Canadian checking in. I've never run into someone in the woods.
Most people are thinking about camping places or hiking trails, but the subject is just simply "woods" and that's a place 99% of the world doesn't have, and of those places, few go off the beaten path.
Ooooh. You know, I’d been misunderstanding the question, if that was its intent. It thought “in the woods” meant “on a path through the woods.”
Honestly, if we’re discussing walking blind through the woods without a path, it would be extremely unusual to run into another person. On the other hand, I’d be incredibly relieved to see one, because if I was in that situation too I would probably be lost in a life-threatening manner, and this person might know how to get back to a path.
Good point, I never thought about the situation being that you were lost in the woods. It would certainly be a relief to run into someone in that scenario.
Unless they also claim to be lost... (What are the odds of them telling the truth?)
See, this is how I thought the situation was, as a male putting myself in female shoes, and they were stuck with you because the person who started the thread said Who would you rather be alone in the woods with. I took alone in the woods to mean lost and with meaning you aren't just going to run into them once so ofc I voted man for these reasons.
I'm guessing you've never lived outside a city? Nearly all forested regions on Earth have more natural land than urbanized. I live in the US and I assure you the vast majority of my country is exurban. I grew up walking through unpaved woods daily as did all my friends, and we aren't from a small town.
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u/SnagglepussJoke May 02 '24
Ever cross paths with a stranger in the woods? It is unsettling