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Re: What is your creepiest wilderness experience? [Re: desant]
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I often wonder what life would be like 200 or more years ago
No internet, no planes or cars, no mc donalds.............. but countless unexplored bits of nature. I would sure be an explorer.
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Re: What is your creepiest wilderness experience? [Re: desant]
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Re: What is your creepiest wilderness experience? [Re: octopus]
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Let's keep this going!
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Re: What is your creepiest wilderness experience? [Re: mycoscopy]
#16501960 - 07/09/12 12:10 AM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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Wow I am definitely a fan of this thread. I can actually contribute a nice little story for you guys. It actually ranks as some of the freakiest shit that's ever happened to me, not just in the woods, but ever.
When I was a kid, probably around 5 or 6 years old, my aunt went crazy. When I say crazy I mean batshit, screaming religious nonsense, schizophrenic crazy. I studied psychology in school and I'm pretty sure she actually developed schizophrenia around that time. It's mostly genetic and usually manifests itself in early/late 20's if it decides to. It was either that or an acid trip gone extremely wrong, leading to some kind of crazy chronic amphetamine psychosis.
So anyways, my grandparents own a pretty respectably sized piece of land in Pennsylvania which as many know, has some completely desolate areas where the nearest Walmart is no less than 50 miles away. Truly a place that would be considered "in the middle of fucking nowhere".
My insane aunt had recently made this land and its trailer her new home and my family was staying there for a few days due to it being Memorial day weekend. At this point in time we all knew she was a little nuts but I guess we all kind of underestimated it. We all sat by the fire most of the day. In between burgers, bocce games, and hikes we would catch glimpses of her as she went about her day away from the rest of us. My family knew to keep their distance and to not talk about it because my grandparents were still shaken up by the whole thing.
Around 2am i was asleep in a hammock out by the fire while everyone else got drunk and lit off fireworks. What woke me up was the sound of a 20 or so inch tv being thrown out a window and my grandma and aunt screaming at each other. My dad ran inside to check things out, and of course I followed far behind to take a look inside. My dad had pinned my aunt down in the bathtub because it was the closest place he could easily restrain her where she couldn't reach anything breakable. I stepped into the bathroom where I saw her convulsing and making noises that I can only describe as being right out of the Exorcist. Her eyes kept rolling back in her head and she kept telling my dad the Devil would take him and that God would punish us all. Scary shit for a 5 year old, laughable for anyone with common sense.
My grandparents called the police and my mom took me somewhere away from all her screaming. For some reason my dad and grandparents decided to let my aunt free. Probably from the false sense of safety that people get after the police are called. She ended up taking a (very large) knife from the kitchen and set off on her own in the woods dressed like an Amish person (she always dressed that way for some reason). After about an hour and no police, we all decided to go looking for her and set out in different cars to drive around on the dirt roads that surround the property and wind every which way into the forest. I wanted to stay there but after everyone else got into their cars I guess my parents decided they didn't want to be there alone.
I ended up riding with my grandparents because they seemed the most level headed and calm, which comforted me. The car rocked back and forth with every turn and rolled over the unpaved roads with that familiar gravel crunching sound. Everything was silent except for that noise. We eventually ended up in a part of the woods, on a road I had never seen before. We were far from where we started. The car began to creep as the road was coming to an end. My grandpa stopped and turned the car around. We drove yet again into the pitch black darkness. Headlights were surprisingly ineffective at cutting through the dense foliage that surrounded us. We slowed and made a turn onto another nameless road right as my aunt stepped out from the trees with that enormous knife in her hand. She gave us the coldest most emotionless look I have ever seen. She just stood there, in the middle of this road, in the middle of the woods, that was in turn in the middle of nowhere. Somehow she looked like she belonged there. The way she was standing gave me the impression that she was absolutely unafraid of the darkness and completely against one of us taking her along, back home. That image, her pale face, the silence, still sticks with me. As far as I know she is still out there. No one has heard from her for about 7 years and my grandparents considered her a lost cause. It's sad but I guess people cope with things in their own peculiar ways.
And to this day I get an icy feeling in my gut when I hear the sound of a car on a gravel road. Fuckin' A.
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Re: What is your creepiest wilderness experience? [Re: 2unl2]
#16506012 - 07/09/12 08:28 PM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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hahahahahaha damn man that's some crazy shit! I'd have still shat brix witnessing the bath tub scene to this day, and I am 20.
Today I realized something creepy, not normally creepy, but creepy to me nonetheless and that is that whenever I hike, no matter if I am 10 miles into the woods, the second I step off the trail to piss, out of nowhere (and I mean no where - no sounds, nothing) a fucking person will come barreling through the woods and catch me mid piss. It's really odd and fucking annoying. Almost as odd and annoying as the brief exchange of words are afterward.
