this is a personal account I lived in wboro Virginia for about 5 years less than 10 miles to the blue rid Parkway north entrance Skyline Drive South entrance I used to take bike rides along Skyline Drive all the time and always kept a year-long membership only in the day though just to frame the story one night I was having a particularly hard time settling in for bed so I decided to start the bike up and ride up to the first Overlook on Skyline only about a mile inside the park it was about 11:00 p.m. when
I got up there and Pitch Black I killed the bike and got immediately uncomfortable I'm not a guy that gets spooked in the dark truthfully I prefer the dark in most situations you can see people before they see you you are practically invisible unless someone is looking for you and I find the natural privacy comforting not up there though it was a thick oppressive dark worse than anything I experienced outside of a cave and worse than any moonless night on the Appalachian Trail I immediately got hked out big time there's nothing up here besides Wildlife
I reassured myself internally I had my 44 revolver from when I lived and hiked in the Pacific Northwest bare country and all that jazz it was tucked to into my CCW holster so I knew I definitely outmatched anything that could be up there two nugget snakes included so I sat in the dark leaning against the bike for a while and looking at the few lights I could see in the valley below I managed about 10 minutes before I physically felt the hair rain on the back of my neck I only did 27 months in Iraq
but I remember that precise feeling someone was watching me something bad was coming it was the same sensation I would get before IDF came in or the shooting started somewhere nearby I'm no psychic or whatever but it's a common thing among vets with any time under their Bel ask him about it you can feel hateful eyes on you the Overlook was a sheer drop or nearly so so I wasn't concerned about anything popping up in that direction but the mountain side and thick Untamed Woods were behind me I started thinking about methed out guys creeping
in the Appalachian Trail Bears and the like the Appalachian Trail is no stranger to random violence still feeling creeped out I took up a seat on the waist high stone wall that marked the Overlook ledge facing the woods again I can't emphasize how dark it was but Grizz you might say why not turn on the bike and use the lights it at least help you see what's close true my bike is loud the last thing I wanted was attention plus the light would just night blind me to anything just out of view and the noise
would obscure any stealthy sounding creeping going on so no thanks I'll watch and listen for a bit I sat in the dark for another 10 minutes or so anxiety getting worse and worse I heard a few things but nothing out of the ordinary for a night in the woods I decided to head on home since the feeling wasn't going away like I said I had to pick bore on me so anything playing games would be in for a powerful surprise if the games got stupid hopping onto my Suzuki I started it up and rode off
towards the gate now anyone who lives in the country and rides a bike knows that Wildlife is crazy active on roads that aren't often traveled at night being nighttime and technically closed I had to ride around the gate to get in there were no other vehicles on the road at all I hadn't seen a single other person since leaving wesboro proper the speed limit was 30 mph but I clipped along at a easly 15 mph to keep an eye out for deer and Wildlife it wouldn't do me any good to [ __ ] myself up
in a wreck only to lay there all night until someone happened to cross me in the morning then then I saw it the term of almost dear is really fitting but not quite accurate it was like a deer that someone who' never seen a deer Drew but only after someone else described it to them it stood on the left side of the road the mountain side and I saw the eyes long before my headlights had shown it fully it was big easily the biggest deer I've seen and the lack of any horns that time of
the year suggested that it was a dough the head was almost bovine in shape but fixed to a deer's frame the legs seemed too long in proportion to the body think made wolf proportions and the body was extremely Barrel chested I've always been creeped out by malformed wildlife and this was no exception unfortunately I had to get it to move or risk passing within a few feet of it I was not traveling another 30 plus miles of the Road in the other direction to leave through another gate in the middle of the night and I
wasn't getting close to it dangerous of its spooking and running into the sight of my cruiser aside I didn't want to get near it at all stopping and putting my feet down about 30 ft away from it I tried to frighten it away I flashed my beams down to low and back to high nothing I ripped the engine nothing I honked the considerable horn NADA resting the bike on the kickstand I left it idling and hopped off I yelled at the thing and it still didn't budge so I started to the side of the road
to grab something to toss near the deer thing hoping to Spook it that way as soon as I crossed into the other lane it rose up onto its hind legs I froze putting my hand on my weapon I wasn't about to get charged by an angry confused Malou formed dough it took two jerky unnatural steps towards the center of the lane on two legs and froze again staring directly at me it suddenly shook its head wildly like a dog with a toy took another short step and then HED on two legs several times until it
