Camping is supposed to be peaceful… but sometimes the wilderness hides things you were never meant to see. From strange figures in the distance to unexplained noises and terrifying moments captured on camera, these 5 camping encounters will make you think twice before spending a night alone in the woods.
⚠️ Watch until the end — the final encounter is especially disturbing.
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⚠️ Watch until the end — the final encounter is especially disturbing.
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00:15Spending his free time camping, fishing and hunting, this creator regularly heads into
00:23the outdoors with friends. But being out in remote areas can also lead to encounters you simply
00:32aren't prepared for. In the early hours of the morning, he and his friends headed out onto the
00:38lake in their boat to go bow hunting. But while they were out on the water, they suddenly noticed
00:46something they couldn't explain. A woman was standing in the lake by herself. The footage
01:10was brief. But after it began circulating online, questions quickly followed. Some believed
01:18she could have been a missing woman. So the creator later shared an update explaining exactly what
01:25happened. A lot of people have been asking about the lady in the lake. Several people asked if it
01:34was in Arkansas or Kansas, either or. I did reply back to them because they were concerned that it
01:40might have been a woman that went missing with her child. I did let them know that it wasn't out
01:46there.
01:48So yeah, we were out there that night. We were out bow fishing. We had already went by that place
01:55and we were headed back to the boat ramp. And that's when we noticed that that woman
02:00was in the lake. We didn't notice anybody else with her. She didn't have a dog or anything.
02:10And a lot of people were asking, wondering if, you know, if we reached out to her and, you know,
02:17make sure she was okay. And yes, we did. You know, it's not every day that you go to the
02:24lake and
02:24see a woman out there in the middle of nowhere, pitch dark. So we did ask her if she was
02:33okay.
02:34Uh, she needed any help. Uh, but she never replied back to us. She never acknowledged us anything. All
02:44she did was just slowly turned away from us. Um, after, you know, a couple of tries trying to get
02:52her
02:52attention. She, uh, just kept looking away. We just left her alone. Um,
03:02so yeah, I mean, we tried to help her out, but we didn't notice, you know, if maybe they were
03:09out
03:09there camping, we didn't see a campsite, no campfires, anything like that. Um, I mean,
03:18unless there was somebody else with her and they were just hanging out in the woods, we didn't see
03:23them, but right there close by, there was absolutely nobody with her. The group called out to her asking
03:32if she needed help, but she didn't respond. She simply remained there. They called out multiple times,
03:41but there was still no answer. There was also no sign of a nearby campsite or anyone else around her.
03:50The situation became increasingly unsettling, but after spending around 10 minutes calling out with
03:58no response, the group decided there wasn't much more they could do. They eventually left the area,
04:05still unsure about what they had witnessed and whether there was anything else they could have done.
04:17Christina embarked on a backpacking trip deep into the wilderness of California with a friend,
04:24expecting weeks of hiking, camping and exploring the outdoors. But around a week into their trip,
04:33they experienced what would become one of the most frightening moments of their entire journey.
04:39The scariest moment happened about one week or so into our trip. We had been camping, just the two of
04:46us,
04:47me and my friend who's a female. We had been hiking for like 12 hours that day. We were really
04:53tired,
04:53so we went to go get a campsite and I was really tired. I was kind of pushing my friend
04:58to like settle
04:59down and maybe like find our camp a little bit earlier that day. So we kind of camped at a
05:03place
05:04that was like the side of the trail. Like there wasn't anyone else there. We had camped pretty much
05:10all on our own, but it was on the side of the trail. So we were a little bit exposed
05:14to the other
05:14people who were passing us on the trail. So we both had separate tents. We would set up our tents
05:19right
05:19next to each other. So we were within kind of like talking distance, but we weren't actually in the same
05:23tent. We go to sleep. Everything is going just fine for the majority of the night. And then at,
05:30I want to say around five o'clock in the morning, I see a light outside my tent. So like
05:36I assumed it
05:37was my friend. And so I kind of like just wait and listen and I hear footsteps with the light
05:43and you
05:44know, maybe my friend's just going pee outside. Like maybe it's, I'm freaking out for no reason. So then
05:49the footsteps start slowly walking around my tent with the light shining into my tent. So I'm like,
05:56okay, like there has to be like a logical explanation for this. Like trying to stay sane.
