SCARY BREAK IN ATTEMPT While Sleeping In My Truck Camper! 😱 | Winter Camping Gone Wrong  

I've been up here 20 years and people are always worried about the bears but the fact of the matter is that people are the real danger no matter where you go.

Something similar happened to me. I was off-road, total wilderness, only me and my girl friend in our 4x4 camper in the middle of who-knows-where. Woke up in the middle of the night as someone was shaking the camper. No voices but we could hear the footsteps of lots of people, sometimes stumbling on some of the camp stuff outside. All night long, off and on they kept shaking the camper. My girl friend did not want me to move the curtains and look out the window into the dark night for fear of seeing someone's eyes who might be looking in. Finally in the light of the morning I look outside. It turns out it was cows rubbing themselves on the corner of the camper.

Lived off grid for 8 months where you should not have strangers lurking but I had my bouts of absolute strange people coming onto my campsite... they must have lived somewhere on the mountain but, absolutely strange when you are in remote wilderness and still have people trying to stalk you and steal your things. Lucky to have my life.

It blows my mind that no matter where you go no matter how far to try to get away from people some aimless maniac always be out there wandering around

That is insane. This is why I prefer a camper or hard sided shell. Just a tad more crazy people proof.

A good rule of thumb for Dutch ovens is that each briquette is 25 degrees F. You typically want more coals on top and just a few on the bottom.

Glad you guys are ok and alive. People are more crazy than animals

It’s dangerous even for two guys in separate vehicles right next to each other..., that’s why I worry about a lot of the guys and girls alone out there...

A tweaker zombie finding you in the middle of the woods. There has to be a weird back story to that one.

I’ve often wondered if Timmy ever had the infamous knock in the middle of the night. I suspect this will be far scarier. Look forward to watching another great episode. Always stay safe, my friend!

Maybe you could find benefit in a motion detector. To warn you of predators, man or beast. Glad it worked out.

What a crazy thing to have happen, glad it tuned out alright and everyone is ok, hope the crazy guy gets whatever help he needs.

Just when you think your far enough out that nobody could walk up to your door do a break-and-enter wow❤ glad you're okay guys have a great weekend

I made a chocolate cake in a Dutch oven when i was in Boy Scouts. It was awesome.

My wife, kids, and I were tent camping out in the middle of nowhere Eastern Oregon and at night the temperature suddenly dropped and started to snow. Then at around 2 am I heard footsteps outside the tent. Scarred the heck out of us. I couldn't sleep at all and at sunlight I looked outside to find bear prints all around our tent in the snow. A few feet away was some bear scat as well. We didn't camp there another night.......

The Northern lights were outstanding. Pizza looks pretty good too. Glad you're okay.

That’s scary , you never know what people will do or what they’re on, I’m glad everything turned out okay.

To keep the bottom of the pizza from getting burned when you use a dutch oven lay some 1 inch wide split pieces of wood on the bottom to raise the pie off of the cast iron. BOOM!

The Northern Lights shots were great! How beautiful.

That was really crazy about the guy ,I'm glad the police got him and you guys are ok, sorry to hear about the mess in your friend's truck, hope he was able to clean it without any problems, wishing you all the best in your travels 😊👍💕💕💕

You and your friend are so entertaining! Praying for your fun and safety

Such breathtaking views 😍 Now I know why my grandparents favorite place to go was Alaska. I want to see Alaska!

Good thing you did by having a weapon, but more important by not camping alone. I see a lot of campers on YT do solo camping. If someone gets in trouble like in your scenario, it would be much easier for the aggressor to have more advantage over them. Also, any other vehicle-related situations that one can not fix alone would need a helping hand, especially if someone is going to the woods, where help might take some time to arrive. I wish you a safe camping journey.

Glad you and your buddy are safe!

3 minutes in have learned multiple helpful tricks! Love your videos! So glad you guys weren't injured by the psycho tweaker. Keep the videos and adventures coming!

You have far more chill than I do. Guy would have ended with 3 in the chest trying to break into my camper while I am sleeping.

sliver comets are the BEST effects in fireworks, I love the comets and rising tail effects.

Hope it worked out in the end Tim. Cant wait to watch!!!!