disappeared into the darkness on the right side of the road I stepped back to the bike mounted it kicked up the kickstand and turned the light towards the side to the road on that side there was a sheer drop off about 70 to 80° compared to the roadway and the [ __ ] thing's head was just peeking over the edge still looking at me the drop off was about 40 to 50 ft so there's no way it was standing at the base of the mountain side I cracked the throttle and beat the hell out of
there Road Wildlife beaned I never went back upon Skyline dve drive at night alone after that one time was enough there are things we don't Gro out there or things that just visit for a while whatever it was it wasn't from around these here Parts in Hilltop it can go back to wherever it came from and stay there his shoulder was broken the arm hanging limply at his side like a loose bag of sand sweat forced itself out of the pores on his face and skin peeled off the burns on his hands it wasn't a
good position to be in under the circumstances and the situation didn't seem likely to improve but he did have one thing working in his favor he didn't care if he survived are you all right I asked cringing at the ludicrousness of the question he looked up at me his eyes swollen nearly shot yeah I'm just peachy he said sarcasm dripping from every word sorry I just don't know what else to say I replied isn't much to say is there unless you want to talk about no I said before he could finish the sentence let's talk
about how we're going to get you down from here he leaned over wincing as he did and peaked over the side of the cliff how about you give me a little shove that should do the trick he said very funny you know I'm not going to do that I retorted he glared at me then maybe I should give you a shove and make things quicker how about we focus on the positive I said to him you know this only ends one way if you try to save me you get killed in the process especially with
we don't know for sure okay I said packing up the supplies we had and trying to form some kind of a plan to Keep Us Alive long enough to get us to safety besides we've been best friends since what grade school if I hadn't already been tempted to toss you off a cliff I'm not going to start now I stepped over to the edge and glanced down the wind whipped me in the face sending a chill through me even though it was spring there was still enough chill in the air to make me Shiver I
watched as the sun headed toward the Horizon it would be dark before we got out if I didn't hurry up my right knee collapsed as he kicked me in the back of my leg I stumbled my knees hitting the ground hard rolling me toward the edge my hand shot out and grabbed the log saving me from a horrible death hundreds of feet below what the hell is wrong with you I said lying on the ground and breathing hard I told you this only ends one way might as well get it over with I stared at
him not believing what I was hearing you're serious I said I thought he were just being you look at me I'm in excruciating pain my shoulders a mess I have burns on my hands and I'm not going to be able to climb down and even if I could there's no safety from we have to try I said I didn't bring you here to die I wish you wouldn't have brought me here at all he replied there was no way to know this was going to happen I replied he stared at me doubt filled his eyes
I turned away and focused on filling my pack with what I hoped was the right combination of supplies I couldn't make the pack too heavy because I needed to lower him down and possibly carry him too I tied together all the Rope we had and double checked the knots I clipped the carabiner to his climbing rig checking to make sure it was still intact and the fire hadn't damaged it I stepped back to admire my handiwork he was doing the same really he said this is your big plan sure I replied smiling proud of myself
and my Ingenuity why not just ring the dinner bell for every Predator as you dangle me like a carrot you know what you're right I said it's not worth all this trouble I raised my foot and shoved his good arm sending him toppling over the edge of the cliff I heard him scream as he fell and then sence thank God I said sighing I was getting so tired of listening to his whining I heard that he said from Over the Edge I stepped up and peered over he was dangling there 10 ft from the top
of the ledge oh damn I thought I killed you I said chuckling he looked up and saw me peeking over you bastard he said well isn't that what you wanted for me to throw you off the cliff how's that working out for you he glared daggers at me makes you appreciate life when you think you're about to die doesn't it I said you'll pay for this for saving your life okay I'll take responsibility for that I began the long arduous process of lowering him down I only hoped I had enough rope after a while the
strain took its toll I was exhausted and sweaty my hand slipped and I had to quickly recover to keep it him from smashing into the ground I managed to slow the Rope at the cost of my hands getting rope burn I tied it off to a tree and leaned over to check on him you okay I yelled I couldn't see exactly what he was doing it looked like he raised his arm but I couldn't tell I grabbed my binoculars and peered down only to see he was giving me the finger same to you I yelled
I need to take a breather leave you'd be all right for a few minutes his answer was to slump his head I guessed he was taking a nap I sat next to the log and got out a bottle of water taking a long drink after a few minutes I pulled out my knife and cut some strips off the bottom of my shirt wrapped them around the palms of my hands and tied them off why didn't I think of that before I started lowering him I thought I was about to start another session of lowering him
