I was too scared to camp here

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  • Опубликовано: 26 дек 2024
  • Join me for an attempted camp at Lochan Coire Thoraidh. A combination of poor weather, not many places to camp and me getting in my own way, led me to abandon camping at the Lochan. Was still a great walk and was good to explore new places. Hope you enjoy the adventure

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  • @dulciemidwinter1925
    @dulciemidwinter1925 4 месяца назад +1675

    Absolutely agree. I live near a very wooded area and have done for 45 years. There is a pathway to some local shops through the woods, and I have used it happily ever since I moved here. Sometimes you meet people walking along there but often there is no-one. On this particular day, a Saturday, I had run out of milk and decided to walk up the path to the shop. It was midday and hot and sunny. I got to the beginning of the path and it was deserted. Suddenly I had the chills and couldn't walk any further. I couldnt see anyone but I had a bad feeling about that path. I never felt that before but that day i went without that milk. A few days later a young woman was assaulted on the path and dragged into the woods. Luckily, she managed to get away and run to a shop. The police got him thankfully, and I have used that path since with no feelings of dread again. I agree, always trust your gut instinct.

    • @FDCLDN
      @FDCLDN 4 месяца назад +172

      If you are a lone woman walking thru places like that these days please have some form of defense on you, ignore the law, your safety is more important.

    • @bobbyduke777
      @bobbyduke777 4 месяца назад +37

      Though I walk through the valley of death, I will fear no evil. Evil will fear me for the spirit of the Almighty dwells within me. We are to occupy this world until Jesus returns. Perhaps you were supposed to deal with that evil for that girl. Carry a side arm when ever traveling through woodlands.

    • @dulciemidwinter1925
      @dulciemidwinter1925 4 месяца назад

      @@bobbyduke777 Most British people do not carry guns, and we are glad of it. They have to be properly licenced and it usually works. There have been occasional nutter that slips through and massacres people, but that is very few and far between. The police do not carry guns. If needed, there is a special armed force to respond with incidents where someone is threatening anyone with a weapon. In fact, tragically people have been killed recently, 3 little children by vile, cowardly men, and yesterday a woman and child were attacked, all random, but those men carry knives not guns. I am 76 year old woman, there is no way I could have battled anyone, also, I couldn't see anyone. It was just a bad feeling about that path on that day. When I came back without walking up that path I told my husband and he laughed at me. Apparently he has never experienced feelings like that.

    • @sie85
      @sie85 4 месяца назад +34

      God was speaking to you not to go there

    • @KaliKali-hv9bt
      @KaliKali-hv9bt 4 месяца назад +12

      That’s remarkable 😮

  • @Starry_Skye22
    @Starry_Skye22 4 месяца назад +854

    Always trust your instincts. ALWAYS. They will save your life. Especially listen when you're alone in the middle of no where.

    • @curiositypiqued6573
      @curiositypiqued6573 3 месяца назад +6

      Questions is what are the dangers???

    • @jde-jj1lu
      @jde-jj1lu 3 месяца назад +12

      @@curiositypiqued6573 People, wildlife, weather, a tree/rock falling down, anything.

    • @dnr2089
      @dnr2089 3 месяца назад +1

      @@ruperttristanblythe7512😂😂😂

    • @bluemamba5317
      @bluemamba5317 3 месяца назад +6

      Come on... blatant clickbait, let's get real

    • @Indyman4288
      @Indyman4288 3 месяца назад +1

      @@jde-jj1lumainly people.....

  • @Admiralofthedeeps
    @Admiralofthedeeps 4 месяца назад +50

    I was out on a hike with my dog in Co Clare in Ireland about 4 years ago. I'd brought a tarp, picnic blanket, and a camping stove so that we could stop and cook a bit of food along the way. It was a beautiful hike, the rain showers were light and the woods at the start were magnificent. My dog and I were sitting by the little stove eating our lunch when virtually at the same moment we both felt something was off. I don't know what it was or who might have been watching us, but my dog started a low growl that I've only heard her do when she's really concerned. What made me more worried was that she moved to my side where she goes when shes nervous. I always have my hunting knife on my belt when i go camping, and on this occasion, i had a hatchet too for firewood. After a few minutes of staring at what looked like an empty forest, I decided it would be prudent to pack up and get going. Took us an hour to hike back out, and i was so relieved to meet a group hiking after feeling so much dread. I was most glad to have my dog with me, though. I've always had a feeling she kept whoever was there at bay. If I'd been alone, the situation might have been different. It's always possible it was a deer or something, but both our heckles were up, and two guts are better than one.

  • @MaurineCromwell
    @MaurineCromwell 3 месяца назад +100

    Always listen to your dog and your instinct. They both have nothing but your best interest at heart.

  • @gill8587
    @gill8587 5 месяцев назад +886

    Trust those instincts we’ve got them for a reason well done

    • @mrbrownz554
      @mrbrownz554 5 месяцев назад +5

      Typical nonsense 'we are all winners' comment. Why does the majority of the comments applaud someone for not only failing... but he failed to even start the failure

    • @mt.shasta6097
      @mt.shasta6097 4 месяца назад +24

      ​@mrbrownz554 Apples and oranges. This isn't a "we're all winners" comment. Normal people are born with atavistic instincts that kick in when needed. Whether or not they pay heed is another thing. That's why I specified "normal."

    • @jonathanmosher72
      @jonathanmosher72 4 месяца назад +12

      99% it's just nervousness. I was terrified solo backpacking for the first time. Nobody around, and I'm walking miles upon miles into the wilderness. I had an awesome experience once the fear left.

    • @LaoSoftware
      @LaoSoftware 4 месяца назад +12

      Enjoy life while you're young. Go camping and hiking in nature. The trees, the mountains, clean air, peace and quiet. It's better than the city life.

    • @MrWepx-hy6sn
      @MrWepx-hy6sn 4 месяца назад +22

      @@mrbrownz554 That's not even remotely what he is saying. Instincts exist for a reason, and there's a difference between needing to push it a little bit and actually feeling the abject dread of something being wrong. In my experience, following my gut actually has saved my life. Both out in the wild and in normal situations

  • @JanetHolland-cq5zl
    @JanetHolland-cq5zl 5 месяцев назад +1385

    ALLWAYS TRUST YOUR GUT,

    • @Sydopath
      @Sydopath 5 месяцев назад +56

      That’s why I bailed out of a New Years party in Castlemilk 👀

    • @francisrooney109
      @francisrooney109 5 месяцев назад +7

      You beat me to it!

    • @roberthayter157
      @roberthayter157 5 месяцев назад +8

      I follow How to Hunt as well. 😂

    • @cityzens634
      @cityzens634 5 месяцев назад +8

      I trust mine I use actimel every day

    • @loreman7267
      @loreman7267 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@cityzens634😂 you daft sausage!

  • @fraserthomson5766
    @fraserthomson5766 4 месяца назад +537

    This is a welcome relief for me to see a young man hitting nature in a natural way. No dramatic music, no fancy gear and drone shots, no sponsors and still getting out there and doing it, which we all secretly want to do but lack the energy or guts. Bravo, and we look forward to the next adventure.

    • @AndriyValdensius-wi8gw
      @AndriyValdensius-wi8gw 4 месяца назад +15

      @fraserthomson5766
      True. This young man keeps it real. Basic hiking equipment, boots, rucksack, small tent. I did that kind of stuff at his age, including Scotland. Many outdoors persons these days with drones, etc, seem to have more electronica than Mission Control centre in Houston did, when they put a man on the moon.

    • @thesoul2sqeeze
      @thesoul2sqeeze 4 месяца назад +11

      You don't like drone shots ?! I mean a camera is a camera, no?

    • @fraserthomson5766
      @fraserthomson5766 4 месяца назад +16

      @@thesoul2sqeeze It's not the drone footage per se, just the cinematic, heavily edited, Hilleberg sponsored "you could do this too if you had £10k spare" types I tire of. Keep it real. :D

    • @laaaliiiluuu
      @laaaliiiluuu 4 месяца назад +4

      Drone footage is amazing! I agree with the other points though.

    • @AndriyValdensius-wi8gw
      @AndriyValdensius-wi8gw 4 месяца назад +7

      @laaaliiiluuu
      I have nothing against drones. They are fantastic gizmos. My point was that hikers these days are often equipped with gadgets that 40 years ago would have been like something out of science fiction. If you told me in 1980 that you would be able to carry a small remote controlled helicopter in your pocket or backpack with which you could photograph the surrounding countryside, I'd have asked you, what have you been smoking ? That's how far tech has advanced. PS There is more computing power in one mobile phone call, than in the Apollo flight that put Armstrong and Aldrin on the moon. Which I also remember. Also, tech isn't just advanced, it's become so cheap, because it's so ubiquitous.

  • @jimjim661
    @jimjim661 5 месяцев назад +245

    You remind me so much of myself. Wandering off to the hills. I'm now 75 and wish I could do it all over again.
    You are young NOW. Make the most of your wanderings because one day you'll be 75.

    • @ASKR303
      @ASKR303 5 месяцев назад +3

      sometimes they are true

    • @Williamottelucas
      @Williamottelucas 4 месяца назад +12

      I'm still 67 years young. A few years to make the most of it before I'm 75 too!

    • @kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934
      @kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934 4 месяца назад +20

      I’m realizing that fact now that I’m 70, if only I’d known how fast the years would go by in spite of it feeling like I had so much time.

    • @miapdx503
      @miapdx503 4 месяца назад +14

      This thread is profound. I'm in my 60s and the years fly by! Live you life while you can. Every day counts. 🌹

    • @AyandaMto
      @AyandaMto 4 месяца назад +10

      Thank you all for this thread. I am 35 and if feels like I havr not lived. Work, kids and married life just keeps me from being in the moment. Thank you for reminding me to make every day count. Love from South Africa

