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My sister has just got home, scared sugarless, and the reason? The woods.
You see, my sister often stays out past midnight, but it usually in by 1am, with the odd exception every now and again. And tonight? Well, it's almost 4am. However she has the most strange yet amazing story to tell, and i thought i'd share it with you guys/gals. Now, bear in mind she is 14.
She often goes int the woods near where we live with a few mates of hers and camps out, they ususally have a small camp fire and basically cook sausages and stuff then mess about (as 14 year olds should). They've done this so many times it's become a habit, in fact, so much so, that 2 people actually basically live in the woods in a tent, they're there almost all the time (i'm meaning like 20/7 here).
However, tonight they have a different tale, and one that scared even me, while i was sat nice and warm in fornt of my beloved Pc. You see tongiht, she is very late back in the house, and she arrived home with her mate Jodie. They'd been into the woods and had been sat in the tent talking with her boyfriend tending to the fire, he then shouted to them to come out and just look into the woods in front of him. He claimed he'd heard something, or someone. Nobody else could hear or see anything, and so everyone but my sister and her boyfriend went back into the tent. Just as my sister was about to go back in the tent she too heard something. Hey boyfriend said the same thign at the same time, they were both a little worried as it didn't sound very usual for the woods.
Anyway, they asked the rest of the people to come outside and just have a quick look around and to listen to the woods as a whole, eventually my isster boyfriend spooted something, just a moving kind of black sphere only hald visible above some bushes about 5 or 6 metres away. Naturally he told evryone else to look and confirm they could see it too. They all could, and i t moved once more and then remained still. They were getting scared, and a little curious as to what it could be.
Boys being boys tried approaching whatever it was, but it promptly moved away, quite fast too they add. They were now a little shaken, but determined to carry on with there camping/food preperation.
Everyhting was ok until about 20minutes later, with the food out of the way, everyone was outside, when one of the group noticed that another black shepre was just visible, this time, over another bush that was not more than 10metres away. Once again, the boys hurried upto it, only for it to promptly dash away. At this point the girls really were almost sh*tting themselves (for want of a better word) and so too were the boys, who only knew this thing had 2legs so far and was about 4foot (or so they reckoned).
They started hearing little noices, traces of noises and eventually what they thought were paw-steps... It turns out these were footsteps as the sphere of black was spotted once more, this time two of the boys ran upto it as fast as they could and got snared in bushes, and saw it was person shaped. They shouted ot it "Why can't you stand up to a 15 n 16 year old then?" and it ran off...
Much later in the night a shadow was seen outside the tent, which severaly scared them all, and uon furthur inspection outside on the tent there was indeed a dry patch on the floor where the person had either been sat, or stood during the rain. Eventually my sister broke down to tears and demanded they all leave the woods and not return for a while. And thats when the most terrifying thing of the lot happened, the person was spotted about 3 metres away... Yes, it was a person, at about 2am in the woods spying on people. They turned shouted to the others to "Grab ur stuff n run" to which they fled, my sister has left one or two things behind in the wodds as have the others, so they are a little scared somrthing could have a name or number on...
Eventually they stopped behind a giant tree, and just waited, they could hear footsteps every now and again, and there heart must have been going ten to the dozen.
They happened to start moving to the other side of the tree, when on the floor was a recent ripped newspaper and a pair of binoculars...
Needless to say, after this they ran full pelt out of the woods and home... They ain't going back in there for a while...
aliferste
07-05-2006, 06:32
What we have hear is a mixture of 14 year old imaginations and what is commonly termed "the willys"
Could have been anything or anybody- a birdwatcher possibly.....possibly a sinister dark alien sphere although they dont usually use binoculars and read the local rag (at least ET doesnt). Could have been a pervert into a bit of dogging I suppose- who knows what kids get up to in the woods these days.
Anyway, I have been looking for a pair of binoculars for ages and have found them pretty pricey- should stick em on ebay :)
TheBlueRaja
07-05-2006, 09:46
TEH BOOGYMAN! :shocked:
Seriously though - stay her to stay away for a week or two and never go back up there alone for a while.
Take a big flash light and a mobile phone with you when two of you do go.
Could be nothing but - there are some really bad people out there and its better to be prepared or at least have a plan.
Such a shame you weren't watching "The Blair Witch Project" at the same time :D
skyblueheroes
07-05-2006, 11:12
14 and staying out all night - MMMmmmmmmm.
As has been said probably some one into dogging etc!
Wow ! I was never allowed out till that time at 14 !!!
