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You think the worst thing about RV camping is a flat tire or a rainy night? Try a scream in the dark that sounds human, a campsite abandoned in the middle of breakfast, and a black RV that was never there. Or a tent collapse with distinct shoe prints circling you in the morning. This is why I'll never RV camp again—because the biggest danger isn't the weather, it's the things that watch you from the treeline.
In this episode, we explore the terrifying reality of RV camping that the brochures don't show you. We begin with a chilling story of a camper in Yosemite who heard a blood-curdling scream from an old black RV in the middle of the night. The next morning, a fancy fifth-wheel across the way was completely abandoned—coffee pot still on, chairs still out, no sign of the couple who owned it. And the black RV? Gone. When they asked a park ranger, they were told no such RV was ever registered in that loop [citation:1].
We also cover the true story of a solo camper in remote Colorado who was awakened by fingers dragging along the nylon of his tent. After his tipi-style tent collapsed around him, he ran for his truck and locked himself inside until sunrise. When he emerged, he found human shoe prints circling his campsite—someone had been outside his tent all night [citation:8]. Another camper in the same area reported arriving at a dispersed site, finding an abandoned camp with moldy food, and later discovering boot prints and dog prints that weren't theirs around their own camp [citation:8].
And for those who think the risk is just about the wilderness itself, there's the story of Anissa and Christopher Osborne, an RV lifestyle blogger couple found dead in their RV at a Florida campground in a suspected murder-suicide. Their family, who had seen them post loving photos just days before, struggled to accept that the life they had documented was not what it seemed [citation:5]. Subscribe and hit the bell for more true stories from the dark side of the open road.
In this episode, we explore the terrifying reality of RV camping that the brochures don't show you. We begin with a chilling story of a camper in Yosemite who heard a blood-curdling scream from an old black RV in the middle of the night. The next morning, a fancy fifth-wheel across the way was completely abandoned—coffee pot still on, chairs still out, no sign of the couple who owned it. And the black RV? Gone. When they asked a park ranger, they were told no such RV was ever registered in that loop [citation:1].
We also cover the true story of a solo camper in remote Colorado who was awakened by fingers dragging along the nylon of his tent. After his tipi-style tent collapsed around him, he ran for his truck and locked himself inside until sunrise. When he emerged, he found human shoe prints circling his campsite—someone had been outside his tent all night [citation:8]. Another camper in the same area reported arriving at a dispersed site, finding an abandoned camp with moldy food, and later discovering boot prints and dog prints that weren't theirs around their own camp [citation:8].
And for those who think the risk is just about the wilderness itself, there's the story of Anissa and Christopher Osborne, an RV lifestyle blogger couple found dead in their RV at a Florida campground in a suspected murder-suicide. Their family, who had seen them post loving photos just days before, struggled to accept that the life they had documented was not what it seemed [citation:5]. Subscribe and hit the bell for more true stories from the dark side of the open road.
