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National Park After Dark

Trail Tales 45

National Park After Dark

Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian

Society & Culture, Places & Travel, History, True Crime

4.65.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Today’s stories include an Oregon disappearance, tuck and rolling, tiger eyes, solo cougars, mystery lights, accidental bear selfies, haunted castles and being at the right place at the right time. Outsiders Only bonus stories available for Patreon and Apple Subscribers!We love our National Parks and we know you do too but when you're out there, remember to enjoy the view but watch your back. Please take a moment to rate and subscribe from wherever you’re listening to NPAD! Become part of our Outsider family on Patreon  or Apple Subscriptions to gain access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more. Follow our socials Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. To share a Trail Tale, suggest a story, access merch, and browse our book recommendations - head over to our website.Thank you so much to our partners, check them out!Zocdoc: Use our link to download the Zocdoc app for free.Prose: Use our link for a free in-depth hair consultation and 50% off your first subscription order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

And the Hey everyone. Welcome back to National Park after dark we have another

0:23.3

TrailTales episode for you all today and we have a bunch of really exciting

0:27.8

stories we sure do do you want to are you feeling adventurous would you like to go first or do you want me to go first?

0:35.6

I don't feel adventurous today.

0:37.3

Okay, then I'll take the lead. I'll take the lead on this one. You're welcome.

0:40.5

I appreciate you. So my first story is titled solo cougar encounter.

0:45.2

Ooh, like a cougar like an animal or like a cougar? I'm gonna like probably say an animal.

0:51.2

Who knows though it could get spicy and we could all be shocked.

0:56.0

I don't know why when you said Cougar the first thing that came to my mind was like a really beautiful older woman with a lot of money.

1:02.0

I'm like, yeah, Cougar, a lot of money. I'm like yeah cougar a solo cougar encounter.

1:07.4

You just opened the floodgates now people are going to be writing in about that type of

1:10.7

cougar. Okay.

1:13.0

Hi ladies, I found your show when I was working on a hops farm in Colorado and was weeding in the

1:17.9

fields for eight hours a day for more than a month.

1:20.8

The work was killer and I needed a distraction and fell into the rabbit hole of your

1:24.4

podcast. I love the trail tale episodes and I feel like it's time for me to submit one of the

1:29.3

many wild outdoor stories that I have. This tale happened in October of 2022 when I was living and studying in the Frank Church River of no return wilderness in Idaho.

1:39.4

My alma mater, U of Idaho, does a program called Semester in the Wild, where a small group of students

1:46.0

backpacks 35 miles out into the wilderness and lives there for three months, taking classes

1:52.2

and learning outdoor skills. I went to the wrong college. I'm just

1:55.2

going to tell you that right now. I agree. Same. We have had this discussion before but we kind of just

2:02.1

picked our colleges for no real reason.

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