It's that time of year again, Halloween approaches, and spending time outside is a little spookier

than usual.

As it gets dark earlier and leaves start to fall, our minds can run wild with visions

of unknown creatures hiding in lakes or slithering across trails.

Whether it's Sasquatch or the Chupacabra, many communities around the U.S. have stories

of monsters or supernatural beings that live in the woods.

Weston Davis, host of the Camp Monsters podcast, tells the stories of these impossible creatures

and folks of all ages can't get enough of them.

I'm Shelby Stanger and this is Wild Ideas Worth Living, an REI co-op studios production.

This episode of Wild Ideas hits pretty close to home.

In the end credits of every episode, I mentioned her senior producer, Chelsea Davis.

Well, a few years ago, Chelsea enlisted her brother Weston Davis to write and host

Camp Monsters.

It's a fictional podcast about the things that run across the trail in the middle of the

night, just beyond the beam of your flashlight.

Growing up, surrounded by the dark, rainy forests of the Pacific Northwest, gave Chelsea

and Weston a sixth sense for eerie, blood-curdling tales.

And fans of spooky stories, eat them up.

Camp Monsters has been nominated for the I Heart Media Awards twice.

Much of the acclaim goes to West for his imaginative writing and the dark tension in his voice.

He knows exactly how to build suspense and to make the hairs on the back of your neck

stand up.

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