Rarest Encounters You Haven’t Found

Red Dead Redemption 2 has quite a few rarities for Arthur Morgan to discover as he gallops across the plains with his trusty horse. Considering Red Dead Redemption 2’s world is so large and expansive, and the characters that players stumble upon are vast and varied, it might surprise some players to learn of a few rare encounters that they have yet to experience in Red Dead Redemption 2.

So many areas to explore claims so many oddities, and plenty of strangers within them can make Arthur Morgan’s time in the East all the worse, or all the better. There are some truly wacky and terrifying encounters to be found that are extremely rare if players aren’t looking in the right place.

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The Lost Friend of Cairn Lake

A Hunter Finds His Last Hunt in the Snowy Region of Ambarino

• Location: Cairn Lodge in North Ambarino, West of Colter

While nobody wants to be out in the cold, especially in the freezing snow of Ambarino, it’s also a great area for the sights and for the hunt. Players can find all sorts of game up in the mountains, and as players venture to Cairn Lake to rest by the cabins in Cairn Lodge, they might find a lone hunter wandering around the frozen lake who begs for help.

The hunter has lost his friend in the blizzard, and if Arthur helps to find the hunter, they will uncover a grizzly sight where the man’s face is practically ripped off from his skull. Informing the friend will see him grieve over the body, before a bear charges and mauls the man to a brutal end while shrugging off bullets from the strongest revolvers.

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Invading Murfree Brood Country

Inbred Murderers Stalk Arthur Morgan Through Roanoke Ridge

• Location: Camp anywhere in Roanoke Ridge

The Roanoke Ridge area of New Hanover doesn’t belong to man, but the Murfree Brood. If players are in these hills, they may encounter a few rough-looking and deformed men that will sooner shoot Arthur than talk to him, but what might not be known by players is that camping here is like signing Arthur’s death warrant, as the Murfree Brood will be stalking from the trees and will introduce themselves to Arthur.

The Murfree Brood do not like outsiders in their forests, and they advise Arthur to pack up his camp and move on out of Roanoke Ridge. This place isn’t safe, and seeing Arthur threatened at his camp which is supposed to be safe, is quite disturbing, so try not to camp in the Roanoke area to avoid these inbred murderers.

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Charlotte Balfour’s Stalker

A Perverse Stalker Who Shares His Obsession to Arthur

• Location: East of Emerald Ranch and South of Osmon Grove

If players venture to the East of Emerald Ranch and just South of Osman Grove, they will find a pleasant hill for which they can set up camp. This spot is usually already taken by a friendly and unnamed stranger, who will invite Arthur to stay at his camp and share stories, to which the man is rather quick to confess his sick desires for a widow that he has found in the woods, all alone.

The man is a stalker, who has watched this widow from afar. His tent site is filled with photographs and drawings of women in the nude, perhaps even without their knowledge. The perverted man is a stalker, and the victim he lusts for seems to be Charlotte Balfour, the widow at Willard’s Rest in Roanoke Ridge who Arthur helped teach to hunt and survive in the wild.

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The Ghost of Agnes Dowd

The Ghost of Bluewater Marsh Grieves Alone

• Location: Bluewater Marsh between 9 PM – 3 AM

Red Dead Redemption 2 has a few supernatural occurrences, but one that players might not have experienced fully is that of Agnes Dowd. Agnes only appears in the foggy weather of Bluewater Marsh around 9 PM to 3 AM, and players who dare to venture through the Lemoyne swamps might have missed her, or even just heard her instead of seeing her.

Agnes can only be seen in the 3rd encounter onwards, meaning players need to repeatedly come to Bluewater Marsh just to get a glimpse of her. Agnes also has over 15 encounters, each furthering the memories she wails about to help Arthur understand her sins and why she still walks the earth as a ghost.

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Following the Cultists to Chelonia

Enter Chelonia With the Cultists, East of Cumberland Forest

• Location: Between Cumberland Forest and Moonstone Pond

If Arthur Morgan agrees to help Mary Linton find and save her brother, Arthur will discover the religious cult of the Chelonians who see safety in turtles and seek to enter Chelonia through a rite of suicide. While Arthur can’t exactly do much for these folks, John Marston can return to the same spot years later to find a new batch of cultists being guided by the Chelonia Master, who wears a turtle shell on his back.

Each of the cultists will jump off the cliff to their deaths one by one, shouting Chelonia as they do so. While John can watch these mad fools leap to their own demise, John can join them, and even shout Chelonia as he falls. It’s a comedic and rare encounter that most might have missed, but doing so is going to result in death.

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The Butchered Victim of the Skinner Brothers

The Skinner Brothers Have Many Brutalized Victims in West Elizabeth

• Location: West Elizabeth between 8 PM and 3 AM

Stalking the forests of Ambarino and West Elizabeth, the Skinner Brothers care not for gender, ethnicity, or even status, for all they want to do is kill people in the most brutal and unimaginably sadistic ways. The Skinner Brothers are savage animals that will hunt and brutalize their victims for no reason other than the fact that they feel like it.

Venturing into the woods at night is a surefire way to get attacked by a bear or a cougar, but it’s also a way to try and protect folks from the Skinner Brothers. Some players might stumble across all sorts of victims out in the woods, including a poor couple from Mexico, or a man who’s had his scalp removed. It’s sick, twisted, and rare enough to warrant trying to find these savage monsters.

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La Llorona

The Crying Woman of Bayou Nwa Will Kill Those Who Hear Her

• Location: Bayou Nwa and Bluewater Marsh between 8 PM and 3 AM

Venturing through Lemoyne is always going to be dangerous, but even more so if players dare to cross the swamps of Bayou Nwa at night, for at night, is when the Night Folk come out in search of new victims. Occasionally, players might hear the wail of a woman in the Bayou Nwa district of Lemoyne, but high honor players shouldn’t be fooled by this woman in distress.

Those who venture too close to the woman will see themselves slashed with a knife, for the woman dressed in white will cease her cries and ambush players along with other Night Folk. This rare encounter may have been missed by some players smart enough to not be in the swamps alone at night.

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The Vampire of Saint Denis

A Vampire Who Can Only Be Encountered After Finding All His Writings

• Location: Buildings between the Gunstore and General Store in Saint Denis

Everyone who has ventured to Saint Denis might realize that this isn’t exactly the healthiest city in 1899, nor is it the safest. Those who have explored enough of Saint Denis might have stumbled upon a few mysterious writings etched into the walls of certain areas, spelling ominous warnings and riddles for those who dare to stay. In total, there are 5 of these scribbles scattered around Saint Denis, and finding them all reveals a pentagram.

Venturing to the center of this marked pentagram in Saint Denis late into the night will reveal a vampire, sucking the blood of his latest victim. For most players, finding all 5 mysterious writings won’t be a focus of their playthrough, nor would they know about the literal vampire who stalks the night with an Ornate Knife to instantly kill Arthur should he get too close.