Does a video show a real encounter with a strange woman in the woods who asked hikers, "Did you see my other two guys?" No, that's not true: This video is a small clip from a long-format skit published by a paranormal YouTube channel in September 2023. The channel features mysterious adventures guided by an exploring app called Randonautica. Many of the adventures involve encounters with a character referred to as a "stalker". This same woman wearing a red and yellow mask and blue surgical scrubs appears in several videos published by the channel.
The two-minute, four-second clip surfaced in a post (archived here) published on X by @LoudOutside on May 12, 2026. It was captioned:
Couple encountered a bizarre woman during their hike "did you see my other two guys"
This is a screenshot of the video:
(Image source: @loudoutside post on X.)
The reposted video footage is poor quality and has subtitles. Tracking down the original source was not simple as the video has gone viral without credit on several social media platforms. One copy (archived here) was published on TikTok on May 6, 2026 by @wild.bunker6, who had posted several additional related clips. In another video clip (archived here) posted by the same TikTok account on the same day, the metallic gold lettering on the woman's yellow t-shirt was legible and promoted a YouTube channel, "Don't Blink Paranormal".
Lead Stories found the original footage of this encounter in a video by that channel (archived here) titled, "Scariest Randonautica Took Us to Spot That Got Us Ambushed! Stalker Exposes Herself!" published Sept. 8, 2023. The jump scare moment where the stalker comes up on them on the trail occurs at 25 minutes, 39 seconds (embedded below).
The app Randonautica figures into the titles and storylines of many of the Don't Blink Paranormal videos. The app (archived here) bills itself as "Intent-Guided Random Exploring". The description suggests the app has paranormal functionality:
Quantum random exploration can change reality as you know it. The superpower behind Randonautica gives you a random location to journey to. Set your intention in your mind for what you seek, you will find.
Another video (archived here) features a brief scene showing the stalker with the red and yellow mask at seven seconds, before the opening credits (pictured below). The video is titled, "(Police Called) Stalker Gets Payback From Us for Attacking Us! We Explore an Abandoned Town!" This video premiered Sept. 18, 2023.
(Image source: Don't Blink Paranormal video on YouTube.)
In another video (archived here) titled, "Dangerous Randonautica Experience, Our Stalker Tries Exploring With Us!" from July 18, 2023, the couple encounter the stalker wearing an orange outfit in a cemetery. This ties in with the moment in the ambush video at 26 minutes, 51 seconds when the stalker asks the YouTube audience directly, "YouTubers! Got a question. YouTubers! Can I wear my orange outfit with this -- like the blue?"
At 40 minutes, 56 seconds in the cemetery video, the explorers' flashlights illuminate the stalker's back as she turns away from them. The stalker's orange shirt has Don't Blink written on it (pictured below). Clearly this "stalker" is in on the production.
(Image source: Don't Blink Paranormal video on YouTube.)
