Gretchen Steele: Let’s talk about ‘things that go bump in the Southern Illinois bottoms’

There are things in the southern Illinois river bottoms that will make a grown person reconsider every brave thing they’ve ever said about being comfortable in the woods after dark.
I don’t care how many years you’ve spent hunting, fishing, camping, or generally prowling around the back forty. Sooner or later, something is going to make a noise that sends a little shiver up your spine, raises the hair on the back of your neck, and has you wondering whether that flashlight really has fresh batteries.