A woman's vomiting French bulldog may have distracted an armed, intoxicated man long enough to save her life at a remote Oregon campsite — and she only found out after the police arrested him.
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A woman's vomiting French bulldog may have distracted an armed, intoxicated man long enough to save her life at a remote Oregon campsite — and she only found out after the police arrested him.
TL;DR
Five spine-tingling camping listener tales submitted by Morbid fans, hosted by Ash Kelley and Alaina Urquhart in full creature-of-the-forest costume. Stories range from a near-murder-by-axe-murderer in Bend, Oregon (where a vomiting French bulldog may have saved the day) [1] — Alaina Urquhart "A greasy man in a white Ford cargo van approached Sarah and her partner Chago at their isolated Oregon campsite and handed them beers. What…" 07:52 , to the classic man-vs-bear debate settled by real-life encounter [2] — Alaina Urquhart "Sarah's camping tale near Bend, Oregon delivers three unforgettable lessons: the woods can conceal armed and dangerous people, a gut feelin…" 25:40 , a time-bending lost-in-the-forest odyssey in Manitoba with a possible cryptid [3] — Alaina Urquhart "Twenty meters from his sleeping friends, the Manitoba listener encountered something in the forest that towered at his eye level from 70 me…" 52:45 , two actual camping-adjacent murders witnessed by one unlucky husband [4] — Ash Kelley "On the third and final camping trip, Josh's wife (our listener) left a beer can on the table during quiet hours at a Pennsylvania state par…" 1:08:05 , and ghostly footsteps chasing a solo hiker on the Appalachian Trail who still finished all 2,083.5 miles [5] — Alaina Urquhart "Despite being driven from her shelter by invisible footsteps and paranormal activity, Katie refused to quit the Appalachian Trail. She comp…" 1:26:55 . The key takeaway: your gut feeling in the woods is almost always right.
Ash Kelley and Alaina Urquhart, dressed as Bigfoot and Mothman, host a camping-themed Listener Tales episode featuring five terrifying true stories submitted by fans — including a near-miss with an armed Oregon man, a bear-vs-man encounter, a Canadian forest time anomaly, two camping-adjacent murders, and a ghost on the Appalachian Trail.
The episode opens with three pre-roll sponsor reads delivered by the hosts. Southern New Hampshire University pitches its low online tuition rates and flexible degree programs. State Farm promotes its Personal Price Plan, encouraging listeners to bundle and save. Sugar Bee Apples closes the ad block with a whimsical origin story about a honeybee cross-pollinating an apple tree to create their signature sweet variety. All three reads are brisk and conversational, ending just before the episode's costumed intro.
Ash and Alaina open in costume — Ash dressed as Bigfoot with an absent costume and Alaina as a DIY Mothman with dark sunglasses — joking about their creature alter egos before establishing the camping theme of this Listener Tales episode. Neither host has positive camping memories: Ash glamped once in a nice vehicle and got sleep paralysis while thinking about the Blair Witch, while Alaina tent-camped as a child with a friend's family and has no desire to repeat the experience. Both fondly recall teenage woods parties before admitting they don't belong sleeping outdoors. The lighthearted banter introduces the off-the-rails energy that will characterize the entire episode before Alaina launches into the first listener tale.
Sarah and her partner Chago, both tattoo artists who travel frequently, set up at a primitive BLM campsite near Phil's Trailhead in Bend, Oregon. After a tense first night with an eerie forest silence and Sarah's irrational Bigfoot fears, a white Ford cargo van begins circling their isolated site. The driver — described as having a greasy long black beard, a straw sun hat, and truck-stop sunglasses, singing erratically to AC/DC — rolls to a stop at their campsite and hands Chago two beers after their French bulldog charges at him and then projectile vomits in distraction. [1] — Alaina Urquhart "A greasy man in a white Ford cargo van approached Sarah and her partner Chago at their isolated Oregon campsite and handed them beers. What…" 07:52 The man's bizarre comment that Sarah looks like his sister and Chago's flat 'thanks, have a nice day' send him on his way. Later that day they discover via news reports that police had evacuated the entire campground because the same man — apprehended in his white van — had called in threats to kill everyone and had two loaded guns. The beers, the reaching into the back of the van, the weird eye contact: all of it recontextualizes into a near-massacre. Chago drinks the murder beers anyway, gets violently ill, and ultimately quits drinking entirely.
