As I took my first steps through the entrance of the nature
trail. I was confident that this was
exactly the Escape I needed to decompress The Damp soil.
Sunk beneath my boots, flowers bloomed, the leaves on the tree
Shook and hum gently in the Summer Breeze and Birds Sang.
I felt like I'd walked into the Garden of Eden lost in thought
and devouring. The beauty radiating itself
through all my senses, I never heard the footsteps approaching
behind me. Hey there a woman's chipper,
voice. Plucked me out of paradise.
Happy trail. Saying I asked politely to spite
my annoyance at the disruption. Definitely.
I come here a lot when I need a break.
How about you? The girl lingered slightly
behind tucking, her blond hair behind her ear first-timer but I
brought reinforcements, I said gesturing to the map in my hand.
There are better areas from when they were first building the
trails. They're not as well maintained,
but they're easy enough to follow.
They won't be on your map. I'm taking one up to the river.
Some people say it's dirty, but I like to dip my feet in any We
were walking side by side. Now, our boot smacking, the dirt
Trail in Rhythm. I looked at her closely for the
first time. We looked close enough to the
same age. Maybe her being a year or two
younger, we were sporting identical hiking boots in
another life. We might have been friends as if
sensing my thoughts. The girl looked towards me and
smiled. I'm Claudia, by the way, do you
care for a walking buddy? The forest is beautiful, but
sometimes, it feels lonely. I can show you the river.
I hesitated and nearly Declined. I had come out here to escape,
not to be social, but she seemed nice and a river view.
Sounded amazing. I'm Avery and I'm in lead the
way after a few minutes. Claudia gestured to a thin
Trail, barely visible through the overgrown vegetation.
I stood at the small opening thinking about the critters
living, there wondering if they bit so much for easy to follow
as the trail widened, a few yards in my worries fell it was
beautiful the Sun glistened as a dance, through the leaves,
Claudia, put her Mount for me to stop and pointed and the
distance of Fallen lingered near its mother.
In this moment I was so glad to have met her as we trekked on
the foliage became more dense and only small streams of light
flicked through a light and pleasant odor smelled in the
breeze. It seemed familiar but I
couldn't quite place, it mold growing on stagnant.
Water was my best, guess a gentle Mist world in the Rays of
Light Between the leaves as I followed Claudia in silence.
I wonder just how well she knew the trails she hadn't.
Hesitated. But the Mist was flirting with
fog by the minute. Claudia kept moving forward as
if pulled by an invisible string out of the corner of my eyes,
something moved on the edges of the fog to my left, my heart
picking up speed, I close the gap.
That had gradually formed between us.
I think there's something out there.
I whispered klaudia didn't slow down, but she turned back
towards me and giggled, of course, there's something out
there. There's a lot of some things,
we're in a forest klaudia. Must have seen the fear on my
face. And as an afterthought asked was
a big, I'm not sure I admitted nervously.
I only saw it for a second, it disappeared behind a tree.
It was pretty far out, but I think it's moving in the same
direction. We are flawed e-except her Pace
but she agreed. She'd keep an eye out for the
last 20 minutes. She'd kept her eyes firmly on
the trail. So somehow, I doubted that I
looked up over her shoulder. And finally realized what she'd
been so fixated on there was something large up ahead,
peeking out through the fog. It's a cabin.
Oh man, this is amazing klaudia. Exclaimed my dad told me about
these during tourist season the park rangers.
Stay out here, I watched the fog drop into the hole in the roof
of the cabin. It doesn't look like anyone's
lived here in a long time. I remark to, I'd only known
Claudia from the trail and yet I knew she was going to suggest we
go in and explore. She was the adventure to my
play. It safe on second.
Thought maybe we wouldn't have been friends in another life.
Claudia started to speak but I couldn't hear her over.
Thumping of my heartbeat in my ears closer than before the
thing from earlier. Stood, Still ahead of the cabin,
it was watching us. The fog obscured my vision but I
could see it was wearing something dark, that fluttered
in the wind. Let's go inside.
