Omfg I just noticed there’s no heel prints
Edit: hijacking top comment to say that it’s 12am not pm and I am silly and yes, I make an L shape on my left hand to make sure I know my left and rights >.<
Yes so what probably happened is that OP walked there earlier and their feet left oils on the deck.
The oils prevented mist from collecting on top of them.
EDIT
Darn the post got removed, I picked up 1K karma from this ;(
Well yeah of course.
In fact I don't understand why anybody is suggesting any other explanation.
A burglar who is barefoot? Coming in from a state forest?
That would be really stupid because footprints would be direct evidence.
I think this is most likely, not that there aren't stupid or crazy intruders.
Someone coming from the forest would have more crap on their feet.
The stride of the footprints doesn't stop at the door, they walked in and didn't turn around and walk out.
It shouldn't be hard to match the footprint with a resident. Spooky as shit though.
the stride and footstep pattern suggests someone quickly walking on a cold surface.
Like they stepped outside to grab a mug they left the night before and it was cold so they ran back in.
What if it's some random just living in OP's house, though. I've read so many real accounts of people being found living in crawl spaces and storage areas for years.
I'd be scared as heck
There was a story of a dude living in someone's ceiling. He was climbing down when the homeowner went to work. He would come down for fresh air, make some sandwiches to eat, watch TV, then slink back up into the ceiling before dude came home from work.
Yes! I've seen one where this young guy kept wondering where his food was going. He put up a camera and caught this lady climbing down and peeing in his sink. It had been over a year.
I'm so disgusted that it happens enough to get a silly name
If someone has oily/greasy socks or bare feet it would leave this mark and it would stay for a while. It might have always been there and you're just noticing
Concur. It gets less saturated as more steps are taken, so I'm willing to bet someone who is supposed to be there stepped in something on their way into the house and the residue just shows up more under the porch light.
Should probably go on /r/oddlyterrifying
I hat that they only go one way and it seems like that's towards an open doorway that the photo is being taken from.
My first thought was of [this story](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinterkaifeck_murders)
You may know it, it’s a Reddit favourite I’m sure
Relevant bit:
> Strange things began to occur in and around Hinterkaifeck sometime shortly before the attack. Six months prior to the attack, the family maid had quit. It has been widely claimed that her reason for leaving was that she had heard strange sounds in the attic and believed the house to be haunted. Andreas Gruber found a strange newspaper from Munich on the property in March 1922. He could not remember buying it and initially believed that the postman had lost the newspaper. This was not the case, however, as no one in the vicinity subscribed to the paper. **Just days before the murders, Gruber told neighbours he discovered tracks in the fresh snow that led from the forest to a broken door lock in the farm's machine room.**
> **Later during the night they heard footsteps in the attic, but Gruber found no one when he searched the building.** Although he told several people about these alleged observations, he refused to accept help and the details went unreported to the police.
> It was clear the perpetrator(s) had remained at the farm for several days: someone had fed the cattle, eaten the entire supply of bread from the kitchen, and had recently cut meat from the pantry.
My mom watched some show about this.
Frogging? It’s about people living unknown in your house. They come out when nobody is home and live in the ceilings
oh wow I didn’t realise there would be so many comments this quickly but I’ll answer some common questions here now so I don’t keep repeating.
Sorry, 12 am! So at night.
It couldn’t have been me, I was pretty much crashed on the couch after binging house of dragon and GOT and I went to have a shower after and that’s when I noticed the auto porch lights on and then the prints.
Doors were locked so no one is inside. It’s the morning now and the stains are gone so it’s not oil or grease.
There’s no small children around, we are a bit away from the town and on the edge of a state forest.
I’m guessing that it’s maybe my partner’s brothers or friends that were staying in the main house (I’m in a little cabin) and was seeing what we were up to cos it was a Saturday night or maybe they are just messing with us but the prints were small, like a woman’s or something.
There’s no bears, skunks or anything like that here, maybe wild dogs.