  • @aelbereth6690
    @aelbereth6690 3 месяца назад +19

    Many years ago, in the late 70s, I went on a nostalgic camping trip to the far west of Cornwall with a boyfriend, a few miles from where I'd lived for a while as a child. This area is full of prehistoric remains - stone circles, dolmens, barrows etc. It was early in the season, late April, and we were the only people on the small campsite, which was basically just a farmer's field with a primitive shower block. It was near a crossroads at a place called Crows An Wra (the Witch's Cross in Cornish). A couple of fields away was a stone circle, Boscawen-un. We pitched our two small tents that first evening, one tent for sleeping in and the other for food and luggage, in the top corner of the field near the shelter of the ancient stone hedge. Looking over the hedge we could see a raised area of ground a little way off topped by two scots pines; a distinctive landmark. It was a fine evening and as dusk fell a huge full moon rose, and we decided to take a walk by moonlight to the stone circle. It seemed like a romantic idea. Looking at the map, we noticed that it was quite a long way round by the road, but it looked as if we could cut across to the stones via the piece of ground with the pine trees, which was a lot more direct.
    So off we set by the light of the moon, and we easily found a gap in the hedge with a stone stile and a narrow path the other side, heading towards the mound. At first we were walking through grass and young bracken, but soon this gave way to brambles: huge, dead, arching brambles with vicious thorns surrounding the path. Just as we reached the brambles there was a rustling noise, and two large black crows flapped up from the pine trees silhouetted against the moonlit sky. Suddenly I was filled with dread, but didn't say anything to my boyfriend, who was walking ahead of me with the torch. The sky was light, but there was a deep darkness around us, and the brambles seemed to be closing in. I was just about to suggest we turn back when he said, "Ah - there's a wall..." It was a low circular wall surrounding the mound, and beyond it a massive tangle of brambles. Clearly we couldn't carry on up the mound, but my boyfriend (not to be deterred!) suggested we walk along the top of the wall clockwise to get to the far side. As we climbed up onto the wall I was overwhelmed with terror. I don't think I've ever experienced such sheer, naked terror as at that moment. His foot stumbled and I screamed - I thought he was going to fall into the darkness on the other side of the wall, and Somehow I knew that was the most terrible danger. Nothing in the world would have made me put a foot onto that ground. I was in an icy sweat, shaking and crying "Please let's go back!"
    So we turned back and retraced our steps and reached the safety of our tent. When we got back my boyfriend admitted he'd been terrified out of his wits too. Next day we saw that the mound was marked as a barrow on the map, called Creeg Tol. Just typing that name makes my skin crawl, all these years later.
    But there was a scary sequel to this incident. That next day we went for a walk, and when we arrived back at the campsite we saw that the guy ropes of both our tents had been sliced through neatly, where the tents abutted together, so the tents had collapsed. We reported this to the site owner, Mr. Cargeeg, who seemed shocked and upset and confirmed that he'd been around the farm all day, and hadn't seen anyone. He helped us repair our guy ropes, and seemed surprised that we decided to stay on for the rest of the week - we didn't want whoever or whatever had done this to drive us away. We checked inside the tents to see if anything was missing (our money and valuables were locked in the car), and found a dish of butter had disappeared - nothing else.
    Seeing Creeg Tol by the light of day it looked a desolate place, with a definite creepy vibe. We couldn't believe we'd been crazy enough to attempt to cross it by night. Of all the spooky places I've been to in my life (quite a few!) that place freaked me out more than any other - there was a real sense of evil. God knows what might have happened there in the past.
    We had no more trouble for the rest of our stay, but as we were settling up and saying goodbye, Cargeeg fixed us with his intensely blue eyes and remarked, " Of course, it were full moon when you had that trouble, warn't it?" He then went on to say there had been other strange happenings on the site occasionally, footsteps around the tents in the middle of the night, strange lights and sounds... most campers had left in a hurry afterwards - " And come tonthink on it, it were always on a full moon..." Canny Cornishman, he waited till we'd stayed the week and paid up in full before telling us that!
    I revisited Creeg Tol a couple of years ago for the first time since then, on a sunny day, approaching from the stone circle to the top of the mound, and it felt ok, quite tranquil there. The brambles had gone, and the weird bare surroundings where nothing had grown now had a thin brownish covering of grass. But still I would never have dreamed of venturing down to the bottom of the mound.
    Creeg Tol means "The grave with a hole", or the hollow grave, and dates from the Bronze Age.

  • @tinblessing8
    @tinblessing8 4 месяца назад +243

    Thank you for respecting the wildlife beneath your feet (like the frogs)! You're a Good Man.

    • @ScottishSummiteer
      @ScottishSummiteer  4 месяца назад +33

      Thanks for the kind words😊

    • @Peace-tk3gr
      @Peace-tk3gr 4 месяца назад +5

      Usually where there are frogs, there are snakes...

    • @Praise___YaH
      @Praise___YaH 4 месяца назад +1

      Guys, Salvation is very Simple
      HalleluYAH (Hallel u YAH) “Praise ye YaH”
      YaH is The Father (Genesis 1)
      YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING
      YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins
      YaH was Crucified on an Almond TREE
      Ancient Semitic Moshe (Moses)
      Isaiah Scroll (The Original Isaiah)
      Isaiah 42:8
      I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols.
      Isaiah 43:11
      I am YAH, there is no other Savior but Me.
      Isaiah 45:5
      I am YaH, and there is none else.

    • @JoseDuthie14
      @JoseDuthie14 3 месяца назад +2

      @@Praise___YaH Jesys is God

  • @onefrequencydown
    @onefrequencydown 5 месяцев назад +496

    Back in 1991 I was swimming about 20 feet from shore in an isolated area on the Island of Agistri in Greece, near a pine forest. Was a beautiful summer day, but the sun was just starting to fade. Suddently the calm water seemed very black and threatening, and I just had this deep deep feeling to get out of there. I swam so fast and jumped on the moped and headed back to the town. To this day I have no idea what that was, but I got out so fast and listened to my gut. Im not easily spooked, but what I do know is ALWAYS listen to it, it can save your life. Your right to leave that place, the atmosphere was definately off, and we do not yet fully understand what forces may reside in isolated places. All the best and stay safe

    • @mythtree6348
      @mythtree6348 4 месяца назад +45

      couple of years ago I saw a kind of stressy family family and i felt worried about them. I looked on youtube for the day and there they were swimming in a local river on video. There was a dark energy about the whole scene . Next day I heard that 3 of the 5 had drowned in a loch on their trip home. Odd that out of all the tourists I noticed them.

    • @suzettebavier4412
      @suzettebavier4412 4 месяца назад +2

      ​@@mythtree6348 🥺 😔

    • @johnbelesis
      @johnbelesis 4 месяца назад +9

      I am Greek and I can verify than NOTHING spooky can happen in any Agistri beach..... geez....

    • @mkdy218
      @mkdy218 4 месяца назад +54

      @@johnbelesis You can't "verify that NOTHING spooky can happen in any Agristri beach " When clearly it did to this person!!

    • @LizzieWhiz
      @LizzieWhiz 4 месяца назад

      @@mythtree6348 The year my husband died, 5 close family members passed away and he was the last one. In the October, his father passed, in December his brother passed and the first week of January his mother passed. Two weeks before he passed away, his aunt passed. His oldest brother the month before skidded on ice, while driving in Donegal 6 am on his way to Omagh , it was the summer, he ended up in a ditch and the car was a right off but he walked away with not a scratch. The week before my husband died his younger brother was driving the school bus (Northern Ireland), when he hears the kids scream, he checks his mirror and sees them looking out the window. When he checks the wing mirror he sees the back wheel of the bus cruising down the road next to the bus. Thank god he managed to stop the bus without any of the kids getting injured. A month after the funeral he was driving a big fuel container for his brother-in-law and he could heard rattling which was getting worse. So he, stopped the container and walked back to a town he had just passed through, he found a garage and the mechanic went to check out the container. The axel was ready to come away, if he had drove any further especially at speed he would have been the 6th person in the family to die. I feel some people are tuned in to the future more than some, even the past. You may have been picking up on future events for those people.

  • @MaggieTheCat01
    @MaggieTheCat01 4 месяца назад +336

    What a gorgeous place. I don’t blame you for getting out of there though, if it gave you the heebie jeebies. You triggered a little avalanche of creepy anecdotes in the comments. I’ve enjoyed reading them all.

    • @AriaIsara
      @AriaIsara 4 месяца назад +15

      The best part on videos about supernatural stuff is all the anecdotes in comments. Very interesting. Countless people have had at least 1 unexplained experience in their life.

  • @runawayplane6166
    @runawayplane6166 5 месяцев назад +538

    I had this feeling a few days ago.
    I’ve always loved walking in The Pentland Hills, mainly because of its close proximity to Edinburgh. Knowing that there’s civilisation nearby is a comfort to walking in a vast landscape.
    You could say the Pentlands has two parts to it; the touristy side (closest to the city) and the remote side (South Lanarkshire).
    That day I decided to visit the remote side and visit ‘The Covenanters Grave’, a gravestone In the middle of a vast wilderness. As soon as I got to the grave, I looked around and couldn’t see a single person, the weather was grey and cold and I suddenly felt a sense of foreboding, mainly because I felt like I was the last person on earth and I didn’t have my safety blanket of civilisation close to me. I decided to turn back the way I came almost at a light jog as a sense of fear kept intensely washing over me. When I got back to my car on the A70 (The Lang Whang), I was covered in head to toe in sweat because of fear which I hadn’t felt since I was a child.
    Needless to say I haven’t been back but I feel I need to for some closure.
    Sorry for the long story, guys! Thank you, if you read it.

    • @mrbrownz554
      @mrbrownz554 4 месяца назад +5

      Aaaah but you felt alive eh I was like that crossing the gully after participating in some untherauputic inhaling of soft black and soap bar most nights

    • @helencooper1561
      @helencooper1561 4 месяца назад +10

      There are small white tigers there...my friend had 3 visit her garden in the pentlands near the langwhan.... I saw one running across a field. My friend was afraid of them.

    • @barbelking3517
      @barbelking3517 4 месяца назад +59

      I wasn't going to reply until I read that you feel you need to go back for some closure. Something similar happened to me about 15 years back. I had been fishing and camping a stretch of the river Severn for many years and never felt threatened or afraid even tho it's in the countryside. Well one night me and my friend decided to fish on the Island which we'd done numerous times but when we started walking down the track half across I had this sense of Total Fear I could feel something all around me I can't explain what it was but I just know Something was telling me to leave and dont go any further. I know it all sounds like a frightened child story but Trust me it's True and by the way I was 45 at the time and my friend of similar age. It took me many years to go back to that spot on the Island and when I did I made sure it was Daytime ha ha for My own piece of Closure but I've not fished on the island since ha ha Ps I apologise also for lengthy txt ha ha

    • @LizzieWhiz
      @LizzieWhiz 4 месяца назад +6

      @@helencooper1561 What...in Scotland!

    • @edanabrown9061
      @edanabrown9061 4 месяца назад +12

      @@helencooper1561since when do tigers of any kind live in Scotland?

  • @Victoria-kl7su
    @Victoria-kl7su 5 месяцев назад +346

    Always go with your gut feeling no matter what

    • @andreamcguire5934
      @andreamcguire5934 5 месяцев назад +3

      True words bro

    • @lynnepostings
      @lynnepostings 5 месяцев назад +5

      Yes ... I agree ... ALWAYS go with your gut.
      First time seeing your channel ... lovely to watch BUT this may sound pathetic ... after watching the "missing 411" channel ... I would now never have the nerve to go wandering around lonely places like this ! Especially the areas with water close by !
      Shouldn't have to be worrying about things like that & be missing out on these beautiful spots ... but once seen there's no going back I'm afraid !
      I wish you well though, always

    • @bluemamba5317
      @bluemamba5317 3 месяца назад +2

      @@lynnepostings Just stop watching crap like that. Go to some real outdoor channels and if you can, go hiking with someone with experience. There is nothing to fear once you just get some experience and know what you're doing. Channels like this also do these videos for views. Just sad, they don't care about scaring away people from nature.

    • @Envixity-ph3nb
      @Envixity-ph3nb 3 месяца назад

      ​@@bluemamba5317 I can get not fearing things as much when you know what you're doing, but i don't think you can just dilly dally in some spots and have no fear whatsoever because you have "Experience", literally ANYTHING can happen. I'm probably yappin about nonsense but this is my opinion, even if i had experience in exploring these spots i wouldn't trust everything too much

  • @JackAcid
    @JackAcid 5 месяцев назад +536

    Dude!! The SAME thing happened to me at Loch Lomond. I was half way up, a few miles past the Hydro Dam, pitched in a small outlook of rock and trees which jutted into the lake.
    I had permission from the farmer to pitch, and the second I finished a definite sense of unease and not being welcome came over me.
    There was just something inexplicable about being so close to that vast, dark and ancient body of water, all alone.
    I was barely three minutes from the road which runs along the length of the Loch, so modernity and my car were only moments away, but that didn't help the feeling of dread which was growing by the minute.
    In the end I bottled it, pulled down my tent and ran all the way to the car, in the dark, sweating and feeling like I needed to leave immediately.
    That's NEVER happened before or since, and although I only pass Lomond every decade or so (I'm Welsh), I always cast my eye at that spot and just nod my head.
    Something ancient dwells there, and it didn't want me.

