Camp Monsters

After a hiking accident leaves her stranded in a violent storm, Nellie catches a glimpse of something in the woods that shouldn't be there...

Alma never paid much attention to the stories people told about the woods on Goat Island. Woods were just woods...until the night she had to walk into them.

The Camp Monsters podcast returns Thursday, October 1st! Get ready for unexplainable happenings on Goat Island, heart-racing encounters with deer-like creatures in the suburbs of Maryland, and other strange tales from the woods...

Go behind the scenes of Camp Monsters as host and writer Weston Davis teams up with sound designer Nick Patri to recap their favorite moments from Season 7 and reveal the creative process behind the stories and sound design. Stick around until the end for some hilarious outtakes from Weston’s recording sessions!

Claira wakes in a forest clearing, disoriented and alone. She must have been sleepwalking… right? But before she can make sense of where she is—or how she got there—a crashing sound erupts from the brush. Something is coming. Fast. Something wild. And it’s headed straight for her...

On North Carolina’s Hatteras Island, Claira thought she knew the way back to camp. But the trail twists into something unfamiliar—something watching, waiting, and older than the forest itself. What she finds in the dark might not let her leave...

Dean is gone, and Oren is left to face whatever lurks beneath Moon Lake. Trapped under an overturned boat, he’s dragged toward the depths by something massive beneath the surface.

On a quiet night at Moon Lake, Utah, Dean and Oren spot a figure standing on the rocks at the lake’s furthest point—small, still, and shadowy against the water.

Police officers Rile and Aarons’ encounter with the goblin-like creatures in Hopkinsville raised more questions than answers. Now, a new listener tip has surfaced—strange, undeniable details that shift the story in an unexpected direction...

Hopkinsville, Kentucky police officers Rile and Aarons encounter glowing, goblin-like creatures in a cabin in the woods. Was it aliens— or something stranger?

REI's Camp Monsters podcast returns Thursday, September 25th. Get ready for unexplainable sightings at Moon Lake, eerie encounters with goblin-like creatures in Kentucky and more...

Join host, Weston Davis, and Camp Monsters’ sound design magician, Nick Patri, as they dive into their favorite creatures from Season 6, reveal how Weston crafts his monster stories, and share a few behind-the-scenes surprises!

Lucie’s visit to her friend Elodie’s hometown in Louisiana has been filled with vivid experiences: bold new flavors, lively conversations around the table, and day trips through the bayou behind Elodie’s family home. It’s been a great trip, but as her time there draws to an end, Lucie finds herself increasingly restless, as if something is lingering beneath the surface—a secret she can’t quite grasp...

In the quiet Northwoods of Wisconsin, a local taxidermist builds a bizarre, mish-mash creature to spark publicity and boost tourism. But when his odd creation mysteriously disappears, he suspects theft—until he uncovers the shocking truth of what really happened…

A woman takes her young son, 'Nesto, to a riverside park in the Southwest, where they pass by an old woman dressed in black, weeping by the river...

A pair of film buffs stumble upon an old western movie set hidden deep in the desert outside Los Angeles. But as they explore the abandoned remains, strange noises start to echo through the empty set…

Lena was taking a shortcut through the woods in Dover, Massachusetts, when something caught her eye—a pale figure with two round, black eyes, crouched on a wall, staring right at her...

Mysterious disappearances have plagued the remote Beaver Dunes in Oklahoma's panhandle for years. Could it be the Devil’s Stovepipes—or something even more unsettling? Reports of eerie lights, voices of the vanished, and a mysterious creature emerging from the sands suggest there's much more to this story.

Since arriving in Taos, New Mexico, Frank has been plagued by a persistent, irritating hum. Hoping to escape it, he drives to Santa Fe to revisit old memories—but the hum follows, culminating in a strange and unsettling experience.

Sailing through the majestic waters of southeast Alaska, the crew spots something lurking in the water—like a seal, but not. What starts as a curious sighting soon becomes a chilling fight for survival.

Camp Monsters podcast returns this September! This season, we’re venturing into the shadowy woods of Wisconsin, chasing an unexplainable hum in the Southwest, exploring an old haunted movie set near Los Angeles, and so much more…

BONUS EPISODE from the Camp Monsters live show at the REI Flagship store in Denver, Colorado. Join host, Weston Davis, as he shares a personal story of his encounter with the Augerino, a wormy-snake-like creature attracted to water who bores tunnels through the earth...

