Panic in the Woods is a myth in Grand Theft Auto V.
Description
Panic in the Woods is a strange phenomenon that is based on the claim that, on rare occasions in the San Andreas wilderness, a high pitched buzzing noise will be playing loudly, similar to the medical disease tinnitus, and the player character's health will gradually decrease, until he returns to civilization.
According to the blog The Paranormal Guide, Panic in the Woods has been associated with the Pagan God Pan, protector of wild places, whose unseen presence inspires causeless terror. Victims experience an overwhelming feeling of paranoia, such as a sinister force nearby, and sense imminent danger, this usually leads the person to flee the area, desperately seeking out civilization. One curiously common characteristic of the phenomenon is that people often describe that the woodlands will go completely silent, deafening the witness before the loud pitch sound sets in a few moments later.
In GTA V, as in real life, the phenomenon begins with a sudden, complete silence that soon turns into an annoying buzzing sound. After a few minutes have passed, the player character's health will begin to slowly decrease, and the character may say some unusual dialogue. Upon reaching a town, or even coming across a road or an NPC, everything returns to normal. Occasionally, the phenomenon coincides with the appearance of other cryptids. Panic in the Woods always happens at night, and no daytime sightings have ever been reported.
The noise is possibly an ambiance sound that is played incorrectly, as this would explain the silence that is usually reported to happen before the phenomenon. The slowly decreasing health could be a glitch associated with the character's stamina. Assuming the phenomenon is a real glitch, it is possible that it has since been fixed and is no longer audible.
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