The Noise at the start

James got a letter. From a dead person. Oh dear.

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I heard this noise when running along the dirt paths, there were like extra noises that sounded like extra footsteps and it creeped me out but I soon realized it was just me and my footsteps.
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No, there ARE phantom footsteps you hear when you walk or run for a while but they stop immediately after you stop to make you sort of question your sanity. Either that or my sanity is questionable. :?
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I've noticed that too. The footsteps are slower than James' and they continue for a short period after James has stopped. I also believe it's just to make you go "wtf"
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Squarehead wrote:No, there ARE phantom footsteps you hear when you walk or run for a while but they stop immediately after you stop to make you sort of question your sanity. Either that or my sanity is questionable. :?
Really? I never noticed this is there a particular section of the game where this happens or is it just whenever?
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Lostkitsune wrote:
Squarehead wrote:No, there ARE phantom footsteps you hear when you walk or run for a while but they stop immediately after you stop to make you sort of question your sanity. Either that or my sanity is questionable. :?
Really? I never noticed this is there a particular section of the game where this happens or is it just whenever?
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Post by Squarehead »

Here's a link to a speed run video, the phantom footsteps thing happens at 2:34:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TREZicXzv7Q
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Squarehead wrote:For some reason i think of Wendigo from Pet Sematary when walking that forest path to the cemetery. Ain't sure if someone mentioned that there actually was a reference somewhere in the game to Pet Sematary or if it's just me.
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:lol: Oh, heheh, come to think of it, i did read about the first 8 chapters or so of your novelization last december. I can't remember if i was thinking of Wendigo before that or only after reading it, in fact i can't even remember if i've ever even heard that noise myself.

That's the dilemma of subtle details in horror (among other things): it's more mysterious, spooky and intriguing when you're not sure what's happening or if anything is happening at all, but on the other hand you may just end up missing little things like that altogether. It's most effective if you notice it yourself but sometimes you just need stuff pointed out for you.
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Are you talking about the sounds coming from the woods? People say it's the monsters making that sound.someone even said that it was PH but noone really knows.
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sorry for bringing up this old topic, but what i have to say fits in this thread.

i just recently heard a noise in a different place than the ones described earlier in the thread. when i went to go save my game at the well, i had my view on the red save paper in the well when i had to check my cell phone. i think it had been about a minute or two when loud running footsteps came from what sounded like behind me. i almost shit my pants, saved my game as fast as i could, and got the hell outta there.
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Ive heard those footprints before. I hadnt slept in a while and was a bit drunk. I really thought I im imagined it but I guess I didnt. as for the phantom footsteps I always heard those every time I played the game.
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CursedxNightmare wrote: i just recently heard a noise in a different place than the ones described earlier in the thread. when i went to go save my game at the well, i had my view on the red save paper in the well when i had to check my cell phone. i think it had been about a minute or two when loud running footsteps came from what sounded like behind me. i almost shit my pants, saved my game as fast as i could, and got the hell outta there.
I haven't heard this one before. I have to try it out now!!

As for the forest noises

I thought they were dogs. But then I realized that there were none in SH2. Maybe the SH team wanted to make you think that a dog would lunge out of the bushes???

....way to freak me out SH team!! :mrgreen:
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There's a book for silent hill?
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I noticed the noises when I played the game...never heard anything that sounding like someone running at me though.
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That sounds great! I will have to try it. Where can I find the novelization?
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ZombieLADY wrote:
CursedxNightmare wrote: i just recently heard a noise in a different place than the ones described earlier in the thread. when i went to go save my game at the well, i had my view on the red save paper in the well when i had to check my cell phone. i think it had been about a minute or two when loud running footsteps came from what sounded like behind me. i almost shit my pants, saved my game as fast as i could, and got the hell outta there.
I haven't heard this one before. I have to try it out now!!

As for the forest noises

I thought they were dogs. But then I realized that there were none in SH2. Maybe the SH team wanted to make you think that a dog would lunge out of the bushes???

....way to freak me out SH team!! :mrgreen:


I tried it, and I heard the running footsteps sound. I freaked me out :oops:
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I always decide to stop and turn around to look, dunno why :)
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I tried it, and I heard the running footsteps sound. I freaked me out
Don't be embarrased ZombieLADY. I screamed like a little girl when it happened, and laughed for about five minutes afterwards. I thought it came from outside my window at first. :lol:
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Post by ZombieLADY »

lol. Whenever, I hear stuff like that. I freak, and turn off the PS2 immediately. I was sooo freaked, you have no idea. I thought it would just take like a minute or so, but NO. I was just standing that and all of a sudden I hear it xDDDD
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