3 Disturbing TRUE Camping Horror Stories

this experience happened to me in 2020 the world was shutting down because of covid and everyone was cooped up in their homes being an avid Backpacker and camper I used CO as an excuse to travel to different national parks and camp out in different places one of those places was a Creek in Rocky Mountain National Park Colorado without giving away my Identity or revealing too much personal information let's just say something happened with my job back in 2019 that caused my reputation to kind of suffer a bit and a good number of people despised me

I had to change Apartments get a new phone number and eventually quit my job the mistake I made caused a good number of people to lose a lot of money so the [ __ ] storm was expected I just didn't know how far it would go I was literally getting harassed by different random numbers for a while some texts were even threatening I didn't know if they were from the same person or different people each time but I considered the possibility that it was one person texting me from a bunch of different numbers for a

while it seemed to stop and I was grateful that people seemed to lose interest or just move on I wasn't working around this time I was taking time to myself hence another reason I was traveling around to different national parks I drove the 3 hours to Rocky Mountain National Park parked my truck and started my hike up the trail to the creek there was nobody else there I'm sure that was because this was right when the lockdown started and people were taking it very seriously and not leaving their houses that and it was also still

the winter time there was a thin sheet of snow on the ground hard enough that it made that loud crunching sound with every footstep after a little while I made it to the creek and it wasn't Frozen it was still flowing it was incredibly peaceful and this was a detox I needed from the stresses of my life at the time I found a place a little ways off the path to set up camp after the tent was set up I chopped up some wood started a fire and cooked some sausages on the stove then I

started reading my book by the fire after finishing a few chapters it was getting dark out thank God for headlamps I rolled a j and started smoking it after a few hits I felt my phone start going off honestly apart from my family I don't have a lot of people texting me so I pulled out my phone from my jacket pocket and saw a bunch of texts from an unknown number my heart skipped a beat when I realized it was happening again the texts were from a number with a 203 area code which I looked

up to be Connecticut whoever it was texted me saying how's your camping going buddy the second text said it's beautiful out here the third text said I see why you came up here my default reaction was to respond who is this if they simply left it at how's the camping going I would have assumed it was a family member but they were sending messages as if as if they were here with me the weed had already entered my system and I was definitely high this did not help my anxiety one bit I felt extremely paranoid

and started looking around me standing up and doing a complete 360 looking in every direction out to the increasingly darkening Woods I went to get my p365 handgun from my bag just to make me feel safer usually I'd put a fire out before calling it a night but as paranoid as I was feeling now the thought of being in total darkness freaked me out I went into the tent and crawled onto my sleeping bag I stared at my phone at the texts waiting for a response which didn't come minutes dragged on and I just wanted

the weed to wear off honestly I still had my headlamp on so I tried to continue where I left off in my book but between being high and my mind being stuck on those texts I was kidding myself thinking I could read I decided to just watch YouTube videos on my phone to pass the time I didn't feel comfortable going to sleep just yet I was watching some murder documentary on YouTube I know a pretty interesting choice considering the setting and when I least expected it I got another text a response to my question before

they responded doesn't matter anymore my heart started racing all over again I replied back how did you know I'm camping but once again no response after this the anxiety of this situation was weighing heavier and heavier on me was this a prank by a my friend or family member or was this one of those people harassing me again but if it was the latter how would they know I'm camping that's the really uncomfortable part I managed to kill an hour just watching videos on my phone and I noticed the glow from the fire outside was

growing dimmer and dimmer as the fire died down to almost nothing in the winter time without the sound of bugs the woods are dead silent apart from wind on a windy night the second the video would stop playing the silence would become deafening usually I'd embrace the piece but my piece was completely disturbed because of these texts something then broke the silence the unmistakable sound of human Footsteps in the snow they approached my tent until they were only maybe 6 ft from outside the tent then the footsteps stopped I had the gun tightly gripped in

my hand ready to turn the safety off there was suddenly a flash from outside it looked like someone briefly shined a flashlight at the tent or they took a picture I had my answer soon enough I heard the person walk away now before their footsteps slowly faded out to silence and as I expected to happen in the back of my mind my phone dinged and vibrated and that number sent me a photo the photo was of my tent following that was a text that said have a good night's sleep I can't explain it but suddenly

it felt like I completely snapped out of the remainder of my high and a bout of adrenaline and confidence overwhelmed me I unzipped the tent and shot two rounds into the air the sound of footsteps running away in the snow in the not so far distance told me that it worked and scared the person off but it also Disturbed me even more that that would mean they were still hiding somewhere in the distance watching I screamed a thread into the air and climbed back inside my tent I believe it worked because there were no more

texts and no more sounds of footsteps I was awake for hours after simply because the occurrence completely woke me up I felt like I drank three cups of coffee eventually I did fall asleep and waking up to morning sunlight was a huge relief whoever followed me there was not ready for me to pull a gun I definitely don't seem the type of person that would own a gun and I know that that was my first time shooting that gun since buying it and in fact my only time to this day whoever had been texting me

