Irecently found myself privy to a debate between two friends about the “safety of the woods.”

I listened with interest as one noted that there are far more potential hazards inside the home than in the woods when the other friend responded by asking, “Where do you think most horror films take place?”

I’ll grant that plenty of films have used the woods as their setting (and I know folks who saw “The Blair Witch Project” when it premiered whose view of the woods was altered for a time), but here in the real world of an October in New Hampshire, are the woods actually scary?

Now, while safety on the trails (preparedness, awareness, respect — principles of Leave No Trace and New Hampshire’s own Wildly Responsible campaign) is one thing, scary requires different guidance altogether, so I rea

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