I've been a national park ranger for close to two decades protocols have changed a lot in that time I write this just to try to keep people safe for the next time you venture to the big Outdoors let me tell you about the last Park I worked I can't be too specific about the location for my job's sake anyway we had clusters of campsites that we rotated annually the idea was to prevent one group from getting overused and worn down let nature regrow a bit the winter had just passed and our big summer season was
a few months away I'm sent out to check the suitability of the campsites to decide which ones need time to recover and which ones we can open up Winters here are cold not too many people camp during the winter aside from rugged masochists and Boy Scout Troops led by people who believe they are rugged masochists I didn't expect to find much out of the ordinary the first site was clear and ready to go as I'm trekking to the next site I see what looks like some debris and junk down a was in a river valley
looks like some jackass set up an unauthorized Camp down there usually when that happens they leave garbage and smoldering fires this is going to be a pain to clear up I approach seeing The Telltale wreckage of what must have been one hell of a party [ __ ] scattered everywhere the skeletons of tents still raised up and blood I stopped and time stops with me pools of blood are spread out along the ground next to signs of something heavy being dragged into the brush I pull my radio off my belt and pause I then pull
my Glock 22 out of my holster and rack one round I'm a certified law enforcement officer but I haven't had to use my gun in a long time I quickly look around for any movement then get on my radio and call in for backup while I wait I listen silence silence in nature isn't good pray get quiet when they sense a predator I hope all the birds are being still on my account I Edge forward slowly looking for anyone or anything a shredded plastic cooler a tent that has been Anni ated with more blood splashed
on the walls and inside people died here I know it you can't lose that much blood and just walk off but no people shreds of clothes and a little viscera drawing all the damn F here but no people I've seen Bears rummage through camps and Destroy anything that looked edible there are wild hogs here that cut Trails through the Deep brush and are even more dangerous than the Bears but this isn't either of them the devastation here it's just too much some scourge of God came through here and just ripped Everything To Pieces finally backup
arrives and I'm sent to report to HQ they even brought Medics out here I don't know why there's no one here to save one of the new recruits vomits at the scene I'm glad to get the hell out of here I get back and HQ is a buzz only four people work here but calls are ringing printers Printing and the air feels electrified the manager sees me and signals me to his office he's pale Ashen looking with bloodshot eyes I sit down by his desk and he goes to the door and locks it I've never
seen him lock that door he asks me what I saw I tell him uninterrupted he looks even paler afterward and His Hands tremble a bit there's a very long pause and I expect more questions he doesn't ask any I leave then hear the door lock behind me after a few minutes I hear him call someone up and a long low conversation ensues I never see him again word comes down from on high we're assigned a new manager one who acels tells at what he calls crises his first order of business a controlled burn of the
unauthorized camp and the sight's closest to it I'm not arguing I watched the smoke rise in the distance and pray that's the end of it new orders relocate the existing campsites closer to HQ before we do that we take out a few trail cameras at the new locations just to make sure it's not in the middle of a nesting ground we put up a few cameras pointed at the hog trails through the brush for good measure a couple days pass and we go out to collect the footage the new manager takes it all and starts
studying it in his office a couple hours into reviewing he freaks out starts screaming and yelling he gets on the phone calling up the line spitting more obscenities he spends the rest of the day and that night in the office calling up specialists and planners the next morning I show up for a meeting the manager doesn't look like he slept massive changes of foot he lays out new plans including massively bright lamposts circling the park border as well as flood lights around the ranger station campsites need to be moved even closer in clear lines of
sight from the light if possible I butt in telling him that defeats the point of going camping if you're just going on a short walk through the ground and setting up so close you can see the parking lot he tells me to shut up that it's just the start the park now closes at sundown sharp also we're now required to have a long gun on our person at all times now it isn't uncommon for Rangers to carry an AR-15 or a Remington 870 shotgun going out in the Deep Woods there are wild and Rapid animals
out there the real concern are massive pot growers these aren't your chill neighbor who hides a few plants behind the tomatoes they run the Spectrum from large-scale suppliers who like their privacy and dislike law enforcement to anti-government crazies who think we have no right over them the true Patriots both groups have a few common points they tend to be well-armed they do not like lawmen and they won't shy away from taking a pot shot at some dumb poor Ranger who finds himself in their fields keep in mind Elliot Ness mister I fought alapon in one
