Run Forest, RUN!

Ever been out in bushland and heard sounds that just don’t make sense?  Having spent a fair amount of time in Australian bushland I have gotten to know the sounds of nature, and especially the noisy movements of wombats and roo’s.

Just last weekend we were out in the wild yonder investigating a fantastic location, and decided to venture out to the adjoining buildings to take a peek.  We were walking along the tree lined path, and out from the darkness came the loud stomping of what can only be described as footsteps.  It started to the left, then a few seconds later happened again, but this time it was 10 metres to the right.  It was weird enough for us to pay attention and investigate further. 

We walked out into the ‘field of darkness’ to try and trace the source of this noise. Silence. Darkness. Eerie.  Then bam bam bam bam. Same again, with a short silence, then again around 10 metres away.  To hear loud stomping of the two footed variety is something you don’t want to hear when hanging out in the middle of nowhere.

The crew started to walk back to the buildings, but Peet and I were dawdling behind.  We were slightly oblivious, as we were talking about the experience, when all of a sudden we both heard this ‘thing’ running up behind us, FAST!

Needless to say we both screamed like girls (as you do) and as we started running to the rest of the group, we turned, expecting to see whatever it was that was trying to hunt us down and brutally slaughter us. NOTHING!

Bazaar to say the least.

The rest of the crew came running towards us and again we waited for the noise. Silence.

It was a very strange experience.  Yowie? who knows?  I’m not really a believer in crypto.  Yet to experience something like this makes you start to wonder, what is really out there?

- Nic