The two teen suspects in the murder of a young couple in British Columbia — who authorities say also killed a third man — are likely still hiding out in the rugged wilderness, leaving local residents so horrified that they’re “sleeping with guns,” according to new reports.

There were two confirmed sightings of Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, near Gillam, about 466 miles northeast of Winnipeg, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Thursday, according to the CBC.

Both sightings happened before the pair’s burnt-out vehicle was discovered along Highway 37. Since then, there have been no reports of stolen vehicles in the area — indicating to authorities that the pair is still holed up in the dense, swampy region, according to the report.

That notion has left residents in the small town terrified.

“Everybody in the community is, I guess I wouldn’t say paranoid … nervous, scared,” Mario Catalano, who manages a local fuel service company, told The Toronto Star. “I’ve heard people are sleeping with their guns close.”

Locals told the outlet they’ve stayed inside as much as possible and have only gone out in groups. Parents have not let their kids outside.

Authorities have recruited help from across western Canada in their search of Gillam and the nearby Fox Cree Nation — and they’ve received about 80 tips in the last 48 hours, Cpl. Julie Courchaine told the CBC.

“We are taking all steps to be as thorough as we can, which is why we have so many resources,” she said. “We’re doing a lot of searches in and around that area.”

The rough terrain is making the search more difficult, Courchaine acknowledged.

“I think it’s tough. It’s challenging terrain. It’s vast, it’s dense,” she told the outlet. “[But] the police officers that are up there are trained for these types of situations.”

Hiding out in the thick wooded area isn’t any easy feat, neighbors told the outlet — even though the duo consider themselves survivalists, according to Schmegelsky’s father.

Lifelong resident Tanya Wavey, 40, told the outlet that the cabins, cottages and abandoned hydro-electric buildings in the area could have provided a refuge for the fugitives.

“They could break into one of those buildings and they could be hiding in there,” Wavey said. “It’s scary.”

But there is no doubt that their hideout bid has been a treacherous one, she said.

“[The area] is all muskeg, as far as I know,” Wavey said. “It’s soft, soft ground. You can break your ankle walking in that stuff, because you sink in probably about your knees.”

The teens, lifelong friends who were initially reported as missing persons, are being considered dangerous.

“As you can appreciate, this is a dynamic and unfolding situation,” Courchaine said. “I understand that people have many questions and we commit to providing answers as soon as we can.”

Authorities believe the pair is responsible for the slayings of tourist couple Chynna Deese, 24, of Charlotte, North Carolina, and her boyfriend, Lucas Fowler, 23, of Sydney, Australia.

They’ve already been charged with second-degree murder in connection to the death of Leonard Dyck, 64, of Vancouver.