Camping can be an exhilarating experience, but sometimes it veers into unexpected terror. On a camping trip with my sister, we were initially excited as we set up our tent in the woods. However, our adventure turned dark when we encountered a bald man in a blue shirt and his dog

Though his presence seemed innocuous at first, an unsettling feeling took hold.After he left, I took a photo of him out of instinct. Later, near a lake, we saw him again, and his intrusive curiosity about our plans made us nervous.

We fibbed about meeting our father and hurriedly left via a concealed path, feeling increasingly watched as he pretended to play with his dog while tracking us. Later, we learned from my mother that the man had been involved in a house break-in, intensifying our fear.