Almost definitely a fox. I have nearly (and I’m talking literally here) *shit* myself when one kicked off outside my tent. The *most* scary noise is foxes copulating. Sounds like someone is getting murdered! I love your honesty. No point in staying if it feels off as you just won’t enjoy it. Love Archie too… trust your dog. They’re far smarter than us.
That sounded waaaay bigger than a fox lol, got yourself a bigfoot. Way too quiet and the owl sounds large, your dog knows too. That was him saying and “stay out!”
Did you hear his dog panting?? Not only do they pant when they're hot, but they pant when they're stressed out too. Pup was telling him to go, without telling him to go
Exactly. It's a "rule of survival" of sorts that Vietnam veterans in my support group talk about and I have the rule as well. When in the field and everything has been set up, you can hear "nature's background noise". The animals have adjusted, the insects have gotten back to their routine, etc. But once nature hits the mute button ... you know something's squirrelly. Nature has been disturbed and is on the defensive. So when the Vietnam guys were on patrol or in their fox holes and all of a sudden everything goes quiet, EVERYONE was on guard and ready for a fight. It's why they most can't sleep in a quiet room. Or even just sit in a quiet room. Me neither, as I have similar experiences. So when this guy was about to set up camp and everything got quiet, he knew something was wrong and left. It may have saved his life, as compromising safety in that type of situation is NOT worth the YT ad revenue.
Agreed. We are not only apex predators, we are also prey. And we were doing the hunter gatherer thing far longer than we have been civilized. The people who don't listen to that inner voice are the ones who don't make it.
I'm not experienced in camping or hiking. At all. But I am a rural boy. When you hear the crows and ravens start panicking like that near the end, you close your windows and lock everything down tight. Those birds are incredibly intelligent and if you hear them warning each other of danger, you listen.
@@AceAl3x Can't really say this is the case for every bird panic that happened when I was a kid, but the one time things got serious enough that we kids were told, it was kidnappers.
The birds don’t usually squabble like that unless there is a predator. I grew up hearing the cries of crows and ravens, that didn’t sound like a territorial dispute, that sounded like an alarm. The fact that everything had gone quiet, to where you could only hear owls, paired with the dog being on high alert probably means there was a predator. Trusting the dogs instincts and his own gut feeling to gtfo was a smart decision. What really sells it was the cries heard at the end. Whatever it was, it sounded big.
Can i ask what country this is?? Compared to bc canada this all looks like public or town land.. Do they have bears and wolves there?? A wolf pack came to our camp once three years ago and ill never camp without a gun in BC AGAIN
Went camping off a dirt road in the mountains with my lady a couple years back. Woke up to dead silence. Not the peaceful kind. Not even a breeze. She woke up too. I asked “do you feel that?” “Yeah,” she replied, “something isn’t right.” I quickly responded, “we need to leave.” We threw everything in the car and didn’t bother doing it neatly. I have chills writing this now. I’ll never forget the unbelievable waves of full body hair raising chills I had all the way home.
You know how many victims reported that yeah, something felt off, or the hairs on the back of my neck stood up? Archie picked something up as well. He was tracking something. He did sit down but was still alert. Listen to your gut - anyone reading this - listen to your gut regardless of what ego thinks, what others think. Read the Gift of Fear. Could have been nothing, but as I camp a lot by myself, I listen to my gut. I would rather be laughed at than dead. Stay aware. Stay safe.
If you have that funny feeling listen to it, you did the right thing. Your dog felt something I trust a dogs intuition & senses. Appauld yourself cause at least you're getting out there & trying the more you try the more you'll feel comfortable. Stay safe.
@@brittanypung1676wait fr? I didnt know skin-walker was native American culture, i just knew it was our regions land of shapshifter folklore, thats super cool to learn!
I have walked out of the forest a few times because of a feeling like that. I never figured out what it was. But my Mom has spent way more time out in the woods, so she actually got to see what it was. She was being stalked by a mountain lion.
Yup, our subconscious picks up on subtle changes in the environment - twigs snapping, birds falling silent, unsettling body language from another person, or the wind going still before a storm. The key is to pay attention to those senses and heed the instinct to get out of harm's way.
I had this happen to me too. My buddy and myself decided to go fishin at this quarry at Choteau Island. When we arrived there was some families out there with their kids fishin. It was expected because it was beautiful out that day but there were a lot more people than usual. I remember feelin a bit off and I wasn't sure why. I just felt paranoid for no reason but once we parked, I saw all the people, and the sun hit my face that feelin of paranoia had lifted. It's like a 10-15 min walk to reach the other side of the fishin hole so we say "screw it" and start headin for the other side. Before we get to the spot we were goin my buddy got called into work and we were bummed. I said "screw it, I'ma stay out here at least to dusk. If you finish up before dusk head back out here". cause I knew I was stayin out there cause I knew I wasn't gonna get another chance to fish on a day like this again for awhile. He emded up headin out and Ikept headin around the lake to a spot I like. This spot has huge cotton trees and if you know cotton trees you know they're loud even in the lightest of wind and there was a nice breeze so I could hear them before I even reached the spot. Once I finally made it around I got my tackle box out and start settin up my rod. I was in my own little zone when all the sudden I got that paranoid feeling back and the I noticed it's dead silent. I look up across the lake and and almost like a horror movie I notice all the cars are now gone except for one and they were packing up their stuff and getting ready to leave. I almost wanted to shout across the lake "wait for me!" I wouldn't really yell across the lake for some strangers but I really had that gut feeling telling me to yell to them. That's when I looked up and the cotton woods were dead silent and I turned around and noticed the sky was now gray and overcast. I watched that last car pull out of the parking lot and I thought to myself. I'm only 10-15 mins away from the parkin lot. If I need to I can just hall ass lol. I go to pull out my phone and it's dead and I'm like hell nah. I'm gettin the hell out of here. I pack my stuff up and walk around to my car with the most paranoid feelin. Like somethings watching me and my gut telling me to leave NOW all at the same time. I get to my car and get over the bridge back in town. That's when my phone pops back on and I see there's a tornado warning and then the sirens go off. A small ef1 came threw that area about 20mins after I left. Without my phone and no sirens out there I woulda had no idea. Then I added everything up in my head and that's why all those families had left. They must have gotten the warnings.... I went back there just last year and there's only one cotton tree left standing now.... crazy how your gut can sense these types of things. anyway that was a lot longer than I wanted it to be. Stay safe out there.
Funny enough, your gut feeling that saved you was probably an actual feeling in your gut. When barometric pressure drops quickly as a strong storm approaches, people can actually feel it in their belly for science reasons. I'm super sensitive to it; always know when it's going to storm because I suddenly feel like I ate Taco Bell. lol
@@DerpDevilDD You probably right. I've heard of ears poppin due to pressure change but you probably right. Thanks for the reply. I know it was a long read.
@@conniegodbey-fleck7452 100% Always ALWAYS trust your first instinct, particularly if your trusty hound also turns skittish! Some will say theyre just picking up your vibe - but something had him spooked! Bailing was the right plan. What do you gain by persevering with a funky situation? You wont enjoy it, so whats the point!
I take my dog out often and he leaves my sight constantly. As long as I can still hear leaves rustling and his tag jingling, I'm fine. It's when the sounds stop that I start freaking out.
@@ArnoldRockefelleri take mine out loads and she goes off all the time where i can see or hear her, less so now she is older but still a few times per walk. i’m fine with it as she always comes back eventually
Man, my gut instincts have my head on a swivel near open doorways/ windows at night and stepping outside my house in the dark gives me the full set of stereotypical greentext horror responses. Unless a cougar lives on my roof in the middle of my suburb, I don’t think it works for me
I have three dogs. They never really pay attention to the TV. When I started watching this they were all asleep. As soon as that whining sound started all three woke up and stared at the TV, ears alert. My GSD jumped into my lap. It might have just because it was a new sound to them... but something about it made them uneasy. Interesting. I think you did the right thing. Trust your gut. Trust your dog.
Our "gut" feelings are just our heightened senses detecting something that our conscious mind does not. Always trust your gut. You may not know why, but trust it always. Glad you're safe.
@@bluemamba5317 the dog was allert and the birds gone quiet, thats a sign that a predator or dangerous weather is aproaching. Birds get quiet as a way to hide themselves. If you know your local alert bird calls, thats even better and that means a predator has been spotted attempting to get one.
@@julialungan4722 Dogs are always alert when they hear or see something interesting. The birds weren't quiet, you can hear a dove and other birds if you listen.
@@bluemamba5317he probably knows his dog best and knows what his anxious behaviour would look like-the rapid eye movement and sunken tail isn’t exactly telling “confident dog”. when my dogs hear a bird or the squirrel they don’t like, they stop but their ears are perked and tail is up.
@@deepseasnailfish The dog knows the owner better, they pick up on our emotional state. This owner is clueless, both to the situation and his dog.. The owner is sitting/laying down, whispering and looking towards the noise. The dog thinks they are in predator mode, he is going to keep a low profile, to not alert the prey. If the owner had shouted and walked towards the noise, the dog would have started barking and run to investigate.
A quiet forest is never a good thing. Add that with an alerted dog and you have a recipe for trouble. You made the right call. I'm a pretty seasoned camper and I would have done the same. Edit: My son went hiking in a state park in Nebraska, USA. He said after a while he felt like he was being watched. He just turned around and went back to his car. Course, there are cougars around here and that is an oft reported gut feeling people have when the big kitties are nearby. I'm just glad he turned around and I'm glad you did too.
There is something terrible in North-central Nebraska... mark my words... there is an old, ancient evil somewhere back there I have encountered... please be VERY careful if you are ever wondering aimlessly in that area.
In Thailand we have a myth that if you go into the woods and everything around you suddenly goes quiet that means something in there warn you not to go in any further and you need to get out of there as fast as possible.
Yes, good move. You're a woman so there are two things here in Virginia that would eat you: bears and dudes. Possibly a cougar or two that have crept back in. Supposedly they are breeding around ivy and crozet. Also coyotes that might eat your dog. Man is by far the worst. I've run into hundreds of bears in the Blue ridge, only once did I ever even had to do the whoa bear thing. Couple of crazy dudes on the AT though. Guys you were very glad to see the tail end of. These days when I backpack I carry a small 9mm where it's legal. If I was a woman I wouldn't go anywhere it wasn't unless I had a real big dog. You might want to look into that. There's a new gun called The Smith & Wesson bodyguard 2.0. it shoots a bullet somewhat smaller than 9 mm that is still pretty effective. Best of all it's pretty soft shooting so you'll get good practice with it, yet it weighs almost nothing. Tiny little thing. Ask your gun friends if they can find one for you to shoot.
@horshamheating she also happens to live close to the highest concentration of bears per square mile in the world. They're pretty chill bears, but a chill bear is still a bear. Also we're supposed to have cougars moving back into the area. They don't mess with humans very often, but they sure could.
Dude as soon as you walked into that dark forest the vibe instantly changed i could feel it through the screen. Every instinct told me you were being watched. Glad you got out of there
I’m creeped out just watching this. Don’t quit camping. Your instincts are spot on. There’s lots of types of camping & places to camp. You’ll find your groove. Keep Archie close by!
@@samgoodfield6559 US person here - thought of a deer or elk call But seeing as this is the uk i wasnt familiar with the wildlife Bull from a farm fits
DO NOT apologize nor feel embarrassed for leaving those woods without setting up camp!!! ALWAYS go with your gut and what your Dog is telling you. I enjoy your content because it's REAL. Real, everyday LIFE. In your place I'd do the same exact thing and respect you for being MAN enough to admit you and Archie were not comfortable with the area and needed to leave. I'll be waiting for the next video!!
The dog told me all I needed to know. He was happy to go on ahead and explore, but once you got to that spot he stuck to you like glue and was on high alert/panicking. Another little giveaway for me was the lay of the land. You've got an area that is open farmland with a little forest/wood slapped in the middle of it. That place is there for a reason. I bet if you asked the locals there are probably some tales attached to it.
Even here in the states, we stay away from areas like that. Usually. 😂 I'd go explore a national forest before I'd explore a patch of forest like that alone. I had creepy person vibes from this one.
So it's beneficial to have these spots of trees/forest along your farmland. It helps cut down wind erosion as a big wind breaker, and also allows local wildlife a reprieve from all of the farmland as well.
The dog was the punctuation, but, you should always listen to your gut instincts. That inner voice is why your ancestors survived long enough produce you. The doggo is an extra set of senses to aid you in survival. That's why we domesticated the wolf. But, if your gut says something is off LISTEN.
The sudden silence of the forest, the dog very much alerting to something and was incredibly wary of proceding at every turn once that something caught their attention, and then that noise as the finisher, absolutely did the right thing
it is likely that it was nothing, but in the case that there is in fact a bear or something out there with him and that WAS what it was, it was better to do that. because in most cases your body will know when something is fucked up, and your dog and the nature around you for sure will
Imma be honest, as a landscape and occasional wildlife photographer who spends long hours in the backcountry [Eastern US] to me, that sounds like a fox. They make an amazingly diverse set of noises.... I don't know much about the forests of the UK, but here in my mountains there's a plethora of things to be afraid of, long... LONG before entities spoken of around dying campfires should enter your mind. That being said, when the forest goes quiet... REALLY quiet, you need to move. Move fast, move far, don't stop till the sound comes back. Silence isn't always golden my friend. Keep your nose to the wind, and your head on a swivel, be careful out there.
Foxes can make sounds ranging from the most adorable thing you've ever heard in your entire life to a noise you'd expect a woman to make while she's being hacked to bits feet first with the blunt end of an axe. Strange animals, and very intelligent.
yeah it sounded like maybe an owl was around too, people are very out of touch with nature sounds in this comment, also the UK has nothing worse than foxes and cows.
Ive watched many scary and weird camping videos but for some reason this one made me more uneasy than any other especially how the dog was acting just gives me chills. Im glad you left. Whatever was out there couldnt have been good
@@wayofthesamurai90 nah the dog genuinely seen something, it was alert and kept looking in the same direction as if it seen someone, you cant fake that
@@Valkyrae123 i can be wrong but i am verry sceptical about these youtubers. He could have had a buddy on the other side of that bush, atracting the attention of the dog.
God I've missed content like this on the tube, I dont even care if its fake or real or played up for views. I grew up watching videos like this, it used to seem like they were everywhere. Shit would keep me up at night. Feels like everyone just went inside and this type of content died off. Now its as nostalgic as it is scary to me, simpler times back then. Thanks for posting this and stay safe man.
I’ve had a sinking feeling everytime I’ve entered a certain stretch of woods, which grew with every foot I set further. Been there 3-4 times, at different seasons, hours and with different reasons (hiking or enduro mountainbiking). At some point I did go on and found a squatter’s place in the middle of a clearing on top of the hill. Didn’t see the guy but something about the way it was built and maintained told me he had lost his mind and I didn’t want to bump into him. Never went back but everytime I even look at that hillside I feel this instinctive sense of dread again. Just typing this makes me quite on edge actually. Interesting how powerful our instincts can still be.
@@kirbierose2589haha yeah I'd love a bit of a description too. That's the thing with people whom have lost their mind, they're most likely in the company of a demon. I can't think of anything more frightening.
Have you ever like…gone out in the woods? They are dead quiet quite frequently. It’s not that unusual. I don’t get why so many people pretend to know this when it’s just not true to begin with.
you made the right decision! My years of hiking and camping alone in the wilderness have taught me to always go with your gut feeling if you feel something is not right...the gut never lies!
I'll have to remember that. There's a significant split on here of people telling me I should've stayed and others saying I was right to go. Gut instinct has to count for something.
Nope, I would not have stayed , your dog told you something was there . Go with your gut and leave. You did right by leaving and trusting your gut and Archie's senses were right on too.
The same people who are saying it was nothing, will probably say "Survival Instincts = 0" and "Welp, that's natural selection for ya" if something would've happened to you. Big props for getting the hell out of there - danger or not. You don't wanna become a documentary topic anytime soon.