    • @titteryenot4524
      @titteryenot4524 5 месяцев назад +58

      It’s all in your head. ‘The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.’ (John Milton)

    • @Kazberhaf
      @Kazberhaf 5 месяцев назад +175

      Years ago my husband and I were househunting. We went to beautiful house on an ancient common with a lovely garden. I felt very very unsettled the whole time I was there although I didn’t say anything to my husband I couldn’t wait to leave, although superficially it seemed very beautiful, I just had a horrible horrible feeling the whole time I was there. We went out to the car and as soon as we sat in the car I said I couldn’t wait to get out of there. My husband turned to me shocked and said no, I couldn’t wait to get out of there either! No explanation for that, but we both felt it individually without speaking to one another about it… There are definitely things we do not comprehend.

    • @blairrobert3438
      @blairrobert3438 5 месяцев назад +76

      The sidhe either like you or they dont. Always follow your gut in the highlands.

    • @mrbrownz554
      @mrbrownz554 5 месяцев назад

      Aye jobbie bags kidding on their columbus screaming for help 😂

    • @CragScrambler
      @CragScrambler 5 месяцев назад +27

      @@titteryenot4524 Yeah, the only thing to fear other than being unprepared and the elements is other people.

  • @life-rethought
    @life-rethought 3 месяца назад +94

    im a 70 year old woman.
    even done distance rides on my horses... solo.
    I have had my senses scream at me go.!!!!!!!! and I listened... saved my life.
    other times I ignored it and only God saved me.
    now when I hear that message I just obey. thank you for the walk through the land I will never see. thank you

    • @bluemamba5317
      @bluemamba5317 3 месяца назад +3

      What was threatening your life?

    • @tim9430
      @tim9430 3 месяца назад +3

      Oh dear, I am persuaded that you will walk in green meadows. God created the natural beauty that we so love. I'm sure that in His Kingdom there will be plenty of it, and His Glory will be the light of day.

  • @dee4435
    @dee4435 4 месяца назад +117

    Former backpacker here from Florida. You're obviously tuned in to your surroundings. That's a good thing. Bravo for listening to your keen senses.

  • @frankwitte1022
    @frankwitte1022 4 месяца назад +70

    I always say: the most important skill a hiker / mountaineer / wild camper can have is the skill to turn around. It is something about reading the tacit signs of your surroundings that informs your intuitions. And it is far better to sit in a cozy pub, with some tasty food and a pint, after having turned around and telling yourself that "next time you'll do it", than not having listened to your instinct and either having head a terrible even if harmless night, or worse. Good choice, and good sharing it!

    • @brianharleg4175
      @brianharleg4175 4 месяца назад +4

      Damn good advice!

    • @bobbys4327
      @bobbys4327 2 месяца назад +2

      Keep looking over your shoulder to be sure nothing is gaining on you! Annnd if it is, you better have some iron!

  • @fogums
    @fogums 5 месяцев назад +118

    Glad you posted this even though you weren’t going to. This is is an excellent example of trust your instincts and that things don’t always go as planned. A Valuable insight for those thinking of camping or staying outdoors.

  • @stevencarson9228
    @stevencarson9228 5 месяцев назад +229

    When they were building the dam at Loch Treig, which I think was the late 1950s, they had employed divers to work in the depths. These were ex naval divers, the type wearing large helmets and big weighty boots.. These were tough men who'd done all sorts during war times.
    More than one of them quit on the spot after diving in the Loch. Each of them saving that they'd been in the dark depths and had something very large swimming around them. Even after offering them large pay rises, these guys simply walked away and said they would not be going in there again....
    On the other hand, our mind can get the better of us... I remember one night deep in the woods up near laggan.... A group of us wild camping.. No tents... There's a clearing next to the river Pattick..great spot and we've camped there many times. We'd have a big fire.. Drink and cook around it and have a laugh.. There was five of us so we would feel secure I guess, not that I ever felt worried.... One night, we'd all bedded down to sleep. Fire was low and we're lying in our sleeping bags.... Start hearing this knocking noise every now and then.... It gets closer. It had initially seemed very distant.. As time passes it gets closer and louder... A clear knocking noise... Everyone was defo getting scared as it made no rational sense... Each if us concluded that we could think of nothing to explain such a noise. It had to be other human beings... And who in their right mind would be out deep in the woods in the dark with no torch....? We all got out of our sleeping bags and grabbed torches.... Just at that there was a large noise as we had spooked whatever it was and it started running..... The knocking got so much more, like something crashing through the trees. Scary noise indeed.
    It was a big red deer stag... It had been making it's way through the wood. The knocking was it's antlers clacking off tree branches. As it ran away with was like a machine gun as it antlers rattled the branches. I can't imagine how you'd have felt being out there on your own, even though it was a very rational explanation...

    • @loreman7267
      @loreman7267 5 месяцев назад +30

      Must have been such a relief to have a rational explanation!

    • @andreamallon3062
      @andreamallon3062 5 месяцев назад +7

      Great wee video, never been up there, but another place to add to our "must go" list. Thanks for posting

    • @letsdisagree
      @letsdisagree 4 месяца назад +9

      Poor Deer!!!

    • @kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934
      @kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934 4 месяца назад

      @@letsdisagreecompadre ✨

    • @hannah1948
      @hannah1948 4 месяца назад +2

      No thanks!! i'd be out of there!!!🏃‍♂🏃‍♀🏃

  • @michelle4595
    @michelle4595 5 месяцев назад +231

    One thing I always go by is - don't get talked out of listening to your intuition by someone who has none! Sometimes it might be a vivid imagination but I don't take any chances. One time I was out in the New Forest with my 2 girls, we found a lovely spot, not too far off the beaten track but far enough to feel secluded, but in a really good way. Some of these stories people say the place felt creepy from the get go but our little spot was glorious, the weather was just right and we got our blankets out and settled in. We were there having a lovely time when all of a sudden , for no reason at all I was absolutely filled with dread, it was like a switch flipping but the weird thing is that almost simultaniusly, with no influence from me,9 although one could argue I had given off some micro expressions) my youngest said mum I don't like this and my older daughter said I feel like something really bad is going to happen. When I say kids, they are older teenagers and we do this all the time and never had this before. Fear is a strange feeling, it clouds all previous perception of a situation and I can't tell you how ominous this place suddenly felt. We packed up in about 3 seconds and got outta there. You try to rationalise things afterwards and you might laugh but Ihad a situation once where I really felt like I heard a big cat so sometimes that pops into my head when I'm out in nature but another thing I read about is that sometimes an allergic reaction can start with a feeling of doom so I wonder about dngerous plants or gases, and of course theres always the fear that it's a person or ..... not so rational...something supernatural haha, one things for sure, there's no feeling like it when you're out there and that dread kicks in.

    • @Rosesraspberries72
      @Rosesraspberries72 4 месяца назад

      Are you aware that the UK has Bigfoot too?

    • @tinyrollingcamper
      @tinyrollingcamper 4 месяца назад +11

      Read "the gift of Fear" whose premise is that your gut feeling is always right.

    • @thiasnow8942
      @thiasnow8942 4 месяца назад +5

      Oh yeah! And never talk yourself out of your intuition.

    • @zvw444x3zefa
      @zvw444x3zefa 3 месяца назад +6

      The fact that all 3 of you felt it, I am glad you left. Don't second guess those instincts.

    • @mrbrownz554
      @mrbrownz554 12 дней назад

      @@michelle4595 you should've stuck to soap bar hen

  • @Truthbewithyou
    @Truthbewithyou 5 месяцев назад +239

    I have slept on Kinder Scout in the Peak District about half a dozen times. I love it. Last week, after i pitched up on there, i was hit with the strongest feeling that something was not right. I dont normally get that feeling, so i thought i would pay attention. I packed up and left. I will never know why that feeling was there, but i will always, always, listen to my instincts. Good little vid mate 👍🏻

    • @kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934
      @kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934 4 месяца назад +14

      Very smart of you

    • @Jim-ux9lg
      @Jim-ux9lg 4 месяца назад +3

      Lol. It's all in your head. What else could it be?

    • @tacticalsweater5119
      @tacticalsweater5119 3 месяца назад +2

      100% in your head.

    • @spookzmusic
      @spookzmusic 3 месяца назад +1

      Which part of Kinder were you camping on? I regularly go walking up there and it can be a very wild place

    • @benkai343434
      @benkai343434 Месяц назад +2

      @@Jim-ux9lg demons. the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing people he didn't exist.

  • @jock-of-ages73
    @jock-of-ages73 5 месяцев назад +105

    Like others have said in the chat, "always trust your gut instincts", usually it's right. I used to as a kid then high school taught us to 'think rationally'. It took a decade or two to before i started using my instincts a lot more because the analysing and over thinking was wrong a lot of the time.
    Along with my instincts being correct (mostly), i became a happier more relaxed person because i wasn't over-thinking/analysing every problem.
    Keep going kid.
    ✌️👋 All the best!

    • @999a0s
      @999a0s 3 месяца назад +6

      big agree. your "rational" mind is dog-slow and tunnel-visioned compared to your "limbic" / associative mind that is constantly making "vibes-based" connections (and you're way less self-aware of this part of your consciousness). to put it in "rational" sounding terms, your "sense-mind" will process way more, way faster, and will make wildly complex connections before your rational mind has even left the starting line. always, always, always trust your own feelings. your brain is working hard as hell for you when your mind is silent. when you get that dread in the pit of your stomach, the "real you" that actually drives your consciousness has made a connection that your rational mind won't get to even if you give it 10 years. the "you that can't talk" knows best. so when they start banging the pots and pans and letting off the siren...don't second guess it !!

    • @roymcmullen5061
      @roymcmullen5061 2 месяца назад

      ​@@999a0s12:06

  • @Nettsinthewoods
    @Nettsinthewoods 5 месяцев назад +70

    Not a setback, just a wise decision under the circumstances. I still enjoyed the video and glad you posted it.

  • @Wulfyr
    @Wulfyr 5 месяцев назад +104

    Different geographical spots feel welcoming, others feel neutral and others still feel downright unsettling. We don't understand everything about all aspects of our environment and we have developed these instincts for good reasons. You made the right call. I've had similar experiences before.

    • @Para2normal
      @Para2normal 5 месяцев назад +10

      I've had similar experiences too, it's what the horror Author Clark Ashton Smith called the Genius Loci, the spirit of place.

    • @Useaname
      @Useaname 5 месяцев назад +6

      A lot is to do with magnetic lines

    • @kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934
      @kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934 4 месяца назад +3

      @@Useanamethat’s intriguing

  • @tamc1766
    @tamc1766 4 месяца назад +197

    HI MATE
    I was in Arran... miles from nowhere !
    Got a fire going ... it was pitch black late December ...
    If you can imagine ... all you can see is maybe 6 feet from the fire in all directions !
    This Guy just appeared out of the Darkness !
    He said that's a nice fire can I join you ?
    The hairs on the back of my Neck stood up !
    Got talking !
    I went to my tent and grabbed my bushcraft knife and hid it under
    My poncho .... He really made me uncomfortable!
    He later disappeared back into the Darkness !!!
    Worse night sleep I've ever had ...LOL !

