The Cabin in the Woods Content . Late one night , a few seasons ago , a soldier was returning home after several bloody battles . He decided he would save some gold and decided to cross the pine forest on foot . The first day of his journey was rather uneventful , the soldier stuck to the main path and kept a brisk pace . When it started getting dark he set up his bed roll , built a small fire , and cooked up some rabbit he had caught . " A fine day indeed " , he thought to himself as he fell asleep . Partway through the evening , the soldier was woken up by soft sobbing in the distance . He grabbed his sword , assuming it to be a bandit trick , but pretended to sleep so he could get the jump on them . After a few minutes , the sobbing started moving away from his camp until he could no longer hear it . For the rest of the night , he slept with one eye open . Day two , the soldier awoken with what rotten sleep he could catch and started off through the forest at a quicker pace , intending to put distance between himself and what ever he had heard last night . As the day went on , it began to rain heavy , so the soldier built himself a shelter for the evening , so he could remain dry as he slept . It took him a little longer to fall asleep with thoughts of the previous night in mind , but eventually slept . This time he awoke to sobbing that sounded like it was right outside his shelter . The soldier grabbed his sword , and crawled out of the shelter . In front of the fire , he saw the back of a ghostly woman sobbing into her hands . The soldier mustered his courage , and asked her what was wrong . No answer . He began to slowly approach , but before he could reach her , she turned and screamed at him . The ghostly woman raised an axe and ran at the soldier , disappearing before she made contact . The soldier took off into the night with just his sword in his hand . He ran until the first light of dawn where he started down the road again , as fast as he could move . The third day was bright and sunny , but the soldier , rattled and sleepless , didn ' t even notice . He moved as fast as he could , trying to get through the forest before night fall . As darkness began to fall , he saw a cabin just off the road and thought to himself it would be a good place to bunker down for the night . After arriving at the cabin , he spent some time blocking the doors and the windows , nothing would get in . Despite his preparations , he could not sleep . he sat in what use to be the cabins bed room , staring at the barricaded door , shaking . Eventually he could keep his eyes open no longer , and fell asleep . This time he awoke to laughing on the other side of the barricaded door . It sounded like the woman before , but he refused to believe it was her . The soldier burst through the door to find the ghostly woman from the night before , staring at the ground , laughing hysterically , with axe in hand . He began to recklessly attack the ghostly woman but he felt his strikes were less effective . He used a scroll of Fireball which drew a scream from her and she exploded , disappearing . The ordeal was over , the ghost was gone . The soldier slept well that night , and the next day made excellent distance through the woods . As the sun began to set he came out the other side of the forest and looked back , remembering the days before . As he turned and started walking away from the woods , he could swear he could hear the sobbing again .