Strange ingame occurrence
So, this post will probably be all over the place. Because I don´t even know how or where to start. So let me start with a question, or perhaps two:
- Did you ever encoutered anything strange or eerie in a game? And by that I don´t mean general bugs, I mean something truly bizzare.
- Is there any... creepypasta or something akin to that about Hunt? Some fringe internet/reddit legend?
With that out of the way, let me tell you a story. At first it doesn´t sound weird, creepy or anything of the sorts. Also before I start, I am truthfully retelling what I have experienced in this very game, played on Xbox Series S. And every good story needs a name, right? So let me call this...
The Ghost Battle at Pelican Island Prison. Quite the name, eh?
I encoutered this... phenomenon twice already. First time it was last year, after DeSalle was reintroduced back into the game. Second time it was this week, couple days ago. Both times I was playing solo (as usual for me) and was having a pretty normal game, avoiding gunfights, lurking in the back, waiting for other players to either die or extract, that sort of thing. It was getting closer to the end of the game, so I had to make a decision: to try and grab the bounty that was left, or go home empty handed. First time I think it was Rotjaw, second time the bounty in the Stronghold, so I had to work for them (kill/banish). But before I could reach them, I suddenly heard shots being fired. Not one, not two, but numerous, almost never-ending barrage, coming from one place: Pelican Island Prison. Naturally, I went to cover and was waiting, if they would get any closer. But they didn´t. And as I was getting farther and farther away, so were the sounds of the shots. They never moved, or didn´t moved that much. Not even after I picked up bounties and was making my way to extraction points. They just... continued, like nothing ever happened. And in both times, before I could even get to the extraction point, last five minutes of the games begun. Yet not even this fazed them, if they were players anyway. They just... fired their shots, again and again and again.
What do you all think of it? Before anyone comments the obvious: I know that probably they were just newbies, unaware of what happens after the time runs out. You might even say that it was a lenghty rookie fight, none of them landing shots, right? But at least the second time it happened, there was only one hunter left with me on the map, if it was a hunter. How do I know? Two rookie hunters killed a banished boss pretty quickly, and they left. Third hunter was me. Fourth hunter ran away from Moses Poultry like hell itself was chasing him. And I found the body of the fifth hunter dead in the Med supply point. I looted him, then burned him, I watched him the whole time.
What are the odds, that something like this could happen? Same map, same compound, same behaviour. And if it wasn´t done by the hunters/players, then who fired the shots? Maybe next time playing you will hear them too...