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A second crazy outdoors expereince was last year when I went to another place just here in KY called Red River Gorge Geological Area (home of a couple hundred natural bridges) with my father for some QT (quality time) and we hiked about 2 miles into the woods on a trail, then about a mile off the trail into an area with nothing there, no trails, no climbing rocks, nothing but wildlife at it's best. So we set up our campsite, hung out and what-have-you, I was explaining to him the death of my friends uncle there when he was murdered by a crazy local who then raped his wife, then blew his own brains out, right? Well that evening, around 1am, I heard 3 gun shots from a riffle at a distance I'd determine to be 75 yards. Mind you, guns and hunting are not allowed inside national parks (which this is). So I'm thinking, hey cool, 3 is the number of a nice sized family. Someone just murdered three people. Well, 15 minutes later, I hear 4 shots from what I'd say is 30-40 yards away, WHICH IS PRETTY DAMN CLOSE. So, me in all of my self-induced narcolepsy decided that the best possible solution was sleep. Either they were going to kill me, or they weren't. If I was awake, that might provoke them to kill me since I saw him. If I was asleep, I wouldn't fear/feel the bullet. I feel bad for my father though, cause he felt he had to stay up to defend me, so he stayed up all night making sure no crazy-ass locals came and murdered us. But, nothing happened, obviously, but it's so wierd, no one else was camping near us, no deaths were reported that weekend...we have no clue were the shots came from, or where they went, but damn were we scared.
and just as an incidental. If you like camping, and you like outdoors stuff like hiking, climbing, snowshoeing, skiing...if you're ever in the south-eastern portion of France, western Switzerland, or northern Italy, then you'd better make at least a two day trip to Chamonix, France. The most gorgeous place on earth, I think.
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