got scared off busting up Appalachian Moonshiners because they constantly sniped at him in the Foothills they shoot to kill those are the reasons we keep the big guns around not routine patrols I drew the Short Straw and got the overnight shift the manager tells me more changes to protocol will be listed when I return overnights used to be easy monitor the the radio bust up the parties if needed check for poachers if they're operating nearby make sure the forest doesn't burn down I clock in and per instructions go to the gun cage my things have
changed our shotguns have new rifle barrels so they can handle the solid slugs we've been issued that's the kind of Firepower you want to take down a charging bear God forbid you ever need it the AR-15s have been stepped up too the old 15 round magazines have been replaced by 30 round ones someone even snuck Us in hollow point rounds it makes no damn sense shooting in the woods you need Full Metal Jacket ammo so the rounds don't go wild when they touch a twig hollow points just exist to do more tissue damage this is
ridiculous this is overkill we're not a war zone we don't need this Firepower next to the radio there our new instructions now we're not allowed to directly respond to emergency calls we can reply figure out what the issue is then we report to a new phone number I don't recognize time passes slowly tonight I'm not even allowed to leave the building until sunup a few uneventful nights pass the new flood lights and lamposts are frying my eyes it's so bright out there a blind man could see a week later some kids roll into the lot
they grab their backpacks and start hiking up the ridge I know what they're up to no one has booked a campsite that night cheap young ones going on a camp that will be a raging party I wait for the sun to go down confirming they're not out for a Day hike I call my manager to report he instructs me to call the new number I report up to them now a Curt voice answers the phone he asks my Park then pauses he asks the issue bunch of kids on an unauthorized site do I go break
it up I can see their campfire out on the rich right now I say no do not leave the building do not attempt communication that is all report if there are any developments right after Daybreak the manager writes up it's real early have you seen them did they leave he asks no the car's still there let him rest they're probably all hung over I reply he curses nonstop he then goes inside to make a call I'm outside looking up the ridge when he exits the station one AR in his hand another one strapped across his
back Glock on his hip he marches single-handedly towards his car I try to ask him what in God's name he's doing but he isn't listening listening or responding he takes a Jerry can of gasoline from his car and marches up the ridge I yell after him to no reply I consider following him but that doesn't seem like a good idea I go back inside and call the number the same Curt voice the same direct questions yeah the manager went up to that campsite armed to the teeth and carrying gasoline what the [ __ ] do
I do stay there do not interfere backup is inbound report if there are any developments about the same time I start to see smoke wafting off the ridge two Vans right into the lot at screaming speed a dozen men heavily armed and armored exit quickly I go out to check who are you guys what's going on I asked the men are all lined up with that impeccable military precision one of them a commander I assume exits the vehicle last he says which direction did he go I mean he's up there I point at the increasing
smoke the men fan out and start jogging up the ridge I hear rifles cocking as they leave I try to shout after them but no response I look at the Vans they came in large nondescript they just say DOI respond team on the side half an hour later they return dragging the manager with them he's Bound in zip ties he screams I did what needed to be done trust me it's worse than they thought we can't stop this burn it all they throw him in the back and sedate him the commander approaches me my neck
hairs bristle in cold fear I need to see the office all computers and anything with a heart Drive is coming with me he mentioned videotapes I need those too I unlocked the doors and they ransack the place everything gets taken printed reports from the last few years disappear into those fans the videotapes get bagged up and held by the commander himself he studies the gun cage cute you're out of your league he scofs finally they found everything they looked for the commander tells me call the number tell them it's contained you need a new supervisor
also don't talk about this to anyone they leave and just on Queue the fire brigade and a few news fans show up the fire is contained and the news reports say rumors of missing campers are unsubstantiated at this time still the rumors alone are enough to scare off this season's campers the Quick Change of of managers is chocked up to bureaucracy the Press dies down after a week or two the new manager is very good at dealing with them thankfully with no new campers and our now even shorter open hours we can get more work
