I WAS SPOOKED!! When solo stealth camping

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  • FIRST TIME EVER I HAVE BEEN SPOOKED WHEN OUT SOLO STEALTH CAMPING.
    First time out using a new bivvi bag for stealth camping.
    I also used a Lithuanian Military army ration food pack as a overnighter meal.
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  • @Truckerjonsoutdoors
    @Truckerjonsoutdoors ปีที่แล้ว +230

    So here's my take. I grew up hunting, fishing, and trapping. My father had us kids in the woods since I was about 8 yrs old. I Ran a trap line at 10 yrs old miles from the house. I have harvested deer, venison was our main meat source while I was growing up. as an adult, I have fed, my family, my family with venison as our primary meat source and I had successfully put many others on deer as well. My wife and I have harvested bears and we had seven other successful hunters harvest bears out of my stands. Growing up my father had Blue Tick Hound dogs and we ran Racoons all over the state of Michigan. many nights out with my dad and cousin following the dogs for miles and miles in the woods. So I have a bit of deep woods experience. I have heard seen and witnessed most things that can be seen in the forest in my area. And to this day there have been a couple of times when things were seen or heard that doesn't seem fit. You spend enough time in the woods you get familiar with the different wildlife in your area as you well know. I don't consider it wimpy to admit when something catches your attention and causes concern. I call it being aware and keeping safe. I enjoy your content keep up the great work.

    • @englishwoodsman
      @englishwoodsman  ปีที่แล้ว +44

      What a great comment mate

    • @carrier6517
      @carrier6517 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@englishwoodsman I would have to agree with you there Dan, Trucker Jon has a great point and one to listen too.

    • @nigelhowourth675
      @nigelhowourth675 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Aliens

    • @UK_Outdoors.
      @UK_Outdoors. ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This is a great comment. 👍

    • @waynus2021
      @waynus2021 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jaycearoo Tom Jones Tom Jones

  • @Anndyinthewoods
    @Anndyinthewoods ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I do alotof camping and get alot of bushtime. My wife camps with me most times but now and again I do a solo trip. I agree with you there is a big difference. When alone you hear more noises and are a bit more aware of your surroundings. That makes it easier to get spooked. That is part of the fun of being out there. Keep up the great videos!

  • @bobhead6243
    @bobhead6243 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hello Dan , It's wonderful to see the Channel growing mate ! , Congratulations . !🙂

  • @Jm-ne2rw
    @Jm-ne2rw ปีที่แล้ว

    Just found your channel. You seem like a good lad, I'm going to enjoy following you thanks X 🙂.

  • @meangene408
    @meangene408 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sometimes, when I'm asleep I think I'm awake. I hear mad noises like talking or groaning and I sit up thinking there's someone in the room but it's actually me making the noises. My brain is awake enough to not realise I'm sleeping.

  • @PeterMaddison2483
    @PeterMaddison2483 ปีที่แล้ว

    You forgot Dogman (werewolf), we have those here in UK too.
    BTW, you got a new sub outta me 😁

  • @lindsayclark6453
    @lindsayclark6453 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks Dan👍

  • @circusoddity1
    @circusoddity1 ปีที่แล้ว

    I use to go camping when my ex was my current and I would get spooked it was me her and two sometimes three kids. After they would go to sleep I would stay up all night because I was hearing noises so I get spooked when I'm with people I still want to try solo though.

  • @aodh5966
    @aodh5966 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Tran-gee-ah. 12:00 you're using it wrong. The flame is too close to the pot it will take a long time to boil. You've put the burner inside the pot holder, but the correct and more effective way is to put the pot holder on top of the burner.

  • @mikebass3721
    @mikebass3721 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dan what size shoe do you take? Maybe you are big foot

  • @oshiforb7445
    @oshiforb7445 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    You was speaking about noises during the night, when you put yourself into a situation like you found yourself in whilst camping your senses kick in which is a natural instinct. While I was with the army I had a guard duty on an ammunition dump which was in a woodland I had my rifle and communications, I had a whisper Mike on my throat this was designed so you can actually whisper very quietly your message. While I was on this patrol on my own I heard something moving in the woods so I immediately went to ground and called in my position, at the time we were on Amber alert, all I could hear was my heart beating like a drum and the rustling was getting closer also it sounded like someone was whispering to someone else. Anyhow what seemed like ages for team of men to come to me they called me on the radio and told me which direction they were approaching from, suddenly what was in the woods rushed towards me i nearly crapped myself, what I'd heard was bloody rabbits, they ran directly at me because they had heard the lads coming from the opposite direction. This example I'm explaining to you Dan is to say, your not being paranoid it's just your natural instincts kicking in, you see we live in an environment in towns and our homes which are noisy so we're used to those sound but out in the wilds we become far more alert. Anyhow as always I loved your videos so I await you next one.👍

    • @brianrowe236
      @brianrowe236 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I was sleeping out in the open in France many years ago when a frog (4 legged green hopping type before any jokes are posted)) landed on my neck and I couldn't get back to sleep after.