Solid trip boys. Always a blast truck camping under some Norther lights 👌🏻

I love your friends truck tent . That's awesome and homemade pizza is the very best pizza ! You know who's hands have been touching it and you know the exact ingredients that are on it! Absolutely fire !

Thank you for these camping adventures. I love using the internet to usefully live vicariously through others' experiences. I love that the burnt pizza was better. ❤😅Sounds about right.

Ive cooked on/in/over a campfire for 40yrs....and a great trick with dutch oven is to invert a ceramic bowl and cook on metal plate and parchment on top of the bowl in the dutch oven so its basically midway or suspended and not making direct contact on cast iron ...hence the burnt bottom of pizza. its a fun great experiment :)

The cook was so sure of himself that even when I saw it going wrong I believed it was okay😂😂😂

Just glad that yall are okay and safe! ✌🏻👍🏻🤘🇨🇦.

Wow what a lovely back drop seeing the Northern lights shining over the mountains. What a picture..

Thanks for bringing us in this awesome field trip! Really beautiful location! Despite the crazy, it looks looks you guys had a great trip... I definitely want to try cooking pizza that way.

Next time put the pizza on a small rack inside the Dutch oven so it’s off the bottom and it will not burn😉👍🏻✌️

Love your truck, my favorite year/model. I drove one as a tow truck driver in 1997. I also lived in a truck camper off the grid. Your setup is so much better than mine, but I do relate to a lot of what you do and why you do it. Safe travels!

Scary stuff. Stay safe out there!

Dude most have been really messed up, wow, glad you and bro are ok.

Mr. Smith and Mrs.Wesson are my nightly companions no matter where I go. ❤😂😂

Charcoal is actually good for you. Its countering the inflammatory effects of the flour. Canadian Pizza Nova sells pizza with charcoal in the flour. Best pizza they have - no heart burn or grain inflammatory on the system. Never remove charred areas from any food. Its litterally anti inflammatory and detoxing.

🇺🇲🇺🇦 You need to make one of those open & close shotgun slots in your door where you don't have to open your cabin door but definitely have the scare factor when the barrel of your rifle/shotgun goes poking thru the slot. Keeps you safe on your side and it keeps whoever it is on the outside of the door from becoming dead meat. Most of us dont want to be put in a situation where we have no choice but to take action when an unknown threat comes towards us. 🙏☮🙏 Ps - and if you dont have a flood light on your porch maybe put a high density brightness flood light up to swich on when unknowns come messing around your door! Just some thoughts. Be safe out there boys and always be prepared for the unexpected.

Great production/editing 🔥🔥👍👍. Some absolutely gorgeous shots of the beautiful scenery ❤️. Cheers from Ontario 🍻🍻🍻

The trick to baking in a Dutch oven is to place most of the coals on top and just a few on the bottom.

Fry a couple pieces of bacon in the pan to grease the pan, cook the hash browns in the pan and the bacon in the oven. Line a baking sheet, 400°F for around 20-25 min depending on how you like your bacon. Comes out perfect every time and way less messy than frying in a pan. Love your vids and setup!

The fireworks and northern lights complimented each other beautifully.

Enjoyed another Timmy, nice meeting your friend max sounds like your intruder was a method head, also when frying bacon, soak in cold water before frying, less shrinkage 😊

Nice the lights were beautiful, sorry someone got into your friend's truck glad he didn't get into yours, thanks for sharing stay safe stay blessed

My wife and i go camping for a month at a time deep in the woods white duck canvas bell tent 16' we both carry 9mms with Buffalo bore 147gr +p hard cast and seismic 185gr Rounds..and 4 12 Round magazine's and extra Ammo..

Man I want to go to Alaska so bad. Those northern lights were amazing

i didnt think your setup could get any cooler....until i saw the trailer. One of the coolest builds ive seen

Looks like a perfect night with the Northern Lights😊

I have a similar Dutch oven, so I will try baking a pizza in it. Looks delicious. Thank you for the many ideas your videos provide. I lived in Alberta for 10 years and drove up to the end of the Yukon territory one time... in the summer and the sun never set. It was hundreds of miles of nothing but tundra. I hunted deer by myself, sleeping in the bed of my pickup with a -40 Cabela's sleeping bag in Nov and filled my tag. Back then I was 22, now am 64 and have moved to Armenia, the First Christian Nation on earth. God bless you.

