I was solo kayaking on a mountain lake in the middle of BC. Camped on a beach in the middle of nowhere, nothing around. I get bored and lonely sitting by the fire one night so I send out a psychic broadcast at the mountains and the stars, saying

"feel free to come visit me if your intentions are good and your heart is pure. We can learn about each other's lives, share some space, and I promise I will try to limit my fear reaction."

So I wake up in the middle of the night, its very still and very dark and I'm suddenly so wide awake that it feels like something strange is going on. I hear a few knocks out in the distance. I try to fall back asleep but every few minutes there are a few more knocks, like something hitting a tree very hard, and it keeps getting closer fast. At one point I hear more knocks way up the valley in the distance like call and answer. Every set of knocks is like a little phrase somehow, each is different, 2-5 strikes. They get closer and closer until the sound is LOUD and it must be within 100 meters.

I'm scared so I send out a psychic message as loud as I can without actually speaking. "Please leave, please stop, I know you are big because you are moving so fast and knocking so loudly. I can't see you, I'm too afraid to leave my tent, please just leave and don't make any more sounds. Please just leave, I'm so scared"

And its quiet. Perfectly quiet, perfectly still.

I felt very ashamed when I woke up for not controlling my fear response.