Screams heard in the Great Dismal Swamp witnessed in Chesapeake City County, Virginia

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After finally getting my twelve campers to sleep I left them with my co-counselor and took the short walk to the showers. The time was 11:00 pm and everyone was asleep or at least in their cabins. It took me 3 minutes to walk to the showers and on the way I didn't notice anything unusual. After my shower I stepped outside at approximately 11:25 to walk around to the other side of the building. At this point I recall the sounds of the forest being stilled or a little subdued. I also noticed that there were no sounds of the junior staff coming from the bunk house or pool as was usual that time of night, but it didn't make much of an impression on me as I entered the other side of the building and grabbed my laundry basket. Coming back outside and rounding the building I heard something that stopped me in my tracks. It seemed to be coming from a wooded area west of the bunk house and my initial thought was that it was junior staff playing around, laughing, and yelling. But the sound se...