Aug. 7, 2024

Camping Alone Can Be Terrifying, Especially When Something’s Hunting You!

Camping Alone Can Be Terrifying, Especially When Something’s Hunting You!
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Camping alone can be a serene escape from the bustle of everyday life, but when night falls, and strange sounds echo through the trees, serenity turns to terror. Follow one camper's harrowing night as they face the unknown horrors lurking in the wilderness.

Camping Alone Can Be Terrifying, Especially When Something’s Hunting You! by Michael Kelso
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During a day, the forest can be one of the

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most beautiful and relaxing places anyone could ever hope to be.

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But as the sun goes down and the moon comes up,

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things begin to take a turn, as there's something out

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there in the brush watching you, seeing your every move,

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and waiting to attack.

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What's that you want to be scared to? Come with me.

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You will experience tales over opera, ghosts, and death. It

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is not recommended for.

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A week at hard Tart.

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Listen as in the dark it's more fun at that

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way way.

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This is Weekly Speaking. Hello, my Spooky's It's Wednesday, and

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you know what that means. It's time for a little

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spooky in your weekly. I'm your host and narrator, Enrique Kuto,

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and tonight we have quite the terror tale to titillate you.

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We've just passed the midpoint of summer, so I thought

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a tale about the great outdoors would be appropriate for

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those of you who love a good camping trip. Well,

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this one is for you. But before we get to

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Spooky going, going, and going. But now it's about time

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we go on a camping trip. I hear the weather

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is killer we'll get to that right after these quick words.

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Camping alone can be terrified, especially when something's hunting you.

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By Michael Kelso. The screams echoed through the trees. I

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couldn't tell if they were human or animal. All I

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knew was they were loud, which meant they were close.

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As I listened to the high pitched shrieks, it almost

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sounded like a couple of people having a shouting match.

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If I had been at my apartment in town, That's

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exactly what I would have thought the sound was. But

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then the pitch changed and it took on a faeral quality.

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I knew whoever or whatever was making the sound, I

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wanted nothing to do with them. Thinking you're alone in

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the wilderness is one thing. It gives a certain freeing

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feeling like you're so close to nature. But knowing you're

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alone and hearing the terrifying, nearly indescribable sound sent chills

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down my spine. I quickly questioned how much longer I

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would be alone or alive? Did those things know I

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was here? Were they planning their attack or was it

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just a gathering of something like a harmless chill session

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in the woods in the dead of night. Survival instinct

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was screaming for me to get out of there as

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quickly as possible, to hell with the tent in my supplies,

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just leave. For a brief moment, I nearly listened. Later,

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I would wish I had. Fortunately, I hadn't made a

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fire yet and decided against one.

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Now.

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If by some miracle, those things didn't know I was here,

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a fire would draw them in like flies to well

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something I didn't want to be in. Even though the

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screaming was all going at a fever pitch, I quietly

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snuck into my tent and zipped it shut, as if

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some flimsy material would magically keep at bay whatever beasts

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were raging out there. Searching through my pack, I found

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my Swiss army knife and kept it firm in my

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grasp as I lay down on my sleeping bag. I

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didn't dare settle in for the night. Sleeping through being

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attacked by wild whatevers and torn to shreds can be

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bad for my health. As I lay there, eyes wide,

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listening to the horrible shrieks that seemed to come from everywhere,

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they suddenly stopped. At first, this was a relief, but

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when the sound stopped so did all other noises in

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the forest. It was as if someone had hit the

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mute button on all of nature. I heard a loud,

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thumping sound that sounded like drums beating faster and faster,

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until I realized it was my heart. Trying to calm

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myself so I didn't have a heart attack on the

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spot was a challenge. I tried to think of calm,

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blue oceans and sunrises, of beautiful things that had nothing

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to do with the situation I was in. Apparently I

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did my job too well. I don't remember falling asleep,

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but I do remember waking up in a panic. Jumping up,

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I looked all around for the beasts that were coming

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to get me. When all that stared back at me

