Funny Campfire Stories

We were at a traveling carnival, riding the rides and having a good time. We came upon a fortune teller booth and thought it would be fun to have our palms read. My {wife/husband/friend} went first and was told that they were going to lead a healthy, happy life. When it came time for my turn, the fortune teller took …

cold stuffed rubber glove, 10 small pieces of peeled carrots of different sizes, a wig, cold, cooked spaghetti, dried apricot, two peeled, green grapes, a piece of bologna Directions for Story: Guests sit in a circle on floor; lights are off except for the flashlight Narrator reads by. Lay each item to be passed in a separate bowl, and then …

On the topic of celestial guidance, Rabbi Liebner has something of an odd contribution… The town of Treadville was small but prosperous and lay in a high valley surrounded by higher mountains. The Treads (for that is what they named themselves) were wealthy enough to love more than work and humble enough to make more than money. Little disturbed their …

A young man was driving along and old road and had become lost. He was trying to find his way back to a gas station to get directions when he ran out of gas. So he grabbed his gas can and began to walk. He had been walking for half an hour without seeing a single other car passing when …

none In a large city apartment block, a fire broke out. Fire fighters arrived on the scene only to find that a lady resident holding her small baby was stranded on an 18th floor balcony overlooking the alley at the rear of the building far above the height any rescue ladder might reach. All fire escape exits are indoors and …

King Arthur sends Sir Lancelot out on an important mission to deliver a message to the king of Spain. It is a long distance, and Lancelot looks in the Kingdom for a good horse to take him there. His own horse is sick, and all he can find is an old mare, but, since he has to leave quickly, he …

Here is funny or scary (scream the ending) campfire story. Only his mother and father called him Todd. To every Scout in Eagle District the name Todd suggested just one nickname, “TOAD”, which Toad didn’t mind at all. You see, Toad wanted, more than anything else in the world to win the smelly-sneaker contest. Toad’s sneakers were smelly. No doubt …

This story may sound scary, but the funnt aspect kicks in at the end. A man near here was camping with his friends, and night had past. They heard rustling, but ignored it, and fell asleep. The man, well call him Mike, noticed one of his friends was gone, he alerted his other friend, only to find him gone too. …

Remember Mark Hamill from Star Wars? He doesn’t like to eat in Chinese restaurants. He likes the food fine, but has a lot of trouble using chopsticks. Just when he starts to get really frustrated, this voice whispers in his ear, “Use the Forks Luke.”

none IT WAS the hottest summer anyone could remember at Camp. It was between sessions and that meant the staff was left there all alone for a peaceful weekend. Unknown to them, another bus – a gray prison bus – was winding along the road outside of the camp, transporting a single prisoner. The man was criminally insane, according to …

A man named Rupert lived with his dog in a house deep in the woods. Rupert was a hunter and a trapper. The dog was a big German shepherd named Sam. Rupert had raised Sam from a pup. Almost every morning Rupert went hunting, and Sam stayed behind and guarded this house. One morning, as Rupert was checking his traps, …

The financial situation had been very bad for several months. Because he was out of work and destitute, a young man decided to rob a bank. After days of observation, he chose a small satellite bank facility across the metropolitan area from where he was living. He spent several days planning every move. Late one dark moonless night he picked …

none A tourist wanders into a back-alley antique shop in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Picking through the objects on display he discovers a detailed, life-sized bronze sculpture of a rat. The sculpture is so interesting and unique that he picks it up and asks the shop owner what it costs. “Twelve dollars for the rat, sir,” says the shop owner, “and …

There is the story of a group of chess enthusiasts, good friends all, who had a long day of chess matches. Late in the evening these friends went to the lobby of the large hotel where the matches were held, to talk a bit and rest. While their chat began quietly it gathered steam and got quite animated. They were …

A librarian is working away at her desk when she notices that a chicken has come into the library and is patiently waiting in front of the desk. When the chicken sees that it has the librarian’s attention, it squawks, “Book, book, book, BOOK!” The librarian complies, putting a couple of books down in front of the chicken. The chicken …

A tall, weather-worn cowboy walked into a saloon and ordered a beer. The regulars quietly observed the drifter through half-closed eyelids. No one spoke, but they all noticed that the stranger’s hat was made of brown wrapping paper. Less obvious was the fact that his shirt and vest were also made of paper. As were his chaps, pants and even …

For years, it has been believed that electric bulbs emit light, but recent information has proven otherwise. Electric bulbs don’t emit light; they suck dark. Thus, we call these bulbs Dark-Suckers. The Dark-Sucker Theory and the existence of dark-suckers prove that dark has mass and is heavier than light. First, the basis of the Dark-Sucker Theory is that electric bulbs …

A doctor was just starting out on his own, when he found that he just had too much work to do. Now this man was brilliant, and had particularly good people skills. Once he got a patient, they would just not see anyone else. It seems that this man had been reading recently about the advances in cloning, and decided …

Michael and Tami were newlyweds. The day they became engaged, they both agreed that they would move to Florida instead of raising a family in chilly Michigan, where both had been born. When the two came home from their honeymoon, they were extremely excited to make the move- all of their things were packed, the moving vans were revving, and …

It was a dark and stormy night, and all the Cub Scouts where huddled around their campfire. One scout looked up to the Scout Master and said: “Tell us a story.” And the story went like this: It was a dark and stormy night, and all the Cub Scouts where huddled around their campfire. One scout looked up to the …

One bright day in the middle of the night, two dead boys got up to fight, Back to back they faced each other, drew their swords and shot each other. A deaf police man heard the noise and came and shot those two dead boys. And if you don’t believe this story is true, ask the blind man, he saw …

A widow lived alone on the top floor of an apartment house. One morning her telephone rang. “Hello,” she said. “This is the viper,” a man said. “I’m coming up.” “Somebody is fooling around,” she thought, and hung up. A half-hour later the telephone rang again. It was the same man. “It’s the viper,” he said, “I’ll be up soon.” …