Because it is nothing. 3 days in the jungle alone and nothing weird really happens. There are no bears here tho. The training was sending 1 soldier every 30 mins into the jungle and trying to survive for 3 days. Having noises would actually be less ideal because you wouldn't know if you were still training or there Abu Sayaf terrorist are hunting you. I'm from Philippines btw. So no again no bears in the jungle or anything. Snakes are the most common that can kill you are they are harder to spot especially when night time comes.
When I was in the Army we had this training excercise where we were to be "released with a head-start" into this huge wildland area. Thick forests and mountainous terrain. We would be chased. "Hunted" and captured by "the enemy". We were given some coordinates we had to make it to, as well as things we could pick up along the way. Me and another guy in my squad managed to find eachother after some hours of running and hiking through this mountain pass area. I am still not sure what it was, but once the sun began to go low and we were nearing this more flattened area full of thick forest... Something just felt so fucking off. We went from "Let's cut through here to reach the evac sooner" to "... We should go back the way we came" more and more. The wind stopped. The birds went quiet. Distant sounds from a river we passed died out entirely. The hairs stood up all over on my back and I felt this overwhelming unease with each step we took. My buddy said "Man, fuck this, this place is not right". We did a huge loop around that area. Double timed it. It took us a solid 2 hours before we had this super weird feeling of "being back in the real world"? I can't describe it. I really can't. That place we were going into just had us both super paranoid and uneasy. Best way I can describe it is that you feel/know something or someone is slowly sneaking up on your position -- yet you don't know whether to stand your ground and let it pass or run like you've never ran before. But you can't hear anything. Can't see it either. Nada. But you are so damn certain something is wrong. Maybe it was just our adrenaline, stress or fatigue playing games with us. I keep thinking back on it to this day and keep wondering just where the hell we really were on the map we had -- but I remain certain that had we gone further, something bad would have happened. Never had an experience like it before.
Nahnhh you would have been fine. It got quiet as it normally does at night. It's internal in us to fear exactly those conditions. It's a lack of stimulation that's sends you inside your own head. Mind races and a feeling of unease comes over you. Completely normal
More than likely wasn't anything major. Could've been that specific part of the Forest isn't inhabited by nocturnal insects which usually make the noises you grow accustomed to
When it goes super quiet and still like that, there's a spirit present. I've been through it twice, and both times paranormal shit happened. Best not to stick around.
the term for it is Bad Medicine. Places like this used to be marked by offerings from natives in the form of tomes, skins, teeth and such items of value to appease whatever evil resided there.
After spending a summer fighting wildfires in Oregon I traveled down to Northern California and was spending a few weeks just hiking the coastal mountains. Was halfway up one of the coastal mountains on a random path, it was a beautiful sunny day with a nice breeze blowing from the ocean, when I began to feel as if I was pushing through a membrane. The further I pushed into this pressure the more intense anxiety and fear began to inexplicably wash over my body until I was just standing there with tears coming from my eyes, what felt like ice cold water running down my spine and every hair on my body standing at attention. I stood there not moving for five full minutes. Nothing. I turned around. That was 25 years ago. I didn't have a dog with me. I love dogs and trust their perception. Good job not disappearing 🫀🦖
Wooded areas creep me out, ever since I was a child. They look beautiful, but they feel a bit 'off'. Can't really explain. Your experience sounds like something David Paulides would mention on his channel, I've been watching him for around a decade. It's all really interesting to me. I would never go camping alone, even with my boyfriend I pick up on vibes. It's not nerves, it's something else entirely. What, I just don't know....
I had this in crescent city. I was going back to my hiker/biker site on a beach from my hike in the redwoods. The other people camping there had left, and this thick fog had rolled in. My stomach churned and I decided to immediately pack up and hit the road. I stayed in a motel 6 and slept deeper than I had the entire trip.
A wise person listens to the feelings they get. Thousands of years gave us this ability. You and Archie are just smart. Don't let others tell you what YOU should 11:28 do.
@@bluemamba5317 That is completely different, because you mistake foolish bravery, to measured courage. In the video, is measured courage. Courageous enough to get in, courageous enough to when to get the fuck out.
Bro casually wanders into the domain of the Fae and just as casually wanders back out, all while having the eye of a creature, truly you are a blessed man.
Lol after hearing about their "traps" thats what this seemed like to me. How else can everything go quite? And on his way out, his camrea turns blurry and smuged before fixing as if he just came out of something
Between my Dobie, my own gut instincts, a big gun, and a keen ability to gtf out when needed, I'm happily stil a safe woman at 54 while hiking and camping. ALWAYS TRUST THOSE THINGS. You were smart. Honestly I'd have left the second I felt wierd about anything. There is nothing wrong with being fearful and alive. There is A LOT wrong with being overly brave and dead. 👏
Yess. My boy has saved my life before just by body language. I will always listen to him even if he’s decided he doesn’t want to walk anymore. You can always tell when a dog is uncomfortable. Funny how I was telling my boyfriend the other day that when you are out in the bush your body naturally goes to default. Your instincts are peaked and you should always listen. The forest is my peace but I heavily respect that it isn’t my home and that I am not on top. My pup is a pit mix and I’ll always be thankful for him.
Its not bravery, its foolhardiness. We have gut instincts and domesticated wolves for a good reason. We are not only apex predators, we are also prey. So when the woods go silent and your trusty domesticated wolf starts alerting its time to unlimber the big gun and make an exit. And whatever it is will take note that you know its there.We didn't survive this long as a species by being pushovers. Nature understands attacking an alerted apex predator, especially ones like humans who bring their own thunder is unwise. Plus the fangs of the Dobie are not to be discounted either. Humans and wolves made common cause to tag team anything that is attacking us after all.
@@Wastelandman7000 Had to learn that lesson on a pretty scary way lmao Was walking my dog (Border Collie, Newfoundlander, and bernese mountain dog mix) at night, for the last time of the day. So I take the usual path of some walk way in a kind of small forest area leading to a big field being on one side and at the other side a huge corn field. Listening to music with headphones on as always, so I didn't really hear anything that's been going on around me. Because, why would I? Lived there for 4 years, nothing has ever happened there. And suddenly, my dog just refused to continue walking while on the way back home, kept looking to that corn field. I thought he was just being stubborn and didn't want to go home yet, but then he started growling. Like the type of growling that would make you think twice before engaging with that dog in any shape or form. Could feel the vibrations from that growl through the leash. So I hesitantly tug the leash to slowly keep walking and take off the headphones thinking he's just hearing someone on their bike in the distance, and shortly after I hear a blood curdling screech, most likely just a fox, because as far as I know where I live the most dangerous thing I could encounter is a fox, coming from that corn field. And my god, I never ran so fast in my life, not even my weak heart and messed up lungs dared to protest by hurting or making it hard to breath after this kind of exertion. Whatever it was didn't seem to follow us, we probably weren't even the ones that were targeted with that screech. But this sure as hell reminded me, I didn't have that dog just to look cuddly and fuzzy and to be more alert and careful when out there (even if it's probably "only" a fox).
You were there. People can say oh yeah, deer, fox, goat whatever, but that noise sounded very off to me. You felt what you did and good on you for following your instinct. And if you dont manage a solo camp for a while, so what. Its not for everyone. It doesnt diminish you in any way. I think you were completely right to leave.
Agreed. I've come across deer and foxes on a trail near my house and never felt anything similar to this. The vibes are so off in these woods it's nerve-wracking just to watch.
I have a patch of forest that I love to visit frequently. I live in New Zealand and have explored plenty of bush throughout the years, so I know my way around. This patch of bush, well, it feels different. There's always this certain atmosphere which feels off. This atmosphere is magnified by 10x at night. Everytime I explored this forest with my friends during the night, we would all get this feeling like something is watching us. A few years ago I went to this patch of forest at night on my own. Just walking towards the forest was setting off alarm bells for some reason, it felt way creepier than usual, but I managed to tell myself that its my mind playing tricks. Well as soon as I got to the entrance of the forest, a bunch of overgrown bushes meters away from me started to violently shake. This spooked me to my core, I know the local wildlife, and I cant imagine what animal could have caused that bush to shake so violently, for no reason, before just randomly stopping. I never entered the forest that night. Well last year I decided to go back at night all alone. I got the same creepy feeling just looking at the forest, but no shaking bushes, so I entered. As I was walking into the forest, I could hear footsteps, I stopped and listened. I was sure I was hearing footsteps on the gravel path behind me. I stood in silence hearing these footsteps for about three minutes straight. The odd thing was, these footsteps I was hearing weren't getting closer nor further away. I continued on, convincing myself that Im just being paranoid. Then I heard the SLOW crack of sticks about 10ft infront of me, just left of the path I was walking. I froze, shined my torch in the direction where I heard the sticks cracking, and found nothing. At this point I thought someone was messing with me, so I started filming my walk. Now there are two separate tracks, the one I take leads me much deeper into the forest. As soon as I reach the heart of the forest I noticed that it was awfully silent, then I hear SOMEONE bang the palm of their hand agaisnt a tree 3 times, this tree was just a few ft away from me. Thats when I loudly said "You win, Im leaving" and did a 180 and very quickly began my journey back out of the forest. The icing on the cake is what i captured on film. As soon as I got close to the heart of the forest, my phone audio went all weird, and my camera was out of focus for a few seconds. This happened as I was approaching and leaving the heart of the forest. Im not sure what to make of it, but the place where I explore is most likely sacred ground to the Maori, I know that much. I would like to add that it doesnt feel like a single entity, but hundreds maybe even thousands of entities all in unison. The intention doesnt feel malicious, its more like these "spirits" just want me to leave during the night. I dont believe or disbelieve in ghosts, but that experience that night was seriously creepy.
Freaky. I don't think I believe in ghosts, but I definitely believe in energy. I think this negative every can mess with and interact with the physical world to a certain extent. I think this is the best example of bad energy I've seen- not necessarily something malicious you felt, but something that just wanted you out. Makes total sense to me. Or, of course, it could've been animals. You'd be pretty shocked how goofy animals can be. Or it could've very well been a guy playing tricks on you- ya never know. In the end, glad you're safe😊👍 whether this story is real or fake, I enjoyed it
I think you got the best end of the stick, they REALLY went out of their way to make you not go any further, so clearly your mind instantly realized only a human palm could make such sound when slapped against a tree trunk. Unfortunately our ancestors were usually very violent to the native folk, everywhere around the world, so in my book they were really kind to you.
Absolutely did the right thing, always trust your instincts and dont beat yourself up for doing so Had a situation where this possibly saved my life when i was a kid, we live in the countryside in North Wales UK, we've got quite a long garden that leads down into a fairly big woods that connects to multiple fields etc, well i used to take my tent down there some nights in the summer and spend the night there, after all i was only 10 mins walk from my house at max One night i went down and had my little Jack Russell with me, everything was fine, still some light in the sky.... we settled down and i got into my sleeping back and read abit of a book, played a game or two on my PSP, my dog was nice and relaxed aswell and i ended up drifting off to sleep I woke up around 12pm and everything was deathly quiet, not even a breeze, no birds etc nothing... i was instantly on edge and started to feel nervous and like i was being watched, my dog somehow was still asleep but soon woke up and was instantly unsettled, he kept trying to hide behind me but his head was darting all over the place as if he couldn't pick out the sound he was hearing I was in full panic mode on the inside now, all those horror films and monsters from books etc seemed very very real like they could rip through my tent and drag me into the night at any second... i had to gather my strength and force myself to open the tent and run back to my house, that was terrifying, i expected something to be there waiting.... anyway i got my back pack and torch which was almost dead and called my dog, we both ran and ran till i got to the end of the woods and to the start of my garden, we slowed to a walk but my dog was still alert and it felt like the dead silence had followed me to my garden, my heart was racing but i walked to my front door constantly checking behind me with my dying torch.... the relief i felt after getting back inside was huge and my dog finally relaxed but kept looking towards our back door Anyway i got into bed and called it a night with my dog at the foot of my bed, when i woke up i was greeted with my mum shouting OMG! ... i ran into our kitchen that looked over back garden and there was this enormous black bull just eating all my mums flowerbeds, it had rained recently so the ground was fairly soft and sure enough the footprints went all the way back into the woods, it turns out the bull was quite an aggressive one and had broken through a fence and somehow ended up wondering into the woods that links to our garden, they found 2 cows aswell in the woods totally lost, it took multiple farmers a few hours to get the bull and cows back to the farm, i still think how badly that night could have gone if i hadn't trusted my instincts, i wouldn't have stood a chance if that bull had gone for me and i probably wouldn't have seen it until the last second either
If it doesn't feel right; it's not right. Plus you're there to relax and enjoy the outdoors; not spend the whole time listening & on alert. You did right to trust your instinct and trust your very good dog. I've been in some landscapes here in Australia- sunny lovely day, perfect visibility all the way around- but the places had a very hostile feeling for no seeming reason, which both my husband and I picked up. Some years later I took some Belgian friends to one of those spots, again it was a lovely day & I did not say a word about the vibes, I just wanted to show them the pretty view. They were hardly out of the car before one said "There is something inimical here" and the other said, "This place does not want us here, we have to go." So, we went.
Same happened to me back in ‘14 in North Carolina. I had stumbled into an abandoned trailer park that was overgrown and led into deep woods and open farmland. I was trying to get to an attraction off the beaten path and figured I could go through the woods to get to it. It was daylight. You could hear the cars in the distance. Once I got through into the bush, after a good ten minutes, something in my head told me to leave. Like someone was watching me. I had heard knocking on what I thought was a tree coming from an area of dense wood that I couldn’t go through without some trouble. I walked back towards my car, trying not to look freaked out. Then when I got mere feet from my vehicle, a rock landed by my feet. I stopped, trying to figure if it fell from a tree but I was in a clearing. So I calmly spoke and said “I’m leaving. No problems.” Got in my car and drove off. Never again. Maybe, but next time with a knife.
I'd carry something more potent than a knife. Put the odds in your favor. And be careful. I've heard of rumors of feral humans out there. Even if that's not the problem there are drugged up homeless and meth heads are notorious for being hard to drop. Stay safe.
It happened to me and 3 friends in Ontario. We came upon a clearing after walking a trail at about 7 pm. It was all good untill for some reason, me and my one friends got a massive sense of dread and urge to leave; our stomachs dropped for what seemed to be no reason. We knew we should leave asap when we communicated it to each other after a few minutes, and discovered both of us got that feeling at the same time. Crazy how both me and him got that feeling at the same time without saying a word to each other.
I had a similar experience out walking after dark with my husband (then boyfriend) in an off grid area in BC where his family had a cabin. There was a short trail along the river to a waterfall, maybe half a kilometer. Well known by locals. We'd been up the other side on a different day, but he wanted to show me this one. (And as young dating people tend, we wanted to get away for a while from his folks crammed in the cabin all evening.) Might have been 10pm in the summer, just enough to be truly dark. We parked the truck by the side of the gravel road. Set off down the beaten trail with the flashlights on our phones. We'd been listening to music in the truck, we were laughing and joking, being loud. Got less than 100ft down the trail and we both just stopped simultaneously. Neither said anything. Just stood there for about thirty seconds. Finally, he looked at me and said, “Want to go back?” “Yep!” We beat it back to the truck. The whole tone of the evening had changed. It was a hard feeling to shake. Neither of us could articulate why we'd stopped; there hadn't been any strange sound and we'd been mid-conversation. His dad thought maybe a cougar, but I don't know. I have since learned a local young guy died at that side of the falls a few years prior and they thought it was unfortunately his own doing. I don't believe in coincidences like that. Some places are tainted.
As an added detail, I will say we'd been hiking the trail on the other side of the river in the dark as well (different night) with no negative experiences whatsoever. When this little incident happened I remember thinking how silly it was that an area could feel so different when it was only a few hundred feet across a body of water and some trees from that other, much more fun trail. I wouldn't describe it as a sense of being watched, either. Just felt rather intensely and suddenly as if we did not belong there.
Never feel obligated to stay anywhere that feels off or makes you very uncomfortable. Always trust your gut instincts - they will never lead you wrong.
@@bluemamba5317 i’d say yes to that in most situations unless it’s a life or death one. Would rather feel like a coward and be alive than be brutally gored by a bull.
@@bluemamba5317Spoken by a person who sits around carpet bombing TH-cam comment section rather than actually being out there living and taking risks.
