What Is Your Unusual Camping Story?

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Do any of you campers out there have a favorite story to tell? Just something out of the ordinary you experienced on a camping trip? Here's mine..... We were (my 2 Daughters, 1 Grandson, 6 Friends) were all camping at Jellystone Park In Aurora, Ohio. My daughters and myself all love skunks, and know they will not spray you if you don't threaten them. So, here we are, sitting around the campfire late at night, drinking, roasting marshmallows, telling scary stories and having a good time. Sure enough, one pretty good sized skunk comes walking right up to us, smelling around looking for grubs to eat, just minding his own business. We started to feed the little guy some peanuts, a marshmallow or two, and he just loved it. We took pictures of him and I swear he knew he was on camera, it was like he posed for them. I have one picture where he is only about 2 feet away from me where I was feeding him a marshmallow. Eventually, he left and went down the side of the hill we were on, back into the woods. We all laughed and thought it was so much fun. About a half hour later we were all getting ready to go to bed when we heard a noise in the woods behind us. Of course we went to invesigate and much to our surprise, there were about 20 more Skunks, playing in the stumps, chasing each other, having their own little campside rendevous. I swear he let the word out that we had food and called all the relatives in the neighborhood. We threw more food down into the woods so they could all enjoy, took more pictures, and eventually after talking about our episide, went to bed. That was a great fun experience for us, and no one was sprayed or threatened. They aren't as bad as people might think. It's when you run, make loud noises, or try to chase them away that they feel threatened. This is just one of a few stories I have about skunks, and if you know anything about animal totems, the Skunk is one of mine.