    • @the-fiddling-fox
      @the-fiddling-fox 4 месяца назад +16

      Why was he out walking in the pitch dark?

    • @kkonrad4165
      @kkonrad4165 4 месяца назад +13

      😖 so scary!! Glad you're okay!

    • @tamc1766
      @tamc1766 4 месяца назад +44

      The Guy said he had argued with his girlfriend... And went camping,
      She phoned him and they argued for ages ! Was glad when he left ....
      But it wasn't sure if he would return....
      Got up first light , packed up and left

    • @loridavis5699
      @loridavis5699 4 месяца назад +12

      Jeezus!!! That was terrifying!!!😮

    • @Gracealone111
      @Gracealone111 4 месяца назад +36

      Duuude! Here in the States, there's a significant risk of getting your head blown off, suddenly showing up at someone's campsite - at night - unannounced - in the middle of nowhere.

  • @hawleygriffin1800
    @hawleygriffin1800 4 месяца назад +157

    Back in the late 1970's I went camping with a group of friends on Labor Day weekend. They all had to be back at work on Tuesday. I stayed an extra day by myself to fish after the weekend crowd had disappeared. For some reason that night, I felt squeamish about staying in my tent. People rented places to keep travel caravans in the camp ground and I parked my jeep in between a couple of them, took the passenger seat out so I would have room and slept in my jeep that night. About one in the morning 4 motorcycles came into the camp ground and drove over my tent. Always trust your instincts.

    • @SilvaMorasten
      @SilvaMorasten 4 месяца назад +18

      that's pretty scary, so you just have left your tent built and those motorcycles just drove over probably expecting they run over somebody?

    • @hawleygriffin1800
      @hawleygriffin1800 4 месяца назад +31

      @@SilvaMorasten Yep. I was really glad they didn't find me sleeping in my jeep parked between the travel trailers.

    • @milks9289
      @milks9289 4 месяца назад +14

      @@hawleygriffin1800 Thats scary as hell. Who were they?

    • @jemmah4723
      @jemmah4723 3 месяца назад +13

      That’s evil! Thank goodness you weren’t in it.

    • @MyLuckyGirlEra
      @MyLuckyGirlEra 3 месяца назад +6

      That’s an absolutely evil thing to do…

  • @Mickyboi1
    @Mickyboi1 5 месяцев назад +160

    Always listen to that gut feeling that tells you something isn’t right

    • @loubloom1941
      @loubloom1941 4 месяца назад

      Especially if the food is expired

  • @Worldsamess2024
    @Worldsamess2024 5 месяцев назад +162

    Years ago a friend of mine told me this story! Herself, her husband and children were picnicking by a large lake in Britain somewhere, (I can't remember exactly where) My friend was down by the lake side when suddenly an inner voice and her instincts told her "Get away from there NOW, MOVE". She said she felt really terrified for no good reason she could think of. But move she did, and took the family with her. 😳

    • @loubloom1941
      @loubloom1941 4 месяца назад +8

      I think they call that schizophrenia. There is medication for it.

    • @OrlandoShroom
      @OrlandoShroom 4 месяца назад +1

      @@loubloom1941or it’s called not being a nimrod that’s listening to WAP on airpods while hiking so you can pick up on your biological senses that can interpret warnings in a multitude of ways that often go ignored

    • @AriaIsara
      @AriaIsara 4 месяца назад +26

      ​@@loubloom1941it's not schizophrenia if it happened only once in someone's life. You're really silly. It's funny when people try to act like they are the rational ones but end up saying ridiculous sh!t...

    • @KingOfhearts72
      @KingOfhearts72 2 месяца назад

      @@AriaIsara copium

    • @JV-vy7de
      @JV-vy7de 2 месяца назад

      Happened to me also. Woke at 3:00am completely terrified, frozen in my tent. Its a long story. Most terrified I've ever been.

  • @Vikiwastestime
    @Vikiwastestime 4 месяца назад +31

    Always told my kids: listen to your little voice. If something doesn't 'feel' okay, then it's not okay. Nice video!

  • @Caveman-bu7mz
    @Caveman-bu7mz 5 месяцев назад +70

    This caught ny attention as years back i had a similar experience not far from here and decided not to camp and head home.Ended up having an odd experience as i packed up the van and left,like others say-always trust your gut.you made the right decision buddy.Safe travels

  • @bobbysilver272
    @bobbysilver272 5 месяцев назад +138

    I have night fished hundreds of times over the years. However, about 30 years ago I night fished on Thirlmere. Something made me more scared than I have ever been. There was definitely something beyond the normal. It was not nice.
    I had to pack up and leave in the middle of the night. I was not wanted there.

    • @townstunsltd6727
      @townstunsltd6727 4 месяца назад +2

      Sounds like a black leopard encounter --which can be a bit similar to walking into a rough council estate, where "your sort" are just not welcome --at all! Big Cat Britain... (they're typically weary of human, and I think they see us as a nuisance!)

    • @hannah1948
      @hannah1948 4 месяца назад +2

      yep, always listen to your instincts!! you probably saved yourself.

    • @loubloom1941
      @loubloom1941 4 месяца назад +5

      Well, yeah. The fish probably didn't want you there. Can't say I blame them!

    • @bobbysilver272
      @bobbysilver272 4 месяца назад +4

      @@loubloom1941 Yawn...

    • @loubloom1941
      @loubloom1941 4 месяца назад +1

      ​@@bobbysilver272 you know it's true

  • @justgrowthehellup6598
    @justgrowthehellup6598 5 месяцев назад +427

    Many years ago, back in the very early 80s, I went camping in Devon with my boyfriend. We were driving down a narrow back road in the twilght when there was a sudden sharp smack on the window on my side of the car and the car partially lifted off - both wheels off the road, again on my side. I screamed at my boyfriend to step on it and get the hell out of there because a voice - to this day I don't know if it was in my head - yelled at me, "don't look out the window. don't look out the window." Now, for some reason I knew it meant the side window, so sobbing in fear I kept my gaze strictly to the fore as he gunned it out of there as fast as he could. Much further on, we reached a clearing where there were street lights and he, being the sort who didn't believe in anything that didn't have a "rational explanation" got out of the car and walked all around it to check for damage or signs of anything out of the ordinary. Nothing. Now, the thing is there were no overhanging branches, rocks on the road or anything of that nature that could have explained what happened Eventually, he opened the boot and decided it must have been caused by the small camping gas cannister rattling around in the boot - except it wasn't rattling around, it was well secured. Still, he'd found an explanation that satisfied him. Not me, though, I felt sick and overcome by fear. There was just something so wrong. I could feel it, a thick, dark, threatening mass. We drove on and eventually reached the camp site - I wish I could remember exactly where it was - somewhere around Ilfracombe, is as good as I can come up with. There were a couple of other tents there and a caravan or two. The feeling of fear far from abating got stronger and stronger. I literally sat crying in the car while he (poor thing) erected the tent by himself. It was dark by now, so I couldn't see much and eventually he persuaded me to come into the tent. Well, I can honestly say, I didn't sleep a wink that night, the reason being that I could hear the most awful heart-rending wailing of women and children all night long. It was terrifying. Unearthly. The next morning I asked the other campers/caravanners if they had heard anything but they just looked at me like I was mad. We left, even before breakfast as I simply couldn't stay another minute - I was a wreck. Moreover, with the coming of daylight, we noticed something we had missed in the dark of the previous night, a burial mound within touching distance of the campsite. I didn't feel I was back to normal until Devon was receding in our rear view mirror. The sensible boyfriend confessed years later that he had been terrified too and had no rational explanation for what happened. I do, though, because I was so disturbed by our experience and fascinated at the same time, that I undertook some research and discovered that around the area we had driven through there had been a horrific ambush and several people had been massacred. I think, perhaps, the conditions were such that we (me in particular) somehow tuned into a replay of it and I suspect I also tuned into the terrible grief surrounding the burial mound. It was not my first or last encounter with the supernatural but the details of that particular one are etched into my memory and the devastating feeling of both evil and grief. Sorry, this answer is so long, but I just wanted to say that, yes, you should always trust your instincts, that little inner voice that most of us fail to listen to, as it will never send you wrong. I taught my children that lesson from when they were small and it has saved them more than once. I really enjoyed your video. One day, I hope to visit Scotland. I am a Celt too but from Ireland.

    • @carriehellyer1777
      @carriehellyer1777 5 месяцев назад +8

      Devon or Wales? You mention both in your recounting.

    • @jayneyboing1
      @jayneyboing1 5 месяцев назад

      This person said they are Irish so assuming that's where they live, the nearest Ferry crossing would be from Fishguard, back over to Ireland . ​@@carriehellyer1777

    • @Anikat
      @Anikat 5 месяцев назад +28

      "tuning in to a replay" is a great way to describe it. My mum told a story of a weird "tuning in" to some past event, fortunately hers was not traumatic. Her "gift" would show itself for the most random things, and not very often, but by god was it always right. 😂I try and find rational explanations first, but there's definitely some shit that's darned difficult to explain....

    • @justgrowthehellup6598
      @justgrowthehellup6598 5 месяцев назад +16

      @@carriehellyer1777 Sorry, senior moment, it was Devon. Corrected it.

    • @fionareed9884
      @fionareed9884 5 месяцев назад +23

      As empaths we always 'feel' the environment & energy. A medium once told me yrs ago...always trust your gut instinct, it never lets you down! So true 🙏❤

  • @carolyns99
    @carolyns99 4 месяца назад +89

    Many years ago my husband and I walked the Southern Circuit around Wilson's Promontory in Victoria, Australia. It's a multi day loop from Tidal River camp ground. All went well until we got to our last night in Oberon Bay where the campsites were in amongst the scrub and we were the only ones there. We spent half an hour or so wandering around trying to pick a spot but something was creeping us both out.
    In the end, despite being completely shattered from a full day of hiking we decided to push through the last 2.5 hour stretch back to Tidal River. As soon as we decided to do that we both got a second wind and took off like greyhounds! I'm pretty sure it didn't take us as long as it should but, as soon as we got over the last headland and down on to Norman Beach at the far end from the camp ground, and what my mind deemed safety, the adrenaline (and my legs) just more or less gave out and I didn't think I was going to make it down that last stretch.
    Don't know what it was that spooked us both, but I don't think I have ever experienced an adrenaline surge like that in my life, before or since. Certainly not one that lasted that long anyway and, to this day, when I run out of energy suddenly after a stretch of activity, I still call it "hitting the beach" and think back to that insane dash into the dusk.

    • @LorenaChamorro-n8l
      @LorenaChamorro-n8l 4 месяца назад +1

      I think Australia ( never been there but heard stories) has a lots of vicious wild life. giant spiders snakes and Boxing type Kangaroos, no thanks

    • @carolyns99
      @carolyns99 4 месяца назад +7

      @@LorenaChamorro-n8l It's the drop bears and bunyips you have to watch out for. The bottersnikes are pretty nasty too.

    • @Deepblueseas-s5l
      @Deepblueseas-s5l 4 месяца назад +6

      That decision probably saved your life.

