I've never had a 'paranormal' experience of any kind.
But I've had some 'scary' moments in the wilderness. I spend a lot of time in the wilderness of the rockies. Most of the time I'm alone due to my crazy schedule. I like to go for 2 -5 day backpacking/hiking trips into the designated "Wilderness Areas" of Utah. One of my favorites is the
High Uintas Wilderness Area It's a massive designated wilderness area with limited road access, and that little access only gets you to the edge of the wilderness. From there, you must pack in as vehicles are prohibited. It's isolated, rugged, and HUGE. I've gone literally days without seeing another person. It's very high in altitude, and this range creates it's own weather. I've had it snow on me in the middle of summer on many occasions there. There is no cell signal out there. You can pack in 5 days, which means it will take you 5 days to get out. If you get hurt - you are SOL. It's a dangerous area, and people do go missing there never to be seen again.
Anyway - I've learned it can be truly terrifying to be so alone in such an area. You've got no one but yourself to depend on. You must be prepared mentally, physically - and emotionally. It gets so damned dark out there, and the place abound with wildlife. Some of my most vivid memories - yet also most terrifying - were of being alone in my
ultra-lightweigh tent in that wilderness. As you can see, it's mesh - so I've got no privacy unless I put the rainfly up. I don't bother unless it's going to rain, as the only reason I have a tent is for bug protection/rain protection. So no rain= no need for rainfly. So it's feels as if you're in the open. This can be a somewhat eery feeling though also..
Several times I've been woken up by animal sounds. These are what I dread the most. Up there, it's mostly moose, elk and deer and mountain goats, but there are a lot of mountain lions there also (I've seen only one however). There have been reports of bear also, but no attacks from those that I know of. But I hate being awoken by animal sounds in the night. For one, it's so dark you cannot see a darn thing. Second, even if you had a light, those forests are pretty thick, so you cannot see far into them. One time I my, a friend and I were up there and were awoken by something right outside the tent. It was walking on some rocks next to our site, and it made a ruckus, so we assumed it to be big. Well, even through that mesh, we couldn't see a thing, yet, we could certainly hear it. It was intensely chilling to know that something big was right next to us, only seperated by a mesh screen, that we couldn't see! We have headlamps, and I reached down and got mine, scared to death to turn it on as I was so scared to see what was right in front of us. Well, I turned it on, shined it out, and sure enough there are two huge eyes staring right back, and I nearly shat a brick upon seeing how big the creature was! Well, come to find out, it was 3 moose! But in the night, up there, with no help around - a moose can scare the hell out you!
But truly, being up there among those tremendous forests and peaks, with all that wildlife, with rapidly changing and unpredictable weather, and no sign of man, the most terrifying experience is that of being purely alone. It's so intense to not have seen another soul for days, having only yourself to talk to, to rely on, to trust. Every step is potential disaster in the form of an possible injury, or mis-navigation. I cannot begin to describe how intense that is! I could go on with the scary experiences I've had up there. That's another reason I'm alone so much - I've taken people with me and it overwhelms them. Each and everytime - except for one, but our schedules rarely match.
But I love it. That's part of the appeal - to go into the unknown with only yourself. It's a true test of what your made of, and those are experiences I cherish despite the scares. I've done it for over two decades now, and knock on wood I've never gotten in trouble. But- I go so overprepared. Trust me - I know what I'm doing! (I helped out a lost hiker once even!)