I’ve been thinking about one of the stories posted in a comment. Her uncle’s friend was pulled into the river by something on the UNC Occaneechi site in Hillsborough in the 80s. There were other weird things that happened like hearing voices and objects moving around, but the big one was connected to the water. The guy was pulled into the river and held under for like a full minute. He was so freaked out he quit the dig.

That sounds nothing like what I saw, but maybe they could be connected? Remember old stories about the elements: fire, earth, air and water? Aren’t those the elements of nature? Maybe the things I saw were connected to earth and air, but what happened to him was the water element? 

Is it possible for nature to be haunted? Or for nature to turn bad?