DISCLAIMER: This story is WEIRD. And it may be long. But you will probably laugh so I would think about reading the entire post.
This all went down about two and a half weeks ago...
To begin the story of the camping adventure, a little background information is needed. Earlier in the week, my friend Karlee and I were brainstorming ideas of what to do the upcoming weekend. We thought camping would be a fun idea.
SOOO Friday comes around. BAD NEWS- the weather channel was showing 60% chances of rain so we decided to rain check the camping trip. Instead, Tyler and I, Karlee and Adam and Ava headed to dinner, then World Market for some Hi-chews (Japanese delicious candy), then back to the Karlee and Adam's house. When we got back to the house we began brainstorming ideas of what to do the next day (Saturday) Since we are all terribly indecisive people, this was taking quite a while!
Half jokingly, I said, "Let's just go camping NOW!" And everyone was like OK! So Adam and Karlee grabbed their pillows, brushed their teeth, and changed into camping attire. Then, Tyler and I stopped by our house and changed and got blankets. Also, excitedly, we packed up some eggs and pancake mix and a pan to make breakfast in! YAY! Then we borrowed some tents from Tyler's mom and headed out. At this point, it was about 10:50 PM! Our plan was to go to Hugonaut Park and camp at the beach! FUN! However, as we reached Hugonaut Park at about 11:15PMish the guard at the front wouldn't let us in on account of they closed the doors and 9:30PM and the camp site has been BOOKED for at least a week! DANG! What now!!! Karlee suggested the Ritz Carlton up the road but our husbands weren't down for that plan...! We asked the guard if he knew of any other camp sites, he said there was a site up the road called "Little Talbot"!
At this point we were basically giving up on the camping plan. Pretty sure Adam said STAY POSITIVE or something. We arrived at Little Talbot and there was a gate with a code, and Chris Rock chillin at the front on the phone. Tyler decides to try a couple code out, nothing worked. Oh I should also mention there was a sign that said "REGISTERED CAMPERS ONLY" Apparently, we are all illiterate.
Sooo Chris Rock comes over, "Hey, you guys forget the code?" Tyler's like "Uhhh... yeah!" And Chris Rock says, "Ohhh yeah I think I remember it hang on" Then, Ta-DA! The gate is open, thanks Chris Rock! FREAKING OUT with excitement and nerves we are driving through this random camp site in the dark at 11:30PM. We see an open camp site, lucky number "37" and it's close to the bathrooms, SCORE!! We set up our tents, whispering, as to not wake up camp site "38" next to us. Our two small tents are NOTHING compared to the intense RVS and christmas lights we passed around the camp grounds.
Taking in the moment, we start a fire with our DuraFlame and tell lovely memories of camping experiences from the past. We walk down a bit and see we are close to some water/marshy lands, sweet. We even see a ton of crabs, sweet. Life is great! At about 12:30AM or so we decide to head to bed. The comfy,rocky ground was beckoning us.
Pretty sure both Adam and Tyler were snoring after about 10 minutes. Karlee and I had some interesting experiences. Almost asleep at about 1:30AM, I wake up to a fight between girl and a guy. Not sure what the fight was over but they were definitely MAD at each other."STOPPP you always just walk away..." Blah blah BLAH!That went on for probably another hour. SO annoying, people are trying to SLEEP here!!!
Next Billy Bob Joe and Jim were strollin' through the grounds catching up on their small talk. "OH HEY JIM how's it going!?" "Ah it's GREAT how are things with you Billy Bob?!" "FANTASTIC!" What theeeeee it's 2:30AM shut up guys!
