"Park Ranger warning: Stay safe and leave your flashlights at home" Creepypasta

[Music] I've been a national park ranger for close to two decades protocols have changed a lot in that time I write this just to try to keep people safe the next time you venture to the big outdoors let me tell you about the last park I worked I can't be too specific about the location my job sake anyway we had clusters of campsites that we rotated annually the idea was to prevent one group from getting overused and worn down let nature we grow a little bit the winter had just passed and our big summer season was a few months away I'm sent out to check the sustainability of the campsites to decide which ones need time to recover from which ones we can open up winters here a cold not too many people camp during the winter aside from rugged masochists and Boy Scout troops led by people who believe they are rugged masochists I didn't expect to find much out of the ordinary the first sight was clear and ready to go as I'm trekking to the next site I see what looks like some debris and junk down away in the river valley looks like some jackasses set up an unauthorized camp down there usually when that happens they leave garbage and smoldering fires this is going to be a pain to clear up I approach seeing the tell-tale wreckage of what must have been one hell of a party stuff scattered everywhere the skeletons of tents still raised up and blood my stop and time stops with me pools of blood are spread out along the ground next the signs of something heavy being dragged into the brush I pour my radio off my belt and pause then I pull my Glock 22 out of my holster and rack one round I'm a certified law enforcement officer but I haven't had to use my gun in a long time I quickly look around for any movement then get on my radio and call in for backup while I wait my listen silence silence in nature isn't good break it quiet when they sense a predator I hope all the birds are being still on my accounts I edged forward slowly looking for anyone or anything a shredded plastic cooler a tent that has been annihilated with more blood splashed on the walls and inside people died here and know it you can't lose that much blood and just walk off but no people shreds of clothes and a little viscera drawing all the goddamn flies here but no people I've seen bears Romans through camps and destroy anything that looked edible there are wild hogs here that could trail through the deep brush nor even more dangerous than the Bears but this isn't either of them the devastation here it's just too much some scourge of God came through here and just ripped everything to pieces finally back up arrives and I'm sent to report to HQ they even brought medics out there I don't know why there's no one here to save one of the new recruits from vomits at the scene I'm glad to get the hell out of here I get back an HQ is abuzz only four people work here but calls are ringing printers printing and the air feels electrified the manager sees me and signals me to his office his pale ashen looking with bloodshot eyes I sit down by his desk and he goes through the door unlocks it I've never seen him lock that door he asks me what I saw and talam uninterrupted he looks even paler afterward and his hands tremble a little there's a very long pause and I expect more questions he doesn't ask any my leave then here the door locked behind me after a few minutes my hair and called someone up and a long low conversation ensues I never see him again where it comes down from on high we were assigned the new manager one who excels of what he calls crisis his first order of business a controlled burn of the unauthorized camp and the site's closest to it I'm not arguing I watched the smoke rise in the distance and pray that's the end of it new orders relocate the existing camp sites closer to HQ before we do that we stake out a few trail cameras at the new locations just to make sure it's not in the middle of some nesting ground we put up a few cameras pointed at the hog trails through the brush for good measure a couple days pass we go out to collect the footage new manager takes it all and start studying it in his office a couple hours into reviewing he freaks out start screaming and yelling gets on the phone calling up the line spitting more obscenities he spends the rest of the day and that night in the office calling up scientists and planners next morning I show up for a meeting manager doesn't look like he slept massive changes afoot he lays out our new plans including massively bright lampposts circling the park border as well as flood lights around the ranger station campsites need to be moved even closer in clear lines of sight from the light if possible my button telling him that defeats the point of going camping if you're just going on a short walk through the grass then setting up so close you can see the parking lot he tells me to shut up but it's just the start the park now closes at sundown sharp also we're now required to have a long gun on our person at all times now this isn't uncommon for Rangers to carry an ar-15 or a Remington 870 shotgun going out in the deep woods there are wild and rabid animals out there the real concern massive park goers these aren't your chill neighbors who hide a few plants behind Tomatoes they run the spectrum from large-scale suppliers like their privacy dislike law enforcement to anti-government crazies you think we have no right over them true patriots both groups have a few common points they tend to be well armed they do not like lawmen and they won't shy away from taking a potshot as some dumb poor ranger who finds himself in their fields keep in mind Eliot Ness mr. I fought Al Capone and one got scared off busting of Al packing moonshiners because they constantly sniped at him in the foothills they shoot to kill those are the reasons we keep big guns around not routine patrols I drew the short straw and got the overnight shift manager tells me more changes to protocol will be listed when I return overnights used to be easy monitor the radios bust up the parties if needed check for poachers if they're operating nearby make sure the forest doesn't burn down my clock in and our instructions go to the gun cage my things have changed our shotguns have new rifled barrels so they can handle the solid slugs we've been issued that's the kind of firepower you want to take down a charging bear god forbid you ever needed the ar-15 s have been stepped up to the old 15 round magazines have been replaced by 30 round ones someone even snuck us in hollow point rounds makes no goddamn sense shooting in the woods you need full metal jacket ammo so the rounds don't go wild when they touch at wagon hollow points just exists to do more tissue damage this is ridiculous this is overkill we're not in a war zone we don't need this firepower next to the radio there are new instructions we're not allowed to directly respond to emergency calls we can reply figure out what the issue is then we report to a new phone number I don't recognize time passes slowly tonight I'm not even allowed to leave the building until sunup a few uneventful nights pass the new flood lights and lampposts are frying my eyes it's so bright out there a blind man could see a week later some kids roll into the lot they grab their backpacks and start hiking up the ridge I know what they were up to no on his book to campsite that night cheap young ones