congregation ~Thank you for the joke! It certainly brightened my day, and it was especially smashing with the Whangdoodle incorporated into the story!
That area where we saw the natural burial grounds is owned by a wealthy foundation. It has security, you go through a manned gate and pay to get in, and it's not open at night. The way the place is, there's no way that just anyone could have buried someone or something there. It would have had to have been someone who is associated with the foundation. Dad thought it was best to forget what we saw...and indeed, the last time I asked him about it, he said he didn't know what I was talking about.
It's my experience that trails out in the country/wilderness are much safer than the ones in or near the cities. Growing up, I roamed the woods alone in the country and didn't have any problems.
One time, about 4 years ago, I went for a walk in the neighborhoods of my area of the city. There is an area of woods that I went through to get where I was going. I'd been through those woods many times and was very familiar with them. It was at the time of year when it was very lush and overgrown. As I'm making my way in the woods, I seen a bag or purse of some kind over to the right of me. Out of the corner of my eye, over to the left of me, was a figure crouched down. I looked over towards the figure and it slowly stood up. It was a woman. I'd seen her many times in the area. She's sometimes homeless and sometimes in trouble and has been banned from the nearby stores for shop lifting. I just kept walking like I wasn't bothered at all. Then I came across this spot where I know for sure there was a very large gap in the ground, but it was not there this time. It looked like dead leaves. I got to thinking that this gap was quite possibly covered to trip someone. Maybe to steal from them? I leaped over the gap like I always had done and carried on. There was something else that stood out to me as being suspicious, but I can't remember what that was now. I had no problems as I navigated the area as I had always done. I'm thankful to the Lord for giving me a discerning eye that notices things when I'm out in the woods.
Another time happened just the year before last. I mentioned it in a thread called "Man or bear" last year. I think you seen my response to the thread, but in case not, here it is...
I like being out in the woods. It gives me a tranquil feeling.
I don't like going into the woods that are close to town though. I used to live in the country and spent a lot of time in the woods, never had any problems. Now, I live on the edge of the country. There are woods near where I live. I decided to go for a walk in the woods (I was armed). At some point, I came across several buckets with lids. They were placed in a big circle. Besides these, there were other items there that told me someone was using the area for some reason. Something about the situation gave me an uneasy feeling and I put distance between me and that area of the woods. Afterwards, on a different day, I was on my evening walk near the same area (I was walking on the road, not in the woods). There is an uninhabited house on this road. There is a cabinet in the opening of the fence that faces the area of the woods where I ran across the buckets. The cabinet was always open and empty every time I walked by, but this particular day it was closed and flowers were on top of the cabinet and they were pointed in that direction of the woods. Of course, it could have been coincidence and it didn't stop me from my evening walks, but I didn't go down into that portion of the woods again (there are some unusual people in this area).
Some people think and have even told me (they didn't know I'm a country person) that country folks scare them, but I grew up in the country and I've lived in a small city (on both sides of the track) and have also spent a fair amount of time in a big city neighborhood...and in my experience, there are scary people
everywhere lol. I think the dangerous areas of big cities are the scariest. I'd much rather roam the woods in the wilderness anytime than in dangerous areas of a big city on a decent day. I'd even rather roam the wilderness unarmed than the dangerous areas of big cities whilst armed

I could probably easily be a hermit, but I do like having the internet lol. My area isn't necessarily for the faint of heart, I believe in being well armed.
Oh, I never mentioned the occurrence in the middle of the night near the burial ground of a chief. Well, I'll save that for another time!
A canoe made out of Whangdoodles! Now that's a superior idea. Really, what would be better for a chieftess than that?
I don't know if I ever mentioned it, but my great grandfather was an excellent maker of moonshine. If I could master his skills, I could get the Whangdoodles drunk. They wouldn't be able to resist. This could be a quick way to having Whangdoodle canoes. I could have a new path in life... Carrie, Chieftess Canoe Maker lol
I guess what I'm saying in all this is that in your path in life, watch out for traps and drunken Whangdoodles and crazy women with guillotines and all things that aren't smashing. Until next time...