When a seasonal park ranger arrives at the remote Coldwater Basin station for his summer rotation, he expects twelve weeks of solitude, paperwork, and the quiet of the eastern Sierra Nevada.By the end of his first afternoon, a hiker's distress call sends him into the backcountry to investigate a campsite where everything is wrong. By the end of his second night, he is being hunted through the wilderness by a man who has been living alone in the basin for twelve years, and who has decided the ranger is the next offering.A two hour California wilderness horror story for sleep listening. Single voice narration paced for drifting off. Headphones recommended. Lights low.Drift off in the pines.——Support the channel and unlock ad-free episodes on Patreon: patreon.com/DarkHorrorNarrationsThis story is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to real persons, locations, or events is coincidental.