    • @justintime1307
      @justintime1307 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not sure about you but I've had a few instances where every hair on my body stood on end. Once in Northern Ireland, we had dug out a decent scrape in gorse bushes as it had been near the brow of a hill we had a great view and all round apart from our rear which backed up towards rocks. We were there a few days on obs. Every night we heard what sounded like people walking on a path just down from us, never at any point seen anyone. At the time only the ranked soldiers had nvg and nothing to see, absolutely hated being in the sangar towers, just knew we were being watched. Different feeling though.
      Another time on guard duty on a fob in Afghanistan we always got that feeling someone was there. Again clear site due to high position. We had a view all around yet couldn't shake the feeling and the hair on point. Never explained that feeling. Only ever had that feeling on two occasions while camping back home and again nothing to explain it. We always camp with something solid to our back when possible. We all have the heightened hearing and as our eyes adjust decent vision unless we use a form of light them back to some time to adjust again.
      Never seen anything to date but definitely get that raised awareness where I've no idea why.
      If I'd been in your position we would have been eating rabbit that night, quick chop to the back of the neck while holding the rear legs 😁

    • @christineschutten248
      @christineschutten248 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't have much experience in the woods and I've never camped over nite but I can verify that rabbits can be very loud when their rustling under the brush. I had a scare walking my dogs one nite I thought a wild pig was moving towards us but it turned out to be a big fat rabbit 😅

    • @DollyTheLlama
      @DollyTheLlama ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@christineschutten248 I lived in the woods for almost 20 years and I'll never forget the night that the dogs started barking at something not far from the house. The dogs got closer to the house and that's when I could hear what sounded like something huge shuffling through the woods. Small twigs snapping and everything. I thought the same, wild pig. I went in and peeped out the door. The sound got louder and louder and then a big armadillo made his way out of the tree line and into the front yard. I got a laugh out of that one. 😆

  • @lifesahobby
    @lifesahobby ปีที่แล้ว +23

    A fox will make a noise some times that sounds like a child screaming "help me" ..
    I sh!t you not .
    When you get a whole battalion of rescue people out looking for a missing person and it turns out to be a fox ..
    Yeah , that's a bit of craic.

    • @englishwoodsman
      @englishwoodsman  ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I sh-t my self the first time I heard one🤣🤣

    • @lifesahobby
      @lifesahobby ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@englishwoodsman I was wondering if the noise you heard was some part of your sleeping system moving as you breath .
      The mind can play awful tricks when you're exposed to the elements .
      I'd suggest find the safest way to camp for your mind . . You'll miss it when it's gone..
      Remember you're inspiring others to get out , that's how I see my own trips and films , I don't have to do anything crazy or risky .
      Planning an adventure over a hill to a valley to camp , it's a big walk with alot of gear and I've nothing fancy . My new tent is easy 2.6 kilograms and I'd say the lightest I can make all my gear is maybe 10 kilos .. but at least I know when I am in it , I'm ok from mice , spiders etc .
      I think it's those things that set the mind to spooked mode ,

    • @happydays9613
      @happydays9613 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Spot on with foxes. I have a family of foxes that live where I do. At night you can hear their little baby foxes cry, they can be seen running around, then they start crying like a baby cries. Quite creepy hearing it the first time, in the early hours. Being spooked is only natural. Anyone that makes out they have never been spooked when camping alone, yeah OK 🙄 only if nothing happened to make you get spooked would be my reply to that. I think you are brave to be fair not being in a tent, I would rather something sheltering me, even if it wouldn't help much in a situation. Stay blessed Lady camper UK

    • @robertbuffalo8287
      @robertbuffalo8287 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was camping solo a few years back, heard some noises and scratching on the tent two nights in a row. I am a very heavy sleeper, so I knew something was there. The third night caught something going by the tent. Grabbed my gun and shot the red fox coming out of the back of my trailer.

  • @philbrotherton5720
    @philbrotherton5720 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Don't worry, we all get spooked on occasion whilst solo camping/bivvying, most of the time for no rational reason.
    Several years ago, I was attacked by a pack of feral dogs at night whilst bivvying on a remote beach in Greece & that experience haunts me every time I sleep out on my own.
    For the rest of that journey, I slept in defendable/daft camping spots. (Up trees, rocks, under bridges, etc.) but having something solid on one side, some kind of trip wire alarm & a big knife all help to calm my nerves when something goes bump in the night!

  • @planetphil3456
    @planetphil3456 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Lol. My snoring is enough to scare anyone away from coming near camp.. try it next time m8

    • @englishwoodsman
      @englishwoodsman  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wonder if Scott was around somewhere 🤔

  • @lewisgardner1660
    @lewisgardner1660 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Hi Dan I have been watching you from just after you started, I enjoy the videos when you talk about your life, I admire how you have not let your dyslexia hold you back, after all the things that have happened in your life you are still very positive, good for you👍🏻 don’t ever change who you are

    • @xvsupremacy7190
      @xvsupremacy7190 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A lot of UFO,s in Yorkshire a few years ago .

  • @kevinjackson7340
    @kevinjackson7340 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    You`ve got over 53,000 sub`s because people enjoy what you do Dan, do what makes YOU happy...it`s obviously working. [Alien`s].

  • @LundysWildcampBushcraft
    @LundysWildcampBushcraft ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Dan I went through the same stuff as you all through my school day's and left without any qualifications at 16 I couldn't read or write so took myself to night school for 1 year and it really helped I ended up being a Sargent in the Royal Artillery I'm not perfect at reading and writing so never put yourself down mate keep doing what you're doing atvb Jimmy 😎😎👍👍

  • @rtk3543
    @rtk3543 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Good one Dan, probably a hedgehog sniffing about they can be quite noisy. Bivvy bags look too claustrophobic to me but each to his own. One thing about big foot and aliens is that the only people who see them don't know how to use a camera. Cheers.

