{"id":27086,"date":"2023-11-06T16:29:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T16:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertraining.net\/?p=27086"},"modified":"2023-11-06T16:29:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T16:29:19","slug":"camping-nightmare-as-huge-swarm-of-bug-takes-over-inside-of-mans-tent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertraining.net\/world-news\/camping-nightmare-as-huge-swarm-of-bug-takes-over-inside-of-mans-tent\/","title":{"rendered":"Camping nightmare as huge swarm of bug takes over inside of mans tent"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hundreds of creepy crawlies gave one camper a rude awakening when he switched on the light to find his tent covered in bugs wriggling around just inches from his head.<\/p>\n

It happened at Alaska\u2019s idyllic Lake Clark National Park, which is home to foraging bears and shimmering turquoise lakes, but the shiver-inducing discovery will have left him scarred for life.<\/p>\n

The harvestmen, more commonly known as daddy longlegs, were captured in a Facebook post by the park covering every corner of the tent last Wednesday, just one day after Halloween.<\/p>\n

Park officials said the traveller had \u201csnuggled into their warm sleeping bag\u201d and \u201cnodded off to dreamland\u201d, before he was \u201cjolted awake with the sense of being covered by creepy crawly creatures of the forest\u201d to discover his \u201cnightmare had become a reality\u201d.<\/p>\n

At first footage shows just a handful of bugs but as the camera pans round and a light comes on hundreds of daddy longlegs can be seen nestling into the warm dry space.<\/p>\n

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Scientists say they are unsure why the phenomenon occurs, but speculations about the behaviour suggest it could be related to mating.<\/p>\n

Taking to Facebook a park spokesman said: \u201cResearchers speculate that aggregations form for mating, humidity control, or to deter predators.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shocked backpackers replied to the spooky post saying \u201cthey can have the tent, I’ll just sleep outside\u201d.<\/p>\n

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