The Blair Witch Project

In October 1994, film students Heather, Mike, and Josh set out to produce a documentary about the mythical Blair Witch. They travel to Burkittsville, Maryland, and interview residents about the myth. Locals tell them of Rustin Parr, a hermit who lived deep in the forest and abducted seven children in 1941; he murdered them all in his basement, killing them in pairs while having one stand in a corner, facing the wall. The students explore the forest in north Burkittsville to research the myth. They meet two fishermen, one of whom warns them that the forest is cursed. He tells them of a young child named Robin Weaver, who went missing in 1888; when she returned three days later, she talked about an old woman whose feet never touched the ground.

The students decide to hike to Coffin Rock for their first day in the woods due to its connection with the Robin Weaver story. Despite Robin returning to Burkittsville, one of the search parties that set out into the Black Hills Forest to look for her never came back. Eventually, another search party came across the bodies of the five missing men, their hands and feet tied together as they were ritualistically gutted and displayed upon Coffin Rock. They went back to town to gather help in burying the bodies of the missing search party, but upon returning to Coffin Rock, the bodies had vanished without a trace.