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were the contents of my backpack and the four walls

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of the tent, I allowed myself to take a few

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deep breaths. It was morning, the sun was up, and

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the birds were singing. I took both of those as

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good signs. Being alive was a bonus as well. It

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was decision time. Do I pack up and cut my

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trip short by two days, or do I write off

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last night's incident as a rare occurrence and not worry

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about it. Today in the daylight, as the sun's rays

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bathed me in warmth. It's funny how fear manifests itself

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so much stronger at night. Last night, the forest seemed

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like the most horrifying place I'd ever been. Today, it

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looks like all the beauty of nature is spread out

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before me. I couldn't imagine anything bad happening in such

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a picturesque place. As I looked out over the clearing

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in the woods, I saw a large dark spot that

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was moving towards me. I dove into my tent and

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emerged with a pair of binoculars. Peering through them, I

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saw the spot was a bear, and it was headed

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my way. So much for nothing bad happening in nature.

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My plan of action was to hide and hope it

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went away or turned down another path before it got here.

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That plan didn't work out so well. Within fifteen minutes,

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I could hear it snuffling around the camp site looking

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for something to eat. I hoped it wouldn't be eating

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a fresh camper. The can of bear spray was firmly

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in my hand, with my white knuckles clenching it. Having

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it was one thing. Using it was another. That was

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my last resort, spray and run. The sniffing got louder,

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and I could see the bottom edges of tent being

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pushed in by a large nose. My knuckles grew a

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little wider as I followed its progress along the edge

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and around the tent. And then there was a pause,

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a dreadful pause, the kind of pause that horrible decisions

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are born from. I was contemplating my own horrible decision

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when the sniffing started again, this time leading away from

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the tent. Breathing a cautiously optimistic sigh of relief, I

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opened the tent flap just enough to see the bear

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lumbering off into the woods again. I held a silent vote,

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just like the song said, should I stay or should

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I go? I'd only been camping up here once before,

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but I didn't remember it being this dangerous. Maybe I

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just got lucky last time. Not wanting my luck to

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run out, I packed up my tent and got ready

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to leave. The sun was already high in the sky,

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leaving me just a few hours to high out what

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took me a full day to hike in. I looked

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for bear tracks to see which way it had left,

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but the ground was so dry there was nothing to see.

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Crossing my fingers, I had it out on the trail,

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hoping it had gone some other way. It was easy going,

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making the terror of last night fade even more. I

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still kept a wary eye for the bear, though no

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use in getting so caught up in nature that I

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ignore her dangers. After around an hour of walking, I

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found a large rock on the side of the trail

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and decided to take a break. Pulling out a granola

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bar in a bottle of water, I looked around as

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I snacked. There was a clearing in the woods and

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a rough path leading to it. It wasn't any official path,

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just one that happens when a lot of feet go

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the same way and tramp down the foliage. There was

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a faint whiff of smoke coming from the clearing, but

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I couldn't see exactly what was causing it. My curiosity

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wanted to see what was there, but my common sense

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said no way. In the end, curiosity fought dirty and

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said the smoke meant there had been a fire, and

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the ashes could blow into the trees if the wind

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picked up and cause a wildfire. It was a good point,

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even though the wind was uncannily still at that moment.

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I took a quick look around to make sure the

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bear wasn't sneaking up on me, then started down the

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narrow path. The trees blocked out some of the light

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as I headed down the path toward the clearing, making

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me literally descend into darkness. It wasn't a good feeling.

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My eyes darted around, looking for anything out of the ordinary,

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and I slowed my pace. Then suddenly the trees opened

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up in daylight shone brightly on the clearing, and the

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remnants of a fire with a wisp of smoke still rising.

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Whoever had made it had been dangerously uncaring about the

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safety of the woods. The fire sat right in the

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middle of a patch of grass, with no ring of

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stones surrounding it. My eye rose at the carelessness of

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this person. I found myself wishing very bad things on them.