    • @englishwoodsman
      @englishwoodsman  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was felling claustrophobic some time mate .

    • @sherbert500
      @sherbert500 ปีที่แล้ว

      probably badgers sniffing about, they won't care to much that your there either!

    • @dougdixonhull
      @dougdixonhull ปีที่แล้ว

      I was thinking hedgehogs aswell, noisy bloody things

    • @jimcarter2590
      @jimcarter2590 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hedgehogs can be surprisingly noisy. The one that comes to my garden sounds like a bulldog. Cheap night vision might provide some assurance when spooked? Also my miltec bivvy is a total sweatbox. Was expecting you to be floating in the morning!

  • @JoanKiernan
    @JoanKiernan ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Much rather tent camping! Noise could be a lot of things....a fox's yell sounds like someone being murdered

    • @englishwoodsman
      @englishwoodsman  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes tent camping a lot better mate

    • @englishwoodsman
      @englishwoodsman  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      100 % tent camp

    • @flamintasty
      @flamintasty ปีที่แล้ว

      Perhaps it was a fox murdering someone 🤷

  • @dougdixonhull
    @dougdixonhull ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Hi Dan
    Great solo camp video.
    Just wanted to tell you about when I got spooked on a hammock camp.
    During the night a suddenly heard what sounded like a growing! I woke up and checked all around but couldn't see anything. I was just drifting off to sleep when I heard it any. This time it was louder. I started to get spooked as yet again nothing was around. Then it happened again but this time I figured out where it was coming from!.
    It was me snoring and waking myself up. 🤣😂🤣
    I felt so stupid but it is true how your mind can play tricks on you.

  • @Scotty268
    @Scotty268 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This sniffing experience happened to me during the summer camping with the family! Mrs made me go out and investigate, turned out to be 2 hedgehogs rummaging in a bag of rubbish we had tied up for the bin in the morning 😂😂what a laugh/ relief!could of sworn it was a massive dog haha! Never knew they could make that much noise! Love the videos as always Dan! Keep em coming 😎👍

    • @keithtomey5046
      @keithtomey5046 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yep - hedgehogs are amazingly snuffly! (Dot)

    • @valvegeek
      @valvegeek ปีที่แล้ว

      @@keithtomey5046 I concur! Had one trying to get into a rubbish bag when I was camping on Anglesey some years ago, what a racket. Know what it is now if I hear it again! 😊👍

  • @markrobinson2387
    @markrobinson2387 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I recon it was Grizzly Gaz getting revenge after you shit him up with you poncho in the woods last time Great video Dan 😂😂

  • @grayghost8289
    @grayghost8289 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hey Dan, Tennessee US. Over here just found your channel and im quite enjoying it cheers 🍻. My area we have plenty of forests to choose from but no matter where I decide to go the predators are everywhere and It keeps you @ certain level of awareness we have Bears, cougars, Coyotes, and Bears lol. One thing that gets your attention is when you can tell when you hear something walking on 4 legs or 2 and thats what gets the adrenalin going. Check out Sasquach Chronicles been podcasting for years its just people telling their accounts. listen to a few, changed my perspective on the subject. Thanks for reading God Bless you and yours!

    • @CIC-qm9zt
      @CIC-qm9zt ปีที่แล้ว

      That's a brilliant podcast, been listening to it for years.

  • @Berniewojewski
    @Berniewojewski ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I believe BigFoot exists. Way to many stories and pictures from over the years for him NOT to exist.

  • @BurtReynoldstash
    @BurtReynoldstash ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Good on ya mate for talking about dyslexia.
    I used to work for an outdoor education company that “entertains” the kids in school who are disruptive/difficult.
    I was amazed at kids about to leave school that couldn’t read or write. Education dept totally failed them, really sad

  • @disillusioneddisappointed
    @disillusioneddisappointed ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hi Dan, 1st vid I’ve watched, I reckon go with your instincts and considering you were out in open &no tent or fire or security of a tarp etc, you were 100%right in being alert;i reckon it was a large cat like a puma type as they’ve been spotted all over countryside in Uk especially up north, r u camping near a railway line?? Great content! XJo London

  • @carrier6517
    @carrier6517 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hi from Adelaide, Australia. I am a subscriber and have been for a while now, love your videos Dan and keep 'em coming. I too have Dyslexia, actually a lot of people do and famous ones at that.

  • @swanseamale47
    @swanseamale47 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    A tip I was given a long time ago was look for a big patch of brambles or a really overgrown area, the last place you'd go for a mooch about, and find a way in there. If it looks a nightmare to you there's a good chance anyone else will leave it alone too and you'll get some peace.

  • @aaaa-pe1zi
    @aaaa-pe1zi ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I don't blame you for feeling uneasy its called being human.
    I have done lots of camping but not wild camping on my own.
    We don't know what weirdo's are going around i understand its less likely to meet a madman in the wild.
    But you have to be careful incase someone see you going into the woods and follows you.
    Good video thanks for sharing.

