I'll leave that up to you; it would make a little more sense as to why you and your friends might have been alone, there, with no other witnesses, but, I'm not prepared to rule it out. I don't know how busy that part of the coast is at the time of year the encounter took place, and things of such nature.

I'm taking this opportunity to clarify something- For any prospective players, if you decide to choose from my example roles, please only take ONE; these roles can all be very diverse, and as such there's a lot of overlap, trying to be more than one won't improve your Odds, so to speak, but instead gives you more to work into your character, depending on the role. save yourselves some trouble, and keep it simple. I'll still allow people to propose unique roles during character creation, but again, don't overburden yourself and keep it simple, and make sure it makes sense.

I'm also officially calling it, and plan to edit the information as necessary- it's rare, but the Nightmare Zone CAN manifest during daylight hours, usually resulting in something pretty nasty (Like Graboids; ie, witnesses/survivors unlikely)