Next, two buddies joking around( probably drunk) were full of vulgar language and loud noises. Probably around 3:00 AM they finally left or shut up. THen almost asleep again at 3:14 AM or so I FREEZE, FREEZE! Because I hear this loud demonic BEAST growling and breathng heavy probably about 10 or 15 feet from our TENT. I'm sure all four of us are frozen as Karlee is the first to speak, "WHAT THE CRAP IS THAT" Tyler jumps out "DON'T MOVE DON'T get out don't even talK!" We are all freaking out as this demonic beast most likely rips another poor wimpering animal to shreds. It was the scariest/saddest feeling!!!!!!!!!!! It probably went on for another 10 minutes or so but we were all too afraid to move or speak for awhile. Finally at 3:45 we started to talk about the possibilites. Thank goodness for my iphone! I started searching what types of animals were found at Little Talbot and discovered there were rabbits,birds, and bobcats! Certain it was a bobcat I searched on Google, "Do Bobcats attack humans?" Relieved, I discovered they didn't. Trying to calm Karlee down, I shared the information. The response was not calming. "DON'T TELL ME IT MIGHT BE A BOBCAT that doesn't help calm me down!!!!" A few minutes later Adam staring calling me ""Candace we have to go Karlee is going to pass out!" I just said everyone needs to stay put in case it's still out there. At this point it was probably 4:15 AM. We had at least an hour and a half until it was light. There was quiet moaning around that same time, who knows from what. FREAKY.
So almost to sleep again at around 5:50AM I wake up from LOUD chirping birds. Everyone was still afraid to get out but it was light enough outside I decided. I got up, checked the bushes to see if something was dead. The wimpering noise sounded like a small dog or something but nothing was to be found. So we decided we needed to get the HECK out of Little Talbot.
Oh, I should also mention in the light we could see we were about 10 feet away from a sea of marsh lands. We then considered the possibility of the demonic beast being a gator.Or a raccoon. Or a wild boar. WHO KNOWS!!!!!!!
On the drive home, Adam suggests that is was an Ostrich killing a Rooster... REALLY ADAM??! Haha.
THe truth is, we will never know what the demonic beast was or what really happened that night at Little Talbot. It is a mystery. And an experience we will all never forget.
If you ever want to go camping just head on over to Little Talbot's. Chris Rock will be there to greet you at the door!!!!!!
This all went down about two and a half weeks ago...
To begin the story of the camping adventure, a little background information is needed. Earlier in the week, my friend Karlee and I were brainstorming ideas of what to do the upcoming weekend. We thought camping would be a fun idea.
SOOO Friday comes around. BAD NEWS- the weather channel was showing 60% chances of rain so we decided to rain check the camping trip. Instead, Tyler and I, Karlee and Adam and Ava headed to dinner, then World Market for some Hi-chews (Japanese delicious candy), then back to the Karlee and Adam's house. When we got back to the house we began brainstorming ideas of what to do the next day (Saturday) Since we are all terribly indecisive people, this was taking quite a while!
Half jokingly, I said, "Let's just go camping NOW!" And everyone was like OK! So Adam and Karlee grabbed their pillows, brushed their teeth, and changed into camping attire. Then, Tyler and I stopped by our house and changed and got blankets. Also, excitedly, we packed up some eggs and pancake mix and a pan to make breakfast in! YAY! Then we borrowed some tents from Tyler's mom and headed out. At this point, it was about 10:50 PM! Our plan was to go to Hugonaut Park and camp at the beach! FUN! However, as we reached Hugonaut Park at about 11:15PMish the guard at the front wouldn't let us in on account of they closed the doors and 9:30PM and the camp site has been BOOKED for at least a week! DANG! What now!!! Karlee suggested the Ritz Carlton up the road but our husbands weren't down for that plan...! We asked the guard if he knew of any other camp sites, he said there was a site up the road called "Little Talbot"!
At this point we were basically giving up on the camping plan. Pretty sure Adam said STAY POSITIVE or something. We arrived at Little Talbot and there was a gate with a code, and Chris Rock chillin at the front on the phone. Tyler decides to try a couple code out, nothing worked. Oh I should also mention there was a sign that said "REGISTERED CAMPERS ONLY" Apparently, we are all illiterate.
Sooo Chris Rock comes over, "Hey, you guys forget the code?" Tyler's like "Uhhh... yeah!" And Chris Rock says, "Ohhh yeah I think I remember it hang on" Then, Ta-DA! The gate is open, thanks Chris Rock! FREAKING OUT with excitement and nerves we are driving through this random camp site in the dark at 11:30PM. We see an open camp site, lucky number "37" and it's close to the bathrooms, SCORE!! We set up our tents, whispering, as to not wake up camp site "38" next to us. Our two small tents are NOTHING compared to the intense RVS and christmas lights we passed around the camp grounds.
