r/Harriman

Anyone ever see one in Harriman at night?
Back in the late 80’s into the early 90’s I was part of a volunteer group that monitored and logged different plants and animals in the park. We had permits that allowed us to park along any road at any time, day or night.
One night, in June of 1996, I was at Lake Askoti, on that long rock that juts out into the lake, with another guy. We were recording and listening for different tree frogs and toads when we suddenly noticed this Glowing Green Cloud that hovered directly above the lake, upwards of about 10 feet tall! It was very eerie and freaked us both out! But eventually we figured we just saw “swamp gas”.

I had never bothered to look it up online but the other day someone mentioned Lake Sebago and I recalled that night and decided to look it up. Apparently, according to Ai it’s extremely rare and I should consider myself very fortunate to have witnessed this phenomenon!

From the Monsey Scoop: (https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BUhMDxY6G/)

> After hours trapped in the darkness deep inside the woods near Harriman State Park, three exhausted hikers, including a child, were rescued overnight Sunday during a multi-team operation led by Chaverim of Rockland Search and Rescue alongside New York State Park Police.

> The frightening ordeal began shortly before 10:00 p.m. when Chaverim received an urgent call from a concerned friend reporting that a hiker who entered the woods around 4:00 p.m. had become exhausted, was barely walking, and needed help getting out safely. The caller warned Chaverim that the group’s phone battery was critically low and that conditions were rapidly worsening.

> Chaverim Search and Rescue coordinators immediately made contact with the stranded hiker, who initially believed he was close to exiting near Kakiat Park and insisted he was “almost out.” But minutes later, it became clear something was terribly wrong.

> “He told us he saw a black-and-white trail marker,” Chaverim’s SAR coordinator told Monsey Scoop. “We instructed him to stop moving immediately because every step deeper into the woods could make the search far more difficult.”

> Moments later, the hiker’s phone died completely, leaving rescuers with no communication, no GPS location, and no way to know whether the group had stopped walking or continued deeper into the forest.

> Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Chaverim rapidly escalated the response. Initial rescue units entered through Kakiat Park, but when the hikers could not be located quickly, additional teams were deployed from multiple access points throughout the park system, and surrounding trail areas, in an effort to cover the full stretch of wilderness before conditions worsened further.

> In total, approximately 15 Chaverim Search and Rescue members entered the woods while additional volunteers operated staging and command posts coordinating the operation.

> For a while, Chaverim volunteers pushed through the dark trails searching for any sign of the missing group. Teams used whistles, shouted into the darkness, and carefully combed through the wooded trails hoping for any response.

> Then came the breakthrough.

> “One of the teams suddenly heard voices responding back,” Chaverim’s SAR coordinator tells Monsey Scoop. “That’s when they knew they were close.”

> Chaverim volunteers finally located the hikers, two adults and one child, sitting exhausted and stranded on a remote trail with no communication and little energy left to continue.

> They immediately provided food, drinks, and lighting equipment before slowly escorting the group out of the woods to safety.

> Shortly after 1:00 a.m., all three hikers were safely brought out without injury, bringing the operation to a successful conclusion.

> New York State Park Police were also on scene assisting throughout the rescue effort.

Planning to do this from White Bar lot and trying to find a 2mi hike with a little elevation gain. My wife is about 3 months post ACL surgery and was cleared to start easy hiking. She has been working her way up to walking 3mi flat ground over the past 3 weeks.

Any other 2mi hike we could consider? Prior to injury, we pretty much did 3-5mi minimum.

How is the spring bloom looking up there? In full swing my yet?

Hey everyone. Female in her 30s I love hiking solo but I am
Hardly an expert on natural phenomena and wildlife sounds. The cave is quite wonderful I didn’t want to go inside as it was very swampy and I didn’t know if anything was living inside but I did want to see if I could see a little more of the caves scale. So I skirted the outside to see if I could see the parts obscured by rock and I suddenly heard what sounded like a motor of a dirt bike or like a weed wacker or lawn mower“BRAAAAAAAP” and I scooted back to the trail and it stopped as soon as I stepped away from the entrance to the cave. And as I scurried up the trail away from the cave I heard two more “Braaaaap Braaaap” and then Notning. I looked around thought maybe a dirt biker nope no one just me. It only was loudest when I got close to the entrance and the way it immediately stopped was strange to me. I can’t think of any other explanation but like I said I lingered on the trail with the cave still in view to see if I could hear it again or any signs of another human. Nope. Even if it was a dirt bike the way it stopped was not natural to the way an engine would stop.

Anyways just thought I’d share and see if maybe this was some cave phenomena I just don’t know about or if anyone else has heard phantom engines. Lol

I hiked from Tuxedo to Tom Jones on Sunday and felt like I was being swarmed the entire time by gnats and flies. Is that pretty standard or is it seasonal up here?