Who else finds forests a little creepy?

Stacksofwacks · 02-03-2019 12:41AM #1

Especially at night, the other night was walking through a nearby forest when something moved in the trees it nearly scared the bejaysus outta me!

jimbobaloobob · 02-03-2019 12:44AM

I find them very relaxing. Just today i stopped on the side of the road and walked into one for mins. Then sat in the silence. Walking back out on what route I believed I took brought me back onto the road but about 1km from my car. That's what I find creepy is their disorientating ability.

WhiteMemento9 · 02-03-2019 12:46AM

During the day is fine but at night creepy. I could walk through a Cemetary at night and wouldn't bother me but a forest would have me on complete edge. I think it is the lack of vision of the surrounding area. Things could be lurking anywhere

WoollyRedHat · 02-03-2019 12:50AM

Yep. Ever since I saw The Blair Witch Project, I've never liked them, also the trees look like they are always watching and the owls are not what they seem.

padd b1975 · 02-03-2019 01:20AM

I hate being on a beach or a shoreline at night.
The sound of the waves always freaks me out for some reason.

Eircom_Sucks · 02-03-2019 01:23AM

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aokigahara

That’s one scary place

Was there last year , fook me

wakka12 · 02-03-2019 01:34AM

padd b1975 wrote: »

I hate being on a beach or a shoreline at night.
The sound of the waves always freaks me out for some reason.

I always think of the start of jaws

artanevilla · 02-03-2019 01:37AM

I get what you mean, whenever I see a small group of tree together I feel like calling the copse.

z6vm1dobfnca3x · 02-03-2019 01:37AM

A forest to me is a beautiful place of relaxation. But at night time, I can definitely see how you might a forest uncomfortable!

02-03-2019 01:46AM

Horses!

Horses find forests super creepy. A horse that isn't used to forestry will often spook when passing through woodland.

Of course, that's just because their eyes and ears are struggling to take-in all the possible dangers around them.

But when I was young and a horse spooked in the woods, I was told "Only horses can see the fairies". And I still choose to believe that over any more rational explanation tbqh.

Stormington · 02-03-2019 02:02AM

Stacksofwacks wrote: »

Especially at night, the other night was walking through a nearby forest when something moved in the trees it nearly scared the bejaysus outta me!

Have a read of The Secret Lives of Trees.

The author posits that the eerie feeling you get from certain forests is when they are damaged/dying and need help. Often they are being destroyed internally by fungi or insects. Part of the feeling is that the trees emit distressed noises at low frequencies (50hz iirc) and we can pick up on it.

The opposite is true for healthy forests and it is the reason your mood improves after a walk in one.

Stacksofwacks · 02-03-2019 02:06AM

Stormington wrote: »

Have a read of The Secret Lives of Trees.

The author posits that the eerie feeling you get from certain forests is when they are damaged/dying and need help. Often they are being destroyed internally by fungi or insects. Part of the feeling is that the trees emit distressed noises at low frequencies (50hz iirc) and we can pick up on it.

The opposite is true for healthy forests and it is the reason your mood improves after a walk in one.

I know there are people who believe that trees have feelings and emotions like humans and feel pain etc.. what I find unsettling is the sound of wind blowing through trees, something unnerving about it I dunno why

backspin. · 02-03-2019 02:13AM

It has to be hardwired into us.

Stacksofwacks · 02-03-2019 02:31AM

backspin. wrote: »

It has to be hardwired into us.

Aha! We are all originally monkeys who evolved out of the forest so we are hardwired to sense danger/attack coming from behind the trees. Something like that..

Emme · 02-03-2019 02:46AM

Forests are OK during the day but not a place I would go at night. Having said that, there is a place nearby where I walk my dog. One part of it is fine, full of people at weekends but the other part is practically deserted. It has a horrible creepy feel to it. Maybe it's not healthy like the poster above said. It's also muddier and boggier which would be a more logical explanation.

Here's a dark song about a forest by Danish band Heilung:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z82BepcRXhg

bodhrandude · 02-03-2019 03:41AM

Forests can be fun, go to the Body & Soul festival and see what I mean.

Church on Tuesday · 02-03-2019 03:44AM

There is a stillness about forests that is both comforting and unnerving at the same time.

s7ryf3925pivug · 02-03-2019 03:55AM

I like forests, during day and night. I used to spend time in them every day. I think not liking them at night probably stems from fear of being attacked.

_Brian · 02-03-2019 04:13AM

I get to spend a fair bit of time in forests and love them, particularly mixed deciduous, very calming, interesting with all the wildlife and variances of light and colour.

The majority of our plantings at present are sika spruce. They are devoid of wildlife and when grown on are depressing enough places to be.

pleas advice · 02-03-2019 04:56AM

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fits · 02-03-2019 09:09AM

I love forests. If I won the euromillions I’d plant a forest park with walks beside my village. I walk in the forest on my lunchtimes at UCD and always feel better afterwards. I don’t mind them at night either.

gozunda · 02-03-2019 09:13AM

Monoculture Pine forests are lightless dead zones and if you ever been in the middle of one miles from anywhere then they can be indeed very very creepy.

A mature deciduous forest full of wildlife and sound is a different thing entirely.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 02-03-2019 09:46AM

They remind me of the Cradle of Filth video for 'Her ghost in the fog'.

The Satanist · 02-03-2019 10:45AM

Great spot for an aul black mass

uck51js9zml2yt · 02-03-2019 10:57AM

I always found Forest......Gump creepy.

ArchXStanton · 02-03-2019 11:11AM

I find them a bit eerie when's it's snowing, they become uncomfortably silent

s4uv3 · 02-03-2019 11:13AM

Thing about them is that they're wonderful, peaceful, soul-filling places until something gives you the heebies, then your brain goes into overdrive. An innocent noise, movement, shadow etc.
I was out walking in a local forest with my daughter last year. Having a lovely time, wandering along, then all of a sudden I spooked. Couldn't get back to the car fast enough!

timthumbni · 02-03-2019 11:28AM

Brantley Squeaking Leaf wrote: »

I like forests, during day and night. I used to spend time in them every day. I think not liking them at night probably stems from fear of being attacked.

Probably from watching too many Friday the 13th movies when younger. Jason always doing those poor sods hiding in the trees. He must have had a tracking device.

take everything · 02-03-2019 11:37AM

Surprised Twin Peaks hasn't been mentioned.
The forest is a strong symbol throughout.

And weren't they pines.

timthumbni · 02-03-2019 12:27PM

take everything wrote: »

Surprised Twin Peaks hasn't been mentioned.
The forest is a strong symbol throughout.

And weren't they pines.

It has been. And now that you mention it the forests in that show hid a 1000 evils. In saying that David Lynch can even make a phone call creepy. (You know the one where the guy at a party gets call from someone at his house)

02-03-2019 12:32PM

bodhrandude wrote: »

Forests can be fun, go to the Body & Soul festival and see what I mean.

people were taking poos in that wood.

"Oh look Emilia, I've just stepped in deer-droppings, how wild! '

Who else finds forests a little creepy?

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