I was walking through woods, broad daylight. My dog had been picking up on something that I thought was a deer. He suddenly took off towards the trunk of a large tree barking. I called him back but he kept looking in the direction of the tree and growling. As I watched some material, a cloak or coat, appeared out from one side but no one appeared. That was when I decided to walk in the opposite direction asking my thankfully large dog to “speak” every now and again to ward off the mysterious cloak/coat wearer. Always listen to your dog!
now idk if youve heard of mountain monsters, theyre fake im pretty sure, but all of their investigations are on actual legends and creatures of the appalachian mountains. one of their investigations was on a so-called cloaked figure thatd you see one second, and the next itd be gliding away almost and disappear in no time. now some spirits or whatever you want to call them also just look to be cloaked in a way, but whatever it was that you seen wasnt good. glad you got out of there and had your pup with you as well.
Could be worse. Could be BANJOS. Honestly the only thing that's ever spooked me in the woods was a couple crazy ass hicks and the Western version of the hick which is called a "methhead." Oh, and lightning. Almost been hit by lightning a couple times. That's pretty fucking scary. You've never seen a kind of fat guy runs so freaking fast as me getting off this bald in Colorado one time. Dumped my pack and hauled ass off that ridge.
Was that in Maine about 16-17 years ago? If so sorry...that was me and my friends. We only had a radio that picked up one station and it was a Phil Collins marathon night. We were playing a game of asshole while polishing off a bottle of vodka. My apologies for the terrible singing that accompanied it. 😅🤣😭
I didn't feel welcome, and I'm not even there! Your beautiful dog was throwing giant red flags, your gut certainly was, and then all that silence! No way should you be there! Then, that roar at the end! Yeah, that's a hard no! You were smart to leave. There's no reason to feel less than either. Very interesting video.
4:13 feels oppressive, 5:41 feels.. wrong. Low light, the quiet, almost living anxiety that begins.. it makes my nerves scream, "Death." Maybe i'm being dramatic, but that's exactly how I feel watching from 5:41 on. Freaked right out.
Earlier this year I scouted out a location to do some astrophotography in NorCal using a lightheatmap. I located a nice spot in the middle of farmland, beside a pond, that had a Class 2 rating for light pollution. I got to the service road at about 1:30AM and I was completely stoked and excited seeing just how perfect the light and weather conditions were. As I drew nearer to the coordinates, my excitement continued to grow. I finally got there, parked, and stepped out of my truck. The second that I stepped out, my excitement drained from me. I didn't hear anything. No crickets, cicadas, birds, not even the highway. There were supposed to be tons of mosquitos that night but I didn't feel any flying around or landing on me. The wind was still and once my car lights shut off, I was in near total darkness. I've been out alone in the wilderness quite a bit and in places far more remote than that location, but I'd never felt that way before. I felt a deep sense of unease and danger that I couldn't shake. After deliberating to myself for about 5 minutes, I decided to call it. The entire drive back to the highway, I felt like I was running from something. Could have just been my nerves, but I'd rather be safe than sorry. I've had some other unnerving situations out in the wilderness at night, but none of them were to this level. Those were mild in comparison. One day I'll go back to that spot with a friend and see who wants the smoke haha.
When you unplug and go into nature our bodies and mind go back to default. Our natural senses of survival come out. Always listen to your gut and fear. I always pay attention to my dogs body language when on the trail especially. He is a small town dog but once smelled something so off he started growling. We left the area and I had looked back and out came a massive bull moose. That was where we would’ve been headed. He unknowingly saved our lives and has alerted to many things that have kept me safe.
@@alertedcoyote7892 ohh ya I was alone and was at my uncles cabin who sent me off with no gun or spray so was just me and my boy. There is no good one to run into, thankfully was at the end of rutting season and wasn’t a momma with a baby. Still absolutely terrifying and my boy got a steak for dinner after that.
Went "off trail" camping on a mountainous valley route in France once with a few mates, we were joking, laughing, shooting the shit etc. went into this densely wooded area on our planned route and entered a clearing that wasn't marked on any of our maps, the grass seemed duller, the air seemed heavy and cold despite it being a spring day, there was a tall, smooth, pointed top boulder in the centre, and we all instantly felt the same sort of ominous feeling as we got closer to it. It was deathly quiet, and I assure you before we entered this clearing; birds, deer, sticks cracking, all of it was happening, but it all seemed to stop immediately as we entered this clearing, as if we had stepped into a bubble of no noise, even our voices felt whispered despite being right beside each-other and none of us wanted to test if we were doing it on purpose or subconsciously and the clearing was far too clean to be in the middle of the woods. After silent glances, as we couldn't really hear each other all that well, we all instinctually paced backwards and walked around the clearing's edge and stayed well away from the stone in the middle, the ominous feeling wasn't nearly as bad at the edge but everything was so horribly quiet. Then as we got back onto our planned route on the opposite side of where we went into the clearing and walked a few meters away from the edge the sounds of the forest started to return and the sounds of our voices went back to normal. Maybe it was our inherent discomfort that subconsciously forced us all to start talking softer, but we are all 100% sure we were talking just as loudly we were before, during and after we entered. Maybe; we all just instinctually knew we had to keep quiet in that area; out of respect, or fear, or whatever it was. None of my friends or I are spiritual or superstitious but we all agree to this day that something wasn't right about that place and that we were and are better off not walking through it if we ever come across it, and when we do repeat our route, and hike that area of Cevennes National Park we try to avoid it as much as possible, but when we stumble across it, sometimes we get close enough just to feel the sounds of the forest drift away then walk the perimeter before leaving, none of us dare to get any closer as that ominous feeling is just overwhelming. We've asked around locally about that clearing and most of the villagers in that area just steer clear of that place entirely, when we asked why it's not on any maps they've shrugged and said things like: "ce n'est pas toujours là" or "It's not always there" or "Parfois tu ne peux pas le trouver" or "Sometimes you can't find it", "Il ne veut pas être trouvé" or "It doesn't want to be found" Which just spooked us even more. We haven't been back in about 3 years, decided to stop tempting fate, but we still don't walk through open spaces on our hikes, wherever we go we still to clearing edges, even the nice feeling ones.
I’m sorry but this can’t be true. Especially the part about the locals being aware of the “anomaly”. The park is quite popular, and if there was any cryptic secret to it, the people who are obsessed over these things would absolutely be crawling all over it. But that’s not the case and also there is no evidence of it on the internet.
Thermal spotter scope might be a good addition to the camping arsenal if you're curious about what's lurking in the undergrowth. Plenty of decent, affordable ones on the market. Was once very surprised to see a herd of llamas a couple of fields over when all we expected were deer 🦌😅
Good idea. There are some good enough ones for a reasonable price. You can even get some with helmet mounts. Might not be as good as the military stuff, but, most of us aren't chasing fighters up and down mountains either.
just curious can any of you link a good thermal monocular that can ship over to europe or the balkans? something on the cheaper end but still being good...
@@sullyvstheworld I'll get the brand/model from my buddy and post it in the replies tomorrow 👌🏻 We're in Ireland so almost certainly something readily available in both countries.
In the early 2000's I worked for the Scottish forestry commission in Scotland as a Ranger I would camp out some nights I can tell you that dusk is a transition time in the forest many animals are settling for the evening and some predators are out hunting for a late evening meal they will follow any unusual scents, your dog would have his own scent and Foxes and Badgers would act on that, I know from experience that rutting Stags will follow you if you are on their turf and they will stalk you, many nights I slept in my tent and truck and animals would be all around investigating , the Forest can be a strange place at night but don't forget that our minds are conditioned to flight or fright, I love being outdoors and I would feel safer in a Forest 1000 feet above sea level miles from any roads over a night in any city.
I guess we are just not used to the noise of wild animals and sleeping in forests at night.We feel protected in our own enclosed spaces at home.It takes guts to sleep in a forest with all those strange noises which sound scary but are mostly harmless animals roaming around.Last night I saw and heard for the first time racoons in my garden. They make an unpleasant noise. Knowing how a fox ,deer,etc sound at night may make one less scary.I go for hikes and sometimes I can hear no birds but never thought about it being creepy.
I spent about a year and a half out in the backcountry plus another year car camping in some remote places. All over the US, and we have a lot of good sized predators, plus some big old omnivores called bears, and some herbivores that will really fuck you up. Those would be moose. Maybe an elk in rut. Elk are ginormous. No question it can be a little spooky at dusk and on, but I just haven't had any problems. You can have problems if you do something dumb like leave an open jar of peanut butter in your tent, but as long as you don't offer to feed the bears, the bears are generally interested in doing bear stuff. They'll come around where you hung your food, but you hang your food a long way from way from where you are sleeping. Most of the time you hear a bump in the night, it's a raccoon or a possum, a deer, possibly a couple coyotes. Give moose a wide berth, back up when you see a bear, consider if they're snakes where you're putting your hand, watch out for scorpions in the desert and spiders in the woods. You'll be okay. Nothing in this video wouLd have made me move, though I would have gotten my skinning knife out. That's up to him though. I've only ever really felt in danger from animals was in grizzly country the first time. After that I would borrow a friend's 10 mm, which is a seriously large Glock that will deal with a grizzly in a pinch. The only times I've ever felt unsafe other than that was from weather & from the predator that 9mm is effective for: crazy dudes. Encountered a couple of crazy dudes on the Appalachian trail and once out in the Nevada desert. AT's a little bit famous for crazy dudes. More of a problem for women, but I definitely wish I'd had a gun both those times. I do now. They make little tiny nines that aren't bad to shoot and don't weigh all that much. The march of progress!
@@smhht I’m usually not one to believe in things like cryptids (bigfoot, Loch Ness Monster, etc) but I did have an experience that has me questioning a lot of things. It’s pretty simple. I live with my family in a back roads area. We’re surrounded by open fields and heavily wooded areas for miles. One night I had to go outside after dark to cover hay up since there was a chance of rain during the night. While heading up the driveway to the trailer that the hay was on, I saw one of my barn cats chilling on our pile of firewood logs. I decided to take the detour to go pet him for a little bit. He had been super relaxed, purring and stretching out without a care in the world. Then, suddenly, he stiffened and sat up. He immediately turned to look at a specific spot in the woods just off of our driveway. I tried to use my headlight to see but the brush was so thick that I couldn’t see very far. Then there was a loud crashing noise, like a large branch had just broken off a tree and fallen to the ground. That wasn’t out of the ordinary in itself. No. What _was_ out of the ordinary was how I could very, very clearly hear a set of bipedal footsteps walking through the dead leaves. There was maybe 5 or so steps before the sound stopped and I didn’t hear anything else. Needless to say I didn’t waste any time in grabbing my cat and racing into the house. I’ve tried (and failed) to find a logical explanation for this occurrence. All of my family members had been asleep (it was around 12 AM when this happened), our closest neighbors would have zero reason to be so close to our house at that time of night, and even if they did why did they try waking away? Were they sitting in a tree before the branch they were on broke? Why did they suddenly stop after only a few steps? What would be the point in even doing any of that? It couldn’t have been an animal like a deer because they aren’t bipedal. It couldn’t have been an animal like a raccoon because again, they’re not bipedal and the footsteps sounded way too heavy. We don’t have bears or any animals that could potentially walk on two legs in the area, either. I’m not saying it was something like bigfoot because, again, I have no idea what the heck went on in that moment but it is something I always think back on whenever the discussion of cryptids is brought up.
im just glad you had the pup with you, as added confirmation, always trust the kids, always trust the pets. cause my spine froze when you crossed the threshold at which the sound "shut off". spooky stuff
I've got to second from what. It's Britain. The only predators there are like three or four escaped big cats and about 10 bajillion foxes. And man of course.
@@theminister1154Okay in all honesty in the woods you are never truly alone. But can we agree that when something is making you feel unsettled you should leave right?
@theminister1154 sure Britain may not have big bad predators but don't forget it's old land with tons of human history. what's scaring the dog maybe wasn't something physical but spiritual.
He frightened the shit out of himself, and the dog is a spaniel. Take a spaniel into woodland, and that is how they behave. Too many interesting noises, smells, and sights to behave calmly.
I lived in Switzerland for five years, and spent many, many weekends and evenings in the woods in a 50km radius around Zuerich, but I remember one and only one time that I swung into a section of forest, just rolling into sunset with the huge 7-element LED headlight on my bike blasting its ungodly candlepower everywhere in front of me, and suddenly, for a reason I cannot explain, received a message into my brain saying "* * * * OFF." I turned around and left. Never happened before, never happened since. The woods are serious business.
You definitely did the right thing! Even if your gut was wrong, YOU didn't feel safe. That's what matters. The forest going quiet is NEVER a good sign. I feel you on the spiritual trespassing. There are just some places on this planet where you just feel how wrong and corrupt they are. Even if you never physically see anything. Your instincts are good!
Finally someone with a camp video making a wise decision. At the moment when you sit on the chair in the woods, it was so quiet, I though I paused the video.
I encountered something fishing one time that gave me feelings id never experienced before, needless to say my 9mm with 17 rounds felt completely helpless, it wanted me to know that.
No dark heavy energy, just an overstood coppice. they planted the hazels close together so they would grow straight for hedge laying stakes etc and now that we don’t manage our copses they are very overgrown and dark. Dog probably just hearing or smelling foxes or badgers.
Deer don't make other creatures silent. You and your dog felt something. I'm glad you got out. No, I would not have stayed. I've driven into some places and just left because my Alaskan Malamute indicated. I've tried a few times to stay and the more I tried to push on the more those feelings heighten. F that! I don't need to know what's there lol....
@@winter6849 there aren't any predators in the UK. just people. There may have been wolves about 500 years ago but they've long been hunted to extinction
Experienced camper here, I camped up and down eastern United States along the Appalachian trail and in several other states and I can tell you that you have great instincts as a camper. If something 'feels' off then it is, trust your judgement. Also, it's never bad to camp with other people. Have at least one experienced person with you. Edit: sorry for the bad grammer XD, I posted this as I was heading to camping trip myself and just rushed out a response.
@@thomaslock97 Of course XD, I like the content I seen so far and I always enjoy watching people learn to camp. It's a fun hobby, when you don't have Bigfoot performing a mating call near your camping spot.
There are 2 things in my life that never lie and are never wrong: My dogs instincts about everything & everyone & my gut feeling. The only times I've ever truly regretted something or felt that I made a really bad choice was when I ignored my dogs instincts &/or my gut feeling. You lasted longer than I would have. The forest going quiet would have been the thing that sent me running (not walking) out of there, fearing for my life Lol! Seriously though, you made the right choice. Never second guess your dog or your intuition. NEVER!!
@@sidneyrobinson18 Also true but at least in personal experiences, the dogs I encountered had very different reactions to prey animals than to predator animals.
Hell no. I would not have stayed either. I wanted you to leave faster. So glad you listened to your gut and to your dog’s signals. Blair witch vibes, for sure.
Caution is intelligent. TRUST your fur friend. They can smell 1000x better than we can. Even if it makes you nervous its a great thing to keep doing it. ITS FUN.
The smell of rain to us is stronger than any dogs sense of smell, by a large margin, said to be so sensitive, we can smell 0.4 parts per billion! Obviously water is extremely important to our survival, both for drinking and avoiding flash floods, and the thirstier we get, the stronger the scent of water becomes. Imagine smelling everything as powerfully as we smell petrichor.
Loved the video. Always follow your instincts. If it does not feel right, move on. And always trust your dog Archie. Animals are amazing at detecting things that humans can not. Their hearing is extremely sharp. Bailing is the right thing to do in this situation. Move on to another day and stay safe.
Always amazing to me like a human is walking through a wooded areaand birds go quiet and they don't ever assume that it's them that's causing the birds to go quiet, also your dog was seeing owls who become very activeat certain times the day an early evening
I am (somehow) a very experienced hiker/climber. I've gone on multiple week - month high-danger high-intensity trips solo/group, in all my time hiking one of the main things I had drilled into me was the 'silent forest thing' where they'd tell me to be careful and go backwards until I heard the birds/ambiance of the forest again, that and keeping food up and away from the site. It's really important to remember we are animals, we have instincts, and they work, if your gut is telling something is wrong please please please trust it, nine times out of ten it's not worth finding out what happens if you ignore that gut instinct, that goes for regular life too.