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When I noticed something else. There were splotches of red

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all around the fire. It was like someone had spilled

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red paint all around. It was strange. Why would someone

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bring paint out here in the middle of the woods.

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I stalked around the other side of the fire, looking

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for the answer to this mystery. Unfortunately, I found it.

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There was something pale sitting just outside the burnt grass

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of the fire. It was next to a splotch of red.

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I bent down and moved the grass to see more clearly.

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Picking it up, I saw it was a severed human

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te I dropped it and stood up like a shot.

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The red splotches made sense to me now they weren't paint,

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they were blood. A chill ran down my spine. I

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suddenly felt very alone and surrounded. My eyes darted all

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around the clearing and into the trees as I did

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a slow circle, searching for whatever was about to attack.

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As I searched, I saw the red splotches led off

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into the woods in the opposite direction of the trail.

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Curiosity tried to get me to follow, but I told

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it to shut the hell up, and HI tailed it

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out of there, my head on a swivel, searching for threats.

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Just as I was about to reach the main trail,

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I literally ran into the bear. I'd been so busy

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watching behind me for whatever might be chasing me that

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I didn't see what was right in front of me.

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It turned to face, showing its red teeth. Then it

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stood on its hind legs dwarfing me and roared. I

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wish I'd worn brown pants because I soiled myself in fear.

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I was so terrified. I didn't move. I couldn't. I

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was paralyzed. It dropped back down onto its front legs

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and approached me teeth bared. I knew right then it

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was responsible for the screams and the dismembered toe. The

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only thing I couldn't figure out was the fire. I'd

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never heard of bears being able to start a fire.

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This was, unfortunately, the last thought going through my head

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before being eaten. It sniffed and took a step back.

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If I'd known dropping a load in my pants would

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save me, I would have done it last night. As

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I looked into the eyes of my death, it wasn't

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looking back at me. It was looking past me. I

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wasn't sure what kind of trick this this bear was pulling.

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It wasn't like it had to fool me or anything.

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It had me dead to rights. Curiosity made me turn

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and follow the bear's gaze. I instantly regretted it standing

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near the clearing was a monster. It was like nothing

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I'd ever seen before. It stood on hind legs at

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least eight feet tall. It had the horns of a deer,

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but the face looked like a deer's skull with no

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skin on it. Its shoulders were covered in what looked

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like a cloak made of another animal's skin. The bear

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let out a deep growl full of menace. I took

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the opportunity to back away and allow the bear a

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clear path to its adversary. It glanced at me for

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a moment, then started toward the monster. As soon as

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it was past me, I dropped my pack and ran

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down the trail with every ounce of speed I could muster.

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It didn't matter that my car was miles away. It

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didn't matter that there was no way I could sprint

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all the way there without collapsing and having a heart attack.

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Just then I heard the fight.

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If you thought that was scary, just you wait, weekly spooky,

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We'll be right back.

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The growling, roaring, slashing, knocking trees down fight that would

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have been awesome to watch from inside a bunker with

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two foot thick concrete walls. Just me alone, without a

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rocket launcher to defend myself. There was no way I

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was sticking around. I ran for a solid ten minutes

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before the stitch in my side told me I had

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to at least slow to a walk. I didn't dare stop.

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I knew I had to keep moving. It was my

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only chance of surviving by some miracle. The sounds of

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the fight echoed throughout the trees, making it seem surreal

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to hear it, then hear it echo back again. It

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sounded like the fight was slowing down. I hoped it

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would last a little while longer, maybe whichever one would

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forget about me or be too tired to track me down.

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My walk had become a limp. I was nearly out

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of energy and had a mile to go to the

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relative safety of my car. Surely by now I could

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take it easy. As the thought rolled through my brain,

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the sounds of the fight ceased. The fading echo was

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all that remained. I wondered which one had been victorious,

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and comforted myself that the victor was surely enjoying the

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spoils by feasting on the fallen adversary. But in the

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back of my mind, unease grew. What if it didn't

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forget me, what if it was following me? Right now?

