Drama/Fear episode at 7th Grade Camp continued...

A pair of yellow-green eyes stared at us from the other side of the campfire area as the low hiss & high scream sounds continued. My flashlight beam didn't go far enough to see more. J was trembling as we brought her into the nurses' station, gave her some Motrin to swallow & bedded her down. When it appeared she was napping within 5-10 minutes, I left to wake up the director & inform him of what was happening in half of the camp. He walked to the girls' tabins area with me. Unbelievably, everyone in tabins 1, 4, 6 & 7 were still asleep. Tabins 2, 3 & 5 were more frightened than ever, having heard the same sounds as they were trying to drift back to sleep. They were discussing that some of the boys had seen yellow eyes in the dark the night before. Two of the boys' counselors from tabin 5 arrived. One came to tell us the sounds had been caused by the old sprinkler system that he had just turned off. The other, the young man with the guitar on the previous post, had brought his guitar to aid in softly singing some praise songs to calm the campers & overcome their fear. This music particularly helped T, who had become rigid, gasping & "blind" again upon hearing the "mountain lion" sounds. By 3 a.m. the campers were all nodding off & I had returned to the nursing area. J was sound asleep & I was too, as soon as I climbed into my sleeping bag & my head hit the pillow. The next day, at the morning chapel pictured above, half of camp was very sleepy but happy to hear that the eyes that had been seen during the past two nights belonged to the camp director's big cat. T's parents were called about her behavior & given the choice of taking her home or letting her stay with the nurse at night the rest of camp. They decided to take their "drama queen" home. T evidently had a history of creating situations that put her in the center of attention. J was over her migraine & fully enjoyed the remainder of the week.