17 Horrifying True Stories That Happened To Real Campers (That Will Make You Never Go Outside Again)

3. I saw eyes in the darkness

“Probably my freakiest experience happened when I was a kid and went camping in Colorado. It was dark but still too early for us to be tired so we were just sitting around the fire doing the do. Talking, eating shmores, whatever. I would say we were telling scary stories but fuck that, we were probably talking about disney movies or some shit. Now keep in mind how dark it is out there. The light from the fire only goes out so far and it creates like this wall where all light stops. We were sitting there when all of a sudden my sister looked up and saw a pair of eyes looking at us.

Me and my sister started freaking out, we were like right on the edge of lose our minds scared. Our parents calmed us down and told us not to move. We had no idea what it was, it was nearly impossible to judge how big it was. So we just sat there and waited for it to go away, which it did. It was probably a raccoon or some shit but six year old me was pretty sure it was the chupacabra. Not too interesting of a story but definitely freaked us out. My dad admits to this day he wasn’t scared but notoriously has never been able to handle scary movies on any level. I call bullshit dad, you were scared.”

Holly is the author of Severe(d): A Creepy Poetry Collection.

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