when I saw the Rope vibrating that's weird I thought what are you doing down there I yelled stepping to the edge and looking down my spine turned to ice when I saw nothing he wasn't there Adrien I yelled no response Adrian I yelled again quickly pushing away thoughts of the Rocky movies I pulled the rope and it came up with no resistance I reeled in the entire l length and at the end there was no sign of Adrien the Rope didn't look like it had been cut it looked like it had been torn or chewed
I stared at it for a long time memories of the horrible events that led up to this moment overwhelmed me I collapsed to the ground in fear my eyes started around like my head was on a swivel every tree became a hiding place for that thing I could feel it lurking behind every Bush my mind started replaying when the trouble first started we made it to the top of the cliff and celebrated by starting a campfire and making some coffee while we set up our tents Adrien was actually in a good mood if you can
imagine and we stayed up by the fire until well after midnight the following morning his mood changed way to keep me up all night [ __ ] he said pouring a fresh cup of coffee and looking like he needed it what are you talking about I asked don't play innocent he said you know you were hanging around my tent circling it late last night growling and pawing at the ground trying to scare me my eyes went wide as he talked I swear I was in my tent the whole time I fell asleep as soon as
my head hit the pillow then what was making all the racket he said with doubt creeping into his eyes maybe I I was snoring and you heard that trust me this wasn't a snore well if it wasn't me then I narrowed my eyes at him wait a minute I know what you're doing what am I doing he said looking at his coffee cup you're trying to scare me with some campfire ghost story hoping i'll wig out I'm telling you it's not some Campfire story it really happened yeah okay I said making it clear that I
didn't believe a single word I mean it he said starting to get angry okay okay I said don't get your panties in a bunch you better he started saying and it stopped his eyes were focused on something behind me I'm not falling for that I said refusing to look until I heard a branch snap behind me I turned and saw I shook my head to clear the memory I don't want to think about that right now I told myself I need to focus on finding out what happened to Adrien I stood and checked my supplies
then double checked to be sure the Rope was securely tied to the tree I avoided looking around for fear of what might be lurking then once everything was set I stared down at the deadly ground that waited for me to make a mistake muttered a quick prayer then jumped off the cff repelling down was more difficult with a pack on my back and Rags wrapped around my already rope bured hands I took it slow working my way down the same way Adrien had gone I also went slow for fear of finding what I didn't want
to find I knew it was possible so I made sure to be as quiet as I could the rock face was rough and I did my best not to knock any loose Pebbles or do anything that would announce my presence in the best case scenario his ropes got Frayed on the rocks and broke I hoped I would find him laying on an outcropping nearby unconscious but alive as I descended I noticed an opening in a rock wall my rope was in a straight line with it I imagined Adrian's rope was too I sto Dred and
swung myself over to the rock face grabbing a bigger Rock and pulling myself to it I pulled my rope up and stashed it I then climbed down the side of the opening there was a small Ledge in front of it that I landed on and peered inside it was dark as pitch even though the sun had just set it seemed like daylight couldn't penetrate the darkness I pulled out my flashlight and slowly explored the opening with it it turned out to be a large cave I stepped inside and walking upright my head easily cleared the
ceiling by a good 3 ft curiosity overtook me his I Shine the Light around this newfound Hall of mysteries there were no markings on the walls and the floor was rough like the cave had formed naturally instead of someone making it but then why would someone make a cave halfway up a cliff face when it's nearly impossible to get to I wasn't sure I really wanted to know the answer as I continued inside the air became cooler I hugged myself and fought off a chill this cave was much bigger than I originally thought I walked
a short distance before I noticed the smell actually it was two smells that intertwined with each other the first was the smell of fire not like a rushing Wildfire coming to burn me to a crisp more like a campfire the second smell was much less encouraging it was the smell of Decay some animal had died in here there was no doubt about it I hesitated for a moment wondering if perhaps I had explored far enough my wondering ceased when I remembered why I was in here in the first place Adrien was still missing if he
had come down here it didn't seem like he was coerced at least I didn't see any sign of drag marks on the ground were a struggle but then again it was hard to tell on the rough Rock floor I suddenly stopped unsure of what to do the passageway split in two I shown my light at the right one and then the left neither seemed to show any clue of which was the correct path I stared at each for a long moment then mentally flipped a coin and went right as soon as I took a few