    • @hannah1948
      @hannah1948 4 месяца назад

      @@LorenaChamorro-n8l Don't forget the drop bears!!

    • @PolarBear-rc4ks
      @PolarBear-rc4ks 20 дней назад

      ​@@carolyns99 😂

  • @0230Raveena
    @0230Raveena 4 месяца назад +13

    I'm glad you posted this because its a reminder to everyone who ventures out that if it doesn't feel right, trust your instincts, listen to your intuition and turn back. There will always be other opportunities.

  • @Ziggydoodah
    @Ziggydoodah 5 месяцев назад +94

    I was brought up in a small village in the Trossachs. We were always outdoors as a family and playing with friends. From the age of 8 I would take our dog gor a walk and walk for miles in scenery like that. Although I was aware of dangers I felt very safe. Would I do it now..no chance. Always get the feeling we are being watched. If you get that "feeling"..make sure you act on it. Great channel, I will start watching

    • @mrbrownz554
      @mrbrownz554 5 месяцев назад

      @@Ziggydoodah kilmahog? AKA Splatmapig?

  • @Allegra11
    @Allegra11 5 месяцев назад +81

    I'm glad you posted this. I'm from Perthshire and I recently got that same weird feeling by an isolated lochan ~ I didn't hang about either. In my experience if you get that unsettling uncomfortable feeling it's best to leave.

    • @KryptonitetoallBS
      @KryptonitetoallBS 5 месяцев назад +1

      Why? What terrible experience did you have that led you to that conclusion?

    • @lynnepostings
      @lynnepostings 5 месяцев назад +13

      ​@@KryptonitetoallBS
      Your own inner voice/gut feeling might just save your life one day ... but never mind
      YOU just ignore it .. good luck !

    • @Allegra11
      @Allegra11 5 месяцев назад +13

      @@KryptonitetoallBS I'll tell you ~ I had that same feeling just before my mum went on a road trip with her friend. I was begging her not to go and I wouldn't go even although that really upset the plans. They were in a very bad accident. The car rolled numerous times. My mum broke her back and her friend nearly lost her foot. They were lucky to escape with their lives.

    • @KryptonitetoallBS
      @KryptonitetoallBS 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@Allegra11 People are involved in car crashes every single day of the week. Dozens of them. When you have a sudden fear and then something materialises there's a name for it. It's called coincidence 👍

    • @lynnepostings
      @lynnepostings 5 месяцев назад +5

      @@KryptonitetoallBS
      EXCUSE ME !!! Where did I even say
      " In my experience" for you to be able to say that YOU are quoting it ?
      Can you not read ? Get your facts right !!!

  • @Starry_Skye22
    @Starry_Skye22 4 месяца назад +16

    Glad you posted and also very glad you trusted your instincts. Always trust your instincts!!

  • @jdenmark1287
    @jdenmark1287 4 месяца назад +12

    Always trust your instincts. We all have intuition that warns us when someone has ill intentions focused on us or is up to no good in general.
    Had a similar experience in 2005 camping and couldn’t sleep all night. Patrolled the area as soon as dawn broke and found some offal along the road, which I reported to local law enforcement, who dismissed it as hunting by product. Come to find out a local man had gone on a long weekend murder spree that resulted in four people and two dogs losing their lives all of which he dismembered and left on local forest roads including the one I was on.
    So yeah, if something doesn’t feel, smell or look right don’t be afraid to be safe.

  • @room2growrose623
    @room2growrose623 4 месяца назад +79

    Yup…sometimes there’s that weird feeling that is meant to be acknowledged. Just leave. When I was a kid, my father would take us camping up in the Rocky Mountains in the summertime. In a former life, he had been a forest ranger so he would go to the land department and get topographical maps of places way up in the Rocky Mountains that nobody knew about that we’d sometimes off road to. One summer he found a trail for us to hike up to a little loch. As we moved up the trail hiking towards it. It was a wonderful fresh bright late morning. When we reached it, it was beautiful and peaceful, and I quickly got changed into my swimsuit, planning on swimming. I was a rather adventurous child so I stepped out onto a rock that pitched out over the water contemplating jumping when I looked over to the side on the beach area and noticed there was a pile of excrement so I went and looked at it, and I asked my dad “what do you think this is?” and he was like “oh probably deer” or something…I went back up on the rock, I had been thinking about jumping in the water and all of a sudden I just got a weird feeling… suddenly the water seemed so dark and so deep and I was terrified. We were supposed to have lunch there, but I went back over to my father and he just said “get your clothes on we’re leaving”and right then and there I knew that he had sense and felt the same thing as me. It had gotten really quiet… so we left immediately and hiked very quickly back down the trail. Always trust your gut. And for people wondering, this is not a guts are churning sensation, it’s like you’re standing on the exposed roof top of a 50 story building type feeling, where you know you’re just kind of floating out there…

    • @margauxbride1908
      @margauxbride1908 4 месяца назад +6

      Do you reckon it was a bear?

    • @tryphtinscott1692
      @tryphtinscott1692 3 месяца назад +3

      That is a perfect explanation of the feeling

    • @coldfura5851
      @coldfura5851 Месяц назад

      When you say Rocky Mountains that's a little ambiguous because there are many mountain ranges in the American West. I live in Montana USA and we have grizzly and mountain lions, which are the only major predators that could go after you but griz' range is limited to Glacier Park and Yellowstone park areas.

  • @Moffatmountainadventures
    @Moffatmountainadventures 5 месяцев назад +66

    Done the same a couple of times. Been pitched up but something was niggling me so I packed up. Well done for getting it posted up

    • @ScottishSummiteer
      @ScottishSummiteer  5 месяцев назад +12

      Thanks mate, glad to hear it’s not just me 😊

  • @willburrows8834
    @willburrows8834 4 месяца назад +198

    Back when I was sixteen, I went camping in the Scottish Highlands with some friends. We made camp under a twenty foot rock outcrop. We were in two tents. Everything was calm and normal until the early hours when we were all of us woken by the sounds of voices, clanging and the soft rumble of day to day life. It was like we had camped in a town. We stayed awake listening to it for ages until it stopped. The next morning we walked a little further on top of the land we had camped under and found the remains of a small settlement that had no doubt been raised as part of the Highland clearances. I swear to this day I heard back three hundred years ago.

    • @nightowl7261
      @nightowl7261 4 месяца назад +3

      What do you mean you heard back 300 years ago?

    • @kathryntyler2565
      @kathryntyler2565 4 месяца назад +22

      Echoes.

    • @janicejackson2016
      @janicejackson2016 4 месяца назад +6

      Brigadoon

    • @hannah1948
      @hannah1948 4 месяца назад +29

      @@nightowl7261 well, some people believe that the land can hold on to memories, sort of like ghosts, and sometimes people are able to hear of see things that existed a long time ago but are long gone now. I think that's what she's talking about.

    • @nightowl7261
      @nightowl7261 4 месяца назад +3

      @@hannah1948
      OK that makes sense now

  • @Elephantsss
    @Elephantsss 5 месяцев назад +161

    About 1972 my girlfriend and I toured the Highlands in a Morris minor , we put up the tent somewhere remote for the night, it had been v near a battle site, .During the night there was a sound like footsteps walking around the tent . I didn't want to say anything and then she whispered to me "I'm scared whats that sound"
    I said yeah so am I ! We held each other tightly all night and I had my knife beside me , but I was thinking of something possibly supernatural . (we were V remote in a rugged landscape. )The place from the beginning felt odd and unfriendly and the swarms of midges at twilight were torture. Don't tell me it was a wombat . we survived ,
    Having a joint after dinner probably did not help at all either.

    • @happyhiker.scotland
      @happyhiker.scotland 5 месяцев назад +20

      Similar thing happened to a friend and I too, it was so weird and freaked us out!

    • @RobAddie
      @RobAddie 5 месяцев назад +23

      The dead sleep lightly.

    • @deathshead357
      @deathshead357 5 месяцев назад +19

      No one has ever been killed by a ghost.

    • @johntomson3812
      @johntomson3812 5 месяцев назад +16

      @@Elephantsss brilliant ending.😂😂👍👍

    • @ScottishSummiteer
      @ScottishSummiteer  5 месяцев назад +11

      Jheeez, sounds mental mate

  • @Yankeewally0524
    @Yankeewally0524 5 месяцев назад +62

    When your dogs sense trouble, they let us know, and we listen to them and believe them. So why do we doubt our own instincts? They come to you to keep you safe. Trust every single feeling.

  • @Finding457
    @Finding457 5 месяцев назад +30

    I’m glad you posted this, it’s important to know about the negatives too

  • @stevenrobertson4470
    @stevenrobertson4470 4 месяца назад +19

    I spent about 5 months in Ingolstadt, Germany in about 1971-1972. The whole time I was there I had a lump in my throat and a continuous feeling of dread which I just couldn't shake off. I felt there was a darkness over the city. Later, I tried to tell myself it was just because I was there in the winter. I went back to visit my landlady and it was summer; I thought it would be completely different. I stepped off the train and immediately, that same feeling of dread and the lump in my throat returned. Ive spent months in other cities and towns in Southern Germany and never had a feeling like that in any of them nor anywhere else. I've told my friends for years that there was something about that city.

    • @milks9289
      @milks9289 4 месяца назад +5

      For me as a German this is interesting to read. I've never been to Ingolstadt, but if I ever will visit this place, then I will pay attention to my gut.

    • @FernBlackwood1995
      @FernBlackwood1995 15 дней назад +1

      Sounds spooky. If my travel dreams come to fruition and I make it to Germany someday I'll keep this in mind.

  • @Jen999
    @Jen999 4 месяца назад +16

    Gut feelings NEVER lie.. you did well lad by turning back as you did..
    So hard it is to walk on boggy land like that.. especially uphill..
    When you are alone .. all precautions need to be taken for your safety..
    SO glad you posted this.. it is encouraging for us to see others do as we have done..
    ALWAYS listen to your gut feeling.. as you did..
    Btw.. excellent video.. and the scenic shots were magnificent..
    Thank you so much.. loved it!
    Slan mo charaid
    William and Jen
    💜💙🌱🌹🙏

  • @themeadman
    @themeadman 4 месяца назад +5

    I'm a woodman from the ozarks. Good on you for getting out of there when you got that feeling. It's better to be sitting at home wishing you stayed than staying and wishing you were home.

  • @martinharrison4550
    @martinharrison4550 4 месяца назад +7

    So refreshing to see a young man appreciating nature, restores my faith in youth.

  • @tomkearns7136
    @tomkearns7136 5 месяцев назад +17

    Your instincts were picking up something that was not right. You did the right thing. Enjoy the hiking, magnificent countryside and video.

  • @DAoutdoors
    @DAoutdoors 5 месяцев назад +110

    Hi Gregor. If you’re not feeling it, then always better to call it. There’s plenty more opportunities. Thanks for still sharing your adventure mate. Still nice to see the wonderful scenery.
    All the best
    Dave 😀🥾⛰🏕️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @ScottishSummiteer
      @ScottishSummiteer  5 месяцев назад +22

      Thanks mate, it’s nice to hear I’m not just a big woose😂😂
      All the best

  • @carolina_girl3484
    @carolina_girl3484 4 месяца назад +13

    That eerie feeling is a message. You did the right thing by leaving! Happy Hiking !

