It was weird, seemed like a TV show, yet I was in it...

I was in a forest doing something, looking with someone else but I don't know what for.

There was a trap my friend got caught by. It Had a rope or chain around his leg that dragged him up above a burning spike, but it was not enough fire to cause harm to he who is hanging

I had intended to save him, but then I saw what would happen if I tried. I would have been caught too and after more were caught oil would fall on us and the fire...