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I found myself walking a little faster, much to the

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pain and chagrin of my legs. The silence that fell

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in the aftermath of the fight was disconcerting. The animals

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around me had been chattering away. Suddenly falling silent was alarming.

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I started jogging, each step a new exercise in pain.

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There was no doubt I was being followed. The footsteps

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behind me were getting louder. By the moment my car

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was in sight, I was almost free. The footsteps behind

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me were very loud. Now I knew it was right

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behind me, but I didn't dare look back. Run, don't think,

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just run, my thoughts screamed at me. Even my curiosity

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had no desire to look back. Ten steps from the car,

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I dug in my pocket, looking for my keys. For

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a brief, terrifying moment, I couldn't find them. Then I

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dug a little deeper and came away with my prize.

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I hit the remote to unlock the car and dove

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into the driver's seat. The engine had just roared to

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life when the monster appeared. I threw the car in

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reverse and stomped on the gas, whipping around and making

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the monster miss, crashing through the windshield. I jammed it

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into drive and floored it as the monster recovered and

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started after me. For a long, horrid moment, it seemed

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to be catching up to me. The road was gravel

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and had several potholes in it. I found myself swerving

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to miss the biggest ones so my car wouldn't bottom out,

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but by doing so, the monster gained ground. It was

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almost within reach of my rear bumper when I slid

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sideways onto the main road. Once on the pavement, I

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floored it and watched with satisfaction as the monster fell behind.

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I breathed a sigh of relief as I relaxed and

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settled in for the ride home. It wasn't long until

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I was pulling into my dry and parking. My head

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fell back against the headrest and I was tempted to

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take a nap right there when my nose reminded me

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of the state of my pants. Walking in empty handed

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was a mixed blessing. I had left hundreds of dollars

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in equipment behind, but at least I was alive. My

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shower called to me. I stripped through my pants and

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underwear in the trash, then settled into the longest, most

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rewarding shower of my life. After drying, I threw on

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a Metallica T shirt and a pair of shorts. I

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came back out to the living room and settled in

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to watch a movie. Horror was Out. I knew I'd

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have nightmares for weeks about my ordeal. I decided to

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watch an episode of Wipeout. Three episodes later, I found

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my eyelids fighting gravity and exhaustion. Heading to bed, I

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turned out the lights and stepped up to the living

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room window. Looking out over the lights of the I sighed,

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seeing the trees of the park far in the distance

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and knowing I'd never visit there again. Before I turned

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toward my bedroom, something caught my eye. It was impossible.

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I rubbed my eyes to be sure. The monster was

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creeping out of the woods and coming straight toward my house.

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As I watched, it looked up and saw me. Our

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eyes locked. Mine full of fear. It's full of menace.

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I ran through the house, making sure every door and

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window was locked. After that, I went to my bedstand

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and pulled out my Snubnose thirty eight, checking to make

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sure it was loaded, and grabbing a handful of extra bullets,

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shoving them in my pocket. Running back out to the

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living room, I looked out my window, but it was gone.

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Pressing my face against the glass, I searched the front yard,

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but it wasn't there. For an instant, I wondered if

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my imagination had been playing tricks on me. I went

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to the kitchen window and looked into the backyard. It

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was dark and I couldn't see much. Reaching for the

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light switch, I hesitated, not wanting to see it suddenly

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appear in front of me. But I had to know

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if this thing was real or not. I would rather

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that I was going crazy than ever see that thing again.

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Flicking on the light, I took a half step back.

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Nothing was there. I scanned the entire backyard, all the

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way to the woods that bordered my property. Nothing. I

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shrugged and was about to go to bed when I

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heard it. My foot stopped on the first step and

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I turned back toward the door. Someone or something was

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scraping against the front door. Feeling like I was in

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a trance, I was drawn to the door. Leaning up

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to the people, I closed my eyes and breathed a

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silent prayer that nothing would be there. My prayers were answered.

