Notice how the night folk are one of the few things that get a genuine scare out of Arthur. Like how when he gets ambushed at that camp and frantically shouts “creepy b*stards”. Just goes to show how creepy those mfs are.
It's probably because they don't make a sound. The Night Folk don't get up to anything especially gruesome or violent, at least nothing the Murfree Brood hasn't matched or topped. But Arthur isn't particularly scared of the Murfrees because if you blow a Murfree's leg off with a shotgun, he'll let you know that the experience isn't enjoyable. If you point a gun at one of them and start shooting, he'll shoot back and duck for cover. Though inhumanly cruel, the Murfrees still act like people. But the Night Folk are just silence, they don't make a sound even if you shoot them point blank. They don't try to dodge your fire even if you put your barrel right in front of their face. They act like voodoo zombies and that's creepy as hell.
Yuppp, you face up against the lot of enemies, sometimes getting overrun (like that one time with the O’Driscolls attack on Shady Belle) and so many others. But even then they stay calm, but with the Night Folk, they get genuinely distressed. Doing that mission with Arthur was so eerie cuz I have never seen him act like that ever or outside of that incident. Haven’t done it with John yet, gotta get around to that. Like stated, the fact that they don’t speak outside of the noises they make and the way they behave make them almost nonhuman, supernatural in a way. And no other enemy gets close to that. Like hearing Arthur be that way and just yelling at them to “speak goddammit”, still sticks with me
@@joaogomes9405 .....I dunno. I've been able to get noises out of them when I toss fire bottles at them. they aren't nice sounds...but they make them on occasion
I remember my first encounter with these people. It was broad daylight, I passing through the swamp, saw a gang body, went to check it out, then THEY appeared and stabbed me. It legit scared the shit outta me!
Same! Except I fell for the crying girl trap. She slashed at me, then I shot her. Turned around about one second before a Night Folk closed in and buried his knife in my gut. I was legit shocked I actually died.
2:39 Covering yourself in mud is actually a natural way to protect your skin from mosquito bites. Not sure if it was done intentionally but it's a cool detail, it shows that they've been around long enough to know how to live in that sort of environment
you can also use either alligator pee or alligator fat (I forget which it is) as a bug repellant too, something that would have been incredibly important in the sub-tropics at this point in time, 'cause even in the 19th century people were well aware that bugs that bite spread things like malaria, yellow fever, etc. although I do think R* was more so going for the aesthetic when covering the nitefolk in mud. not at all related to this video but yeah, there are a few ways to ward off mosquitos naturally
Growing up in the southern united states I can also tell you that wild leeks (onions) crushed and rubbed into clothing or onto skin is an effective mosquito repellent. We used it on many fishing trips with poppa and grandpa. Wild leeks were never as eye-wateringly strong as commercial onions, so it was nowhere near as bad as it sounds.
Thing is, they do make sounds. Whenever you come across the wagon with the mutilated horse, a Night folk running straight in front of you when exploring, or when the wave of Night folk come when you've cleared the first lot from the house, you'll hear unnatural shrieks as if they were evil creatures of the supernatural.
I had a night folk encounter glitch and Arthur kept on repeating "creepy bastards" I even reloaded my save to before it happened and in the loading screen he was still saying it and when I alt f4'd I could still hear it for like 5 seconds. Scariest encounter yet, Arthur got so scared he tried to escape the game
There should be a supernatural dlc exploring those mysteries of the bayou, the Murfrees and the Skinners. I'd prefer it to be a single player DLC but we all know that it'll never gonna happen.
@@RokkieSparrow Lost and The Damned, Ballad of Gay Tony and Undead Nightmare were essentially brand new games using the same map and these were dropped on 2 of their games back to back It's not hard to see why people have been clambering for new single player DLC in GTA V and RDR 2 which are their most popular games to date
Has anyone else had the encounter where the nightfolk scare your horse and it runs off, you whistle and it won't come, just runs farther and then they pop up left and right and then there's even more when you find your horse
Honestly, I agree that the Night Folk probably worship the Mysterious Stranger or something to that degree. I also think that the Nite Folk could also be regular people in Saint Denis or Rhodes at daytime, as seen by their clothing from civilization and the lack of evidence of many being out in the day.
My theory has always been that the Night Folk are residents of Saint Denis, which is much scarier than them just being crazy swamp people. The reason they don’t speak and cover their faces with masks or paint is because they don’t want to get recognized in their normal lives. As for their motive I’ve always interpreted them as a group of extremists who specifically target white people, perhaps because they’re enraged by the racism they and their ancestors faced. I base this on all of their victims being white men, and white men historically have been the slave owners and racists of American society.
@@noamias4897 i swear I’ve seen white people as Night Folks. Also I think the citizens of Lagras (mostly black population) have complained about the Night Folk being dangerous too. But I do really like your theory
I think its possible that their clicking whistling and hissing is just to make themselves more stealthy. Even without their noises the swamp is full of clicking whistling and hissing. So they kind of blend in.
Especially since when people actually pass through marshes and swamps the insects and birds quiet down to avoid predation, so silence can alert you to the presence of a predator or another person nearby. Their sounds can help fill in the silence so you don't notice their approach, when all the other wildlife goes quiet.
Many of the night folk also appear to be of African descent and many traditional languages across Africa have a clicking or popping sound in their languages like the Hadza and they use these while hunting to communicate without scaring prey.
So, one time I lassoed a Nightfolk man. I can’t remember if I was trying to take him to the Monk on the mountain or to the site of the pagan sacrifice but he ended up getting loose and I just decided to follow him. He reached his destination during the day, it was a farm near the bayou. He went into a barn and began working with other guys, but remained in his face paint and ratty clothes. So maybe this was a glitch, or perhaps by day the Nightfolk live pretty normal lives and go feral at night. It was interesting, definitely worth following him a good ways across the map, lol.
That happens with pretty much all npcs if u kidnap them and follow them for long enough I remember someone did it with the vampire npc and he just started casually walking around and smoking
I fucking hate the bayou. I went there at night on my first playthrough not knowing the nightmares awaiting me there. First thing I got was a big ass alligator that spooked my horse Jimmy and made me fall into the mud. Then I got a woman screaming. Then I got a hanging corpse and these assholes jumped me. And when I finally called it quits and booked it to the nearest exit, a bunch of lemoyne raiders ambushed me on the bridge and I got so spooked they shot me to pieces while I fumbled around like a bird with brain damage. And of course when I respawned I was right back in the middle of the goddamn bayou again. Hate it.
My only genuine jumpscare in Red Dead is from that mission with the Old Cajun. I usually go first person indoors so I was looking around doing my usual looting and wasn't paying attention to dialogue, I turned around to nothing but a white painted face and immediately got my stomach hacked open. Scared the absolute shit out of me and I'll never forget the noise I made to this day.
Could we get a video about Arthur's psychological symptoms. Since we've seen Dutch sustain a concussion and how he changed his views from an anarchistic style where all men are free to. Colms way of life if you will. Don't live but survive. Doesn't matter who dies. I'd like to see Arthur's side of the story.
@@yeetmcson24 Its always felt to me like he became depressed at some point in the story, with Arthurs face throughout cutscenes and his diagnosis, and his general view on life that he rarely shares.
@@TheTyronecus HBO would. Just look how The Last Of Us started. I had little faith in it been that Neil DrunkMAN is involved in that project but he’ll if ep 1 wasn’t a banger. Pasquale is awesome
Tall trees never really gave me bad vibes, but the bayou scares the shit out of me at night. Even during the day I try to avoid it of I can as it still creeps me out.
I've had the random encounter with the busted cart and butchered up horse, it actually caused my horse to keep fleeing deeper and deeper into the bayou. It was almost like the night folk were popping up out of the mud but when i finally caught up to her they were actually surrounding my horse, by the time it was all over i introduced atleast 10 of them to my pistol and shotgun. Craziest random encounter I've had since getting the game years ago
I had a similar thing! I usually make a point of being very close to my horse but he just kept running away, whenever I caught up. I had music playing so I never heard the Nite Folk shrieks I guess, and I just thought it was super weird until a bunch of people appeared. Scared the hell out of me.
They actually are some of the few npcs who may target your horse. It's them, cougars and panthers. Which really goes to show you how much they have to do with animals
I always saw them as a voodoo cult. Also because of their seemingly supernatural nature appearing out of nowhere, not speaking, having white eyes, and their bodies painted chalky white, I think they’re possibly voodoo zombies (a more accurate version of zombies in vondou religion), controlled by their cult leader who could be a vodou queen or sorcerer or something. Btw there’s a little easter egg where you can chase one of them trying to run away from you after you capture them. If you get the right one they run all the way back to a farm where they work. If you stay where they work for a bit they continue doing stuff while staring at you blankly the whole time. It’s so strange but fascinating.
