The Red Treehouse: Scary Stories to Keep You Up at Night
Sep 23, 2026 · 10 min · 9 segments
In October 1973, two men went fishing along the banks of the Pascagoula River -- it was a perfect night. As they fished, a bright light appeared in the distance, then drew closer, until three beings…
42-year-old Charles Hickson was a foreman at a local shipyard and a good friend of 18-year-old Calvin Parker, who had recently begun working there.
They'd done it before, and it was a perfect night for fishing.
As the two men walked along the banks, Calvin noticed a strange light in the distance.
At first, he thought it might have been a police officer, but then the light grew brighter as the source moved closer towards them.
During their interrogation, both men claimed the object was oval-shaped and hovering just above the ground.
As it drew closer, a doorway opened and three figures emerged from inside.
Both Calvin and Charles described the figures as being approximately five feet tall.
and having gray wrinkled skin with unusually long arms and claw-like hands.
But most disturbing of all was that the figures didn't walk towards the men.
They glided just above the ground.
The two men immediately knew something was wrong, but when they tried to move, they discovered they were frozen in place.
They couldn't run or fight or scream.
And as the figures reached them, they were somehow lifted into the air and floated into the spacecraft.
The two would later claim they could only move their eyes.
And they were both conscious during the entire ordeal.
They could see.
They could feel.
But they couldn't move and were powerless against the terrifying force.
Now inside the spacecraft, Charles Hickson described a horrifying experience.
A large mechanical eye moved over his body, as if examining him.
And the examiner was a small being, different from the other three, and considerably more human-looking.
Both men claimed the examination lasted approximately 20 minutes, and then they were returned to the riverbank.
to the same place they'd been fishing, and once returned, they watched the spacecraft rise into the sky and disappear.
42-year-old Charles Hickson was a foreman at a local shipyard and a good friend of 18-year-old Calvin Parker, who had recently begun working there.
They'd done it before, and it was a perfect night for fishing.
As the two men walked along the banks, Calvin noticed a strange light in the distance.
At first, he thought it might have been a police officer, but then the light grew brighter as the source moved closer towards them.
During their interrogation, both men claimed the object was oval-shaped and hovering just above the ground.
As it drew closer, a doorway opened and three figures emerged from inside.
Both Calvin and Charles described the figures as being approximately five feet tall.
and having gray wrinkled skin with unusually long arms and claw-like hands.
But most disturbing of all was that the figures didn't walk towards the men.
They glided just above the ground.
The two men immediately knew something was wrong, but when they tried to move, they discovered they were frozen in place.
They couldn't run or fight or scream.
And as the figures reached them, they were somehow lifted into the air and floated into the spacecraft.
The two would later claim they could only move their eyes.
And they were both conscious during the entire ordeal.
They could see.
They could feel.
But they couldn't move and were powerless against the terrifying force.
Now inside the spacecraft, Charles Hickson described a horrifying experience.
A large mechanical eye moved over his body, as if examining him.
And the examiner was a small being, different from the other three, and considerably more human-looking.
Both men claimed the examination lasted approximately 20 minutes, and then they were returned to the riverbank.
to the same place they'd been fishing, and once returned, they watched the spacecraft rise into the sky and disappear.
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