May 14, 2025

I Was Stalked by a Monster from the Woods

I Was Stalked by a Monster from the Woods
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A peaceful mountain home becomes the setting for pure terror in this bone-chilling horror tale by Michael Kelso. What begins as a quiet day on the porch turns into a nightmare when something unnatural stirs in the treeline. With haunting imagery, mounting dread, and a final showdown in a fiery basement, this story will leave you breathless and looking over your shoulder.

Prepare to meet a skeletal forest creature with a deer skull for a head and a hunter’s instincts. As it creeps closer and closer, survival means outsmarting the beast—or being torn apart.


Featuring: Suspense, cryptids, home invasion horror, and an explosive ending that you’ll never forget.

Perfect for fans of: The Wendigo, Skinwalkers, Blair Witch, and survival horror.

I Was Stalked by a Monster from the Woods by Michael Kelso
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A peaceful mountain home becomes the setting for pure terror

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as spring begins. What should have been a quiet day

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on the porch turns into a nightmare when something unnatural

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stirs in the tree line. It's tall, it's dark, and

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it's hungry. What's that You want to be scared? Come

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with me. You will experience tales over opera, ghosts, and death.

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It is not recommended for the week. At our heart,

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listen as in the dark, it's more fun at that

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way way. This is Weekly Speaking. Hello, my spookies. It's Wednesday,

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is prudent to the current springtime fun we're all experiencing,

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they say the woods are alive, that if you sit

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long enough, they start to watch you back. Some folks

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here whispers, others see shadows. But what if the thing

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in the trees doesn't want to be seen until it's

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too late. Tonight's story is about a man who loved

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the view from his port until one spring day the

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trees began to move. So get comfortable, make sure you're subscribed,

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and we'll get to the story right after this. I

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was stalked by a monster from the woods by Michael Kelso.

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I used to love sitting on my front porch, gazing

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at the mountain full of trees spread out before me.

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Each season gave me a new appreciation for the beauty

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of nature. Even winter, which I hate, would color my

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trees in the most pristine white, making them look like

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a crowd of bridesmaids dressed in their spotless gowns, waiting

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for their bride. My favorite season was fall. The explosions

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of colors laid out like a gigantic quilt that changed

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from one day to the next until the last leaf

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floated to the ground and surrendered to winter. I could

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sit there for hours watching. Time would slip away as

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I admired my trees in total contentment. That was before

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I haven't looked at my trees in a long time

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ever since. It was a beautiful spring day. The blossoms

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on the trees were full of color right before the

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leaves unfurled their brilliant spring green. There was a stillness

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in the air. Usually the wind blows non stop down

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the mountain to varying degrees of strength, but it's always there.

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On this day, there wasn't even a puff of a breeze.

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It felt good since the temperatures were only in the

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lower seventies, but something about it seemed off. My trees

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stood silent, unmoving, as if they had also noticed the

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stillness and were awaiting some unseen harbinger of ill tidings.

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As usual, I took solace from such thoughts by admiring

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my trees. As I panned through the colorful buds about

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to emerge, I saw something I didn't expect. One of

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the trees moved. It wasn't much of a movement, just

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a subtle twitch of a branch. I shrugged it off

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as a rogue breeze, but it was only in that

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one spot. None of the trees around it had moved.

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This drew my attention and I focused on the offending spot.

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It was around fifty yards away, just into the tree line,

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near a field. I picked up my binoculars, which are

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my constant companion when I sit on my porch to

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spot various birds and other oddities. I focused on this

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oddity to see if it was merely my imagination zooming

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in on the offending branch. It seemed to be nothing

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out of order at first, but as I gave it

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my full attention, I noticed something odd. There were no

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buds on the branch as strange as that was. The

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next observation I made was the branch was straight as

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an arrow, intriguing but hardly conclusive. But there were several others,

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small branches growing straight up out of it. None of

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these had any buds either. These facts swirled through my mind,

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creating half baked conclusions. When, without warning, the branch moved,

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I watched with rapt fascination. As the branch moved straight up.

