A wild camper was rattled out of his sleep by a hair-raising “laughing” sound in the dead of night. Luke Nichols, the adventurer behind the Outdoor Boys YouTube channel, is known for braving treacherous wilderness alone, where he fishes, hunts, and shows off his survival skills.
His wild stints consistently thrill Internet users, ticking up views on TikTok. In a heart-stopping moment from a recent video now doing the rounds online, Luke grapples with a “laughing” disturbance that turned out to be a rather sinister source.
Hunkered down under his covers, he nervously explains the eerie occurrence stating: “Hey guys, it’s about 2.30 in the morning and there is a large pack of coyotes out around my camp.”
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As if being encircled by the cackling pack wasn’t terrifying enough, alone and isolated, he could only hear the haunting sounds echoing around him. He recounts: “I can hear them laughing and barking off to the left and then over to the right.”
Miraculously, Luke survived the ordeal without a scratch, later sharing a morning update on how he tracked the menacing coyote pack’s whereabouts. He said: “I didn’t sleep very well last night, I kept getting woken up by this massive pack of coyotes,” reports the Mirror.
“They were running in the woods around the tent. I first heard them over here on the left. And it was so many dogs, it sounded like a dog mushing kennel. They were doing their laughing and their whooping and their barking. Around 2am they were off here to the left and then they worked their way through the woods and in front of the tent. And sometime around 4 or 5am, they came back this way and this time I could hear them behind the tent.”
Coyotes have been known to attack other people and pets. However, while they can prove a danger to humans, they are a minimal risk.
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Urban Coyote Research Project said: “When you encounter a coyote, shout or throw something in its direction. Do not run away. Do not play victim if you can help it. If a coyote seems intent on defending a certain area, particularly around pupping season (May), your best bet may be to alter your route to avoid conflict with a normally calm animal; understand that there may be seasonal patterns of behavioural changes and act accordingly.”
People should be most concerned when a coyote is approaching with aggression, growling or barking and following children.
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