Following the conclusion of Sarah's Oregon camping tale, Ash delivers a personal endorsement of SimpliSafe's Outdoor Camera Series 2 and AI-powered monitoring, noting she has used the system for years and takes it when she moves homes. She then reads for SoFi's high-yield checking and savings account, highlighting its 8-times-the-national-average interest rate and up to $300 welcome bonus. A second State Farm read closes the break, encouraging listeners to speak with a local agent about personalized coverage bundles. The hosts briefly reconnect after the ads before launching into the second tale.
Framing her story as a direct response to the viral TikTok debate asking women whether they'd rather encounter a man or a bear alone in the woods, the anonymous listener describes a solo week-long camping trip at McLeod Falls near Shasta, California. Toward the end of a perfect day swimming under the falls, a tall man in a fedora approached and asked her to photograph him nude to send to his girlfriend in the Philippines — the exact same request he had made to her years earlier at the same location. She declined firmly, jogged back to camp, and spent the evening on a picnic table with tequila watching the stars. A large black bear then walked within 20 feet of her, seemed to sense she was no threat, and moved on. [1] — Ash Kelley "The viral 'would you rather meet a man or a bear in the woods' question got a real-life answer for one anonymous listener at McLeod Falls, …" 28:15 The contrast is stark and devastating: the man made her feel surveilled and in danger; the bear was a peaceful co-inhabitant of the night. The hosts react with sharp commentary on the reality women face outdoors.
Growing up off-grid on the edge of a Canadian forest gave the Manitoba listener a deep connection to nature — and a dangerous overconfidence. On their fifth annual bare-bones camping trip, he, Ali, and Isaac hiked off-trail into a national park's symmetrical pine forest, where every tree looks identical and landmarks are nonexistent. [1] — Alaina Urquhart "Three university friends hiked into an unmarked national park forest in Manitoba on a Wednesday and became hopelessly lost for three days. …" 44:40 Their phones all fail to turn on despite having charge. That night, the narrator hears a man screaming at the top of his lungs from 50 meters away, but his friends hear nothing. One friend hears footsteps; the others don't. Then, while relieving himself at night, the narrator encounters a massive creature at eye level from 70 meters away — antlered, making a shriek described as 'a fork scraping on a plate from the throat of someone with tuberculosis who smokes three packs a day.' He runs screaming, his friends hear nothing, and he returns from a completely different direction than he left. They eventually find a road and escape on Saturday — a full day sooner than they should have exited after three nights. Back home, his phone turns on with 60% battery. They went camping again the next year.
This four-chapter listener tale follows Josh's extraordinary camping cursed history through the eyes of his wife. [1] — Ash Kelley "Josh's second camping trip in 2000 ended when an epic 3 AM brawl between Eastern European campers and a biker gang spilled into his campsit…" 1:06:50 Chapter 1, spring break 1998: Josh and three college friends camp in Maryland near a man they unknowingly taunted from across the fire. The man was an axe murderer on the run from police. He visited their cabin after they left, touching Josh's borrowed tent — which was then seized as state's evidence, devastating Josh's relationship with his very particular father. Chapter 2, circa 2000: Josh camps with high school friends at a packed upstate New York campground on the night of a famous Pedro Martinez vs. Roger Clemens game. At 3 AM, a massive brawl between Eastern European campers and bikers spills into their campsite, topples a grill, and sets his brand-new tent on fire. A man is seen with a cooking fork embedded in his skull. They flee. Chapter 3, the wife's first trip: At a family-friendly Pennsylvania state park, the wife accidentally leaves a beer can visible during quiet hours. Park rangers arrive. Josh whispers 'it's happening again, but this time we're gonna be murdered.' They are forced to pour 100+ ounces of alcohol onto the forest floor. The only murder: their evening.