steps I could feel a strong wind blowing in my face carrying the smell of fire and rot with it I nearly backed up and took the other path but this was where I would most likely find Adrien at least I hoped I would as I walked I noticed a slight glow ahead I turned off my flashlight and followed the ever increasing light when I turned the corner I saw Adrien lying on the ground in front of the fire he didn't seemed to be injured well at least not anym than he already was I didn't see
any blood near him I did however see a pile of bones tossed in the corner behind him it Disturbed me to see the pile and think about my friend's bones eventually laying there I took a step forward to go check on him then suddenly stopped the huge rock that had been sitting by the fire suddenly moved I recognized IED it right away from the size and color of the hair that covered it I stepped back out of view and began shaking I knew I only had two options kill this thing or hide from it there
was nothing in my back that would kill it I didn't have a gun with me and I doubted a pocket knife would do the trick I had to find somewhere to hide until it left my mind ran in circles trying to think of a hiding place when it dawned on me I turned and went back to the other passageway as quietly as I could once there I stopped inside thinking it would be a long Cavern like its counterpart however it was almost immediately blocked I shown my flashlight on the blockage and was horrified to find
it was piled up with clothes shirts pants shoes and even the occasional backpack it was all piled nearly to the ceiling of the cave and more disturbingly each article had blood on it there didn't seem to be any that escaped damage either most were ripped or chewed probably like their unfortunate owners I remember hearing about hikers going missing in this park but I thought it was just normal stuff like in any other Park people get lost or fall into some hidden crass or Ravine I guess not my mind screamed for me to get out of
there fast but I needed to know Adrien was okay and somehow tried to rescue him although at the moment that seemed impossible the longer I stared at the clothes of these poor helpless victims the more it Formed into an idea I grabbed some of the clothes and pushed them aside digging my way toward the bottom of the seemingly endless pile I wondered how many missing people it took before a major investigation started I reached the bottom and took my pack off setting it beside me then I pulled the clothes down on top of me leaving
a small space for me to peek out through there was just a hint of light coming from the mouth of the cave but it was rapidly dwindling I slowly unzipped all the zippers on my pack so I had easy access without making a sound when I needed something I settled in and tried to make a comfortable seat out of the clothes my conscious was not happy using the clothes of murder victims for Comfort but I saw no alternative if I ran that thing would hunt me down it already found us once I must have been
more tired than I thought once settled in I fell asleep almost immediately I turned and it was there I wasn't even sure what it was it was dark and hairy it stood on its back legs but hunched over as if readying for an attack I was petrified Adrien I said what he hissed is that what you heard yeah I'm thinking so he said quietly barely moving his mouth as if the monster wouldn't attack if you didn't speak what do we do I asked through clenched teeth how the hell should I know he replied it was
circling us and moving closer at the same time its sharp teeth dripped with drool did you bring a gun I asked no did you I slowly shook my head it stopped and looked at me as though it understood the whole conversation it stopped lurching and stood to its full height it must have been at least 8 ft tall it lunged at me with Incredible speed I screamed and tried to run but my foot got caught on the log and I fell over backwards knocking the wind out of me in the end that was a good
thing the monster lunged at my torso but since I fell my torso was laying on the ground with the rest of me it flew through the air sailing right over me I looked over at Adrien and saw his pocket knife in his hand the monster saw it too it narrowed its eyes at him and snapped its jaws I was surprised by how much its head and snout reminded me of a dog this was my thought as I lay there on my back helpless unable to breathe I watched as it lunged at Adrien I saw him
plunge the knife into its chest and it howled in pain it never slowed even as he stabbed it it merely Twisted in the air as it grabbed his arms pinning them to his side I heard the crunch as they both laugh Ed together on top of Adrian's shoulder he screamed as they continued to roll right into the fire Adrien tried to push his way out of the Flames severely burning his hand by grabbing a burning piece of wood and Swinging it in a huge Arc smashing it into the face of the monster it whimpered and
growled then disappeared as quickly and silently as it came it took me a while to be able to move when I could I crawled over to Adrien who was laying still beside the fire are you okay I asked rolling him on his back he screamed in pain as I rolled him onto his injured shoulder sorry I said get away from me he said as I helped him into a sitting position and looked at his burned hand are you all right I asked yeah I'm just peachy I woke with a start but I didn't know why
