Why you should NEVER explore the woods at night

If I saw this, I would never sleep again

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[MrTigerlore]

It’s fine to go into the woods at night. Just make sure you’re the reason others shouldn’t go into the woods at night and you’ll be perfectly safe.

[mindyenglish]

I don't have a lot of experience in the woods. I've spent most of my life in the desert. But I spent a year in Connecticut and Massachusetts when I was nine. My aunt's house in Connecticut was near the woods. We'd play in there every day. There was a little stream where you could bend over and pick up fish with your bare hands. We ran and played war and tag through those trees all day long. It never occurred to me to be afraid until one day when I decided to go play in the woods by myself. I stood on the edge, trying to figure out what I was gonna do to have some fun. As soon as I stepped into the trees, an overwhelming sense of dread came down on me so hard and fast that I stepped right back out. I was already a logical thinker then, so I tried to talk myself out of being afraid. It didn't work. I went back to the yard and hung out there for a few hours. We have instincts for a reason. Listen to them. Humans are preprogrammed to fear the woods alone, for a reason. I would never even consider going in at night, alone or not.

[commentor]

She actually was whispering: Do you know how to get to bells canyon?

[squakpao]

If you're walking around in the forest and you hear a bunch of crickets and other animals but it suddenly goes quiet, that means something more dominant than you is near.

[amichaelj]

I used to primitive camp in National forests by myself years ago. It's not for the faint of heart. Being alone in the deep wood, nothing but moonlight or complete blackness. The forest makes strange sounds at night and you'll see glowing eyes randomly staring at you from all directions. Thats perfectly normal and fine.

The part that freaked me out is when you're listening to the sounds of nature and suddenly the animal eyes disappear and it becomes so calm and silent like all the animals, bugs and even trees knows something isn't right. Silence, black and calm for miles.

You just stay as still and silent as you can trying to gain composure looking at what little you can see. This happened to me once in Glacier around the North Fork Valley and I don't get spooked easily and know nature relatively well.

There was something sinister in that wood that night. I can't explain it but it almost didn't feel natural. I ended up falling asleep in the hollow of a tree truck after just laying silent for hours. I do not recommend.

[LTPottenger]

I'm more alarmed there are people walking around in the woods at night silently with no lights.

[Lymphocytopenia]

He literally gives me every reason to be an introvert.

[DGhost-kifd]

But she really whispered "We've been trying to reach you about your car's warranty."

[MRoachthe]

The ending: the lady was a really drunk/high camper that was looking for a bathroom. They walked her back to the campground.

[Jacksonmoonstar]

Anytime I’m in the woods and hear something creepy or scary I just say “look buddy is this really worth getting shot over??” And rack a round 😂 thank god I’ve never had to use it though

[willnailer]

I don't let mum crawl out in the woods anymore.

[jademoon]

When I was a teen my sister and I were visiting family up in the bush. Remote community. No cities or anything nearby. We would walk all the dogs through the woods every morning and we'd get back in time for breakfast. It was our little routine.

So we had like 4 or 5 dogs with us on the trails one morning, and we were just coming to the end, around a bend towards the road again, when the dogs ahead of us stopped and sniffed and waited for us. As we got up to them, I saw on the right side of the path, about 5 feet into the bush, among the tall grass, was a man.

This man was sat in a low squat, he was in his 20s or 30s, dressed head-to-toe in black, wearing sunglasses. Just.. Sitting there. Not moving. Not reading or doing anything at all. I was creeped right out but as we were passing him (my sister made me walk on the closer side lol yeah I'm the brave one!) and for some reason, I asked, "What are you doing?"

He lifted his head to look at us and muttered, "Waiting for it to get dark."

That was it. He just resumed sitting in silence. Creepiest person EVER. We hadn't even had breakfast yet, this was early, the sun had been up for maybe 3 hours. He was going to squat motionless in the bush for 9 hours? I can still see him in my head. I can hear his voice.

This stuff isn't stuck in my head for no reason. The end of the story will explain it. Awhile later we were talking to the family member who lives up there, and they said someone had broken into the home of a lady in the night, sexually assaulted her, and nearly killed her by beating her while she was home alone with her grandkids.

This lady's house backed up into the woods where we walked the dogs. She was basically the neighbor across the street, just down a little bit, not right across. This is the bush, the houses are not close together, there's some decent space on all sides. Like to get there from the house I stayed in, you'd have to leave the house and walk 3-5 minutes down the road.

I just don't want to give the impression that this lady had close neighbours who could see this, no one even heard it, it wasn't until the next morning that she was found. And I'm not 100% sure but I think it was because the kids left the house to find people when it was safe (btw those poor kids, makes me tear up just thinking about what they had to go through).

Do you need to be told who was arrested for the crime? Apparently people in the community said he was diagnosed with schizophrenia in jail and got on meds. Last I heard he was still locked up. This was quite some time ago.

I felt bad for a long time, like I should've said something more, like we told everyone about the creepy guy and people in the area knew he was creepy, but absolutely no one saw that attack coming. He was just the weirdo who muttered to himself. People didn't get involved in his problems, his family didn't want to admit he was mentally ill or something, so he went untreated for a long time.

This whole "waiting for it to get dark" thing with a soon-to-be convicted rapist and attempted murderer has stuck in my brain though. Still gives me chills.

[RGTube]

Half a mile seems realistic. Sounds like they saved someone from a terrible trip from drugs, or something bad like that. It's better that they did go exploring at night.

[ladyhonor]

Technically... Never assume you're alone. ❤️

[josephlilley]

Man, I gotta stop watching these video late at night lol. I also live in the woods and everyone else is sleeping and ole Mr Ballen got me looking out my windows and shit 😂😂

[liamsweeney]

Hiking at night wothout using a loght is actually a really good idea. A light helps illuminate what's immediately in front of you but trashes your overall vision.

[gib-]

Why am I binge watching this channel at 2am in my bed alone?

Edit: why are you still replying it's been over a year

Edit: I know why you're commenting, you don't need to explain, it was a rhetorical question

[ThingDadaThingKiki]

I live in the woods. I go outside all the time at night. Nothing but the sound of the dam on the river and maybe coyotes...my dogs keep them away. But one night my horse snuck up on me and I didn't hear him (I didn't have my hearing aid in) and I felt this hot breath on the back of my neck! Talk about freezing and shitting ur pants 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 💩 🐎 🐴 🎠

[benpearson]

I was raised by Hunters, I camped a lot as a kid. you don't go exploring the woods at night because it's easy to get turned around and lost.

[tytillman]

Walking through dark words without a flashlight it just sounds like a cause for disaster