>>1953079I grew up in a small town around 40k people with a lot of of undeveloped state and federal land. When I was about 15 a few friends and I were doing that hanging out thing where you are certain your life is complete shit and it would be awesome if you just had a car.
It was about 1130pm on a Saturday and we were in a wooded area with our bikes that we would hang out at not too far off a highway in the middle of nowhere - about a mile from the nearest houses. It was undeveloped land, and still hasn't been to this day, but is one of those areas where people used to 4x4 illegally with a lot of trails and hills. Not wilderness, but swampy in places and there were tons of deer and some bear. It was almost a full moon and the sand in that is pure white so you can see really well on a good moon (pic isn't the exact the area but gives an idea of the kind of brush).
We had been out there for a few hours just bored and got the feeling something changed. So we both looked at each other and hid.
All of a sudden about 15 dudes come walking by in heavy robes with torches and carrying a bunch of things. They were a light gray and didn't cover their faces. I remember thinking a few of them were drums.
Nothing happened after they went past, but we just got that bad feeling and didi'd the fuck out of there. We never went back and hung out there at night again.
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Over 20 years ago now so I have no doubts the number has inflated in memory, but there it was no less than 6 people.
It was about this time of year, not sure of exact date, but a weekend and just before Christmas so it may have been a wicca/pagan thing.This was the South so that wasn't big in the area at the time. It wasn't KKK either.
