A listener writes “In the summer of ’22’ my wife and I were renting a house near Witts Springs Arkansas. This is a rural area, and we are used to that being from Iowa.
We arrived and to the entrance of the driveway where we had unlocked a gate and traveled maybe a half mile up the drive to house.
We had to remove and tree that had fallen across the drive to be able to reach the house. The tree was maybe six inches at the base, and nothing looked strange and we thought nothing of it.
When we reached the house we found a hound dog waiting to greet us. We affectionately named him Martin. We had our two rat terriers with us and the three were instant friends. We assumed he was used to renters and wanted food and water so we obliged him. We did the usual vacation stuff and took in all the local attractions of hiking and local restaurants.
The third night of our stay we decided to sit by a fire and relax with the dogs and Martin. I want to remind you that this a rural area. There are no street lights or sources of light other than the stars and our fire. The three dogs were all laying around the fire and we needed more wood so I got up from my chair and went to walk away when my wife said ” Hey knock it off”. I said don’t you want more wood for the fire? She replied ” Yeah just not a rock “! Simultaneously the three dogs stood and faced the direction I was going to get wood from. Our dogs immediately then went to my wife and were trembling. Martin the adopted hound snarled with his tail raised and bolted off into the darkness.
When you go camping and are fireside everything away from the fire looks so dark you can’t see anything. It’s hard to switch from the light of the fire to the darkness of nature. My wife was concerned about bears and mountain lions so she asked me to walk her and the dogs to house. So that’s what I did.
As we began walking she asked me if there was another rode we didn’t use to get to the house. I asked why, and she said ” look someone is coming”. I turned to look and saw headlights coming from where there was no rode but only a valley of woods because the house sat on a flat surrounded by woods much lower in elevation, a gradual slope of around 100 feet. I instantly realized there’s no way a car can be coming at eye level let alone above the trees. I told her to go inside and went directly in the direction of the “headlights”. The two lights seemed to be few hundred yards away and slowly merged to one light. The light also seemed to be coming toward me. As it got closer the now single light gradually dimmed and then went out. I thought “huh that’s weird ”
I turned and went inside where my wife was not happy with me and let me know how less than intelligent my actions were. She assumed the lights were hunters and told me to go put out the fire and come to bed as she had her fill.
As I walked back to fire with my back now toward where the light or lights had came from a small rock landed near me. I turned to look in that direction and saw Martin the hound. He came straight to me and put his side firmly against my hip and was kind of pushing against me. Almost leading me in the direction of the house. I turned and began walking to the house with him pressing against me firmly all the way to the house. When I reached the house and opened the door I reached down to pet him and was going to bring him inside when he turned and ran again. I went inside and got ready for bed.
The next morning came and we were scheduled to leave that day. My wife told me there was a protocol for securing the house and a phone number to call letting them know the house and gate are secure. I called and did as I was instructed, and while speaking to the caretaker I asked jokingly if the hound dog was part of the security and did he need fed. The man replied he didn’t know what I was talking about but if there was a dog there it was probably a stray and not to worry about it. I told my wife we were all set and left the rest of our dogs dry food by the fire ring with a bowl of water and began out drive back to Iowa.
This may not be worth your time or related to your show but it is the single most strange thing we have ever had happen to us. I never heard of your show until a year after this vacation, and only listened as a source of entertainment. The first time I heard someone on the show refer to strange lights I looked to my wife and she just said ” NEVER AGAIN BABE, NEVER”!! I knew exactly what she meant. Our vacations are now at all inclusive resorts surrounded by people. Thanks for reading.”