Ever felt afraid when alone in the dark woods?

[Mannlicher]

Only once. Some years back, I was hog hunting up in Georgia. As I left my stand, it was pitch black. The area was new to me, so while not disoriented, I was not comfortable with walking the mile back to the camp in the dark.

As I was walking, coyotes were howling nearby, and when I turned and shined my light, there were two of the dang things following me.

Thats when I realized that I had the .44 mag rifle, a good light, and if I wanted, two dead coyotes. I felt better right away.

Seriously, I have spent so many nights afield that nothing out there spooks me any more.

 

[KEmSAT-Survival]

I'd rather be in the deepest wilderness at 0200, than in the biggest city at 1300 any old effin' day of the week.

Now, is that to say that I don't get the heebie-jeebies that decide to run a marathon up my back once in awhile? No, that just means there's a set of eyes on me.

However, they should hope that their claws are sharper than Lucille's edge.

....And that they can outrun a pack of 7.62 x .39's or a flock of 9 mm's....or the broadhead, tri-tip graphite arrow I let loose from my bow.

 

[Tostig]

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...[/QUOTE]

Exactly.

Im not afraid of the dark until my mind starts wandering and wondering. Start thinking of the Art Bell EVP show I listened to the other night and I might as well crank up the lanterns and spotlight.

 

[hollowdweller]

As I was walking, coyotes were howling nearby, and when I turned and shined my light, there were two of the dang things following me.

I've had coyotes close all around me howling before and been unable to see them it's so dark but while it gives you a start like an owl screetch or a bobcat yell never really felt scared.:thumbup:

 

[creolescorpion]

I just take it as it comes. Were all going to die someday if tonight in the woods is my time to go then it just is. "To learn to die is to be liberated from it." Bruce Lee

 

[dawsonbob]

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.

We had a guy who put it very well. He said "I'm not afraid of heights, but edges scare the **** out of me." If you want to experience that, stand on the back ramp of a C-130 waiting to execute a HALO.

Back to our regularly scheduled programing.

 

[ZombaiO]

Here you should really be cocerned about poachers and gypsys
Poachers can shoot you and gypsys can attack you (try to take your money/mobile phone etc...).Gypsys usually travel in packs and carry axes or knives !Most of them are pu$$ys ,but some may be dangerous.Better carry a gun if you have one. You can also be caught in a pouchers trap...