I reached for my flashlight and was about to turn it on when I heard the sound of sniffing I froze every ounce of concentration was on being as still as possible the sniffing got louder I didn't dare open my eyes for fear it would somehow see them and that would be it I could feel its presence getting closer I fought back the Panic that would make me do something stupid like try to run I just closed my eyes and thought about the last sunrise I had seen hoping it wouldn't be the last one I would
ever see I felt the snout touch the layer of clothes right in front of me and then it paused as if it was deciding if it wanted to eat me now or save me for a snack later on the monster withdrew so silently I barely knew it was gone I waited for it to return I knew it was waiting for me to make a move so it could catch me but I didn't I sat still as a statue for what seemed like hours finally I couldn't take it anymore I had to move I had to
stretch I stood and stretched my arms and legs still quiet when I sat back down and made sure I was covered by clothes I risked a little bit of light through my hand to get a bite to eat opening a granola bar without making noise is a tedious job at best it took me a half hour and after I ate my only reward was thirst I sipped on my bottle of water avoiding the temptation to gulp it down I didn't know when I would be able to fill it I checked my watch it was 1:
in the morning at the same time Adrien had heard the growling I took a chance that this thing would be out hunting at night I pushed my layer of clothes off of me grabbed my flashlight and went to check on Adrien I stepped carefully and kept my light pointed at the ground just in case my ears strained to hear any sounds of course there were The Echoes of my footsteps making me whip around thinking the monster was right behind me I made it to the main cave without having a full panic attack the fire had
burned low and a dull orange glow lit the walls I found Adrien lying in the same spot as before he did not seem to be moving I leaned down and listened for breathing I could hear a faint breath Adrien I whispered shaking him come on man we got to go he moved a little Adrien I said looking around to be sure it wasn't sneaking up on me Adrien come on he opened his eyes just a bit it and put his hand up to shade his eyes from the light you still with me buddy I asked
he tried to speak but nothing came out here drink some water I gave him a few sips and he parked up a bit why he rested why what buddy why are you here I came to rescue you I said to him leave me he replied I'm not going to do that in the distance I heard a hell it chilled me to the Bone I wondered how far away it was and if it was celebrating another victim okay listen I'm going to go but I'll be back when I'm sure it's out of the cave I gave
him another drink you hang on okay he closed his eyes and laid his head back down I stared at him for a moment then jumped up and ran out of the cave I turned at the fork and buried myself back under the clothes turning off the light as soon as I was set it wasn't 5 minutes later I heard something lumbering by in the cave I had cut it too close I needed to make mental notes of when it went out I stole a glance at my watch it was 1:37 in the morning I drank
the last swallow of water and lay down by the nest of clothes I woke up sometime later the cave was dimly lit I could see a bright light coming from the opening but it didn't penetrate all the way to my Nest I could see the wallts near the opening but not much else as I watched a massive Shadow blocked my view it was standing right in front of me I became Stillness Stone what was it doing did it know I was there was it toying with me sweet poured off my brow I knew I was
about to die I griped my flashlight tight knowing that it wouldn't do much to the monster but knowing I'd go down fighting something fell on top of me it wasn't very heavy so I knew it wasn't the monster I waited for a long moment until I heard it walk away before I used the flashlight to see what was on top of me I Shone the light on the pile and found new clothes there was a shirt shorts underwear and a bra I knew it from the monsterous latest victim my heart went out to that poor
woman I wish there was something I could do to help her but there wasn't I was barely surviving myself my water was gone I had three granola bars left and that was the last of my food I had to do something before I didn't have the energy to escape then this was my last chance usually the monster kept a schedule I assumed governed by hunger and thirst I knew it wouldn't go out again for hours I could leave I could sneak out and be gone without it knowing I was ever here but I couldn't I
had to rescue Adrien but why my mind asked because he's my friend I F back would he leave you behind of course not he'd be doing exactly what I'm doing now really that's why he tried to trip you and throw you off the cliff that wasn't real he was just joking around he didn't seem like he was joking he seemed like he wanted to die and take you with him he was just upset I kept fighting how upset do you think he'd be waiting here in this cave to rescue you f he'd probably be wigging
out he never was much for small places do you think he would have left by now maybe but the important thing is I'm not him you could leave right now no I kept pushing who cares if you save your friend and die in the process my mind threw at me I do do you really think that thing doesn't know you're here what I questioned that thing is playing you it's stalking you you waiting for you to make a mistake no I've outsmarted it I've learned its routine I pushed keep thinking that maybe you can outsmart
