Boy Scouts Of America

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Anyone old members of Boy Scouts? If so do you remember the campfire story "The ghost of Gaye Grisby?" I really liked the story but now as time has gone by just can't recall it. It was very popular and told by the scoutmasters of all the troops on whatever outing we went on. Now a days with boyscouts are soft, they even let girls join... (venture crew) so I doubt they still tell the story. But, if you can recall it was the one where we would all be sitting listening to the scoutmaster, and then we would hear a howling sound from out in the woods that would sound to man-like to be an animal, but too animal-like to be a man. It was the sound of something in great pain. Now if you remember this would send shivers down everyone's spine, and all the scouts would group together into one unit but make themselves look big as to prepare for a wild animal attack. By this time the fire would be embers, not very bright and the scoutmasters would have to shine their flashlights out on the trees which was very frighting, the dark would play tricks on your eyes and you can almost make out faces or figures in the brush. Then suddenly the same shriek would beckon except this time only a couple yards away from camp! One Scout master would stay behind while the other scoutmasters would select a boy and wander off alone in different directions to find the source of the noise. This was the "Hunt for Gaye Grisby." and the boy and his scoutmaster would go about in the bush all night looking for clues. The whole story/skit was a coming of age, becoming a man thing, I love the skit, and you really have to appreciate the effort put-fourth into the campfire skits of Boy Scouts of America. Really though I just wish I can remember the story, the story was good, so good that it sends chills down my spine thinking about, If only I could just remember.