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Re: What is your creepiest wilderness experience? [Re: Absent Minded]
#16586441 - 07/25/12 01:50 PM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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I have had a couple creepy experiences.
One that sticks out in my mind...was camping with my nephew years ago along an off road trail. I know the area very well, it is in my local mountains. There was no one else on in the area.
Anyway so we had turned in for the night, and I was drifting off to sleep when I hear this beeping noise. I could hear the sound moving, and it was a couple hundred feet away. It sounded like it was moving back and forth, and getting closer so I jumped out of the tent with just boxers on and a flashlight in my hand and the noise stopped. My nephew stayed in his tent, not that worried about it.
So I went back to bed and the beeping noise started up again, and it was getting closer. This time we both got up with our flashlights started to get freaked out. I was worried some weirdo was in the forest messing with us. The noise again ceased when we got up. So after a while of no noises we went in his tent to smoke a bowl. A minute or two after getting into his tent the beeping started again, only it started buzzing by the tent. The noise was flying within ten feet of the tent, and the beeping was getting faster the closer it got to us, like it was a missile with a homing device.
We got dressed, packed up our stuff and left in a hurry. That thing was flying fast! And close! EDIT-I dont know how I forgot this part! On the way home...we had to drive to the top of the mountain to hit the main highway instead of going back the way we came. I saw the strangest, reddest moon that looked like it was hovering just above the ground in the towns below, and actually looked like it went into a lake. We were looking down on it. Was it even the moon? Was it a space craft?!
Another weird happening was just a few weeks ago. I was hiking solo in the Sierra Nevada. I hit the trail in the evening, and made it about 5 miles to some off trail lakes below University Peak. I set up camp, and was ready for bed, but decided to fill my big water resivoir to have water for breakfast.
It was night when I went down to the inlet stream to the lake to collect water. It was almost a full moon, I was above treeline, so my headlamp was off. When I turned away from the stream to head back to camp, this huge glowing white thing flew about 10 feet in front of my face with a "whooooosh" sound. Too big to be a bird. If it was an animal it was either a mountain lion or a deer, but it was right at face level. Anyway so I was petrified for a second, I looked down in front of me and there was a large dinner table sized flat rock. I suddenly had the feeling a native indian had died there at some time.
The only other time in my life I had the thought "someone died here" is when I was visiting a friends new house. I just suddenly looked down and thought someone died there. Turned out someone was murdered in that house.
That morning when I continued on, I found very fresh very large cougar tracks in the sand by a tarn just a 1/4 mile up from where I was camped. It looked nothing like an animal but who knows. It would have had to jump in front of my face.....doubt it.
Another time I was solo, and hiking along the Kings river on 4th of July. It was a high snow year and the water was absolutely RAGING. I have never seen water as powerful as that. Anyway I needed water and had spotted a calm spot to collect. I had to bushwhack a bit and stumbled and almost fell into the raging water. I was so close to dying. Suddenly my dead sisters voice entered my head and said "Be careful (name)!!!" That thought didn't come from my inner dialog, and actually didn't sound like my sister at all, but I knew it was her.
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Re: What is your creepiest wilderness experience? [Re: xsparkyx]
#16587375 - 07/25/12 04:55 PM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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I just remembered another couple wierd/scary moments on the same trip.
I was solo and hiked out of forks of the kern trailhead in the southern sierra nevada. It was in October, so I pretty much had the place to myself after a few miles. I was hiking up river on day two, in the kern river canyon, with canyon walls rising 1,000 feet above on either side. Perfectly peacefully quiet morning, and I was completely relaxed and content.
Suddenly without warning I hear a mind shattering explosion. Fucking loud and right on top of me. In the next couple of seconds my mind went through a few scenarios. The first thing I thought was that the canyon had exploded and was collapsing around me, and I was about to be buried under rock. I looked up to see the canyon intact, so the next couple thoughts was "nuclear blast" or "aliens".
I just happened to look down canyon and catch sight of a fucking JET flying IN the canyon...below the rim, and this thing must have sonic boomed above me. Ok now a mile or so from where I was at, the canyon makes a sudden 90 degree turn left, then another 1/4 up canyon at most another sudden 90 degree turn right forming an abrupt s curve. I saw that plane take that 90 degree turn at what had to have been the speed of sound.
If you have a map of the Golden Trout Wilderness, you will see that up river of where the little kern meets the kern is this S curve. I think it had sonic boomed because there was no approaching noise. It was simply a sudden explosion overhead.
A few days later I met up with an older forest ranger on his "back country patrol". He lived in the area and knew it well. He was headed to a spot with good fishing, swimming, a rustic cabin, and some hot springs, and I went along. Really bitchin' spot. Anyway we were swimming when I suddenly just felt a weird feeling like we were being watched. When I looked over at him I could tell he had the same feeling too. We both just listened motionless and quiet for some time. I thought I could hear something in the bushes, but with the sound of the water it was hard to tell. I crept out of the water and right as I stood up on the bank I thought I heard something take off, but again with the creek right there it is hard to say for sure.