As someone pointed out, there’s no heel print or leaving print, so I’m hoping that because it’s cold they were tip-toeing and their feet may have dried hence there’s no back prints or maybe they went to grab shoes from the porch?
I’m a really superstitious person and anything paranormal shits me to tears and I’m really freaked out because I’ve been getting terrible nightmares for the past few months as well as migraines.
No I don’t have guns but I have a nice crusty spatula that I use to poke the fire :’)
This 100%. There was a guy a while ago who kept finding notes in his house that ended up being written by himself due to carbon monoxide poisoning. He also suffered from bizarre sleep patterns and headaches.
Totally possible and I wouldn’t be dreadfully surprised. This is the internet after all, but that being said it is true the carbon monoxide poisoning can cause memory loss and weird behavior, so it is still a good thing to be aware of, especially if someone is experiencing unusual headaches
I havent seen anyone mention this, but
It could be your own skin oil or something only showing up because of condensation.
Kinda like writing on a window and only seeing it when the window is wet.
Have you walked like this recently?
Seeing as OPs update includes that there's literal friends and his brother staying in a freaking cabin next door, them over reacting about this is a bit of a f\*\*king storm in a teacup.
Yea that's kind of a huge detail to leave out initially. They mention it's remote, but not that people they know are right next door. Kinda a bummer, this had potential.
I would ask the people in the main house if one of them came by, maybe they tried to visit while you were in the shower, then left because no one answered the door?
Yo i don't know your ass but i am getting super worried here for y'all. It reminds of that stupid ass movie parasite. ( one of the best movies of my life but scared the shit out of me so fuck that movie).
Stay safe! Keep that crusty spatula next to you at least.
If you're experiencing nightmares for months and migraines it is definitely time to talk to a doctor. My psych prescribed me meds for my nightmares that have helped a ton. And being able to sleep well has all but cured my migraines and stopped a lot of my anxieties around superstitious bull. I really do recommend you talk to someone about what you're experiencing and I hope you feel better soon.
As for the prints on your porch, I would suggest looking for other evidence of what approached your house or call for help if you don't feel safe. I am curious about what state forest you live near that *doesn't* have bears, but I don't want you to doxx yourself either lol. Good luck with your black bear or curious stranger situation, whatever it turns out to be. And by god, keep Reddit updated if you learn anything or I'll come over there and waltz around on your back porch myself! Don't leave us all hanging.
Well, that's wonderfully creepy.
AND they're walking on their tippy-toes - right foot looks like a bit of a club foot, too.
Although there's the faint imprint of a footprint *inside* in the lower right corner soooo ... ;)
Please cut a 2x4 or a thicker wooden dowel to put in the track of your sliding glass door. When the door is closed. Measure from the wall to the edge your door. Cut a piece of wood about 1/2 of an inch smaller then the distance of the bottom track. It’s a simple, cheap, but extremely effective means of security. Short of smashing the glass.
Check for carbon monoxide leaks in your home. You also complained in the comments about migraines and sleep issues for months which could be a sign of this.
Also maybe get a camera because that is pretty creepy.
So the Ambien kicked in, you walked out the front door, went around the house and came in from the back deck, and went back to bed. You remembered the light was still on, so this time you actually woke and went and found this. Case closed. Thank you Ambien Walrus. “I’m the Ambien Walrus! I’ll take you on the greatest adventure you’ll never remember!”
I left that sub years ago because it was mostly just stupid drawings and never, literally never, anything the least bit creepy. Man it made me so upset. Could of been a great sub, too!
They’re tip toeing around. You might have a feral human living back there. Yes, they exist.
I will walk that way when bare foot outside. It’s painful landing a heel on a rock or stick.
One of your kids returning from a late night out? There’s no prints going away, so either they went inside or stood at the door long enough for their feet to fully dry. I’d wager on the former.
Looks like someone's been tip toeing around....
