Erin Lopez wasn’t trying to find anything creepy. She was just on a weekend drive through rural Pennsylvania, exploring forgotten backroads and snapping photos for her travel blog.
Then her phone buzzed.
Google Maps, open on the dashboard, suddenly rerouted her—no explanation, no prompt. The new route led to a dead-end road she didn’t remember seeing on the map before. At the very end, surrounded by bare trees and snow, stood an abandoned stone church. Weathered. Silent. Alone.
But here’s the part that gave her chills: the pin on Google Maps had no name. Just one word.
“Enter.”
She parked.
The church looked like it hadn’t been touched in decades. Ivy clung to the stone walls. The bell tower was cracked, leaning slightly. Yet the heavy wooden doors were wide open—almost inviting.
Inside, it was… untouched. Dust floated in golden light through the broken stained glass. Pews stood in neat rows. At the altar sat a single object: an old flip phone, vibrating silently.
Erin picked it up. The screen was cracked, but still working. One new message:
“We’ve been waiting.”
That’s when the doors slammed shut behind her.
She turned to run—but the church was no longer abandoned. It was glowing, alive. Candlelight flickered, and faint music—something like a choir—echoed through the stone.
She finally escaped through a side door, breathless and pale. When she turned to look back…
There was nothing.
No church.
No road.
Just trees and snow.
The strangest part? The photos she took on her phone? Gone. All of them. Except one: a blurry image of the altar… and the phone. Still vibrating.
Erin posted her story online, thinking no one would believe her. But within hours, dozens of people commented that they, too, had seen the church that isn’t on the map… until it wants you.