06:01And later I was talking to my friend. She said she was doing the exact same thing in her tent,
06:05like hoping that it was me walking around and try not to freak out that she was about to get
06:10murdered.
06:11It was probably a few minutes, but it felt like a half hour. Like it felt so long. I was
06:16so frightened.
06:17And after a long day on the trail, all they wanted was somewhere to set up camp
06:22and finally get some rest. With limited space available, they decided to set up close to the
06:28trail. But at around 5 AM, everything changed. Christina and her friend were inside their separate
06:37tents when they began hearing footsteps nearby. Someone was outside. Christina opened her tent and
06:44quickly realized the footsteps weren't just in her head. Someone really was moving around their camp.
06:51Finally, like I just can't take it any longer. I'm just sitting in my tent, like getting freaked out.
06:56And I decide to unzip my tent. Like I'm just going to face whatever this is head on. So I
07:02unzip my tent.
07:04There is pretty much my worst fears realized. There is a man I do not know standing outside of my
07:12tent,
07:13staring at me. In the meantime, my friend is sitting in her tent and she hears the tent unzip from
07:18me
07:18unzipping it. And she thinks that he's unzipping my tent trying to get in. So I'm like, who are you?
07:23And he says, I'm Jack. And I say, okay, like, why are you here? Silent. He doesn't say anything.
07:30So Jack kind of stares at me and he just gives me like the creepiest look. I say like, well,
07:36what are you doing? Like what? Like we're sleeping here, you know, trying to act aggressive still,
07:42even though I'm like terrified in the meantime. And I'm like holding my tent stakes, like ready to stab
07:47him. You know, he kind of just seemed like he was like in a daze. Like he just said, oh,
07:51I thought
07:52this was my friend's tent. But like he had his backpack on, like even, why would he think this random
07:59tent on the side of the trail is his friend's tent? And even if he did, why would he try
08:03to get into
08:03it at 5am in the morning and creepily walk slowly around all the tents in the meantime? So I was
08:09like,
08:09yeah, your friends aren't here. And then I zipped up my tent and then hid in my sleeping bag and
08:14hoped that he would go away. So then I heard the footsteps slowly, slowly walking away from the tent.
08:21And I figured like, okay, I'm going to be safe. She eventually settled back down. But the situation
08:27became even more unsettling the following morning. The man they'd noticed during the night was still
08:33there. He was asleep behind their tents with no tent or shelter of his own, lying directly on the
08:41hard trail. So then I wake up the next morning and I talked to my friend and I'm like, oh
08:45my god,
08:46I unzip her tent. I was like, oh my god, like what happened last night? Like that was so scary.
08:50We
08:50swapped stories and we thought we were safe. We look behind our tent and Jack is sleeping on the ground
08:58behind our tent. He didn't even set up his tent. He's just sleeping on the ground behind our tent.
09:08So we kind of go up to him thinking like maybe it was all some big misunderstanding this whole time.
09:13And we say like, what? Like, what are you doing? Were you looking for your friends? He goes,
09:17huh, huh, huh. Yeah, looking for my friends. Gets his backpack on and keeps walking down the trail.
09:23And then that day we hiked out off the John Muir Trail and we hiked to a convenience store in
09:30Independence, California. And I bought a knife that was bigger than my head to carry on me in my tent
09:37after that moment. And while we never did see Jack again, that story has pretty much won best creepy
09:44story of the wilderness like anytime I tell it to anyone. So it's my go-to spooky campfire story.
09:51The pair were left deeply unsettled, unsure of who he was or what he wanted. And when you're deep in
09:58the wilderness, sharing a remote campsite with someone you don't know, you can never be completely
10:07sure of their intentions. For Christina and her friend, staying there was no longer something
10:14they could feel comfortable with. Christoph is no stranger to the outdoors, regularly spending his
10:23free time biking through remote trails and camping in nature. But during one bike ride through the woods,
10:31his adventure suddenly turned into something completely different. A rescue mission.