The second mid-episode ad break features Ash delivering personal reads for three sponsors. She describes forgetting coffee club charges before Rocket Money and recommends the app for real-time alerts, budget setting, and subscription tracking — noting users save over $70 on average in their first 30 days. She then praises Quince's European linen pants, which she owns multiple pairs of, and suggests styling options from casual to dressy. BetterHelp closes the block with Ash personally disclosing her people-pleasing tendencies and encouraging listeners not to let stigma prevent them from accessing therapy through the world's largest online platform.
Katie describes the scariest night of her life: 20 days into a solo hike of the Appalachian Trail in the off-season, alone in a large rectangular shelter, she begins hearing heavy footsteps approaching from multiple directions that stop before anyone appears. [1] — Alaina Urquhart "Twenty days into her solo Appalachian Trail hike, listener Katie heard heavy footsteps approaching her shelter from multiple directions — b…" 1:18:30 She presses her face against the hammock's bug net to see outside, but sees no one. The sound of what she can only describe as a baseball bat being dragged along the wooden siding of the shelter sends her into tears. She steps outside with bear spray raised and calls out — finding nobody. She texts her father her location in case something happens, calls multiple hostels in a panic, and eventually reaches a resort that sends a maintenance man to collect her at a road. In the truck, the driver calmly tells her the trail runs through Native lands and she had encountered angry spirits. Back at the resort, she discovers a protection crystal given to her by a friend has broken — her witchy friends later tell her it absorbed too much negative energy. Despite nearly ending her trip, Katie returns to the trail and completes all 2,083.5 miles in 30 days, hiking through the Smoky Mountains and listening to Morbid podcast throughout.
After finishing Katie's Appalachian Trail ghost story, Ash marvels that Katie chose to listen to a murder podcast while hiking alone in the woods at night — effectively making the experience scarier than it needed to be. Alaina praises Katie's bravery and calls the tale one of the best Listener Tales ever received. The hosts then briefly go off on a tangent about the phrase 'as per usual' before wrapping up with a call for new listener tales and reminding fans to email [email protected] with 'Listener Tales' in the subject line. Two final sponsor reads follow: OnDeck for small business loans up to $400,000, and Angie for home improvement professionals, closing the episode.
Chapter 2 · 01:35
Ash and Alaina open in costume — Ash dressed as Bigfoot with an absent costume and Alaina as a DIY Mothman with dark sunglasses — joking about their creature alter egos before establishing the camping theme of this Listener Tales episode. Neither host has positive camping memories: Ash glamped once in a nice vehicle and got sleep paralysis while thinking about the Blair Witch, while Alaina tent-camped as a child with a friend's family and has no desire to repeat the experience. Both fondly recall teenage woods parties before admitting they don't belong sleeping outdoors. The lighthearted banter introduces the off-the-rails energy that will characterize the entire episode before Alaina launches into the first listener tale.
Ash and Alaina open the episode in costume as Bigfoot and Mothman respectively, immediately establishing that neither host has any interest in camping. Alaina once camped in a tent as a child, Ash glamped once and got sleep paralysis, and both agree the woods are best enjoyed from a distance. This sets up five listener-submitted camping tales.
Chapter 3 · 07:52
Sarah and her partner Chago, both tattoo artists who travel frequently, set up at a primitive BLM campsite near Phil's Trailhead in Bend, Oregon. After a tense first night with an eerie forest silence and Sarah's irrational Bigfoot fears, a white Ford cargo van begins circling their isolated site. The driver — described as having a greasy long black beard, a straw sun hat, and truck-stop sunglasses, singing erratically to AC/DC — rolls to a stop at their campsite and hands Chago two beers after their French bulldog charges at him and then projectile vomits in distraction. [1] — Alaina Urquhart "A greasy man in a white Ford cargo van approached Sarah and her partner Chago at their isolated Oregon campsite and handed them beers. What…" 07:52 The man's bizarre comment that Sarah looks like his sister and Chago's flat 'thanks, have a nice day' send him on his way. Later that day they discover via news reports that police had evacuated the entire campground because the same man — apprehended in his white van — had called in threats to kill everyone and had two loaded guns. The beers, the reaching into the back of the van, the weird eye contact: all of it recontextualizes into a near-massacre. Chago drinks the murder beers anyway, gets violently ill, and ultimately quits drinking entirely.
