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Lampson Falls

I went on a solo journey to the falls early this morning and you could hear the falls from the road! The sounds of water and snow falling on the wet ground were soothing, but eerie as I did not see or hear any animals in the woods. There was a freshly fallen tree across the main walking path that I had to step over. I found a large paw print at the top of the falls. I'm not sure if it was a large dog, coyote, wolf, or bear but it looked fresh in the mud. The breeze and spray from the falls was incredible today. The trail down to the beach had another small tree down that I had to walk around and the beach was partially flooded with a channel cut down it from the water running down the hill and water coming in from the falls. At the base of the falls there was a carcass on the beach and at the time, I was looking for a way across the channel without walking through four inches or more of water or falling in from slipping on rocks, trees or falling through the eroded beach running along both sides of the small channel, but something strange happened. I turned to walk toward the small channel and was standing near the large dead animal (possibly a deer) and I felt something brush against the front of me, saw my front pocket push in, and it had pushed me backward a little, but there was NOTHING there. I'm not sure if it was the dead animal's spirit stopping me from danger, but I do know I saw a large paw print at the top of the falls and the water did look like it was slowly rising. I went a different way without crossing the channel quickly took a few pictures and a video and headed back to the trailhead with snow still falling all around me. I went to church afterwards and the service talked about the wild and the woods and I just thought maybe, just maybe, what I experienced at Lampson Falls wasn't by accident. I just thought I would share my experience with all of you.

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