harassing me and apparently stalking me apparently decided it back off when they found out I had a gun because almost 5 years later now and I haven't been bothered still it was a nightmarish night and I can't imagine how differently it might have turned out if I wasn't [Music] armed during my childhood every year my family would have a tradition where we'd all go up to Northern Michigan for a weekend in October our Uncle Jim used to own a 4 acre property up there the house on the property could fit a lot of people with

five bedrooms and three bathrooms two bedrooms were set up for my cousins and my siblings so my brother and sister in one room and our four cousins in another room the other rooms were for all of our parents my Uncle Jim has always been a big hunter and fisherman he'd go on camping trips specifically for hunting all around the country my dad has gone camping with him a few times even though he's an animal lover and would never harm a fly part of the four acres that my uncle owned was a big chunk of forest

he marked a l of trees with red paint to Mark the property line beyond that was just Forest owned by the county I don't know the nearest house in that direction was probably miles away me my brother Adam and my cousins Jake and Joe all came up with an idea at lunch when our dads were talking about hunting we wanted to go camping in the woods that night our dads were on board with it they were definitely already kind of drunk so more likely to say yes to stuff our moms weren't as on board but

they didn't directly say no so my dad and uncle Jim took the four of us into the woods with a tent my girl cousins and sister were not involved in this it was just us boys they led us into the woods and when Joey the youngest of us started complaining that it's too far they started laughing that's how our dads are when they're together especially when they drink they loved messing with us as kids speaking of Ages I'm oldest at the time I was around 13 Adam and Jake were around 10 and Joe was around

9 we went beyond the property line as there was this small clearing in the woods with a bunch of soft green Mossy looking stuff that my uncle referred to as deer beds and pretty sure he said it was perfect for a campsite and that he's used it before my dad and uncle Jim kind of gave us a half drunk lesson on setting up a tent they made us help out so that it wasn't just them doing all the work it was a really big tent big enough for four people especially kids once it was set

up we put our sleeping bags inside we did this during the day because obviously it was infinitely easier than doing it at night after all of that we went back to the house and played games outside until dinner time at dinner our moms again expressed that they weren't fans of this idea that we were too young to be out in the woods alone our dads insisted that we'd be fine and I remember my dad making a joke that we'd be close enough for them to hear our screams if something were to go wrong it wasn't

until later on that our dads led us back into the woods to the tent we all had flashlights and extra blankets since it was cold at night I also brought a deck of Uno cards for us to play when we all got situated in the tent my dad and uncle Jim left back to the house we were suddenly alone in the woods honestly we weren't as close to the house as you think we were deep enough into the woods where you couldn't see any light from the house we started playing Uno for a while i'

say half an hour at least playing Uno is actually a really good time killer it passes the time really well well the tent was lit up by our flashlights arranged in a circle all was fun and swell until we heard a scream in the distance it sounded like a girl scream we all went silent and looked at one another with the same faces I then remembered that Fox's scream sound like the scream of a woman so I told everyone that I saw how freaked out Joe was especially but my statement calmed everyone down we continued

to play Uno I actually won like every single round at that point no one had mentioned the scream again it was most likely out of all of our minds but it happened again and much louder and closer this time this time it sounded a lot more human we all went silent again this time even I was freaked out Joe looked like he was going to cry I told everyone to turn their flashlights off we crawled to our respective sleeping bags and sat in the darkness none of us had the courage to run out into the

woods back to the house it's that fear of running and being chased and just catching the attention of whatever was out there with the sound of our footsteps somehow hiding inside of a cloth tent felt like the safer option so we waited and waited in silence we still whispered amongst each other wondering if it could still be a fox I was truthful and said I don't know hopefully I don't know who heard it first but we all sprung up and looked at one another again when we heard very fast footsteps crunching the leaves approaching the

tent then they stopped and there was an earpiercing gut-wrenching scream that sounded like a girl or woman's scream it was right outside the tent and the tent started shaking violently all of us started screaming Jake and Jim were screaming in fear while my brother and I were screaming stuff like get out of the tent I unzipped the door to the tent and one by one we all ran into the woods with our flashlights on the only reason we could see anything that run back to the house was the most on-edge moment of my life like

a life or death kind of feeling we made it to the property screaming the whole way and our entire family was already outside in response to it all four of us made it back safely we explained the screams and the tent shaking and they were all shocked and horrified based on their reactions then I noticed our cousins Jamie and Christina and my sister weren't outside I called out my dad and Uncle accusing them of sending one of the girls to scare us but when he showed us that the girls were already in bed that's when

it was clear someone we didn't know was out in the woods our dads went out to the woods with a couple of rifles and returned after a while having found nobody the next day we all helped in bringing the tent and other stuff back to the house obviously you can guess that that was a oneandone thing we never camped out in those woods again hell we didn't even play outside after dark anymore what kid would after such an experience my guess is as good as anybody's as to who was outside of our tent and why

they were doing what they [Music] did what I'm about to tell you still leaves me to question what is real and what's not this happened to my dad and I and even now 2 years later I get chills just thinking about it I know how it sounds if I were you I wouldn't believe it either but I I swear to you every word is true 2 years ago my dad and I traveled to go camping at a spot out in the Deep country we enjoyed doing this as it was often a very nice time to

