A spine-tingling moment in the Appalachian wilderness has gone viral after TikTok creator Mosh captured a sudden and complete silence while riding his electric mountainboard through the forest. The video, titled “When it suddenly goes DEAD silent in Appalachia (caught live Daytime proof),” has now reached over 20.3 million views.

In the clip, filmed during daylight hours, Mosh pauses to record the natural ambience—only to witness every bird and insect in the vicinity abruptly stop making noise. The shift is instant and unsettling, with viewers describing the moment as “creepy,” “unnatural,” and “like nature holding its breath.”

I was hanging out in the Appalachian Forest riding my electric mountainboard, stopped for a minute to film and caught the forest going quiet, all birds and insects in the direct vicinity simultaneously stopped making any noise. It was creepy.