of an air raid siren.

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this isnt even a joke. many animals (birds in particular) will get quiet when theres a predator nearby. even in animals with alarm/threat calls, because the natural first step is to avoid the big scary thing.

if you hear the forest go quiet, there is something hungry near you.

now, that could be a raptor bird species like an eagle or hawk, and that isnt your problem. but theres also stuff like mountain lions. ambush predators WILL CHASE YOU IF YOU RUN. walk, look big and strong, do not turn your back on the threat, and pray to whatever god you believe in.

also maybe dont hike alone. someone should really know where you are anyway no matter if its the woods or the city, humans have pack-bonding instincts for a reason.

foone

Exactly! The best possibility when a forest goes silent is that everything is scared of something that isn't a danger to you, but you have no way to know that. Maybe it's just a big bird... Or maybe it's something that can eat your entire ass. You don't want to take that chance. You need to consider yourself to be in danger, and get out of there while keeping your eyes peeled for whatever might have caused the silence.

And this is equally true if you're in a horror story where there's ghosts and monsters or if you're just taking a nice hike. A silent forest is wrong, it's everything going "oh shit, hide!" and you should listen.

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Someone has to keep these city slickers from getting eaten by a bobcat or vengeful lake ghost!

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A coworker of mine tells a really lovely story about how they knew a bear was nearby when they noticed that all the birds they were hearing were behind them (they knew it was a bear specifically based on other things they'd noticed before then, like fresh scat)

It's not just silence you should listen for, but areas of silence. Birds will form a "zone of silence" around scary shit, and if you notice it while you're still close to the edges, you might be able to stay out of the scary shit's way entirely.

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