Have any of you ever experienced anything weird in the woods? Bigfoot, orbs, ghosts, weird sounds, weird vibes, etc?
Give me the funny response first and then spill the beans after
My wife and I were on our honeymoon in BC. It was late season at her grandpa's cabin and no one else was out there as the water was getting cold in mid september. We were sitting on the dock, and I swear I heard a giant monkey in the woods. It was your quintessential escalating monkey woop and hollar, followed by what sounded like a small dying animal. It was very strange. I told her grandpa about it the next time I saw him, and he went pale. But I've asked him if he's seen anything out there, and he shrugged off the question, but I could tell in his eyes there was fear, or something. It was very strange.
Another time, I went elk hunting in Alberta. Hunted all day, saw about 4 moose... no elk (figures..). It was a great time. I was really enjoying myself out there, as I usually do. I was in a perfectly good mood. I was a happy man having been recently married with a little daughter at home and a recent promotion at work. Everything was great. Anyway, the day was beginning to fade, and I was in a new area, and I wanted to drive as far down the logging/oil road as I could and explore before I went back to the hotel. I've got a bad case of "what's over the next hill" syndrome. So I kept driving when all of the sudden, a wall of emotion hit me. I felt so sad. Not sad for myself, or sad over anything regarding my life, but sad for someone else. Like I was mourning a death of a loved one. I had tears in my eyes and a super heavy feeling in my heart. I kept driving, confused at this immense feeling of sadness when all of the sudden I see a driveway in the woods (on crownland), and I saw an old wood trailer and a beat up vehicle there. I was curious so I pulled over and stepped out and walked up the driveway a bit and saw some small shacks in the woods. But the feeling I had was that there was something very very wrong with this place. It felt very dark. Oppressive. Menacing. It had such a dark vibe I can't explain it. I felt in my heart something terrible happened here. I didn't want to go further so I got back in my truck and kept driving. I was bewildered by all of this, as I wasn't expecting it. I was having a great day, and now my heart is as heavy as a funeral day. I tried to brush it off and kept driving. Eventually I hit a dead end and turned around. I told myself that I'd go get a closer look when I drove past it again. I kept driving and driving and I figured I had past it, so I just resigned myself to keep going and get back to the hotel. I kept winding down the logging road, and all of the sudden, I felt sad again. The feeling was back. And then 30 seconds later, the driveway I thought I missed was right there. I pulled over and got out and again, the feeling was just so incredibly powerful. It's like this place was charged, it's hard to explain. Not wanting to explore a dark, menacing, illegal encampment with crazy vibes, alone at dusk a 40 minute drive into crown land, I got in my truck and went home. All that night my head was spinning, because the feeling was just so big. It really impacted me, and nothing really even happend! So I decided the next day to go back, in the day time. I arrived at the drive way again and got my rifle, and slowly walked in. There was a decent sized cabin there, and it looked like a cross between a hunting cabin and a witches cabin. It had weird bundles of sticks hanging from the fascia, like you'd see in your classic witches house in a movie or soemthing. There was weird hand painted masks that had been screwed to the cabin and surrounding trees. There were these creepy dolls that were also screwed to the trees, almost in a perimeter around the encampment. There were smaller more rudimentary, half cabin/half tarp shelters there. A few old vehicles, and snowmobile tracks in and out. There was a ceremonial teepee with feathers hanging down in the center, with ribbons wrapped around the trees. And a half wigwam thing off in the distance. This place felt very very off. No one was there thankfully. But all those structures were techincally illegal. I didn't want to stay for long or poke around any further, so I took off. The whole experience was weird. Conclusive of anything? Not really. But it was very strange that the day prior I had felt such a feeling of sadness before I even knew this place was even in the woods. As if I was picking up on the vibes of this place in my heart or soul, not even knowing it existed out there in the woods.
Anyway, both events are chalked down as mysteries to me. But I've encountered the paranormal on more than one occasion, but always in houses and in the city. But more than a few buddies of mine have told me some tales of weird things in the woods and I was curious if any of you have too.
I realize these things are often mocked and laughed at as being outlandish, especially by hunters, but I'm always pretty open about my experiences with people and more often than not it results in them telling me their own stories and some of them are absolutely wild, and I know they're being honest with me.