Claims made here
Police apprehended an intoxicated man in a white Ford cargo van who had threatened to kill everyone in the BLM campground area near Phil's Trailhead in Bend, Oregon, and he was found to have two guns.
Chago quit drinking entirely after projectile vomiting from the 'murder beers' and is now sober.
A greasy man in a white Ford cargo van approached Sarah and her partner Chago at their isolated Oregon campsite and handed them beers. What looked like a weird but harmless encounter was revealed when police later arrested the same man — who had two firearms in his van and had threatened to kill everyone in the area. The French bulldog's perfectly-timed projectile vomit may have been the only thing that kept the guns in the bag.
The man who handed beers to Chago was later apprehended by police; he had two loaded guns in his van and had threatened to kill everyone in the area.
Sarah's camping tale near Bend, Oregon delivers three unforgettable lessons: the woods can conceal armed and dangerous people, a gut feeling at the wrong moment is worth listening to, and sometimes a projectile-vomiting French bulldog is the most valuable safety device you own. The armed man's decision to spare them — possibly because Sarah looked like his sister — is something Sarah and Chago will never fully understand.
After drinking the beers handed to them by the armed Oregon man (the 'murder beers'), Chago projectile vomited and subsequently quit drinking entirely, achieving sobriety.
Chapter 4 · 28:15
Following the conclusion of Sarah's Oregon camping tale, Ash delivers a personal endorsement of SimpliSafe's Outdoor Camera Series 2 and AI-powered monitoring, noting she has used the system for years and takes it when she moves homes. She then reads for SoFi's high-yield checking and savings account, highlighting its 8-times-the-national-average interest rate and up to $300 welcome bonus. A second State Farm read closes the break, encouraging listeners to speak with a local agent about personalized coverage bundles. The hosts briefly reconnect after the ads before launching into the second tale.
Claims made here
In the US, there is a home break-in every 26 seconds, according to the SimpliSafe ad read.
SoFi's high-yield checking and savings account earns over 8 times the national average savings rate with eligible direct deposit.
The viral 'would you rather meet a man or a bear in the woods' question got a real-life answer for one anonymous listener at McLeod Falls, California. A man with a fedora asked her to photograph him nude twice across separate years. Later that same night, a black bear walked past within 20 feet and moved on without incident. The bear was naked the whole time and still wasn't creepy about it.
Sarah's French bulldog projectile vomited at the exact moment a man in a white van reached for something — he pulled out beers instead of his guns, possibly saving their lives.
Chapter 5 · 34:35
Framing her story as a direct response to the viral TikTok debate asking women whether they'd rather encounter a man or a bear alone in the woods, the anonymous listener describes a solo week-long camping trip at McLeod Falls near Shasta, California. Toward the end of a perfect day swimming under the falls, a tall man in a fedora approached and asked her to photograph him nude to send to his girlfriend in the Philippines — the exact same request he had made to her years earlier at the same location. She declined firmly, jogged back to camp, and spent the evening on a picnic table with tequila watching the stars. A large black bear then walked within 20 feet of her, seemed to sense she was no threat, and moved on. [1] — Ash Kelley "The viral 'would you rather meet a man or a bear in the woods' question got a real-life answer for one anonymous listener at McLeod Falls, …" 28:15 The contrast is stark and devastating: the man made her feel surveilled and in danger; the bear was a peaceful co-inhabitant of the night. The hosts react with sharp commentary on the reality women face outdoors.
Claims made here
A black bear walking within 20 feet of a solo female camper at McLeod Falls passed without incident after seeming to sense she was not a threat.
