5 True Scary CAMPING Stories
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What happened during the guard duty at Fort Hood?
Fort Hood is a very large military base, probably one of the largest by land area in the United States. The main base, where you find all the buildings and motor pools full of vehicles and so forth, is simply called Fort Hood. It is on the south end of the overall land that comprises Fort Hood, and just outside its gates is the town of Killeen. Most of Fort Hood is wilderness, training areas for soldiers and a large impact area for the artillery units that have to train with their cannons. at the far northern end of the base there is a small complex called north fort hood it takes about thirty or forty minutes to drive from the main base up to north fort hood in the early nineties there was not much in the way of buildings or infrastructure at north fort hood the unit i was assigned to had to calibrate a piece of equipment which required it to be set up and left in place for about a week while the calibration took place
I'm not going to get into the details about this equipment, as it's not vital to the story. What's important is that we had to set this equipment up at North Fort Hood during the process. During the day, some soldiers were there working on calibrations, but at night we obviously weren't just going to leave this expensive equipment unguarded. So every night we would leave two soldiers with the equipment to keep an eye on things and make sure nothing happened to it. it was very easy duty by every measure there was a tent to stay in and plenty of food soldiers who stayed the night got the next day off basically we would sit in the tent play cards or some other game and just keep an eye on things it was basically camping
I volunteered to take a Thursday night as my turn at guard duty because I had vacation, leave time, starting the following Monday. My rationale was simple. Take guard duty on Thursday night, get Friday off, and start my leave time early. It was myself and another young soldier who was a friend of mine. We were both just kids. I had just turned 21, and I believe he was 19 or so. Keep in mind that this was 1992. So while cell phones did exist, they were by no means as prolific as they are now. It was pretty rare to see someone with a cell phone, and if you did, it was usually in a big leather carrying bag. We called them bag phones, and they were very expensive. Needless to say, neither of us had a cell phone. Why is that important?
Because we were dropped off for guard duty around 5pm, everyone else left, and we had no vehicle or way to communicate with anyone. We were entirely alone if anything happened. And of course, we weren't expecting anything to happen. It was, after all, very easy duty. Watch the equipment, play some cards, eat some chow, no problem. We were sitting in the tent when the first winds started to pick up, and I noticed storm clouds moving in from the west. Whoever had set up that hex tent apparently had no interest in doing it properly, because as the winds got worse, the tent leaned as though it might fold at any moment. Clearly, we were about to get hit with a pretty severe thunderstorm. Anyone who has ever lived in Central Texas can tell you that storms there can blow up quickly and be pretty violent. Fortunately for us, there was a deuce and a half truck there with a shelter on the back. For those who don't know, a deuce and a half is a large six-wheel drive truck. If you want an idea of what they look like, you can google M35A2 truck.
This particular truck had a shelter on the back, and that is where we retreated to in order to get out of the path of the approaching storm. Before anyone asks, I should note that we couldn't drive the truck away from the campsite because it was needed for the calibration, and we wouldn't abandon our post anyway.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What happened during the guard duty at Fort Hood?
0:39–4:32
2
What terrifying experience did the soldier encounter?
4:32–18:31
3
What did the soldier and his friend find outside the shelter?
18:31–22:55
4
What was the UFO sighting in the San Bernardino Mountains?
22:55–35:31
5
How did the UFO sighting impact the narrator's life?
35:31–38:19
6
What strange events occurred during the camping trip?
38:19–1:08:18
Speakers
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