I interrupted her. Her eyes opened wide, as I
stormed Pastor the door groaned, it's protest.
As I threw it open and flew inside that thing from earlier.
Followed us here, Claudia, it was watching us.
We need to figure out a way to get out of here.
It's a head of the cabinet. And I think we can go back the
way we came. Can you see the trail well
enough to run. Claudia stood staring at me,
cheeks flushing. I've never been to this cabin
before. I lost the trail, a little ways
back. I figured we could group here
and make a plan. Are you sure there's something
out there for a moment? I was dumbstruck.
She had lost the trail. We were screwed.
Finally, I choked out. I'm positive.
It was some freak in a dark flowing, gown or something.
How did you lose the trail? I thought you said you Come here
all the time I hissed. Fear slithered its way from my
stomach. I mean, sure the not in the fog.
I was hoping we'd beat it and be able to watch it float across
the river. It's gorgeous.
Claudia looked uncomfortable. I know she didn't lead us off
Trail intentionally but it didn't feel that way especially
with some freak following us slowly moving closer.
Let's look around and see if there's anything here we can use
to defend ourselves then we need to try to get out of here.
I could hear the frustration in my tone.
Own. I never should have followed a
stranger into the forest. How could I be so stupid?
I went left towards the kitchen as Claudia made her way towards
the back rooms. I opened several drawers and
cabinets to find nothing but spiders and dust defeated.
I headed to meet up with Claudia.
Hoping she'd had more luck as I entered.
The first thing to hit me was a putrid, smell.
Flaw Dia was bent over the bed in the corner of the room.
Softly crying on top of a bear stained mattress was a
decomposing body blond hair clumped around.
The partially exposed skull as the body had turned to liquid
the red and white plaid shirt had turned in nasty.
Brownish along the Torso. It would have been completely
unidentifiable if not for the clothing.
Claudia was staring down at her own red and white plaid shirt
pulling on it. Pulling it to not be true.
Both Claudia and the body on the bed, both Adorn the same denim,
shorts a small rip along the right hem.
The arms of the body were cuffed to the bed.
Both feet were bound. I slowly stepped back as Claudia
whispered over and over. No, it cannot be as I reached
for her Claudia. Finally looked up, I yelped and
jerk my hand back body is face now.
Mirrored the body on the bed, the blond hair, she pushed
behind her ear earlier now. Dirty clumped and missing in
patches her eyes long since disintegrated leak to gelatinous
substance from the empty sockets, the few patches of skin
left on her face hum like dry snakeskin.
I'm sorry Avery, I just can't handle this.
She garbled with her stump tongue in her mouth with no lips
left to help enunciate. She ran out of the cabin, door
and back into the forest, shock paralyzed.
Me and Insanity, threatened to leave me in the fetal position
in the corner. Waiting for someone to rescue
me, the deep down, I knew no one would come.
That's why Claudia's body was still lying here left to be, I
couldn't stay here, but leaving meant facing the follower, the
thing lingering in the woods. It was possible that the person
who got Claudia and the follower were one in the same, but
somehow I didn't think so. I did the only thing I could do
I Peeked my head out of the front door to make sure no one
was waiting for me outside. And I headed back out into the
forest. I had two options continued on
in the direction. Claudia had been leading me or
attempt to find the thin Trail in the fog.
Claudia had somehow managed to lose and head back to the main
trail upon inspecting betrayal. Seemed easier to follow heading
in the direction we had originally been moving.
So onward. It was the further on.
I went the denser. The fog, the foul smell from
earlier, slid down my nostrils and made my lungs a Through the
corner of my eyes, the follower inched closer, I kept my eyes
forward to keep my sanity. I stopped briefly to catch my
breath. I've been nearly running for
close to 10 minutes. I was terrified to stop, but the
built-up lactic acid in my muscles, beg to differ, as my
breath quieted, I heard running water.
