I finally went out yesterday to a spot that I had some strange occurrences at over the past few years. The last incident was earlier this spring and I was on the dead-end dirt road that ends at where I camped. I was driving down the road and saw sitting on a stump, a
young attractive woman in her 20's in pioneer dress, doing cross-stitch. Just sitting there, 5 yards off the road, smiling. She didn't even look up or glance at me as I drove by. It's like she didn't even know I was there.
I drove on down the road to the dead-end, searched for mushrooms for about a half-hour, then drove back out. She was gone. No vehicles around for miles. Just weird.
This is the spot...
A couple of other times while hunting for mushrooms, I have gotten that creepy feeling of being watched. And my dogs have always stopped and stared at one particular area of the hillside for no apparent reason.
So, I decided to actually spend the night there with just my dog and a few firearms. I brought my "new" ATV in a utility trailer, and I also have a tent designed for the back of a pickup that sort of fits in the trailer.
I stayed up later than I wanted to, and was waken up every 45 minutes or so by my dog growling or barking at something. He's a city dog, so is freaked out by cows. I give little credence to his alerts when in the woods, lol.
But, a couple of times, there were sounds that I managed to record. One was clearly an owl of some sort with a louder and deeper "whooo" and the other was likely a smaller predator. Sounded like an odd bird at first, but then I recalled hearing similar sounds made by cougars and bobcats. I'll have to enhance the audio to pin down what it was.
I heard my first definite tree knock at around midnight. Not recorded, of course. And I heard a tree being pushed over. Also not recorded, but I have no doubt that it was pushed over. I discussed why in the video I recorded today, and will have to get it put together and posted on YT.
I have been camping many times in the woods and have never heard so many sounds. Maybe because there was absolutely no wind and I didn't have the radio on, nor was I talking to anyone. I simply sat there by the fire and listened.