Remember: everything Hypno says is made up.

[Viridian Forest] you was traveling through the green trees and dirt roads of Viridian Forest as the sun shone down to them, casting a shadow beside them as the sun moved inch by inch every few dozen minutes. Things looked quiet, peaceful. And since you was alone, this could be a catalyst of paranoia, depending how strong the will of you is. What they didn't know was that, behind the trees and the bushes, someone had seen them. And had become curious...