One of my favorite Claiborne stories is one that makes me question why anyone would ever go out there with me again, especially the witnesses present for this one. You see, in deciding which stories to pull together for this, I’ve made a conscious decision to privilege things that happened to
Tag: spooky
Camp Claiborne attracted more than just partying or thrill-seeking teens. On my first trip out there, I was warned by the older kids about the more dangerous sorts who would also use these woods—criminals and cultists. Of course, I didn’t believe it. I figured it was just old rumors. But I
For a place that had so many seemingly impossible things happen in it, Camp Claiborne followed a surprising amount of rules. Or, at least, we followed the rules. One of the way its rules and ours came together was through a little game that we would play every single time we
When I was a freshman in high school, I was friends with seniors who let me in on their favorite partying spot. It was secluded, private, and—best of all—incredibly creepy. It was Camp Claiborne, a military base built for and discarded after World War 2, abandoned and left to be swallowed
It happened one August. I was to drive from Louisiana up to New England for college, arriving early for orientation leader training and the like. Because of the way the timing worked out, one of my best friends was able to tag along for the road trip, have a short New