Creepy experiences in the backcountry

[Superx3]

Sounds like the work of a Skinwalker, muy malo....

Had to look up skinwalker… that’s pretty creepy!

 

[gabenzeke]

Sounds like the work of a Skinwalker, muy malo....

Especially given the location. I'm not superstitious, but I'm a little stitious and that Colorado and Utah border has all kinds of weird stories.

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[manitou1]

View attachment 754467Not so much “scary” but this was definitely an interesting find in an out of the way area. Thought someone was actually buried underneath until I read it

I hope you picked up those beer cans.
Who would do something like that?

 

[Pharmseller]

I hope you picked up those beer cans.
Who would do something like that?

Maybe Jim and Rose liked Coors




P

 

[Nickofthewoods]

Sounds like the work of a Skinwalker, muy malo....

Sounds scary! It is significantly more likely that it was a human wearing shoes though. Like a serial killer.

 

[bpa556]

Camper shares ‘hair-raising’ story of creepy late-night encounter in remote Colorado

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A hiker who was camping in the area of Rabbit Valley west of Grand Junction and near the Colorado and Utah border recently shared a creepy story about their...

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I believe both of these are made up for print.

Story 1: No outdoorsman is leaving his/her only firearm in the truck while they sleep in a tent.

If you’re that guy…stay home. You have no business “possessing” a weapon or being alone in nature.

Story 2: Who in their right mind would leave a spot to report moldy leftovers to the cops?! If one did feel the urge to do so, why would you return to the same spot??


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[Nickofthewoods]

I believe both of these are made up for print.

Story 1: No outdoorsman is leaving his/her only firearm in the truck while they sleep in a tent.

If you’re that guy…stay home. You have no business “possessing” a weapon or being alone in nature.

Story 2: Who in their right mind would leave a spot to report moldy leftovers to the cops?! If one did feel the urge to do so, why would you return to the same spot??


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They got both of the stories from that article off of reddit...

Still, this thread needed a bump so I figured it was worth posting.

 

[def90]

Rabbit Valley is pretty close to Grand Junction and I could easily see some meth heads living out of their cars out in that area. A lot of rolling land and nooks and crannies to disappear in to.

 

[jnawalaniec]

Was our elk hunting with my buddy last night, we got back to camp and got our stuff ready for this morning before settling in for dinner. As soon as we started eating, I heard footsteps outside the tent. Sounded like a person walking by which would be unusual since hadn’t seen anyone. Whatever it was moved off and we continued to eat and talk. After eating we were falling asleep and heard the footsteps again, this time is brushed up against the tent. This continued through the night, we’d hear footsteps, it would brush the tent, someone would yell and it would move off. Not sure what it was but it had no fear of us. Woke up in the morning and the trunk of my jeep was open, I don’t remember leaving it open. It’s possible I left it open but we’ll never know. Nothing from the car was missing including food that was out.

 

[Wolfshead]

Great thread!
I’m hesitant to say that I’ve had no creepy experiences to date, and happily able to say that.
Probably jinxed myself….

 

[rebels20]

Was our elk hunting with my buddy last night, we got back to camp and got our stuff ready for this morning before settling in for dinner. As soon as we started eating, I heard footsteps outside the tent. Sounded like a person walking by which would be unusual since hadn’t seen anyone. Whatever it was moved off and we continued to eat and talk. After eating we were falling asleep and heard the footsteps again, this time is brushed up against the tent. This continued through the night, we’d hear footsteps, it would brush the tent, someone would yell and it would move off. Not sure what it was but it had no fear of us. Woke up in the morning and the trunk of my jeep was open, I don’t remember leaving it open. It’s possible I left it open but we’ll never know. Nothing from the car was missing including food that was out.

You heard someone walking by your tent two different times and didnt bother to look out or check on your stuff?

 

[KsRancher]

You heard someone walking by your tent two different times and didnt bother to look out or check on your stuff?

I was wondering the same thing. I would have taken a look outside the first time.

 

[Nine Banger]

I observed a visual anomaly in my thermal spotter that gave me the creeps.

I know it wasn't real but since the experience I find my thoughts turning to what it would be like to encounter an entity that is never seen but once you see it it starts interacting with you.

It got me thinking about a realm I call "Thermal World".

There is no moon in thermal world. It's too far away to show a heat signature.

There are no reptiles in thermal world. They are the same temperature as their surroundings.

And so on.

The glitch got my mind turning about other things that are a little off in...Thermal World.

 

[jnawalaniec]

You heard someone walking by your tent two different times and didnt bother to look out or check on your stuff?

Can’t a man just be scared inside his tent?!

Everything was in the car that I thought was closed so wasn’t worried about that.

 

[jnawalaniec]

I was wondering the same thing. I would have taken a look outside the first time.

Braver than I am ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[RockAndSage]

I observed a visual anomaly in my thermal spotter that gave me the creeps.

I know it wasn't real but since the experience I find my thoughts turning to what it would be like to encounter an entity that is never seen but once you see it it starts interacting with you.

It got me thinking about a realm I call "Thermal World".

