What makes a place creepy, and most especially, what makes the woods spooky? Is it just the animals that are scary, or is there something else waiting off the trail? From abandoned cabins to strange echoes, we run away with our imaginations and delve into the research on what we like and don’t like about potentially threatening places in the outdoors. Plus how to have the best haunted house or front yard this Halloween.We also get just freaked out enough on the trail of a long-ago crime, deep in the Connecticut woods.With stories from this season’s wildlife experts about what to worry about when you’re alone in the woods, and what they’ve seen and heard out there. Listen to “Fear in the Woods,” and subscribe to “30% Wild” at www.thirtywildpod.comThe deep dark woods as iconic creepy placeHalloween decorations and cliched spooky places – why are *these* the places we fear? Mysterious crashes in the woods at nightMistaking bears for BigfootAnecdotes ain’t scienceWorking in the woods alone after watching scary moviesTrusting your gut vs dismissing your anxietiesHow to handle your fears in the woodsTaking care of scary places by avoiding them Snakes and cheeseburgersHow to stay safe from scary animals in the woodsHow to keep your dog safe in the woodsIncludes the original *true* story, “Coincidence?”

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