The river just like Claudia had said, I had to be close to the
original Trails. I pulled out my map to try to
make a guess at where I could possibly be, and how to get the
hell out of here, while I couldn't be sure.
As to my exact location, I could see where the main trail met up
with the river. I could be anywhere from a few
feet to a few miles. The fog was so dense, I couldn't
see more than two feet from my nose.
My Hope was by the time I was near the trail, I be able to see
it. I inched forward slowly
carefully, up ahead, something dark move from higher up in a
tree and floated down on the briefs.
It fluttered like a down large bird, but as it neared I
realized in horror what was coming I tried to Scurry back
tripping over a Mark on the trail, my tailbone screamed
painfully as it hit the hard ground below.
I scooted frantically away but made no real progress, the
follower continued its descent it hover, just above the ground.
And although its face was shrouded in the same black
fabric, I could feel it. Sighs bore through me, my body
shook as it looked down at me waiting slowly.
It extended its arm towards me the sleeve pushed back to
reveal, what I believe to be a woman's hand.
The nails were long and the skin carried the grayish Hue of rot,
as The hand, uncurled itself, I struggled to tear my eyes from
the golden sigils that started, just under the fingernail,
continuing up, past the sleeve. It took me a moment to realize
it was offering to help me up. I started to extend my own hand
before hearing, Claudia whisper. She'll help you up, but she'll
take you, we can stay in the forest together, we can be
friends. Any part of me that question, my
sanity was squashed by Claudia's breath leaving condensation
against my neck. I've been so lonely out here
Avery. I've been so lonely.
So long suddenly, I recognize the smell carried by the fog.
Once when I was young, a mouse died behind one of the walls in
the kitchen and the summer at the smell became unbearable.
My mother begged, my father to cut the wall, open to pull the
mouse from, it's poorly sealed coffin, but my father refused,
we ate dinner outside to avoid ruining our appetites,
eventually the smell faded and things return to normal.
But I'd never completely forgotten the smell, the fog in
my childhood home, both smelled of death.
With the follower was still waiting with her hand extended,
for my response, I crawled backwards slowly, the follower
remained still, I sprang to my feet and ran back the way I had
went. I tripped twice, skinning my
knee, but I didn't stop after a few minutes.
I ventured a look behind me. The follower wasn't there.
I slowed to a walk desperately looking for the trail.
The fog was slowly pulling back after nearly 10 minutes of
panic. I'd found the small Trail
Claudia and I had started on to both my relief.
This may I didn't pass the cabin again, just as Panic threatened
to take. Hold the fog, cleared enough to
reveal the main trail just up ahead.
I broke out in a Sprint as soon as I hit the trail entrance, I
called the police. I knew.
If I told them the whole story about Claudia, they'd never
believe me. But there was plenty, I could
tell a park ranger, who introduced himself as park
ranger Thompson arrived. First, I told him I begun on the
main trail but noticed a small side Trail and decided to take
it. He frowned at this book.
Continue to listen, I told him about how at some point I'd lost
the trail but continued on, I told him about the rundown cabin
and the body, chained to the bed, he stopped me.
There, you're telling me that in those woods there's a cabin with
a girl's body chained up and you didn't call the police.
Then I left my phone in the car. I came out here for a break from
the real world not to bring it with me.
While ma'am. We haven't had a hiker go
missing here in at least three years and we've been all through
here searching. I've never come across a rundown
cabin He responded flatly, she had blond hair.
I had started to cry for everything that had happened in
the loss. Of someone who could have been a
friend. She was wearing a white,
undershirt and a red and white plaid flannel.
We had matching boots. My voice trailed off my throat
burned with the effort of containing sobs the park ranger
tensed. If this is some kind of joke,
you need to leave right now. Anger wavering his voice.
Why would I joke about this? What's wrong with you?
She needs help. I felt insane.