One night in Fresno, California, Mateo's security camera caught strange, pale, billowy, disembodied legs walking across his front lawn. But when he looked out the window, there was nothing there...

Leilani was just trying to catch a movie at the local Honolulu drive-in when she walked into the bathroom and found a redheaded woman peering suspiciously into the mirror.

Lara just moved into a new house in an old coal-mining town in West Virginia. One night, she begins to hear sounds behind the walls of her basement bedroom. Knocking, knocking…

An old man at his cabin in Appalachia finds a dried-out old relic of a strange experience long ago. It brought back a lot of memories. And, as it turns out, that isn't all it brings back.

Camp Monsters is back for season 5, and the monsters are more mysterious than ever. Tune in to hear tales of peculiar creatures wandering through neighborhood yards, a strange relic discovered in a cabin in the woods, unexplained knocking in the basement and more.

Join host Weston Davis for a behind the scenes look at the who, how and why of the Camp Monsters podcast! This is a BONUS EPISODE from Wes' interview on REI's Wild Ideas Worth Living podcast with host, Shelby Stanger. He spills the spooky tea and you don't want to miss it.

Donald and Lydia moved into their first home together a little outside of Point Pleasant, West Virginia when Lydia started noticing strange occurrences— like the two skinny things, casting shadows in the light that streams under the front door.

Up in the Cascade Mountains of the Pacific Northwest, you can smell a Gumberoo before you hear it-- a smell just like woodsmoke: faint at first, then thicker and thicker, like a campfire gone wild.

Something feels off about this raining night in South Carolina. You can't put your finger on it. Driving through the intersection, you catch something in the rearview mirror. Something bathed in the red of your brake lights, something moving fast, close behind your car.

Along the shores of Walgren Lake State Park in Nebraska, little whirlpools are starting to form, like something is pushing the water around…something deep down in the lake...something far too big...

Iris was ice fishing on Payette Lake in McCall Idaho when suddenly, with an impact she could feel through her feet, something struck the ice beneath her...

Molly, an adventurous dog visiting the Gulf Coast of Florida with her owner, finds herself in tall thick grass, thicker reeds, mud, and deep water. A perfect trap for the Skunk Ape.

A small town football star in the Arkansas hills finds himself running from more than his opponent this Friday night.

Across Fairfield County, Connecticut, whispers grow that back in the trees and forests, along lonely country lanes, live the “Melon Heads” — dangerous creatures known to lure and attack wayward outsiders.

Getting a room at camp with a single bunkbed all to yourself sounds great... until you begin to suspect that you’re not actually alone... and that someone— or something— is up in the top bunk…

You’ve seen it before: a shadowy figure in the corner of your room at Camp Whileaway. You want to run, scream, cry out for help... but you know you won’t be able to. That’s one of the powers of the Shadowman.

You're walking in the rain down a lonely old railway line in Tennessee when you see a light in the signal cabin up ahead. Usually a light in the darkness is a sign of safety, help and rescue but that may not be the case this time.

Your dim lantern casts a thousand shadows down here in the low, soggy hold of the sail-training ship Amphion. But there is only one moving shadow that interests you. You're convinced it's a stowaway because, what else could it be?

You're supposed to be alone on the dark waters of Spirit Lake. But across the way you see the glow of a fire and hear strange sounds. Who or what could it be?

On your first solo flight, a mile above the earth, you discover a silver glint way off in the sky. What could it be? As it draws closer, you realize it's something you don't want to encounter, but now you have no choice.

There's a cave that's off limits for campers. It's a hazard — place where people easily get lost. At least that's what the counselors tell them.

What started out as a prank on one of their fellow campers turns into something much more sinister.

The newest season of Camp Monsters is right around the corner and this year, we're doing something special — two back to back seasons with stories from summer camp and a fall season with the legendary creatures you've come to know and love. We'll see you around the campfire...

Fire has always been a danger in certain parts of southern California. And in Ojai, fire isn't the only thing you need to be concerned about.

There have been sightings of a wolf in Chicago. And something about that doesn't seem quite right... So what could the giant beast roaming the streets be?

This bonus episode is celebrating the new REI Co-op store in Sunnyvale. A store with a very haunted reputation.

On Highway 87 in Montana there's a lot of road, sky and not much else. Unless you saw that someone (or something) walking along the side of the road…

In this episode, we're going to travel back in time. Into the middle of a black night in 1875. Aboard a sailing ship called the Olympus where you'll meet a creature who is determined to make this night your last.