What I found freaky was when I stumbled upon the hanging corpse in the bayou road and my horse started getting spooked. I would always hightail it out of that location as I always assumed that meant the Nightfolk were creeping up on me
You're right. I was super early in the game and came across that. Had no idea night folk existed. I looked at it, shot the rope to bring the body down with intent to search him and turned around to see two of them nearly arms reach behind me. Definitely got a jump from me and I couldn't figure out what I was seeing.
i knew all about them so because i knew there’s an event where they can kill your horse and i didnt want that to happen i just always rode past the hanging one because i didnt want to invite more random events from them
That's the only real redeeming feature of the Arabian horses... they'll let you know right away if there's anything creepy or dangerous within about five miles. Usually by dumping you on your backside and running off.
I encountered the hanging body random event just the other day for the first time and I had a bad feeling right away It was broad daylight but the haze and humidity of the Bayou made the surrounds feel oppressive and claustrophobic So I dismounted my horse and drew my sawn-off just to be safe as I moved to investigate the hanging body more closely As I drew closer a drab and filthy man silently slipped around the trunk of the tree the body was hanging from and purposely began striding towards me With his knife brandished I was expecting trouble but the speed at which this man was silently gliding towards me was terrifying My horse began to stomp and whine I turn around to make some distance between me and my assailant And I see two more men moving towards me and my horse Silently striding over Needless to say I completely forgot how to play the game in my terror and I ended up bunny hopping down the road for around 5 seconds before fear left me and I blasted the trio of creeps My first and most memorable encounter with the Night folk
Interesting concept, not a mere gang, but a cult. And as if that wasn't enough, located in the same territory of the Strange Man's cabin and also of the encounter with the ghost of Agnes Dowd.
theyre somewhat near the Strange Man cabin but not really. They only show up in the Lakay/Tiny church spot for me aside from the "Gator bites is nasty"-guy mission and the crying lady can be east of the church, south of Black Belle's house. Have you encountered them west of the orchard or near Lagras?
@@andrewlowden322 In the vast majority of times I have encountered them I was either near the Tiny Church/Lakay, trying to kill "friendly neighborhood" Sonny or near the Trapper's Cabin/Crying Lady, trying to solve her mystery. Alright, they aren't "that near" from the Strange Man cabin, but all that swamp territory seems to attract something... dark.
They are near the strange mans cabin. Once you go under those train tracks near the cabin you hear that loud shrieking sound and they scare your horse and a group of them appear out of nowhere and try to kill you
not really a cult, just a group of savages who have succumbed to the endless swamps, as the deterioration of their mind finally strips them of whatever humanity they have left
The Night Folk are the creepiest group in the Swamp in Red Dead Redemption 2,It may not be a horror game but boy does it have its moments because try it in first person view it certainly makes it more immersive and scary at night in the Swamps of Saint Denis.
I wonder if the Valuables you can find on some night folk are more like "trophies" rather than being kept for any practical reasons? Like possibly they hang onto them as sort of reminders of those they kill similar to how some serial killers kept "trophies" from their victims?
I followed a couple of Swamp Folk carrying a body. They actually made clicking and hissing sounds that gators reacted to. It also seems like the more time spent in the swamp, the less they noticed me. Like they smell outsiders.
Them communicating solely through clicks and hisses when we encounter them could be a tactical decision, if either it is how they normally speak between each other, or the speak a more conventional language, we can not understand them, allowing them to freely stratigize infront of us, with out fear of us knowing what their next move is
"limited visibility at night" is my worst enemy. the amount of times i had a full speed head on collision with another rider because you cant see shit until its too late is insane
Im just full of hate with the murfree, just killing them in the worse way every time (plus they really sound dumb af) but the night folk are something else, theyre not even humans to me
bro, I remember the first encounter I had with the night folk. I was riding in the dark with a cloudy sky with moonlight peeking through on my way to the city. Out of nowhere in the middle of this field a woman is crying, now being the honorable man I was I got off my horse and didn't grab my shotgun as I thought "oh poor woman" and foolishly approached her. I stood 10 feet away as Arthur called out to her, this was when I got an uneasy feeling in my stomach as anytime I would call out to someone for help they would normally respond, but the woman just kept crying. I approached her slowly and pressed the help button. At this moment my heart dropped into my stomach as the woman jumped up and faced Arthur with a bright white skull painted on her face, glowing in the moonlight as Arthur screams in terror and falls back. I frantically crawl back as Arthur makes grunts of fear as she stands over me, as additional night folk run out of the trees, all charging at me. I frantically draw my weapon and unload into them. As the last body drops onto the ground Arthur attempts to calm himself down but is still clearly unnerved by what he just witnessed. I quickly jump onto my horse and ride harder than I have ever had to the safety of the city lights.
Encountered the same random event. The woman jumped up and sliced me when I attempted to help her. I tried to chase and lasso her but another member snuck up behind and murdered me with a blow to the head with an axe.
My first encounter with The Night Folk was when I freeroamed the first chance I got, after setting up camp in Horseshoe Overlook. I went exploring into the swamp and came upon the camp in Lakay that the group moves to after you come back from Guarma. There's a run-down semi-submerged shack within the waters edge of the river that has the big cat mask inside. As mentioned, you can also find references to what appears to be The Night Folk and voodooism inside the buildings of Lakay. As I was exiting the settlement I heard unusual noises and my horse got scared and bucked me. That's when they attacked out of nowhere. I'm guessing the cat mask was some sort of "sacred" item to them.
Huh that never happens to me when i pick it up allthough i pick it up in daytime most of the time Maybe there is a small Chance night folk will spawn when you pick it up tho
When the gang moves to that camp, it's mentioned that Sadie drove away the "degenerates" who were living there. I always assumed those were night folk.
In Red Dead Online, there’s a 3 part mission you can do for Anthony Foreman that involves a guy named Bluewater John. Part 3 of this mission gives some heavy suggestions that Bluewater John is some sort of dark deity and the Night Folk respond to him. Would love to hear your take on that.
Been replaying Red Dead 2 and recently did this mission. You don’t realise how much better Arthur’s voice actor is than John’s, not a really a knock on John - just Arthur Morgan being the best video game protagonist of all time.
John has always been sort of monotone in his deliveries while Arthur is a lot more expressive, just listen to the first gunslinger mission when you meet the author.
John's actor is great too. I think Rockstar just doesn't have as much effort put into redos of side missions. Pretty sure Jack doesn't sound as good in John's side missions.
Also regarding that aspect with the topic of the video, some of Arthur's reactions to the Night Folk make it appear that he's genuinely freaked out by them (I think the reaction I'm thinking of is after the weeping woman trap).
This is why RDR2 is one of the best single-player games ever released. I restarted recently and started going through the game again.. As the mist rolled in, I found myself surrounded by trees and came to realize I was in forest I'd never been in before.. Through the thick fog I could see a silhouette of a man hanging from a tree. As i got closer, I hopped off my horse for a closer look. Soon as I got within inches of the man, I heard screams as 5 people charged me with knives.. I shot 4 but the 5th stabbed me and I was dead.. I still can't believe it.
I’m so glad you mentioned Bone Tomahawk! I was very much reminded of the creatures in that movie but was not at all expecting you to bring it up since it’s so underrated. It being released in 2015 means it may well have had some influence on the game, but who knows. love your videos!
I always thought that the night folk were zombies. Failed ones, maybe, badly reanimated dead. They dont talk because they cant. What weirded me out also about the night folk is that they have no HQ, no central hub. Where are they during the day? Do they rise out of the mud? I dont know how the night folk and the strange man would be connected, personally. He always seemed like more of a harbinger type to me, even if he did make that deal with herbert moon. If the night folk do worship him, i doubt its something the strange man orchestrated.
Yeah the strange man is judgement himself. A grim reaper of sorts. The night folk are like the skinners and murphee brood fused into one, clones itself, fucked the clone and then made those things
I remember playing the game one night and I was in the swamp at night (in first person). I saw an X on the minimap and I went to go investigate it, seeing the hung corpse. I shot it down and I got ambushed by the Night Folk. I had have never been scared like that ever since I played the first Outlast. And from the point on, I never play this game at night
Oooo that was a fun challenge, and you get some drip worthy outfits from it too. I spent an entire summer vacation trying to do that challenge and it is some of my best gaming memories
Trick to not get hurt by the “woman”, just stand by her and don’t approach, she’ll eventually just attack and you don’t have to take any damage. And the guy doesn’t give you rubbish, he gives you a talisman.
I have been inappropriately touched by Fizhy several times and I am unfortunately being held hostage in his basement. Please, to anyone who is reading this, send help.