There are some seriously messed up people in the world and anything could have happened. You hear stories of people being raped in woods. I'd never go there again if I was her.
At night when everyones asleep anything can happen.
Thankgoodness they were all ok.
Anyway, I have been looking for a pair of binoculars for ages and have found them pretty pricey- should stick em on ebay :) They didn't pick them up, not surew why, probably weren't thinking right at the time.
TheBlueRaja]TEH BOOGYMAN! :shocked:
Seriously though - stay her to stay away for a week or two and never go back up there alone for a while.
Haha, well, they reckon they aren't going for a while now, until they feel safe about it again, and even then i've told em to take a mobile each, not just one for every other person (some have mobiles and don't take them out with them).
14 and staying out all night - MMMmmmmmmm. I knew this one would come up. Not my rules, i didn't set them, and she's always up for school when she has it.
Such a shame you weren't watching "The Blair Witch Project" at the same time :D
Ok, so now i'm going to have to watch the movie just to get what you're on about aren't i? lmao.
As has been said probably some one into dogging etc! Ok, thats something i seriously didn't want to think about :sick: But then gaian you could be right, and i suppose it would make quite alot of sense as to hiding so much, and then getting so close...
Actually, if they binoculars what i wanna know is why they got so close? Unless there was more than one ?
Dogging ????
I thought it involved a whippet a lamp and a rabbit :shrug:
There was a time round about Druchii's sisters age when we had an exteremly scary outing whilst camping. This story is not meant for the faint hearted so go click elsewhere if your easily disturbed ..
It must have been around 11.30 at night when my friends Chris, Dave, Pete and myself decided that because of the long walk it took to get to our campsite on Brinscall moors that we'd turn in for the night. The four of us were sharing the same tent (can you imagine the stench of four teenagers in a two man tent?).
Sometime after 1.00 am, Pete woke the rest of us up claiming he heard a "sighing noise" coming from outside the tent. Naturally being teenage boys we called him all kinds of names and settled back down to sleep. Just as i was nodding off i too heard a sigh! I wasn't sure if it was one of my mates so i ignored it remembering the pee take we'd just given Pete.
It was around 1.30 when we all sat up pretty sharply when we all heard the same sigh. It wasn't like a normal "i'm bored" type sigh - much more like the sigh you'd expect to hear from a persons last breath. At this time we were all ****ting bricks.
Dave was the first to pluck up the courage to unzip the tent and take a look outside. It was all clear so we all decided to out and look around. Something i shouldn't have done and to this day some 20 odd years later i regret doing!
What we all saw was two barely recognisable images and one was strangling the other with his bare hands. By now i was ready to run as fast as i could back to Brinscall without looking back but then we heard the man being strangled say "find the rucksack. It well help you."
We all ran as fast as we could back into the centre of Brinscall village and banged on the nearest door we could find. A lovely lady maybe in her thirties listened to what we had to say and as she was as spooked as us decided to let us crash on her floor for the night.
The next day we had to go back to the campsite because we'd left loads of equipment behind. We were young and scared so we got escorted by the local bobby as we had reported a murder to him. We made our way back to campsite and there was no sign of the we had seen not even a few ruffled leaves in the place we saw the murder happen!
By this time the copper took all our names and threatened to report us for wasting police time and stormed off in a huff. We started packing our camping stuff away and moved onto dismantling the tent when Dave screamed "there's a rucksack in the tent!" Non of us had taken a rucksack, most of our stuff was carried in a bin bag.
We took the rucksack out and slowly unzipped it. My God!! You'll never believe this but it contained ......
Bull**** just like i'm telling you :)
Good story... there Shabba...
As for the camping in the woods, i used to do the same with friends when I was that age.
Unfortunatly, if the person got that close, it could be that he had been watching for a long time getting more and more brave. This is bad.... I would talk to parent/guardian.. tell them what happened, and make sure your sister knows not to go back there. it simple is not safe now.. it will never be the same for them now anyhow..
:)
You had me believing you there !!!
:knock:
orangebird
09-05-2006, 11:34
Sorry, but what any parent is doing letting their 14 year old daughter sod around in the woods until 1am is entirely beyond me. And it's not about getting up for school the next day. I'm thinking of the risks of kidnap, assault, rape, murder, that kind of thing. :rolleyes: :mad:
homealone
09-05-2006, 11:35
Dogging ????
