>>1154244I got one of those once while camping. I live in a rural village in Sweden and I went camping at a really nice spot near a lake this summer. The way i got there was by walking on a small trail and breaking of to the side of it. I figured it was a boar trail because the vegetation was really dense above my waist height, and would not be conveinient for a tallet animal to use.
I set up my tent, made a fire etc. The darkness came slowly as it always does in Sweden during summer. I knew the sounds around the camp, things like branches scratching against other trees, branches falling down, all these kinds of sounds. When it was completely dark I stopped adding wood to the fire and decided to fall asleep.
I woke up from the sound of a branch snapping maybe 25-30 meters away to my side. And i just don´t mean the sound of a small branch, It was the kiond of sound you make when you find a big piece of wood and lean it against a tree and kick it to break it. I only had embers left and had to grab random twigs in the dark to get a small fire going.
Throughout the night i heard these loud sounds of massive branches getting broken of from the exact same spot right next to me, mixed with sounds of what I thought was steps. When i stood up with my axe in my hand and looked into the woods the sounds they would stop for maybe 20 mins at a time, and then slowly start again. If i only had a flashlight i would have been able to see what was in the dark.
It was most likely a boar or some other large animal that was just curious of the campfire or something. But still, It really gets your blood pumping when you are all alone in the dark woods without a flashlight and a dying fire with some kind of large animal watching you.