I was just riding through the swamp at night, when all of a sudden about four or five of them just showed up to block the path They're moving slowly, faces all painted and white, and I legit thought there was just straight up some zombies wondering the swamp I got off the horse to investigate and was promptly stabbed to death
Apparently Charles and sadie got rid of them as in chapter 5 I think when Arthur returns from guarma to meet the gang in lakay, Strauss mentioned "thanks to mr smith and mrs adler for getting rid of the degenerates living here" something like that, which is interesting
i remember the first time i was killed by some of the night folk i was innocently picking vanilla flowers until i came across a body _i lost all of my flowers :(_
I'll always remember the first time I encountered Night Folk. I decided to "take a short cut" through the bayou at night leaving St. Denis. Ran into a hanged man and next thing you know, red dots appear on the minimap. I just bolted out of there, didn't even see them. 😂
The first time Arthur met them for me was when I found a guy hanging in a tree, I shot the rope and was attacked…freaked Arthur and me out! I actually needed a perfect muskrat pelt at the time so it was cool with me. Absolute masterpiece!
Same here , that was my first encounter with them. I think that’s most people’s first encounter with Night Folk. Either that or a screaming lady used as bait.
@@Lonelysportofboxing I’ve beaten it like 4 times and each time the first meeting was different atleast for me. I would still encounter the hanging man but sometimes it would be the crying lady first or some other encounter I’m not thinking of atm…
They do interact (sort of) with regular people in daylight. There's a vid on another channel where the player followed a Night Folk all night long to see where they hid... come morning the Night Folk simply strolled over to a nearby farm and started working as if he was a perfectly normal hired hand.
@@dogslobbergardens6606 so you think it makes more sense that they are normal people? But Stil run arround like a night folk? Would be stupid if Rockstar planned for it and dient include the npc's washingt themselfes before they enter town I mean there are animations for it so they could have just use those for example the one Arthur does aftet the fight with tommy in Valentine I do believe its just oversight on their part that they dont despawn They just pick up the normal NPC routine after a while
@@kiobio7311 well, insane murderous cultists gotta eat and live somewhere, too. They're people, not ghosts. I'd love it if RS had put more into the Night Folk backstory, but then the game would have taken another year to be done or something lol.
@@dogslobbergardens6606 they have plants etc in there pockets which they can eat they also can eat humans or animals easily. As to where they would live i would just assume they just sleep wherever it fits them Considering that they are definetly mentaly ill or under some dort of spell i See no reason for them wanting a roof over there head
I love the Night Folk they're such an interesting unexplained thing! The first time I encountered them was just after I discovered Pleasance so for a while I thought they were the plague victims and it was a rabies/madness type thing because of all the Walking Dead/Zombie references! Also (at 5:06) the guy says "used to be the gators were the worst thing in the Bayou" so when I did that stranger mission I thought it meant they were relatively new as he's in his 60's at the oldest and remembers a time before the Night Folk. It's so fun to theorise about and I'd love to see more stuff about them but it's not like we have a whole lot of information to go on :P
My first encounter was at night, and Arthur had started singing this little tune to himself during the travel....then out if nowhere I hear "Sshhhhh" and then like 6 Night Folk came from all around me. I don't know which one Shushed me, but the fact that one did made the whole encounter 10x more terrifying in hindsight. I will say, I have had other encounters where they hissed or grunted...and I can definitively say, that they did not hiss at me in my first go round but truly did shush me
I believe the Nitefolk are a nod to Voodoo zombies. Some of the inhabitants of Lakay and Lagras have Haitain and Carribbien influence for sure. The Nitefolk are not necessarily dead, but maybe are being kept in a zombified, mindless state. There are many supernatural references in the game however, so Lore isn't always clearcut and multiple lores can exist in the R* universe at the same time. *WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD* RE: Nitefolk - I Googled the definition of Zombie: 'a will-less and speechless human (as in voodoo belief) believed to have died and been supernaturally reanimated'. - Real examples of zombies in Haiti have been found to have been alive, but to have been drugged to be kept in a suspended mental state, seemingly reverting the person to seem more animalistic. - Some instances of reanimation have been found to be tuberculosis victims and were previously thought to be dead, but 'reanimated' and clawed their way out of their coffins which is why some ye olde cemetaries have bells on top of the grave that lead down into the coffin the person can ring if they 'come back to life'. - Some 'zombies' have been found to have psychosis, brain injuries / swollen brains due to viral illness such as meningococcal or other such fever ailments causing psychosis or brain meltdown and presenting the person to be in a half-alive state. RE: Lemoyne/Annesburg general creepiness - Pleasance is also in Lemoyne and is thought to have been a Satanic cult settlement, worshipping the (now dead) Giant Snake (a nod to Satan in the bible) hanging in a nearby tree and were 'purged' by the Puritan Christians. Their graves can be found in the Pleasance cemetary with the same death date, but are undisturbed so I'm not so sure they're the Nitefolk. - Butcher Creek has that whole glowing pentagram situation thing going on too. Iono anything about that tho. - There's that creepy Franken-Corpse Pig head experiement thing in that house in Lemoyne too which could have something to do with it? RE: the pagan ritual site - Vikings had settled in the US a few hundred years before the English. - A viking tomb with a helmet, comb and hatchet can be found North-West of Annesburg, as well to the Far-East in the cove area is a rock with runes engraved on it called 'Old World Scripts'. - Vikings and Celts partook in ritual human sacrifice using animal skulls, body paining and sigil work. Unsure what that sigil was but it looks more like a sigil from the Wicca or othersuch witchcraft type cult. - Specifically the Celts have a 'horned god' which has nothing to do with anything Christian based such as Satan/Luficer. - In New Austin, you can find a skeletonised corpse POI tied to a milling wheel which has a donkey's skull called Donkey Lady. This is a nod to a glitch in the first game, but interestingly animal head on human related.
"Nothing to do with any Christian gods" 🤣🤣🤣 Then explain how the Irish have Phoenician ancestry and the Vikings are literally using Solomonic Sigils. ALL world religion is intertwined.
I was scared out of meh mind when I first found out what The Night Folk, Murfree Brood and Skinner Brothers did to people in the game, and I also found out that Arthur and John where scared of the Murfree, Night Folk and Skinner Brother’s depending on the encounter you manage to find
When I first went down to the swamp and saw the lady in white crying I went to help her and one of her friends came out of nowhere and killed me never been so scared in my life
Honestly night folk are such a cool concept. Even in rdo (despite it's state) also had nigh folk lore and even a legendary bounty mission revolving around them
I went to that cabin in chapter 2 just messing around during the day but it still felt off that nobody was there now knowing what I could've walked into kinda gives me chills
Their clicking is inspired by a few African languages which consisted of clicks. Their religion and practices are inspired by a dark version of Louisiana Voodoo which include zombies and sacrifices which was all but banned. The pagan symbols around the Bayou are based on warding symbols, presumably meant to contain the Nightfolk around Lakay and Lake Lagras. The whole Lemoyne area is inspired by Louisiana of the turn of the last century. Plantations, New Orleans, the Bayou, racism, classism, but hurt secessionists,.. and secret Zombie Voodoo cults. They even have a Vampire, though a far cry from Lestat and Louis.
One of my favourite "Night Folk Encounters" is when this guy is riding on horseback dying, and you get him to the doc. It'd not confirmed to be night folt but who would have done this other than them? Only thing I can imagine is an aligator but then he wouldn't be allive
@airacummins5076 I'll never really get why people run from them. You always at least have two revolvers/pistols on you, and you have dead eye. They don't even use guns.
I’m glad you’re actually doing this. Revisiting videos you made years ago. This is actually very smart because so much more is now known of this game then was known even a year ago
The jewelry they carry are like medals on a soldier to them. It shows how much people they've killed for them, and in a way, determines who is some of the strongest amongst themselves and probably takes lead of whose in charge of ambush attack plans.
ik this is obvious but these guys genuinely scare me, they’re legit like a species of animal lol. the other gangs give you some pleasure of killing them because of the smugness but these dudes turn on your fight or flight😂
u know i hardly play rdr2 or rdo anymore and barely watch content on the games but i always find myself coming back to ur channel. i love the way u make ur videos i don’t really know how to describe it but u make awesome videos man
15:19 about why they have valuables on their person, I imagine they keep trinkets of their victims. A common thing serial killers do, “mementoes” if you will.
I’ll never forget my second ambush. Arthur found a poor man hanging from a tree. I got off my horse then heard some strange noises. Four or five of them came running at me. I had double pistols, pump shotgun and a Lancaster. Arthur had to run for a few seconds then he pulled his shotgun and turned around to mow them down. It was so badass..
Night Folk were going to be some type of Undead or they were replacing Undead Nightmare content with Night Folk. Let’s not forget Rockstar cut more then 5 hours out of the original Story Mode. I wouldn’t put it passed them to cut out a mission or missions dealing with a TRUE ZOMBIE outbreak like Undead Nightmare was and replace it with supposedly normal people who lived in the swamps of RDR2. If they were going to add characters that hinted at Undead Zombies or acted like them like Night Folk act like why didn’t they? In my opinion they originally had SOME Undead missions but cut them for some reason. The Undead Nightmare DLC was so popular it would be stupid for them to not of had some plains originally but they cut it out. Just like they cut out content for Mexico and Guarma.
