I read somewhere there’s a reason for that. The smoke actually does follow you around. I get it at my house burning incense. I even keep a fan to push smoke offof me but it still finds me.
That explains why when you’re alone by the fire, but it doesn’t explain why there’s always one unlucky bastard when it’s a large group. There’s plenty of bodies so it’s not just air pressure pulling the smoke. It’s fate that someone must be the sacrificial smoked lamb.
I read somewhere there’s a reason for that. The smoke actually does follow you around. I get it at my house burning incense. I even keep a fan to push smoke offof me but it still finds me.
I just now found a lot of links explaining it. Here’s one. https://anenglishmanoutdoors.com/2021/11/why-does-campfire-smoke-follow-you/
That explains why when you’re alone by the fire, but it doesn’t explain why there’s always one unlucky bastard when it’s a large group. There’s plenty of bodies so it’s not just air pressure pulling the smoke. It’s fate that someone must be the sacrificial smoked lamb.
The nature selection or so I am told when I do something stupid and end up hurting myself.