The old abandoned mill has stories attached to it — stories of a creature without a name. Something the mill workers used to call Him or It or The Mill Thing. Whatever its name, it's the reason this place is left alone.

There are plenty of interesting stories about the Denver airport — from mysterious arsenals to underground tunnels, there's something eerie about the place. Something a bit haunting.

There's nothing scary about your own reflection, right? Perhaps if you take a trip to Portland's Laurelhurst Park and look in Firwood Lake you would be a bit more wary of what's staring back at you.

There's a legend of something haunting the town of Truro, Massachusetts. Rumors of an unmarked grave and a warlock who unleashed something... evil.

In the last episode of our Sasquatch series you'll learn whether or not our narrator followed Roger into the darkness or made his way back to the streets of San Francisco. If you haven't listened to part one, two and three, turn back and listen to those episodes first for the entire Sasquatch story.

In the third episode of our Sasquatch series you'll find out if the narrator followed Roger into the night. If you haven't listened to part one and two, turn back! Start at the beginning and follow along to see what happens next.

In the second episode of our Sasquatch series you'll find out if Roger stayed quiet or said hello to the creature. If you haven't listened to part one, start there and then follow along to see what happens next...

This episode features a very familiar creature — the Sasquatch, the Bigfoot, the Wild Man of the Northern Woods. But this story isn't like any story you've ever heard...

Camp Monsters will be back this September with a full third season, sponsored by our friends at YETI.

It's the holiday season! At Camp Monsters, our version of holiday cheer is tracking down Krampus, the opposite of jolly old Saint Nicholas. Enjoy.

Just when you thought season two was over we’re back with a very special bonus episode. An episode about the legendary Sasquatch.

There are so many good places to hide in the forests of the Pacific Northwest. Is someone (or something) watching you from behind the trees and shadows? Meet this week’s monster: the Hidebehind.

This episode of Camp Monsters is about something decidedly inhuman. Something that dwells in the furthest reaches of New York’s last wilderness. No, not upstate ... Underground.

In Louisiana there are tales of a nightmare that lives under the water. A nightmare called the Letiche.

In this episode we’re going into the darkness of the Montana wilderness. Where people swear they’ve seen something, heard something large and threatening … The Shunka Warakin.

People call it the Mogollon monster — a Bigfoot of sorts, known to haunt the Arizona desert. It's a creature that arrives at night ... a shadow that reaches out to grab you when your back is turned.

This monster is rumored to haunt an abandoned train track in the Kentucky wilderness.

Are you being watched? Are you sure? This episode will take you to a lonely stretch of the California coast where that feeling of being watched becomes too strong to ignore.

Are you ready to meet some new monsters? Our second season launches Wednesday, September 9th.

This nocturnal monster is known to pick off livestock in a very vampiric way.

This month we are traveling to Europe to tell the story of a monster that has haunted that continent for centuries.

In honor of the return of summer, we're re-releasing the episode that started it all... The Batsquatch.

We teamed up with our friends at West Elm to tell the story of the Brooklyn Beast—a strange and unexplainable creature that washed up near their headquarters a few years ago.

Here's what happened when a 4.5-year-old was given the chance to retell his favorite season one Camp Monsters story: The Batsquatch. Somewhat unintelligible? Yes. Full of joy? Absolutely.

There's something lurking in the swamps of Africa. Something prehistoric. Something unknown.

Our monthly mini-monster series will keep you properly spooked until our new, full-length season launches this September. To kick things off, we're introducing you to the Am Fear Liath Mor, something that lurks in the Scottish Highlands.

Deep in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey is a cursed creature that has haunted the region for centuries.

Listen close, or the Snallygaster will get you. This notorious monster was dreamt up to scare misbehaving children into behaving. Or so we thought…

If you hear a blood-chilling howl in the Ozark hills it’s time to head inside.

There have always been whispers of something that roams at night near the river in Loveland, Ohio. There’s a creature down there that you wouldn’t like.

In the midwest, thunder and lightning in the distance can mean more than just an impending storm.

There’s something rumbling in the mountains of Colorado that’s more than a rock slide.

This is the tale of Tahoe Tessie, a sea monster that looks nothing like the cheerful creature you find in the souvenir shop.

The explosion of Mount Saint Helens in 1980 awakened a monster that appears at night, when the silence sets in.

We’ll travel the country, sit around campfires and talk about that thing that ran across the trail in the middle of the night, just beyond the beam of your flashlight. The first episode of Camp Monsters is coming to your ears Tuesday, October 1st.