I hate lemoyne so much, the people are mean, the bayou is terrifying and it's where i lost my first horse to a shootout so it doesn't hold nice memories
One problem I have with the night folk is in the 3 or so years I have been playing the game and the probably 10+ times i have completed it, I have only encountered them a grand total of maybe 3 or 4 times, which is unfortunate because they are cool and scary, but I never get to see them, if if I am out looking for them in the night
They tend to prefer the foggier nights. When you get one encounter others tend to follow in quick succession, like they’re watching you from a distance.
It kinda reminds me of the "Whistle Warning" sounds "The Savior's" would make from The Walking Dead, not sure if Negan came up with it but, it's really similar & scary/creepy In that sense.
Gotta say, these lore videos never disappoint! You and Strange Man are hands down the best rdr2 UA-cam content creators out there, hella props for all the hard work put into these
Its partly a reference to the voodoo swamp people who commit heinous rituals and make horrendous sounds in the night from the book The Call of Cthulhu. The bit about calling victims through their dreams is a link to HP lovecraft.
It’s pretty wild to watch a video on this game, and even though I last played a couple days ago, to always be able to feel that there’s this real and persistent world that’s waiting for more exploration and more unique things to find… always more that I’ve yet to fully uncover and understand. Knowing this game in its entirety and knowing I’m always gonna be able to find nuances and details that I didn’t notice in the prior hundreds of hours of play!
I tried searching this house with this strange man you showed but I couldn't find it. These night folk are creepy and scary but every time I pass from the swamps I always got my shotgun ready.
I have a rather creepy theory about them. The only time I have encountered them in the day is the hanging corpse one but apart from that it's at night. So what if the night folk are just normal people by day and like clockwork they go into the swamps paint up their faces and once again start the endless cycle of violence at night
Covering yourself in mud is good protection from both Mosquito bites and sun burn. It’s brilliant, they’ve adapted to the swamp (it’s not a Bayou, a Bayou is a slow moving river).
The night Folk are absolutely horrifying in that section of the game. Tbh, it passes me off that the spinners, odriscolls, beaver hollow people and all other groups constantly respond, but the Nightfolk disappear later in game
what freaks me out the most is the way that you can shoot their fellow night folk and they just dont flinch. they just stare silently and come after you
On my first playthrough of the game I had no idea they existed. I thought they were zombies like in undead nightmare. It was around midnight and my room was dark so it scared the hell out of me
This feels that they got the idea from the stories of feral humans in the Appalachian mountains. One major story is in the 60s, where a boy vanished in the Smokey Mountain State Park
I think the fact you bumped into that dead horse that the nite folk destroyed and not have an ambush is actually more scarier because it leaves you on your toes with no jumpscare. Also I think that some of the nite folk carry some valuable jewelry and such is maybe prize possessions off the victims they slaughter? Maybe like a serial killer it’s a trophy thing?
I will never forget the first time I encountered the Night Folk after seeing what was wrong with that crying woman. All of a sudden 6 people just...appeared and started chasing me. What was scarier was that they didn't make a sound. They are legitimate scary.
I think they just take the valuables because “ooo shiny” monkey brain parts activating. Based on some stuff in online they do have a base level of societal knowledge since they take over fishing towns for the buildings for certain missions as well one mission where a few are near the poisoned lake for whatever reason
once i was just riding my horse in the daytime through the swamps, saw a man who had been lynched & just kept running at the exact same speed and pretended not to see him. the swamps in this game legitimately freak me out, i always ride through them w my guns out lol
Man, I'm playing this game the second time and in my first playthrough i never really noticed any of things you talk about on your channel. i never thought this game has such deep lore
The Night Folk were supposed to be a Haitian Voodoo gang consistent of only black Haitians that inhabited the bayou of southeast US that kept outsiders away from their land. They formed this community during the segregation area, but Rockstar didn't want the player killing a bunch of black people so they made them more diverse. Similar to the Skinner Brothers that were supposed to be an Apache Native gang, but had to change that up because of- you know... backlash. Such a shame
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Notice how the night folk are one of the few things that get a genuine scare out of Arthur. Like how when he gets ambushed at that camp and frantically shouts “creepy b*stards”. Just goes to show how creepy those mfs are.
Same with John, he calls them pure evil but he can fight gangs and law no fear at all.
It's probably because they don't make a sound. The Night Folk don't get up to anything especially gruesome or violent, at least nothing the Murfree Brood hasn't matched or topped. But Arthur isn't particularly scared of the Murfrees because if you blow a Murfree's leg off with a shotgun, he'll let you know that the experience isn't enjoyable. If you point a gun at one of them and start shooting, he'll shoot back and duck for cover. Though inhumanly cruel, the Murfrees still act like people. But the Night Folk are just silence, they don't make a sound even if you shoot them point blank. They don't try to dodge your fire even if you put your barrel right in front of their face. They act like voodoo zombies and that's creepy as hell.
Yuppp, you face up against the lot of enemies, sometimes getting overrun (like that one time with the O’Driscolls attack on Shady Belle) and so many others. But even then they stay calm, but with the Night Folk, they get genuinely distressed.
Doing that mission with Arthur was so eerie cuz I have never seen him act like that ever or outside of that incident. Haven’t done it with John yet, gotta get around to that.
Like stated, the fact that they don’t speak outside of the noises they make and the way they behave make them almost nonhuman, supernatural in a way. And no other enemy gets close to that.
Like hearing Arthur be that way and just yelling at them to “speak goddammit”, still sticks with me
If Arthur can get freaked out by the night folk, anyone can
@@joaogomes9405 .....I dunno. I've been able to get noises out of them when I toss fire bottles at them. they aren't nice sounds...but they make them on occasion
I remember my first encounter with these people. It was broad daylight, I passing through the swamp, saw a gang body, went to check it out, then THEY appeared and stabbed me. It legit scared the shit outta me!
Did you mean hanged body you said gang
Gang body?
Same! Except I fell for the crying girl trap. She slashed at me, then I shot her. Turned around about one second before a Night Folk closed in and buried his knife in my gut. I was legit shocked I actually died.
How do you find them?
Same!!!
"All you can do is go with your gut, and if that fails, go with your gun"
Thats such a good line
Absolute banger ⚡
Reminds me of writing of Firefly/Serenity
that’s the guy that warns you about the incest couple right?
@@savage_the_wild bang-er
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2:39 Covering yourself in mud is actually a natural way to protect your skin from mosquito bites. Not sure if it was done intentionally but it's a cool detail, it shows that they've been around long enough to know how to live in that sort of environment
you can also use either alligator pee or alligator fat (I forget which it is) as a bug repellant too, something that would have been incredibly important in the sub-tropics at this point in time, 'cause even in the 19th century people were well aware that bugs that bite spread things like malaria, yellow fever, etc.
although I do think R* was more so going for the aesthetic when covering the nitefolk in mud.
not at all related to this video but yeah, there are a few ways to ward off mosquitos naturally
Growing up in the southern united states I can also tell you that wild leeks (onions) crushed and rubbed into clothing or onto skin is an effective mosquito repellent. We used it on many fishing trips with poppa and grandpa. Wild leeks were never as eye-wateringly strong as commercial onions, so it was nowhere near as bad as it sounds.
@@Budini67 Leeks are delicious too. I’m a Florida boy so I can back you up here lol
@@unfortunately_fortunate2000 I can see John walking around with a glas jar collection gator pee 😆
You know damn well that has nothing to do with why they are covered in dirt 🤡🤡
Thing is, they do make sounds. Whenever you come across the wagon with the mutilated horse, a Night folk running straight in front of you when exploring, or when the wave of Night folk come when you've cleared the first lot from the house, you'll hear unnatural shrieks as if they were evil creatures of the supernatural.
I also had one talk to me once (allthough i believe it was a bug and not actually the night folk speaking)
Some of them hiss at you as well, that always scares the shit out of me wandering the bayou at night
"psst..hey" one of them whispered when i got ambushed the first time by them, and they got me too, it was perfect
as well as all this i hear them making clicking sounds sometimes
They also click their tongues or something to cue each other that a person is present for a kill
I had a night folk encounter glitch and Arthur kept on repeating "creepy bastards" I even reloaded my save to before it happened and in the loading screen he was still saying it and when I alt f4'd I could still hear it for like 5 seconds. Scariest encounter yet, Arthur got so scared he tried to escape the game
creepy bastards
creepy bastards
Lmao
@@definitelynotwalter walter
@@Dragoncam13 waltah
There should be a supernatural dlc exploring those mysteries of the bayou, the Murfrees and the Skinners. I'd prefer it to be a single player DLC but we all know that it'll never gonna happen.