  • @jonathanlister5644
    @jonathanlister5644 5 месяцев назад +77

    About 20 years ago I went with a friend, who had a boat, to Loch Awe to fish. We camped out on an Island which had an ancient graveyard, as dusk was falling I was collecting fallen branches for our fire. As I neared the walled graveyard I had an immense feeling that I was encroaching on the peace of the departed. It was the most profound sense of being unwelcome it really affected me deeply and of course I turned and headed back to our tent. The thing is I wouldn't have gone into the graveyard even if I hadn't sensed any kind of malevolent atmosphere.

    • @lizroberts1569
      @lizroberts1569 5 месяцев назад +18

      I had a similar feeling visiting Culloden as a teenager, before I even knew what happened there.

    • @jonathanlister5644
      @jonathanlister5644 5 месяцев назад +10

      @@lizroberts1569 You should read Sorley MacLean's Hallaig! "They are still in Hallaig... The dead have been seen alive."

    • @mrbrownz554
      @mrbrownz554 5 месяцев назад +1

      Should've told the ghosts that

    • @requiscatinpace7392
      @requiscatinpace7392 5 месяцев назад

      I’ve camped on that island as well although I enjoyed it. Maybe the beers helped.

    • @jonathanlister5644
      @jonathanlister5644 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@requiscatinpace7392 Well I was on the spirits that evening!

  • @oceansunset6147
    @oceansunset6147 4 месяца назад +20

    I find it fascinating how some places feel like we are in heaven and others make us feel like we need to get out fast. I’m very connected to energies, thank you for reminding us to listen to our gut 💕

  • @pietruin
    @pietruin 4 месяца назад +4

    I’ve never regretted listening to my intuition, but I have had some regrets when I ignored it! I’m 73 and I have hiked and walked solo on many different terrains throughout the world without any serious problems. I credit this to following my intuition and good luck. I wish the same for you, and thank you for taking us along in your travels.

  • @calicocritterscrafts886
    @calicocritterscrafts886 4 месяца назад +13

    Went walking in the Rockies by my uncles house. Beautiful Aspen grove, birds chirping, temperature was blissful, so beautiful! All of the sudden, birds stopped chirping (completely) and this eerie feeling came over me. I hightailed it back to my uncles place and told him what happened. He said I was smart to leave as a bear or some such could have been nearby! Always trust your instincts!!

  • @1deseret
    @1deseret 4 месяца назад +17

    Couple of short stories here:
    First, my great grandmother, when she was small, she and some neighbor girls were playing in the dirt outside when she suddenly had this awful feeling that she needed to move NOW! She tried to get the others to move also. At first they didn't want to, so she picked up her things and started running, which scared and motivated the others. About 2 minutes later a ferocious wind came up and picked up a small shack or building and plopped it right where they were playing. Listen to that still small voice!
    Second, my mom was in college and she and a friend were walking home together. There was a very wooded, isolated shortcut from the university to their home down below the canal hill, which they always took. On this occasion, as they were walking, both of them at the same time got an awful feeling, looked at each other without saying a word, and just started running back up the hill. Some time a few months before that, my mom was alone and had been walking down the same path to go home. Suddenly, a man appeared about 20-30 feet away, naked, staring at her. My mom just started running. Thankfully she got away. Perhaps he was around again when she and her friend came down, and had plans to harm them.

    • @N.A.H.S.Camping
      @N.A.H.S.Camping 3 месяца назад

      As for the 2nd story, that’s just Jerry. He think’ he’s Adam from the Bible, pay him no heed. Jokes aside, that’s freakin scary.

  • @the-fiddling-fox
    @the-fiddling-fox 4 месяца назад +24

    I live in a small village in NE Scotland on the edge of a woodland estate where I walk 2 or 3 times a week with the dog. Never any problems and I hardly even see another person. About 12 years ago before I got the dog, I was out for a walk on my usual route and it was starting to get dark so I headed back. I’ve walked up there a gazillion times, even through the woods in the dark, and nothing ever bothered me but this one evening I got to a particular 200m stretch of tarmac road through the trees, and a feeling of utter fear came over me from nowhere. I wasn’t just a little bit creeped out, I was terrified and took to my heels. Once past that stretch of road I was fine. Very strange! I’d walked there so many times before, and since, and felt nothing.

    • @seandelaney1423
      @seandelaney1423 4 месяца назад +2

      Where is that village mate ? I lived near Elgin in the late 70s - early 80s .

    • @RotGoblin
      @RotGoblin 4 месяца назад +5

      People will call me nuts, or a liar etc, but I used to get a feeling of dread walking back from a mates house at dusk or dark through a small wood, a few miles out from civilisation.
      Always felt like something was watching me through there. I'd play with a lighter or sing to myself, but always felt like if I ran I was done for. Just keep calm and plod onwards.
      Well one day, sometime in late summer 2002, middle of a bright sunny day, I was walking down to his house and there casually loping through the field to me left, maybe 80-100 yards out in the hay field before the wood was unmistakably a large black cat. Clear as day, couldn't have been anything else with the shape and how it moved.
      My mate thought I was talking nonsense. His dad however said he'd seen it too, and the farmer who owned the land said he'd found 3 of his lost sheep as carcasses up in trees.
      I know what I saw, I know what I felt. Oddly enough though it made me feel braver about walking through there at night, it hadn't approached me before then, and it never approached me after. Never saw it again. But now and then, I still felt like something was watching me in that wood.

    • @Mortthemoose
      @Mortthemoose 4 месяца назад

      ​@@RotGoblin interesting.
      I don't think there's ever been a case of these Panthers hurting people though.

  • @auldburdlaughin
    @auldburdlaughin 5 месяцев назад +130

    There are places here in Scotland where much older, much more experienced people have literally had experiences which frightened the living daylights out of them, and to which they never return regardless of the weather.

    • @croc8998
      @croc8998 5 месяцев назад +11

      Intrigued 😮

    • @Sydopath
      @Sydopath 5 месяцев назад +26

      Like the high flats in Castlemilk ☠️

    • @auldburdlaughin
      @auldburdlaughin 5 месяцев назад +3

      @@Sydopath 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @Sydopath
      @Sydopath 5 месяцев назад +33

      @@auldburdlaughin I went to a New Year’s party in one of them flats a couple of years ago with an attractive girl I had just met in a city centre pub. Two wild looking guys whispered in my ear - make sure you enjoy yersell pal, coz we’re gonnae slice ye wi a hatchet before ye leave. I pretended to mingle for a while, then found the front door and ran like a greyhound down the stairs. I heard the girl shouting my name to come back, but sod that. I reckon I have PTSD - I can’t even see a road sign for Castlemilk even now, without getting the shivers.

    • @auldburdlaughin
      @auldburdlaughin 5 месяцев назад +16

      @@Sydopath Not quite the experience I meant, but I get your point 😬 glad you escaped!

  • @monicamestas7566
    @monicamestas7566 4 месяца назад +6

    Always listen to your gut. Enjoyed your video from Southern California, USA. Glad you did post it.

  • @jaytay8637
    @jaytay8637 5 месяцев назад +50

    I live in hghland Perthshire and I have always found those wee lochans, especially if they are surrounded by reeds, very unsettling.

    • @mkdy218
      @mkdy218 4 месяца назад +4

      If anybody knows is going to be someone like you who's very close to it !

  • @purpleaki1277
    @purpleaki1277 4 месяца назад +19

    Wise man, i never disregard my intuition just like i never disregard my dog if he acts out of sorts. Great video mate you caught some beautiful scenery 👍

  • @gloaming4247
    @gloaming4247 4 месяца назад +70

    A couple of mates from Germany were camping by a wee loch up that way last year, nobody else around. They got woken by what they thought was a floodlight being shone at their tent, my mate got out and said there was an incredibly bright ball of light on the other side of the loch that moved silently along the ground before disappearing, spooked the hell out of them and they packed up and left in the middle of the night!

    • @dulciemidwinter1925
      @dulciemidwinter1925 4 месяца назад +8

      Ball lightening?

    • @gloaming4247
      @gloaming4247 4 месяца назад +12

      @@dulciemidwinter1925 No idea, it was a clear summer night though, no thunder heard or anything like that. That's part of what freaked them out so much, their first thought was it was some hicks with a hunting lights on a truck but when it moved there was no sound. Whole event was quiet.

    • @Diewelle666
      @Diewelle666 4 месяца назад +22

      In folklore, a will-o'-the-wisp, will-o'-wisp, or ignis fatuus (Latin for 'foolish flame';[1] pl. ignes fatui), is an atmospheric ghost light seen by travellers at night, especially over bogs, swamps or marshes. The phenomenon is known in much of European folklore by a variety of names, including jack-o'-lantern, friar's lantern, and hinkypunk, and is said to mislead travellers by resembling a flickering lamp or lantern.[2] In literature, will-o'-the-wisp metaphorically refers to a hope or goal that leads one on, but is impossible to reach, or something one finds strange or sinister.

    • @hannah1948
      @hannah1948 4 месяца назад +4

      Yeah, they did the right thing. I would left too!!

    • @hannah1948
      @hannah1948 4 месяца назад +1

      @@dulciemidwinter1925 its possible I guess, but ball lightning is rare.

  • @sueKay
    @sueKay 5 месяцев назад +35

    One of the few places I've been camping is Glen Orchy, down by the river (well past the rapids). Our camping spot was fine but I remember further up the river gave me the creeps. I was only 10 and I distinctly remember that. I'm now in my 30s and I've still never been back, and every time I think about walking there I cant do it. I've had that creepy feeling in another couple of places too, most recently in a patch of forestry on the east side of Loch Lomond, and a river mouth on West Loch Lomond and I always listen to my gut and move on quickly.

    • @sueKay
      @sueKay 2 месяца назад

      @AlexMitchell-sj4sb It's so unsettling when you realise other people have been creeped out in the same place!! And yes, we left early the next morning due to the midges - they're the worst I've ever encountered!!

  • @healgrowlovecommunity8397
    @healgrowlovecommunity8397 5 месяцев назад +33

    We drove from Oxford to Skye every year and I remember the bridge of Orchy because our topbox blew open and all our clothes ended up in puddles. Great start! The area that always freaked me out was Rannoch moor. Very eerie.
    The .most eerie prize has to go to Culloden. We went before the Visitor's centre was built. Silent. No birds. My teenage daughter flatly refused to get out of the car.
    You did the right thing by listening to your gut and I loved your video.
    BTW we ended up moving to the Outer Hebrides. Been here 20 years and love it.

    • @jaytay8637
      @jaytay8637 4 месяца назад +4

      I felt the same at Culloden , many years ago and I had no idea where I was exactly, just stopped on a random drive for a coffee from my flask and very soon back in the car and gone. Found out later that I had been at a lonely spot on Culloden moor.

    • @bobbys4327
      @bobbys4327 2 месяца назад

      never go out onto the moors at night!

    • @racheltaylor6578
      @racheltaylor6578 Месяц назад +1

      @@healgrowlovecommunity8397 I camped near a bridge on Rannoch moor and could hear people talking.I got up and left at 4am because I was so freaked out.It was in the middle of nowhere with no living people around.

  • @joycemckeown789
    @joycemckeown789 4 месяца назад +17

    Once had this feeling in an apartment we were given alone of in France ,never experienced this before, would not get out of bed during the night to go to the bathroom, the only area in the apartment that was fine was the kitchen, never felt comfortable and never went back.

