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Re: Strange/unexplained stories on the trapline
[Re: Ryan McLeod]
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07/17/19 06:17 PM
07/17/19 06:17 PM
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Northwest Territories
muskrat411
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Not trapping related but reading the other stories got me thinking of this one.
Heard a story about a guy who paddled down the porcupine river one year. I guess the rain really started up one evening and he was getting soaked and really cold. He started smelling camp fire smoke and luckily for him he came upon a cabin where the occupant readily invited him in out of the weather and fed him well. The next day he continued on his way and eventually reached the community of OldCrow Yukon. Some of the locals noticed him pulling in and in their usual fashion went down to welcome him and hear the stories of his river adventure. One of the guys asked how he made out in the rain. He told them about the nice old man who helped him out and went on further to describe the guys nice cabin in detail. This bit of information had the local guys full attention. Once he said the guys name the locals kind of looked at him and each other in disbelief. Turns out the friendly old man had passed away several years before and his cabin and personality fit the paddlers description to a tee. How come you never told us about this when we at the Head of Blow river we could have went and stayed with that old man. Him and wally probably really get along good.
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Re: Strange/unexplained stories on the trapline
[Re: Sullivan K]
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07/17/19 07:24 PM
07/17/19 07:24 PM
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jctunnelrat
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50 years ago we used to hunt deer in the Upper peninsula of Michigan. I was about a half a mile back in, hunting along a little creek called Nuns creek. There were no houses, no nothing in the area, especially off to the north. I heard this very loud buzzing noise on the North side of the creek. A very hard to describe noise. It certainly wasn't a chain saw and it was nothing but an impassible cedar swamp on the other side of the creek. It was an area hard to get to and not an area anybody would just go traipsing around in. Never did figure out what it was, it was just a very loud, distinct noise, in the middle of nothing. Ever seen the movie "Escanaba in da Moonlight"? LOL (we watch it every year during deer camp)
jim
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Re: Strange/unexplained stories on the trapline
[Re: jctunnelrat]
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07/17/19 08:08 PM
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50 years ago we used to hunt deer in the Upper peninsula of Michigan. I was about a half a mile back in, hunting along a little creek called Nuns creek. There were no houses, no nothing in the area, especially off to the north. I heard this very loud buzzing noise on the North side of the creek. A very hard to describe noise. It certainly wasn't a chain saw and it was nothing but an impassible cedar swamp on the other side of the creek. It was an area hard to get to and not an area anybody would just go traipsing around in. Never did figure out what it was, it was just a very loud, distinct noise, in the middle of nothing. Ever seen the movie "Escanaba in da Moonlight"? LOL (we watch it every year during deer camp)
The bitterness of poor quality last a lot longer than the sweetness of low price
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Re: Strange/unexplained stories on the trapline
[Re: I57trapper]
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07/17/19 08:10 PM
07/17/19 08:10 PM
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Escanaba in da Moonlight. Same at our camp watch it at least a couple times especially after a few cool ones to set your mind right!
The bitterness of poor quality last a lot longer than the sweetness of low price
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Re: Strange/unexplained stories on the trapline
[Re: I57trapper]
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07/17/19 11:34 PM
07/17/19 11:34 PM
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Bonner County, Idaho
Wild_Idaho
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These are some great stories. Stuff people who stay in their suburbia homes never see or experience. Creepy or otherwise.
I've only been trapping for 1+ full seasons so nothing too crazy has happened on the trapline. However, I was quail hunting eastern Oregon about 5 years ago in a remote, deep canyon that had some old growth sage and switchgrass down in it with steep canyon walls. This canyon spurred off of a very rural desert dirt road about 20 miles from the nearest paved road and there was not another vehicle or sign of a person in sight. Was following my two GSPs through the canyon when I looked to my left and on a flat piece of granite was a red human handprint, still very wet in what appeared to be blood. It was a perfect handprint on a piece of granite wall that was obviously deliberately put there, not like someone was running and swiped their hand across it. I got the total heebie jeebies about it, called my dogs back to me and decided to go hit a different canyon.
Real name Eric
The sharpest hammer in the box of crayons.
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Re: Strange/unexplained stories on the trapline
[Re: I57trapper]
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07/18/19 09:11 AM
07/18/19 09:11 AM
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bucksnbears
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Had a buddy call me a few years ago and said someone was poaching deer on my property.
I found that hard to believe as I'm purdy keen on what goes on there.
I asked him why he thought that?
Well, he went skiing on the river ice during a full moon at way after dark.
Came around the farthest bend and seen lights just up from the river bank in the woods.
He turned around not wanting to get in a confrontation.
I bowhunting that remote stretch but only in the mornings and have to access it by canoe.
Stands are hard to find in the dark so I hang some cheap solar lights.
That's what he seen LOL.
swampgas chili and schmidt beer makes for a deadly combo
You have to remember that 1 out of 3 Democratic Voters is just as dumb as the other two.
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Re: Strange/unexplained stories on the trapline
[Re: I57trapper]
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07/18/19 10:43 AM
07/18/19 10:43 AM
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Allan Minear
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I was trapping beaver on the Stillwater river which is a boulder strewn channel bed from start to finish with aspen, cottonwood and willow tree's lining the bank. It's also a wind tunnel coming off the Beartooth mtns.
I noticed a few aspen tree's the beaver had been chewing on in a spot where the creek washed out the bank was around 5' so I made a mental note to myself to keep an eye on those tree's .
During the next check the one tree had fallen over into the river hitting a young whitetail buck on the back forcing it down into the water killing it . Sadly the pictures I took of this were lost in time.
So yes beaver can kill deer ha ha
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Re: Strange/unexplained stories on the trapline
[Re: I57trapper]
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07/18/19 02:08 PM
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One night during the dead of winter I went out and ran my small line. Now, where I live it takes me quite awhile to reach good ground for trapping. As I head back in to town after my checks I notice a light from a helicopter (pretty sure it was a helicopter but I never saw it) off to the right side of my truck. That light followed me all the way back to town. Never figured out why it was following me, I always guessed that it was just following cause he/she could.
It's a trappers life for me
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Re: Strange/unexplained stories on the trapline
[Re: I57trapper]
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07/18/19 08:33 PM
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Muskrat
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New to the forum! Seems every time i talk to fellow trappers/hunters i eventually ask if they’ve seen anything strange out in the woods? So I’m just jumping right to the punch. I saw a stealth bomber flying extremely low and not making a sound once and also saw a floating light in a bottoms at night that completely threw me for a loop how it maneuvered. Also had a buddy find a dead body under a bridge!  anyway, share your stories! I wanna hear anything creepy, ghostly, paranormal, criminal, or highly strange! And if you wanna be anonymous just send me a message! I would love to hear it! Did it look like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FridXUHwYwI'd be interested in a thread devoted only to lights of this nature. I hesitate to even bring it up because of the nonbelievers, but am interested if any others have witnessed such a display. I have a story to share.
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Re: Strange/unexplained stories on the trapline
[Re: I57trapper]
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07/18/19 08:55 PM
07/18/19 08:55 PM
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J Staton
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There's a town called Woodsen just south of Little Rock that had a light that was similar to those in the video Muskrat. You could see it when you traveled down Woodsen Lateral Rd. By the time I was old enough to drive it was not as commonly seen as it was in the 70's due to the clearing of the woods for subdivisions. I did see it once though. It seemed to bounce across the road about 50 yards in front of the parked vehicle. Strange thing.
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