Terrifying moment ghostly figure is caught on camera at a Skull Island campsite – as a sinister theory emerges about why the outdoorsman was targeted
A survivalist’s heart rate increases after he accidentally captures a creepy figure at his campsite late at night.
Jack ‘Strick’ Strickland set himself the challenge of camping for 24 hours on Skull Island, off the north coast of Queensland.
He shared his daring adventure on his YouTube channel Back 2 Basics Adventures, showing that the island was no stranger to danger and had a dark history.
“Welcome to one of the most remote yet haunted places in Australia,” he began.
“This place has the craziest history of cannibals, headhunting and improbable survival I’ve ever heard.”
He then shares footage showing him being disturbed by a noise in the middle of the night.
“I’m getting goosebumps now, I heard someone outside,” he tells the camera.
“The fire I put out hours ago is now burning again. I clearly heard footprints next to my stuff. It woke me up.”
Strick from Back 2 Basics Adevtnures shared chilling footage of a suspicious ghostly figure while camping on Skull Island
The figure was captured by a wildlife camera that only starts filming when it starts moving.
The next morning, he shares the footage he captured on camera the night before, which shows a faceless, ghostly figure running away from his tent in the distance.
“These trail cameras only start filming when two things happen: there is movement in front of the camera or there is a heat source in front of the camera,” he said.
“The funny thing is that the filming starts the moment I think I heard the sound. Ten seconds later you see me turn on the flashlight and film in the swag. Then I come out.
But there is no clear movement, there is something in the heart that causes this.’
However, online critics have responded, questioning why he was on the island.
“You never got permission from the traditional owners to camp, that’s why you were disturbed. These are sacred islands where you camped without permission,” one user responded.
Other social media users questioned whether the ghostly figure was real and merely a reflection of his headlamp.
“Lense flare. It’s literally the reflection of the headlights in the lens,” someone wrote.
‘I think it was a reflection off the lens or a speck of dust/insect. I wonder why there were no tracks in the sand,’ added another.
Skull Island is part of the Sir Edward Pellew Islands group which lie in the bay where the McArthur River flows into King Ash Bay in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Jack ‘Strick’ Strickland set himself the challenge of camping for 24 hours on Skull Island, off the north coast of Queensland