An anonymous listener encountered both a creepy man who asked her to photograph him nude AND a black bear on the same night; the bear passed peacefully while the man was deeply unsettling.
Chapter 6 · 40:50
Growing up off-grid on the edge of a Canadian forest gave the Manitoba listener a deep connection to nature — and a dangerous overconfidence. On their fifth annual bare-bones camping trip, he, Ali, and Isaac hiked off-trail into a national park's symmetrical pine forest, where every tree looks identical and landmarks are nonexistent. [1] — Alaina Urquhart "Three university friends hiked into an unmarked national park forest in Manitoba on a Wednesday and became hopelessly lost for three days. …" 44:40 Their phones all fail to turn on despite having charge. That night, the narrator hears a man screaming at the top of his lungs from 50 meters away, but his friends hear nothing. One friend hears footsteps; the others don't. Then, while relieving himself at night, the narrator encounters a massive creature at eye level from 70 meters away — antlered, making a shriek described as 'a fork scraping on a plate from the throat of someone with tuberculosis who smokes three packs a day.' He runs screaming, his friends hear nothing, and he returns from a completely different direction than he left. They eventually find a road and escape on Saturday — a full day sooner than they should have exited after three nights. Back home, his phone turns on with 60% battery. They went camping again the next year.
Claims made here
Three campers entered a Canadian national park forest on a Wednesday and exited on a Saturday despite experiencing three nights, meaning one extra calendar day had passed inside the forest.
The narrator's phone turned on at home with 60% battery remaining after refusing to turn on at all during the entire camping trip in the Manitoba national park.
Three university friends hiked into an unmarked national park forest in Manitoba on a Wednesday and became hopelessly lost for three days. All three phones failed to turn on despite having battery. They heard sounds no one else could hear, saw things that weren't there, and one camper encountered a large unknown creature with antler-like protrusions making an inhuman screech. When they finally escaped, it was Saturday — but they should have been out Sunday.
Before describing how he got lost in a Canadian national park for three days, the Manitoba listener delivered four concrete warnings: don't hike off-trail in an unknown forest, bring water and a compass, bring a first-aid kit, and never go alone. He then admitted he and his friends violated every single one of these rules. This self-aware opening makes the horror that follows even more gripping.
Twenty meters from his sleeping friends, the Manitoba listener encountered something in the forest that towered at his eye level from 70 meters away, had antler-like protrusions, and emitted a shriek described as 'a fork scraping a plate from the throat of someone with tuberculosis who smokes three packs a day.' He ran. His friends heard nothing. When he returned from a completely different direction than he left.
Three campers entered a Canadian national park forest on Wednesday and emerged on Saturday, despite only experiencing three nights — meaning they lived through an extra day that shouldn't have existed.
After all three phones inexplicably failed to turn on during the camping trip, the narrator's phone turned back on at home with 60% battery remaining — with no explanation.
Chapter 7 · 58:10
This four-chapter listener tale follows Josh's extraordinary camping cursed history through the eyes of his wife. [1] — Ash Kelley "Josh's second camping trip in 2000 ended when an epic 3 AM brawl between Eastern European campers and a biker gang spilled into his campsit…" 1:06:50 Chapter 1, spring break 1998: Josh and three college friends camp in Maryland near a man they unknowingly taunted from across the fire. The man was an axe murderer on the run from police. He visited their cabin after they left, touching Josh's borrowed tent — which was then seized as state's evidence, devastating Josh's relationship with his very particular father. Chapter 2, circa 2000: Josh camps with high school friends at a packed upstate New York campground on the night of a famous Pedro Martinez vs. Roger Clemens game. At 3 AM, a massive brawl between Eastern European campers and bikers spills into their campsite, topples a grill, and sets his brand-new tent on fire. A man is seen with a cooking fork embedded in his skull. They flee. Chapter 3, the wife's first trip: At a family-friendly Pennsylvania state park, the wife accidentally leaves a beer can visible during quiet hours. Park rangers arrive. Josh whispers 'it's happening again, but this time we're gonna be murdered.' They are forced to pour 100+ ounces of alcohol onto the forest floor. The only murder: their evening.