    • @jimmybaldwin737
      @jimmybaldwin737 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My fear is. All it takes is for a madman. To buy high tech night vision. Or thermal goggles. And probably goes around. Looking for body heat. Or campers. That’s my fear. I would love to camp. But I just think of stuff like that

  • @katrinajohnson3776
    @katrinajohnson3776 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I've seen you mentioned highly before by others in comments, so I thought that I'd view your channel. I enjoyed your video very much too. 🤗👍I stopped camping ALONE because I've had men try to get into my tent in the middle of the night way too many times before thru the years. I got to where I'd tie my zipper closed, attach bells to it too to wake me up, kept my truck keys next to me to set off my alarm if I had to, and slept with a hatchet and knife too. This happened at campgrounds with other campers near me, and even once when I was set up in a tent with my kids in another tent right across from me, and my father was close beside me in his camper. Even so, the last time I camped in a tent for a month on vacation. Others were always around me camping too. I had the best time of my life until once again, someone tried to get into my tent in the middle of the night. I told myself that I'd never go camping again until I had a camper that I could lock myself in. I'm just too afraid to go camping ALONE anymore though. I'm too afraid to even go hiking through the woods anymore after the things a man said to me as I came walking out of the restroom the last time I went camping. As I was rushing away from him, he said, "Hey, you want to go for a walk in the woods with me"?? I'll never forget the way he leered at me. I didn't even answer him. I just rushed towards my campsite. That night, I slept in my truck with the doors locked. Thankfully, he left the campground the next day. I'd say that he was the one man who ended up scaring me away from camping and walking in the woods alone ever again. I'd go if I were a man, but as a woman, I've lost my bravery to camp or hike in the woods alone now. I miss doing both of those things which I always loved, but I just can't feel safe to step foot into a tent or the woods anymore. I admire men such as yourself who bravely hike thru the woods and countryside to camp out alone. Even grown men can be frightened at times out camping. God gave us instincts to warn us when we're in danger. Sometimes it ends up being nothing or no one to harm or hurt us, but sometimes, it can turnout to be something or someone which can. Always have something to try and protect yourself with in case you need it. May God watch over you, and keep you safe and well. May he watch over and protect all you good men and women who are bravely out walking and camping in our forest and countrysides.✝️😌🙏

  • @hellsscoutact5379
    @hellsscoutact5379 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I live in the great NW and Alaska usa. Ive spent many a night out alone. If im asleep and i wake up because ive heard something out of sorts, i consider it a threat until i feel secure again. To continue this lifestyle as im getting old im looking to get 2 dogs as companions. Never hurts to trust their senses. Great job nice video. JMHO

  • @loganavich17
    @loganavich17 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Hey Dan I love your channel.I've only subscribed to 4 channels in the last 15 years and your content is spot on.👍.Always listen to your sixth sense or gut feeling.The little bit of noise you made probably scared whatever it was.Keep up the good work Dan.

  • @yvonnemassey3658
    @yvonnemassey3658 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This is your bag Dan. Do what pleases you. We obviously enjoy it because we keep on watching. My hat is off to you, I could never solo camp. I'm deathly afraid of the dark and can't even take the dog out after dark without a flood lamp, air horn and someone with me, lol. If he comes to me to go out I promptly walk him to his grandpa (and believe me, my neighbors are grateful). I fear mostly other people or large animals. I never think of bigfoot and aliens. Now that meal looked awful but if I was out camping or shtf I would be ever so grateful to have it even if chocolate did get into my coffee. We have buckets full of mre's prepping for shtf times. We've tried them, some ok some just awful but we are glad they are there. I have Dyslexia too. I didn't find out until I was in my early 20s. I thought I was just stupid. I read my first book when I was 23, I made a special bookmark where I could see only one line at a time. Found out I love reading but I still have trouble reading words if I can't picture in my mind what the word is so I usually just skip those, words like the, if, Dyslexia. Stay safe, cya next time.

    • @carrier6517
      @carrier6517 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I too am Dyslexic but my Mum could see that something was wrong and took me to see someone who helped children with it. It did help but I still to this day have trouble with some words being back to front etc., and when I got my drivers license I would turn left instead of right or right instead of left when someone was giving me directions, I can laugh about it now but I love having a dictionary around and easier with google.

    • @englishwoodsman
      @englishwoodsman  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wow what a great comment thankyou

    • @englishwoodsman
      @englishwoodsman  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Your wife sound amazing just like my wife

    • @macducati2304
      @macducati2304 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bigfoot and the Aliens are OK, it's the Werewolves you gotta be scared of......

  • @2e0txe
    @2e0txe ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You need to setup a trail cam to look over whilst you sleep so that those 'spooky' sounds can be viewed :)

    • @englishwoodsman
      @englishwoodsman  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I have some trail camera as well damian

    • @ike8236
      @ike8236 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've thought about that for myself in a few creepy spots I go to but thought as long as I'm alive in the morning I'd rather not see what was creeping around when I sleep.

  • @anfieldrd1892
    @anfieldrd1892 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    BOO 😂😂😂 WTG DAN

  • @macducati2304
    @macducati2304 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Probably Badgers, a mate of mine left his stuff in his tent whilst camping. He came back and they'd made a hole in the side of the tent. A farmer told him he'd seen one of them running across the field with his cool box which contained his grub! He later found a bit of the cool box handle and that was it! Hilarious I had a good laugh at that one! Little twats!

  • @The_Milky_Way
    @The_Milky_Way ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Dear Dan,
    Keep up the good work man. U seem a great person and in my opinion u are doing a VERY GOOD JOB with your videos. Cheers from Belgium...

  • @stephen-truthseeker
    @stephen-truthseeker ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It could of been a pig or a badger or even a ghost or dogman ?