10:50Oh, shit, shit, shit. Hold, hold, hold on, hold. Stay down, stay down, stay down, stay down.
10:56I can't move. No, take it easy, take it easy. Hold on, calm down. That's all right, calm down.
11:02What's your name? What's your name, buddy? Bo. Bo, listen, what did you hurt?
11:09Everything. Everything. Can you, can you feel any broken bones somewhere? No, but I can't move.
11:15You can't move? Okay. Okay, cool, cool, cool. Hold on, I'm gonna call help, yeah? I'm gonna put the
11:21bike around, here. Hold on, hold on, hold on, because I don't want anyone to ride you over.
11:27I need to sit down, calm down. You'll be okay, mate. You'll be all right. I'm gonna put the bike
11:32upside down, yeah? And I'm gonna call help, yeah? I haven't had a drink all day.
11:41I don't have any drink with me, sorry, mate. I'm calling help, yeah?
11:45We're at the bottom. We're almost at the bottom, can you take me down? Can you take me down to
11:50the bottom, please?
11:50Do you want to go down? Yes. I can't lift you up. I don't want to lift you up.
11:54Yes. Can you tell them to bring a drink? Yes, I will let them know.
12:02While riding through the trails, Christoph suddenly heard a young boy named Bo,
12:07screaming for help and saying he was in pain. Christoph immediately stopped and approached him,
12:14reassuring him while calling for emergency assistance in the area. Bo was visibly distressed,
12:21crying and clearly in pain as Christoph stayed with him and tried to keep him calm.
12:29Hello, I find a boy crashed on the top of the Zula outpost.
12:37He said he can't move. He's sitting, but he said he can't move. He's yelling and he desperately needs something
12:46to drink.
12:47He's a bit in shock right now.
12:50Okay, no worries at all. Top of the Zula outpost, yeah?
12:52Yeah, top of the Zula outpost, yeah.
12:53If you just stay there, I'll get someone to you now, okay?
12:55All right, cool. Cheers, mate.
12:56Cheers, mate. Bye-bye.
12:58Bye-bye.
12:59Okay, a donkey. They're coming. They come. I told them about the water, mate. They're coming.
13:08Listen, you'll be fine, mate. I've crashed many times. It hurts. It hurts.
13:13Yeah, but you're sitting, mate. Your bag is okay. You want to lay down?
13:18Do you want to lay down? Are you going to help me later? I'm going to hold your head if
13:21you want.
13:22Hold on. I'm holding this. I'm holding your helmet. Just relax.
13:26Lay down. You don't want to... You need to relax, yeah?
13:30I'm not going to... Don't touch your helmet. Just leave it like it is right now, yeah?
13:36They're going to be here in a minute. They know where are we. I told them about the water.
13:40You'll be fine, yeah? Is your name Bo? Yeah, my name is Bo.
13:43Bo.
13:44Eventually, a first responder arrived and took over the situation.
13:50Kristoff had simply been riding through the trails when he came across someone who desperately needed help.
13:58And the encounter serves as a reminder of just how vulnerable you can be
14:03when you're alone, deep in the wilderness, miles from anyone else.
14:09Luckily for Bo, Kristoff happened to be on that trail at exactly the right time.
14:18Solo camping deep in the woods with his dog, Fiona, is something old Southern Pine is no stranger to.
14:27He's known for documenting his outdoor adventures with viewers following along to see what each trip brings.
14:35But during one trip back in 2024, things became so unsettling that he made a decision he rarely would.
14:44He abandoned his camp.
14:47With Fiona by his side, the plan was simple.
14:50Head deep into the woods, set up camp, and spend another night surrounded by nature.
14:58Hey, y'all. Welcome back to the channel of Southern Pine.
15:00Thanks for joining us on another adventure.
15:02Today, we are hammock camping in a Minnesota State Forest.
15:05And for those of you guys who have watched the channel before, you guys know that anytime I can go
15:09hammock camping,
15:10I'm a happy man.
15:11We got a brand new hammock here from One Wind Outdoors and a new tarp from Unigear.
15:15Those both went up nicely.
15:17We've just got the tarp thrown back over here.
