In Appalachia they get confused as ‘haints’ or otherworldly creatures roaming the dark woods. Hearing this, you can probably understand why. They make a downright spooky sound in the dark, Appalachian backwoods!

We need Alfred Hitchcock to come back and do a movie about this.

In all seriousness, I’m glad both people are ok.

Have you ever been attacked by an unlikely animal? I almost got into a fist fight with a white-tailed deer once. My grandpappy’s hens always tried to kill me when grandma would send me to the henhouse to collect eggs. I’ve had a few feisty run-ins with geese. On another occasion, a shrew about the size of my pinky toe didn’t like me camping near her burrow and she was going at me pretty heavy.

I’ll tell you what, I love my dogs as my greatest backcountry compliment of them all - more than shelter, food or water. I think we’ll adopt this movie event as an official Practical Woodsman endorsed thing.

This movie looks outstanding, and complimentary to my idea of the backcountry.