@comradecowpoke 393 you guys are acting as if they did more than 3 dlc’s max their entire existence
Rockstar: release the best game of all time
Also Rockstar: *do absolutely nothing with it*
@@RokkieSparrow Lost and The Damned, Ballad of Gay Tony and Undead Nightmare were essentially brand new games using the same map and these were dropped on 2 of their games back to back It's not hard to see why people have been clambering for new single player DLC in GTA V and RDR 2 which are their most popular games to date
@@reservoirfrogs2177 understandable
They’ll release gta 5 six more times before that happens
Has anyone else had the encounter where the nightfolk scare your horse and it runs off, you whistle and it won't come, just runs farther and then they pop up left and right and then there's even more when you find your horse
I have. It happened to me when I found the dead horse Fizhy mentioned in the video. Not sure if it's the exact same encounter you had, but same idea.
Yeah bro I had the lights off at night playing the game and it happened at night inside the game, scared the hell out of me lol
That has happened to me then I get knifed instantly
OMG good to know, I won't go there with my best and rarest horses 👍
This is my only encounter of them
Honestly, I agree that the Night Folk probably worship the Mysterious Stranger or something to that degree. I also think that the Nite Folk could also be regular people in Saint Denis or Rhodes at daytime, as seen by their clothing from civilization and the lack of evidence of many being out in the day.
My theory has always been that the Night Folk are residents of Saint Denis, which is much scarier than them just being crazy swamp people. The reason they don’t speak and cover their faces with masks or paint is because they don’t want to get recognized in their normal lives.
As for their motive I’ve always interpreted them as a group of extremists who specifically target white people, perhaps because they’re enraged by the racism they and their ancestors faced. I base this on all of their victims being white men, and white men historically have been the slave owners and racists of American society.
@@noamias4897 solid theory I see it holding weight!
@@noamias4897 i swear I’ve seen white people as Night Folks. Also I think the citizens of Lagras (mostly black population) have complained about the Night Folk being dangerous too.
But I do really like your theory
@@noamias4897 there is no evidence of the, living in the swamp.
@@noamias4897 If that's the case it makes killing Nite Folk even more satisfying.
It’s worth mentioning that the only place in the Bayou that I haven’t had a Nightfolk encounter is in the vicinity of the Strange Man’s cabin.
You Should Consider Saint Denis too As The Place You Don't Encounter Night Folk In
@@andrew75346
I personally don't consider Saint Denis as located in the Bayou environment. Saint Denis is kind of just it's own environment lol.
I think its possible that their clicking whistling and hissing is just to make themselves more stealthy. Even without their noises the swamp is full of clicking whistling and hissing. So they kind of blend in.
Exactly this.
Especially since when people actually pass through marshes and swamps the insects and birds quiet down to avoid predation, so silence can alert you to the presence of a predator or another person nearby.
Their sounds can help fill in the silence so you don't notice their approach, when all the other wildlife goes quiet.
Many of the night folk also appear to be of African descent and many traditional languages across Africa have a clicking or popping sound in their languages like the Hadza and they use these while hunting to communicate without scaring prey.
So, one time I lassoed a Nightfolk man. I can’t remember if I was trying to take him to the Monk on the mountain or to the site of the pagan sacrifice but he ended up getting loose and I just decided to follow him. He reached his destination during the day, it was a farm near the bayou. He went into a barn and began working with other guys, but remained in his face paint and ratty clothes. So maybe this was a glitch, or perhaps by day the Nightfolk live pretty normal lives and go feral at night. It was interesting, definitely worth following him a good ways across the map, lol.
Yeah it's a glitch
where was the farm?
That happens with pretty much all npcs if u kidnap them and follow them for long enough I remember someone did it with the vampire npc and he just started casually walking around and smoking
Yeah I've seen the same
@@jacksonlikesbagels6237 a little south east of west elizabeth a little far away from strawberry
I fucking hate the bayou. I went there at night on my first playthrough not knowing the nightmares awaiting me there. First thing I got was a big ass alligator that spooked my horse Jimmy and made me fall into the mud. Then I got a woman screaming. Then I got a hanging corpse and these assholes jumped me. And when I finally called it quits and booked it to the nearest exit, a bunch of lemoyne raiders ambushed me on the bridge and I got so spooked they shot me to pieces while I fumbled around like a bird with brain damage. And of course when I respawned I was right back in the middle of the goddamn bayou again. Hate it.
I did exactly that try to get to rhodes saint Denises North exit.
My only genuine jumpscare in Red Dead is from that mission with the Old Cajun. I usually go first person indoors so I was looking around doing my usual looting and wasn't paying attention to dialogue, I turned around to nothing but a white painted face and immediately got my stomach hacked open. Scared the absolute shit out of me and I'll never forget the noise I made to this day.
Neither will your neighbors. What did you say to the cops when they showed up? 😂
Could we get a video about Arthur's psychological symptoms. Since we've seen Dutch sustain a concussion and how he changed his views from an anarchistic style where all men are free to. Colms way of life if you will. Don't live but survive. Doesn't matter who dies. I'd like to see Arthur's side of the story.
Or atleast what happened to him mentally from when he first joined to Beaver hollow
Might be a good shout sometime
Totally agree
@@yeetmcson24 Its always felt to me like he became depressed at some point in the story, with Arthurs face throughout cutscenes and his diagnosis, and his general view on life that he rarely shares.
Just play the game
The dialogue in this game is insane. The amount of it and detail can cover an actual TV script. Wouldn’t I love a TV series based on this franchise.
It doesn’t need a tv series
Na
It would be some woke bs if they did, they’d probably make Arthur a mixed race trans woman.
They wouldn't do it justice
@@TheTyronecus HBO would. Just look how The Last Of Us started. I had little faith in it been that Neil DrunkMAN is involved in that project but he’ll if ep 1 wasn’t a banger. Pasquale is awesome
Thank you for this. I am literally horrified of the swamps at night. There and tall trees give me weird vibes all the time
I've never done this. I'm learning now to go back to story as we patiently await RDO updates. Thank you again
Omg me too man I hated these areas and I tried to avoid it Lol
Tall Trees is creepy because of the Skinners. Terrifying fucks.
Haha I love Tall Trees and the Bayou. That's just me tho,
Tall trees never really gave me bad vibes, but the bayou scares the shit out of me at night. Even during the day I try to avoid it of I can as it still creeps me out.
I've had the random encounter with the busted cart and butchered up horse, it actually caused my horse to keep fleeing deeper and deeper into the bayou. It was almost like the night folk were popping up out of the mud but when i finally caught up to her they were actually surrounding my horse, by the time it was all over i introduced atleast 10 of them to my pistol and shotgun. Craziest random encounter I've had since getting the game years ago
I had a similar thing! I usually make a point of being very close to my horse but he just kept running away, whenever I caught up. I had music playing so I never heard the Nite Folk shrieks I guess, and I just thought it was super weird until a bunch of people appeared. Scared the hell out of me.
There are two types of night folk encounters where they try to kill your horse, the horse corpse is one of them.
@@mchanna06 well its a good thing i usually introduce them to a shotgun or my pistol
They actually are some of the few npcs who may target your horse. It's them, cougars and panthers. Which really goes to show you how much they have to do with animals
I always saw them as a voodoo cult. Also because of their seemingly supernatural nature appearing out of nowhere, not speaking, having white eyes, and their bodies painted chalky white, I think they’re possibly voodoo zombies (a more accurate version of zombies in vondou religion), controlled by their cult leader who could be a vodou queen or sorcerer or something. Btw there’s a little easter egg where you can chase one of them trying to run away from you after you capture them. If you get the right one they run all the way back to a farm where they work. If you stay where they work for a bit they continue doing stuff while staring at you blankly the whole time. It’s so strange but fascinating.
Si, es una clara referencia a los zombies del voodoo y a la tribu Atakapa.
What I found freaky was when I stumbled upon the hanging corpse in the bayou road and my horse started getting spooked. I would always hightail it out of that location as I always assumed that meant the Nightfolk were creeping up on me
You're right. I was super early in the game and came across that. Had no idea night folk existed. I looked at it, shot the rope to bring the body down with intent to search him and turned around to see two of them nearly arms reach behind me. Definitely got a jump from me and I couldn't figure out what I was seeing.
i knew all about them so because i knew there’s an event where they can kill your horse and i didnt want that to happen i just always rode past the hanging one because i didnt want to invite more random events from them
@@quirkypurple3 I saved scummed to save my horse lol.
That's the only real redeeming feature of the Arabian horses... they'll let you know right away if there's anything creepy or dangerous within about five miles. Usually by dumping you on your backside and running off.