  • @lifesahobby
    @lifesahobby ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Hey if you want to fix your zip you need a pliars , preferably a flat one , and on the zipper , there are two flat guides on the side facing the ground as you zip it . They will be splayed out a bit , flatten then , a tiny bit at a time .. don't over pinch them together .
    Zip will be brand new .
    It's the square end of the zipper .

  • @melissalane7920
    @melissalane7920 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It’s not wimpish to say you got spooked. It’s human. Love your videos x

  • @amfearliathmor9747
    @amfearliathmor9747 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Sabe/Sasquatch can instil a fear and a sense of foreboding that is absolutely terrifying. Looks like it was more than just being spooked.

    • @r-pupz7032
      @r-pupz7032 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      English woods are absolutely tiny compared to the US, most aren't big enough to house a wild chihuahua let alone Sasquatch/Sabe, and we have no native legends about such entities so I suspect something else. Personally, I have been spooked when something like an owl is nearby as it causes the smaller animals to fall silent, took me a while to put my finger on it. But my friend swears there are nature spirits who still find a home in the tiny woodland we still have left.. I don't know about that, but I am open minded!

  • @welcome2thewoodsuk
    @welcome2thewoodsuk ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hello Dan,
    Just found your channel,
    It's great it's just like the stuff I do.
    I just subbed.
    I'm very new to youtube and I'm also dislexic.
    Keep up the good work mate really good.
    Also the noises of the wood seem to amplifie when you get spooked and are on your own, All perfectly normal it's your senses doing there job bud.
    👍

  • @atcay81
    @atcay81 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Awesome video Dan and proud of you for speaking up💪 my dad had dislexia too but he always managed to keep down a job and was such a fast hands on hard worker who learnt so fast without the books and spelling stuff!! Keep on keeping on buddy 🤘 stay safe and keep cool, Cat OZ 🙃👍😁

    • @atcay81
      @atcay81 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol I can't even spell it properly 🤣 *Dyslexia

  • @Andyb2379
    @Andyb2379 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    It’s human nature to be on edge in an environment that’s unfamiliar. I still believe the only thing to fear is another person. Most of our wildlife is pretty tame in the respect not to get you. There’s another TH-camr, grizzly gaz that had an experience like you. He actually captured a person sneaking near his camp early hours of the morning with no torch on a trail cam. That was true scary as they seem to have I’ll intent.

    • @autumnangel4808
      @autumnangel4808 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I watched that vid of Grizzly Gaz's, sooo creepy! what sort of weirdo would sit and watch someone camping?? That's what scares me about wild camping, it's not the animals/ghosts/Bigfoot haha, it's the people!!

    • @Andyb2379
      @Andyb2379 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@autumnangel4808 exactly. It was proper creepy

    • @TimelordUK
      @TimelordUK ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'd be more scared of people than animals or aliens

    • @stephenalex4345
      @stephenalex4345 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@autumnangel4808 do you think he edits his videos to make them creepy?

    • @autumnangel4808
      @autumnangel4808 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@stephenalex4345 there's obviously some editing has to go into the vids, but not sure it makes them creepier, how more creepy can you get than a random person sat watching your camp?? haha

  • @Tyr-not-mars
    @Tyr-not-mars ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Spooky Crow..?

  • @alanslade2319
    @alanslade2319 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi you seem to have a lot of spooky stuff happening to you, foot steps and growls around you, you should have ghost tube on your phone. Like grizzly Gaz . Great show only been watching for about 3 months and love watching it. Please take care yourself and see you soon AkA Night owl from Luton.👻🇬🇧🍻💯👍

  • @MissDsPlace
    @MissDsPlace ปีที่แล้ว +1

    24:50...LOL..I was just about to comment, "Maybe Bigfoot is an Alien"...which is one of the reasons why they survived all this time without being captured or seen to often....just guessing 😄

  • @dawnamae7507
    @dawnamae7507 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    New subscriber here from Alberta, Canada. I’m from Blackfoot Nation and from Piikani Tribe. Nice to meet you! You have a lot of courage to sleep under the stars! I look forward to all your videos and I will be catching up to present time! (April 2023 Happy Easter!) (No, it’s not wimpish and a part of human emotion, you are human.)

  • @bobhead6243
    @bobhead6243 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have a Dyslexic friend , and he comes up with some great substitute names for things , Like " Jellypenos " instead of Jalpen'os ! , and they get incorporated into our everyday speech , can be embaracing if you say them by accident in shops though ! lmao .😂🙂

  • @teresareynolds4364
    @teresareynolds4364 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    On your dyslexia, that teacher should be absolutely ashamed of herself,
    There's ways to train your brain to reverse the letters and numbers, which ever part you had problems with,
    I myself was left-handed, I wrote from right to left, and my letters were completely backward. If you held it up to a mirror, you could read it,
    I was also in Catholic school, so imagine what they thought, 😂
    They made me write with my right hand, and I had to write page after page of each letter,
    It helped, but spelling was brutal for me,
    I would have such anxiety if asked to spell out loud or read out loud because I still saw the words in my head backward,
    I got tons of books and forced myself to read,
    Now I speed read through them, if I'm tired or not paying attention, I slip right back,
    My daughter was also dyslexic, hers were numbers, she would write them backwards, and she still struggles to stay focused,
    Again, that teacher should have recognized it and got you the help you needed while you were young,
    That's your entire life that teacher messed with,
    You should be extremely proud of how you are overcoming this, and very proud of your tremendous success right here on YT,
    I love your videos, especially the scary ones, because I know there's no way I'd camps out by myself,
    Stay safe, 😊

