Haunted Forest of Transylvania!

Introduction

Rick begins with brief plugs for Astral Club’s Patreon, astral-projection lessons, and episode playlists. He then recounts an astral visit to Romania’s Hoia Baciu forest, nicknamed the “Bermuda Triangle of Transylvania.” Local stories tell of disappearances, lost time, strange lights, and twisted trees—making it sound like a relaxing place for an evening stroll, Rick jokes dryly.

The Forest

In Rick’s account, the forest glows faintly blue and feels unusually charged. Whispering voices warn him to leave, but he presses on. He encounters a ghostly woman searching for her missing daughter. When a little girl named Elena appears, she dissolves into blue light, and her mother vanishes too. Rick wonders whether they were spirits or some kind of lingering echo tied to local legends.

Further in, faces emerge from the trees. One cryptically announces, “The doors are opening.”

Rick then meets a shepherd and a flock of translucent sheep, apparently trapped in an endless twilight after a strange wheel of light swallowed them. He guides them toward a luminous exit. The shepherd leaves him with a warning: “Beware of the sentinels.”

The Clearing

At the forest’s circular clearing, Rick finds what he believes is the source of the disturbances: a towering, multicolored energy vortex that seems to connect different realities. Nearby trees bend toward it, and Rick briefly sees several alternate versions of the landscape.

A shapeless, many-eyed creature emerges and explains that beings like it can frighten visitors because they perceive human emotions, especially fear. Rick jokes that it won’t win any beauty pageants, and the creature seems to laugh. It disappears, but a powerful psychic scream then knocks Rick back into his body.

Conclusion

Rick concludes that the forest may contain a rift or portal, with some beings trapped and others passing through. He ends by asking viewers what they know about Hoia Baciu.

Personalities

• Rick
• The ghostly mother and her daughter, Elena
• The shepherd
• The many-eyed creature
• The unseen presence that unleashes the psychic scream