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

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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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as little as one dollar a month, you get two

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now would be a wonderful time to have you on board.

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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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show out. Share the show with a Halloween loving friend,

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and I'll be very eternally grateful. But I do appreciate

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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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little bit more to hear their names at the end

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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.