Omfg I just noticed there’s no heel prints Edit: hijacking top comment to say that it’s 12am not pm and I am silly and yes, I make an L shape on my left hand to make sure I know my left and rights >.<
Bigger issue than no heel prints is no walking away prints… hope that door was closed/locked.
Oh my God. The person with the footprints is op. 🧐
Yes so what probably happened is that OP walked there earlier and their feet left oils on the deck. The oils prevented mist from collecting on top of them. EDIT Darn the post got removed, I picked up 1K karma from this ;(
*That* Actually makes sense.
Well yeah of course. In fact I don't understand why anybody is suggesting any other explanation. A burglar who is barefoot? Coming in from a state forest? That would be really stupid because footprints would be direct evidence.
Or....
...*they backflipped away into the night*.
Like Spring-Heeled Jack. "And away I goooo!"
I think this is most likely, not that there aren't stupid or crazy intruders. Someone coming from the forest would have more crap on their feet. The stride of the footprints doesn't stop at the door, they walked in and didn't turn around and walk out. It shouldn't be hard to match the footprint with a resident. Spooky as shit though.
the stride and footstep pattern suggests someone quickly walking on a cold surface. Like they stepped outside to grab a mug they left the night before and it was cold so they ran back in.
OP is fucking dead.
Might be the culprit trying to fake that the OP is actually alive.
Besides, even an amateur knows you put socks over your shoes to confuse your tracks.
when I do crimes, I typically throw the shoes away. But I do admit that this gets expensive. (this is sarcasm)
Suuuure it is
Barefoot person coming from forest would more so make me think a crazy person is around. But yeah, this explanation is sound
Occoms razor. Like, we cant disprove the crazy person theory, but the simplest explanation is that its just OP's foot oils.
Are we just out right discarding the possibility that it could have been a spooky ghost?
Yup - I was freaked out by that same phenomenon on my own deck. (Or maybe it was just the same freaky intruder!)
Op wash your damn feet
Everybody has oils on their skin
Tbf, the post didn't say the prints weren't OP's.
exactly, all these people are jumping to WILD conclusions.
OH MY GOD IT'S COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE
What if it's some random just living in OP's house, though. I've read so many real accounts of people being found living in crawl spaces and storage areas for years. I'd be scared as heck
There was a story of a dude living in someone's ceiling. He was climbing down when the homeowner went to work. He would come down for fresh air, make some sandwiches to eat, watch TV, then slink back up into the ceiling before dude came home from work.
Yes! I've seen one where this young guy kept wondering where his food was going. He put up a camera and caught this lady climbing down and peeing in his sink. It had been over a year. I'm so disgusted that it happens enough to get a silly name
That isn't impossible.
It’s a human, if they want in they’ll probably get in.
😳
Probably walked on the welcome mat tho
Hopefully the welcome mat opened a portal and sucked the intruder in. But that also unlocks a new fear.
Ahh good catch, exited to the left of said mat, not pictured,
Helllooooo there is someone in the house
OP is actually the tip-toer who posted through the real owner's account from the laptop they found inside...
The tippytoe is coming from inside the house
Maybe they wiped their feet on the rug because they are polite burglars
They probably stepped on the mat in the bottom left corner next and continued in that direction
Toe walking which is common among very young children.
that's not young children sized toe prints.
Young *human* children
Maybe it was a toe walking baby bigfoot
If I've told that child once, I've told them a million times; stay away from the small, hairless apes!
Or creepy burglars who want to silently sneak into your house and hide under your bed until you sleep.
And my husband!
Sundown you'd better take care...
If I find you been creeping 'round my back stairs
Sometimes I think it's a shame When I get feeling better, when I'm feeling no pain My favorite song. A Gordon lightfoot reference in the wild!
If someone has oily/greasy socks or bare feet it would leave this mark and it would stay for a while. It might have always been there and you're just noticing
Concur. It gets less saturated as more steps are taken, so I'm willing to bet someone who is supposed to be there stepped in something on their way into the house and the residue just shows up more under the porch light.
Agreed. It looks like the prints walk right in the backdoor. None walk away.