  • @orondedavis
    @orondedavis ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You better get ready for some Vaseline brother, Bigfoot likes his cakes greased.😂🤣👍🏿💪🏾🙅🏾‍♂️ 25:53

  • @acousticactivism2873
    @acousticactivism2873 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Not a good way to light the stove , if you drop it you will be on fire .
    I have heard sniffing , could be foxes , or I am starting to wonder from watching your videos that could it be that because you are dyslexic , you have developed clairvoyant hearing skills . Some are seers and some are hearers I am learning . When you are alone and out there those skills tune in to hearing spirit . Better to tune in to spiritual by chanting Hare Krishna .
    Not to worry anyway , if it was windy you wouldn't hear those slight noises .

  • @peesua
    @peesua ปีที่แล้ว +36

    A few little tips I've learned as a solo camper in the woods.
    Get to know the woods you are camping in and look for signs of human activity, such as litter.
    Try to pick spots that are a ball-ache to get to - even in daylight - this will make it far less likely you will be intruded upon in the night.
    Get to know the sounds of local wildlife - there are TH-cam videos featuring sounds of badgers, muntjac deer, foxes etc..., all of which can sound scary when you're by yourself.
    Human male urine (only works with male - females would have to literally take a bottle of male urine with them) can actually deter foxes from coming near your camp. This is a tried and tested method of keeping them away from gardens.
    Keep a bushcraft knife handy for emergencies - so you can at least defend yourself in a worst case scenario.
    There is 1 or 2 TH-cam videos showing how to set up some fishing line around trees while also attaching it to one of those rape alarms you can get that are activated by pulling out the pin 'grenade style.; This is one way of creating a booby trap for anything encroaching on your camp if you are really concerned.
    The last tip: It is highly unlikely you will ever encounter another human deep in pitch black woods, and far more likely that is an animal or bird in their natural habitat. So try not to let your mind wander whenever you hear 'movement or rustling sounds.'

    • @mikevega07
      @mikevega07 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agree I do the same

    • @robertoxyzzz
      @robertoxyzzz ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Skinwalkers can be a bitch sometimes when they snatch a soul.

    • @adventuresbackroad2534
      @adventuresbackroad2534 ปีที่แล้ว

      Always have my Shotgun on my side in tent with slug. I don't care all what you say, only what i can say dont try to wake up me in my tent.

    • @rogerhector5885
      @rogerhector5885 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      and take a dog they will let you know if something is about not by barking but the direction their looking

    • @rogerhector5885
      @rogerhector5885 ปีที่แล้ว

      good advice

  • @karenrussell5339
    @karenrussell5339 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Maybe it was bigfoot you heard sniffing 😂😂..only kidding..you are a brave man camping alone like that..can be scary with a tent but without it ,hell no..🥰

  • @grumpybird2661
    @grumpybird2661 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I know Sasquatch is real because I’ve seen and heard them in Northern British Columbia. The one I saw was massive at least 8 ft tall. It’s face looked like a man and the body was covered in hair. I was working on an Oil Rig in the 1990s when I saw it. I wasn’t the only person that saw it either. Sasquatch isn’t the only thing out there either. There are much worse and far more terrifying

  • @rh645
    @rh645 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Love all your vids fella! Dunno if I've thanked you for it but channels like yours, scotty's and hazey got me through breakdowns after a family break up, bankruptcy and homelessness (basically went to the woods with a stove and learnt which plants i can eat instead of heading to the city with a sleeping bag). I too couldn't tell the difference between august and october til a few years ago (47 now). Never had myself checked out though in my day we were either just certified brainy or stupid). Winged it as a postman for 27 years, but after family issues arose, i couldn't even sort letters into the right slots nevermind deliver them correctly. Was on warning after warning and left in the end before they finished me. Sorry for long rant and well done if you get through this. Keep the banter coming, i think lots of us like it and need it! Cheers!

  • @jayleigh4642
    @jayleigh4642 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    New subscriber… enjoyed watching this and you also being so candid about your dyslexia… I was wondering if the sniffing could have been a deer?
    Great channel…

  • @Alagar63
    @Alagar63 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    See. I still get words wrong lol I spelled watching, arching lol it never leaves but I just get on with life. A bit like you Dan.

  • @markallen5764
    @markallen5764 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Dunking biscuits and chocolate bars are more of a northern thing
    I love dipping in me tea and coffee ❤
    Becky 🇬🇧 xx

    • @hattyburrow716
      @hattyburrow716 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh, southerner here and snap ❤ 🇬🇧

  • @TonyL2567
    @TonyL2567 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It would have been a dogman, nothing to worry about just an 8ft werewolf type creature with massive teeth and claws

  • @stephensingleton4937
    @stephensingleton4937 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Absolutely brilliant video, great content and great entertainment, love watching all your videos, got my mates watching them and they love them, 👍

  • @mitchtalks
    @mitchtalks ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sounds like hedgehogs mind…they are extremely quiet moving about but can make some outlandish noises…loud sniffing and ruffling are the norm with them I look after two in my back garden and was amazed at the noises they make haha…just a guess though mate 😅 coulda been something a lot more sinister 😅