How could he And none of this made sense.
My daughter went missing in these Woods three years ago.
She was last seen in a white undershirt, red, and white plaid
flannel and brown hiking boots. His voice cracked, you said
she's in a cabin. I stopped myself quickly,
realizing my mistake. I heard park ranger stay in them
during tourist season but no one had lived there for a long time.
There's no way. I tried my best to lead Ranger
Thompson back to the side, Trail back to his daughter but without
Claudia leading me. I couldn't.
On the trail I swore it was there and the hope for closure
that flashed behind his eyes. Let me know.
He believed me, I'll pull the map for the original Trails.
Maybe one of them will have the cabin on it.
If you want to leave your number I'll call you.
If I find it on the drive home. I had too much time to think.
I don't think Claudia knew she was gone.
When she first walked up beside me, I don't think she knew she
was leading me to her body either.
I think she herself was pulled by whatever it is that allows
our souls to call a body, a home.
And I don't think the Our was a monster anymore.
I think she was death. Offering me an easier way out.
I wonder if Ranger Thompson will call me after he finds Claudia
or if the follower will be waiting for him, in the cabin,
offering him an easier way. I wonder if Claudia will whisper
in his ear about how lonely she's been.
I wonder if her breath against the back of his neck, will
convince him to stay regardless. I'm staying off the trails.
A few years ago, I bought a small house in South West Main.
It's one story around 1,000 square feet.
A few months, after I bought the house, I got lonely and decided
to buy a dog whose name is Ace. There's a forest outside my
home. I never bothered to do any of
the normal things people do. When there's a forest near them
like Camp. However, he's never liked the
forest. He would bark her wine.
Any time I took him on a walk where the tree line was visible,
I started realizing what was happening last winter.
Every tree began to wilt and die simultaneously.
If one leaf fell off a tree, that leaf fell off of every tree
when it became spring, all the leaves grew back at the same
time and place as well. It's as if the forest grew as 12
months ago, Ace picked up the habit of scratching my door,
anytime I had locked him out of my room.
He always makes a mess when I let him in though, so I have to
keep the door closed two weeks ago.
I heard a Yelp it was not as though.
It came from somewhere around the back of my house after that.
I heard he's running and whining, and he started
scratching my door. It wasn't normal though.
It was frantic. I let him in my room and I
swear, I already saw the thing in my yard.
I saw that thing staring at my door.
I looked closer and all there was out there was the tree line,
but I saw that thing out there. I know it, I couldn't sleep, nor
could Ace. I stayed up and just scrolled
through social media. I don't know what time it was,
but I heard a Yelp again. And after that, a long
disgusting groan. I couldn't open my Or I
couldn't, I didn't want to see those eyes turn into trees.
All I did was sit there thinking of what to do with.
There was something out there the next morning, I don't know
why, but I bought a pistol. Something told me to a gut
feeling that night, it happened again the yelping groaning
scratching and the staring this time though, I went outside the
pistol at my side, either that thing was going to end up with a
hole in its head or I was going to be oft and I would be damned
if I let the latter happen, I was sitting there and 20-degree
weather, just waiting but nothing happened.
I waited and waited, but there was nothing until least was
scratching on my door. I looked around and saw it
coming out of the tree line, the long pale limbs the four
different eyes, and I heard the grown that it wasn't a groan, it
was a scream, the loudest scream.
I had ever heard the thing, granted me and I drew my weapon.
I was still firing when it was down.
I moved to grab my phone to call the police, and the second I
turned around, it was gone. I called the police.
Police in shambles, not knowing what to do.
I got a fine for prank calling 911 but I know what I saw, I
have to move away. I can't look at that.
Forest ever again. I don't know what is wrong with
that Forest, but it's not normal.
Maybe it's cursed haunted or maybe this world has more
secrets like this waiting to emerge from the tree line.