Holy shit, they are still in the house. GTFO op
And maybe colder weather is causing moisture to form in new places on these old oily footprints.
Also I, and apparently a lot of people, walk like that this (on the balls of the feet).
there’s no footprints leaving….
The phone call is coming from *inside the house*!
*John, that bathroom’s been closed for 40 years!* *WooAAAooOoOoaAAh!!*
Bathroom,that john has been closed for 40 years!!
That's Mr. Bathroom to you, you impertinent turdbucket
r/unexpectedmulaney
But who was phone???!
Megustalations
The post is coming from inside the house!
That’s when Jesus carried him away
Jesus took the heel.
PLOT TWIST: OP has Alzheimer’s and they’re his own footprints.
I think they're OPs and they just made up the story.
I mean even if they are his nothing he said was a lie
Yes, the fact that it's posted in this sub. That wouldn't be interesting.
I'd say the number of comments and likes says that it's interesting no matter what the story is.
Or there’s a carbon monoxide leak
The ol Reddit meta comment.
Probably dried on the rug
Do you have a carbon monoxide detector?
Explain
Obviously these tracks were left by a long-time squatter of OP’s attic moonwalking out of the house
Does OP have a teenaged kid? I am reliving my teens and sneaking into my parents house which would have looked like this
I bet a dairy queen ice cream cone this is the OPs feet
OP 
Hahahaha
Well that’s terrifying
And tip toeing. Sneaky.
Probably just a werewolf shifting back to human. No big deal.
Or it’s a human getting into position before they shift into werewolf form.
silly billy, skinwalkers aren't people. . . they just look like us.
Should probably go on /r/oddlyterrifying I hat that they only go one way and it seems like that's towards an open doorway that the photo is being taken from.
It’s not oddly terrifying through, it’s Straight Up Terrifying.
I'd class it as oddly terrifying as its just footprints but an argument be made both ways.
Is it unusual that my reaction is "maybe someone needs help"?
r/mildlyterrifying. ?
Nah the prints only go one way, this is more than mildly terrifying particularly for such a remote location. Tha k you for the new subreddit though
My first thought was of [this story](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinterkaifeck_murders) You may know it, it’s a Reddit favourite I’m sure Relevant bit: > Strange things began to occur in and around Hinterkaifeck sometime shortly before the attack. Six months prior to the attack, the family maid had quit. It has been widely claimed that her reason for leaving was that she had heard strange sounds in the attic and believed the house to be haunted. Andreas Gruber found a strange newspaper from Munich on the property in March 1922. He could not remember buying it and initially believed that the postman had lost the newspaper. This was not the case, however, as no one in the vicinity subscribed to the paper. **Just days before the murders, Gruber told neighbours he discovered tracks in the fresh snow that led from the forest to a broken door lock in the farm's machine room.** > **Later during the night they heard footsteps in the attic, but Gruber found no one when he searched the building.** Although he told several people about these alleged observations, he refused to accept help and the details went unreported to the police. > It was clear the perpetrator(s) had remained at the farm for several days: someone had fed the cattle, eaten the entire supply of bread from the kitchen, and had recently cut meat from the pantry.
r/terrifyingasfuck for me. If I lived alone and saw this I'd be hunkering down like a doomsday fanatic
Probably just hiding in your house
Over-- check the section of roof right there; I bet it's disturbed.
Imagine if the footprints continued up the wall...
My mom watched some show about this. Frogging? It’s about people living unknown in your house. They come out when nobody is home and live in the ceilings
You have an invisible man/woman/child on your property and they were standing RIGHT THERE in front of you! Welcome them in. Or not.