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It wasn't like a breeze had caught it and waved

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it around, as branches are wont to do. It went

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straight up, staying completely level as it was before. This

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curiosity captured my total attention, as everything around me ceased

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to exist until I solved the riddle of the moving branch.

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Fanciful thoughts of ents sprang from the favorite stories of

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my youth and well into my adulthood. At the foolishness

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of such machinations, I knew my mind was having a

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bit of fun with me. It was the only conclusion

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that made any sense. This entire foray had been my

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mind playing tricks on me. If only that were the case,

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I would tell this story with the mirth of an

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old man spreading flights of fancy. I was about to

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put down my binoculars and take my mind inside for

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a nap where it could venture out into a proper dream,

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when the branch did the impossible. It moved sideways. It

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was like I was watching a time lapse of the

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branch in its growing cycle. Only none of the smaller

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points on the branch grew. It only got longer. And

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then I saw it. At the end end of the branch,

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there was a head. I'd seen lots of animals during

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my time sitting on my porch, bears, mountain lions, skunks, coyotes,

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but I'd never seen anything like this. It looked like

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the bare skull of a deer. There wasn't an ounce

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of skin on it. It was several sizes bigger than

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the largest deer skull I had ever seen. It peaked

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around the corner and its hand grasped the tree. It

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was skeletal as well. But the worst part was it

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was looking right at me with its empty eye sockets.

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There weren't any eyes that I could see. My mind

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didn't give me a minute to ponder if this was

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a figment of my imagination. I was out of my

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chair inside and locking the door behind me. Before I

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knew i'd even gotten up. The last thing I remembered

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was how high up on the tree the head was.

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It must have been close to eight feet tall. I

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ran through the house, locking all the doors and windows,

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wondering how much good it would do if that thing

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decided it wanted in. My closest neighbor was a mile away,

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and I began wondering if this wouldn't be a good

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time for a visit. While I stood in the middle

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of my kitchen, panicked and indecisive, trying to figure out

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what to do next, I realized, to my horror that

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I had left my binoculars on the porch. The thought

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that this nightmare of a monster would run up and

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steal my binoculars was totally ludicrous, but if I wanted

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to check through the window to see if it was

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still there, they would be quite invaluable. Convincing myself to

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retrieve them, though, was another matter. Entirely U sh it

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was only the wind, your safe, weekly spooky will be

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right back. I slowly approached the window that looked out

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onto the front porch, as if it were the monster

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waiting to grab me. And drag me to its layer.

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With great trepidation and using more than my fair share

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of courage, I stepped to the window and peeked out

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through the curtain. My initial reaction was pure joy. As

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I no longer saw the monster in the tree line.

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I began chuckling to myself for the prank my mind

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had played on me, and making all sorts of excuses

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for what the apparition was. The smile fell from my

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face when I saw it standing in the middle of

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the field. Not only was it far beyond the horror

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my imagination had presented, but it was a good twenty

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yards closer to my house. The nightmare stood easily eight

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feet tall and had a massive rack of horns that

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went straight out in either direction at least three feet.

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What I could see of it was skeletal. There was

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no skin at all, except for the cloak that was

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draped over its shoulders and fell to mid calf. The

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cloak looked rough, like it had been made from the

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skins of other animals. Those unholy empty eye sockets were

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staring straight at me. I froze as terror gripped me

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and managed to squeeze every ounce of fluid out of

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my bladder. It took a step towards me, then another.

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I knew there was no way I'd make it across

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the driveway to my car before it caught me and

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tore me to pieces. My mind started throwing out anything

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and everything it could. Call someone was the most plausible.

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I pulled out my phone from my pocket and dialed

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nine one one, nine one one, what's your emergency? Came

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the wonderful sound of rescue. I I'm being stalked by something,

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I said, Do you mean someone? No, it's definitely something. Okay,

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describe this something for me. I gave the best description

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I could of the monster, not daring to look out

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the window for confirmation of my details. Uh huh. The

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operator said, well, give me your address and I'll send

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over a cryptid hunter as soon as possible. Oh okay,

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my address is the line disconnected? Hello, I said desperately.