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There was nothing out there. As tempted as I was

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to just accept this audible hallucination. My shaking hand reached

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for the doorknob. The distance between my hand and the

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door seemed to fade, like one of those scenes in

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a horror movie where the camera zooms in while going backward.

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I turned the knob and held my breath while opening

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the door. Nothing was there. I released a breath I

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didn't realize I was holding. Looking around, the yard was empty,

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just the evening. Missted clinging to the lawn. My imagination

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had gotten the best of me. I turned to go

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back inside and saw the door and door frame, long

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scratches on it. My blood froze. It was real. It

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was here. It had tracked me down. As terror gripped me,

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I saw a flash of brown fur an instant before

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it charged me. In sheer desperation, I fell back into

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the door just as it hit the doorframe. Its antlers

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slammed into the frame, sending splinters flying as it struggled

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to get loose from the destroyed wood. I lay on

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the door, watching in grim fascination, stunned by the fact

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that it had missed gouging my eyes by a mere

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fraction of an inch. The doorway had saved me. The

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same doorway that was rapidly disappearing under the monster's onslaught.

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I regained myself and ran. As I darted through the

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living room. Somehow I had the presence of mind to

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grab the house phone and dial nine one one as

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I headed down the basement steps, slamming the door behind me.

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Nine one one, what's your emergency?

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Came the lady operator's voice. I'm being chased by a

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monster who's trying to kill me, I said, vaulting down

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the stairs.

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I'm sorry, Could you repeat that.

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I'm being chased by a monster who is trying to

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kill me?

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Are you talking about a person?

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No? What do you not understand about the word monster?

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I shouted?

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All right, it's my duty to inform you that prank

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calls will be reported to the police and you could

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face charges.

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Fine, send the cops. Maybe they can fight off the

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monster long enough to put me in cuffs. The line disconnected.

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Son of them, I said. As I heard the monster

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stalking around inside the house. I squeezed myself into the

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far corner between the wall and the oil tank and

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tried to be as quiet as possible, barely breathing. I

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listened to its measure steps. As it crept from room

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to room, the floorboards complained with loud creaks, telling me

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this thing weighed considerably more than me. I heard it

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turn toward the stairs and thought about making a run

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for the cellar door that led outside. When my phone rang, Hello,

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I whisper, screamed, trying to be as quiet as possible.

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Is this the person who just dialed nine one one

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about a monster?

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Yes? Who is this? There was a pause as I

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heard the footsteps change direction.

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I'm from another agency, he said, Could you describe the

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monster for me?

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So you're from one of those three letter agencies that

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always say they don't spy on our phone calls.

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Could you describe the monster for me?

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It's huge, I whispered, at least eight feet tall, covered

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in fur and wearing the fur of another animal over

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its shoulders. Oh, and it has antlers like a deer.

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I heard a sharp intake of air.

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Where is it?

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I gave him my address.

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I mean, where is it in the house.

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It's on the first floor and I'm in the basement,

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I whispered. But I think it's coming down here. Just

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then I heard the basement door open. Gotta go, I whispered,

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then hung up the phone. The basement stairs groaned under

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the weight. I hoped that the wood would collapse under

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the weight and it would fall, snapping its neck. No

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such luck. The stairs creaked as it continued to the bottom.

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I had to duck in this basement, so I was

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sure it was on all fours to keep from getting

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tangled in the rafters. My heart pounded. I struggled to

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keep my breathing quiet so I wouldn't give away my position.

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The chuffing of the monster's breathing was getting closer. I

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wanted to close my eyes, but had to know when

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it came close enough. Instead, I reached into my pocket

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and pulled out the gun, aiming it at the corner.

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I waited. The skeletal snout appeared, but I didn't shoot.