I encountered the hanging body random event just the other day for the first time and I had a bad feeling right away
It was broad daylight but the haze and humidity of the Bayou made the surrounds feel oppressive and claustrophobic
So I dismounted my horse and drew my sawn-off just to be safe as I moved to investigate the hanging body more closely
As I drew closer a drab and filthy man silently slipped around the trunk of the tree the body was hanging from and purposely began striding towards me With his knife brandished
I was expecting trouble but the speed at which this man was silently gliding towards me was terrifying
My horse began to stomp and whine
I turn around to make some distance between me and my assailant
And I see two more men moving towards me and my horse
Silently striding over
Needless to say I completely forgot how to play the game in my terror and I ended up bunny hopping down the road for around 5 seconds before fear left me and I blasted the trio of creeps
My first and most memorable encounter with the Night folk
Interesting concept, not a mere gang, but a cult. And as if that wasn't enough, located in the same territory of the Strange Man's cabin and also of the encounter with the ghost of Agnes Dowd.
theyre somewhat near the Strange Man cabin but not really. They only show up in the Lakay/Tiny church spot for me aside from the "Gator bites is nasty"-guy mission and the crying lady can be east of the church, south of Black Belle's house. Have you encountered them west of the orchard or near Lagras?
@@andrewlowden322 In the vast majority of times I have encountered them I was either near the Tiny Church/Lakay, trying to kill "friendly neighborhood" Sonny or near the Trapper's Cabin/Crying Lady, trying to solve her mystery.
Alright, they aren't "that near" from the Strange Man cabin, but all that swamp territory seems to attract something... dark.
They are near the strange mans cabin. Once you go under those train tracks near the cabin you hear that loud shrieking sound and they scare your horse and a group of them appear out of nowhere and try to kill you
not really a cult, just a group of savages who have succumbed to the endless swamps, as the deterioration of their mind finally strips them of whatever humanity they have left
The Night Folk are the creepiest group in the Swamp in Red Dead Redemption 2,It may not be a horror game but boy does it have its moments because try it in first person view it certainly makes it more immersive and scary at night in the Swamps of Saint Denis.
I wonder if the Valuables you can find on some night folk are more like "trophies" rather than being kept for any practical reasons? Like possibly they hang onto them as sort of reminders of those they kill similar to how some serial killers kept "trophies" from their victims?
Uhh bat wings tho ??
@@abrahamwashington8579they probably eat the bats and whatever else they can get their hands on in the Bayou.
Agreed, or even just cause 'hurr hurr, shiny'
I got some murdock roots from them an item that a guy in the camp requested to treat horses
I followed a couple of Swamp Folk carrying a body. They actually made clicking and hissing sounds that gators reacted to. It also seems like the more time spent in the swamp, the less they noticed me. Like they smell outsiders.
Even we don't mess with them
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Them communicating solely through clicks and hisses when we encounter them could be a tactical decision, if either it is how they normally speak between each other, or the speak a more conventional language, we can not understand them, allowing them to freely stratigize infront of us, with out fear of us knowing what their next move is
Agreed. I think they do it to communicate while blending in with the swamp sounds so the victim might not notice its a threat.
"limited visibility at night" is my worst enemy. the amount of times i had a full speed head on collision with another rider because you cant see shit until its too late is insane
It's also hilarious because you lose zero honor for it :D
The night folk scares me more than the murfee boys in chapter 6
The murfree are creepy but the night folk are something else
At the very least, the Murfrees will address and warn you when you camp. The Night Folk are almost a dangerous part of regional nature
@@LoonaticxAt least Night folks let you camp in the swamps. 😆
Both scary don’t get me wrong but night folk are just a different type of feeling
Im just full of hate with the murfree, just killing them in the worse way every time (plus they really sound dumb af) but the night folk are something else, theyre not even humans to me
bro, I remember the first encounter I had with the night folk. I was riding in the dark with a cloudy sky with moonlight peeking through on my way to the city. Out of nowhere in the middle of this field a woman is crying, now being the honorable man I was I got off my horse and didn't grab my shotgun as I thought "oh poor woman" and foolishly approached her. I stood 10 feet away as Arthur called out to her, this was when I got an uneasy feeling in my stomach as anytime I would call out to someone for help they would normally respond, but the woman just kept crying. I approached her slowly and pressed the help button. At this moment my heart dropped into my stomach as the woman jumped up and faced Arthur with a bright white skull painted on her face, glowing in the moonlight as Arthur screams in terror and falls back. I frantically crawl back as Arthur makes grunts of fear as she stands over me, as additional night folk run out of the trees, all charging at me. I frantically draw my weapon and unload into them. As the last body drops onto the ground Arthur attempts to calm himself down but is still clearly unnerved by what he just witnessed. I quickly jump onto my horse and ride harder than I have ever had to the safety of the city lights.
Encountered the same random event. The woman jumped up and sliced me when I attempted to help her. I tried to chase and lasso her but another member snuck up behind and murdered me with a blow to the head with an axe.
My first encounter with The Night Folk was when I freeroamed the first chance I got, after setting up camp in Horseshoe Overlook. I went exploring into the swamp and came upon the camp in Lakay that the group moves to after you come back from Guarma. There's a run-down semi-submerged shack within the waters edge of the river that has the big cat mask inside. As mentioned, you can also find references to what appears to be The Night Folk and voodooism inside the buildings of Lakay. As I was exiting the settlement I heard unusual noises and my horse got scared and bucked me. That's when they attacked out of nowhere. I'm guessing the cat mask was some sort of "sacred" item to them.
Huh that never happens to me when i pick it up allthough i pick it up in daytime most of the time
Maybe there is a small Chance night folk will spawn when you pick it up tho
I've taken it too but when I did I wasn't attacked.
When the gang moves to that camp, it's mentioned that Sadie drove away the "degenerates" who were living there. I always assumed those were night folk.
In Red Dead Online, there’s a 3 part mission you can do for Anthony Foreman that involves a guy named Bluewater John. Part 3 of this mission gives some heavy suggestions that Bluewater John is some sort of dark deity and the Night Folk respond to him. Would love to hear your take on that.
There’s also a bounty mission where the target is out in the swamp at night. And the Night Folk are active during this mission.
Been replaying Red Dead 2 and recently did this mission. You don’t realise how much better Arthur’s voice actor is than John’s, not a really a knock on John - just Arthur Morgan being the best video game protagonist of all time.
John has always been sort of monotone in his deliveries while Arthur is a lot more expressive, just listen to the first gunslinger mission when you meet the author.
John's actor is great too. I think Rockstar just doesn't have as much effort put into redos of side missions. Pretty sure Jack doesn't sound as good in John's side missions.
Also regarding that aspect with the topic of the video, some of Arthur's reactions to the Night Folk make it appear that he's genuinely freaked out by them (I think the reaction I'm thinking of is after the weeping woman trap).
That’s subjective personally I find John much better
I think John is WAY better. Did you play the first game? Come on
This is why RDR2 is one of the best single-player games ever released. I restarted recently and started going through the game again.. As the mist rolled in, I found myself surrounded by trees and came to realize I was in forest I'd never been in before.. Through the thick fog I could see a silhouette of a man hanging from a tree. As i got closer, I hopped off my horse for a closer look. Soon as I got within inches of the man, I heard screams as 5 people charged me with knives.. I shot 4 but the 5th stabbed me and I was dead.. I still can't believe it.
I’m so glad you mentioned Bone Tomahawk! I was very much reminded of the creatures in that movie but was not at all expecting you to bring it up since it’s so underrated. It being released in 2015 means it may well have had some influence on the game, but who knows. love your videos!
i love that movie!
I wanted to like that movie cause Kurt is the goat but it was just kinda meh to me
The "fine night for it" guy is a good character. He's not just some cartoon hermit,he seems like a good man
What are the odds when i choose to replay this game that one of the best rdr2 youtuber decided to go over some of his best lore videos ?
Same i was just rewatching his old night folk video and wondered why it was so short
Same lol every once a year a playthrough; first person, no aim dot. Good to see this game is still very alive
I always thought that the night folk were zombies. Failed ones, maybe, badly reanimated dead. They dont talk because they cant.
What weirded me out also about the night folk is that they have no HQ, no central hub. Where are they during the day? Do they rise out of the mud?
I dont know how the night folk and the strange man would be connected, personally. He always seemed like more of a harbinger type to me, even if he did make that deal with herbert moon. If the night folk do worship him, i doubt its something the strange man orchestrated.
They might just literally live in the swamp, like no roofs, no beds, just sleeping in the dirt.
They become Dayfolk
They could be voodoo zombies. The bayou certainly has its share of voodoo, from the fortune teller to the shrunken head altar to the cat skull mask.
They also attack during daytime. I had several encounters with them and never ever do I go into the swamps at night.
