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Outdoorsy People Break Down The Most Terrifying Experiences They've Ever Had In The Woods

Reddit user Inevitable-Print-702 asked: 'Outdoorsmen of Reddit, what’s your most terrifying encounter in the woods?'

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Being surrounded by nature by going camping or hiking is a yearning many people have to escape their everyday metropolitan trappings.

However, as much as a breath of fresh air is a good thing for everyone, not everything encountered in the woods can be utopian or blissful.

Because we just might encounter a wolf disguised as grandma, or even worse things.

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For many people, escaping to the woods, either in a tent or a cabin, is just what they need to escape from their current realities and reset their mind.

Allowing themselves to be one with nature, and cut off from technology.

Not everyone finds the woods a peaceful place, however.

Indeed, being cut off from the rest of the world, all the while surrounded by wildlife, it's easy to see why some people find the woods scary, and not at all relaxing.

Particularly if their time in the woods included an experience which made them never want to return, ever again.

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People Describe The Creepiest Thing They've Ever Experienced That Chilled Them To The Bone
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The older you get you realize... there are things that go bump in the night.

There can be danger around every corner.

And yes... somebody may actually be in the closet.

So being constantly creeped out is a norm.

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There's something about the woods that creeps me out. Listen here, people: I'm a city guy. The idea of getting lost out there freaks me out. No thank you. I wasn't made for that. The rest of you who like to go camping and stuff? You do you. I'll stick with my running water.

But maybe I've seen too many horror movies. After all, if I saw some creepy stuff in the woods I'd definitely run in the other direction. And so would you, right? Right?

People shared their best stories with us after Redditor shantics asked the online community,

"What have you seen in the woods that you can’t explain?"
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People Who Claim To Have Seen A Mythical Creature Share Their Experiences
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Some people will swear they've come face to face with a Tinkerbell, and they'll swear that were also stone-cold sober. The ethereal and mythical are all around us. Now whether or not they are tangible or merely our imaginations run amok, maybe we'll never know. But some say they may have proof.

Redditor u/fukasetrash wanted to see who has had an audience with "creatures" many of us have only read about by asking.... [serious] People of reddit who claim to have seen a mythical creature, such as faires, elves, gnomes, etc, what is your story?
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