Generally when animals go quiet in a forest, that means a predator/danger is lurking nearby. So its good that you acted on Archie's and your instinct. (In my experience, when acting on my gut instinct, its usually accurate). So I totally would have left too. Animals are smart.
I think you made the right decision in leaving. All the animal sounds stopping all the sudden is NOT something to ignore. It usually means your not the baddest thing in the woods. Have you ever heard of MISSING 411?
@@thomaslock97 Definitely look up David Paulides Missing 411. When the woods go silent it is a warning. You did the right thing to leave, Beautiful dog btw.
@@thomaslock97 I've no idea where abouts in the UK this is but another youtuber to look up is truth proof he records a lot of strange goings on in the Yorkshire area. Many reports of strange orbs & creatures being reported in that area. Missing 411 is a must to look into if you're out & about in the wilds alone one of the most common thing people experience in those stories is the woods suddenly going completely quiet and a feeling of dread coming over them. Keep safe out there.
Missing 411 is mostly nonsense. The Lore Lodge channel does a usually interesting and balanced review of those cases. Some strange things but also dangerous creatures that exist in America don't exist here. Only thing to be scared of is man/supernatural (depending on how much weight you put into that). I don't disagree with deciding to get out if the vibe is off.
14:23 That sounds like a bull in the distance. They can make quite a variety of sounds when bellowing and some sound like a huge roar. Earlier, in the woods it sounded like an owl. They don't always hoot. Either way, if you weren't comfortable it's good that you left. You would not have had an enjoyable or restful night so there is no use in staying.
It could have been a bull. That doesn't mean it's a good place to camp. There's a good chance there are shepherd dogs nearby, and they don't mess around.
You absolutely did the right thing by leaving. I live in the States and grew up playing in the woods by myself as a kid. I sometimes have anxiety around people, but not the forest. If something out there gives me that feeling when I would typically be feeling peace, I wouldn’t blame myself or beat myself up, but instead would listen to that feeling. That feeling is there for a reason. Always know that.
Aloha @6:04 start to look at bottom right. You will see one light reflection between trees, then before your dog walks pass you see movement , then two lights appear through trees and something walks pass. But you would have to slow it down and zoom to see it. Then you look behind that same area as well as you're dog.
I see that. There was one speck of light - and then a sort of shimmer as something moved, and from then there were two pricks of light, as though one was being blocked previously by something which moved.
Always follow your gut. I have seen what lurks in the woods face to face. It turned me off to camping and hunting for 20 years. Im hunting again but when I get hit with that wave of fear and feel the extra low frequency vibrate my chest I tell them out loud that Im just passing through and Im leaving. Good for you for listening to your gut. Whatever that was gave you a parting roar, saying “dont come back”, and “this is my woods”. The woods of England, Scotland and Ireland have long had tales of creatures, fairies, spirits, nymphs, elves, and now many reports of Sasquatch, which are all over the world. It’s an interesting time we live in when people can record their experiences real time and we can all see the full breadth of experiences that are really happening. We dont have to read some obscure book or hear a story from an old-timer.
I was raised on reservation and basically grew up outdoors. Hunting and fishing was something I had been doing for literally as long as I have had memories. I knew my animals, not just by sound and tracking but I could identify them by smell too. For example. Bears have a certain stank lol anyways I was a teenager and my dad had taken my brother and I out hunting and we split up. I was at this oddly natural circular tree growth. It made a natural blind and was very dense. It was so unnatural how perfect it was thinking back. Truly a perfect circle of trees growing. Hours passed and I don't remember if I had walked off and then came back (realizing I was lost) or if I had stayed put and my dad was supposed to meet up with me and couldn't find me. But I was sitting there and I heard something walking up. There are skills you learn in the woods. One you learn is how to tell if something has hooves or other things by how it walks and the sounds it makes. I knew this was bi pedal. I remember going to stand up cuz it was obviously my dad and then the smell hit me. It was so foul. I've never smelled anything like it again. And the strength of it was overwhelming. I froze and tried to not make a sound. We have lots of stories as does every tribe but I didn't believe any of that stuff as a boy. It walked around the tree circle behind where I was facing and was real heavy, whatever it was. Padded feet. I remember it felt like forever but in reality, it didn't stick around long. I was terrified. I stayed in those trees for hours after that. I was too scared to leave. I knew to shoot 3 times in the air and my dad would find me and I just couldn't do it. It was only when the sun was setting that the realization of being out there with whatever it was at night, got me to move. I ran like a damn Olympic runner that night. Never saw it and I'm honestly glad I didn't as we got stories about seeing what my family thinks it was. My dad knew the moment he found me something was very wrong. I didn't go hunting by myself for a couple years after that. Freaks me out thinking about it.
@@RedDragon91oh hell naw when you said perfect tree circle I immediately thought of Outlander, even if it may be fictitious, but now I know never to touch a stone or tree circle. Your story seems terrifying still, this is why I can’t really go out in the woods alone, not even with my dog.
Living in Appalachia (Tennessee) around the Smoky Mountains, you always hear people say if all the wildlife randomly goes quiet its because there's something bad out there. You did the right thing saying fuck that
West Virginia man here, I second this 100%. Even if there are no super big predators around the woods can be very dangerous still. If you have a real bad feeling about a place, trust your gut and move on. It's better for there to be nothing wrong and you leave over you stay and potentially get injured or killed because you dismissed those feelings. Better safe than sorry.
I only recently started camping, and I'm definitely the type who'll think the wrong thing and start to imagine Blair Witches behind every tree. Thing is, there's a difference between 'I've made myself jumpy' and 'this place feels wrong'. Even the best, most experienced outdoors folks know that you listen to that feeling.
30 years ago, my freind and I had a large black leopard walk out 30 yards in front of us into the path, stop, look right at us, then slickly walk to the other side of the road and into the bushes there. CLEAR AS DAY. This happened in Dorset...yes, Dorset. I would bet all I have this was a big cat in the area. The forest was silent, the dog was terrified, I think you had a large cat looking straight at you from probably no more than a 10 metres. They're there. I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't of seen it with my own eyes so close and in broad daylight.
I’m sorry, but I’m from California, where we DO have big cats. I have personally found a broken mountain lion skull near Palm Springs. There is zero evidence there are any large felinae or puma currently in the UK. Not a recent bone or a single clear photo.
I have family from a village near Neath where there was talk of a panther about 20 years ago. Several of my friends claimed to have seen it as well as one of my grandmothers friends.
You may have saved your own life there. As a woman I rely on gut instinct when it tells me something is off. You did the right thing, you're a good example for keeping you and your doggo safe ❤
You did the right thing. If it feels wrong, it's for a reason. My experience isn't from camping. it's just from leaving work lol. I left my work and was heading towards the car park and this guy sitting on a bench up ahead spots me. He gets up and starts walking but keeps on looking back at me. He's walking on the path which i would have gone on but I just start to walk on the road to stay away from him. Something in my gut was just telling me to keep my distance and stay on the road away from the path. He ends up getting to the top of this path where there's a turn to the right, and he just freezes suddenly and then hurredly starts walking back down the path. I quickly saw it was because other people were coming from across the road at that right turn. I strongly believe he would have done something had no one been there, but I trusted my gut. It was saying don't get close and stay away from him. Always listen to it even if you feel silly. It's better to be paranoid than have something bad happen to you.
Yeah I get this experience from other feelings besides camping too. One time I was planning to go to this military antique show that was several hours away, but when I woke up I couldn’t bring myself to. I just had this gut feeling in my stomach telling me that I shouldn’t go that day specifically, and this fear that if I were to go then something very bad would happen. For context I was a 20 year old small woman and the military antique collector hobby is mainly full of middle aged men, and I’ve heard stories of trafficking happening at similar large events like the Super Bowl. I went a different day which was fine and rationally I’m sure nothing would’ve happened, but it still freaked me out and better to be safe than sorry.
Archie is just lovely! I definitely believe in following your instincts no matter what others say. It's you and your four legged companion's safety first. Archie was very uncomfortable and in a submissive state in that area. Excellent choice you made to leave. ☺️ New subscriber in Norway. Stay safe.
You did the right thing, Listen to that gut feeling, So many people don't recognise it these days with our soft leaving but that gut feeling is what kept our ancestors alive.
Bravo! Always follow your gut! Always listen and learn from your dog's reactions. Yes, your dog was acting up. He was afraid. His tail went down between his legs. And he never left your side. And he stopped exploring. And kept looking in that one direction. So good for you. I would Not have stayed!
And don't ever worry or think about what comments you'll get. You make your own choices. And stick to that.❤ But don't stop camping. Camp in safe places where there are other camp sites nearby. Don't camp in isolated places unless you have buddies with you. Always have a plan B ready. Carry pepper spray.
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What do we think? A particularly p'd off badger? BIgfoot?
A fox
Almost definitely a fox. I have nearly (and I’m talking literally here) *shit* myself when one kicked off outside my tent. The *most* scary noise is foxes copulating. Sounds like someone is getting murdered!
I love your honesty. No point in staying if it feels off as you just won’t enjoy it.
Love Archie too… trust your dog. They’re far smarter than us.
Be a fox mate happend too me many times
That sounded waaaay bigger than a fox lol, got yourself a bigfoot. Way too quiet and the owl sounds large, your dog knows too. That was him saying and “stay out!”
@@marsharedSpot on 💯
When birds go quiet & dog is so spooked….then it’s time to skidaddle sharpish. That gut feeling is what has helped us survive since ancient times.
Did you hear his dog panting?? Not only do they pant when they're hot, but they pant when they're stressed out too. Pup was telling him to go, without telling him to go
Exactly.
It's a "rule of survival" of sorts that Vietnam veterans in my support group talk about and I have the rule as well.
When in the field and everything has been set up, you can hear "nature's background noise". The animals have adjusted, the insects have gotten back to their routine, etc. But once nature hits the mute button ... you know something's squirrelly. Nature has been disturbed and is on the defensive. So when the Vietnam guys were on patrol or in their fox holes and all of a sudden everything goes quiet, EVERYONE was on guard and ready for a fight. It's why they most can't sleep in a quiet room. Or even just sit in a quiet room. Me neither, as I have similar experiences.
So when this guy was about to set up camp and everything got quiet, he knew something was wrong and left. It may have saved his life, as compromising safety in that type of situation is NOT worth the YT ad revenue.
@@willow_jayde- Might have had something to do with the dog running around like a mad bastard all the way to the camp site too.
Agreed. We are not only apex predators, we are also prey. And we were doing the hunter gatherer thing far longer than we have been civilized. The people who don't listen to that inner voice are the ones who don't make it.
100% id def be listening to the dogs reaction. Time to go
The dog says it all. He was on high alert and was well aware of something near you. Always listen to your instincts and your dog
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The dog is reacting to normal wildlife He got spooked and started to over analyze his dog’s reaction. 17:15
@@rbra9611 so what made that noise near the end of the video just before he gets in the car?
@@MayhemInTheEast I could barely hear a noise. The guy got spooked…it happens
@rbra9611 That was not a normal wildlife reaction. That was it reacting to something it wasn't familiar with.
Finally a main character that doesn't stay to see what it happens 😂
Well, at least now we know why every horror movie character is dumb as a brick. Cautious characters make a boring movie...
Your in deep trouble @@nicolasg8323
Bro he's camping in England, the most dangerous wild animal in England is a badger 😂 it was probably a fox
@@Wolflkin well I'm not talking about wild animals. Serial killers, humans in general are everywhere just waiting for the right opportunity
@@marcos-ll2yrin my area there’s cults out in the woods, and mountains… there’s towns with no roads connecting to them and yeah creepy stuff out here
I'm not experienced in camping or hiking. At all. But I am a rural boy.
When you hear the crows and ravens start panicking like that near the end, you close your windows and lock everything down tight. Those birds are incredibly intelligent and if you hear them warning each other of danger, you listen.
Woah, that seems scary! Do you know what the danger might be exactly? Some kind of animal, or something a lot more unknown?
@@AceAl3x welp, 100% not finding that out, why bother even?
@@AceAl3x Can't really say this is the case for every bird panic that happened when I was a kid, but the one time things got serious enough that we kids were told, it was kidnappers.
The birds don’t usually squabble like that unless there is a predator. I grew up hearing the cries of crows and ravens, that didn’t sound like a territorial dispute, that sounded like an alarm. The fact that everything had gone quiet, to where you could only hear owls, paired with the dog being on high alert probably means there was a predator. Trusting the dogs instincts and his own gut feeling to gtfo was a smart decision. What really sells it was the cries heard at the end. Whatever it was, it sounded big.
@@LarimarDarkAsh3 I think the biggest predator in the UK is probably a raven tbh 😂 What else could it be? We have nothing. Literally nothing.
Doesn't matter what it was, you are not there to prove a point, you're there to relax and enjoy yourself. You did the right thing.
Well said.
Exactly this.
Yeah better go home and have a better night tomorrow than stay and never turn back.
The woods usually stay on the same place anyway.😂
Can i ask what country this is??
Compared to bc canada this all looks like public or town land..
Do they have bears and wolves there??
A wolf pack came to our camp once three years ago and ill never camp without a gun in BC AGAIN
@@raaaaaaarr UK, no bears or wolves other than in a zoo.
Went camping off a dirt road in the mountains with my lady a couple years back. Woke up to dead silence. Not the peaceful kind. Not even a breeze. She woke up too. I asked “do you feel that?” “Yeah,” she replied, “something isn’t right.” I quickly responded, “we need to leave.” We threw everything in the car and didn’t bother doing it neatly. I have chills writing this now. I’ll never forget the unbelievable waves of full body hair raising chills I had all the way home.
Yikes, freaky!
That's a million years worth of evolution telling you to run
U never got to know what was it ?
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That's really interesting. Can you describe what set you off exactly? Was it that everything was unnaturally quiet or anything more than that?
You know how many victims reported that yeah, something felt off, or the hairs on the back of my neck stood up? Archie picked something up as well. He was tracking something. He did sit down but was still alert. Listen to your gut - anyone reading this - listen to your gut regardless of what ego thinks, what others think. Read the Gift of Fear. Could have been nothing, but as I camp a lot by myself, I listen to my gut. I would rather be laughed at than dead. Stay aware. Stay safe.
Thats exactly what i was going to say. Always go with your gut feeling.
If you have that funny feeling listen to it, you did the right thing. Your dog felt something I trust a dogs intuition & senses. Appauld yourself cause at least you're getting out there & trying the more you try the more you'll feel comfortable. Stay safe.
No I wouldn't of stay
Always listen to your inner voice..
Trust your spidey-sense always!
As soon as you start thinking about the blair witch project while camping in the woods its game over 😂
What's blair witch project?
@@z_eke its a found footage style horror movie set in the woods
This is the MOST INTELIGENT video of a camping youtuber i ever saw... dude remembered to pack his sanity, selfcontrol, and logical thinking
I think it's more the rationalisation of instinctive escape behaviour than logical thinking.
Agreed
Ironic that you spelt intelligent wrong lol
Like a Swiss army knife of survival instincts....
@@MrTears03anime pfp
Skinwalker punching the ground so hard rn, you know they want the dogs nerfed
Tierzoo was right that dogs are op
wrong. Those beings are exclusive to specific native american areas only.
Lmao
@@brittanypung1676wait fr? I didnt know skin-walker was native American culture, i just knew it was our regions land of shapshifter folklore, thats super cool to learn!
@brittanypung1676 actually skinwalkers can spawn outside of those servers in October
When your dog acts up, listen to him cause he feels things you can't.
Mainly hears & smells a LOT better too though.
You can tell both felt something was off
@brockpeck7073 yes correct
The dog can also sense when its owner is nervous. It can totally hear if your heart is beating harder than normal.
U were surrounded by rabid chipmunks 🐿 run forest run
I have walked out of the forest a few times because of a feeling like that. I never figured out what it was. But my Mom has spent way more time out in the woods, so she actually got to see what it was. She was being stalked by a mountain lion.
What happened? Was she ok?
@@nerdynautilus5373he said stalked not attacked
Holy shit
Yup, our subconscious picks up on subtle changes in the environment - twigs snapping, birds falling silent, unsettling body language from another person, or the wind going still before a storm. The key is to pay attention to those senses and heed the instinct to get out of harm's way.
