Family Encounters Red Eyes and Unusual Smells witnessed in Sierra County, California

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We had driven from the San Francisco Bay Area to Sierra County for a camping trip. When we arrived, our usual campground was full and we went to a less popular campground which was a few miles further down the road. By the time we arrived it was already dark and we hurried to set up camp for the night. Our intention was to camp at this campground for the night and look around the surrounding area for a better site closer to the water the next morning. Since we has children with us they had to go to the bathroom and my friend (who had spent his youth camping in the area and this campground) took the girls to the closest outhouse while my husband and I started setting up camp. They came back and everyone was talking about how horrible the area around the outhouse smelled and we laughed saying it was close to end of season and about time to clean out the vault toilets. Soon we finished setting up tents and unpacking the few things we would need for the night. I decided I should visit the ...