I have a story but no one believes me.
Alright so I had just started the game and was doing missions with Bonnie, I think some cow or horse catching around the ranch and train tracks, I finished the mission as normal and got a cutscene to end it. The game autosaved, I was tryna get the missions out the way so I waited a while afk for another mission to spawn but nothing happened… I was bored and decided to roam the lands until I got a mission. I went to Blackwater to see if there’s anything fun I could do there. I left bonnie’s ranch when it day and arrived at Blackwater just as evening started, I rode around and found no npcs, I thought maybe they haven’t spawned and I gotta leave and come back. I went halfway to john’s ranch then came back and still no one… as I entered town again I heard footsteps that I just thought were horse hoofs, after 5 secs I stopped in the middle of town and still heard footsteps but nothing was moving.. I felt creeped out so I got off my horse and ran in the saloon to see it’d stop, the sound got closer so I ran upstairs to see what it looked like since it was my first time playing rdr1 and cuz I was tryna escape the footsteps running at me…. I went up and saw nothing interesting but heard the footsteps on stone turn to footsteps on wood. I went to hide in the bedroom upstairs and crossed behind the bed, I aimed my revolver at the door so If anything came in I could shoot it… I heard the foot steps come upstairs and stop right next to the door. I sat there for 5 mins waiting for smth to shoot but nothing happened… I got bored so I decided to leave, full of fear I ran out the bedroom and downstairs to my horse… I didn’t hear any footsteps that weren’t johns but I still rode off fast, right as I got to Bonnie’s ranch my mum told me I had to eat dinner so I put on rdr1 YouTube vids in hopes to find someone talk about a glitch where there’s no npcs nut still footsteps but found nothing like that… that was my first time playing rdr1, every time I’ve played since nothing like that has happened, I’ve only experienced normal gameplay since. Idk why or how or what happened but i was spooked. It happened a 2 or 3 years ago and I’m sure it was real.