>>2055444Pulling these from an old thread on /x/:
>smell of copper or rosescopper was Skinwalker and other various cryptids and roses was faeries
>Path along river, walks a few steps away every half milethere are stories about getting 'pulled' or being too close towards the river, and being spirited away or drowned. realistically is just to keep your bearings from the river, so you won't stumble and fall in.
>Hums a song, makes his presence knownpartially paranormal, partially normal hiking technique. it's to let predators know you are there and not afraid. most predators might think you are trying to sneak up to them or hide, you making sound alerts them to you, so they can avoid you as a potential threat.
in the paranormal sense, it helps to show whatever is out there you are not afraid, which in many stories is exactly what makes an entity fuck you over.
>dried garlic in his backpackthere is this notion that Earth's athmosphery actually stinks, the gases here are stinky but we don't feel it because we are use to it. But other spirits that come here find it nauseous, that's why ceremonial magicians need to burn incenses, to ward off the stench for his visitor. And because garlic stinks it might turn off a visitor.
>ALways a yellow light if out of tent at night without a fireYellow is dawn/sunlight, white is artificial light.
>Smokes a pipe or cigarette, knows smoke protectsMan created fire, thus the smokes alerts others to what you are