15:18I've already got it rigged up, so as soon as we get ready for bed, we can just guy it
15:23out, take it down, call it good.
15:58After getting everything set up, he gathered firewood and prepared some food.
16:03At first, everything seemed completely normal.
16:07But once darkness covered the forest, the atmosphere changed.
16:13Yeah, stay.
16:18I feel like I was so excited for you to make friends to do with my dog.
16:18At first, everything looks like I've been cooking, telling me how you think I had a baby.
16:22I can't believe that we can actually see you as a baby.
16:24He's feeling like that a baby is a baby!
16:25I don't think that a baby is a baby!
16:26I came from one of my parents!
16:26I'm gonna have a baby!
16:26I've got a baby!
16:28Oh, she's a baby?
16:28Oh!
16:44He's a baby!
16:52Suddenly noises began echoing through the woods,
16:56disturbing both him and Fiona.
16:58The sounds were unsettling enough to put him immediately on edge.
17:03Then he realized what he was hearing.
17:07Coyotes.
17:09Knowing the situation had become too risky,
17:12especially with Fiona beside him,
17:14he made the decision to pack up.
17:17All right, y'all, here's the situation.
17:23Fiona got some birds all through her hair around her eyes,
17:30got them into her eyes,
17:33and was actually poking and hurting her in the eye,
17:35so I was able to get the birds out that were actually in her eye,
17:39but I'm not equipped out here to be able to get them out from around her eyes.
17:43So, uh, as we're packing up to get home,
17:48coyotes started sounding off like very, very close to us,
17:52two packs, one on either side of us.
17:54So I am hiking out right now,
17:57just carrying Fiona in my camera bag
18:02so that I can get her safely locked into the truck,
18:04and I'm going to hike it back in here to pack up the rest of the stuff.
18:08All right, y'all, we are,
18:11we have Fiona back in the truck,
18:14and we are hiking back out
18:19to get our stuff
18:21and see the light that I left on back up there for us at camp.
18:25I'm sorry that we couldn't get this all together for you guys
18:27and create a nice overnight trip,
18:29but anybody who's watched this channel for any amount of time
18:35knows that that dog's well-being means more to me than my own.
18:39We're out here just to have a good time,
18:41so definitely not able to keep her comfortable.
18:43And while the birds touching her eyes,
18:46I was at least get those off
18:47so there wasn't going to be any kind of damage to her eyes or anything.
18:50There's still quite a bit of burrs around her face
18:52that I'm just not equipped to be able to take care of out here,
18:55so they're clearly going to be bugging her.
18:58I've got her safely in the truck.
18:59We're going to get packed up now and get out of here.
19:02He grabbed his dog,
19:03got her safely to the car,
19:06and then returned to collect the rest of his equipment.
19:09Luckily, he made it out safely.
19:12But being surrounded by not one, but two packs of coyotes
19:16made staying at the campsite far too dangerous.
19:22Small Plots is a growing channel run by Kevin,
19:26who spends much of his free time camping outdoors
19:29and pushing himself with increasingly challenging stealth camps.
19:34In a recent video, Kevin decided to take things further
19:38by attempting to camp overnight beneath an urban highway.
19:42From the beginning, the location came with obvious risks,
19:47and being surrounded by woodland and an urban area
19:51made the situation even more unsettling.
19:54I think I just saw somebody scoping me out when I was coming in here.
19:59Kind of was like, maybe trying to follow me a little bit.
20:02That was kind of weird.
20:06But I walked through the city, under the bridge,
20:11gracefully down into this small forest.
20:14You're watching Small Plots with Kevin, I'm Kevin.
20:17I'm gonna look around here, see if I'm sharing this forest with anybody,
20:21and, uh, we'll get to campin'.
20:31This place is kinda weird.
20:35Might be tough to tell.
20:37Clearly, usually a swamp right here.
20:39I guess it's dry enough to where it's not a swamp,
20:41but it's filled with old remnants of structures,
20:45concrete, railroad ties, uh, garbage.
20:51Now, I left my pack where I came in
20:54and walked in this direction.
20:56I don't think I'm gonna camp in this direction.