I had this happen to me too. My buddy and myself decided to go fishin at this quarry at Choteau Island. When we arrived there was some families out there with their kids fishin. It was expected because it was beautiful out that day but there were a lot more people than usual. I remember feelin a bit off and I wasn't sure why. I just felt paranoid for no reason but once we parked, I saw all the people, and the sun hit my face that feelin of paranoia had lifted. It's like a 10-15 min walk to reach the other side of the fishin hole so we say "screw it" and start headin for the other side. Before we get to the spot we were goin my buddy got called into work and we were bummed. I said "screw it, I'ma stay out here at least to dusk. If you finish up before dusk head back out here". cause I knew I was stayin out there cause I knew I wasn't gonna get another chance to fish on a day like this again for awhile. He emded up headin out and Ikept headin around the lake to a spot I like. This spot has huge cotton trees and if you know cotton trees you know they're loud even in the lightest of wind and there was a nice breeze so I could hear them before I even reached the spot. Once I finally made it around I got my tackle box out and start settin up my rod. I was in my own little zone when all the sudden I got that paranoid feeling back and the I noticed it's dead silent. I look up across the lake and and almost like a horror movie I notice all the cars are now gone except for one and they were packing up their stuff and getting ready to leave. I almost wanted to shout across the lake "wait for me!" I wouldn't really yell across the lake for some strangers but I really had that gut feeling telling me to yell to them. That's when I looked up and the cotton woods were dead silent and I turned around and noticed the sky was now gray and overcast. I watched that last car pull out of the parking lot and I thought to myself. I'm only 10-15 mins away from the parkin lot. If I need to I can just hall ass lol. I go to pull out my phone and it's dead and I'm like hell nah. I'm gettin the hell out of here. I pack my stuff up and walk around to my car with the most paranoid feelin. Like somethings watching me and my gut telling me to leave NOW all at the same time. I get to my car and get over the bridge back in town. That's when my phone pops back on and I see there's a tornado warning and then the sirens go off. A small ef1 came threw that area about 20mins after I left. Without my phone and no sirens out there I woulda had no idea. Then I added everything up in my head and that's why all those families had left. They must have gotten the warnings.... I went back there just last year and there's only one cotton tree left standing now.... crazy how your gut can sense these types of things. anyway that was a lot longer than I wanted it to be. Stay safe out there.
Thanks for the story man. Most real one in the comments. Our minds perceive a lot more information than we’re conscious of.
Funny enough, your gut feeling that saved you was probably an actual feeling in your gut. When barometric pressure drops quickly as a strong storm approaches, people can actually feel it in their belly for science reasons. I'm super sensitive to it; always know when it's going to storm because I suddenly feel like I ate Taco Bell. lol
@@DerpDevilDD You probably right. I've heard of ears poppin due to pressure change but you probably right. Thanks for the reply. I know it was a long read.
@@guitarest452452 It was an interesting story :)
What a read
Never ever ever ignore your gut or a dogs instinct 🥰
Oh yeh his dog was freaking out too. I’m with you trust your and your dos instincts
@@conniegodbey-fleck7452 100% Always ALWAYS trust your first instinct, particularly if your trusty hound also turns skittish! Some will say theyre just picking up your vibe - but something had him spooked! Bailing was the right plan. What do you gain by persevering with a funky situation? You wont enjoy it, so whats the point!
Re: Elaine; Great minds think alike
Why’s that?
Elaine, facts! Living by those thoughts will help keep you alive in many situation
If i lose sight of my dog for a second I'd freak tf out. When you called him twice and took a few seconds for him to come my heart dropped.
I take my dog out often and he leaves my sight constantly. As long as I can still hear leaves rustling and his tag jingling, I'm fine. It's when the sounds stop that I start freaking out.
@@ArnoldRockefelleri take mine out loads and she goes off all the time where i can see or hear her, less so now she is older but still a few times per walk. i’m fine with it as she always comes back eventually
Not coming when called was what freaked me out
Almost like his dog was trying to find something…or someone
@@ItsjustBlackJackhere almost
I learned from the S.T.A.L.K.E.R series that once you hear the crows going crazy like that, just get the heck out to safety lol
When the sky starts growling
Anomaly, Escape from Pripyat or Gamma? Incredible survival games
@@schizoid9847 Both mod packs are good. Very different ideas though
A man of culture, I see
While I love Stalker, and yeah crows equal emissions. That's just dusk, crows go home to roost at dusk.
Always and i mean always trust your dog and your gut instincts
Yeah 100%
Yes absolutely💯@@thomaslock97
But specially the dog♾️ my dog saved our house from a fire. If he didn't ring alarm 🚨 nobody would have noticed the fire close to the house (in time).
@@Marsase He raised the roof 💪
Man, my gut instincts have my head on a swivel near open doorways/ windows at night and stepping outside my house in the dark gives me the full set of stereotypical greentext horror responses. Unless a cougar lives on my roof in the middle of my suburb, I don’t think it works for me
I have three dogs. They never really pay attention to the TV. When I started watching this they were all asleep. As soon as that whining sound started all three woke up and stared at the TV, ears alert. My GSD jumped into my lap. It might have just because it was a new sound to them... but something about it made them uneasy. Interesting. I think you did the right thing. Trust your gut. Trust your dog.
When can you hear the whining sound? Cause I saw the entire video and couldn’t hear anything out of the ordinary besides in the first few seconds
@@JunHeroine 17:13, but it's really quiet. he boosts the volume around 17:23 as well
@@CompanionBeanscould it be a bear?
@@TobiasKryze Paddington?
@@TobiasKryze what's the version of Man or Bear in your country? Genuinely curious.
Our "gut" feelings are just our heightened senses detecting something that our conscious mind does not. Always trust your gut. You may not know why, but trust it always. Glad you're safe.
His unconscious mind is probably filled with horror movies and not enough experience with actual nature.
@@bluemamba5317 the dog was allert and the birds gone quiet, thats a sign that a predator or dangerous weather is aproaching. Birds get quiet as a way to hide themselves. If you know your local alert bird calls, thats even better and that means a predator has been spotted attempting to get one.
@@julialungan4722 Dogs are always alert when they hear or see something interesting. The birds weren't quiet, you can hear a dove and other birds if you listen.
@@bluemamba5317he probably knows his dog best and knows what his anxious behaviour would look like-the rapid eye movement and sunken tail isn’t exactly telling “confident dog”. when my dogs hear a bird or the squirrel they don’t like, they stop but their ears are perked and tail is up.
@@deepseasnailfish The dog knows the owner better, they pick up on our emotional state. This owner is clueless, both to the situation and his dog..
The owner is sitting/laying down, whispering and looking towards the noise.
The dog thinks they are in predator mode, he is going to keep a low profile, to not alert the prey. If the owner had shouted and walked towards the noise, the dog would have started barking and run to investigate.
Your dog showed it all. He wasn’t looking out for a deer, he was CLEARLY ready to do his best to defend you if necessary. You made the right decision.
It doesn't, at all, at any point look like that
A quiet forest is never a good thing. Add that with an alerted dog and you have a recipe for trouble. You made the right call. I'm a pretty seasoned camper and I would have done the same.
Edit: My son went hiking in a state park in Nebraska, USA. He said after a while he felt like he was being watched. He just turned around and went back to his car. Course, there are cougars around here and that is an oft reported gut feeling people have when the big kitties are nearby. I'm just glad he turned around and I'm glad you did too.
There is something terrible in North-central Nebraska... mark my words... there is an old, ancient evil somewhere back there I have encountered... please be VERY careful if you are ever wondering aimlessly in that area.
There are rumours of big cats here in the uk too
Big cats? Wild here? In the UK? I don't really think so.@@vsnature7146
I mean, it wasn't really quite
@@vsnature7146be for real
In Thailand we have a myth that if you go into the woods and everything around you suddenly goes quiet that means something in there warn you not to go in any further and you need to get out of there as fast as possible.
it's a good fucking myth, weird shit happens in the forest
Question. Are there tigers in Thailand?
@@xanmontes8715 We has the highest number of wild tigers in SEA
@@gurisu7714 i think we have discovered the cause of that myth then.
It’s not a myth. The natural wildlife goes quiet when there are predators around
i left a site on the massenutten mountain trail because of an overwhellming sense of dread
i will never forget that feeling
EVER
Sabe's (bigfoot) always project that feeling when they want to be left alone, OR when there is even worse danger ahead.
He said it well; a feeling of spiritual trespass.
Yes, good move. You're a woman so there are two things here in Virginia that would eat you: bears and dudes. Possibly a cougar or two that have crept back in. Supposedly they are breeding around ivy and crozet. Also coyotes that might eat your dog.
Man is by far the worst. I've run into hundreds of bears in the Blue ridge, only once did I ever even had to do the whoa bear thing. Couple of crazy dudes on the AT though. Guys you were very glad to see the tail end of. These days when I backpack I carry a small 9mm where it's legal. If I was a woman I wouldn't go anywhere it wasn't unless I had a real big dog.
You might want to look into that. There's a new gun called The Smith & Wesson bodyguard 2.0. it shoots a bullet somewhat smaller than 9 mm that is still pretty effective. Best of all it's pretty soft shooting so you'll get good practice with it, yet it weighs almost nothing. Tiny little thing. Ask your gun friends if they can find one for you to shoot.
@horshamheating she also happens to live close to the highest concentration of bears per square mile in the world. They're pretty chill bears, but a chill bear is still a bear. Also we're supposed to have cougars moving back into the area. They don't mess with humans very often, but they sure could.
@@theminister1154 i carry a non lethal Byrna
Dude as soon as you walked into that dark forest the vibe instantly changed i could feel it through the screen. Every instinct told me you were being watched. Glad you got out of there
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Same it had a horrible dark vibe in there
no shit he’s being watched by everything in the forrest
I’m creeped out just watching this. Don’t quit camping. Your instincts are spot on. There’s lots of types of camping & places to camp. You’ll find your groove. Keep Archie close by!
it was a bull no reason to be Afraid
@@samgoodfield6559 US person here - thought of a deer or elk call
But seeing as this is the uk i wasnt familiar with the wildlife
Bull from a farm fits
Just let him quit camping before he ended up going missing.
DO NOT apologize nor feel embarrassed for leaving those woods without setting up camp!!! ALWAYS go with your gut and what your Dog is telling you. I enjoy your content because it's REAL. Real, everyday LIFE. In your place I'd do the same exact thing and respect you for being MAN enough to admit you and Archie were not comfortable with the area and needed to leave. I'll be waiting for the next video!!
The dog told me all I needed to know. He was happy to go on ahead and explore, but once you got to that spot he stuck to you like glue and was on high alert/panicking.
Another little giveaway for me was the lay of the land. You've got an area that is open farmland with a little forest/wood slapped in the middle of it. That place is there for a reason. I bet if you asked the locals there are probably some tales attached to it.
Yeaa it looks so weird to just have a lil forest in centre of such a big open space
@@gladiuss6980 And it also seems to be called Grave Woods, guessing from the map...
@@Teelerussmann creepy stuff damn
Even here in the states, we stay away from areas like that. Usually. 😂 I'd go explore a national forest before I'd explore a patch of forest like that alone.
I had creepy person vibes from this one.
So it's beneficial to have these spots of trees/forest along your farmland. It helps cut down wind erosion as a big wind breaker, and also allows local wildlife a reprieve from all of the farmland as well.
Spiritual trespassing is a very accurate way to describe the vibe that place gave. Glad you left and you’re safe!
It was your dog that did it for me. Tail right under and looking over and over again. Yep, No, out of there.
Yup, the dog did it for me too. Outta there right quick!
The dog was the punctuation, but, you should always listen to your gut instincts. That inner voice is why your ancestors survived long enough produce you. The doggo is an extra set of senses to aid you in survival. That's why we domesticated the wolf. But, if your gut says something is off LISTEN.
Yeah I’m sure the goat sucker was in there
Yea I would run out them woods
The sudden silence of the forest, the dog very much alerting to something and was incredibly wary of proceding at every turn once that something caught their attention, and then that noise as the finisher, absolutely did the right thing
Overreaction
@@bluemamba5317 Better to be embarrassed and alive than overconfident and dead.
@@z-beeblebrox Please, inform me about this very deadly scenario.
@@bluemamba5317 its just common sense to look the fool than to gamble the chance
it is likely that it was nothing, but in the case that there is in fact a bear or something out there with him and that WAS what it was, it was better to do that. because in most cases your body will know when something is fucked up, and your dog and the nature around you for sure will
You're showing others what to do in a situation that's uncomfortable. Good for you.
Imma be honest, as a landscape and occasional wildlife photographer who spends long hours in the backcountry [Eastern US] to me, that sounds like a fox. They make an amazingly diverse set of noises.... I don't know much about the forests of the UK, but here in my mountains there's a plethora of things to be afraid of, long... LONG before entities spoken of around dying campfires should enter your mind. That being said, when the forest goes quiet... REALLY quiet, you need to move. Move fast, move far, don't stop till the sound comes back. Silence isn't always golden my friend. Keep your nose to the wind, and your head on a swivel, be careful out there.
Foxes can make sounds ranging from the most adorable thing you've ever heard in your entire life to a noise you'd expect a woman to make while she's being hacked to bits feet first with the blunt end of an axe. Strange animals, and very intelligent.
It also sounded pretty similar to some sounds I've heard from mountain lions, but I know that's very unlikely since this video is from Europe.
i was thinking if there is a posibility of cattle out there not going to lie been spooked a few times myself by cattle bellowing
Yes @@bloodbro2x241
yeah it sounded like maybe an owl was around too, people are very out of touch with nature sounds in this comment, also the UK has nothing worse than foxes and cows.
Ive watched many scary and weird camping videos but for some reason this one made me more uneasy than any other especially how the dog was acting just gives me chills. Im glad you left. Whatever was out there couldnt have been good
Same! I was genuinely creeped out watching that dog react.
Thats the point. All of the sudden all these youtube campers are experiencing something spooky. Maybe it gets more views
@@wayofthesamurai90 thats the thing a human can fake that reaction but his dog was genuinely sensing something
@@wayofthesamurai90 nah the dog genuinely seen something, it was alert and kept looking in the same direction as if it seen someone, you cant fake that
@@Valkyrae123 i can be wrong but i am verry sceptical about these youtubers.
He could have had a buddy on the other side of that bush, atracting the attention of the dog.
God I've missed content like this on the tube, I dont even care if its fake or real or played up for views. I grew up watching videos like this, it used to seem like they were everywhere. Shit would keep me up at night. Feels like everyone just went inside and this type of content died off. Now its as nostalgic as it is scary to me, simpler times back then. Thanks for posting this and stay safe man.
Real shit. Loved these videos 6 or so years ago when they were popular
I’ve had a sinking feeling everytime I’ve entered a certain stretch of woods, which grew with every foot I set further. Been there 3-4 times, at different seasons, hours and with different reasons (hiking or enduro mountainbiking). At some point I did go on and found a squatter’s place in the middle of a clearing on top of the hill. Didn’t see the guy but something about the way it was built and maintained told me he had lost his mind and I didn’t want to bump into him. Never went back but everytime I even look at that hillside I feel this instinctive sense of dread again. Just typing this makes me quite on edge actually. Interesting how powerful our instincts can still be.
How was it set up?
@@kirbierose2589haha yeah I'd love a bit of a description too.
That's the thing with people whom have lost their mind, they're most likely in the company of a demon. I can't think of anything more frightening.
@@trevorstevenson4038 demons? Then how do you think it is possible these people get better with meds?
@@trevorstevenson4038 wydm by company of a demon?
@@trevorstevenson4038seek attention from a medical professional right away
You probably made the right call. The woods should never be silent when the sun is visible.
They shouldn't be silent at night either.
They shouldn’t be silent ever
Have you ever like…gone out in the woods? They are dead quiet quite frequently. It’s not that unusual. I don’t get why so many people pretend to know this when it’s just not true to begin with.
@@KameraniumBro has never been outside
@@lillonerboi504schizos
you made the right decision! My years of hiking and camping alone in the wilderness have taught me to always go with your gut feeling if you feel something is not right...the gut never lies!
