Shelters or specific areas on the trail that give you the creeps...

[Wise Old Owl]

Sitting on the 'shelf' on the outside of Overmountain, all alone, watching the rain, and seeing the clouds curling, surf-like as they silently blew over the mountain, I could feel spirits of the "Overmountain Men" marching down the Overmountain Trail to meet the British. I'm not being poetic here, folks. They were there.

The Weasel

Weasel are you sure you have it right? Wiki has it as KING'S MT. Good story though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overmountain_Men

[dmax]

King's mt. is where the battle took place. On their way there, they went over yellow mt gap. They camped right below Overmountain shelter next to the creek.

[dmax]

I've camped there a couple of times in the winter. I've seen scout troups there in winter, with some of the boys not having proper cold weather gear. I usually tell the scoutmasters that if they head down into that little valley, it feels about 10*-15* warmer. I wonder if any of those scouts saw any ghosts?

[4eyedbuzzard]

Weasel are you sure you have it right? Wiki has it as KING'S MT. Good story though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overmountain_Men

The Weasel quit Whiteblaze last week. You might try sending a PM or e-mail if he is still communicating.

[saimyoji]

The Weasel quit Whiteblaze last week. You might try sending a PM or e-mail if he is still communicating.

He'll be back. He's quit before.

[ed bell]

dmax has it right. That's why it's called the Overmountain Shelter. I believe there is an historical marker in the gap about the event.

[Dholmblad]

666 shelter, it was new but it just felt weird there..

[minnesotasmith]

It was an old post, from before the newer rules went into effect.

[Nicksaari]

sky meadows state park's campground, south of Paris gap. alone on a sunday night, confederate dragoon john mosby and his raiders haunted my camp that night. i swear to god i heard horses galloping, huffing and puffing, neighing. havent been back since.

also, various blue blazes in SNP off AT. south fork moorman river trail out of jarman gap, there are ruins scattered about in all the right places that seem palatable for settlement. a large flat grassy plain in between the rampart walls of Turk mtn and Bucks Elbow mtn, you can feel its presense before you arrive. hiking the trail for the first time, its was eerie and surreal, i was stopped dead in my tracks by something out of peripheral; a boxwood tree. normally boxwoods are short shrubs, theyre native to england, but here in the middle of SNP in this flat little plot of land with boxwood trees growing. fifteen feet high, their matte green shade stuck out amongst an early springtime forest. startled, i walked closer off trail, and a foundation presented itself to me, and i had a cold sweat, a chill down my spine, and a dry taste in my mouth. i was standing at someones doorstep and i got spooked.

and def anytime after passing a pissed off bear that didnt want to move to let you keep down the trail.

[SunnyWalker]

One night near Hogpen gap some martians landed their UFO and I took a ride to Kahtadin! Quickest thru hike I ever did!

[minnesotasmith]

One night near Hogpen gap some martians landed their UFO and I took a ride to Kahtadin! Quickest thru hike I ever did!

We need a new term, though. How about "sky-blazing"? That's what Jump Start did between Amicalola and Springer.

[mikec]

I spent the night in Wapiti Shelter alone in March, 2000. In the middle of the night, I hear a vehicle very close to the shelter (the AT crosses an old woods road about a quarter mile south of this shelter). I was scared. I thought it was that guy that murdered those two hikers as he was out by then. Then I thought 'Whatever happens happens'. I didn't get bothered that night but that shelter and Cove Mountain gave me the creeps more than any other.

[Tha Wookie]

Gatlinburg!!!

Creepy!:d