Horrifying Camping Stories For People Who Already Despise The Outdoors

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abbyadler
Mar 5, 2022 6:00 PM EST

Personally, I'm big on camping - as long as other people are doing the work for me. But camping isn't just getting nice and toasty in front of the campfire with some delicious s'mores under the stars. There's every single type of bug in the world, packs of raccoons, unruly fires, and even lions and tigers and bears - oh my! Okay, so maybe I'm exaggerating, but an old Reddit thread I discovered showed me just how crazy spending a night out in the wilderness can get. After you read these camping horror stories, you'll never want to step outside ever again. Camping might seem like a good idea at first, but make sure you know what you're doing before you brave the woods. 

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    Font - Posted by u/JusKen 6 years ago a What was your worst camping experience?
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    The only bad camping experience I had is that we were convinced that there was a wild animal outside for no reason whatsoever. Someone in the tent started a rumor, and we all believed them. But that doesn't compare to the horror stories featured below. 

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    Human body - zeppelinism · 6y That time I got drunk and fell asleep in my hammock with no bug cover. Woke up COVERED in bug bites. Had to go to the doctor and get a shot in my ass.
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    The kinda camping story that follows you even once you're back in the safety of the indoors! The bugs got him so good he needed a shot in his butt, once again proving that nature sucks. 

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    Font - RGBOW · 6y We went camping, 2 guys 2 girls, and we all slept in one big tent, at some points one of the girls wanted to pee and was too scared to go alone in the dark, so I went with her and the other guy and girl followed us for some reason. Any way, all is good and well, and get back to the tent, a raccoon jumps out with out bag of chips and runs into the bush, no big deal I guess, we check the tent to be sure there wasn't another one still in there, nada. We get back inside and play ca
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    Human body - thatmeddlingkid7 · 6y I rented out a campsite with my family that came with a picnic table and covering. When we arrived, we found a pile of bird shit on the table that was literally two feet high. A family of endangered birds built a nest that could not be disturbed.
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    Facial expression - awesomekristian · 6y My friend and i were on a three day backpacking trip. On the last night my friend decided that he would pitch his tent on the beach of a lake about a meter from the shore line. That night had some pretty hard rain and when he woke up he was floating in about 2 inches of water. All of his gear was completely submerged, thankfully this was our last day and he didn't lose anything. .
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    Dress - Kawaii_Neko_Punk · 6y Went "camping" in Army basic training. Got tear gassed so bad I ended up vomiting in gas mask, then sat in a prone position in a shallow hole for most the night.
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    Mammal - Kleedok · 6y I was at camp with my class. One of the student's marshmallow caught fire & so he started swinging it around & it hit my left hand. Flaming, molten marshmallow stuck to & burnt my hand. I screamed out in pain. But I got in trouble & hauled away for being rowdy. It was a few minutes before I was even able to speak to tell them what happened & show them my smouldering burn. They hosed it off in the sink & that was it. They didn't take me to the hospital or let me see a doctor
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    Font - pyroSeven · 6y When I was in bootcamp and we were in the jungle, our section walked passed a hornet's nest unknowingly. Long story short, half the section got stung including myself and had to be evacuated out. It felt like flaming hot pencils piercing through your skin. Got seven stings in total. I wasn't the worst off though, my sectionmate was allergic to such venom. Had one sting on his leg but his whole leg swelled up like a balloon. He told us later that his whole like felt like it
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    Font - PM_me_your_nething · 6y We bought a tent. Didn't know how small it would be. We're both tall, 5'10 and 6'0 we were in a tent for midgets.
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    Font - mamacrocker · 6y It was July, in Texas. Really too hot to camp but someone recommended this place on the coast and we figured Gulf breeze, etc. Nope. More like Gulf Gale if you picked one of the spots by the "beach" (really a ledge) that reeked of dead fish and blew sand into every crevice. So we chose a spot a little farther back, where there was still no shade but the wind was a little calmer. The problem was the mosquitoes. They covered everything, and if you tried to get in or out of
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    Font - Waffleuniverse · 6y This is kinda weird, but when I was 11, I was "camping" in my friends backyard with her, me, and her older sister. Their dad said he left the door in the garage unlocked so we can get snacks, and I woke up in the middle of the night wanting some goldfish (that shit was addicting to me) so I went inside and got my munchies. I went back out hearing screaming and I got a hatchet from their dad's garage and saw a really big ass snake in the tent (how can a snake get into t
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    Font - Nebo64 · 6y I was unborn at the time, but my mother was pregnant with me, so I was technically there. My parents were setting up the tent, and the were almost finished when they realised the last tent peg was missing. They found it soon afterwards when they heard my brother, who was about two at the time, crying. He'd found the tent peg and tripped over while holding it. It went right into his mouth and stabbed into his palate. They rushed him to the hospital, and the nurses in emergency
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