Yeah the strange man is judgement himself. A grim reaper of sorts. The night folk are like the skinners and murphee brood fused into one, clones itself, fucked the clone and then made those things
I remember playing the game one night and I was in the swamp at night (in first person). I saw an X on the minimap and I went to go investigate it, seeing the hung corpse. I shot it down and I got ambushed by the Night Folk. I had have never been scared like that ever since I played the first Outlast. And from the point on, I never play this game at night
No way it scared u as much as outlast
You're videos always are chill, so I play RDR2 while I listen to them. (I'm trying to unlock all the trapper outfits, wish me luck!)
Good luck duck duck
Thanks lol 😊
Oooo that was a fun challenge, and you get some drip worthy outfits from it too. I spent an entire summer vacation trying to do that challenge and it is some of my best gaming memories
Trick to not get hurt by the “woman”, just stand by her and don’t approach, she’ll eventually just attack and you don’t have to take any damage.
And the guy doesn’t give you rubbish, he gives you a talisman.
I didn't get a talisman. I got a gold tooth and like a 3 star muskrat pelt. So basically garbage.
@@SohiHien Bro do you not realize those are crafting components for a talisman? Literally the opposite of garbage.
@@ThunderTheBlackShadowKittyYeah, garbage. He doesn't give you the talisman, he givre you the components for them. You just disproved your own point
@@Pugkin5405 Nope, wrong. Crafting components are good, not garbage. Crafting talismans is good, not garbage. It proves my point, not yours.
@@ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty It proves your point, which is why you didn't respond to anything said in my comment
I have been inappropriately touched by Fizhy several times and I am unfortunately being held hostage in his basement. Please, to anyone who is reading this, send help.
get back in the basement
@@Fizhy May we have your scraps, sir? We’re hungry and there’s no food down here
@@Fizhy only if u give us the chicken nuggies we were promised
@SteveHart1859 I AM AN ADULT
@@Fizhy can i join as well?
I was just riding through the swamp at night, when all of a sudden about four or five of them just showed up to block the path
They're moving slowly, faces all painted and white, and I legit thought there was just straight up some zombies wondering the swamp
I got off the horse to investigate and was promptly stabbed to death
Apparently Charles and sadie got rid of them as in chapter 5 I think when Arthur returns from guarma to meet the gang in lakay, Strauss mentioned "thanks to mr smith and mrs adler for getting rid of the degenerates living here" something like that, which is interesting
That could be referring only to lakay.
i remember the first time i was killed by some of the night folk
i was innocently picking vanilla flowers until i came across a body
_i lost all of my flowers :(_
The one with the crying woman.
Funny considering you don't loose anything from your satchel when you die so your lying about loosing the flowers or you never played the game 🎯
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@@abrahamwashington8579or he just reloaded a save
Roanoke Ridge is Scarier Than Bayou Nwa
I'll always remember the first time I encountered Night Folk. I decided to "take a short cut" through the bayou at night leaving St. Denis. Ran into a hanged man and next thing you know, red dots appear on the minimap. I just bolted out of there, didn't even see them. 😂
I thought they were bounties and left too
I like how RDR2 is a grounded western story but the side quests and flavor content is pure horror
The first time Arthur met them for me was when I found a guy hanging in a tree, I shot the rope and was attacked…freaked Arthur and me out! I actually needed a perfect muskrat pelt at the time so it was cool with me. Absolute masterpiece!
Same here , that was my first encounter with them. I think that’s most people’s first encounter with Night Folk. Either that or a screaming lady used as bait.
@@Lonelysportofboxing I’ve beaten it like 4 times and each time the first meeting was different atleast for me. I would still encounter the hanging man but sometimes it would be the crying lady first or some other encounter I’m not thinking of atm…
They do interact (sort of) with regular people in daylight. There's a vid on another channel where the player followed a Night Folk all night long to see where they hid... come morning the Night Folk simply strolled over to a nearby farm and started working as if he was a perfectly normal hired hand.
Probably just the ai acting on a time set script AS oversight since Rockstar probably never expected people to do this.
@@kiobio7311 I don't understand what you mean. If Rockstar didn't expect people to follow them around why wouldn't it just de-spawn after a while?
@@dogslobbergardens6606 so you think it makes more sense that they are normal people? But Stil run arround like a night folk?
Would be stupid if Rockstar planned for it and dient include the npc's washingt themselfes before they enter town
I mean there are animations for it so they could have just use those for example the one Arthur does aftet the fight with tommy in Valentine
I do believe its just oversight on their part that they dont despawn
They just pick up the normal NPC routine after a while
@@kiobio7311 well, insane murderous cultists gotta eat and live somewhere, too. They're people, not ghosts.
I'd love it if RS had put more into the Night Folk backstory, but then the game would have taken another year to be done or something lol.
@@dogslobbergardens6606 they have plants etc in there pockets which they can eat they also can eat humans or animals easily.
As to where they would live i would just assume they just sleep wherever it fits them
Considering that they are definetly mentaly ill or under some dort of spell i See no reason for them wanting a roof over there head
I love the Night Folk they're such an interesting unexplained thing! The first time I encountered them was just after I discovered Pleasance so for a while I thought they were the plague victims and it was a rabies/madness type thing because of all the Walking Dead/Zombie references! Also (at 5:06) the guy says "used to be the gators were the worst thing in the Bayou" so when I did that stranger mission I thought it meant they were relatively new as he's in his 60's at the oldest and remembers a time before the Night Folk. It's so fun to theorise about and I'd love to see more stuff about them but it's not like we have a whole lot of information to go on :P
My first encounter was at night, and Arthur had started singing this little tune to himself during the travel....then out if nowhere I hear "Sshhhhh" and then like 6 Night Folk came from all around me.
I don't know which one Shushed me, but the fact that one did made the whole encounter 10x more terrifying in hindsight. I will say, I have had other encounters where they hissed or grunted...and I can definitively say, that they did not hiss at me in my first go round but truly did shush me
That's so rude, even if they wernt night folk that would've made me start shooting, I dont think Arther has ever sang while I was playing?
Not sure why, might be me, but I swear Arthur sounds way more scared of the Night Folk than any other enemies in the game when fighting them.
I believe the Nitefolk are a nod to Voodoo zombies. Some of the inhabitants of Lakay and Lagras have Haitain and Carribbien influence for sure. The Nitefolk are not necessarily dead, but maybe are being kept in a zombified, mindless state. There are many supernatural references in the game however, so Lore isn't always clearcut and multiple lores can exist in the R* universe at the same time.
*WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD*
RE: Nitefolk
- I Googled the definition of Zombie: 'a will-less and speechless human (as in voodoo belief) believed to have died and been supernaturally reanimated'.
- Real examples of zombies in Haiti have been found to have been alive, but to have been drugged to be kept in a suspended mental state, seemingly reverting the person to seem more animalistic.
- Some instances of reanimation have been found to be tuberculosis victims and were previously thought to be dead, but 'reanimated' and clawed their way out of their coffins which is why some ye olde cemetaries have bells on top of the grave that lead down into the coffin the person can ring if they 'come back to life'.
- Some 'zombies' have been found to have psychosis, brain injuries / swollen brains due to viral illness such as meningococcal or other such fever ailments causing psychosis or brain meltdown and presenting the person to be in a half-alive state.
RE: Lemoyne/Annesburg general creepiness
- Pleasance is also in Lemoyne and is thought to have been a Satanic cult settlement, worshipping the (now dead) Giant Snake (a nod to Satan in the bible) hanging in a nearby tree and were 'purged' by the Puritan Christians. Their graves can be found in the Pleasance cemetary with the same death date, but are undisturbed so I'm not so sure they're the Nitefolk.
- Butcher Creek has that whole glowing pentagram situation thing going on too. Iono anything about that tho.
- There's that creepy Franken-Corpse Pig head experiement thing in that house in Lemoyne too which could have something to do with it?
RE: the pagan ritual site
- Vikings had settled in the US a few hundred years before the English.
- A viking tomb with a helmet, comb and hatchet can be found North-West of Annesburg, as well to the Far-East in the cove area is a rock with runes engraved on it called 'Old World Scripts'.
- Vikings and Celts partook in ritual human sacrifice using animal skulls, body paining and sigil work. Unsure what that sigil was but it looks more like a sigil from the Wicca or othersuch witchcraft type cult.
- Specifically the Celts have a 'horned god' which has nothing to do with anything Christian based such as Satan/Luficer.
- In New Austin, you can find a skeletonised corpse POI tied to a milling wheel which has a donkey's skull called Donkey Lady. This is a nod to a glitch in the first game, but interestingly animal head on human related.
"Nothing to do with any Christian gods" 🤣🤣🤣 Then explain how the Irish have Phoenician ancestry and the Vikings are literally using Solomonic Sigils. ALL world religion is intertwined.