I thought it involved a whippet a lamp and a rabbit :shrug:
thought that was 'lamping'?
the most memorable camping experience I had was with the Scouts, in Kenya, when we spent a few nights under canvas in a forest - the noises at night were unbelievable, apparently mainly monkeys & bush-babies, but it sounded like 20 people being murdered, at once. Amazingly, after a couple of nights we were too knackered to notice & slept like logs...
- the 'wide games' were good fun in the dark ;)
Sorry, but what any parent is doing letting their 14 year old daughter sod around in the woods until 1am is entirely beyond me. And it's not about getting up for school the next day. I'm thinking of the risks of kidnap, assault, rape, murder, that kind of thing. :rolleyes: :mad:
I wouldn't let them out either. Hell, *I* wasn't allowed out camping in the woods at that age. Not unsupervised, anyway.
Dogging ????
I thought it involved a whippet a lamp and a rabbit :shrug:
What the heck is Dogging?
Actually, if they binoculars what i wanna know is why they got so close? Unless there was more than one ?
Hmm how do I put this in a way that can be left on the open forum?..... Ok if the person had a hand that was "busy" then it would be hard to keep the binoculars still with the other so the better option would be to get closer :erm:
homealone
09-05-2006, 14:18
Dogging ????
I thought it involved a whippet a lamp and a rabbit :shrug:
What the heck is Dogging?
description not suitable for a family forum, really, suggest trying Google ....
<edit> :LOL: @ Jules ;)
TheDaddy
09-05-2006, 14:19
description not suitable for a family forum, really, suggest trying Google ....
<edit> :LOL: @ Jules ;)
Yes try Stan Collymore
Yes try Stan Collymore
Good God - don't try Stan Collymore! Look what happened to Ulri ... nah, better not ;)
JediMaster
09-05-2006, 17:56
How much Booze or Drugs had these "INOCENT" 14yr olds had?? :angel:
Nuff Said....
How much Booze or Drugs had these "INOCENT" 14yr olds had?? :angel: Nuff Said.... Put it this way, i don't like people saying stuff like that about my sister. I know she does not do drugs, i know she does drink occasionally. However i know for a fact she was completely sober, i've not seen her so scared in my life.
And as for orangebird was it? You've earned your user title obviously, well done on basically undermining my mothers entire parenting skillset. I bet you feel grand now.
The woods are usually a safe place around here, they've been camping in them absolutely ages, and that was even before my sister joined the group.
And yeah, my mum knows about all this, and she came to the conclusion i did, about there possibley being more than one person. Needless to say, they haven't returned to the woods since.
smicer07
09-05-2006, 18:23
Put it this way, i don't like people saying stuff like that about my sister. I know she does not do drugs, i know she does drink occasionally. However i know for a fact she was completely sober, i've not seen her so scared in my life.
And as for orangebird was it? You've earned your user title obviously, well done on basically undermining my mothers entire parenting skillset. I bet you feel grand now.
The woods are usually a safe place around here, they've been camping in them absolutely ages, and that was even before my sister joined the group.
And yeah, my mum knows about all this, and she came to the conclusion i did, about there possibley being more than one person. Needless to say, they haven't returned to the woods since.
Sorry mate, but you'd have to be out of your mind to allow a 14 year old boy/girl to sleep in the woods til god knows what time, aren't you aware of the risks?:dozey:
Sorry mate, but you'd have to be out of your mind to allow a 14 year old boy/girl to sleep in the woods til god knows what time, aren't you aware of the risks?:dozey: Of course i'm aware of the dangers. I just wouldn't expect it with such a big group of them going together. i mean around 14, 14 - 17 year olds is a pretty good group in my book.
Anywho, maybe i was a little harsh on Orangebird there, although, she? was a little hard on me.
smicer07
09-05-2006, 18:28
Well I wouldn't let my kid do that, that's all i'm saying :)
sir_drinks_alot
09-05-2006, 18:35
14 and staying out all night - MMMmmmmmmm.
Ya Those are my thoughts to
shouldnââ‚à ‚¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢t she be in bed or at the very lest at home at that time of night if not her mum and dad are not doing here job right
Ya Those are my thoughts to shouldnââ‚à ‚¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢t she be in bed or at the very lest at home at that time of night if not her mum and dad are not doing here job right No father mate, long time since left.
My point was just sharing the story that could be turned into a nightmarer with you all.
I knew the whole 14year old thing would come up, over, and over again. And once again i would say with that many friends of varying ages (mainly older) she should be perfectly fine. I mean, didn't you ever go camping as a kid? I know i've done it before with 4 people with me, in the middle of nowhere at age 15. Got up at 4am and was frozen mind.
smicer07
09-05-2006, 18:54
Times have changed though sadly.