Taking in the moment, we start a fire with our DuraFlame and tell lovely memories of camping experiences from the past. We walk down a bit and see we are close to some water/marshy lands, sweet. We even see a ton of crabs, sweet. Life is great! At about 12:30AM or so we decide to head to bed. The comfy,rocky ground was beckoning us.
Pretty sure both Adam and Tyler were snoring after about 10 minutes. Karlee and I had some interesting experiences. Almost asleep at about 1:30AM, I wake up to a fight between girl and a guy. Not sure what the fight was over but they were definitely MAD at each other."STOPPP you always just walk away..." Blah blah BLAH!That went on for probably another hour. SO annoying, people are trying to SLEEP here!!!
Next Billy Bob Joe and Jim were strollin' through the grounds catching up on their small talk. "OH HEY JIM how's it going!?" "Ah it's GREAT how are things with you Billy Bob?!" "FANTASTIC!" What theeeeee it's 2:30AM shut up guys!
Next, two buddies joking around( probably drunk) were full of vulgar language and loud noises. Probably around 3:00 AM they finally left or shut up. THen almost asleep again at 3:14 AM or so I FREEZE, FREEZE! Because I hear this loud demonic BEAST growling and breathng heavy probably about 10 or 15 feet from our TENT. I'm sure all four of us are frozen as Karlee is the first to speak, "WHAT THE CRAP IS THAT" Tyler jumps out "DON'T MOVE DON'T get out don't even talK!" We are all freaking out as this demonic beast most likely rips another poor wimpering animal to shreds. It was the scariest/saddest feeling!!!!!!!!!!! It probably went on for another 10 minutes or so but we were all too afraid to move or speak for awhile. Finally at 3:45 we started to talk about the possibilites. Thank goodness for my iphone! I started searching what types of animals were found at Little Talbot and discovered there were rabbits,birds, and bobcats! Certain it was a bobcat I searched on Google, "Do Bobcats attack humans?" Relieved, I discovered they didn't. Trying to calm Karlee down, I shared the information. The response was not calming. "DON'T TELL ME IT MIGHT BE A BOBCAT that doesn't help calm me down!!!!" A few minutes later Adam staring calling me ""Candace we have to go Karlee is going to pass out!" I just said everyone needs to stay put in case it's still out there. At this point it was probably 4:15 AM. We had at least an hour and a half until it was light. There was quiet moaning around that same time, who knows from what. FREAKY.
So almost to sleep again at around 5:50AM I wake up from LOUD chirping birds. Everyone was still afraid to get out but it was light enough outside I decided. I got up, checked the bushes to see if something was dead. The wimpering noise sounded like a small dog or something but nothing was to be found. So we decided we needed to get the HECK out of Little Talbot.
Oh, I should also mention in the light we could see we were about 10 feet away from a sea of marsh lands. We then considered the possibility of the demonic beast being a gator.Or a raccoon. Or a wild boar. WHO KNOWS!!!!!!!
On the drive home, Adam suggests that is was an Ostrich killing a Rooster... REALLY ADAM??! Haha.
THe truth is, we will never know what the demonic beast was or what really happened that night at Little Talbot. It is a mystery. And an experience we will all never forget.
If you ever want to go camping just head on over to Little Talbot's. Chris Rock will be there to greet you at the door!!!!!!
(Here are some pictures of the landscape I took quickly before we left in the morning... while everyone was yelling at me to leave... )
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ReplyDeleteBefore i even started reading this I thought, "There's no way in hell I would ever go camping in Florida, aren't they afraid of gators?!"
This was totally worth waiting for :)
HAHAHAHA! I am glad you liked it!!!!!!! It was the craziest night of my life basically!!!!!
ReplyDeleteso glad i read all of this. and thanks for the tip at the beginning, i totes would have just skipped to the end. BOBCAT.
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