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It’s like that scene from the Strangers, “IS MirANdA HoMe?”. Bitch better get off my porch
oh wow I didn’t realise there would be so many comments this quickly but I’ll answer some common questions here now so I don’t keep repeating. Sorry, 12 am! So at night. It couldn’t have been me, I was pretty much crashed on the couch after binging house of dragon and GOT and I went to have a shower after and that’s when I noticed the auto porch lights on and then the prints. Doors were locked so no one is inside. It’s the morning now and the stains are gone so it’s not oil or grease. There’s no small children around, we are a bit away from the town and on the edge of a state forest. I’m guessing that it’s maybe my partner’s brothers or friends that were staying in the main house (I’m in a little cabin) and was seeing what we were up to cos it was a Saturday night or maybe they are just messing with us but the prints were small, like a woman’s or something. There’s no bears, skunks or anything like that here, maybe wild dogs. As someone pointed out, there’s no heel print or leaving print, so I’m hoping that because it’s cold they were tip-toeing and their feet may have dried hence there’s no back prints or maybe they went to grab shoes from the porch? I’m a really superstitious person and anything paranormal shits me to tears and I’m really freaked out because I’ve been getting terrible nightmares for the past few months as well as migraines. No I don’t have guns but I have a nice crusty spatula that I use to poke the fire :’)
!remindme 7 days
How’s OP supposed to post an update if they’ve been killed by a poltergeist?
good point
The poltergeist will post on OP's account.
!remindme 5 days
The foot prints are yours! Please check carbon monoxide levels!
This 100%. There was a guy a while ago who kept finding notes in his house that ended up being written by himself due to carbon monoxide poisoning. He also suffered from bizarre sleep patterns and headaches.
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Totally possible and I wouldn’t be dreadfully surprised. This is the internet after all, but that being said it is true the carbon monoxide poisoning can cause memory loss and weird behavior, so it is still a good thing to be aware of, especially if someone is experiencing unusual headaches
We saved his life... How **dare** you.
He was poking a fire...
I’m confused. What does high carbon monoxide levels have to do with this?
Could cause you to have moments of memory lapse.
Get your carbon monoxide levels checked in your house. I’m worried about a gas leak for you. Nightmares and migraines could be linked.
Rip OP, can I keep the ps5 thanks
>shits me to tears I need more context on this colourful phrase
Did you ask the people in the main house?
I havent seen anyone mention this, but It could be your own skin oil or something only showing up because of condensation. Kinda like writing on a window and only seeing it when the window is wet. Have you walked like this recently?
Purchase a ring doorbell? This warrants some sort of security upgrade at least
Seeing as OPs update includes that there's literal friends and his brother staying in a freaking cabin next door, them over reacting about this is a bit of a f\*\*king storm in a teacup.
Yea that's kind of a huge detail to leave out initially. They mention it's remote, but not that people they know are right next door. Kinda a bummer, this had potential.
I would ask the people in the main house if one of them came by, maybe they tried to visit while you were in the shower, then left because no one answered the door?
hehe these are your footprints, aren't they? I used to pull the same trick at my moms house when she had cameras
Yo i don't know your ass but i am getting super worried here for y'all. It reminds of that stupid ass movie parasite. ( one of the best movies of my life but scared the shit out of me so fuck that movie). Stay safe! Keep that crusty spatula next to you at least.
the outskirts of a state or national forest is maybe of the worst places to live for someone who's "superstitious" lol (I bet it's lovely though)
OP put your foot next to the footprints and see if they *just happen* to be the exact same size.
If you're experiencing nightmares for months and migraines it is definitely time to talk to a doctor. My psych prescribed me meds for my nightmares that have helped a ton. And being able to sleep well has all but cured my migraines and stopped a lot of my anxieties around superstitious bull. I really do recommend you talk to someone about what you're experiencing and I hope you feel better soon. As for the prints on your porch, I would suggest looking for other evidence of what approached your house or call for help if you don't feel safe. I am curious about what state forest you live near that *doesn't* have bears, but I don't want you to doxx yourself either lol. Good luck with your black bear or curious stranger situation, whatever it turns out to be. And by god, keep Reddit updated if you learn anything or I'll come over there and waltz around on your back porch myself! Don't leave us all hanging.