I'll have to remember that. There's a significant split on here of people telling me I should've stayed and others saying I was right to go. Gut instinct has to count for something.
@@thomaslock97 new here. Please read my response, it may help you, and those naysayers too.
Believe your instincts and those of your dog...they will never lead you astray if you listen to them.
Nope, I would not have stayed , your dog told you something was there . Go with your gut and leave. You did right by leaving and trusting your gut and Archie's senses were right on too.
Ohhhhh, I heard that. I'm glad you left.
The same people who are saying it was nothing, will probably say "Survival Instincts = 0" and "Welp, that's natural selection for ya" if something would've happened to you. Big props for getting the hell out of there - danger or not. You don't wanna become a documentary topic anytime soon.
That first segment is too damn true. Absolutely callous and apathetic people are the first ones to pull that kind of tonal duality.
Exactly, better safe than sorry. 😮💨
Because it is nothing. 3 days in the jungle alone and nothing weird really happens. There are no bears here tho. The training was sending 1 soldier every 30 mins into the jungle and trying to survive for 3 days. Having noises would actually be less ideal because you wouldn't know if you were still training or there Abu Sayaf terrorist are hunting you. I'm from Philippines btw. So no again no bears in the jungle or anything. Snakes are the most common that can kill you are they are harder to spot especially when night time comes.
@@MillenniumEarl014your experience isn’t everyone’s man. Instincts are there for a reason, we were once survivors just like any other animal
@@waffles658 because there isn't anything there.
When I was in the Army we had this training excercise where we were to be "released with a head-start" into this huge wildland area. Thick forests and mountainous terrain. We would be chased. "Hunted" and captured by "the enemy".
We were given some coordinates we had to make it to, as well as things we could pick up along the way. Me and another guy in my squad managed to find eachother after some hours of running and hiking through this mountain pass area. I am still not sure what it was, but once the sun began to go low and we were nearing this more flattened area full of thick forest... Something just felt so fucking off.
We went from "Let's cut through here to reach the evac sooner" to "... We should go back the way we came" more and more. The wind stopped. The birds went quiet. Distant sounds from a river we passed died out entirely. The hairs stood up all over on my back and I felt this overwhelming unease with each step we took. My buddy said "Man, fuck this, this place is not right".
We did a huge loop around that area. Double timed it. It took us a solid 2 hours before we had this super weird feeling of "being back in the real world"? I can't describe it. I really can't. That place we were going into just had us both super paranoid and uneasy. Best way I can describe it is that you feel/know something or someone is slowly sneaking up on your position -- yet you don't know whether to stand your ground and let it pass or run like you've never ran before. But you can't hear anything. Can't see it either. Nada. But you are so damn certain something is wrong.
Maybe it was just our adrenaline, stress or fatigue playing games with us. I keep thinking back on it to this day and keep wondering just where the hell we really were on the map we had -- but I remain certain that had we gone further, something bad would have happened. Never had an experience like it before.
Portal...energy shifts
Nahnhh you would have been fine. It got quiet as it normally does at night. It's internal in us to fear exactly those conditions. It's a lack of stimulation that's sends you inside your own head. Mind races and a feeling of unease comes over you. Completely normal
More than likely wasn't anything major. Could've been that specific part of the Forest isn't inhabited by nocturnal insects which usually make the noises you grow accustomed to
You'll never know, but you're alive enough to know you'll never know 🤷😉🇬🇧
When it goes super quiet and still like that, there's a spirit present. I've been through it twice, and both times paranormal shit happened. Best not to stick around.
You can hear the nightlife returning back to the area, as you get further away. You made the right call for sure for sure
If my springer acted like that I’d be out of there like a shot
there was definitely something over there in the direction it was pointing!
Sphincter?
the term for it is Bad Medicine.
Places like this used to be marked by offerings from natives in the form of tomes, skins, teeth and such items of value to appease whatever evil resided there.
@@QJG6100 the king of the forest
@@QJG6100Another dog walker most likely
After spending a summer fighting wildfires in Oregon I traveled down to Northern California and was spending a few weeks just hiking the coastal mountains. Was halfway up one of the coastal mountains on a random path, it was a beautiful sunny day with a nice breeze blowing from the ocean, when I began to feel as if I was pushing through a membrane. The further I pushed into this pressure the more intense anxiety and fear began to inexplicably wash over my body until I was just standing there with tears coming from my eyes, what felt like ice cold water running down my spine and every hair on my body standing at attention. I stood there not moving for five full minutes. Nothing. I turned around.
That was 25 years ago. I didn't have a dog with me. I love dogs and trust their perception. Good job not disappearing 🫀🦖
Wow. That sounds creepy...
Wooded areas creep me out, ever since I was a child. They look beautiful, but they feel a bit 'off'. Can't really explain. Your experience sounds like something David Paulides would mention on his channel, I've been watching him for around a decade. It's all really interesting to me. I would never go camping alone, even with my boyfriend I pick up on vibes. It's not nerves, it's something else entirely. What, I just don't know....
Probably PTSD from fire fighting.
That’s called a panic attack
I had this in crescent city. I was going back to my hiker/biker site on a beach from my hike in the redwoods. The other people camping there had left, and this thick fog had rolled in. My stomach churned and I decided to immediately pack up and hit the road. I stayed in a motel 6 and slept deeper than I had the entire trip.
A wise person listens to the feelings they get. Thousands of years gave us this ability. You and Archie are just smart. Don't let others tell you what YOU should 11:28 do.
That's not always how it works. Often we have to go against our feelings to conquer our fears. Especially true for men.
@@bluemamba5317
That is completely different, because you mistake foolish bravery, to measured courage.
In the video, is measured courage.
Courageous enough to get in, courageous enough to when to get the fuck out.
ikr? especially when YOUR LIFE is at stake @@vanitas4841
Bro casually wanders into the domain of the Fae and just as casually wanders back out, all while having the eye of a creature, truly you are a blessed man.
Lol after hearing about their "traps" thats what this seemed like to me. How else can everything go quite? And on his way out, his camrea turns blurry and smuged before fixing as if he just came out of something
The fae?
Between my Dobie, my own gut instincts, a big gun, and a keen ability to gtf out when needed, I'm happily stil a safe woman at 54 while hiking and camping. ALWAYS TRUST THOSE THINGS. You were smart. Honestly I'd have left the second I felt wierd about anything. There is nothing wrong with being fearful and alive. There is A LOT wrong with being overly brave and dead. 👏
I trust my Dobie to know better than I do! Hugs to yours! 🖤
Yess. My boy has saved my life before just by body language. I will always listen to him even if he’s decided he doesn’t want to walk anymore. You can always tell when a dog is uncomfortable. Funny how I was telling my boyfriend the other day that when you are out in the bush your body naturally goes to default. Your instincts are peaked and you should always listen. The forest is my peace but I heavily respect that it isn’t my home and that I am not on top. My pup is a pit mix and I’ll always be thankful for him.
Its not bravery, its foolhardiness. We have gut instincts and domesticated wolves for a good reason. We are not only apex predators, we are also prey. So when the woods go silent and your trusty domesticated wolf starts alerting its time to unlimber the big gun and make an exit.
And whatever it is will take note that you know its there.We didn't survive this long as a species by being pushovers. Nature understands attacking an alerted apex predator, especially ones like humans who bring their own thunder is unwise. Plus the fangs of the Dobie are not to be discounted either. Humans and wolves made common cause to tag team anything that is attacking us after all.
@@Wastelandman7000finally, a thinking sentient human being in this thread
@@Wastelandman7000 Had to learn that lesson on a pretty scary way lmao
Was walking my dog (Border Collie, Newfoundlander, and bernese mountain dog mix) at night, for the last time of the day. So I take the usual path of some walk way in a kind of small forest area leading to a big field being on one side and at the other side a huge corn field. Listening to music with headphones on as always, so I didn't really hear anything that's been going on around me. Because, why would I? Lived there for 4 years, nothing has ever happened there.
And suddenly, my dog just refused to continue walking while on the way back home, kept looking to that corn field. I thought he was just being stubborn and didn't want to go home yet, but then he started growling. Like the type of growling that would make you think twice before engaging with that dog in any shape or form. Could feel the vibrations from that growl through the leash. So I hesitantly tug the leash to slowly keep walking and take off the headphones thinking he's just hearing someone on their bike in the distance, and shortly after I hear a blood curdling screech, most likely just a fox, because as far as I know where I live the most dangerous thing I could encounter is a fox, coming from that corn field.
And my god, I never ran so fast in my life, not even my weak heart and messed up lungs dared to protest by hurting or making it hard to breath after this kind of exertion. Whatever it was didn't seem to follow us, we probably weren't even the ones that were targeted with that screech. But this sure as hell reminded me, I didn't have that dog just to look cuddly and fuzzy and to be more alert and careful when out there (even if it's probably "only" a fox).
You were there. People can say oh yeah, deer, fox, goat whatever, but that noise sounded very off to me. You felt what you did and good on you for following your instinct.
And if you dont manage a solo camp for a while, so what. Its not for everyone. It doesnt diminish you in any way.
I think you were completely right to leave.
Amen!
Agreed. I've come across deer and foxes on a trail near my house and never felt anything similar to this. The vibes are so off in these woods it's nerve-wracking just to watch.
I have a patch of forest that I love to visit frequently. I live in New Zealand and have explored plenty of bush throughout the years, so I know my way around. This patch of bush, well, it feels different. There's always this certain atmosphere which feels off. This atmosphere is magnified by 10x at night. Everytime I explored this forest with my friends during the night, we would all get this feeling like something is watching us. A few years ago I went to this patch of forest at night on my own. Just walking towards the forest was setting off alarm bells for some reason, it felt way creepier than usual, but I managed to tell myself that its my mind playing tricks. Well as soon as I got to the entrance of the forest, a bunch of overgrown bushes meters away from me started to violently shake. This spooked me to my core, I know the local wildlife, and I cant imagine what animal could have caused that bush to shake so violently, for no reason, before just randomly stopping. I never entered the forest that night. Well last year I decided to go back at night all alone. I got the same creepy feeling just looking at the forest, but no shaking bushes, so I entered. As I was walking into the forest, I could hear footsteps, I stopped and listened. I was sure I was hearing footsteps on the gravel path behind me. I stood in silence hearing these footsteps for about three minutes straight. The odd thing was, these footsteps I was hearing weren't getting closer nor further away. I continued on, convincing myself that Im just being paranoid. Then I heard the SLOW crack of sticks about 10ft infront of me, just left of the path I was walking. I froze, shined my torch in the direction where I heard the sticks cracking, and found nothing. At this point I thought someone was messing with me, so I started filming my walk. Now there are two separate tracks, the one I take leads me much deeper into the forest. As soon as I reach the heart of the forest I noticed that it was awfully silent, then I hear SOMEONE bang the palm of their hand agaisnt a tree 3 times, this tree was just a few ft away from me. Thats when I loudly said "You win, Im leaving" and did a 180 and very quickly began my journey back out of the forest. The icing on the cake is what i captured on film. As soon as I got close to the heart of the forest, my phone audio went all weird, and my camera was out of focus for a few seconds. This happened as I was approaching and leaving the heart of the forest. Im not sure what to make of it, but the place where I explore is most likely sacred ground to the Maori, I know that much. I would like to add that it doesnt feel like a single entity, but hundreds maybe even thousands of entities all in unison. The intention doesnt feel malicious, its more like these "spirits" just want me to leave during the night. I dont believe or disbelieve in ghosts, but that experience that night was seriously creepy.
Freaky. I don't think I believe in ghosts, but I definitely believe in energy. I think this negative every can mess with and interact with the physical world to a certain extent. I think this is the best example of bad energy I've seen- not necessarily something malicious you felt, but something that just wanted you out. Makes total sense to me.
Or, of course, it could've been animals. You'd be pretty shocked how goofy animals can be. Or it could've very well been a guy playing tricks on you- ya never know. In the end, glad you're safe😊👍 whether this story is real or fake, I enjoyed it
I believe you
I think you got the best end of the stick, they REALLY went out of their way to make you not go any further, so clearly your mind instantly realized only a human palm could make such sound when slapped against a tree trunk. Unfortunately our ancestors were usually very violent to the native folk, everywhere around the world, so in my book they were really kind to you.
I’ve had similar in the forest to the east of Lake Taupo.
Absolutely did the right thing, always trust your instincts and dont beat yourself up for doing so
Had a situation where this possibly saved my life when i was a kid, we live in the countryside in North Wales UK, we've got quite a long garden that leads down into a fairly big woods that connects to multiple fields etc, well i used to take my tent down there some nights in the summer and spend the night there, after all i was only 10 mins walk from my house at max
One night i went down and had my little Jack Russell with me, everything was fine, still some light in the sky.... we settled down and i got into my sleeping back and read abit of a book, played a game or two on my PSP, my dog was nice and relaxed aswell and i ended up drifting off to sleep
I woke up around 12pm and everything was deathly quiet, not even a breeze, no birds etc nothing... i was instantly on edge and started to feel nervous and like i was being watched, my dog somehow was still asleep but soon woke up and was instantly unsettled, he kept trying to hide behind me but his head was darting all over the place as if he couldn't pick out the sound he was hearing
I was in full panic mode on the inside now, all those horror films and monsters from books etc seemed very very real like they could rip through my tent and drag me into the night at any second... i had to gather my strength and force myself to open the tent and run back to my house, that was terrifying, i expected something to be there waiting.... anyway i got my back pack and torch which was almost dead and called my dog, we both ran and ran till i got to the end of the woods and to the start of my garden, we slowed to a walk but my dog was still alert and it felt like the dead silence had followed me to my garden, my heart was racing but i walked to my front door constantly checking behind me with my dying torch.... the relief i felt after getting back inside was huge and my dog finally relaxed but kept looking towards our back door
Anyway i got into bed and called it a night with my dog at the foot of my bed, when i woke up i was greeted with my mum shouting OMG! ... i ran into our kitchen that looked over back garden and there was this enormous black bull just eating all my mums flowerbeds, it had rained recently so the ground was fairly soft and sure enough the footprints went all the way back into the woods, it turns out the bull was quite an aggressive one and had broken through a fence and somehow ended up wondering into the woods that links to our garden, they found 2 cows aswell in the woods totally lost, it took multiple farmers a few hours to get the bull and cows back to the farm, i still think how badly that night could have gone if i hadn't trusted my instincts, i wouldn't have stood a chance if that bull had gone for me and i probably wouldn't have seen it until the last second either
If it doesn't feel right; it's not right. Plus you're there to relax and enjoy the outdoors; not spend the whole time listening & on alert. You did right to trust your instinct and trust your very good dog. I've been in some landscapes here in Australia- sunny lovely day, perfect visibility all the way around- but the places had a very hostile feeling for no seeming reason, which both my husband and I picked up. Some years later I took some Belgian friends to one of those spots, again it was a lovely day & I did not say a word about the vibes, I just wanted to show them the pretty view. They were hardly out of the car before one said "There is something inimical here" and the other said, "This place does not want us here, we have to go." So, we went.
Same happened to me back in ‘14 in North Carolina. I had stumbled into an abandoned trailer park that was overgrown and led into deep woods and open farmland. I was trying to get to an attraction off the beaten path and figured I could go through the woods to get to it. It was daylight. You could hear the cars in the distance. Once I got through into the bush, after a good ten minutes, something in my head told me to leave. Like someone was watching me. I had heard knocking on what I thought was a tree coming from an area of dense wood that I couldn’t go through without some trouble. I walked back towards my car, trying not to look freaked out. Then when I got mere feet from my vehicle, a rock landed by my feet. I stopped, trying to figure if it fell from a tree but I was in a clearing. So I calmly spoke and said “I’m leaving. No problems.” Got in my car and drove off. Never again. Maybe, but next time with a knife.
I'd carry something more potent than a knife. Put the odds in your favor. And be careful. I've heard of rumors of feral humans out there. Even if that's not the problem there are drugged up homeless and meth heads are notorious for being hard to drop. Stay safe.
Dude that story is scary as f**k! You almost got eaten.
