It really depends on what gives you the heebie jeebies, honestly. But the answer is usually somewhere in some kind of wilderness or deep woods.

As a kid, I lived right down the way from where they filmed the Blair Witch Project. I 100% understand why they filmed it there. My grandparents also had land in West Virginia and we'd go all the time to stay. We moved to SoCal when I was a preteen, and BWP came out a few years later. My sister and I were scared af by that movie. All our friends in SoCal didn't get it, cuz they'd never been in woods like that.

You know what would scare the shit out of them, though? Mountain lions and bears.

In the East, the woods are deep and dark and old. You can't see the sky where it's thickest. So unless you know what to look for, you can and will get turned around easily. Grimms' Fairy Tales forests have nothing on certain areas of the East in the US.

In the West, you can see the sky, but you're way more likely to encounter wildlife that will fuck you up. And you can end up very, very far from any kind of civilization.

I know how to read animals and what to do whenever I encounter something. Be big and tall and loud for this, be quiet and retreat for that. I also know what to look for in order to navigate the hollows in West Virginia. My hackles still go up whenever I hear a mountain lion scream like a dying woman, even though I know what it is, but I still feel like I can navigate the wilderness out West at night with a good flashlight and the right gear.

You absolutely would not ever, ever catch me ever thinking about trying to navigate an unknown hollow in WV at night, though. Them hollers is hungry.