I finally got my REI quarter done. My wife knew that I wanted to try hammock camping this year and purchased it months ago a gave it to me yesterday for my birthday. I knew. One night I was on REIs site and seen that it was marked way down and I had a 20% off coupon. I was about to pull the trigger and she told me not to.
I definitely needed to do a test hang. I have two weeks of scout camp and one week of family camp coming up.
I have a couple of acres in my back yard that I call the campground so my boy and I set it up. I was looking forward to a long slumber.
So...at 1:30am, a half hour ago I was startled awake by a sound. It sounded like an release of air out of a tire but deeper. I thought at first it was coming from the county garage that is about 100 yards from my property. Some times they work late at night.
I heard this sound probably six times and it had me spooked. I used my phone flash light to try to see what it was. Nothing.The lighting bugs are crazy thick right now. It looks like a fireworks show... but I saw two lights next to each other not blinking. They moved together and bounced up and down a few times. Are those eyes I thought?What the hell is that I thought? Freaked out and half a sleep I wiggled around on my sleeping pad thinking the noise scare it away. Nope I heard it a few more times but closer. I shinned my light thru the bug net again. Nothing but lightning bugs.
So I pull up YouTube on my phone and search "snort in the woods" and open a video of a deer snorting. That's it. Thats the noise. So...I think hanging here I'm going to get mauled by a 10 point buck. Then I heard it again. Still closer. Freaked out more I let out a war cry. Agggghhhhhh...
Can't believe it...will try to go back to sleep. Will give you my report in morning. It's not secure here in sector seven.
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