  • @jameswilson6717
    @jameswilson6717 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great video Dan and big up for explaining things even although you should never feel like you have to,my 11 year old daughter has dyslexia she puts letters in when it doesn’t exist and flips letters around and if she can’t get it she just makes a word up at first I blamed myself thinking I wasn’t there for her and maybe she was just a little slow but she was diagnosed with dyslexia but you know what Dan I love her just the same will always be my little angel and I will always support her till my very last breath!!!!Doesnt change who you are bud and your a legend!!!!Thanks for this.All the very best 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @paulc5569
    @paulc5569 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It was Boris and Hancock dogging with each other hope you got your Speedos on 🤤😂😂🤣

  • @ianadams1132
    @ianadams1132 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    59k now big man, keep them coming 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

  • @nigelhembery3243
    @nigelhembery3243 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi Dan no it’s not wimpish no way could I do that great video Dan really enjoyed it

  • @blackcoalboy
    @blackcoalboy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great videos Dan but tell me what do your wife feel about you all the time you’re away?

  • @JustineeFre
    @JustineeFre ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My brother is dyslexic. He can’t read anything besides his name.

  • @tammieflemal7871
    @tammieflemal7871 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was told by in the mid 60’s by my second grade teacher that I was to stupid to learn and should go to the retard school ( her actual words) I struggled in school with spelling and sequencing numbers. Went through boot camp and was shocked to be offered an appointment to Annapolis for college. Didn’t take it but later in college I was diagnosed with dyslexia. Now remember that early on it was believed that only males had this. My point is don’t give up, don’t short change yourself. Your brain develops ways around and now look at how you’re doing with life and you’re teaching others that you can achieve a dream through your videos!

  • @paulahiggins6322
    @paulahiggins6322 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Have u thought of getting a dog to keep u company on your solo camping 😊

  • @bobhead6243
    @bobhead6243 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I used to have an Issue saying the word Ambulance ? 🤔🤐

  • @rexharris318
    @rexharris318 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Another brilliant video Dan very entertaining and informative and definitely not wimpy to be concerned when something unknown keeps waking you up probably a fox or hedgehog. Loved your question of whether you were in danger from Bigfoot or Aliens 👽 personal I think werewolves or zombie 🧟‍♂️ squirrels lol.

  • @chrisuk1000
    @chrisuk1000 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    normal to get spooked on your own and always worse when you talk about stuff and set yourself up.Its very brave to see it through. I don't think you ever get used to it either. I've even imagined spirits in the wood watching and had to leave, its about controlling your mind. Besides instinct has kept your ancestors alive for millennia so may be trust in that more. You do great camping videos mate keep it up

  • @Kastley
    @Kastley ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nothing wrong with acclimating to your surroundings when solo camping!

  • @geoc1433
    @geoc1433 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It may have been aliens sniffing to see if you were edible.

  • @TheRealSteveEllis
    @TheRealSteveEllis ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Congrats on flying past 53k subscribers. I’m sure most of us are here because you are such an honest lad. You have a lot of knowledge, experience and I enjoy your gear reviews too but there are lots of channels on these subjects that are almost carbon copies of each other. I find your perspective refreshing

  • @YikiMedia
    @YikiMedia ปีที่แล้ว +1

    its the djinn bro they are exist and walking alot at night and they walking alot in 3 AM

  • @dominicspitzer1030
    @dominicspitzer1030 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I did my first wild camp in a wood last year in Rendlesham Forest.
    It was a surprise to realise just how noisy woods are and the different ways that sound carries at night.
    After dark we heard noises obvious to city folk such as owls and foxes but one noise woke us at 4am in a cold sweat.
    If you've never heard a Stag barking then you're in for a shock, especially when it's less than 5 meters from camp. 😅

  • @Dave-ug9bh
    @Dave-ug9bh ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It'll of been uncle Bulgaria sniffing about I reckon

  • @rodney-vs4kl
    @rodney-vs4kl ปีที่แล้ว +2

    There is nothing wrong with getting spooked! When you're solo camping it's happened to me a dozen times!😅😊

  • @bobhead6243
    @bobhead6243 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I no longer use Facebook , had some serious issues on there ! .😔

  • @davidkirby4367
    @davidkirby4367 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’m sure you must be an inspiration to others, speaking out about your dyslexia. And I like the way you deal with the negative people, it makes you a very special bloke. Keep it up 👍

  • @alanredversangel
    @alanredversangel ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I don't camp but i walk my dog in the dark a lot. Foxes, rabbits, even owls can sound bloody terrifying. Not sure I could sleep well with them around. Even mice sound like they're in despair.

    • @willcatherall8159
      @willcatherall8159 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A barn owl screech at 2am is possibly the most terrifying thing use I've ever heard

  • @gtscott28
    @gtscott28 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm dyslexic too. Even as to r talking about school I can feel my heart beating so fast with anxiety. I'm nearly touching 40 too. But I believe what you lack in you gain in other things. But if the apocalypse hits, I bet you and I would last longer in the wild than all the geniuses in the world. Ps. I just subscribed to your channel 👍🏻

    • @englishwoodsman
      @englishwoodsman  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Welcome to the channel gillian. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment

  • @christiantamminen8998
    @christiantamminen8998 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Don't apologise for light inconsistences mate. Thats life. And you are stealth camping after all :) You always do a cracking job. And the sound is spot on 👍 I am terrified to stealth camp although it is appealing. I snore! 🤣

  • @gavintimson5940
    @gavintimson5940 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think it is natural that you get spooked. There is nothing worse while camping than noises that are not recognidable. Camping is one of the most vulnetable things you can do. Nothing wimpish about it.
    How is the RR top? I love their trousers, but havent took the plunge on anything else as they are quite pricey.