There is no moon in thermal world. It's too far away to show a heat signature.

There are no reptiles in thermal world. They are the same temperature as their surroundings.

And so on.

The glitch got my mind turning about other things that are a little off in...Thermal World.

Can you describe exactly what you saw with the anomaly?

 

[bigbassin]

View attachment 754467Not so much “scary” but this was definitely an interesting find in an out of the way area. Thought someone was actually buried underneath until I read it

Not creepy at all, but one of the sadder gravestones I’ve found was just in the middle of nowhere Tennessee. 1 mom and 3 kids under 7 from the 1800s from within a few days of each other. They probably got something that would be no factor today, but couldn’t be treated back then if I had to guess.

We were 15-20 miles from the closest existing town. Maybe they had an old homestead along the creek or were just trying to travel through the mountains.

 

[bigbassin]

I believe both of these are made up for print.

Story 1: No outdoorsman is leaving his/her only firearm in the truck while they sleep in a tent.

If you’re that guy…stay home. You have no business “possessing” a weapon or being alone in nature.

Story 2: Who in their right mind would leave a spot to report moldy leftovers to the cops?! If one did feel the urge to do so, why would you return to the same spot??


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I’d agree. In the case of No. 1 if I’m firearm drawn scared I promise you I’m getting to my truck and driving off, not just sleeping in the camper top.

 

[HairyScandinavian]

I've been enjoying this thread off and on for a while so I guess I should offer up some stories. I have quite a few more creepy ghost stuff from when I was a kid but I'll start with a couple more recently.

We hunt on the Texas/Mexico border, been hunting there for over 20 years at this point. I hunt solo quite a bit and always love the experience and I tend to camp way out in the middle of nowhere because I have sleep issues and any change in noise patterns wakes me up, once I'm awake it's hours before I get back to sleep. Anyhow truck camping solo I setup my big tent with cot, luxury spacious area. It's dead calm zero wind and absolutely quiet you could hear a pin drop. I awake to the sound of footsteps, they're pretty far away but I can tell they're footsteps of a two-legged critter. I'm on my cot zipped up in a sleeping bag and trying to figure out if I'm awake or dreaming. Footsteps are slow but they're getting closer. I realize I'm awake and come to realize something's up. Footsteps are right behind the tent at this point, sneaking slowly and I'm trying to figure out how to handle things but it's so dead calm even moving in my sleeping bag would tip off this person. I can tell it's only one person so that's good. I've got my 10mm and my Fenix ready but we're talking a couple feet from the tent. At this point there's probably 2-3 minutes with zero movement zero sound, it was an eternity really. I start hearing the steps move slowly again towards my truck then I hear the door handle, dude's trying to open the door of the truck but it's locked... Immediately I rip open my bag and jump up and start unzipping my tent, dude doesn't move he's stationary outside the tent next to my truck. I get the inner unzipped and realize this person knows exactly where I'm exiting the tent and has me dead to rights if he wants me so I pause... I couldn't figure out the next move, probably 15-20 seconds I just stood in the vestibule with this dude a few feet outside of it and he didn't move either. I had my truck keys in a mesh pocket of the tent by the door, somehow got the idea to hit the lock button and beep the horn. So I reached in and hit the button and the horn goes beep beep beep, footsteps take off running. I fly out of the vestibule chasing this guy barefoot in my underwear through West Texas scrub brush for a bit, finally realizing it's a terrible idea I stop and flash the light around for a bit. I hear the steps off in the distance and they stop. Walk back to the tent and mull around for a while and finally end up going back to bed figuring it was just an illegal looking for food or whatever. Couple months later talking to a border patrol friend of mine it came up and I told him the story not thinking much of it. He got a pretty serious look on his face. He said man that was a much more serious situation than you realize, he said out groups come across fully stocked and they have drop points and caches plotted out and supplies ready. He said those were no illegals, that was likely a mule returning back to Mexico after dropping off a load. Apparently those guys are more aggressive because they're headed back to Mexico so don't really care about breaking laws and such.

 

[HairyScandinavian]

There's a beach down here, 60 miles of national seashore with zero civilization. The whole thing is a barrier island and there's stories of the Karankawa Indians slaughtering Spanish sailors when they shipwreck out there. We used to camp out there and shark fish and we'd go way down past where anybody drove mostly. We've had a few unexplained things but one night a buddy and I were out there each solo with our own trucks. We'd park parallel and stretch a tarp between the trucks and sleep in our chairs with the rods out overnight usually soaking stingray baits or half a jack crevelle. One evening, wasn't even really late maybe 11pm I'm grabbing something out of my truck and I hear my buddy say HEY! I get my beer or whatever and I hear HEY! again so I turn and walk over towards his truck. At this point he comes up from around the front of my truck a d asks me what I needed. I said I don't need anything what's up? He said he was checking the lines and heard me call him so he came over. I said I didn't call you, you called me, I heard you say Hey. He said YOU said Hey I didn't say anything. We stare at each other for a split second and both our eyes grow big as we realize what's going on. Both of us grab our handguns and lights and start shining all over, run up over the sand dunes shining everywhere. There was nobody else around..