Creepy experiences in the backcountry

[Coldtrail]

As a much younger man I used to fish the high lakes in the Oregon Cascades. Davis, Wickiup, Crane Prairie.

Used to drink a fair bit, too. A few of us.

We’d tie one on, then cover ourselves with aluminum foil. Full dark, wait behind a tree by the side of the main drag, until a car came by. Run across the road in the full glare of the headlights.

Probably created a few stories.




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Since the door has been opened, I and a few others are still persons of interest in several incidents involving a dept store mannequin removed from a J.C. Penny dumpster, dressed in a black sweat suit, and thrown from the ditch and into the path of bar time traffic around 2am.....the screaming and THUP, THUP as the tires rolled over it were priceless.

 

[Nickofthewoods]

This one time...I was driving home from the bar at 2am in the Oregon Cascades and a drunk guy wrapped in aluminum foil crossed the road in front of me, then I ran over a mannequin.

 

[Pharmseller]

This one time...I was driving home from the bar at 2am in the Oregon Cascades and a drunk guy wrapped in aluminum foil crossed the road in front of me, then I ran over a mannequin.

I was nekkid, too, but you probably didn’t notice.

 

[Rokbar]

Since the door has been opened, I and a few others are still persons of interest in several incidents involving a dept store mannequin removed from a J.C. Penny dumpster, dressed in a black sweat suit, and thrown from the ditch and into the path of bar time traffic around 2am.....the screaming and THUP, THUP as the tires rolled over it were priceless.

You would probably be charged with murder today! That would have been funny to see, as long as you weren't in the car.

 

[Coldtrail]

You would probably be charged with murder today! That would have been funny to see, as long as you weren't in the car.

I thought it was relatively wholesome entertainment for the era, done today I'm not sure how many vehicles would withstand a mannequin bouncing off the front & not have to be removed with a tow truck!

 

[TradArcher]

Since the door has been opened, I and a few others are still persons of interest in several incidents involving a dept store mannequin removed from a J.C. Penny dumpster, dressed in a black sweat suit, and thrown from the ditch and into the path of bar time traffic around 2am.....the screaming and THUP, THUP as the tires rolled over it were priceless.

Back in the day when I worked as an auto mechanic we would prank each other pretty bad with our vehicles. I went out and wired up my buddy's car horn to their headlamps. It's a riot when the drunk comes out and wants to quietly drive away in their vehicle and make it home without anyone noticing. We were harsh on each other that way but it was a a hoot and nobody we all worked with was safe. Pranks wouldn't actually hurt anyone but were pretty obnoxious.

 

[sndmn11]

I was nekkid, too, but you probably didn’t notice.

They thought you had a third nipple

 

[Pharmseller]

They thought you had a third nipple

You wanna see that, it costs extra.

 

[bnsafe]

Ive got the scariest story ever, I saw a snake, lol. gosh I hate those things.
seriously, when I was in high school a long time ago my buddies grandmother died. they lived in the country a long ways from anything. we went fishing about a week later. when we came back the lights were on in his grandmothers house. he tells me they have been doing that since his grandmother died. we turned them off and went and ate. about a hour later, they are back on. we turn them off and went away, sure enough awhile later they were back on. we got a gun and went looking throughout the house but nobody was there. later he told me that kept happening for about a month then just stopped.
again while in grade school I was turkey hunting in mo. i saw a deer run thru, being chased by 2 coon hounds, then a couple minutes later a solid black thing followed them. I assumed it was another dog so no big deal. about a half hour later I was walking out with my decoy strung over my back and I got a strange feeling something was behind me. I turned around and that black thing was prob 10 yds from me coming right at me, no noise at all, not a peep. when I turned it spooked I guess and went another direction and the tail was all the way to the ground with a little curl in it. I am positive it was a black mnt lion as there was sighting all over back then even tho the conservation denied it at the time. I assume it saw my decoy moving thru the brush and was looking to kill it and spooked when I turned.

 

[def90]

Ive got the scariest story ever, I saw a snake, lol. gosh I hate those things.
seriously, when I was in high school a long time ago my buddies grandmother died. they lived in the country a long ways from anything. we went fishing about a week later. when we came back the lights were on in his grandmothers house. he tells me they have been doing that since his grandmother died. we turned them off and went and ate. about a hour later, they are back on. we turn them off and went away, sure enough awhile later they were back on. we got a gun and went looking throughout the house but nobody was there. later he told me that kept happening for about a month then just stopped.
again while in grade school I was turkey hunting in mo. i saw a deer run thru, being chased by 2 coon hounds, then a couple minutes later a solid black thing followed them. I assumed it was another dog so no big deal. about a half hour later I was walking out with my decoy strung over my back and I got a strange feeling something was behind me. I turned around and that black thing was prob 10 yds from me coming right at me, no noise at all, not a peep. when I turned it spooked I guess and went another direction and the tail was all the way to the ground with a little curl in it. I am positive it was a black mnt lion as there was sighting all over back then even tho the conservation denied it at the time. I assume it saw my decoy moving thru the brush and was looking to kill it and spooked when I turned.