its teeth as it's chewing you to pieces I'm not leaving yet end of conversation I waited for a response that never came even though I had decided to wait there were things that still bothered me was it toying with me did it really not know I was here why hadn't it killed Adrien yet was it leaving him alive to bait me in the more I thought about such things the more I felt Panic Rising inside me I pushed the clothes aside and the dull glow shot from the mouth of the cave it called to me
it told me the coast was clear that I needed to go right now I felt my muscles tighten getting ready to rise and run out of the cave I pushed the clothes over more clearing a path when suddenly I heard something I quickly and quietly buried myself under the clothes I had barely stopped moving when I heard the monster Lumber through it had paused in front of the clothes sniffing the air then turned back toward the mouth of the cave and disappeared I waited for a full minute before I breathed toide relief my own engineer
uity had nearly gotten me killed I was sure that thing wouldn't be going back outside for hours and yet it had left within minutes I began to doubt myself and my own intelligence for taking such a risk it was time to leave I dug out from under the clothes and started for the mouth of the cave then I stopped and turned back I had to try one more time to get Adrien out I went deeper into the cave to the the main room with the fire pit there was a freshly made fire which told me
I didn't have much time Adrien was still lying there beside the fire I went to him and leaned down time to go buddy I whispered he didn't answer me back I know it's going to be tough but you need to try I grabbed his shoulders and gently shook him come on man you got to wake up his eyes didn't open something about his shoulders felt wrong aside from the fact that one of them was either dislocated or broken and should have caused him excruciating pain he didn't twitch the other thing was the shoulders felt cold
not just a bit chilly they were Stone Cold Adrien I pushed my fingers against his neck and felt for a pulse there was nothing his neck felt cold as as well I pushed him and his body clumsily rolled over onto his back I tried to move his arms and legs but I couldn't rior mortis had already set in I stared in disbelief my friend was gone Not only was my friend gone but I had wasted all this time trying to rescue him maybe I had killed myself in the process I wiped the tears from my
cheeks and pulled Adrienne's body back into the same position my only chance was for this horrible Monster not to know I was here I stood next to the fire letting the smoke wash over me in the hope that it might somehow cover my scent after a couple of minutes I looked back over at my friend said A Silent Goodbye and walked back out of the cave I stopped at my Hiding Place and climbed inside hoping this would be the last time I waited for death to pass by I settled in and took a nap to
prepare for my escape a short while later I woke up hearing the monster pass by I waited when I thought it was time I slowly and silently packed my backpack then stood to leave as strange as it sounds I knew I would miss this place it had been a refuge of safety for the last 2 days even though it was a constant reminder of death I stood at the edge of the pile and tried to rearrange them so that nothing looked a Miss then I turned toward the mouth of the cave and started making my
way out it was late afternoon and the sun Shone brightly in my face blinding me I hadn't realized how bright the sun was until I was without it for a couple of days as I stood at the mouth of the cave my first problem presented itself I looked over the edge and was a good 50 to 80 ft to the ground that would be why people left the cave alone they couldn't get to it I searched the surroundings looking for a solution when one presented itself there were vines hanging from the trees that looked like
they might support me the problem was they weren't in reach my arm would need to be a foot or so longer they said that so tantalizingly close that I had to try leaning out to grab one that ended when I nearly stumbled off the ledge and fell to my death I searched for any other way but there was none I just had to go for it I backed up a few steps then took a deep cleansing breath and ran I jumped at the last minute and grapped for the vines my hands wrapped around them but
I was already falling and I I had to wrap my legs around them too and squeeze for all I was worth to slow my descent my hands and legs were burning as they slowed me but I didn't dare Scream the cave was still too close even sliding down the vines may have been too loud my hands were failing I didn't know how much longer I could hang on my fingers let go one by one and I fell I landed on my back and the back pack cushioned my fall fortunately had only been around 10 ft
from the ground when I did it still knocked the wind out of me and left me there laying helpless as I looked back up at The Cave opening only I could no longer see it it must have been invisible from ground level once I could breathe again I focused on getting out of there I stood and tried to get my bearings the sun was setting so I knew which way was West it was around 2 miles to the South where the trail head was my car my salvation waited there for me I made my way
through the trees and headed south when there was an opening before I knew it I had run across a trail I stepped onto it feeling more relieved than I had in days then I heard something in the brush behind me I froze I I turned toward the sound and saw the Predator it was a mountain lion not the horrible monster I had just escaped but it didn't matter if this cat was hungry I'd be just as dead I tried to nonchalantly continue walking on the trail hoping it would lose interest my walk turned into a