done around here rebuilding the station took some time and we just set up the new campsites they're practically spitting distance from the station nothing dramatic happens for a few days then on a whim the manager tells us to set up some cameras around the station and the campsites there's usually so much human activity around here all you see are some raccoons maybe the rare Hungry Bear but we humor him and set them all around a couple days pass we collect the footage I play poker with one of the rookies while the manager watches hours of
footage of an empty but brilliantly illuminated parking lot then he gets to the footage around the station Screams Come From the office we barge in and he's stabing on the camera hard drives jibbering things I can't understand along the lines of told me it was clean safe no recent activity [ __ ] here I'm not going to do it he barks at us to leave later he makes a call the rookie goes up to the door and listens in the rookie comes back reporting yeah he's demanding a transfer says they lied to him something about
they didn't do their jobs properly he's not prepared or equipped here then I just heard the phone click and some sobbing hours later my manager exits the office his shoulders are slumped defeated we cut our hours even further practically open on weekends only we'll have a full staff ready those days but a skeleton crew the rest of the time campers are required to check in to one of the closest sites no campsite and they're told to leave we're not authorized to leave the station after dark under any circumstances in an emergency do not call 911
call the number and do exactly what they say we draw straws for who gets overnight shifts why we need to stay overnight if we can't do anything is beyond me I asked the manager about it and he just said that standard protocol is to have someone on hand to report any irregularities overnight I have to work my overnight shift I keep my phone close the number dialed in ready if I need to call it's a bad night I just wind up pacing around with my shotgun glancing into the bright flood lights trying to see what's
past them I hear crickets and it relaxes me prey is quiet when predators are around and it's a long night the next night my manager draws the Short Straw he seems resigned in the end we all have to take a turn he brings the brightest damn tactical flashlight I've ever seen he says he brought it just because he's afraid of the dark he isn't really he's afraid of the things in the dark I get a phone call at 3:00 a.m. it's him get over here now and bring guns he demands what you have a damn
Arsenal I responded now I swear to God I [ __ ] up oh man I think they're attracted to the light I called that number and all they said was backup would be here in the morning oh [ __ ] my manager says I hear their piercing staccato of gunshots I pause more gunshots screaming scuffling the line goes dead I call the number a new tur Voice Answers look I work at Jefferson Park I just got off the phone with Bennett I say I just spoke with Bennett what can you report the voice replies something
bad it's serious I heard gunshots I told him we will have backup there as soon as possible did he say anything else he asked me yeah he said he thought they were attracted to the light it doesn't make sense to me I told him interesting thank you for your report the park is now closed you will be reassigned goodbye click officially the park was closed to be scheduled for a controlled burn let the old trees die and make room for new ones there was nothing in the official report about what happened to the manager on
duty the public understanding was bureaucracies need to be shaken up on occasion no one asked any more questions I get transferred to a new park halfway across the country a change of scenery and beautiful they've got some odd rules here too don't go far after dark and don't carry a flashlight I'm concerned about why why can't you use a flashlight at night when you need one they won't tell me be safe everyone well you really screwed up this time didn't you you found a gnarly deal on a beautiful home that almost seemed too good to
be true and you jumped at it and now that you're all moved in you've started to notice some anomalies you know the type the spooky anomalies of the supernatural persuasion bumps in the night doors opening and closing by themselves auditory hallucinations of voices and Whispers it's more common than you may think but not everyone realizes the danger these signs could be proof that some forsaken lost souls inhabit your property maybe the previous GR mother self- ulated in the Attic maybe dear old dad went suddenly insane and repainted the house with the blood of his children
or Mom tried seducing demons in the basement if this sounds even Vaguely Familiar to you and you are looking to the good old internet for help then you've come to the right place you see I have this friend well had this friend named Nathan a couple months back Nathan found a house for sale in southern Georgia it was nestled along a remote stretch of woods just outside of woss it was a historical area an old colonial style home just under 5,000 square ft six bed and six bath with white picket fences and a dozen Acres