Black mtn lions or panthers do not exist.

 

[bnsafe]

yea, thats what the conservation says to, but a cat the same size an shape as a mnt lion was 10 yds from me, and my parents have a picture of a black cat that was laying on top of a square haybale with his back feet hanging off the back and his front hanging off the front. Ive seen alot of cats in my life, this was WAY bigger.

 

[OdinIII]

yea, thats what the conservation says to, but a cat the same size an shape as a mnt lion was 10 yds from me, and my parents have a picture of a black cat that was laying on top of a square haybale with his back feet hanging off the back and his front hanging off the front. Ive seen alot of cats in my life, this was WAY bigger.

Can you post or PM that picture?

 

[Kilboars]

Could it be melanistic?

I have a melanistic coyote at my lease


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[OdinIII]

Could it be melanistic?

I have a melanistic coyote at my lease


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There has never been a documented melanistic mountain lion found dead or alive in captivity or the wild.

 

[Pdzoller]

While rare, black jaguars and leopards do exist. Jaguars have been documented in North America. Also, there are many shady owners of exotics that seldom report escaped specimens. I’ll take someone’s word on what they claim to have seen.

 

[bnsafe]

I will have to see if mom can find it, it was 35 years ago

 

[Pdzoller]

As a much younger man I used to fish the high lakes in the Oregon Cascades. Davis, Wickiup, Crane Prairie.

Several years ago, a friend and I were driving from Waldo to Cultus. You know the road. It was mid October and almost dark. We see a guy walking in just a t shirt and shorts towards Cultus. Knowing he was still a long way from anything we stopped to ask if he needed a ride. I asked if he wanted a ride to the resort. He said, shit you not, “You’re going to take me to Lapine”. I’m like sorry dude but I’m not going that far, I’ll drop you off at the resort. Dude pulls a pocket knife and repeats “You’re taking me to Lapine”. I casually drove off and left him to his long dark and cold walk back to civilization.

 

[def90]

Could it be melanistic?

I have a melanistic coyote at my lease


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No melanistic lions/panthers exist or have ever existed.

There are melanistic leopards/jaguars and bobcats.

Sightings of black cats are always feral cats or bobcats, obviously bobcats do not have long tails so that leaves feral cats. Feral cats in Australia can grow to be twice the size of a normal house cat so I would expect something similar here.

 

[49ereric]

Ive got the scariest story ever, I saw a snake, lol. gosh I hate those things.
seriously, when I was in high school a long time ago my buddies grandmother died. they lived in the country a long ways from anything. we went fishing about a week later. when we came back the lights were on in his grandmothers house. he tells me they have been doing that since his grandmother died. we turned them off and went and ate. about a hour later, they are back on. we turn them off and went away, sure enough awhile later they were back on. we got a gun and went looking throughout the house but nobody was there. later he told me that kept happening for about a month then just stopped.
again while in grade school I was turkey hunting in mo. i saw a deer run thru, being chased by 2 coon hounds, then a couple minutes later a solid black thing followed them. I assumed it was another dog so no big deal. about a half hour later I was walking out with my decoy strung over my back and I got a strange feeling something was behind me. I turned around and that black thing was prob 10 yds from me coming right at me, no noise at all, not a peep. when I turned it spooked I guess and went another direction and the tail was all the way to the ground with a little curl in it. I am positive it was a black mnt lion as there was sighting all over back then even tho the conservation denied it at the time. I assume it saw my decoy moving thru the brush and was looking to kill it and spooked when I turned.

Years ago there were black mountain lion sightings here by several people in the same area for a few years.

 

[BigE]

I thought it was relatively wholesome entertainment for the era, done today I'm not sure how many vehicles would withstand a mannequin bouncing off the front & not have to be removed with a tow truck!

Understand that it wasn't you and your friends in this instance but wanted to share another side of a similar story. Apparently this was a popular entertainment going a ways back, not sure what time frame your fun was but I know of it occurring in the mid 60's in southeastern Michigan as well.
Teenage girl was driving when a four guys thought it was funny to throw a scarecrow dressed as a person in front of her car from the deep side ditches of a country road on a Halloween night. She lost control and ended up in said ditch with a broken spine and another year of rehabilitation to learn to walk again. She ended up with a normal life but has had constant pain management. She also does not have any ill will towards those kids that were just having fun, but would rather the whole thing hadn't happened the way it did.