I've completely caught up to the episodes completely starting from the beginning and, I am stoked to actually get to vote!
So, my experience with Blair Witch as per most, left an impact on me. I saw it twice in theaters because I was captivated by it. At the time, Blair Witch and Jurassic Park were the only films I had seen twice on the big screen (a big deal at the time). I tricked my mind into seeing things that were never there, soon after getting caught up in the marketing. Even though I knew it was all fake. I'm from Indiana and Heather Donahue did commercials for Steak & Shake, a midwest late night staple. But, I digress, the first time I saw it correlated to happen days before my families yearly summer camping trip which made the whole experience all the more terrifying for my 12 year old mind. I was just getting into horror in a big way. Watching the Night of the Living Dead (1990 remake) on a loop. Wearing out my VHS of Scream & Scream 2.
The aforementioned S&S commercial
https://youtu.be/BSgaY-19YG0