Description of Area / Surroundings
Rural area at the time ,built up quite a bit now.Surrounded mostly by huge pines. No nearby military base or power station.

Full Description & Details
I was eleven years old at the time.We had a tent set up about 150 feet from the house and my sister and I were going to sleep out that night.She is a year younger than I .I was not the type of kid to be scared of the dark and actually enjoyed sleeping out alone so was disappointed to have my sister tagging along that night.Approximate time was 10:00 PM Got to the tent and realised I had to return back to the house ,she did not like being left alone in the tent so was watching out the small window for my return.Upon my return I got to within twenty five feet from the tent when suddenly I was lit up by this blue beam of light.I stood shocked for a brief moment and then began running around in a zigzag type of pattern in an attempt to get out of the light simultaneously yelling for my sister to open up the zipper of the tent door.In her panic she got the zipper jammed opened only about a foot I ran and dove into the tent.I spun around and closed the zipper behind me.I saw no more sign of that light.We were too scared to go back into the house until the next morning.The whole episode lasted less than 15 seconds probably closer to 8 or 10 seconds. For years I have wondered what this could have been,if you have heard of this happening to others,or any kind of explanation I would be grateful. It was not like when you shine a light on someone,a light has a source which is bright and concentrated where it originates,and spreads out further from the source, this was like a beam surrounding me.It originated from above but at the time I did not stop to look up. Sorry that is all the information I have.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?
I suppose you could say someone shone a light on us ,but this came from above and was not like any light I had seen before or since,it was a beam apparently centered on me.

Personal Background
I am a captain for a major airline.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting
very little,I was only eleven years old.

Reported Sighting? No
Location: green valley ,ontario ,canada
Age: 42