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Unexplained Encounters

373 | Disturbing Things Seen in National Parks and Scary Campfire Stories

Unexplained Encounters

Eeriecast Network

True Crime, Society & Culture, Science, Nature

4.74.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Get $100 off your first month with Talkspace by using code ENCOUNTERS at https://www.talkspace.com/ Listen to Tales from the Break Room today and discover the horrifying things people experience at work! https://pod.link/1621075170 National Parks are great for more than just hiking and camping - They're apparently the perfect places to get lost FOREVER. Enjoy these national park horror stories and scary campfire stories! Follow and Rate Tales from the Break Room please! SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4BGHdnQuX6frU5SfKXCi0T APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tales-from-the-break-room/id1621075170 OTHER: https://pod.link/1621075170 Join EERIECAST PLUS to unlock ad-free episodes and support this show! https://www.eeriecast.com/plus SCARY STORIES TIMESTAMPS (Automatic Ad Placement May Change start times of stories) 0:00 INTRO 0:53 Terrifying Encounter in Small Town Ohio from Sindelina 8:31 Burdeaux Springs from Jake P. 16:12 A National Park Horror Story from skasbaum27 25:10 The Redwoods Dragon from Gamer 34:00 Under the Floor from George1997 44:19 The Bones from the Fire from Anonymous 49:36 Bigfoot in Remote Maine from Claymore 52:45 The Ghosts Down by the River from Skull Z 56:45 Camping Trip Gone Wrong from Bigboithanos CREDITS: Music by me aka Dark Music! LINKS: Join my DISCORD: https://discord.gg/5Wj9RqTR3w Follow us on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/3mNZyXkaJPLwUwcjkz6Pv2 Follow and Review us on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/darkness-prevails-podcast-true-horror-stories/id1152248491 Submit Your Story Here: https://www.darkstories.org/ Get Darkness Prevails Podcast Merchandise! https://teespring.com/stores/darknessprevails Subscribe on YouTube for More Stories! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh_VbMnoL4nuxX_3HYanJbA?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Missing people, mysterious deaths, and unexplained creatures are all part of America's national parks.

0:07.4

What's going on out there?

0:09.2

And what caliber bullet do you need to blast it away?

0:12.8

Welcome back to Unexplained Encounters.

0:15.3

I'm your host, Darkness prevails, and wouldn't you know it you can follow me at Dark prevails on Twitter

0:21.0

to see things like a recent blooper from this very episode.

0:24.8

Today I've prepared for you a fresh helping of national park horror stories and scary campfire tales.

0:31.2

Enjoy and be sure to send me your scary stories at darkstories.org so I can aerate them.

0:37.6

I'm planning another Wendigo Encounters episode soon, so if you have encountered something weird, you believe may have been a Wendigo.

0:45.1

Send it to me at darkstories.org, ASAP.

0:49.1

Now let's begin.

0:56.5

Terrifying Encounter and Small Town, Ohio, from Sindolina.

1:05.1

Back in the 80s, my dad had a friend named Joe, who worked for the Ohio Parks and Wildlife Division.

1:12.2

He normally worked in the Columbus area.

1:14.8

However, on this occasion, he was in a town called Defiance, where the Independence Dam State Park is located.

1:23.0

Joe described the park as being well hidden, nestled between a wide river and a thick forest of tall trees.

1:30.0

Once inside, it was long and narrow with a small camping area in the back, one way in, one way out, and nothing but dense steep forest behind it.

1:41.0

This is his story.

1:44.3

Joe met with the sheriff, David, I believe, at his office.

1:48.6

The day was pretty much uneventful until around 9 p.m. when a call came in, requesting the sheriff and Joe respond to a couple camping out at the dam.

1:59.0

After about a 15 minute drive through the park, they arrived at the very last campsite where an older, silver RV sat.

2:07.1

A couple in their mid to late 40s was standing outside waiting.

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