I remember my first ride through the swamp, my horse freaked out and we noped out of there. I love the swamps, but they're creepy, just like real life
I was scared out of meh mind when I first found out what The Night Folk, Murfree Brood and Skinner Brothers did to people in the game, and I also found out that Arthur and John where scared of the Murfree, Night Folk and Skinner Brother’s depending on the encounter you manage to find
When I first went down to the swamp and saw the lady in white crying I went to help her and one of her friends came out of nowhere and killed me never been so scared in my life
Honestly night folk are such a cool concept. Even in rdo (despite it's state) also had nigh folk lore and even a legendary bounty mission revolving around them
I went to that cabin in chapter 2 just messing around during the day but it still felt off that nobody was there now knowing what I could've walked into kinda gives me chills
Their clicking is inspired by a few African languages which consisted of clicks. Their religion and practices are inspired by a dark version of Louisiana Voodoo which include zombies and sacrifices which was all but banned. The pagan symbols around the Bayou are based on warding symbols, presumably meant to contain the Nightfolk around Lakay and Lake Lagras.
The whole Lemoyne area is inspired by Louisiana of the turn of the last century. Plantations, New Orleans, the Bayou, racism, classism, but hurt secessionists,.. and secret Zombie Voodoo cults. They even have a Vampire, though a far cry from Lestat and Louis.
It's genuinely a beautiful recreation of the bayou state. They did their homework.
también se inspiran en los Atakapas.
10:46 What kind of a bet is "Go spend the whole day and night in the woods where a murderous cult live?"
Whenever encountering the Night Folk, I would always use a shotgun with incendiary shells to fight them.
As they say: "Kill it with fire!"
These videos are always very entertaining
Looking forward to this one
One of my favourite "Night Folk Encounters" is when this guy is riding on horseback dying, and you get him to the doc. It'd not confirmed to be night folt but who would have done this other than them? Only thing I can imagine is an aligator but then he wouldn't be allive
Wait the wounded horse guy is actually hurt and needs help? I assumed it was an ambush and ran faster
@airacummins5076 I'll never really get why people run from them. You always at least have two revolvers/pistols on you, and you have dead eye. They don't even use guns.
I’m glad you’re actually doing this. Revisiting videos you made years ago. This is actually very smart because so much more is now known of this game then was known even a year ago
The jewelry they carry are like medals on a soldier to them. It shows how much people they've killed for them, and in a way, determines who is some of the strongest amongst themselves and probably takes lead of whose in charge of ambush attack plans.
When coming across the dismembered horse, the night folk will come but for me I had to wait a while.
ik this is obvious but these guys genuinely scare me, they’re legit like a species of animal lol. the other gangs give you some pleasure of killing them because of the smugness but these dudes turn on your fight or flight😂
u know i hardly play rdr2 or rdo anymore and barely watch content on the games but i always find myself coming back to ur channel. i love the way u make ur videos i don’t really know how to describe it but u make awesome videos man
15:19 about why they have valuables on their person, I imagine they keep trinkets of their victims. A common thing serial killers do, “mementoes” if you will.
I love these RDR2 gang videos so much and how they are filmed like a documentary really good stuff mate!
I’ll never forget my second ambush. Arthur found a poor man hanging from a tree. I got off my horse then heard some strange noises. Four or five of them came running at me. I had double pistols, pump shotgun and a Lancaster. Arthur had to run for a few seconds then he pulled his shotgun and turned around to mow them down. It was so badass..
Good news. The anticipation didn't kill me. Love your content, Fizhy!
Night Folk were going to be some type of Undead or they were replacing Undead Nightmare content with Night Folk. Let’s not forget Rockstar cut more then 5 hours out of the original Story Mode. I wouldn’t put it passed them to cut out a mission or missions dealing with a TRUE ZOMBIE outbreak like Undead Nightmare was and replace it with supposedly normal people who lived in the swamps of RDR2. If they were going to add characters that hinted at Undead Zombies or acted like them like Night Folk act like why didn’t they? In my opinion they originally had SOME Undead missions but cut them for some reason. The Undead Nightmare DLC was so popular it would be stupid for them to not of had some plains originally but they cut it out.
Just like they cut out content for Mexico and Guarma.
Awesome to see people still unpacking this game! Keep up the awesome work mate :)
I hate lemoyne so much, the people are mean, the bayou is terrifying and it's where i lost my first horse to a shootout so it doesn't hold nice memories
One problem I have with the night folk is in the 3 or so years I have been playing the game and the probably 10+ times i have completed it, I have only encountered them a grand total of maybe 3 or 4 times, which is unfortunate because they are cool and scary, but I never get to see them, if if I am out looking for them in the night
They tend to prefer the foggier nights. When you get one encounter others tend to follow in quick succession, like they’re watching you from a distance.
They communicate that way simply to avoid their victims from knowing what's happening
It kinda reminds me of the "Whistle Warning" sounds "The Savior's" would make from The Walking Dead, not sure if Negan came up with it but, it's really similar & scary/creepy In that sense.
Gotta say, these lore videos never disappoint! You and Strange Man are hands down the best rdr2 UA-cam content creators out there, hella props for all the hard work put into these
Its partly a reference to the voodoo swamp people who commit heinous rituals and make horrendous sounds in the night from the book The Call of Cthulhu. The bit about calling victims through their dreams is a link to HP lovecraft.
It’s pretty wild to watch a video on this game, and even though I last played a couple days ago, to always be able to feel that there’s this real and persistent world that’s waiting for more exploration and more unique things to find… always more that I’ve yet to fully uncover and understand. Knowing this game in its entirety and knowing I’m always gonna be able to find nuances and details that I didn’t notice in the prior hundreds of hours of play!
I tried searching this house with this strange man you showed but I couldn't find it. These night folk are creepy and scary but every time I pass from the swamps I always got my shotgun ready.
Honestly that swampbilly from the night folk stranger mission has a massive set of balls just camping out there like that
I have a rather creepy theory about them. The only time I have encountered them in the day is the hanging corpse one but apart from that it's at night. So what if the night folk are just normal people by day and like clockwork they go into the swamps paint up their faces and once again start the endless cycle of violence at night
Covering yourself in mud is good protection from both Mosquito bites and sun burn. It’s brilliant, they’ve adapted to the swamp (it’s not a Bayou, a Bayou is a slow moving river).
The night Folk are absolutely horrifying in that section of the game.
Tbh, it passes me off that the spinners, odriscolls, beaver hollow people and all other groups constantly respond, but the Nightfolk disappear later in game
what freaks me out the most is the way that you can shoot their fellow night folk and they just dont flinch. they just stare silently and come after you
On my first playthrough of the game I had no idea they existed. I thought they were zombies like in undead nightmare. It was around midnight and my room was dark so it scared the hell out of me
Imagine camping in the bayou during a full moon and seeing nothing but night folk poking their heads around trees as they stalk and pounce on you.
I'm really enjoying these videos, they make me want to play RDR2 again. Great work!
This feels that they got the idea from the stories of feral humans in the Appalachian mountains. One major story is in the 60s, where a boy vanished in the Smokey Mountain State Park
I think the fact you bumped into that dead horse that the nite folk destroyed and not have an ambush is actually more scarier because it leaves you on your toes with no jumpscare.
Also I think that some of the nite folk carry some valuable jewelry and such is maybe prize possessions off the victims they slaughter? Maybe like a serial killer it’s a trophy thing?
I love the way you put music in these vids, especially the creepy music. It suits the game well
I will never forget the first time I encountered the Night Folk after seeing what was wrong with that crying woman. All of a sudden 6 people just...appeared and started chasing me. What was scarier was that they didn't make a sound. They are legitimate scary.
"What kinda evil don't make no sound?"
The Shape, for one.
I think they just take the valuables because “ooo shiny” monkey brain parts activating. Based on some stuff in online they do have a base level of societal knowledge since they take over fishing towns for the buildings for certain missions as well one mission where a few are near the poisoned lake for whatever reason
19:08 also in New Austin with Herbert Moon being the only one in Armadillo to never contract cholera and believes he is cursed
once i was just riding my horse in the daytime through the swamps, saw a man who had been lynched & just kept running at the exact same speed and pretended not to see him. the swamps in this game legitimately freak me out, i always ride through them w my guns out lol
This, gentlemen, whenever you pass by the swamps of Lemoyne, always pack a shotgun and a lot of Deadeye tonics and health cures
I have played this game for years now and I havent once met any night folk......THIS VIDEO TERRIFIES ME TO A DEGREE THAT IS UNCOMFORTABLE!!!
Man, I'm playing this game the second time and in my first playthrough i never really noticed any of things you talk about on your channel.
i never thought this game has such deep lore
The Night Folk were supposed to be a Haitian Voodoo gang consistent of only black Haitians that inhabited the bayou of southeast US that kept outsiders away from their land. They formed this community during the segregation area, but Rockstar didn't want the player killing a bunch of black people so they made them more diverse. Similar to the Skinner Brothers that were supposed to be an Apache Native gang, but had to change that up because of- you know... backlash. Such a shame
It sucks that they had to change things that are based on actual historical facts in the name of being politically correct.