Posted by: seabeckraised
Mysterious Flash? - 01/07/24 07:12 PM
Alright everyone, I’d love to hear your theories on this, or if you’ve ever experienced anything like it. I’ll preface this by saying I’m a firm NON-BELIEVER in ghosts, spirits, aliens on Earth, Bigfoot, basically anything that’d be on Unsolved Mysteries, although this would fit the bill. Bit of a long post, so bear with me.
A buddy and I were fishing a small OP river this morning. Hiked in about an hour before first light, and found a gravel bar to stand on waiting for enough light to see our floats. It was pitch black, as you’ve gotta hike down into a canyon. We were not drinking, using drugs, or sleep deprived.
We’d been there for about 15 minutes, when all of a sudden there was a flash probably 20-25 feet across the river from us at water level. The flash was somewhat muted, as if it were a camera flash with a paper towel or thin sheet placed over it. Both of us looked at each other, bewildered. He and I grew up in the woods, and in 30+ years each, had never seen something like this.
We were absolutely stumped, slightly unnerved, but continued waiting for first light.
About 10 minutes later, there was a flash in the woods behind us at about the same intensity, but enough to slightly illuminate my friend, which is what caught my attention. He was facing down river towards me so he saw the flash at about a 90 degree angle, while I was facing towards the river, but caught his sudden illumination in my periphery.
At this point we were pretty much ready to get moving down river and wait somewhere else for enough light to see without our red lens headlamps which had been turned off on our heads.
Couple more thoughts:
We found about an inch or two of snow accumulation on the drive in, and were the first vehicle to access this area easily in the last 24 hours. No vehicle tracks. No one else was up there.
If these were game cams that for some strange reason had a flash camera instead of night vision capture, they’d have been facing each other. One across the river, and one behind us. No reason for them to be set up like this, as well as triggering after we’d been there for several minutes, and again several minutes later. Absolutely confident these weren’t game cams.
We were 2-3 miles from the nearest house, 5+ miles from any development, and 2-300 feet down into a canyon, far from any human presence. No logging or anything nearby.
I’m absolutely stumped. Anyone experience anything similar or have a theory?
A buddy and I were fishing a small OP river this morning. Hiked in about an hour before first light, and found a gravel bar to stand on waiting for enough light to see our floats. It was pitch black, as you’ve gotta hike down into a canyon. We were not drinking, using drugs, or sleep deprived.
We’d been there for about 15 minutes, when all of a sudden there was a flash probably 20-25 feet across the river from us at water level. The flash was somewhat muted, as if it were a camera flash with a paper towel or thin sheet placed over it. Both of us looked at each other, bewildered. He and I grew up in the woods, and in 30+ years each, had never seen something like this.
We were absolutely stumped, slightly unnerved, but continued waiting for first light.
About 10 minutes later, there was a flash in the woods behind us at about the same intensity, but enough to slightly illuminate my friend, which is what caught my attention. He was facing down river towards me so he saw the flash at about a 90 degree angle, while I was facing towards the river, but caught his sudden illumination in my periphery.
At this point we were pretty much ready to get moving down river and wait somewhere else for enough light to see without our red lens headlamps which had been turned off on our heads.
Couple more thoughts:
We found about an inch or two of snow accumulation on the drive in, and were the first vehicle to access this area easily in the last 24 hours. No vehicle tracks. No one else was up there.
If these were game cams that for some strange reason had a flash camera instead of night vision capture, they’d have been facing each other. One across the river, and one behind us. No reason for them to be set up like this, as well as triggering after we’d been there for several minutes, and again several minutes later. Absolutely confident these weren’t game cams.
We were 2-3 miles from the nearest house, 5+ miles from any development, and 2-300 feet down into a canyon, far from any human presence. No logging or anything nearby.
I’m absolutely stumped. Anyone experience anything similar or have a theory?