We got out and saw his clothes were yard saled, while mine lay undisturbed. We went over to the cabin, I still felt like something was watching us. About 10 feet from where we put down our packs was a small deer leg that wasn't there before, and the dirt was disturbed like something had just been messing around, but there wasn't any discernible tracks there, blood, nothin. We did find lots of deer tracks and smaller animal tracks close by, but no foot prints, bear, or mountain lion tracks.
The ranger told me stuff like that happens to him all the time. He also told a story of a campsite that IS haunted east of where we were. He said he has heard the sounds of approaching horses in that area, and has heard of other people experiencing that same thing and other freaky things in that camp.
Probably the wind blew away his clothes, and a mountain lion dropped a deer leg, but it was still very unsettling. The thought of a human out there hiding playing pranks worries me more than a cat against 2 adults.
When we parted ways, and I was alone again, I was a little on edge the rest of the trip.
I know I have another scary story or two....
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Re: What is your creepiest wilderness experience? [Re: xsparkyx]
#16587512 - 07/25/12 05:15 PM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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Years ago, I was hiking with a friend in our local mountains. We had been hiking through the night and set up camp and went strait to bed at around midnight. He was in his tent listening to Radiohead in his headphones, but since it was super quiet I could hear the music too, just barely.
Mind you I fall asleep usually really fast, and sleep very soundly while backpacking, especially when tired. I am the asshole that instantly starts to snores like crazy keeping the whole camp up.
Anyway so I got in my comfort zone and was kind of straining to hear Radiohead. I remember I couldn't really make it out, and I suddenly realized it sounds like "psychedelic noise"-The sounds you hear on a powerful psychedelic dose. I was kind of tripping out on it for a minute when I realized I could hear a conversation from the next camp over. Maybe two or three minutes had gone by since I settled in.
Its a father and son speaking really softly to one another. I don't remember word for word at all. It seemed like the boy was a little afraid. I was surprised to figure out the father wasn't sympathetic, and in fact was rude and mocking. Then his tone started to turn really sour and mean, then turned dark and down right demonic. The kid became really afraid, and my heart just dropped out of my chest. This kid was being abused it sounded like, and I was going to get up and find out what the fuck was going on.
My eyes are open at this point.
My heart dropped then suddenly turned to absolute fear and horror when I sensed there were three glowing squares that were demons hovering above their tent and were mentally attacking this kid. His psyche was being ravaged.
When my mind had sensed....and reached the glowing squares, they followed my awareness back to me. They were instantly above my tent. My eyes were open, I couldn't speak, and I couldnt move. A large boulder the size of a cooler dropped on the ground inches from my tent.
This sound shook me out of the trance and I was able to sit up and called out the name of my buddy. He was asleep. There was no boulder right outside my tent. I had an episode of sleep paralysis.
That wasn't the last time I had sleep paralysis while backpacking.
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Re: What is your creepiest wilderness experience? [Re: xsparkyx]
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That wasn't the last time I had sleep paralysis while backpacking.
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Re: What is your creepiest wilderness experience? [Re: Absent Minded]
#16588597 - 07/25/12 07:47 PM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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The other episode I had was I think a week or two after, I awoke to a deer laying on my tent, and me! I was stuck, couldn't speak or move, until I could fight it off and I suddenly realized there was no deer!
Just a weird thing....I hit this off trail pass. It was absolutely beautiful, and had a great view of the upper lakes/headwaters of the cliff creek drainage in the southern sierra. Directly below, was a lake with this beautiful 800 foot wall of granite with a peak. Actually I have a picture of it
See that black dot in the snowbank by the lake? I thought it was a lightning strike until I got right up to it. It was a 6 or 8 foot tall hole that had me scratching my head... Not sure, there was a debris field around it, it looked scorched, with mud and sand and little rocks, but could have been something digging into the dirt under the snow? This snow was thick, probably 6-10 feet thick. Also this is at 11,000ft where large animals probably wouldnt go. Humans wouldnt have dug into the earth, and cannot explain the scorched marks
I thought it was small until I finally got up to it....I could have walked right into it easy, it was big. I was for sure it was lightning or a meteor and was going to check it out when I realized a bear or mountain lion might have dug it.

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Re: What is your creepiest wilderness experience? [Re: xsparkyx]
#16589127 - 07/25/12 09:05 PM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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meteorite perhaps?!!! go back to the spot with a metal detector and you could be wealthy, before i get to that spot. you did make it pretty easy to find.
actually fuck that place. i don't want any deer sleeping on my warm ass. it's all yours.
