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Every Morning There Was a New Roasting Stick Carved With One of Our Initials

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Four carved wooden roasting sticks leaning on a stone fire ring in a dark Wisconsin forest, creepy campfire stories

Most creepy campfire stories are about something out in the dark. Ours is about something that came right up to the fire ring while we slept and left a gift. Four gifts, actually. Then a fifth one, for somebody who wasn’t even there yet. I work at a print shop in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. In … Read more

A Stranger Sat in Our Spare Chair and Told a Story About Us

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Empty canvas camp chair beside a campfire in a dark Ozark forest, scary campfire stories

My friends and I have told scary campfire stories every Halloween weekend for ten years. This is the year a stranger walked out of the dark, sat down in the fifth chair, and told one about us. We’ve heard a lot of terrifying campfire stories at that fire ring, and this is the one none … Read more