The United States has a diverse land of many different forms of
life from the fierce. Grizzly, bears in the mountains
of Alaska, to the stealthy alligators, in the swamps of
Florida. Wherever you may be, there is
always something unique about your state that is until you get
to Oklahoma. You see, Oklahoma is without a
doubt. One of the most boring places
maybe ever having lived here for 18 years, I'll be the first
person to tell you. That sure there are large cities
just like any other civilization.
However they are spread out over tens.
Even hundreds of miles apart, what you are left with in
between those cities, as what some refer to, as the sticks,
are The Boondocks, or the country, whatever you choose to
call it. And that is where I'm from.
In this Dixit consists of four main elements, lots of trees,
lots of crops, lots of Wildlife and the occasional Walmart are
Dollar General. Since there is not a lot to do
out here, that is where most Oklahoma residents take up the
Pastime of hunting. And that is where my Story
begins. It was a cold November night
right in the heart of Deer season, I was laying in bed
enjoying a video game. I was playing when there was a
knock on my bedroom door it opened and my dad walked in.
Hey kid. He said, yes, Dad, you haven't
been hunting this season yet, why don't you take my bow and
I'll get you set up. And in the morning you can head
out there and go get us something.
He's really putting me on the spot here.
I thought to myself, yeah, sure why not?
I said to him, he told me to dress warm and to meet him
outside by the front door in ten minutes, so we could walk out to
the spot. So, I would know where to go
when it was time to leave tomorrow.
We begin our walk into the woods.
With every step we took. I began to get a little bit more
annoyed. Where are we going?
I thought to myself, I thought we were just going to go behind
the house. I didn't know.
We were going to have to hike to the hunting spot.
Dang, what was I thinking? I should have just said no, when
we finally arrived at the hunting spot, we were more than
a mile out into the Wilderness behind my house.
He finally stopped by a huge oak tree and pointed his flashlight
at some see Cedar trees that were off to the side.
See it. He said, no, I don't I replied,
he walked closer and shined his flashlight into the trees to
reveal a tiny chair. That was hidden under some tree,
branches, and sticks. That is where you're going to
set up in the morning. Got that I nodded my head, as he
tossed out, some dried corn to attract the deer in the morning
for what I came back. What time do I need to head out
here? I asked my dad expecting him to
say six to seven in the morning. He then muttered.
You need to be And ready to head out by 4:00 in the morning, my
heart sink. It was going to be pitch black
outside. There's no way I was going to be
able to make it all the way out here in the pitch-black.
We finally made it back to the house by 11:30, and I headed up
to my room to get as much sleep as possible before this hunting
trip. I woke to the painful sound of
my alarm blaring into my dark room.
I looked at my phone and it was 340 I sighed and sat up I put on
the warmest clothes. I could find and made my way out
into the living room. There on the couch, sat my dad's
bow, two arrows, and a small, but sharp hunting knife.
I grab the gear, plus a flashlight, and made my way out
the front door, navigating the woods at night was an extremely
frightening experience that took much longer than what I would
have. Wished I left my house at 4:00
and I did not arrive at The Hunting location until 437.
I was impressed with just how many trees I managed to walk
into. And how many times I almost
tripped over large logs, even with the help of my flashlight.
Once I arrived I sat down in the little Comfortable plastic,
chair and begin waiting. My dad wanted me out here so
early, because it makes it a lot easier for the hunter to sneak
into his spot. And the deer not being able to
watch him. I'll never forget the paranoia,
I experienced in those woods in the pitch-black that feeling of
not wanting to breathe too loud. Because something, or someone
might hear you, is like, no other after roughly 15 minutes
of sitting in the quiet Darkness, I heard it, sticks,
snapping and leaves crunching. It was a deer walking to my
spot, my heart began to pound As I listen closer, the leaves
continue to Crunch with each footstep but that's when I
picked up on something strange is this thing walking on two
legs. I thought to myself, it sounded
just like a pair of human legs. Walking through the leaves, is
it my dad? I thought maybe I forgot
something at the house. Surely it has to be him but no,
it couldn't have been him. The footsteps were coming from
the woods, not the trail. We walked the footsteps emerged
from the woods and stopped. After a short pause it took one
step towards me a Later. It took one more step in my
direction. I began to get nervous.