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Josh's first camping trip tent was seized as state's evidence after an axe murderer who had been on the run visited their abandoned campsite and handled the tent.
During a 2000 campground brawl between Eastern European campers and a biker group, a man was seen with a cooking fork embedded in his head, bleeding with eyes closed.
Josh's first camping trip coincided with an axe murderer on the loose whose contact with the tent made it state's evidence; his second trip ended with his tent catching fire in a campground brawl.
Josh and three drunk college friends camped in Maryland during spring break 1998, saw a distant campfire, and drunkenly yelled 'we are the kings of the forest!' at whoever was there. The fire belonged to a man on the run from police for axe murders. After they left, the axe murderer visited their cabin and tent — turning the borrowed tent into state's evidence, making it impossible to return to Josh's father.
During a spring break camping trip around 1998, Josh and his friends unknowingly taunted an axe murderer from across the woods by yelling at his distant campfire.
Josh's second camping trip in 2000 ended when an epic 3 AM brawl between Eastern European campers and a biker gang spilled into his campsite, toppling a grill and setting his new tent on fire. Amid the chaos, Josh saw a man with a cooking fork embedded in his head, bleeding and unconscious. His brand-new replacement tent was destroyed. He left immediately.
During a massive campground brawl between Eastern European campers and a biker group, one person was seen with a cooking fork embedded in his head — Josh never found out if he survived.
On the third and final camping trip, Josh's wife (our listener) left a beer can on the table during quiet hours at a Pennsylvania state park. Park rangers appeared with flashlights, Josh whispered 'it's happening again but we're gonna be murdered,' and the group was forced to pour over 100 ounces of alcohol onto the forest floor. The murderer, it turned out, was the listener — of fun and of the forest floor.
On the third night of Josh and his wife's camping trip, park rangers caught them drinking in a Pennsylvania state park and forced them to pour out over 100 ounces of alcohol on the ground.
Chapter 9 · 1:17:00
Katie describes the scariest night of her life: 20 days into a solo hike of the Appalachian Trail in the off-season, alone in a large rectangular shelter, she begins hearing heavy footsteps approaching from multiple directions that stop before anyone appears. [1] — Alaina Urquhart "Twenty days into her solo Appalachian Trail hike, listener Katie heard heavy footsteps approaching her shelter from multiple directions — b…" 1:18:30 She presses her face against the hammock's bug net to see outside, but sees no one. The sound of what she can only describe as a baseball bat being dragged along the wooden siding of the shelter sends her into tears. She steps outside with bear spray raised and calls out — finding nobody. She texts her father her location in case something happens, calls multiple hostels in a panic, and eventually reaches a resort that sends a maintenance man to collect her at a road. In the truck, the driver calmly tells her the trail runs through Native lands and she had encountered angry spirits. Back at the resort, she discovers a protection crystal given to her by a friend has broken — her witchy friends later tell her it absorbed too much negative energy. Despite nearly ending her trip, Katie returns to the trail and completes all 2,083.5 miles in 30 days, hiking through the Smoky Mountains and listening to Morbid podcast throughout.
Claims made here
Listener Katie hiked 2,083.5 miles of the Appalachian Trail in 30 days, completing the trail after a paranormal encounter 20 days in.
The Appalachian Trail runs through Native American ancestral lands, and a resort maintenance driver told listener Katie that angry spirits are a known phenomenon in that area.
Twenty days into her solo Appalachian Trail hike, listener Katie heard heavy footsteps approaching her shelter from multiple directions — but when she stepped outside with bear spray raised, nobody was there. She called a hostel sobbing, was picked up by a maintenance driver who calmly explained that the trail runs through Native lands with known angry spirits, and discovered her protection crystal had shattered. She went back and finished the trail anyway.
Katie was 20 days and alone on the Appalachian Trail when invisible footsteps circled her shelter, a baseball-bat dragging sound ran along the walls, and no one was visible when she went outside.
