Nest-like shelters found by campers while hiking hillside near Dayton witnessed in , Washington

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We were camping in the Tucannon area during Memorial Day weekend. Things happened that didn't make much sense. The first was while out hiking on the other side of the river, we came across two lean-to made out of branches. One was very, old possibly years. I say this out of the moss growing on it. The other was about 50 feet away, and was newer, less than a few weeks old. It still had some leaves on the branches. I didn't think much about it because I had to make the same thing in boy scouts. I looked around for a fire pit but didn't find anything. The next day myself and a couple of friends climbed the mountain across the road from us. The girls quit after about a third of the way up but I kept on going. After about an hour I reached a small level spot and sat down. As I looked around I spotted another lean-to about 40 yards away. This old had been exposed to the weather and nothing was left but the bare wood of the branches. Still no fire pit either. After resting for about ten...