Times have changed though sadly. I dont think they've changed too much in 2 years, but i may be wrong.
Time to lay this thread to rest i guess. It may just turn into a mindless argument.
No matter what people think of a 14 year old staying out I am sure they know the area and the people invloved and did what they thought was right. He just told us something that happened, the familys parenting is not really our business :dozey:
Vlad_Dracul
09-05-2006, 19:47
Tale was a bit lengthy so didnt read all of it but I really do think that to sanction/allow your 14 yr old child to be out late/all night/as much as she likes is irresonsible and dangerous.
sir_drinks_alot
09-05-2006, 21:30
Tale was a bit lengthy so didnt read all of it but I really do think that to sanction/allow your 14 yr old child to be out late/all night/as much as she likes is irresonsible and dangerous.
Indeed :tu:
JediMaster
10-05-2006, 10:13
Of course i'm aware of the dangers. I just wouldn't expect it with such a big group of them going together. i mean around 14, 14 - 17 year olds is a pretty good group in my book.
Well you did post it like this:
My sister has just got home, scared sugarless, and the reason? The woods.
You see, my sister often stays out past midnight, but it usually in by 1am... tonight? Well, it's almost 4am.... Now, bear in mind she is 14.
She often goes int the woods near where we live with a few mates of hers and camps out, they ususally have a small camp fire and basically cook sausages and stuff then mess about (as 14 year olds should).
That sounded like ALL were 14... Thats why I guess so MANY posted the way they did.......
Regards Drugs/Drink post I made.... I was only saying that it could have been a Factor as most Teens do try this stuff (even if you think she is inocent....)
orangebird
10-05-2006, 10:17
No matter what people think of a 14 year old staying out I am sure they know the area and the people invloved and did what they thought was right. He just told us something that happened, the familys parenting is not really our business :dozey:
I'm not saying it's my business either. Just my opinion that a parent is crazy to let their 14yo child out that late at night. I have two step daughters, 12 & 15, who are well behaved, sensible girls. But there's no bloody way I;d let then out til 4AM??!!!! I don't trust other people who may be out that late at night, and I'd feel entirely guilty if anything did happen to them.
Well you did post it like this: That sounded like ALL were 14... Thats why I guess so MANY posted the way they did....... Regards Drugs/Drink post I made.... I was only saying that it could have been a Factor as most Teens do try this stuff (even if you think she is inocent....) Good point actually, wasn't too clear in the original post, makes sense that they replied like they did then.
I'm sure they probably have been safe in the past but these days you have to be careful as you never know what can happen.
Maybe doing this as a one off on holiday and sleeping in a wood with friends would be ok, but I dont think I'd want a kid of 14 out all night.
At this age they still need good sleep. I'd also be worried about what they get up to. Kids can be pushed easily to try new things, (especially in a group) due to peer pressure and I'd feel worried not knowing what they are truly upto out there....even if they have said they are camping and eating food.
orangebird
10-05-2006, 11:00
I'm sure they probably have been safe in the past but these days you have to be careful as you never know what can happen.
Maybe doing this as a one off on holiday and sleeping in a wood with friends would be ok, but I dont think I'd want a kid of 14 out all night.
At this age they still need good sleep. I'd also be worried about what they get up to. Kids can be pushed easily to try new things, (especially in a group) due to peer pressure and I'd feel worried not knowing what they are truly upto out there....even if they have said they are camping and eating food.
:tu:
CHildren get abducted in braod daylight these days. It's too risky to allow this.
Saaf_laandon_mo
10-05-2006, 11:15
WIthout trying to go too far off topic, I have to agree about whats said about 14 year olds should not be out at that time.
Personally i feel that, in this day and age, its totally irresponsible for anyone to let a 14 year old go out till the earlier hours under supervision of a 17 year old only.
You get full grown adults being done over in such hours, and can you imagine if what they saw in the woods was a bit more sinister. Maybe we wouldn't be having this discussion but reading about it on the news.
Speaking of the news - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/4752335.stm
Yet another person who is a threat to society out in the open.
No where is safe these days.
Yet another person who is a threat to society out in the open. No where is safe these days. Look at where, and when though, that's the worrying part.
orangebird
10-05-2006, 12:06
Look at where, and when though, that's the worrying part.
Where and when these things happen is not the point. The other re-offender that was int he news today who killed another lady in Winchester. Winchester, our old capital, a beautiful, staunchly middle class, right wing, posh-student-with-daddy's-allowance type place. NEVER assume you're safe. :nono:
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