get away from real life this place in particular was a nice spot hiking trails zip lines a bit touristy but it has deep history Native American lands you know first night there it was perfect families at other campsites campfires everywhere kids laughing the kind of peaceful night you go camping for we cooked hot dogs roasted marshmallows cracked open a few beers and made small talk with the people around us a typical peaceful first night but the second night is when things started to change the staff told us we were the only ones in the park

nobody else booked a site at first we were psyched a whole campground to ourselves it sounded peaceful we spent the day hiking fishing taking it slow at one point we listened to a scary podcast while sitting by the river because you know why not lean into the spooky atmosphere we thought we were being funny by the time the sun started setting we were feeling good a little buzzed from the beers tired in that satisfying way after a long day Outdoors we decided to head to the Parks information center to charge our phones and grab some

snacks before it got too dark the walk back to our campsite that's when the une set in the woods felt different the air was heavier the Sky had this weird tint like Twilight didn't want to leave my dad turned to me and said doesn't this feel off like we're in some kind of dream and he was right it did the forest felt endless stretching out in every direction my chest got tight I couldn't shake the feeling that we weren't alone we didn't say much after that just kept walking both of us glancing over our shoulders

like we expected to see something lurking in the trees back at camp we stayed close to the fire we didn't really talk about the weird feeling we didn't need to it was like we both silently agreed to keep things normal pretending nothing was wrong we roasted marshmallows played music even smoked some weed to try and distract ourselves not the typical fatherson moment you would expect but by the time the sun dipped below the trees we could no longer see what was in front of us except for the fire that's when the uneasy feeling had grown

into something worse as we sat by the campfire and roasted some s'mores I want to say at about 9:00 we heard a noise it was a bang as if a tree fell it came out of nowhere loud and close it echoed through the woods from the direction of the river maybe a 100 yards away we grabbed our flashlights and pointed them toward the sound but there was nothing no movement no glowing eyes nothing Bigfoot we joked nervous laugh slipping out but neither of us believed it a few minutes passed then it came again louder this

time farther off but the same sound same weight we shined our lights again but the forest swallowed our flashlights allowing us to see only the trees surrounding our tent and then the third bang closer that's when the fear hit whatever it was it was moving toward us like it was circling the campsite then not even before we were able to collect our thoughts the fourth bang happens about 20 yd away maybe less that's when the real fear and adrenaline set in whatever High I had going from the weed was now long gone my dad turned

to me with his eyes wide I saw the fear in his face we agreed to get in the tent we quickly scrambled and threw the last of the firewood onto the fire hoping the Flames would scare off whatever was out there then we scrambled into the tent leaving everything else behind I ran inside of the tent and quickly dropped to the ground lying flat my my dad moving a little slower following right behind me as he was about to get into the tent is when the loudest bang happened so close it felt like the ground

shook my dad froze staring out into the dark I said his name grabbing his attention as he stared in shock then quickly jumping into the tent he muttered it's standing there what's standing there I asked I don't know he said his voice trembling it was like a wall of Darkness he sat by the zipper as I buried myself under my sleeping bag trying to move as quietly as I could he sat there clutching the only weapon we had a small knife useless really but it was all we had then came this vibration noise that is

still hard to explain to this day it started low like a hum but it wasn't just sound it filled the air it was a feeling inside of us making our chest tight I've never felt anything like it my dad whispered you hear that I couldn't answer I just nodded too scared to make a sound with the feeling as if we were being hunted this went on for about 5 minutes as we sat in silence and then this other sound it wasn't an animal and it wasn't human it was this guttural alien-like noise as I like

to put it it honestly sounded like the demogorgan from stranger things nothing I have ever heard before we stayed frozen in that tent too scared to breathe too scared to move I had this small mesh window right by where I was laying but I refused to look outside of it with the fear of being seen just sitting there trying to control my breathing as my dad still sat there with the knife and that's when the weirdest thing happened in the middle of all the chaos we just blacked out neither of us remembered trying to fall

asleep my dad was still clutching the knife when we woke up lying in the middle of the tent I woke up on my back in a panic as if something was standing over me my first thought was to grab my phone to check the time but it was dead I asked my dad to check his dead too both had been fully charged the night before making sure we had them working in case of an emergency we stepped outside to pee as we stood 5 ft from the tent and peed back to back still scared out

of our minds we saw that it was still pitch black outside the air was cold and still the food we left on the table completely untouched the fire weed stoked before diving into the tent burned down to Ash like it was never touched Ed the whole place felt wrong like we shouldn't have been there we waited the night out in the tent without saying much to each other just trying to get some real sleep we packed up in silence not saying a word until we were in the car when we finally talked about it we

realized we' both felt the same thing that night watched and hunted like something was waiting for us to slip up we told my mom when we got back she thought we were crazy said maybe we got drugged or inheld some weird guest but it wasn't that whatever happened that night it was real we both experienced the same thing to this day we don't know what it was we didn't see it not fully but my dad came closest whatever he saw it wasn't human and it wasn't natural we never heard any similar story like ours we

haven't been back to that camping site since or even gone camping since I don't think we ever will