Wow glad ur ok♥️someone is seriously lacking in judgement if they aren't smart enough to know that this is a camp of grown ass men.

“Anyway…Let’s cook some breakfast” 😅I love how calm you were👍Loved your video and tent.

WOW! This video had it all! Wish my hub & I had that truck tent when we first started camping with the 56 International pickup. Camping in the desert in the winter, the temps would get down to the low 30s and once in a while the upper 20s, but the winds made it a lot colder. Sleeping on the a quilt on the bed of the truck wasn't comfortable at all. LOL! So glad we eventually got rich enough to afford a tent and air mattresses. LOL! Matt has such an awesome setup!!! Your camera did a great job catching the Northern Lights & the fireworks at the same time. The fireworks didn't cause the focus of the camera to haze out or lighten the Northern lights. My heart goes out to the poor man. Barefoot in the snow is pretty good sign that he has major mental problems. I hope he will get proper care and kept somewhere safe. As always, I just love all your videos and adventures. Thank you for another wonderful experience and what looked like a great breakfast. But now i am super curious about your favorite pizza place. If the crust tastes better with a little burn on it, it must be something special. GREAT JOB MATT with making pizza in a Dutch oven!! I watch a youtuber that does cooking with all cast iron in the outdoors, just like the back in the old cattle drive days with a chuck wagon. Maybe he and Matt are distant kin? LOL!!! You all keep having fun and staying safe! May God continue to Bless and Protect you all!!

Max seems like a real righteous brethren to have around I dig em and good thing there was two of you to look out for each other.glad nobody got hurt,including the crazy guy.watching from Hawaii sending aloha 🤙🏾

Wow those northern lights were amazing to see! Would be so rad if we had them in AZ 🌵 skies at night. Also glad y’all were safe after that break in.

Good day for motorcycling. That was bigfoot. I'm sure. Have to wonder where and how far he came. Got neighbors that pull the same crap. They are everywhere. Killer view of the lights. Good looking truck tent. Good vid Timmy. Can't wait til the next one. Take care.

Boy what a beautiful view…that sky is breath taking

Damm. Glad you all are safe brother. Best to stay locked and loaded especially stateside. This is why i have no plans on going back. Bad feeling that once things get better 4 years later it will take a giant shit. Stay safe brother and cheers 🍻🍻

Wow. Zombies in Alaska!!!!!

Stay frosty stay strapped and stay dangerous my friend!

Great video loved the pizza and the truck setup. The northern lights amazing

The Northern Lights.. wow! 🌟

Wow crazy someone doing all that .hopefully they get that guy the help he needs

Looking forward to the videos from your trip to the highest mountain in the Talkeetnas. Glad everything was OK for you guys after your encounter with the shoeless man. Wonder how he got out there. I'm glad the police came to take him away, hopefully to get him the help it sounds like he needs. Looked like good pizza and a truck house breakfast.

Such a great spot......the water effect / trickling noise & mountain view and not to forget the overhead electrical wires for ambience 🩷👍🏻

Absolutely hate when someone try's to break into the camper, happened to me while I was camping in a weird town called Greymouth. Another great dog mate. keep safe out there.

Yah, Max made snowshoes out of branches when he was a kid down in Kasilof...heck his family made a greenhouse out of bent limbs...lol Thanks for the video Timmy and ya need to get farther out in the bush to get away from those tweakers...😅

Timmy, cool tent idea your friend had. Thanks for sharing it.

You guys are great fun. More like these please. Thank you so much.

That’s crazy. Did your buddy lay the boots to him? Sure hope so. You have to wonder how that zombie went off into the deep end. That impression of the sounds he was making made me laugh and spit out my beer lol

Timmy my man you gonna be in brinks Oregon for the show? I might enter my 7.3 this year it's like 4k miles round trip or so

I use a Dutch oven on camp here in Australia. But I dig a hole in the ground large enough for the oven to fit. Then embers from the fire in the bottom, oven on top and then embers on the lid. I have had the best roast ever from one of these Dutch ovens. Great channel Timmy.