Sounds like a Bigfoot. Wood knocking is a common thing they do
@@chelsthegameruiner8669so is throwing rocks
Classic Bigfoot encounter with the knocking and the rock throwing. And the feeling of someone watching you and feeling imminent dred.
It happened to me and 3 friends in Ontario. We came upon a clearing after walking a trail at about 7 pm. It was all good untill for some reason, me and my one friends got a massive sense of dread and urge to leave; our stomachs dropped for what seemed to be no reason. We knew we should leave asap when we communicated it to each other after a few minutes, and discovered both of us got that feeling at the same time. Crazy how both me and him got that feeling at the same time without saying a word to each other.
I had a similar experience out walking after dark with my husband (then boyfriend) in an off grid area in BC where his family had a cabin. There was a short trail along the river to a waterfall, maybe half a kilometer. Well known by locals. We'd been up the other side on a different day, but he wanted to show me this one. (And as young dating people tend, we wanted to get away for a while from his folks crammed in the cabin all evening.)
Might have been 10pm in the summer, just enough to be truly dark. We parked the truck by the side of the gravel road. Set off down the beaten trail with the flashlights on our phones. We'd been listening to music in the truck, we were laughing and joking, being loud. Got less than 100ft down the trail and we both just stopped simultaneously.
Neither said anything. Just stood there for about thirty seconds.
Finally, he looked at me and said, “Want to go back?”
“Yep!”
We beat it back to the truck. The whole tone of the evening had changed. It was a hard feeling to shake. Neither of us could articulate why we'd stopped; there hadn't been any strange sound and we'd been mid-conversation.
His dad thought maybe a cougar, but I don't know. I have since learned a local young guy died at that side of the falls a few years prior and they thought it was unfortunately his own doing. I don't believe in coincidences like that. Some places are tainted.
As an added detail, I will say we'd been hiking the trail on the other side of the river in the dark as well (different night) with no negative experiences whatsoever.
When this little incident happened I remember thinking how silly it was that an area could feel so different when it was only a few hundred feet across a body of water and some trees from that other, much more fun trail.
I wouldn't describe it as a sense of being watched, either. Just felt rather intensely and suddenly as if we did not belong there.
so what happened to your other 2 friends?
Always trust your intuition. Who cares what others say. It's you're situation, you made the right choice.
Never feel obligated to stay anywhere that feels off or makes you very uncomfortable. Always trust your gut instincts - they will never lead you wrong.
I said on another comment, buts it’s better to be alive and wondering, than dead and certain.
@@Glaycier Better to conquer fear and feel alive until death, than be a coward and never live.
@@bluemamba5317 i’d say yes to that in most situations unless it’s a life or death one. Would rather feel like a coward and be alive than be brutally gored by a bull.
@@bluemamba5317Spoken by a person who sits around carpet bombing TH-cam comment section rather than actually being out there living and taking risks.
I was walking through woods, broad daylight. My dog had been picking up on something that I thought was a deer. He suddenly took off towards the trunk of a large tree barking. I called him back but he kept looking in the direction of the tree and growling. As I watched some material, a cloak or coat, appeared out from one side but no one appeared. That was when I decided to walk in the opposite direction asking my thankfully large dog to “speak” every now and again to ward off the mysterious cloak/coat wearer. Always listen to your dog!
now idk if youve heard of mountain monsters, theyre fake im pretty sure, but all of their investigations are on actual legends and creatures of the appalachian mountains. one of their investigations was on a so-called cloaked figure thatd you see one second, and the next itd be gliding away almost and disappear in no time. now some spirits or whatever you want to call them also just look to be cloaked in a way, but whatever it was that you seen wasnt good. glad you got out of there and had your pup with you as well.
Oh heeellllll no
I would've booked it back to the car after throwing a rock at it🤣😭
That sounds terrifying
Thats a big ol heaping of NOPE. I get scared hiking alone cant even imagine that happening.
Cool story… the brain is certainly an amazing clump of stuff, very imaginative, very easy to fool at the same time.
Perhaps it was Raven, about to introduce you to a daring new challenge in his self-titled kids CBBC show
I heard a terrifying noise at 2am while camping, Phil Collins being played full blast.
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😂😂😂
Could be worse. Could be BANJOS. Honestly the only thing that's ever spooked me in the woods was a couple crazy ass hicks and the Western version of the hick which is called a "methhead." Oh, and lightning. Almost been hit by lightning a couple times. That's pretty fucking scary. You've never seen a kind of fat guy runs so freaking fast as me getting off this bald in Colorado one time. Dumped my pack and hauled ass off that ridge.
“I can feel it coming in the air tonight” lol
Was that in Maine about 16-17 years ago? If so sorry...that was me and my friends. We only had a radio that picked up one station and it was a Phil Collins marathon night. We were playing a game of asshole while polishing off a bottle of vodka. My apologies for the terrible singing that accompanied it. 😅🤣😭
It sounded like an animal’s voice, but it’s a good thing you came out. There’s no need to prove your bravery to anyone, your life matters the most.
I didn't feel welcome, and I'm not even there! Your beautiful dog was throwing giant red flags, your gut certainly was, and then all that silence! No way should you be there! Then, that roar at the end! Yeah, that's a hard no! You were smart to leave. There's no reason to feel less than either. Very interesting video.
I concur i would have left too❤
4:13 feels oppressive, 5:41 feels.. wrong. Low light, the quiet, almost living anxiety that begins.. it makes my nerves scream, "Death."
Maybe i'm being dramatic, but that's exactly how I feel watching from 5:41 on. Freaked right out.
Earlier this year I scouted out a location to do some astrophotography in NorCal using a lightheatmap. I located a nice spot in the middle of farmland, beside a pond, that had a Class 2 rating for light pollution. I got to the service road at about 1:30AM and I was completely stoked and excited seeing just how perfect the light and weather conditions were. As I drew nearer to the coordinates, my excitement continued to grow. I finally got there, parked, and stepped out of my truck. The second that I stepped out, my excitement drained from me. I didn't hear anything. No crickets, cicadas, birds, not even the highway. There were supposed to be tons of mosquitos that night but I didn't feel any flying around or landing on me. The wind was still and once my car lights shut off, I was in near total darkness. I've been out alone in the wilderness quite a bit and in places far more remote than that location, but I'd never felt that way before. I felt a deep sense of unease and danger that I couldn't shake. After deliberating to myself for about 5 minutes, I decided to call it. The entire drive back to the highway, I felt like I was running from something. Could have just been my nerves, but I'd rather be safe than sorry.
I've had some other unnerving situations out in the wilderness at night, but none of them were to this level. Those were mild in comparison. One day I'll go back to that spot with a friend and see who wants the smoke haha.
When you unplug and go into nature our bodies and mind go back to default. Our natural senses of survival come out. Always listen to your gut and fear. I always pay attention to my dogs body language when on the trail especially. He is a small town dog but once smelled something so off he started growling. We left the area and I had looked back and out came a massive bull moose. That was where we would’ve been headed. He unknowingly saved our lives and has alerted to many things that have kept me safe.
Oh hell no, man fuck Moose, those guys are SCARY. They'll mess you up for no reason at all
@@alertedcoyote7892 ohh ya I was alone and was at my uncles cabin who sent me off with no gun or spray so was just me and my boy. There is no good one to run into, thankfully was at the end of rutting season and wasn’t a momma with a baby. Still absolutely terrifying and my boy got a steak for dinner after that.
Went "off trail" camping on a mountainous valley route in France once with a few mates, we were joking, laughing, shooting the shit etc. went into this densely wooded area on our planned route and entered a clearing that wasn't marked on any of our maps, the grass seemed duller, the air seemed heavy and cold despite it being a spring day, there was a tall, smooth, pointed top boulder in the centre, and we all instantly felt the same sort of ominous feeling as we got closer to it. It was deathly quiet, and I assure you before we entered this clearing; birds, deer, sticks cracking, all of it was happening, but it all seemed to stop immediately as we entered this clearing, as if we had stepped into a bubble of no noise, even our voices felt whispered despite being right beside each-other and none of us wanted to test if we were doing it on purpose or subconsciously and the clearing was far too clean to be in the middle of the woods.
After silent glances, as we couldn't really hear each other all that well, we all instinctually paced backwards and walked around the clearing's edge and stayed well away from the stone in the middle, the ominous feeling wasn't nearly as bad at the edge but everything was so horribly quiet. Then as we got back onto our planned route on the opposite side of where we went into the clearing and walked a few meters away from the edge the sounds of the forest started to return and the sounds of our voices went back to normal. Maybe it was our inherent discomfort that subconsciously forced us all to start talking softer, but we are all 100% sure we were talking just as loudly we were before, during and after we entered. Maybe; we all just instinctually knew we had to keep quiet in that area; out of respect, or fear, or whatever it was.
None of my friends or I are spiritual or superstitious but we all agree to this day that something wasn't right about that place and that we were and are better off not walking through it if we ever come across it, and when we do repeat our route, and hike that area of Cevennes National Park we try to avoid it as much as possible, but when we stumble across it, sometimes we get close enough just to feel the sounds of the forest drift away then walk the perimeter before leaving, none of us dare to get any closer as that ominous feeling is just overwhelming.
We've asked around locally about that clearing and most of the villagers in that area just steer clear of that place entirely, when we asked why it's not on any maps they've shrugged and said things like:
"ce n'est pas toujours là" or "It's not always there" or "Parfois tu ne peux pas le trouver" or "Sometimes you can't find it", "Il ne veut pas être trouvé" or "It doesn't want to be found"
Which just spooked us even more. We haven't been back in about 3 years, decided to stop tempting fate, but we still don't walk through open spaces on our hikes, wherever we go we still to clearing edges, even the nice feeling ones.
I’m sorry but this can’t be true. Especially the part about the locals being aware of the “anomaly”. The park is quite popular, and if there was any cryptic secret to it, the people who are obsessed over these things would absolutely be crawling all over it. But that’s not the case and also there is no evidence of it on the internet.
Thermal spotter scope might be a good addition to the camping arsenal if you're curious about what's lurking in the undergrowth. Plenty of decent, affordable ones on the market. Was once very surprised to see a herd of llamas a couple of fields over when all we expected were deer 🦌😅
Good idea. There are some good enough ones for a reasonable price. You can even get some with helmet mounts. Might not be as good as the military stuff, but, most of us aren't chasing fighters up and down mountains either.
just curious can any of you link a good thermal monocular that can ship over to europe or the balkans? something on the cheaper end but still being good...
Curious if you know any good options available in the uk?
@@sullyvstheworld I'll get the brand/model from my buddy and post it in the replies tomorrow 👌🏻 We're in Ireland so almost certainly something readily available in both countries.
@@civiumardor6344 im honestly amazed a lot of people dont carry those when camping .
You are camping to enjoy yourself and if you felt something is wrong, just leave! You dont owe anyone, anything! Im glad you are safe !
In the early 2000's I worked for the Scottish forestry commission in Scotland as a Ranger I would camp out some nights I can tell you that dusk is a transition time in the forest many animals are settling for the evening and some predators are out hunting for a late evening meal they will follow any unusual scents, your dog would have his own scent and Foxes and Badgers would act on that, I know from experience that rutting Stags will follow you if you are on their turf and they will stalk you, many nights I slept in my tent and truck and animals would be all around investigating , the Forest can be a strange place at night but don't forget that our minds are conditioned to flight or fright, I love being outdoors and I would feel safer in a Forest 1000 feet above sea level miles from any roads over a night in any city.
I guess we are just not used to the noise of wild animals and sleeping in forests at night.We feel protected in our own enclosed spaces at home.It takes guts to sleep in a forest with all those strange noises which sound scary but are mostly harmless animals roaming around.Last night I saw and heard for the first time racoons in my garden. They make an unpleasant noise. Knowing how a fox ,deer,etc sound at night may make one less scary.I go for hikes and sometimes I can hear no birds but never thought about it being creepy.
I spent about a year and a half out in the backcountry plus another year car camping in some remote places. All over the US, and we have a lot of good sized predators, plus some big old omnivores called bears, and some herbivores that will really fuck you up. Those would be moose. Maybe an elk in rut. Elk are ginormous. No question it can be a little spooky at dusk and on, but I just haven't had any problems. You can have problems if you do something dumb like leave an open jar of peanut butter in your tent, but as long as you don't offer to feed the bears, the bears are generally interested in doing bear stuff.
They'll come around where you hung your food, but you hang your food a long way from way from where you are sleeping. Most of the time you hear a bump in the night, it's a raccoon or a possum, a deer, possibly a couple coyotes. Give moose a wide berth, back up when you see a bear, consider if they're snakes where you're putting your hand, watch out for scorpions in the desert and spiders in the woods. You'll be okay. Nothing in this video wouLd have made me move, though I would have gotten my skinning knife out.
That's up to him though. I've only ever really felt in danger from animals was in grizzly country the first time. After that I would borrow a friend's 10 mm, which is a seriously large Glock that will deal with a grizzly in a pinch.
The only times I've ever felt unsafe other than that was from weather & from the predator that 9mm is effective for: crazy dudes. Encountered a couple of crazy dudes on the Appalachian trail and once out in the Nevada desert. AT's a little bit famous for crazy dudes. More of a problem for women, but I definitely wish I'd had a gun both those times. I do now. They make little tiny nines that aren't bad to shoot and don't weigh all that much. The march of progress!
Nice to see rational people here not giving into emotion and superstition!
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I’m usually not one to believe in things like cryptids (bigfoot, Loch Ness Monster, etc) but I did have an experience that has me questioning a lot of things.
It’s pretty simple. I live with my family in a back roads area. We’re surrounded by open fields and heavily wooded areas for miles. One night I had to go outside after dark to cover hay up since there was a chance of rain during the night. While heading up the driveway to the trailer that the hay was on, I saw one of my barn cats chilling on our pile of firewood logs. I decided to take the detour to go pet him for a little bit. He had been super relaxed, purring and stretching out without a care in the world. Then, suddenly, he stiffened and sat up. He immediately turned to look at a specific spot in the woods just off of our driveway. I tried to use my headlight to see but the brush was so thick that I couldn’t see very far. Then there was a loud crashing noise, like a large branch had just broken off a tree and fallen to the ground. That wasn’t out of the ordinary in itself. No. What _was_ out of the ordinary was how I could very, very clearly hear a set of bipedal footsteps walking through the dead leaves. There was maybe 5 or so steps before the sound stopped and I didn’t hear anything else. Needless to say I didn’t waste any time in grabbing my cat and racing into the house.
I’ve tried (and failed) to find a logical explanation for this occurrence. All of my family members had been asleep (it was around 12 AM when this happened), our closest neighbors would have zero reason to be so close to our house at that time of night, and even if they did why did they try waking away? Were they sitting in a tree before the branch they were on broke? Why did they suddenly stop after only a few steps? What would be the point in even doing any of that? It couldn’t have been an animal like a deer because they aren’t bipedal. It couldn’t have been an animal like a raccoon because again, they’re not bipedal and the footsteps sounded way too heavy. We don’t have bears or any animals that could potentially walk on two legs in the area, either.
I’m not saying it was something like bigfoot because, again, I have no idea what the heck went on in that moment but it is something I always think back on whenever the discussion of cryptids is brought up.
@@smhhtI know some of these people are bonkers.
im just glad you had the pup with you, as added confirmation, always trust the kids, always trust the pets. cause my spine froze when you crossed the threshold at which the sound "shut off". spooky stuff
Definitely did the right thing mate, your dog is brilliant. I think he saved you there
From what 😅
I've got to second from what. It's Britain. The only predators there are like three or four escaped big cats and about 10 bajillion foxes. And man of course.
@@theminister1154Okay in all honesty in the woods you are never truly alone. But can we agree that when something is making you feel unsettled you should leave right?
@theminister1154 sure Britain may not have big bad predators but don't forget it's old land with tons of human history. what's scaring the dog maybe wasn't something physical but spiritual.
He frightened the shit out of himself, and the dog is a spaniel. Take a spaniel into woodland, and that is how they behave. Too many interesting noises, smells, and sights to behave calmly.