power walk and still the lion followed it seemed to be closing the distance between us without breaking into a run yet I tried to remember what to do in case of a mountain lion attack but all I could remember was don't run I thought of this as I power walked away from the pursuing cat that was getting closer by the minute suddenly I was hit from behind the lion jumped on me fortunately had it jumped on my pack its weight held me down making me helpless as it climbed up my pack heading for the neck
I covered my head and neck hoping to survive I could feel its hot breath against my fingers I knew an attack was imminent and then it stopped it lifted its head and I could hear it sniffing the air and an instant it leaped off of me and was gone I sat up and looked around not believing my luck when I noticed the forest had gone silent the only reason a predator runs away like that is that there's a much bigger predator in the area my mind reminded me I had a very good idea which Predator
had scared it off this was it fight or flight I jumped up and ran at full speed down the trail I didn't know I had that much energy left after the last 2 days but death is a great motivator and I knew this thing wasn't coming to congratulate me for escaping its Lair my legs burned I had a stitch in my side my backpack was throwing off my balance and I nearly fell but I could see the trail head there was a glint of metal that was on the front bumper of my car all I
had to do was keep going I could hear it panting behind me my footsteps weren't the only ones running on the trail it sounds more like a Gallop behind me for a fleeting moment I almost almost stopped to see if I was being chased by a horse but I knew that would be a fatal mistake I reached into my pocket and pulled out the keys pressing a button and unlocking the doors I didn't want to make the same mistake I'd seen in dozens of horror movies I was one of the ones screaming the loudest when
the victim dropped the keys I ripped open the driveright door and Dove inside I just shut it when a nightmare landed on the hood I stared at it for a moment transfixed by this horrific Apparition it looked like someone had taken a dog and turned it into a horrible Beast it was massive at least 8 ft tall its fangs were sharp and red they drooled onto the windshield as the red eyes stared at me it reached back with its paw and smashed into my windshield nearly breaking through I woke from my stoer and started the
car as it smashed the windshield again this time breaking through it shoved it snout inside and snapped at me as I put the car in reverse and floored it turning hard and making the Beast tumble off to the ground I threw it in drive and stomped the pedal to the floor the car lurched forward with rubber screeching in protest I gained momentum when the monster landed on the roof with a crash it began pounding over and over I saw claw marks coming through the metal and into the cloth on the ceiling in desperation I began
swerving back and forth trying to shake the monster loose metal and rubber protested had my Maneuvers with the extra weight on top I wondered if the car would flip and end my Escape in bloody fashion so far the road had been a Park Drive that was never meant for such speeds I knew there was a hard turn coming up and I wouldn't make it as fast as I was driving I slammed on the brakes sending the monster flying I stomped on the gas and swerved around it continuing to gain speed as tempting as it was
I knew if I tried to run it over my car would never survive and right now survival was all that mattered I looked in the rearview mirror and impossibly it was catching up to me I saw it leap trying to land on the cor again but I swerved in time leaving it only asphalt to land on I made another hard turn and I was on a state road the monster followed me but I was able to get enough speed to finally Escape I breathed a s of relief as I sped toward town I didn't bother
going home I went straight to the police department after waiting a half hour to make it to the front door desk I was finally interviewed by an officer when I started my story he seemed to be only mildly interested by the time I was done there were six officers standing around listening that's one hell of a story the officer said looking around at the other officers smirking it's true I said the officer side as the others dispersed I'm sorry son as entertaining as that was I'm too bus busy to go chasing around the woods hunting
after some urban legend I took a piece of paper off his notepad and wrote down a series of numbers what's this he asked when I handed it to him I had my GPS with me I said those numbers are the location of the cave that has all the evidence you need listen son without something concrete there's no one who's going out to the middle of the woods chasing a fairy tale well maybe that that'll help I said getting up and setting my backpack on his desk I opened the zippers and dumped clothes out on them
whoa whoa whoa what's this concrete I said these are the clothes of this thing's victims if you take DNA samples from sweat and blood on them we might find matches to some people who have recently gone missing you're serious he said looking from the clothes to me as if just waking up yes I said as I got up and started toward the door if it's not too much trouble I walked out leaving several officers staring at the pile of clothes I got into my destroyed car hoping it would start and headed home the entire way
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