My DW and I spent 4 days camping at Ohiopyle State Park in SW PA at the Kentuck Campground. When we pulled our TT into our site, we noted that all of the surrounding campers were younger folks in tents which was odd as the area was usually TT's, 5'vers, Class A's, etc. We also noted they were all leaving their campsites frequently at night and sleeping all day in their tents. Then on the evening of the 21st, we noticed the young lady in the site next to ours laying out DVD's in a pattern on the picnic table and tying DVD's on a bright, pink ribbon hung from the lantern post and a glow ball on top. She also placed a large jar filled with apples in the middle of the table with an apple on the top of the lid. Finally she tied a game camera on a nearby tree, aimed at the table. We thought oh great, a witch is bringing in the Autumn solstice. I told my DW if we woke up the next morning to goats and chickens sacrificed, we were out of there!
My DW did not sleep well that night as she said she kept seeing flashes of light and hearing strange noises outside our TT. We then saw the girl next door showing the game camera to a park ranger and another camper. Then the camper came over into our campsite to show yet another camper the area where the camera had captured photos (the source of flashing lights that kept DW awake). When I went out and asked what was going on the the young man said we had a visitor in our campground that was 6 ft. tall and 400 lbs. I asked if it was a bear and he says no, it only had 2 legs! He finally claimed that is was a "small" Bigfoot and that they had photos of it peering around the tree right outside our TT back door! He then went on to tell us that the woods in the area had a Bigfoot family that was observed regularly and all the campers around us was there to observe them by attracting them with food hence the apples plus some doughnuts also placed on the picnic tables!
Needless to say, we were not amused and neither was the park management when we talked with them about the events as first of all, campers are not to attract animals with food left out and the park has quiet hours from 9 pm to 8 am. Plus, having folks run around campgrounds in the middle of the night with flashlights and cameras is a good way to have a real good confrontation! We are still laughing about the experience but thankful no one got hurt and to our knowledge, no Bigfoots were harmed in the process!
