Ever felt afraid when alone in the dark woods?

The ONLY reason to be apprehensive is due to your vision being hindered, however, your hearing becomes more acute to make up some of the difference. Always remember, there is NOTHING alive at night that is not alive during the day! I have absolutely no concern for 'ghosts, haunts, phantoms, spirits, etc.' My main concern at night is venemous snakes because most are nocturnal hunters and I don't want to tromp on one in the dark. That's why I carry a staff or spear and probe/rake around in front of me as I proceed in reptile prone areas. Also be cautious re scorpions and venemous spiders, also active at night.
 
I only worry about stepping in a hole or running into a branch.
 
Well, I freak out at times .
I am not sure about ghosts. Maybe there are, maybe there aren't. But Iam sure it gets spooky at night when you don't have your friends.

You get used to it I guess.
 
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It's the rabid crotch-biting coyotes you really have to worry about.
 
Found a warm dead deer once. Right at dusk. Down in a gully in the brush. Out in the middle of nowhere. Tracks of a big cat around the deer. Made me a bit nervous.:eek:

Gordon
 
I've felt afraid at night at times for seemingly no reason, and at another time actually became lost in the woods for an hour or so with no flashlight and after a few moments of apprehension had no fear at all and just maintained a straight line using the stars till I came to a road. All people are different and i think people with fertile imaginations perhaps are more likely to populate the night with there fears; which at the same time isn't to say there is nothing to be afraid of. But at night your vision is limited and I'm sure there is always that back in the primal part of our brains that knows that it is much easier for a predator to sneak up on us the dark. To me it's just natural. I don't believe that someone that never experiences any fear of the woods alone at night is necessarily brave, nor someone who does a coward; but hopefully we can all agree the wilderness, whether it is a national park in bear country in alaska or your favorite patch of squirrel woods in the south, is something that should ALWAYS be respected, especially at night. Good thread.:thumbup:
 
gaj999 said:
Found a warm dead deer once. Right at dusk. Down in a gully in the brush. Out in the middle of nowhere. Tracks of a big cat around the deer. Made me a bit nervous.:eek:

Gordon
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I would bet you were being watched. :eek:
 
I used to when solo camping. Then I realized that if you keep busy, your brain doesn't have a chance to start imagining things. Now I regularly do solo trips.
 
Dnalsi said:
I would bet you were being watched. :eek:
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Fresh killed deer pulled in the brush with big cat tracks all around......ohhhh yeh, I would be surprised if he wasn't. I'm sure the cat retreated out of fear of man, but was probably just waiting for him to leave. No telling what might've happened if he'd tried to take the deer either.....depending on how hungry the cat was.
 
It's been quite a while; but, no. I enjoy it. Running in the dark, being the jumper in the door during a night jump, and moving in the dark all produce the same affect for me. I can't see much and don't care. Heightened senses, and a feeling of letting go are what the darkness brings to me. I feel like I'm just a shadow moving through an emptiness.
 
C_Kyle said:
It's been quite a while; but, no. I enjoy it. Running in the dark, being the jumper in the door during a night jump, and moving in the dark all produce the same affect for me. I can't see much and don't care. Heightened senses, and a feeling of letting go are what the darkness brings to me. I feel like I'm just a shadow moving through an emptiness.
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That nails it for me also. I always felt more alive and aware. I loved night jumps.
 
Once I'm in the tent away from the fire is when I sometimes start to get the creeps. But it's not a fear of animals or the paranormal, it's a fear of two legged predators.

I start wondering, "well my car is out on the road, they know someone is back here" and then suddenly knowing that I'm the only person within a few miles of my spot is no longer a comforting thought.

I'm gonna stop before this thread goes prac-tac.
 
I've always enjoyed it, one of my most fond memories is when I was deer hunting and it was around 5:30 a.m. I was sitting quietly waiting for the sunrise, and I heard a coyote howl, then the pack followed suit....I wasn't afraid, come on I had a savage 30.06 and a knife......I like the woods at night......
 
When I was a child being alone in the dark made me apprehensive.

Later, when I was a young man, I felt that anything out there in the dark with me was in trouble: I owned the night.

Now that I'm old and can't see or hear as well, and can't move very well, I respect the night, but it doesn't make me fearful, either. I'm used to it.
 
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