20:58I'm way too close to people's homes,
21:01and there's a trowel right there
21:03that I'm pretty sure they could just see me if they looked.
21:06Something maybe weird, I don't really know.
21:09Right before I walked over here, it sounded like somebody threw something at me.
21:13Like, it was like a dun-dun-dun-dun-dun.
21:14And I looked at it, and it was like one of those green walnut nuts,
21:19walnut nuts, that fall and make that sound.
21:23But, the weird thing about that is there was no other such nuts around.
21:28So, either they're just a popular treat in this forest,
21:31and they're cleaned up quickly, or somebody found that,
21:34maybe that kid that saw me come in and, uh, threw it down here.
21:38Kevin spent some time exploring the area,
21:41searching for somewhere he could safely settle down for the night.
21:45But he soon realized he wasn't completely alone.
21:50Someone appeared to be nearby,
21:52watching him from within the area.
21:55Despite this, Kevin continued searching
21:58until he found a spot that felt like the safest option.
22:02He began setting up camp, but his nerves remained high
22:05after noticing just how many people were around the surrounding woods.
22:10I've been seeing so many people.
22:12It's hard to get them on camera,
22:13because they just, like, walk by,
22:15and I see them for a second through the trees.
22:17But, uh, I do have to keep a super low profile.
22:21No fires tonight.
22:23Got to keep my lights low, my voice low.
22:26Uh, just be low.
22:29Kind of unfortunate, because I didn't bring a chair.
22:31So I'm going to be standing up.
22:32So that's not very low, but...
22:34As darkness swept across the forest,
22:37the atmosphere changed completely.
22:40Kevin tried to settle down for the night,
22:43but the uneasy feeling never disappeared.
22:46Then strange noises began echoing around him.
22:51Like a chain jingling on it.
23:05It sounds like a dog with a chain around his neck.
23:08It was really close.
23:12I've never heard that before.
23:14I have no idea what that could be.
23:16Oh.
23:18Oh.
23:19Oh.
23:20Oh.
23:21Oh.
23:35Dude, what the hell is that?
23:45Dude, I don't know what's happening right now.
23:49Is somebody here with their dog?
23:51Is there a loose dog?
23:54Like what is happening?
23:58Should I shine a light out?
24:04Dude, there's something like jangling and walking.
24:10I still hear something over there.
24:13I don't hear the jangling, but I hear something over there.
24:20With no idea what was making them, Kevin became increasingly uncomfortable and struggled to sleep.
24:27He barely got any rest that night, and the following morning he explained more about what
24:32had happened.
24:33I slept for about three hours.
24:35I slept for about three hours, and I woke up to maybe one of the most unsettling sounds
24:41I've ever heard while sleeping in an urban forest, and that is, it sounded like a, uh, the best
24:48I can describe this like a dog with like a collar getting near my tent.
24:54Dude, what the hell is that?
25:04Um, I don't know if that's what it was.
25:06It could have been a guy with keys in his pocket.
25:08I don't know.
25:10That ha- that went on for pfff ten minutes probably.
25:13It was like right over here.
25:15Like I just heard like just, I don't know, the sound of an animal with like a collar, like
25:19collar.
25:20Like it's just that sound.
25:21I don't know.
25:21It's just sound.
25:22It's pretty distinct.
25:23You know, wild animals don't have metal on them.
25:26So there's that.
25:29No clue.
25:30But it was definitely like really close to the tent.
25:34Like, I want to say like right over here.
25:36Like within ten feet of the tent probably.
25:39Um, I had my knife out.
25:43I'm not going to lie.
25:44I was sitting there like, just like.
25:47Um.
25:48Eventually Kevin packed everything away and left the area, describing the sounds as some
25:53of the most unsettling he'd ever heard.
25:56After that experience, he wasn't willing to risk spending another night in those woods.
26:02The wilderness can be beautiful, but these encounters show just how quickly a peaceful
26:09trip can turn into something completely unexpected.
26:12From wildlife and strangers to situations nobody could have planned for, sometimes the
26:18safest decision is knowing when it's time to leave.
26:22Thanks for watching, and I'll see you in the next one.
26:26Stay safe out there.