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Real Survival Stories

Transylvania Trek: Horror Story in the Wild

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

Society & Culture, Documentary, Sports, Wilderness, History

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In 2003, a former special forces soldier journeys into the wilds of Romania. But here, in this land of myth and legend - of Bram Stoker’s Dracula - Ken Jones finds himself in a horror story of his own. After nature deals him a hammer blow, he’s left alone in the wilderness, battered and broken. Ken will have to summon every ounce of his resilience to escape… A Noiser production, written by Paul Olding. For more on this story read Ken’s book Darkness Descending. For ad-free listening, bonus material and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Click the Noiser+ banner to get started. Or, if you’re on Spotify or Android, go to noiser.com/subscriptions If you have an amazing survival story of your own that you’d like to put forward for the show, let us know. Drop us an email at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:05.6

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0:10.4

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0:30.0

It's Sunday January 5th, 2003 in Transylvania.

0:38.7

The sun is low in the sky and the early evening gloom spreads across the Fugurash mountains of Central Romania.

0:46.3

The angular peaks and ridges are gripped by midwinter frost and snow.

0:51.7

All around, dark, dense forest spreads out for miles, growing on slopes and

0:57.5

through valleys. This is a land of myth and legend of ghost stories of Bramstokers Dracula.

1:07.6

And tonight, somewhere in the center of this sinister scenery, 26-year-old Ken Jones is facing the horror story of his own.

1:17.0

Surrounded by tall twisting trees, half buried in ice and snow, Ken lies on his back unconscious.

1:26.2

Suddenly his eyes flick open.

1:28.2

He casts around trying to get his bearings.

1:30.9

Dizzy, he manages to sit up.

1:34.4

The last few minutes are a blur.

1:37.8

Stars were flying round my head,

1:39.9

and strange bursts of blue electric light were running into my eyes.

1:45.0

I couldn't feel if my tongue and my teeth were in my mouth,

1:49.0

and you sit there for a while, not knowing what to do, just trying to take in everything it happened.

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