Love the setup and the adventures - keep them coming

My wife and I laughed like crazy when you were moaning and beating on your buddy's camper. What a hoot! Great shot of the Aurora. You framed it perfect and the fireworks added a cool dimension. Was that 'stoney' mountain pizza?🤣🤣

that is why I rather stay in my car rather than camp in a Tent and it is dangerous sleeping or staying in a Tent wild animals can be around and those crazy people as well I Love watching your Videos and I am a subscriber as well Good luck stay safe and healthy

Glad u and max are ok

I am addicted to your videos. Loving it...

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Wishing Success, Well-being and Happiness You All. God Bless You, and everyone Traveling, or living in their vehicles, Vans, RVs, Hiking etc. Please Be Safe..... God Be With You..... Author Advocate, Activist for Humanity, Jason Sandifer, Michigan, 11/15/2022, 11/18/2022, 11/26/2022 11/30/2022 12/12/2022 12/14/2022 12/17/2022 12/28/2022 1/02/2023 4/11/2023 4/23/2023 4/30/2023

THE WAGON TENT IS LIKE THE OLD DAYS👍. THE FIREWORKS🎆 IN NATURE WAS A GOOD IDEA. WASN'T AT ALL LIKE SIGNAL FLARES ATRACTING (CRAZY) PEOPLE. 👍😂

I enjoy watching your videos. Keep up the good work!

Crazy seeing that snow while i am about to harvest some food. Stay safe bro, love the content!

Sounds like he was intentionally trying to get arrested to get fed and warmth. I would if I were desperate to survive.

It's not a camping experience, but when I said to my Dad about that fact I REALLY love to urb-ex (especially ruputably haunted ones) & photograph nature/wildlife/plants in old disused graveyards, my Dad told me he thought I was either really brave, stupid or crazy & asked why I'm not scared of seeing, running into ghosts, etc (not a chance of scary wildlife as I'm the UK, btw). I told him I'm scared of no such thing, even though do I believe in the occult, cryptids, supernatural/paranormal, etc! It's actual people. Humankind, aka the living who are waaay scarier to me & I'd much rather encounter a ghost, beast than an unknown person/being!

Pizza look amazing good job cooking and kayaking as always 👍

The Northern Lights were spectacular. The shot with the trees, that would be a great wall shot! So lucky to be able to witness that on the regular!

I can't imagine how that guy ended up out there in the frozen wasteland without shoes, which explains the blood in your friend's car. He was wounded in the legs. He was drunk and drugged, I understood. In any case, he is looking for food and warmth. It's good that the police took him. You should let us know what actually happened to him.

pls dont do these premiers. its awful and just bums you out. i thought i would get to sit down and enjoy your video but no

I feel like such a city slicker, I didn't think the northern lights were that bright.... 54 years old I need to see more of this world

Hey, there's a dutch oven app that allows you to calculate how many coals on top and bottom to reach a desired temperature.

The fireworks and Northern lights made for a fun New Years watch. Scary break in experience! 😡Thanks for sharing!

I've had a Ham radio license for 58 years. I have several radios in the camper so I can reach another human anywhere in the world from anywhere in the world. Never had to use it in an emergency I just recently bought a onspot so the old radio tecnology isn't really needed but I still like to hunt up someone to talk to now and then

“Anyways, let’s cook some breakfast…”. Lol. I love your chill attitude. Not much seems to rattle you.

Those lights ❤they are in my bucket list !!!

I just found your channel and love it. I’ve never been to Alaska or New England but have lived in every time zone at least once. So far I can relate to it all and at 76 it is bringing back warm memories. When we lived in eastern Colorado we had blizzards that dumped snow up 3/4 of the way up our unsheltered doors and we heated with a wood stove. We ate deer meat and your groceries for stuffed peppers looked like mine. We did white water raftIng. The difference is we did live in a house. We had a grocery store 12 miles away. And we rafted with a guide. My kids are grown and I am widowed so I cook like you with as little mess as possible. I have kayaks and live on a canal for the family when they are here but I am in Florida so no more snow or wood stove, or kayaking for me. Thanks for the memories. That was a great time of my life.

So sweet and peaceful

Awesome camper Man looks like y'all had fun watching a lot of your videos man great job enjoy watching the videos thank you