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I tried calling back, but it just kept ringing. Hiding

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didn't seem to be an option. It was obvious from

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the animal skins it wore that this thing was a

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very proficient hunter. I assumed that meant it had a

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good sense of smell and would be able to sniff

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me out of any hiding place in my home. My

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next option was to leave. I went to the kitchen

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and grabbed my car keys, hoping to slip out unnoticed.

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Those hopes were dashed when I looked out and saw

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the monster walking up my driveway. I ducked behind the door,

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eyes darting around, looking for anywhere to hide. To this day,

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I don't know why, but I ran to the drawers

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and grabbed a butcher knife. What good it was going

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to do against a monster that was entirely bones was

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beyond me. But I wasn't exactly calmly considering my options

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at that moment. The first crash splintered my outside door.

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The second crash destroyed it. The monster ducked its head

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and stepped inside my mudroom, staring right at me. I

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had three options. Run to the living room, go upstairs,

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or down to the basement. I have no idea why

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I sprinted toward the basement door. I shut and locked

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it behind me as the inside door broke into pieces.

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Making my way down the steps as quickly and quietly

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as possible, I listened to the floorboards creak above me,

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looking around the semi finished basement with just enough room

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to stand if I ducked my head. I quickly discovered

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that there was no clear cut hiding places. The footsteps

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above slowly made their way back to the living room,

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then up the stairs. For a brief, fleeting moment, I

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thought about going back up to the kitchen, when the

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basement door flung open. The steps groaned under the weight

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of the monster, and I was overwhelmed by the stench

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of death. I ran back to the short hallway toward

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the outside cellar door, but I knew it was too

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heavy for me to open it from the inside. Standing

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there helpless like a deer in headlights, the oil furnace

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kicked on. It had been a nice day, but the

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furnace still kicked on from time to time to keep

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the temperature where it was set. It didn't run for

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more than a minute before turning off. The oil tank

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sat beside the furnace, with both of them set a

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short space away from the wall. I dashed over behind

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the furnace and tried to stuff myself between it and

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the wall, making myself as small as possible in hopes

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that it might somehow not see me. It wasn't long

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before I heard the scrape of bone on the concrete

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floor getting closer and closer. My life expectancy had shrunk

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to a matter of seconds. I wondered if anyone would

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ever know how I met my gruesome end, or would

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my story be a mystery, an urban legend, like so

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many others that live near forested areas and suddenly disappear,

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never to be seen or heard from again. Don't go away, weakly,

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Spooky will be right back. The sniffing was my death knell.

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It drew closer as the horns appeared in front of me.

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My only advantage was the horns couldn't fit between the

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oil tank and the furnace. I celebrated a small victory

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that this hellish monster would at least have to put

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forth some effort in order to get me. It struggled

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to reach behind the furnace, almost to me. The only

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thing that stopped it was leaning against the furnace and

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drawing back as it cried out in pain from the heat.

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Realizing my hiding space was compromised, I darted behind the

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oil tank, hoping the bulk of the tank would hinder it.

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I scooched as far as I could into the corner.

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There was only a small clearance between the tank and

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the wall, maybe a foot. I knew it couldn't get

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in here, but that didn't mean it couldn't reach me.

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Its arms were incredibly long. I watched as it seemed

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to be confused as to where I'd gone. The sniffing

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started again as it tried to locate me, but it

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seemed to be having problems. The fill pipe for the

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oil tank had a small leak. I'd wrapped rags around it,

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but there was still some oil in the rags. It

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seemed like the smell was throwing it off. For one

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brief moment, I saw it take a few steps away

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from me and my hiding place. It seemed like, by

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some miracle, I might be saved. It turned back toward

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the steps and seemed like it was leaving. I breathed

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a sigh of relief. Just then it stopped, turned and

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came straight toward the oil tank. It slammed its bulk

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against the tank, making the metal groan from the stress.

