For many people camping brings to mind beautiful forests, hiking, campfires and s’mores. It can be a relaxing and peaceful step away from the frantic pace of everyday life. Camping can also be an unnerving experience when things go wrong in the middle of the night and you’re miles from civilization. These spooky stories show just how terrifying the wilderness can be.
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om, Grandma, brothers and I went camping at a small camp about two hours from the town we lived in. We went there a lot and even had a particular campsite we had slowly built up over the years.
On this particular trip we had my Aunt and Uncle’s dogs with us since they were doing military tours. They were both well trained bird dogs, but usually really calm and friendly. The first night on this particular trip and Star starts growling in the tent at about 1 in the morning. My Mom thinking something is outside arms herself and investigates with the dogs.
As she gets out the tent Star and Ariel would not let her move to the other edge of the campsite and both get into attack position while herding my Mom towards the car. This is while also keeping themselves in front of the tent. By this point we are all up and with a group of kids under 10 freaking out.
For a reason she can’t even explain today, my mother packs up camp and gets us all into the car to head home. After about ten minutes out of the campsite a car starts following us and the dogs get in the back and just growl. By this point everyone was in borderline panic mode and my brothers were crying the entire car ride home.
As the town came into view, you have to cross a huge bridge to drive in and the car was still following us. And as a kid you make stories to yourself that nothing is wrong and the car behind you is just full of scared people too. Yet as we start across the bridge the cars stops and just turns around speeding back the way we came.
We stopped at a gas station and everyone was near meltdown mode and my Mom goes into get cigarettes, but Star would not let her back into the car until she could see her clearly, this and a camping trip a few years later convinced me camping is no longer my thing.
