Creepiest moments of camping?

It would be cool to hear about some personal accounts. Anything that has freaked you out in the bush?

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Take only memories, Leave only footprints.

while camping I saw a skunk once by our camp site at night. that scared the socks off of me. Shocked

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quote of the week: "Missed it by that much,"- Get Smart.

	wildthing wrote:
	while camping I saw a skunk once by our camp site at night. that scared the socks off of me.

Ahahahahahah Laughing

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"There dosen't look like there's much shelter over in those mountains, but that's the only choice I got right now, this is gonna be a long week" - Les Stroud Arctic

I would have left there in a hurry. Shocked

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Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. - Prov. 27:17

I really haven't had any. One time after a long summer day of river fishing, it was about 9:30 pm sun just still on the horizon i was laying down on a log & i heard rustleing about 50 yards away and seen this black figure there in the bush, i kept watching then all the sudden !!!! ............. MY Fishing buddy walks out with a dozen cold Corona's Smile

this guy will scare anyone Laughing

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A Knifeless Man is a Lifeless Man
Canadian To The Core
We are Known By The Tracks we Leave Behind
Carry Less by Knowing More
Knowledge Weighs Nothing

I heard that Les once had one, we should ask him in FAQ Very Happy

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"There dosen't look like there's much shelter over in those mountains, but that's the only choice I got right now, this is gonna be a long week" - Les Stroud Arctic

I love Les' story about the moose in Algonquin. I don't think I have had any real stories of anything that freaked me out. It takes a lot for nature to freak me out

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We only have one Earth, take care of her and she will take care of you. ~ probably someone else

My Mom and me and my sister when we were younger were up in the Cascade Mountains getting ready for a hike just signed out names in put it in the box went alittle ways then we heard a twig snap then we looked at each other and ran all the way back to the car scared as can be thought it might be a bear or something Shocked

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I just heard something big crack�.. holy crap!-Les Stroud

Mine would have had to be when i came back to my camp after muzzleloader season and found a black bear in there. It was pretty dark too. Its scary when you only have 1 shot in your rifle. Laughing

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Take only memories, Leave only footprints.

That's one reason I will probably never hunt with a muzzleloader. You can't reload fast enough to save your life in a situation like that. Shocked

Back on topic, telling ghost stories around the campfire is fun. Twisted Evil

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Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. - Prov. 27:17

Wasn't camping, but at a bonfire. We kept hearing weird things coming from the corn, like growling and what not. Well the "Men" all pull out their knives (Country boys) and the girls scream (City Girls) well, earlier that summer, sightings of a cougar around the area had been reported.

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"Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can"~John Wesley

Yipes!

I think I would be reaching for a gun, not a knife. Shocked

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Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. - Prov. 27:17

^ Not everyone packs Guns while camping Shocked

I personaly have never packed a gun, no need really. Not on any of my Hiking/Camping trips. Cool

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A Knifeless Man is a Lifeless Man
Canadian To The Core
We are Known By The Tracks we Leave Behind
Carry Less by Knowing More
Knowledge Weighs Nothing

Don't know if I have a really creepy story, but I creeped other kids out. One time I pretended to be a racoon, and I scared my friend half to death. After that I got severe poison ivy. Crying or Very sad

It started to blister really bad, and I had to go to the doctor.

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What comes around, goes around, MS. Wink

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Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. - Prov. 27:17

Well this one time...I was camping...and Wildthing came out of the woods and said "Hey look, I found these funny colored Marshmellows"... Laughing

That was pretty scary

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We only have one Earth, take care of her and she will take care of you. ~ probably someone else

Now that's a scary story. Shocked

One time I was sitting around the campfire with some friends a few years ago. We had little sticks and we would light them, then put them out. Classic playing in the fire, you know. One of the dads told us to not play in the fire. Of course we didn't listen. So to get his point across he secretly squirted some charcoal lighter fluid in the fire. It roared up and we all jumped back. We had been sitting pretty close(it was a small fire). Needless to say, he broke us from playing with fire. Laughing

I don't really have a scary story, but we've all had those moments when we hear something rustling in the leaves close by. The hair on the back of your neck stands up and your heart rate nearly doubles. Then it turns out to be your dog, or something like that. It's happened to me plenty of times. Embarassed

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Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. - Prov. 27:17

Hiking at the local park by myself when there is barely anyone there will give you that creapy feeling, scares the $hit out of you when you hear a crack or somthing behind you. One time I heard this weird growling coming from this thing of brambles beind me, I pulled out my fixed knife and my folder, and backed up slowly, no clue what it was, besides scary as hell!

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~~~Watcher Of The Woods~~~
"Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can"~John Wesley

That has happened alot to me. Just minding my own business and I hear something moving near me. What's that? Shocked

my mind will say.

Scares the crap out of me. Embarassed

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Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. - Prov. 27:17

I settled my camp about 50ft away from a big slope. During the night I was stoking the fire, when all of a sudden I heard what sounded like something running down the hill towards my camp. I ran to the other side of the fire, pulled out my can of bear spray, thumbed out the pin, and then got into some weird crouching pose. Whatever it was, never came, and I was freaked the heck out the remainder of my trip. I'm pretty sure it was just a log or something that was rolling down, but it was still scary as hell.