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The shot would just bounce off the bone. I wanted

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to hit something more vital and hope that I might

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somehow survive. The rest of the bony skull made its

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appearance and went by without noticing me. Next came the

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neck and the rest of the body. I wasn't sure

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where this thing's vital organs were, so I held off,

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hoping that it might not notice me. At all those

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hopes were dashed when it sniffed, then whipped around and

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stared right at me. I took that as a sign

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to shoot it in the chest. The gunshot was deafening,

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especially in such a closed space. My ears were ringing

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so loud. I could barely hear the monster screaming and

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tearing my oil tank limb from limb, trying to get

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to me. I fired again, trying to hit any part

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of its body as oil flew from its thrashing. We

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were both covered in heating oil, and yet it still

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kept coming. Three more shots didn't even slow it down.

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It was so close the muzzle of the gun was

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nearly touching it. I shoved the barrel into one of

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its eye sockets and pulled the trigger. The flame from

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the exploding gunpowder set the oil on fire. I don't

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know if it was that or the bullet bouncing around

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in its skull that made it shriek even louder. Flame

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engulfed its screaming form, making it look like a demon

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straight from hell. It ran out of the basement through

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the outside doors, bursting out into the open air and

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disappearing into the night. I was so relieved I didn't

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notice right away that I was on fire. The oil

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had splashed on me and had ignited when the monster

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caught on fire. I tried to push my way out quickly,

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but the monster had shoved the tank closer to the wall,

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pinning me. The fire devoured the oil on my clothes

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and my bare skin, making me scream an agony as

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I tried in vain to get away from the fire.

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This was it. I would die, this horrible, agonizing death,

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trapped in an inferno. The monster would get its revenge

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and not even know it. Maybe, once it extinguished its

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own fire, it would come back and devour what was

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left of me like a well done steak. I must

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have been hallucinating, could have sworn a cloud enveloped me.

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Just before I died. I woke in a white room

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with an annoying beeping sound that wouldn't stop. There was

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a smiling face in the corner staring back at me,

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attached to a man I'd never met. How are you feeling,

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he said, Step over to the hospital bed. Am I dead?

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I rasped, Not yet, he chuckled. It was close, though.

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If we hadn't gotten to you when we did, you'd

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have been a shish kebab. I tried to lean up,

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but pain put me back in the bed. Yeah, you're

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not gonna be taking any hiking trips for a while,

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he said. You've got burns all over your legs that

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will need some time to heal. I'm never going hiking again,

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I said, Are you the guy I talked to on

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the phone? Yeah? Do you mind telling me the rest

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of what happened? He said, pulling out a pen and notepad. Sure,

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I said, shrugging. Since you saved my life, it's the

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least I can do. He pulled his chair over and

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got comfortable. What happened to the monster anyway? I said?

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He hesitated, It got away, didn't it? Yeah, he said,

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lowering his head a little. We lost the trail after

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it extinguished itself, but don't worry, we'll find it. I

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didn't comment on my opinion of the competency of government

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agencies out of respect for the man who saved my life,

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but suffice it to say I wouldn't be sleeping very

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deeply once I got home. Where would you like me

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to start? I said? The beginning is always a good place. Well,

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my spookyes, I hope you enjoyed this week's story as

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much as I did. Part of me thinks the creature

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might have been the Wendigo, but I am very partial

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to the Wendigo, so don't take what I say as gospel.

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Believe you me. Also, I want to say a huge

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thank you to everybody who's been signing up for our Patreon.

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That's right, we have a Patreon where if you pay

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It really does help the show out immensely. But you know,

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you don't have to spend any money to help the

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our Patreon backers very very much. I've been working like

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mad to make sure we're ready for this big October

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where we're going to be unveiling four novellas and so

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many scary stories. I don't know how anyone could ever

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hope to be prepared. But before we get out of

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here I want to say an extra special thank you

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to our Patreon podcast boosters, folks who paid just a

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So if you want to join us, like Amber Hansford

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But now it's time for me to get back to

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work because there's so much more fears for your ears

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to come. So for myself, for my executive producers Mark Shields,

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Robfields and Bobotopia dot com, my producer Dan Wilder, and

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my composer Ray Mattis. I will be talking at you later,

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so stay out of the woods. Thank you for listenings.

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Make sure to find your way back next week, but

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for now you are safe. Trust me.