5 Disturbing TRUE Hunting Horror Stories

Two friends, hunting turkeys in Belmont County, Ohio, in 1992, were targeted by a shooter who fired two bullets at them. They fled, leaving their gear. Years later, they realized their assailant was likely Thomas Dillon, a serial killer convicted of five murders in Ohio, who operated in hunting areas and killed a young man near their exact spot just days after their encounter.

The narrator and his friend Josh were shot at in 1992 (00:04:08). Thomas Dillon was convicted of five murders in eastern and southern Ohio in 1993, using a long rifle to hunt people from a distance (00:09:23). Dillon killed a kid 'four or five days later after our hunting trip, in almost the exact same spot' (00:10:21).

In 1960s Barber County, West Virginia, two hunting partners, Mo and Larry, vanished without a trace. Despite multiple search parties, no bodies or evidence of foul play were ever found, leading to years of community grief and speculation. A later police investigation, prompted by an anonymous tip, involved digging up a hog farm in a neighboring county, but yielded no answers.

Mo and Larry went missing when the narrator was 12 (00:12:17). Search parties found no trace (00:12:56). Families declared them dead in absentia years later (00:14:05). A county sheriff later dug up a hog farm in Tucker County based on an anonymous tip, but found nothing (00:17:09).

During the Siege of Sarajevo in 1993, British UN peacekeepers discovered that wealthy Italian civilians were paying Serbian militias for 'sniper safaris'—the opportunity to shoot at UN soldiers and Bosnian civilians for sport. This was confirmed by a captured Serb sniper and later corroborated by an Italian journalist's investigation, revealing a disturbing black market for human lives.

British soldiers encountered a new sniper in a high-rise (00:23:25). After an engagement, they captured a Serb and found an Italian passport on a dead sniper (00:26:48). The captured Serb, through a translator, revealed that the Italians were paying Serbs for a 'chance to shoot at UN soldiers and Bosnian civilians' (00:27:55). An Al Jazeera article later confirmed an Italian journalist's evidence of 'sniper safaris' for €100,000 (00:30:00).

An Arkansas Game and Fish Commission employee recounts a baffling hunting accident where two experienced hunters shot a buck, waited the recommended 30 minutes for it to die, but then it suddenly 'leapt to its feet and gored the man closest to it really, really bad.' The deer then fled and was never found, leaving investigators with no explanation for its apparent resurrection and aggressive behavior.

Two hunters shot a buck and waited 30 minutes (00:45:57). The 'dead' buck suddenly attacked, goring one hunter (00:46:18). The buck then ran off and was never found, despite a lung shot (00:46:40). Wildlife officers were left with 'unanswered questions and pretty damn creepy ones at that' (00:49:12).

A Belgian grandfather, a successful hunting guide in the Congo, underwent a dramatic personality shift after his business partner, Franchis, disappeared in the jungle. He became obsessed with Langola tribal spiritual practices, importing 'meni' statues (portable graves), creating an ancestral altar, and seeking Simbi water spirits, suggesting a deep, unarticulated horror related to his partner's fate.

Grandfather Leandro became a hunting guide in the Congo (00:34:07). After his business partner, Franchis, went missing, his personality changed dramatically (00:35:38). He imported 'meni' statues (00:37:27), installed an ancestral altar (00:38:15), and sought Simbi water spirits (00:38:37). The narrator believes 'something horrifying beyond reason happened' to his friend, driving his grandfather to ancient religion for comfort (00:42:31).