I lived in Switzerland for five years, and spent many, many weekends and evenings in the woods in a 50km radius around Zuerich, but I remember one and only one time that I swung into a section of forest, just rolling into sunset with the huge 7-element LED headlight on my bike blasting its ungodly candlepower everywhere in front of me, and suddenly, for a reason I cannot explain, received a message into my brain saying "* * * * OFF." I turned around and left. Never happened before, never happened since. The woods are serious business.
That's horrifying. I'm glad you're still here with us.
Which woods, i live there and i know many creepy woods in switzerland - Zurich
@@cheeseburgerpaladin u aren't real lmao
You definitely did the right thing! Even if your gut was wrong, YOU didn't feel safe. That's what matters. The forest going quiet is NEVER a good sign. I feel you on the spiritual trespassing. There are just some places on this planet where you just feel how wrong and corrupt they are. Even if you never physically see anything. Your instincts are good!
Always follow your gut. If it doesn't feel right then leave. Plus the pup knew something wasn't right as well. You did the right thing.
Finally someone with a camp video making a wise decision. At the moment when you sit on the chair in the woods, it was so quiet, I though I paused the video.
"He who does not stay strapped may get clapped."
-Sun Tzu
In the UK it's nowhere near as easy to get a gun. I've literally never seen one in this country in my 27 years outside of a museum.
You struggle to even get a kitchen knife in the uk at this point.
@@hithere5553 mate ive seen tons of people running around with machetes in this country its not hard
I encountered something fishing one time that gave me feelings id never experienced before, needless to say my 9mm with 17 rounds felt completely helpless, it wanted me to know that.
@@nooneinparticular7980 I've never encountered creature nor ghoul that can withstand 10 holes in it.
I watch a lot of Backpacking/Camping/Bushcraft videos. This place feels just wrong. Dark, heavy energy. Almost nauseating
"heavy energy" is EXACTLY the right word to describe it. Spot on. Glad I left.
Something sinister happened where you two were. It’s just a matter of how long ago.
@@sos2530definitely looks like something bad has happened there.
Gives off that vibe
No dark heavy energy, just an overstood coppice. they planted the hazels close together so they would grow straight for hedge laying stakes etc and now that we don’t manage our copses they are very overgrown and dark. Dog probably just hearing or smelling foxes or badgers.
Agree I got the heebee jeebees as soon as he hiked in there
One last video before going to sleep
The video:
Deer don't make other creatures silent. You and your dog felt something. I'm glad you got out. No, I would not have stayed. I've driven into some places and just left because my Alaskan Malamute indicated. I've tried a few times to stay and the more I tried to push on the more those feelings heighten. F that! I don't need to know what's there lol....
Exactly the ones that don't trust that feeling end up missing, dead, or escape but traumatized.
bro watch the video. it was a fox lol
@@Deltron1337better safe than sorry
@@winter6849 there aren't any predators in the UK. just people. There may have been wolves about 500 years ago but they've long been hunted to extinction
Not true @meenawai2206.
Creatures “go silent” when they want to hear their surroundings better. ALL creatures do this, including humans.
Experienced camper here, I camped up and down eastern United States along the Appalachian trail and in several other states and I can tell you that you have great instincts as a camper. If something 'feels' off then it is, trust your judgement. Also, it's never bad to camp with other people. Have at least one experienced person with you.
Edit: sorry for the bad grammer XD, I posted this as I was heading to camping trip myself and just rushed out a response.
Cheers, appreciate it! Thanks for being the first "member" too :)
@@thomaslock97 Of course XD, I like the content I seen so far and I always enjoy watching people learn to camp. It's a fun hobby, when you don't have Bigfoot performing a mating call near your camping spot.
There are 2 things in my life that never lie and are never wrong: My dogs instincts about everything & everyone & my gut feeling. The only times I've ever truly regretted something or felt that I made a really bad choice was when I ignored my dogs instincts &/or my gut feeling. You lasted longer than I would have. The forest going quiet would have been the thing that sent me running (not walking) out of there, fearing for my life Lol! Seriously though, you made the right choice. Never second guess your dog or your intuition. NEVER!!
Dogs always react to bigfoot approaching, this could be very dangerous.
@@ab-js2gwBigfoot? Nah man, they react to anything that could be dangerous. Including cougars, bears or coyotes. Or other people.
@@strawberryfox8819they also react to deer, rabbits, squirrels, and a myriad of other mundane things. It's never 100% with dogs
@@sidneyrobinson18 Also true but at least in personal experiences, the dogs I encountered had very different reactions to prey animals than to predator animals.
Hell no. I would not have stayed either. I wanted you to leave faster. So glad you listened to your gut and to your dog’s signals. Blair witch vibes, for sure.
Caution is intelligent. TRUST your fur friend. They can smell 1000x better than we can. Even if it makes you nervous its a great thing to keep doing it. ITS FUN.
The smell of rain to us is stronger than any dogs sense of smell, by a large margin, said to be so sensitive, we can smell 0.4 parts per billion! Obviously water is extremely important to our survival, both for drinking and avoiding flash floods, and the thirstier we get, the stronger the scent of water becomes.
Imagine smelling everything as powerfully as we smell petrichor.
Loved the video. Always follow your instincts. If it does not feel right, move on. And always trust your dog Archie. Animals are amazing at detecting things that humans can not. Their hearing is extremely sharp. Bailing is the right thing to do in this situation. Move on to another day and stay safe.
Always amazing to me like a human is walking through a wooded areaand birds go quiet and they don't ever assume that it's them that's causing the birds to go quiet, also your dog was seeing owls who become very activeat certain times the day an early evening
It felt spooky just watching the video, did the right thing
I don't know man. It didn't sound like people, and the only predator left in Great Britain that is a threat to a man is another man. Or an ex-wife!
Yeah, even us just watching it through here.... It felt eerie
I am (somehow) a very experienced hiker/climber. I've gone on multiple week - month high-danger high-intensity trips solo/group, in all my time hiking one of the main things I had drilled into me was the 'silent forest thing' where they'd tell me to be careful and go backwards until I heard the birds/ambiance of the forest again, that and keeping food up and away from the site. It's really important to remember we are animals, we have instincts, and they work, if your gut is telling something is wrong please please please trust it, nine times out of ten it's not worth finding out what happens if you ignore that gut instinct, that goes for regular life too.
Generally when animals go quiet in a forest, that means a predator/danger is lurking nearby. So its good that you acted on Archie's and your instinct. (In my experience, when acting on my gut instinct, its usually accurate). So I totally would have left too. Animals are smart.
Always listen to your gut feeling, man. Helps that you have a dog too, since they can sense things easier that humans. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
I think you made the right decision in leaving. All the animal sounds stopping all the sudden is NOT something to ignore. It usually means your not the baddest thing in the woods. Have you ever heard of MISSING 411?
I haven’t but loads of people are mentioning it in the comments here. Will give it a look!
Yes, Dave Paulides has been writing and investigating for years. He's a retired police officer. 💙🌿💙
@@thomaslock97 Definitely look up David Paulides Missing 411. When the woods go silent it is a warning. You did the right thing to leave, Beautiful dog btw.
@@thomaslock97 I've no idea where abouts in the UK this is but another youtuber to look up is truth proof he records a lot of strange goings on in the Yorkshire area. Many reports of strange orbs & creatures being reported in that area. Missing 411 is a must to look into if you're out & about in the wilds alone one of the most common thing people experience in those stories is the woods suddenly going completely quiet and a feeling of dread coming over them. Keep safe out there.
Missing 411 is mostly nonsense. The Lore Lodge channel does a usually interesting and balanced review of those cases. Some strange things but also dangerous creatures that exist in America don't exist here.
Only thing to be scared of is man/supernatural (depending on how much weight you put into that). I don't disagree with deciding to get out if the vibe is off.
Trust your dog’s instincts. Hard to go wrong. But your gut is pretty reliable if you’re not an anxious person. Good videos. Peace.
14:23 That sounds like a bull in the distance. They can make quite a variety of sounds when bellowing and some sound like a huge roar. Earlier, in the woods it sounded like an owl. They don't always hoot. Either way, if you weren't comfortable it's good that you left. You would not have had an enjoyable or restful night so there is no use in staying.
It could have been a bull. That doesn't mean it's a good place to camp. There's a good chance there are shepherd dogs nearby, and they don't mess around.
Yeah, grew up near cow farming in the UK, that’s a very familiar sound! Probably a case of unfortunate timing!
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You absolutely did the right thing by leaving. I live in the States and grew up playing in the woods by myself as a kid. I sometimes have anxiety around people, but not the forest. If something out there gives me that feeling when I would typically be feeling peace, I wouldn’t blame myself or beat myself up, but instead would listen to that feeling. That feeling is there for a reason. Always know that.
Aloha @6:04 start to look at bottom right. You will see one light reflection between trees, then before your dog walks pass you see movement , then two lights appear through trees and something walks pass. But you would have to slow it down and zoom to see it. Then you look behind that same area as well as you're dog.
I see that. There was one speck of light - and then a sort of shimmer as something moved, and from then there were two pricks of light, as though one was being blocked previously by something which moved.
I have zoomed in to see, and it was something on a stick between the dog and camera. Good eye!
The light reflection changed as if blocked and something morphed by the tree. 💯
Those are leaves moving
It was covered by a leaf before the dog moved it. Though it is hard to see.
Always follow your gut. I have seen what lurks in the woods face to face. It turned me off to camping and hunting for 20 years.
Im hunting again but when I get hit with that wave of fear and feel the extra low frequency vibrate my chest I tell them out loud that Im just passing through and Im leaving.
Good for you for listening to your gut. Whatever that was gave you a parting roar, saying “dont come back”, and “this is my woods”. The woods of England, Scotland and Ireland have long had tales of creatures, fairies, spirits, nymphs, elves, and now many reports of Sasquatch, which are all over the world. It’s an interesting time we live in when people can record their experiences real time and we can all see the full breadth of experiences that are really happening. We dont have to read some obscure book or hear a story from an old-timer.
Could we hear more about your face to face encounter? Sounds like you've had some interesting experiences out in the wild
I was raised on reservation and basically grew up outdoors. Hunting and fishing was something I had been doing for literally as long as I have had memories. I knew my animals, not just by sound and tracking but I could identify them by smell too. For example. Bears have a certain stank lol anyways I was a teenager and my dad had taken my brother and I out hunting and we split up. I was at this oddly natural circular tree growth. It made a natural blind and was very dense. It was so unnatural how perfect it was thinking back. Truly a perfect circle of trees growing. Hours passed and I don't remember if I had walked off and then came back (realizing I was lost) or if I had stayed put and my dad was supposed to meet up with me and couldn't find me. But I was sitting there and I heard something walking up. There are skills you learn in the woods. One you learn is how to tell if something has hooves or other things by how it walks and the sounds it makes. I knew this was bi pedal. I remember going to stand up cuz it was obviously my dad and then the smell hit me. It was so foul. I've never smelled anything like it again. And the strength of it was overwhelming. I froze and tried to not make a sound. We have lots of stories as does every tribe but I didn't believe any of that stuff as a boy. It walked around the tree circle behind where I was facing and was real heavy, whatever it was. Padded feet. I remember it felt like forever but in reality, it didn't stick around long. I was terrified. I stayed in those trees for hours after that. I was too scared to leave. I knew to shoot 3 times in the air and my dad would find me and I just couldn't do it. It was only when the sun was setting that the realization of being out there with whatever it was at night, got me to move. I ran like a damn Olympic runner that night. Never saw it and I'm honestly glad I didn't as we got stories about seeing what my family thinks it was. My dad knew the moment he found me something was very wrong. I didn't go hunting by myself for a couple years after that. Freaks me out thinking about it.
@@RedDragon91oh hell naw when you said perfect tree circle I immediately thought of Outlander, even if it may be fictitious, but now I know never to touch a stone or tree circle. Your story seems terrifying still, this is why I can’t really go out in the woods alone, not even with my dog.
Living in Appalachia (Tennessee) around the Smoky Mountains, you always hear people say if all the wildlife randomly goes quiet its because there's something bad out there. You did the right thing saying fuck that
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It wasn't quite though, you can hear doves and other birds in the background.
If you’re walking in the woods and all the sudden you hear something call your name… no you didn’t.
West Virginia man here, I second this 100%. Even if there are no super big predators around the woods can be very dangerous still. If you have a real bad feeling about a place, trust your gut and move on. It's better for there to be nothing wrong and you leave over you stay and potentially get injured or killed because you dismissed those feelings. Better safe than sorry.
I only recently started camping, and I'm definitely the type who'll think the wrong thing and start to imagine Blair Witches behind every tree. Thing is, there's a difference between 'I've made myself jumpy' and 'this place feels wrong'. Even the best, most experienced outdoors folks know that you listen to that feeling.
NEVER! Ignore that feeling!
30 years ago, my freind and I had a large black leopard walk out 30 yards in front of us into the path, stop, look right at us, then slickly walk to the other side of the road and into the bushes there. CLEAR AS DAY.
This happened in Dorset...yes, Dorset.
I would bet all I have this was a big cat in the area. The forest was silent, the dog was terrified, I think you had a large cat looking straight at you from probably no more than a 10 metres.
They're there. I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't of seen it with my own eyes so close and in broad daylight.
I agree. I’ve seen one too and no-one believes me. Up close, maybe 20 metres away, black, like a small panther, really long tail.
I’m sorry, but I’m from California, where we DO have big cats. I have personally found a broken mountain lion skull near Palm Springs. There is zero evidence there are any large felinae or puma currently in the UK. Not a recent bone or a single clear photo.
@@roe__jogan I think you might want to do a google search as there IS actually scientific evidence of big cats in the UK.
I have family from a village near Neath where there was talk of a panther about 20 years ago. Several of my friends claimed to have seen it as well as one of my grandmothers friends.
@@roe__jogan I’m sorry, but you are wrong.
You may have saved your own life there. As a woman I rely on gut instinct when it tells me something is off. You did the right thing, you're a good example for keeping you and your doggo safe ❤
You did the right thing. If it feels wrong, it's for a reason. My experience isn't from camping. it's just from leaving work lol. I left my work and was heading towards the car park and this guy sitting on a bench up ahead spots me. He gets up and starts walking but keeps on looking back at me. He's walking on the path which i would have gone on but I just start to walk on the road to stay away from him. Something in my gut was just telling me to keep my distance and stay on the road away from the path. He ends up getting to the top of this path where there's a turn to the right, and he just freezes suddenly and then hurredly starts walking back down the path. I quickly saw it was because other people were coming from across the road at that right turn. I strongly believe he would have done something had no one been there, but I trusted my gut. It was saying don't get close and stay away from him. Always listen to it even if you feel silly. It's better to be paranoid than have something bad happen to you.
Yeah I get this experience from other feelings besides camping too. One time I was planning to go to this military antique show that was several hours away, but when I woke up I couldn’t bring myself to. I just had this gut feeling in my stomach telling me that I shouldn’t go that day specifically, and this fear that if I were to go then something very bad would happen. For context I was a 20 year old small woman and the military antique collector hobby is mainly full of middle aged men, and I’ve heard stories of trafficking happening at similar large events like the Super Bowl. I went a different day which was fine and rationally I’m sure nothing would’ve happened, but it still freaked me out and better to be safe than sorry.
@seagaulle Totally!
Archie is just lovely! I definitely believe in following your instincts no matter what others say. It's you and your four legged companion's safety first. Archie was very uncomfortable and in a submissive state in that area. Excellent choice you made to leave. ☺️
New subscriber in Norway. Stay safe.
You did the right thing, Listen to that gut feeling, So many people don't recognise it these days with our soft leaving but that gut feeling is what kept our ancestors alive.
Bravo! Always follow your gut! Always listen and learn from your dog's reactions. Yes, your dog was acting up. He was afraid. His tail went down between his legs. And he never left your side. And he stopped exploring. And kept looking in that one direction. So good for you. I would Not have stayed!
And don't ever worry or think about what comments you'll get. You make your own choices. And stick to that.❤ But don't stop camping. Camp in safe places where there are other camp sites nearby.
Don't camp in isolated places unless you have buddies with you. Always have a plan B ready. Carry pepper spray.
Wow this was a creepy video. No clue how the algorithm got me here but I'm glad it did. Stay safe!
Dogman Encounters, search for that, a bit creepy but the witnesses usually go through something like this.