Have you ever heard the phrase two things can be true at once?

It's a difficult concept to grasp as humans strive to categorize people,

places, and things in two boxes.

But not everything is that way. places and things in two boxes.

But not everything is that way.

Take the forest, for example.

The woods can be a magical enchanting place.

Strolling through the forest,

especially as the sun is streaming through the tree boughs and the birds are singing, gives a sense of peace and tranquility that is difficult to match.

However, that same forest can take a turn quickly. The same paths you sauntered on can easily twist in your mind. And as the sun sets and bird song is replaced with twig snaps and distorted animal calls, you may start to panic.

There is a reason so many campfire horror stories take place in a dark wood,

because people instinctively are wary and frightened of it and who or what may be lurking there.

The majority of the time the forest simply comes alive at night with a set of nocturnal creatures, all going about

their lives in the same way their diurnal counterparts do, and there is nothing to be feared

at all. It is our minds that fill in the blanks that

conjure the creatures that should truly be feared and create danger right out of

thin air.

Welcome to National Park After Dark. you're going to do. I feel like we have a scary episode today. It's it's scary but in a way that I don't think you it's going to be it's true crime I'm just going to come out and say it true crime is scary

That's the most truest form of crime you could say yeah truly truly. Truly. Happy New Year. Happy New Year everyone.

We're back. We never went anywhere. We didn't take last week off. No. No.

We haven't taken weeks. We took one week off? No. No. We took one week off in October, November, first week in November,

and we're back. We haven't seen you since last year.

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