8 Real Appalachian Park Ranger Trail Stories That Will Keep you Up All Night (Episode 55)

DESCRIPTION:Rangers have kept these secrets for decades. In 2009, a veteran ranger uncovered 17 incident files within a six-mile radius—nine missing hikers with no bodies recovered, four unidentified livestock kills, and four rangers who transferred without explanation [citation:5]. A young ranger named Anna Caldwell patrolling the Virginia-North Carolina border encountered a backpack shredded like an animal's jaws, and campers who heard growls that turned into eerie mimicry of human voices [citation:2]. These eight true stories from the Appalachian Trail prove that some encounters will keep you up all night.