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It backed up and slammed into it again. This time

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I could see the metal bracket that was bolted into

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cement to keep the tank in place. It was starting

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to bend. I didn't think such a thing was possible,

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but after the third slam, the bolt broke. The tank

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teetered precariously toward the furnace. One more slam and the

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front bracket broke. The tank listed on its side, falling

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in slow motion toward the furnace. As the tank fell,

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the intake pipe broke loose. There was now an opening

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at the top of the tank that it was slowly

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falling toward the furnace. Halfway down, heating oil began splashing

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out of the opening. The monster didn't seem to care.

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It had caught sight of me and was pushing the

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tank down to get to me. I had to stand,

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or the tank would have crushed my leg. As soon

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as I did, it let out the most ungodly roar.

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If I hadn't soiled myself earlier, I would have Just then,

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I was stuck. It was checkmate. I was trapped in

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a corner with an oil tank and furnace blocking my

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way on one side, and a murderous, unholy abomination on

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the other. As the tank came to rest against the furnace,

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it ripped off the side, exposing part of the firebox.

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Somehow I discovered another horrible way to die. The oil

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was dripping down the side of the furnace and into

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the firebox. The intermittent nature of the oil furnace had

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kept me safe for the moment, as it wasn't currently running,

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but it was only a matter of time. The oil

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dripping out of the tank was making an ever expanding

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puddle on the floor. I tiptoed further into the corner

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to stay away from it, but the monster was climbing

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over the tank and was almost able to reach me.

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It didn't matter what I did. I was about to die.

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Its skeletal fingers brushed my shoulder trying to get a grip.

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In sheer panic and desperation, I did the strangest thing

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I think I've ever done. I took the knife that

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I'd carried with me from the kitchen, shoved it through

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the armbone of the monster, and then straight up, with

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every ounce of strength, right into the ceiling. To my

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great joy, the knife buried itself in the space between

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the wooden boards and stuck. The monster squealed and pulled

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back on the offending appendage, causing more damage but not

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breaking free. In my moment of triumph. The most unexpected

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and wonderful thing happened. The oil furnace kicked on. I

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watched in fascination as the oil that the monster was

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standing and ignited. The flames quickly engulfed it as it

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squealed in pain. I scrambled over the down tank as

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the fire came towards me. Just before I hit the

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concrete floor, the monster reached out to grab me. My

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side was instantly on fire, and for the briefest of

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men I thought it had me, but instead it tore

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a gash in my side. I didn't bother to look

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down at the damage, just ran up the stairs and

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out the door, not stopping until I was in the

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car and speeding down the road. When I finally got

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my breathing under control, I pondered where exactly I was going,

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aside from away from certain death. I reached down and

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touched my side, pulling away with a hand covered in blood.

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It seemed to me like my destination was indeed set

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the hospital it was, being twenty minutes away from the

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nearest town. I wondered if the monster had managed to

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kill me anyway, bleeding to death would be better than

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being eaten but I'd still be just as dead. Around

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ten minutes into my trip, I saw flashing lights headed

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towards me and heard the siren of the fire truck

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as it sped past, heading uphill. I assumed they were

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going to extinguish my house and hoped that that monster

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was already dead. The thought of it killing unsuspecting firemen

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almost made me turn around to go warn them, but

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I'd never catch up with them, and if I tried,

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it would possibly be the last thing I ever did.

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The thought of losing all the things I'd collected over

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the course of my life saddened me, but being alive

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to feel the sadness was its own reward. The worst

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part of knowing that I would never go near that

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house again was miss my trees. Well, my spookies, I

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hope you enjoyed yet another terrifying tale from our good

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buddy Michael Kelso. He always brings the screams, whether it's winter, summer, fall,

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or spring, and we're always happy to tell his stories

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get back to work. There's so much more to bring you,

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Enjoy looking at the trees, but make sure they don't

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look back at you, and I'll talk at you later.

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Thank you for listening me. Make sure to find your

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