going on a campout that will be a raging party I wait for the Sun down to go confirming they're not out for a day hike I call my manager to report he instructs me to call the new number I report up to them now the Curt voice answers the phone he asks my Park then pauses he asks the issue a bunch of kids on an unauthorized site so I'll go break it up I can see their campsite now in the ridge right now no do not leave the building do not attempt communication that is all reports if there are any developments right after daybreak the manager writes up it's clearly early have you seen them did they leave no the car's still there let him rest they're probably all hungover he curses non-stop then goes inside to make a call I'm outside locking up the ridge when he exits the station one ar-15 is hand another one strapped across his back block on his hip he marches single-mindedly toward his car I asked him what in God's name he's doing but he isn't listening or responding he takes a jerrycan of gasoline from his car marches up the ridge I yell after him it's a no reply I consider following him but that doesn't seem like a good idea go back inside and call the number the same Kurt voice the same direct questions yet the managers just went up for the campsite armed to the teeth and carrying gasoline what the hell do I do stay there do not interfere backup is inbound reports if there are any developments about the same time I start to see smoke wafting off the ridge two vans right into the lot at a screeching speed and dozen men heavily armed and armored exit quickly I go out to check who are you guys what's going on the men are all lined up with that impeccable military precision one of them my commander I assume exits the vehicle last he says which direction did he go I mean he's up there my points at the increasing smoke the main fan out and start jogging up the ridge I hear rifles cocking as they leave I tried to shout after them but no response I look at the van they came in large nondescript they just say do I response team on the side I've known later they return dragging the manager with them he is bound in zip ties he screams I did what needed to be done trust me it's worse than they thought we can't stop this burn it all they throw him into the back and sedate him the commander approaches me my neck has bristling cold fear I need to see the office all computers and anything with a hard drive is coming with me he mentioned video tapes I need those too iein lock the door and they ransacked the place everything gets taken printed reports from the last few years disappear into those bands the videotapes get bagged up and held by the commander himself he studies the gun cage heute you're out of your league me scoffs finally they found everything they looked for the commander tells me call the number tell him it's contained you need a new supervisor also don't talk about this to anyone they leave just thank you the fire brigade and a few news vans show up the fire is contained the news reports say rumors of missing campers are unsubstantiated at this time still the rumors alone are enough to scare off this season's campus the quick change up of managers is chalked up to bureaucracy the press dies down after a week or two the new manager is very good at dealing with them thankfully with no new campus and are now even shorter open hours we can get more work done around there rebuilding the station took some time and we just set up the new camp sites they're practically spitting distance from the station nothing dramatic happens for a few days then on a whim the manager tells us to set up some cameras around the station and the camp sites there's usually so much human activity around there or you see us some raccoons maybe the rare Hungry Bear well we humor him and set them up all around couple of days pass we click the footage I play poker with one of the rookies while the manager watches hours of footage of an empty brilliantly illuminated parking lot then he gets to the footage around the station screams come from the office we barge in and he's stamping on the camera hard drives do you bring things I can't understand along the lines of told me it was clean safe no recent activity here bullcrap here I'm not gonna do it he barks at us to leave later makes a call rocky goes up to the door and listens in rocky comes reporting back yeah he's demanding a transfer says they lied to him something about they didn't do their jobs properly he's not prepared or equipped here then I just heard the phone click and some sobbing I was later my manager exits the office his shoulders are slumped defeated we cut our hours even further practically open on weekends only we'll have a full staff ready those hours but a skeleton crew the rest of the time campus are required to check into one of the closest sites no campsite and they're told to leave we're not authorized to leave the station after dark under any circumstances in an emergency do not call 9 on one call the number and do exactly what they say we draw straws for who gets the overnight shifts why we need to stay overnight if we can't do anything is beyond me ask the manager about it he just said that standard protocol is to have someone on hand to report any irregularities overnight I have to work my overnight shift I keep my phone close the number dialed in ready if I need to call it is a bad night I just wind up pacing around with my shotgun glancing into the bright floodlights trying to see what's past them I hear crickets and it relaxes me pray is quiet when predators are around it's a long night the next night my manager draws the short straw he seems resigned in the end we all have to take a turn he brings the brightest damn tactical flashlight I've ever seen said he bought it just because he's afraid of the dark he isn't really he's afraid of the things in the dark I get a phone a 3 a.m. it's him here now and bring guns why you have a damn arsenal now I swear to god I screwed up oh man I think they're attracted to the light I called that number and all they said was backup would be here in the morning damn damn god damn I hear the pacing staccato of gunshots the pause war gunshots screaming scuffling the line goes dead I called the number and neuters voice answers look I work at the park I just got off the phone with the manager I just spoke with the manager what can you report something bad happened it's serious I heard gunshots we will have backup there as soon as possible did he say anything else yeah he said he thought they were attracted to the light doesn't make sense to me interesting thank you for your report the park is now closed you will be reassigned goodbye click officially the park was closed to be rescheduled for a controlled burn that the old trees die and make room for the new ones there was nothing in the official report about what happened to the manager on duty the public understanding was bureaucracies needed to be shaken up on occasion no one asked any more questions I get transferred to a new bark halfway across the country change of scenery and beautiful they've got some odd rules here too don't go far after dark don't carry a flashlight I'm concerned about why why can't you use a flashlight at night when you need one they won't tell me be safe everyone [Music] you

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Length: 21min 17sec (1277 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 23 2018