A man who stumbled upon a hidden staircase in the woods was left petrified by what he discovered at the bottom.
The TikTok user, known as Josh (@joshtheintern), claimed he was “not meant to find this place” after sharing his eerie adventure in a viral video that has since been viewed over 18 million times.
“While hiking through a forest I came across this overgrown entrance that led underground,” he explained. “Heading inside to explore it I found myself in a maze of long tunnels and secret rooms. This is definitely one of the creepiest abandoned places I have explored!” The clip starts with Josh uncovering the entrance staircase, shrouded by dense vegetation.
After descending the concrete steps, things took a sinister turn as he found himself in a pitch-black tunnel. Switching on his torch, he ventured further underground, discovering a corridor lined with steel doors and another staircase leading him deeper below the surface.
“Heading down to the bottom I was then met with an even longer tunnel that eventually led me to this massive metal door,” Josh continued. “But passing through it I was about to find something else quite creepy.”
At this point, the tunnel floor was flooded, and Josh panned the camera to reveal footprints marked on the white walls.
“Soon the condition of the tunnel got worse until it branched out into lots of different rooms,” Josh added. “I still had no idea what this place was so I went to find some clues.”
He then stumbled upon a small green door, leading to another rain-soaked enclosure with nothing but the rusty remnants of an unidentified object. “Continuing deeper I finally found something I recognised,” Josh shared next.
“These were definitely toilets,” he stated, highlighting the white tiling of two individual cubicles. “Finally I did reach the end of the tunnel and found a collection of small rooms.”
He highlighted one room in particular where it seemed as though the door had been “blown off”, with nothing inside but a bookcase. Josh ventured outside again via a different staircase and declared: “I still have no idea what this could have been, but whatever it was, they wanted to keep it a secret.”
The discovery left Josh’s followers equally puzzled – and frightened. One person advised: “First rule when going at such a place: NEVER go there ALONE. You never know what could find you.” While another asked: “Why nobody talking about footsteps on the wall?”
A third person suggested: “Probably an old world war bunker intelligence post or something.” While fourth eerily pondered: “Was it some kind of old hospital? The tunnels look like the chutes dead bodies were taken through to go to the morgue.”
A fifth chimed in: “Be glad you didn’t find some type of SCP [Secure, Contain, Protect] in there. This really looks like a secret hidden testing and experimental facility.”
