>>867651>out in californias high desert>out night hiking (with dogs brother and friend) near a local creek that winds through mountain valley>go into the valley bro's in front of me with one of the dogs>whats that smell?>smells like sweat and people humping>really smells strong>Me: Yo! anon-onii-chan do you smell that?>Him: Yup!>Me: Get back here and bring dog too>Him: wait I hear summin'>passed flashlight into a small cave>he nopes>i call dog>mfw, he almost messed with a den of rattlers>i called it!another time
>walking out near same trail out in the morning with my 4 brothers and 3 dogs >started at around 10am>by noon decide to head back>temp is at around 100+ F>second youngest ran back to car with all the bottled water>other brothers went back earlier too and one dog>the other 2 dogs stayed behind since it was getting to hot for them>creek is down a steep cliff, cant get down without breaking something>decide to set up a shelter from the sun as near to the cliff as possible>dropped my last bit of water about 50 yards behind towards the cliff>temps getting hotter>afraid my dogs will die due to the heat>afraid i'll die due to the heat>say a prayer "God please send someone to help, i dont want to see them die">five minutes later a group of hikers come around the corner/bend in the trail>when they get near i say "you guys have any water were dying here">they bring out some water and share with my dogs and i>i thank them, bless em'>never travel with bros again2 people died in that trail that year, and about 3 this year