What has been your worst...

**BumpJumper** · 01-08-2008, 18:14

or scariest, or just plain awful hike on the Florida Trail and why? ie; critters, pervs, ax murderers....etc...

**cowboy nichols** · 01-08-2008, 18:17

you forgot gators!!!!!!

**Pedaling Fool** · 01-08-2008, 18:26

I can't remember who, but someone down here in Florida claims they were tracked/stalked by what they believe to be the infamous "Skunk Ape"...

**SGT Rock** · 01-08-2008, 18:29

When I was working on my BMT guide I found an instance of a Bigfoot sighting along the trail. Google Earth has some interesting things getting done with it.

**AT-HITMAN2005** · 01-08-2008, 18:50

i was out one night cruising around with some friends on our motorcycles, south of orlando in kissimmee/poinciana area. the road had pretty dense forest on either side but also had street lights(which is odd in itself), out a head of i saw something cross the road but couldn't really make it out. looked like a biped to, but i was the only one that saw it. and when we got up to where i saw the "thing" there was just more woods and stuff. so dunno what it was i saw. that area is really not that developed so it could have been anything, but i think it was a skunk ape, or maybe an asterisk.

**slow** · 01-08-2008, 23:42

Hi Bump.I love walking in swamps and been hit by cottons and been stalked by many gators over 30 yr's.Worst was only a 5ft gator that i had to beat off.Cottons only made me REAL SICK for days....no shot ever.

**Cannibal** · 01-09-2008, 09:33

Haven't really had a scary night out there...yet. Had a hunter fire what sounded like a rather large caliber gun too close for comfort one morning. It's been a long time since I went from blissful dreaming to wide-the-hell awake that quick.

**Gray Blazer** · 01-09-2008, 12:50

Originally Posted by john gault

I can't remember who, but someone down here in Florida claims they were tracked/stalked by what they believe to be the infamous "Skunk Ape"...

That would be me and I am now a firm believer in Bigfoot and will no longer discount the claims of other sightees.

My worst encounter on the FT so far has been with the ticks. I'm gonna get some of that there permith...premit...pemrit...that bug stuff.

John Gault....at the time I was pretty anxious when I spotted those fresh bigfoot tracks. I would have gotten pics, but I was afraid that if I got out the cam and looked down he was gonna jump me. I've walked up on bears in the same area (iron bridge, Etoniah State Forest). Pretty neat area. Rob123uf and I are gonna walk the 13 miles from SR100 to Etoniah Trailhead prolly on Jan 21. Anyone is welcome to join us.

**Gray Blazer** · 01-09-2008, 12:51

Originally Posted by BumpJumper

or scariest, or just plain awful hike on the Florida Trail and why? ie; critters, pervs, ax murderers....etc...

What about morons?

**Gray Blazer** · 01-09-2008, 12:54

Originally Posted by slow

Worst was only a 5ft gator that i had to beat off.

Slow, that doesn't sound right. Maybe you want to rephrase that?

**Cannibal** · 01-09-2008, 13:07

Originally Posted by Gray Blazer

Slow, that doesn't sound right. Maybe you want to rephrase that?

Ha! That's sick AND funny all at the same time.

**Gray Blazer** · 01-09-2008, 15:19

Originally Posted by Cannibal

Ha! That's sick AND funny all at the same time.

Yeah, and I know some Seminole fans who might get jealous.

**MOWGLI** · 01-09-2008, 15:27

My scariest and most awful experience while hiking the FT was eating at a McDonalds before starting our hike in 2005. I survived - barely, and haven't been back (to McDonalds) since.

**superman** · 01-09-2008, 15:58

...besides the taste of the water or the bitter oranges?

We had to cross a swamp section on a long log. Winter had crossed logs before without a problem. I went first carrying Winter's pack. Winter followed me with Pat behind us. I was about 3/4 across when Pat started yelling that Winter fell in. I ran the rest of the way and threw the packs on land. When I turned to go back for Winter I realized that there were two gators near me heading for Winter. There were also two gators on the far side heading for Winter. The swamp was too thick for her to swim and too liquid to climb up on. Pat was trying to pull Winter up but she didn't have enough lift. I ran back to Winter and with both Pat and I pulling lifted Winter back on the log just as the gators closed in. We carefully led Winter across the log. We got our breath while we put our packs on and climbed up a little rise. There was a dinosaur size gator laying across the trail. We didn't know whether to poo or go blind. The dinosaur spotted us and shot in the opposite direction into another swamp.
...or was it when we were trying to hitch to Orlando to go home. We ate lunch at a combination restaurant/motel. The Boss Hog owner offered us the use of one of his rooms to get cleaned up...for free. Then he offers the room for the night...for free. Damn nice guy we though. So while Pat is taking a shower I had a spider sense thing. I got to looking around and happened to be standing in a doorway where I looked down the length of the room. There was a hidden hole in the wall about door size behind the freestanding closet. I showed Pat and she was spooked. I got my shower and we got out of there. As we walked out of the room, a guy had been in that connecting room and said in an eerie way "aren't you staying the night."
or ...well there was a different adventure every day on the FT.

**superman** · 01-09-2008, 23:40

By the way...does it ever cool down on the FT? We hiked in January 04 and we were roasting. ...and is there a filter to get rid of the nasty taste in the water? Driving to and from the FT I encountered about a million old New Yorkers who still had the attitude but their driving skills were gone. Is that the norm in FL?

**Jim Adams** · 01-10-2008, 00:02

mosquitos!

geek

**slow** · 01-17-2008, 20:38

Originally Posted by Gray Blazer

Slow, that doesn't sound right. Maybe you want to rephrase that?

Gary,it was nice to meet you and sometimes it just comes out wrong.
Glad you had fun with it...but still true.

**Gray Blazer** · 01-18-2008, 09:05

Originally Posted by slow

Gary,
Glad you had fun with it...but still true.

Sorry about that, brother. Speaking of scary things on the FT, when is the next FL/WB get-together? I was going to hike a section on Mon but I forgot to tell anybody and now I don't have a ride. Not a thru-hiker and a moron.

**Crash! Bang!** · 01-19-2008, 06:46

jeepers creepers. i'll stick to the AT and the LT, thanks

**slow** · 01-19-2008, 17:52

Originally Posted by Gray Blazer

Sorry about that, brother. Speaking of scary things on the FT, when is the next FL/WB get-together? I was going to hike a section on Mon but I forgot to tell anybody and now I don't have a ride. Not a thru-hiker and a moron.

Let's set a date,place that will work for all.
Bump did a GREAT JOB on the last one but to much work for her.
This time everyone just cook on own site.But i will still bring steak's for all.

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