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Strange Staircases to Nowhere Found in the Woods

Staircases to nowhere have been spotted in national parks and woods around the world. But is there truth to the stories?

What startling things have park rangers warned their new coworkers about? And most importantly, where do these staircases actually lead?


Surely, some of these staircases in the middle of nowhere may have been part of a town or building that has long since crumbled to the ground. However, some of them seem new – almost like someone had put them there yesterday. The very first stories that surfaced on Reddit opened the floodgates for more and more people to come forward with their own accounts of random stairs in the woods and parks.

What seems to have begun as a Creepypasta phenomenon became a string of stories recounted from both rangers and the public mostly from the Eastern U.S. However, soon, stories poured in from other nations including Portugal, Norway, and the Philippines. As it turns out, mysterious staircases in the forest are not uncommon and man

Although the stories above are presumably intriguing legends, many people really have seen random stairs in forests. While we might expect these types of stairs to lead to shrines or temples or to serve as steps up a steep part of a hiking trail, the steps that lead to nowhere are the strangest of all. The ranger, searchandrescuewoods, who shared his story on Reddit had this to say:

“I asked about it the first time I saw some [mysterious stairs in the woods], and the other officer just told me not to worry about it, that it was normal. Everyone I asked said the same thing. I wanted to go check them out, but I was told, very emphatically, that I should never go near any of them. I just sort of ignore them now when I run into them because it happens so frequently.

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