Dear shouldn't be acting this way.
What the hell is this thing? I raise my flashlight up from my
lap and in a moment of pure bravery and stupidity.
I clicked my flashlight on what I saw in front of me, still
haunts me to this very day and front of me, stood a creature.
No, shorter than 10 feet. Tall it stood on two legs.
It was covered in black fur. The face was human.
I believe the face looked to be of a man's face.
The eyes were closed and the Mouth was contorted into a
Sinister grin, it had two, great big antlers.
That seem to come off of an elk or a moose.
It hooves for feet and it's arms, were long and skinny, but
it had what appeared to be claws on the end of its hands.
As soon as I saw this thing, I clicked off my flashlight.
Praying it didn't see me too late.
I almost started gagging from Fear when I heard this thing
sprinting, at me as fast as I could, I loaded a narrow and
Drew back the bow without hesitation.
I fired the bow into the darkness hoping I could hit the
creature but Missed. I heard the arrow whistle off
into the woods before striking a tree prep, stupid idea.
I thought I immediately stood up and began sprinting down the
trail, the creature was in close Pursuit.
I ran faster than I knew. I could down this Trail.
When I was almost halfway home, I began to naturally, run slower
because of fatigue. And that's when it's swiped at
me. It hit me directly.
In my right calf, I stumbled and fell off the trail and into a
nearby ditch. Once I fell, and I could
immediately feel the Crimson begin to start gushing.
Out of my leg, I quickly tore off my hoodie and wrapped it
around my leg as a temporary tourniquet.
However, my bleeding leg was the least of my worries, the
creature, jumped down into the ditch with great force and began
swiping at the ground, hoping to hit me.
Luckily, the thing landed about 20 feet away from me.
So I had some time to spare. I heard Lee, pulled out my
flashlight and threw it behind the creature upon hearing the
flashlight, hit the leaves that turned around and began swiping
at the ground. Once again, as quickly and
quietly as possible. I crawled Out of the ditch on my
way out. I heard the creature begin to
make a clicking noise from its mouth.
Now. I can't confirm it, but I assume
that noise was the creature. Using echolocation to find me if
this thing is blind. How did it see my flashlight?
Back at the hunting spot? I thought, then I realized I had
to click my flashlight on and the creature probably heard that
despite now knowing it was using audio to track me.
I still ran to the best of my ability Out of the Woods.
The thing didn't follow me out, I made it home in crashed.
Through my front door, You're bleeding all over the place.
My parents took me to the emergency room to get stitched
up. They asked me what happened and
I told them what happened, but of course, they didn't believe
me. They assumed I fell while
walking through the woods and tore open my legs somehow.
And after a while, I began to think the same thing.
Maybe I was sleepwalking and fell, maybe I was hallucinating.
Who knows is what I used to tell myself.
I almost forgot about my experience until today, my dad
went out hunting and was supposed to be back three hours
ago. Me and my Mother began to get
worried. I walked out my front door, I
planned on going to look for my dad and that's when I heard it
screaming. I don't know if it was my dad's
or if it was just a wild animal but we called the police anyway.
And as I type this I can hear a faint clicking out by the woods
and if I look hard enough, I think I can make out a human
face looking up at my window. Please, if you are ever in the
forests of Oklahoma, be extra quiet.
You never know what is going to hear you?
I used to be a forest officer in a European nation.
My job was to protect and preserve the forests as well as
to ensure the safety of those who entered them.
However, as I soon discovered the forest held many secrets and
dangers that I never could have imagined.
One of my first encounters with the unknown occurred.
While I was on a routine Patrol, deep in the heart of the forest,
I had been walking for hours and was getting ready to turn back.