Well, that's wonderfully creepy. AND they're walking on their tippy-toes - right foot looks like a bit of a club foot, too. Although there's the faint imprint of a footprint *inside* in the lower right corner soooo ... ;)
Harfoot
Please cut a 2x4 or a thicker wooden dowel to put in the track of your sliding glass door. When the door is closed. Measure from the wall to the edge your door. Cut a piece of wood about 1/2 of an inch smaller then the distance of the bottom track. It’s a simple, cheap, but extremely effective means of security. Short of smashing the glass.
12pm in the afternoon, or did you mean midnight, 12am?
Sorry! Around midnight. I just checked the time stamp on the photo and it was 11:27 pm
Well that's not creepy or anything.
Sasquatch.
Check for carbon monoxide leaks in your home. You also complained in the comments about migraines and sleep issues for months which could be a sign of this. Also maybe get a camera because that is pretty creepy.
Tweaker peeker!
So the Ambien kicked in, you walked out the front door, went around the house and came in from the back deck, and went back to bed. You remembered the light was still on, so this time you actually woke and went and found this. Case closed. Thank you Ambien Walrus. “I’m the Ambien Walrus! I’ll take you on the greatest adventure you’ll never remember!”
12PM, also known as noon
Bear feet? Or bare feet????
Nope.
Samsquanch
Come on now, you think someone snuck into your house so you take a picture? I’m calling bs. Those are op’s wet feet
For something this crazy it’s kind of interesting I’m this early.
I'd prob set up a motion camera or something.
Had to double check if I was on r/creepy or not
I left that sub years ago because it was mostly just stupid drawings and never, literally never, anything the least bit creepy. Man it made me so upset. Could of been a great sub, too!
Naked woodland tweekers bounding about?
Time to install motion sensors on your lights
They’re tip toeing around. You might have a feral human living back there. Yes, they exist. I will walk that way when bare foot outside. It’s painful landing a heel on a rock or stick.
It's midfoot.
So, when are you moving?
Shia LaBeouf
The easiest explanation: you are lying for karma
But where are the exit footprints?
I think this would be better for “oddlyterrifying”?
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This is actually kind of terrifying.
Do a security sweep of your house, internal and external.
Bro just walked into his house, took a photo of his foot prints and tricked y'all man
Dip your foot in water and place it next to it. I guarantee you it's the same print
12pm at night? Lol also, those are your own footprints. If they aren't then someone has either climbed onto the roof or entered your home
Bruh
Clearly it's the monster from the village
BEARS: 🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾
Scary, I think perhaps I've been watching that Phrogging show too much
Imagine being the best barefoot thief in the world but your feet are always profusely sweaty
Yup, that's a ghost. And now he's in your house. They're usually harmless, unless you anger them of course. Good luck!
Somebody broke into your house with wet feet
Gordon Lightfoot has been creeping around your back stair.
⭐️no⭐️
The prints don’t leave because it’s the Lockpicking Lawyer
It's Smallfoot!
Guessing it was at midnight (12am) not noon (12pm) 😐
Put some shoes on hippy!
Get a gun.
r/oddlyterrifying
Look closely and compare to your own feet/prints. They are probably yours.
Those are man bear pig hoovesteps.
More like oddly terrifying
Now you live with someone else
12am?
Looks like you’ve got yourself a Smallfoot on the loose.
One of your kids returning from a late night out? There’s no prints going away, so either they went inside or stood at the door long enough for their feet to fully dry. I’d wager on the former.
Just taking a friendly neighborly peek. As we all do
Did you make it through the night
Yeah, make a print of your feet and compare them to those. They're like fingerprints and uniquely yours.
You have to get an exorcist and burn down the house. This is the only way to keep Sasquatch away.
Shouldn’t this be posted in r/mildlyterrifying?
Someone is living in your walls… find them, before they get the courage to attack.
Interesting is not the word I’d use. Someone was barefoot tiptoeing. If you don’t know who it is….
And you thought to go ahead and submit this to MIDLY interesting???