5/25/2023 0 Comments Unknown creatures![]() Strange things happened at Gumboot Lake the moment we arrived. I’m typically more concerned with where I put the cookies than what lies in the darkness - unless that’s where the cookies are.īut on a chilly autumn night camping along the shore of Gumboot Lake, a scream came from woods, and my priorities suddenly changed. This unsettling thought has occurred to me more than once, but I don’t dwell on it. When you wander out into the darkness to see the stars or water the trees, you see one thing fire does quite well: it allows whatever is lurking in the darkness to have a clear view of everything that happens around the fire. When you’re camping and the sun sets into a moonless night, the horizon shrinks to a radius of just the few meters illuminated by the firelight. A glowing fire makes the darkness beyond the reach of its light feel even darker. Whoever says grandiose things like that hasn’t spent much time around campfires. It’s said that when humans mastered fire, it brought us the power to conquer the darkness. But there were others at the same Northern California campground for a very different reason - and mysterious screams in the night. ![]() Andy Murdock wanted quiet and a chance to check out an unusual carnivorous plant. ![]() People go camping for a variety of reasons.
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