  • @trinovantian1
    @trinovantian1 5 месяцев назад +123

    A strange experience happened to me about 8years ago when my wife and I visited Southwold in Suffolk, England, a favourite and popular seaside town that we frequently visit. On this visit we were exploring the beautiful St Edmund church and graveyard. While reading the ancient gravestones I approached a large monument situated on the south side of the church. This grave was the largest most ornate one there and dated from around the 1850s, it was dedicated to the Bardwell family. While examining this grave I was suddenly overwhelmed with a sense of foreboding and sensed that my presence wasn’t welcome causing me to walk away suddenly as I explained to my wife what had just happened. I have never experienced anything like that before or after and have since returned with no repeat but I tend to give that grave a wide berth. I have no explanation as to what happened but it felt tangible and very real.

    • @missasinenomine
      @missasinenomine 4 месяца назад +2

      Did you visit the church at Blythsburgh? The side door has some scratches on it allegedly made by the devil.

    • @missasinenomine
      @missasinenomine 4 месяца назад +5

      I was in Bunhill Fields cemetery in 2010, near Old Street EC London, lots of people there, it was a nice day & possibly a lunch break for some, a pub on the corner, YMCA nearby, etc.
      & as I was going out near the entrance, I passed a standing grave stone, quite high, 5-6' (?), & there was a young woman (I think dark skinned - can't remember), babbling loudly & relentlessly in a strange tongue. I walked on by, but now I realise that she was demon possessed & was communicating with her "ancestor(s)" who are demons. As a Christian, I could have driven out that demon in the Name of Jesus, but the woman might have screamed & collapsed with exhaustion, (as sometimes occurs with exorcism), & then I would have been arrested for attempted rape in a public place.
      Evil spirits are alive & well in Africa. They are NOT "ancestors". They are NOT friendly, but evil, & Africans live in fear of them, although they don't admit it. Ancestors have to be appeased.
      Someone told me that while on holiday in S.Africa, he was on the cliff top, & wanted to take a photo, (a strange thing tourists tend to do), & walked towards the edge to get a good shot.
      His African companion(s) shouted to him, not, understandably & wisely, "Don't go near the edge!, the wind might blow you over", but instead, "Don't go near the edge! The SPIRITS will push you over!" Spirits? But why? Because they're the spirits, not of your dear old great
      (x +++) granny & grandpa, but evil demons.
      So I think it's possible you encountered some spirit at the grave of the Bardwells.
      We had a holiday in Southwold in 1960. It rained every day, & the North sea was COLD!
      Btw, I don't like your picture at ALL!. This looks demonic to me. But at least it's not black. Why is everyone obsessed with wearing black? Is it just me that notices?

    • @trinovantian1
      @trinovantian1 4 месяца назад

      @@missasinenomine - Trust me, the soviet era gas mask picture was deliberate and appreciated during COVID……nothing to do with demons !
      I am aware of legends and of what you mention but I was struck more by the real human tragedy that befell the Kennedy family above Blythburgh……….

    • @thurayya8905
      @thurayya8905 4 месяца назад

      I have had experiences like that; it is one of the reasons I stay out of graveyards. Spooky and almost impossible to convey the feeling to anyone else.

    • @anamariakellenberger8146
      @anamariakellenberger8146 2 месяца назад

      ​@@missasinenomine por qué todos se visten de negro ? ! , yo también me hice esta pregunta, y tengo al menos 2 respuestas : 1) pues quieren estar a la moda, el negro es moda de años, y es tan lúgubre, 2) expresan sus sentimientos de esa forma, los colores que se eligen son reflejos del ánimo que poseen. 3) quieren hacerse los interesantes, llamar la atención, vestidos todo, o casi todos, de negro creen de ser más elegantes o especiales.

  • @VMM34
    @VMM34 5 месяцев назад +22

    Just found your channel. And what an amazing comment section, best people all in one place. Wonderful

  • @lindar8583
    @lindar8583 5 месяцев назад +17

    I'm glad you posted this and as always trust what your gut says. Keep you doing what you're doing

  • @Retired1967
    @Retired1967 5 месяцев назад +19

    Not a failure, there's no such thing. It's just another experience to add to your bedpost.
    Keep doing what you're doing.
    Great video.

  • @barbara1407
    @barbara1407 4 месяца назад +32

    “There are more things in Heaven and Earth than are dreamed of in your philosophy”. How very true. Always trust your instincts and get out of there if you get bad vibes.

  • @bewilderbeastie8899
    @bewilderbeastie8899 Месяц назад +2

    Had that feeling. I was walking in some woods with a friend, not even that far from civilisation, we had our bikes, and all of a sudden I felt a deep sense of dread. Like the woods were actively hostile. I made him turn back. Later on I took my mother and aunt there, just on a walk, and my aunt said "I don't like it here, let's leave". Some places are just creepy.

  • @cathcolwell2197
    @cathcolwell2197 4 месяца назад +80

    Many years ago, my spouse and I were setting up camp in Colorado. It was about 3 PM. When we were almost done, we looked at each other, and for no reason that either of us could figure we were full of terror. We threw everything that we had set up in the backof the truck and sped out of there. We didn’t even know how to talk about it.

    • @altitudeiseverything3163
      @altitudeiseverything3163 4 месяца назад +17

      Yes, but here in Colorado we have tangible dangers to fear… large predators that may actually decide to eat you (bears, mountain lions), rattlesnakes that can poison you, and moose that can stomp you to death.
      That said, trusting your gut when you sense danger -even if the exact threat is unclear- is always a good idea.

    • @xenos975
      @xenos975 4 месяца назад

      @@altitudeiseverything3163ahh whatta weenie

    • @Aperson84782
      @Aperson84782 3 месяца назад

      Ik it’s probably not it but Bigfoot is known to produce Infra sound. A Frequency we can’t hear but when we take it in it involves immediate intense fear. They did experiments in concerts. People never knew they were playing infrasound but when they were asked at the end of the experiment most if not all people claimed they felt the feeling of uneasiness and absolute fear. If you discredit me because I think there’s a chance of Bigfoot existing. Please check out Bob Gymlan he gets sent stories and does actual logical takes on the cryptid.

    • @sheilaathay2034
      @sheilaathay2034 2 месяца назад +3

      Out here in the west, we call that "gettin spooked"...😑

    • @itrasheditgood
      @itrasheditgood Месяц назад +3

      @@sheilaathay2034getting spooked is way better than getting dead.

  • @davidlee6720
    @davidlee6720 5 месяцев назад +135

    The 'hills have eyes'. Just as soon as you leave civilisation, The rational world is only a veneer.

    • @johnmudd6453
      @johnmudd6453 5 месяцев назад +10

      The highland broad sword massacre

    • @scotlandtheinsane3359
      @scotlandtheinsane3359 5 месяцев назад +14

      The Highlands is literally one of the safest places in the world, though..😂

    • @titteryenot4524
      @titteryenot4524 5 месяцев назад

      No they don’t. It’s all in your head. The only eyes are in your head.

    • @juliuscaesar3346
      @juliuscaesar3346 5 месяцев назад +1

      Couldn’t have said it any better you are definitely right.

    • @utej.k.bemsel4777
      @utej.k.bemsel4777 4 месяца назад +3

      I've heard it this way: "Trees have eyes and stones have ears!"

  • @paulm3033
    @paulm3033 5 месяцев назад +25

    Maybe it was the site of an ancient battlefield and that's why it was so creepy .Some places definitely have a atmosphere.Enjoyed the video 👍

  • @VictorStoke
    @VictorStoke 2 месяца назад +2

    I’m glad you were smart enough to listen to your instincts and didn’t stay in the pursuit of creating content. Too many people have died for the “views” I’m glad you’re alive and chose to continue your journey.

  • @dawnangelawalker
    @dawnangelawalker 4 месяца назад +8

    I've been walking in forest tracks before and had the feeling I'm not alone. The weirdest thing. Enjoyed your trip. Thanks for sharing

  • @marionb299
    @marionb299 5 месяцев назад +8

    I watched that and was glad that you left. I think it is good to show yourself listening to your instincts. You have them for a reason. Some places do feel eerie as anything and it isn’t nice. Glad you made your way back and didn’t push yourself to stay!!xx

  • @thumper2k174
    @thumper2k174 4 месяца назад +5

    That is not a fail sir. It's called trusting your gut. Your natural intuition is telling you something is not right and you are wise to listen to it. As you said it was a nice hike and a good video. Beautiful country there. Thank you for taking us along.

  • @myslicechannel
    @myslicechannel 5 месяцев назад +33

    There have been very strange things heard and seen by folk wild camping in our mountains and hills so it's no wonder you felt something!

  • @garycrowther4912
    @garycrowther4912 5 месяцев назад +31

    Cheers for vid and pleased that you post if when things don’t go to plan , we don’t live in a perfect world . Catch you next time.

    • @ScottishSummiteer
      @ScottishSummiteer  5 месяцев назад +9

      Thanks mate, means a lot that you still enjoyed it🙏

  • @WildMel-mk1rz
    @WildMel-mk1rz 5 месяцев назад +26

    You have to listen to your instincts. They are there for a reason. New subscriber here! Thanks for sharing 🌳😁🌳

  • @joannekirkpatrick4255
    @joannekirkpatrick4255 5 месяцев назад +16

    Great video,yes I've had that feeling of dread and uncertainty and the intense feeling of being watched..i moved on very swiftly,some places are sacred and untouched by human footprint therefore ancient energies are at their highest .

  • @christinarobohm6920
    @christinarobohm6920 4 месяца назад +4

    You captured and validated an experience I've had so many times! Thank you, so real

  • @deerhaven3350
    @deerhaven3350 4 месяца назад +9

    My DNA says I'm 45% Scottish, yet I've never laid foot on land east of the U.S. I'm the fourth generation of my family to call western Washington state, USA, home. I am sincerely gob-smacked at how similar the vegetation and terrain you are showing is to here. Perhaps this is why my ancestors settled here as it reminded them of home. Thank you for sharing this content.

    • @marybethune3741
      @marybethune3741 4 месяца назад +3

      I recently went to Scotland, highlands. Our family is from there on my dadas side. I live in Washington state as well. Love both places !

  • @JanetHolland-cq5zl
    @JanetHolland-cq5zl 5 месяцев назад +51

    I think if you were the type to worry about being alone you wouldn't be doing these camps, thanks for showing us the beautiful views.

  • @rebeccalucysmith9689
    @rebeccalucysmith9689 5 месяцев назад +31

    Once I went to stay in a Bothy in North Wales, we went in the evening and it was getting dark as we approached, my friend knew the way and was much further ahead, and at this one spot for a short time I had a funny feeling, maybe that we weren’t alone, but not like there was anyone actually there. When I caught up I said I’d been a bit creeped out back there, and he said I should have called him to slow down. Then he said this was the sight off a WW2 plane crash and it had landed in the lake just there. Made me shiver that, glad we were in the Bothy and not a tent!

    • @mrbrownz554
      @mrbrownz554 5 месяцев назад +1

      Aye a bothy will save you

    • @Tutume1111
      @Tutume1111 4 месяца назад

      ​@mrbrownz554 how come the Bothy can save from that creepy feeling?

    • @mrbrownz554
      @mrbrownz554 4 месяца назад

      @@Tutume1111 sarcasm

  • @olwens1368
    @olwens1368 5 месяцев назад +14

    Very interesting, glorious scenery. And as many others have said ALWAYS follow your gut instincts. There is usually a reason and even if there isn't, better safe than sorry.