  • @clare1379
    @clare1379 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Just catching up on the videos I have missed, ran out of data for a while, thoroughly enjoyed it all so far!! Thank you for taking the time to make the videos for us to enjoy 👍

  • @bobhead6243
    @bobhead6243 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I spent my youth Camping and Hiking all over the Hills of Great Britain and other Countries , I would not do it now though , too Ill for that !😪

  • @martyl425
    @martyl425 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    it's weird how the brain works , I spend a lot of time outdoors and feel at complete ease. I probably feel as comfortable outdoors as people feel in their house's, I think the reason for this is I'm under the firm belief that the further away from man you are the safer you are. we are the apex predators on this little island so therfore we only need to fear ourselves.(plus I have a little pitbull who alerts me to anything going on within a good few hundred meters and she is fully prepared to protect me. I sometimes wake up and she is standing over me growling alerting me to a possible danger outside . I feel safe going to sleep with my little friend).I'm also dyslexic and struggle to read and write although I'm classed as highly intelligent it's frustrating , I had to learn how to spell the name of my street in capital letters I spell using baby letters I sound like a child spelling out words to the point people think I'm taking the piss. annoying and embarrassing. the predictive text on my phone doesn't understand what I'm trying to write.anyway take care God bless.peace.

  • @jojocanon2803
    @jojocanon2803 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What was that noise at 29:46-47??? Sounded like someone said something but it wasn't you. It was a weird noise! Volume all the way up & ear buds to hear it best.

  • @paulanderson5685
    @paulanderson5685 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Good to see even experienced solo campers still get spooked. Gives those with less experience more confidence to not give up. Thanks for not just keeping in the bits that make it look easy. Enjoy your videos and look forward to more in the future

  • @mendyviola
    @mendyviola ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Solo camping in a remote area where no one can hear you scream is a different game than solo camping in yelling distance of others. I solo camp a lot, but the spookiest time that shook my nerves was a remote location in a state park, but close to a highway, and I heard what I swear was gunfire in the early morning hours. I realized that my bear spray was no match for a gun. I was on high alert for the rest of the night, but because of the freeway noise I wouldn’t hear other sounds around me, which made me even more edgy. Besides the 2-legged threats, I’m more concerned with wild boar in some area that I camp. They can be quite aggressive.

  • @brianbritton3175
    @brianbritton3175 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bigfoot, I have some crazy stories 😂

  • @martyncoburn1681
    @martyncoburn1681 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've just found your channel so I'm a new sub I've had a quick look through the comments and not seen anything about aliens or big foot but myself would have to go with aliens loving the content good to see that there long ones too thanks for sharing with all of us stay safe out there

  • @disillusioneddisappointed
    @disillusioneddisappointed ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Also, I’m scared of insects 🕷 especially spiders,so i am in awe of how brave you are!

  • @edwardcandlish3641
    @edwardcandlish3641 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Aliens 👍😆 and Dan you do an amazing job with your words etc and like you said there are many forms of dislexia , it is very common, don’t let it bother you, you are an amazing guy, and a great entertainer, love all your vids mate 👍 and always looking forward to your next one, when are you going to use your oven again, the one you cooked the chicken in a few weeks back.

    • @joesoy9185
      @joesoy9185 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      dyslexia - did you do that on purpose? LOL

    • @englishwoodsman
      @englishwoodsman  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Very soon

  • @Alagar63
    @Alagar63 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hi Dan. This is my first time arching you camping and so far I think you are very entertaining. I like your straight forward way of explaining solo camping. I was interested in your explanation of Dyslexia. I also have dyslexia and have struggled with it all my life. I am now 63. I felt exactly the same has you at school and couldn’t wait to leave. It took me a long time to learn to live with it, but I managed it and now I am psychologist. I realised that I had to stop being afraid of spelling things wrong and getting words backwards, words all wrong and all over the place. All through my teens I had a really hard time with spelling. I never had a problem reading-so I could cover my short fall with spelling because in work reading things was more important than righting. Like you I took manual jobs so I didn’t have to spell things. I always had a pocket dictionary with mean case of emergency. It’s hard to explain how hard it is to live with dyslexia but I made a formula for my self. I went to collage and I explained to the teachers that I had dyslexia and they didn’t bat a eyelid. They accepted me because of my passion for the work, I ended up going to university and passing everything I turned my hand to and now I am proud to say I am approaching retirement and I have had many years has a psychologist. Working with people with substance abuse and helping many of them with dyslexia. Dyslexia is more a problem for people without it than it is for us with it. So just keep up your fantastic work on TH-cam. I can tell it do sent bother you now. You have a great life doing exactly what pleases you. Thanks for the videos Dan. Your a star ⭐️

  • @marcs990
    @marcs990 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I would have to say aliens 👽 also 😅

  • @davidmichehl7616
    @davidmichehl7616 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Dan, when we are out alone the mind can play tricks on us . Next time try setting up trail cameras you might see something interesting or nothing at all but it can help set your mind at ease. Love your videos take care.

  • @leavenotraceUK
    @leavenotraceUK ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Never seen anyone dunk a chocolate in coffee but everyone to their own. Great video 👍🏼