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passifloracaerulea said: meteorite perhaps?!!! go back to the spot with a metal detector and you could be wealthy, before i get to that spot. you did make it pretty easy to find.
actually fuck that place. i don't want any deer sleeping on my warm ass. it's all yours.
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Re: What is your creepiest wilderness experience? [Re: xsparkyx]
#16591526 - 07/26/12 09:54 AM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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xsparkyx said: The other episode I had was I think a week or two after, I awoke to a deer laying on my tent, and me! I was stuck, couldn't speak or move, until I could fight it off and I suddenly realized there was no deer!
This is a classic case of sleep paralysis. I've experienced it my whole life and it is never a fun way to wake up.
That hole is intriguing, you should get some crampons and check it out. Indeed meteorites are worth too much to pass up. Thanks for the stories
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Re: What is your creepiest wilderness experience? [Re: pseudotsuga]
#16598326 - 07/27/12 08:23 AM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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I was camping with girlfriend in the not too far from my house.We crash out around 12:00 A.M..We woke up by hearing foot steps near are campsite
I yelled out stop and who are you.They kept walking to are campsite
they stop about 25 feet from are camp. Yelled who are and are doing here
this is are campsite.The next day came around we look all around to find
clues on what was there last night the only we found was a pile of shit that my girlfriend fell in to.(only thing I was thinking it was a Wendigo)I was so scared man.Now as I think back about it I think it was Black Russian boar.(Near the I was camping there was a place for hunting exotic game.He when bankrupt and he dumped all animals in the woods near the his lodge.
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Re: What is your creepiest wilderness experience? [Re: coorslight]
#16598926 - 07/27/12 10:47 AM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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coorslight said: I was camping with girlfriend in the not too far from my house.We crash out around 12:00 A.M..We woke up by hearing foot steps near are campsite
I yelled out stop and who are you.They kept walking to are campsite
they stop about 25 feet from are camp. Yelled who are and are doing here
this is are campsite.The next day came around we look all around to find
clues on what was there last night the only we found was a pile of shit that my girlfriend fell in to.(only thing I was thinking it was a Wendigo)I was so scared man.Now as I think back about it I think it was Black Russian boar.(Near the I was camping there was a place for hunting exotic game.He when bankrupt and he dumped all animals in the woods near the his lodge.
In eastern Oregon we used to get these all the time. Damn footsteps walking laps around the tent all night long. Making crunching noises in the snow, but come morning there were no footprints to be found. We used to call them the "Night Walkers", they were pretty common too.
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Re: What is your creepiest wilderness experience? [Re: wildernessjunkie]
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coorslight said: I was camping with girlfriend in the not too far from my house.We crash out around 12:00 A.M..We woke up by hearing foot steps near are campsite
I yelled out stop and who are you.They kept walking to are campsite
they stop about 25 feet from are camp. Yelled who are and are doing here
this is are campsite.The next day came around we look all around to find
clues on what was there last night the only we found was a pile of shit that my girlfriend fell in to.(only thing I was thinking it was a Wendigo)I was so scared man.Now as I think back about it I think it was Black Russian boar.(Near the I was camping there was a place for hunting exotic game.He when bankrupt and he dumped all animals in the woods near the his lodge.
In eastern Oregon we used to get these all the time. Damn footsteps walking laps around the tent all night long. Making crunching noises in the snow, but come morning there were no footprints to be found. We used to call them the "Night Walkers", they were pretty common too.
That's fucking spooky, I wouldn't like that one bit.
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Re: What is your creepiest wilderness experience? [Re: Absent Minded]
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Camping on cow mountain in Ukiah , CA. Me and my girlfriend went as far out as we could. At night we heard loud cat screams in the bushes around us. The next morning with saw large cat tracks all around our camp.
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Similar thing happened to me about a month ago.
Was camping on a small island (Denman island) off the coast of Vancouver island--which has the highest concentration of cougars in N.America. I was hitching my way around, and by the time I got to the island it was getting late and I was tired, so I hiked into the centre of a large temperate rainforest and set up camp.
Flash forward to about 3am, when I am woken up by a cougar screaming in the not very distant distance. To make it worse, my last ride before getting to this island had been by a guy who, upon hearing that I was simply camping in the bush as I wandered, asked if I had been having any problem with wildlife--when I said 'no' he proceeded to warn me that they had been having a relatively high amount of cougar attacks in the area recently, and gave me the advice that they are hunting most actively around dawn and dusk, and to be aware.
Somehow, I feel back asleep--but you can be sure that, come first light, camp was broken down and I made like a banana.
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Re: What is your creepiest wilderness experience? [Re: shivas.wisdom]
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Should not have read this thread the night before going out for a week in middle-of-no-where-big-foot-country.
Definitely bookmarking.
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Re: What is your creepiest wilderness experience? [Re: terracorvida]
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Hey sparky does your username have anything to do with we're you live?
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