strange sounds in the woods at night: what could it be?

A couple of weeks ago, my friend and I decided to get away from it all and spend a night at his cabin deep in the Rusagonis woods in New Brunswick. We’re both pretty used to the outdoors—he’s been in those woods more times than I can count, and I grew up camping. So you’d think we’d heard it all by now. But that night, around 10:30, something really odd happened. We were sitting by the fire, just relaxing, when suddenly we heard this loud banging sound in the distance—like someone was whacking a hollow log with a big branch. It was far off, maybe half a kilometer away. Before we could even say much about it, the same sound came from the opposite side of our camp, but this time it was much closer. If it hadn’t been for all the trees and brush, I swear we could’ve seen whatever was making that noise. Here’s where it gets even stranger: for the next half hour, the sounds kept going back and forth, almost like two things were talking to each other. The closer one seemed to be moving around us, and at one point, it sounded like it was about to walk right down the path to our camp. I’m not ashamed to admit, my nerves were shot. We ended up heading inside the cabin and locking the door. The banging got even louder for a bit, then just stopped completely around 12:20. Neither of us have ever heard anything like that before, and it didn’t happen again the next night. We’re both stumped. Has anyone else ever run into something like this in the woods? We’ve tried to come up with explanations—animals, people messing around, even weather—but nothing really fits. I have to admit, it’s left me a little uneasy about going back out there at night. I thought I was too old to get spooked by the woods, but apparently not! #campingstories #mysteryinthewoods #outdoorlife #Travel