  • @janegaff6970
    @janegaff6970 4 месяца назад +9

    Still enjoyed this. Thank you. I often get somewhere and just think ‘nawwww’ so I’m glad it’s not just me. Even if it’s not creepy, just that I feel all things aren’t aligning correctly, weather, location, mood, peaceful feeling or lack thereof x But definitely listen to your gut… your body and mind just KNEW it would be a rough night alone there. Glad you went with your instinct 👍🏼. What a lovey young man too. 😍

  • @anthonyosborne1089
    @anthonyosborne1089 5 месяцев назад +42

    That was still well worth posting, all the work and effort to get there and film wasn't lost, and it just shows that sometimes you have to trust your own intuition and common sense. Look forward to your next adventure.

    • @ScottishSummiteer
      @ScottishSummiteer  5 месяцев назад +9

      Thanks man, glad you still enjoyed it

    • @mrbrownz554
      @mrbrownz554 5 месяцев назад

      Aye it was worth it your lack of courage made me almost piss maself laughing

    • @lynnepostings
      @lynnepostings 5 месяцев назад +4

      @@mrbrownz554
      Stop trolling ! Just one look at your channel shows the other negative remarks that you seem to enjoy making to others !

    • @mrbrownz554
      @mrbrownz554 5 месяцев назад

      @lynnepostings hahaha trolling??? Behave I just say what I see and give my honest opinions. I was born in the late 70's and it shocks me the way younger people now are so timid and scared of everything. The boy posted a video of him shitting himself walking around a wee mossy puddle which was headlined as an adventure camping trip. It's posted in public so I comment on the way I see it. It made me laugh and I wish him all the best and thanked him for being honest and showing what happened but then there's you!! Obviously A soft millennial with no clue about anything outside facebook etc think it's alright for you to state that I'm a troll because you don't agree with my opinion!! People post vids they get comments good and bad no harm intended just different opions.....which is allowed BTW if you get all upset because you don't agree with someone's comment maybe the Internet (or real life) is not for you. I wish you all the best 👍

    • @mrbrownz554
      @mrbrownz554 5 месяцев назад

      @@lynnepostings your channel also says a lot about you ' THIS CHANNEL DOESN'T HAVE ANY CONTENT'

  • @michaelsteane9926
    @michaelsteane9926 5 месяцев назад +18

    The difference between traumatic memory and normal memory is that the latter has been processed by the brain for its meaning and changed from a primary experience to a learnt lesson. This process removes the direct emotional association so that for instance a frightening even can be remembered without the overwhelming fear that occurred at the time. Traumatic memory is still live, permanently awaiting processing and when triggered presents as if the original event was happening in real time. I suspect that primordial situations such as camping alone in a great wilderness or being near large bodies of water have a tendency to stimulate either actual traumatic memories or an equivalent system in the collective unconscious.

    • @mssusanmarie
      @mssusanmarie 4 месяца назад +2

      Fascinating, and so beautifully expressed.

    • @martinusv7433
      @martinusv7433 4 месяца назад

      Some people do have the ability to remember emotions, others don't.

    • @dulciemidwinter1925
      @dulciemidwinter1925 4 месяца назад +2

      ​@@martinusv7433How right you are. I grew up in a house that was haunted by something, or maybe it was just a stone tape type of experience. My sister and I often heard footsteps walking up and down the landing and stairs, although we were the only people in the house at the time. My mother was scared there but my father heard nothing and wouldn't believe us.

    • @Mortthemoose
      @Mortthemoose 4 месяца назад

      ​@@dulciemidwinter1925 a stone tape???
      What's that please?

    • @dulciemidwinter1925
      @dulciemidwinter1925 4 месяца назад

      @Mortthemoose Ah, sorry. There is a theory that certain materials like stone or bricks, etc. can act like a tape recorder. If a house or a place where people have lived, loved or died is made of these fabrics, any intense emotions, both good or bad, felt by these people can be transferred into these materials and when certain people who are sensitive to things like that visit these places, these emotions can be felt. It's like playing a tape recording back, in this instance a stone/brick tape recorder.. It's not just old houses or churches, either but modern places as well. It's just a theory, though, not proven but very interesting. Many years ago, there was a play on TV, probably BBC called The Stone Tape with Jane Asher starring in it. However, I think the theory predated that, although I am not sure. Maybe other people can fill in the gaps for you.

  • @Mayakran
    @Mayakran 4 месяца назад +15

    My sister and I had reserved a campsite near Moab, Utah (close to Dead Horse Point State Park) on some private property. It looked fine on the website, it said it was a “pop up” camp with a series of campsites and yurts by the river and I thought it looked super charming. Getting there was kind of crazy-we drove down winding highways then onto a single lane road onto gravel and finally a treacherously bumpy private path with boulders hanging over the trail. When we got there (at close to midnight), it was clean and charming but completely empty. All 14 yurts and 30 campsites were vacant (too early in the season, I think). I got out to use the port-a-potty (which was about 300 ft down the pitch black lane from our yurt) and the entire time I felt incredibly uneasy, there was just this totally oppressive air to the place. I just kept feeling more and more reluctant about staying until it developed into a full-blown dread and I didn’t even get out of the car when my sister went to investigate the yurt, and I told her that if we stayed, I was sleeping in the car, but I didn’t want to leave her alone, lol. I guess she was freaked out, too, because she immediately agreed and we drove into Moab and got a nice motel room for the nice 😂. Nothing happened, but I knew imagination or not, I wasn’t getting any sleep if we’d stayed, and I care more about my sleep than I do looking ridiculous.

    • @dougnish499
      @dougnish499 Месяц назад +1

      You were right to go into town and get a nice hotel, I know that ground.

  • @ABPhotography1
    @ABPhotography1 5 месяцев назад +163

    I think the absence of any animals is the warning sign that our subconscious picks up on.

    • @nedthestaffieegan3452
      @nedthestaffieegan3452 5 месяцев назад +31

      Yes it did go really quiet once the video went to the loch, made me feel unsettled just watching

    • @emmaz.z.z
      @emmaz.z.z 4 месяца назад +3

      @@nedthestaffieegan3452 Same...

    • @ephraim1995
      @ephraim1995 3 месяца назад +2

      It could mean a large preda-tor is in the area

    • @eladrio2311
      @eladrio2311 3 месяца назад

      @@ephraim1995 scottish highlands, the only large predators in the area are humans

    • @gadaxara3593
      @gadaxara3593 2 месяца назад

      You are right. Whenever I have camped in the mountains of central and northern Spain, having horses nearby, or cows with their bells around their necks, gives a lot of peace of mind.

  • @BadgerLaser
    @BadgerLaser 5 месяцев назад +144

    Saved yourself from being dragged feet first from the tent in your sleep and drooned in the loch by the Kelpie.

    • @Ddisawake
      @Ddisawake 5 месяцев назад +6

      😮😂🦕

    • @mrbrownz554
      @mrbrownz554 5 месяцев назад +2

      Haha why would horses live in a wee puddle

    • @BadgerLaser
      @BadgerLaser 5 месяцев назад

      @@mrbrownz554 lonely dark deep peaty lochans are generally where they are found

    • @BadgerLaser
      @BadgerLaser 5 месяцев назад +12

      @@mrbrownz554 Deep dark mysterious peaty lochans that's where they generally lurk.......................or wherever else you project your fear upon ...... .

    • @MaggieTheCat01
      @MaggieTheCat01 4 месяца назад

      F’kn ‘ell, don’t say things like that! If I have a nightmare tonight about being dragged from a tent and drooned, I shall come back here and … and … vigorously REMONSTRATE with you!

  • @Bizzlle
    @Bizzlle 3 месяца назад +21

    I was on a train to Charing Cross in London for an interview and was stood by the door at London Bridge. A man right behind me barked loudly in my ear “Get off the train!”. I flinched and turned round. There was no one there. I knew I had heard it though so was quite scared. Then he repeated the words even more urgently. I thought maybe there was danger ahead so I can’t explain why but got off. Was stood waiting for the next train angry with myself that I would be late. Saw there were toilets on the platform so decided to quickly pop in. And there I discovered a poor exhausted and terrified old lady whose voice was hoarse from screaming, locked in the cubicle. God knows how long she had been there, bless her. I got a guard to come and rescue her and offered to take her for a cup of tea but she was so traumatised she just bolted. Afterwards I contemplated that voice in the train and knew it was for her benefit. (By the way even though I was late I still got the job so it was win win!)

    • @titteryenot4524
      @titteryenot4524 2 месяца назад

      Hmm… not necessarily buying this but cool story nonetheless!

    • @Bizzlle
      @Bizzlle 2 месяца назад

      @@titteryenot4524 I assure you every word is true.

    • @titteryenot4524
      @titteryenot4524 2 месяца назад

      @@Bizzlle I just don’t buy that a voice out of nowhere (twice!) objectively yelled at you. You may imagine it but the voice probably wasn’t there. Also, even if it was there, there is no automatic connection to be made with the old lady trapped in the bog. You made that connection. That could just be coincidence. Sorry to be a party pooper! It _is_ a groovy story, though! 👍

    • @titteryenot4524
      @titteryenot4524 2 месяца назад

      @@Bizzlle Did you get the job? 🤔

    • @titteryenot4524
      @titteryenot4524 2 месяца назад

      @@Bizzlle Ah, you did! Just re-read the last bit! 👌

  • @colleenporter1119
    @colleenporter1119 4 месяца назад +4

    Trust your instinct. It will never fail you. I have to say ,70 degrees is warm for you scots. Cute , i can imagine what you would do in one of our Illinois summers with temps 100 degrees and humidity of 70 percent. 😊. It looks very beautiful where you are. Stay safe.

  • @admiralbenbow5083
    @admiralbenbow5083 3 месяца назад +22

    There is nothing better than sleeping in a tent when the weather is really crap. The sound of the rain and the wind when you are wrapped up inside. Magic !

  • @lee.valley
    @lee.valley 5 месяцев назад +33

    that gut feeling is evolution of self preservation, I've always gone with it. I've always got spooked walking past a small wooded area near where I live (in a country park), a strong feeling of being watched, over the last couple of years I've come across a dog and badger carcass, both next to the wooded area, I keep away now, it could be coincidence, but I'm not taking a chance, I've talked to locals about it but no one's seen or heard of anything in the area.

    • @titteryenot4524
      @titteryenot4524 5 месяцев назад +3

      ‘No one’s seen or heard of anything’ because there’s nothing to see here. Move on.

    • @lee.valley
      @lee.valley 5 месяцев назад +21

      @@titteryenot4524 you're very strange.

    • @Tutume1111
      @Tutume1111 4 месяца назад +5

      Thank you for your comment! I have the same feeling! I was going back home tonight riding a bike through the countryside.I was losing the light and while passing through some forest road, it really made me feel so unease and anxious😢 I don't know what it was but I wanted to get out of there as quickly as I could

  • @gamrr_NERD
    @gamrr_NERD 3 месяца назад +4

    You have a heavenly voice my friend! It calms me down actually and love listening to it. ♥️.

  • @anettelisabethnilsson4586
    @anettelisabethnilsson4586 4 месяца назад +5

    Thanks for Being so honest ❤I also believe in trusting your gut feeling ❣️