So I'm curous if any of you guys have any stories of weird things you've encountered out in our great Canadian wilderness.
Give me the funny response first and then spill the beans after
My wife and I were on our honeymoon in BC. It was late season at her grandpa's cabin and no one else was out there as the water was getting cold in mid september. We were sitting on the dock, and I swear I heard a giant monkey in the woods. It was your quintessential escalating monkey woop and hollar, followed by what sounded like a small dying animal. It was very strange. I told her grandpa about it the next time I saw him, and he went pale. But I've asked him if he's seen anything out there, and he shrugged off the question, but I could tell in his eyes there was fear, or something. It was very strange.
Another time, I went elk hunting in Alberta. Hunted all day, saw about 4 moose... no elk (figures..). It was a great time. I was really enjoying myself out there, as I usually do. I was in a perfectly good mood. I was a happy man having been recently married with a little daughter at home and a recent promotion at work. Everything was great. Anyway, the day was beginning to fade, and I was in a new area, and I wanted to drive as far down the logging/oil road as I could and explore before I went back to the hotel. I've got a bad case of "what's over the next hill" syndrome. So I kept driving when all of the sudden, a wall of emotion hit me. I felt so sad. Not sad for myself, or sad over anything regarding my life, but sad for someone else. Like I was mourning a death of a loved one. I had tears in my eyes and a super heavy feeling in my heart. I kept driving, confused at this immense feeling of sadness when all of the sudden I see a driveway in the woods (on crownland), and I saw an old wood trailer and a beat up vehicle there. I was curious so I pulled over and stepped out and walked up the driveway a bit and saw some small shacks in the woods. But the feeling I had was that there was something very very wrong with this place. It felt very dark. Oppressive. Menacing. It had such a dark vibe I can't explain it. I felt in my heart something terrible happened here. I didn't want to go further so I got back in my truck and kept driving. I was bewildered by all of this, as I wasn't expecting it. I was having a great day, and now my heart is as heavy as a funeral day. I tried to brush it off and kept driving. Eventually I hit a dead end and turned around. I told myself that I'd go get a closer look when I drove past it again. I kept driving and driving and I figured I had past it, so I just resigned myself to keep going and get back to the hotel. I kept winding down the logging road, and all of the sudden, I felt sad again. The feeling was back. And then 30 seconds later, the driveway I thought I missed was right there. I pulled over and got out and again, the feeling was just so incredibly powerful. It's like this place was charged, it's hard to explain. Not wanting to explore a dark, menacing, illegal encampment with crazy vibes, alone at dusk a 40 minute drive into crown land, I got in my truck and went home. All that night my head was spinning, because the feeling was just so big. It really impacted me, and nothing really even happend! So I decided the next day to go back, in the day time. I arrived at the drive way again and got my rifle, and slowly walked in. There was a decent sized cabin there, and it looked like a cross between a hunting cabin and a witches cabin. It had weird bundles of sticks hanging from the fascia, like you'd see in your classic witches house in a movie or soemthing. There was weird hand painted masks that had been screwed to the cabin and surrounding trees. There were these creepy dolls that were also screwed to the trees, almost in a perimeter around the encampment. There were smaller more rudimentary, half cabin/half tarp shelters there. A few old vehicles, and snowmobile tracks in and out. There was a ceremonial teepee with feathers hanging down in the center, with ribbons wrapped around the trees. And a half wigwam thing off in the distance. This place felt very very off. No one was there thankfully. But all those structures were techincally illegal. I didn't want to stay for long or poke around any further, so I took off. The whole experience was weird. Conclusive of anything? Not really. But it was very strange that the day prior I had felt such a feeling of sadness before I even knew this place was even in the woods. As if I was picking up on the vibes of this place in my heart or soul, not even knowing it existed out there in the woods.
Anyway, both events are chalked down as mysteries to me. But I've encountered the paranormal on more than one occasion, but always in houses and in the city. But more than a few buddies of mine have told me some tales of weird things in the woods and I was curious if any of you have too.
I realize these things are often mocked and laughed at as being outlandish, especially by hunters, but I'm always pretty open about my experiences with people and more often than not it results in them telling me their own stories and some of them are absolutely wild, and I know they're being honest with me.
So I'm curous if any of you guys have any stories of weird things you've encountered out in our great Canadian wilderness.