When I heard a strange noise at first, I thought it was just an
animal, but as I got closer, I realized that.
It was something else entirely the sound was like nothing.
I had ever heard before a low guttural growling that seem to
be coming from the very Earth itself.
I was terrified, but I knew I had to investigate, I followed
the sound until I Came Upon a clearing and there in the center
of the clearing. Stood, a creature.
Unlike anything I had ever seen before it was huge with Shaggy
black, fur and glowing yellow eyes.
It had a long snout and razor-sharp teeth and it was
clearly agitated. I froze unsure of what to do the
Sure seemed to sense my presence and turned its gaze towards me
for a moment. We just stood there, staring at
each other. And then without warning, it
lunged at me. I managed to dodge out of the
way just in time and the creature crashed into the trees
behind me, I took off running not daring to look back.
I ran four miles, not stopping, until I was sure that I was
safe. I reported the encounter to my
superiors, but they didn't believe me.
They thought I had imagined it or that it was some kind of wild
animal, but I knew what I had. Seen and I couldn't shake the
feeling that there was something sinister lurking in the forest
over the next few months. I started to notice other
strange occurrences. I would hear strange noises at
night and I would find strange symbols carved into the trees.
I would come across abandoned camp sites with no sign of the
occupants. I knew that something was not
right and I couldn't shake the feeling that I was being
watched. I decided to talk to my fellow
Forest officers to see if they had had any similar experiences
to my surprise many of them. They had seen strange creatures
heard strange noises and found strange symbols in the forest,
we all knew that there was something dark and Sinister
lurking in the forest and we were determined to find out what
it was. We started to investigate and do
research on the Legends and folklore of the forest.
We found out that the forest had a long history of strange and
terrifying occurrences from ancient curses to mysterious
creatures. The forest seemed to be alive
with danger one night. I decided to go back to the
clearing where I had seen the creature.
Teacher, I was determined to find out what it was and I was
armed with a flashlight and a camera.
I arrived at the clearing and started to take photos of the
area. As I was taking a photo, I heard
a loud growling noise, I quickly turned around and saw the
creature from before staring at me with its glowing.
Yellow eyes, I was terrified but I knew I had to get a good shot
of the creature. I quickly snapped a photo and
the creature lunged at me. I managed to dodge out of the
way and ran as fast as I could. I didn't stop running until I
was back at my Station the next day, I showed the photo to my
colleagues and we were all shocked.
We couldn't believe what we were seeing the creature in the photo
was like nothing we had ever seen before it looked like some
kind of wild animal, but it was much larger and more aggressive
than any animal we had ever encountered.
We knew that we had to find out more about this creature.
So we started to investigate further, we contacted local
experts and Wildlife and biology, but none of them had
ever seen or heard of anything like this before.
We also also reached out to local indigenous communities to
see if they had any knowledge of this creature, but they too had
never seen or heard of anything like it before we were at a
loss. As to what this creature could
be, we knew that it was dangerous and we knew that we
had to do something to protect the people who entered the
forest. We decided to set up cameras and
traps in the area to try and capture the creature.
We also increased our Patrols in the area and warned hikers and
campers to be extra cautious. Despite our efforts, we never
saw the creature again. But the strange occurrences in
the forest continued, we found more abandoned camp sites and
hurt more strange. Noises, at night, we knew that
the creature was still out there and we knew that we had to be
vigilant. As a forest officer, it was my
duty to protect the forest and the people who entered it.
But I also knew that the forest held many secrets and dangers
that I never could have imagined, I knew that there was
something dark and Sinister lurking in the forest and I knew
that we had to be prepared for anything to this day.
The forest still. Holds many secrets and strange
occurrences still happen. As a forest officer.
I have learned to be vigilant and cautious, always ready for
the unexpected and I will always remember the terrifying
encounter with the unknown creature deep in the heart of
the forest.