After encountering invisible footsteps and ghostly phenomena on the Appalachian Trail, listener Katie refused to quit and completed the entire trail — 2,083.5 miles — in 30 days.
The resort maintenance man who rescued Katie from the Appalachian Trail shelter explained that the trail runs through Native lands and that angry spirits are a known phenomenon in the area.
Despite being driven from her shelter by invisible footsteps and paranormal activity, Katie refused to quit the Appalachian Trail. She completed the entire 2,083.5-mile trail in 30 days, listening to Morbid podcast for significant portions of the journey. She hiked through the Smoky Mountains and says she learned more about herself in those 30 days than in 22 years of life.
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A greasy man in a white Ford cargo van approached Sarah and her partner Chago at their isolated Oregon campsite and handed them beers. What looked like a weird but harmless encounter was revealed when police later arrested the same man — who had two firearms in his van and had threatened to kill everyone in the area. The French bulldog's perfectly-timed projectile vomit may have been the only thing that kept the guns in the bag.
Twenty days into her solo Appalachian Trail hike, listener Katie heard heavy footsteps approaching her shelter from multiple directions — but when she stepped outside with bear spray raised, nobody was there. She called a hostel sobbing, was picked up by a maintenance driver who calmly explained that the trail runs through Native lands with known angry spirits, and discovered her protection crystal had shattered. She went back and finished the trail anyway.
This episode
Sarah's partner and mountain biking enthusiast who accepted the beers from the armed man and later achieved sobriety.
Off-camera presence in the studio who periodically interjects; described as spooky and beloved by fans.
Ash's Halloween costume character and the source of Sarah's irrational camping fear, described as 'squatchy' in the Oregon woods.
Band whose Pandora channel was playing quietly during the listener's final campfire evening in Pennsylvania.
Home security sponsor of the episode; Ash personally endorses the product.
Referenced repeatedly as the listeners' and hosts' benchmark for terrifying forest experiences, particularly during the Manitoba story.
Referenced by the anonymous listener to describe the fitting punishment for the man who asked her to photograph him nude.
The 2,083.5-mile trail where listener Katie experienced paranormal phenomena and still completed her hike.
The setting of Sarah's camping tale involving the armed man in the white van.
Canadian province where the listener who experienced the time anomaly and forest creature grew up and camped.
California waterfall campground where the anonymous listener encountered the pervy man and the black bear on the same night.
Mountain range through which listener Katie hiked as part of completing the Appalachian Trail.
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Factual claims made this episode, and whether a source was named.
Police apprehended an intoxicated man in a white Ford cargo van who had threatened to kill everyone in the BLM campground area near Phil's Trailhead in Bend, Oregon, and he was found to have two guns.
A black bear walking within 20 feet of a solo female camper at McLeod Falls passed without incident after seeming to sense she was not a threat.
Three campers entered a Canadian national park forest on a Wednesday and exited on a Saturday despite experiencing three nights, meaning one extra calendar day had passed inside the forest.
The narrator's phone turned on at home with 60% battery remaining after refusing to turn on at all during the entire camping trip in the Manitoba national park.
Josh's first camping trip tent was seized as state's evidence after an axe murderer who had been on the run visited their abandoned campsite and handled the tent.
During a 2000 campground brawl between Eastern European campers and a biker group, a man was seen with a cooking fork embedded in his head, bleeding with eyes closed.
Listener Katie hiked 2,083.5 miles of the Appalachian Trail in 30 days, completing the trail after a paranormal encounter 20 days in.
The Appalachian Trail runs through Native American ancestral lands, and a resort maintenance driver told listener Katie that angry spirits are a known phenomenon in that area.
In the US, there is a home break-in every 26 seconds, according to the SimpliSafe ad read.
SoFi's high-yield checking and savings account earns over 8 times the national average savings rate with eligible direct deposit.
Rocket Money users who create a financial goal save over $70 on average within the first 30 days.
Chago quit drinking entirely after projectile vomiting from the 'murder beers' and is now sober.
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