Wild camper Luke Nichols revealed he heard a constant ‘laughing’ noise during a solo trip in the middle of the woods, and soon found out the unnerving sound came from an equally unsettling place
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A wild camper sleeping in a tent in the middle of nowhere was awoken by a chilling “laughing” noise on one of his trips.
Luke Nichols, the man behind Outdoor Boys on YouTube, often heads out into dangerous climates on solo trips where he fishes, hunts and survives in the wilderness. His escapades have delighted members of the public time and again, with several clips of his travels going viral on TikTok. A recent clip has shown Luke deal with a “laughing” sound which turned out to come from a potentially deadly source.
The now-viral clip shows Luke hidden under his bedding explaining what the laughing noise was. Whispering from his spot in the makeshift camp, he said: “Hey guys, it’s about 2.30 in the morning and there is a large pack of coyotes out around my camp.”
As though being surrounded by a pack of wild coyotes wasn’t bad enough, Luke revealed he could hear nothing but their laughter while out alone in the middle of nowhere. He added: “I can hear them laughing and barking off to the left and then over to the right.”
Thankfully, Luke made it through the night unscathed and gave fans a debrief the following morning as he explained how he kept track of the pack’s movements. “I didn’t sleep very well last night,” he said. “I kept getting woken up by this massive pack of coyotes.
“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.
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.