A woman has shared her terrifying experience while solo camping in a national park, with Aussies convinced she was moments away from being attacked by a dingo.
Kristen claimed she had not slept ‘one single minute’ while trying to get a good night’s rest inside her tent at Kosciuszko National Park.
She shared footage on TikTok showing her tent ruffling violently while she remained in her sleeping bag, visibly unsettled.
Kristen said she had convinced herself it was a serial killer, before admitting it was likely just the wind.
‘Listening to true crime podcasts is all fun and games until you’re solo camping in a tent with a hyperactive imagination,’ she wrote.
‘I got zero sleep this night because of the insane wind.
‘I lay there in the middle of the night slowly convincing myself that someone must be outside my tent deliberately shaking it, trying to scare me.’
Social media users were not convinced it was caused by something as harmless as wind, with many claiming it was a dingo.
‘It could be a dingo clawing at the bottom of the tent,’ one wrote.
‘The crunching noise around, no other wind noises prior to the clawing, and the way the tent moves in a ripple pattern makes me think it’s a wild animal that knows you’ve got food and is used to people camping.’
Another added: ‘That’s a dingo, you can see the paws and the outline of the head and ears.’
‘Well, if you’re in , that’s definitely a dingo. You can hear them sniffing and see the paws. A serial killer would just come in,’ a third wrote.
Others questioned why the camper was not more concerned for her safety.
‘You are way too calm,’ one said.
‘The best part about solo camping is you don’t have to do it,’ a second added.
Some agreed with Kristen that it was just the wind.
‘Why would a serial killer just shake your tent all night?’ one wrote.
Sightings of dingoes in national parks such as Kosciuszko have become rare, with the canine population declining over the years.
Amateur photographer Ian Brown spotted six Alpine dingoes in 2022, explaining it was harder to see them because they had been ‘baited nearly into extinction’.
Wild dogs, mixed with dingo and domestic breed bloodlines, are understood to have become more prominent.