Ever felt afraid when alone in the dark woods?

I've spent a lot of time in brown bear country. It's a relatively low risk, but you occasionally think about it.

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DWK2 said:
I've spent a lot of time in brown bear country. It's a relatively low risk, but you occasionally think about it.

DancesWithKnives
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You know, now that I think about it, bear country in the dark might make me worry a bit. Okay, maybe more than a bit.
 
I grew up on a farm with a pretty good sized woods. I started camping over night when I was around 9-10. I was never really afraid of the dark or being out in the woods alone.

I am however afraid to go out alone in L.A. after dark and sometimes even in the day!
 
I used to get a bit freaked out but now I dont because I know that all in the wilderness is an awesome creation of my God. The woods should be a place to like a second home to all of us, I just wish people would care about the great gift we are entrusted with.
 
cmdionne said:
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.
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That is the source of the creeps for me too, when I get creeped out.
 
My sense are very heightened when I am unable to see.
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I took fishkev236 out to help me make a shelter. It was his first time deep woods not staying in a tent. Man you should have seen his face about 11pm when the cyotes killed a rabbit about 100 yards away! Ill admit i knew exactly what was going on, but that sound will put a chill in you...
 
cdhumiston said:
I am however afraid to go out alone in L.A. after dark and sometimes even in the day!
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Now I am the complete opposite. I get scared in the woods, but I am completely at ease in even the worst parts of Detroit. Go figure.
 
Put on your dim, red-lensed Tikka head lamp and walk on empty desert back dirt roads at night, WAY out in the middle of nowhere, trying to get back to your truck. It makes the hair on the back of my neck stand straight up. On hearing this, my coworker scoffed at my apparent chicken-ness. So I told him, "why don't you do that. Find a deserted dirt path in the countryside to walk up, in the pitch blackness of night." He recoiled in fear at the thought.

So I asked him, "if there is no danger, what're you scared of?!"

You are scared, because in the back in the dusty, forgotten corners of your primitive brain, you are half remembering what your ancient ancestors knew about the night...
 
I'm pretty apprehensive in the dark, but I feel it mostly because I don't like walking into things.
 
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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I hated being the door guy. I'm terrified of heights, which is not ideal for a paratrooper. As long as I was following the other lemmings off the cliff I was good. Being the door guy gave me time to think about things a bit too much.

ETA: Sorry for the mini-hijack. I don't get too worried about being alone in the woods at night.
 
the only apprehension I have felt is due to being in close proximity of other people, there was a time I was car camping and got the unshakable sense I was being watched. Grabbed a flashlight and started looking around and there were fresh boot prints around the periphery of my camp site.

I thouroughly enjoy the solitude of the wilderness though, up in the mountains alone, really alone is a special place for me
 
Things that go bump in the night
Should not really give one a fright
It's the hole in each ear that lets in the fear
That, and the absence of light.

Spike :D
 
I got a little nervous night diving along the Cayman Trench after turning out my light.

The woods in the midwest are pretty tame, not much to hurt you except maybe a cow protecting her calf.
 
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