>>2554084Appalachian anon here. I don't know much about them yet, but I 100% believe that some kind of spirits inhabit North America and those who were here before us understood them better than we do. Tbere's always the cultural norms argument but I think there's a reason some of the world's most productive societies (as opposed to say, the Chinese) developed so many spirits which were haunted by greed. Injuns kept the spirits contained. I've been in the woods since I was a kid. I hunt and backpack solo all the time, always walking across the hills. I've seen
>mysterious noises of metal creaking that very obviously came from a very small area, but where I couldn't find anything to cause them. I heard the noises no matter whether the wind was blowing, time of day, etc. Gives me chills and makes my eyes water to think about it. >rattlesnake coming out of the brush at me in PA on a forty degree, rainy morning. Some wacky shit had already gone down on this trip so I connected this to it - from what I know snakes out in open ground in weather like that are not super likely. >getting into my tent and seeing the space between the rainfly and tent covered in bugs, like 50-60. Assumed there was some explanation but this has never happened to me before in decades outdoors and hasn't happened since. >the spots where the birds don't singDon't be aggressive, don't look back or be afraid. You are a guest. Act like one and you have nothing to fear. Don't trash the woods. I don't ever use drugs and only drink a bit from a flask in the woods. I don't use a flashlight while hiking at night unless I have to, like looking through a bag. Some things are meant to sleep in the dark. The world isn't there to make it your own.