the quintessential American dream house by all accounts the price was unbelievably low but after Nathan contacted the real estate agent he found that the price that he had seen listed was indeed the price that was being asked for most people I imagine this would have raised some pretty big red flags but Nathan was an idiot The Confident type of idiot that believed machismo is substantial for conquering all of life's obstacles I know it's not kind to speak ill of the Dead like that spoiler alert but I'm just trying to give an accurate portrayal of the
kind of person Nathan was you know know the alpha male who hits on your girlfriend lives at the gym and probably finds too much pleasure to his own selfies for people like Nathan friend is really just another word for ego reinforcer he was cocky and often let pride get the better of him his wife Janelle was actually my ex-girlfriend from a while back bit of a skank but practically a supermodel they had two kids Natalie and Mason who were both spoiled brats again I'm just trying to give an honest perspective of them in hopes that
we may all learn something from what happened you see what happened to Nathan which I'll get into later was something which I believe could have been easily avoided if only he had followed a few simple instructions after the funeral I got to pondering on the matter and realized that what we all really need is a set of rules to follow if you believe your house is haunted let's begin rule number one when looking to purchase or rent a house always ask for the history odds are if a house is being offered at way below market
value then there is a very good reason for it being that way Nathan didn't do this and thought that the underaredsky within a few weeks he and his family were approved to begin moving in I volunteered to help them move in and I'll be honest the house was absolutely gorgeous things were great for them at first but Nathan soon started noticing some odd occurrences it started with this knocking sound that seemed to reverberate all over the home at odd hours he said he could never seem to pinpoint where it was coming from and it never
seemed to originate from the same place twice eventually he just chocked it up to the house settling but that was just the beginning rule number two trust your gut your home is the last place you should feel uncomfortable if you get that inkling of discomfort in the back of your mind that never seems to fully dissipate pay attention to it it's probably your subconscious trying to warn you Nathan tried ignoring these sounds told his wife that it was was just normal or the wind and comforted his children when they felt scared he had two dogs
Rusty and sailor both of them black labs and both seemed to become very anxious after moving in Nathan did his best to get medication to help the dogs relax but it didn't seem to help much that brings us to rule number three along with your gut you should also trust your pets animal have instincts far greater than humans it's been said that man is the only creature who will sense danger and still wander into it animals have a sense for the supernatural dogs and cats in particular if you find them growling at what appears to
be nothing or constantly staring into specific areas of the house then pay attention to that odds are they can see something you can't Nathan told me that Rusty the older of the two dogs would pce the hall each night for hours he said it was like he was standing guard over something on more than one occasion Rusty suddenly blurted into a ferocious bout of barking and snarling Nathan would come out into the Hall but never found anything he grew concerned for Rusty and took him to the vet but the vet confirmed he was in good
health meanwhile sailor the younger dog slept at the side of Mason's bed each and every night the poor boy soon developed crippling nightmares that would torment him relentlessly and sailors seemed to sense it each time Mason would wake up screaming sailor would be there to try and comfort him and that Segway perfectly into our next rule rule number four Beware of the nightmares young children are similar to animals in the way that they seem more perceptive to things that adults are not this one can be difficult because there are many root causes of nightmares with
things like anxiety depression and other mental illnesses The Telltale sign is whether your child suddenly develops them soon after entering the home poor Mason had absolutely horrific dreams and night after night he would be tormented by them he often spoke of the blurry man that came to him while he slept and whispered terrible things he even said that sometimes he would see the blurry man while he was awake but never more than a quick Glimpse and always in the shadows or outside in the woods Nathan and his wife worried that perhaps Mason was schizophrenic but
multiple doctors confirmed this was not the case they tried giving Mason sleeping pills various supplements and burned incense to help him sleep more peacefully it worked for a while until Natalie started having them too rule number five try to determine what kind of spirit you're dealing with if you see flashes of a small child running through the HTS at night or orbs spiraling in the air then odds are your ethereal neighbor is rather benign some people even discover they rather enjoy life with a spectral roommate and find their Antics to be rather interesting most believe
that spirits who pass away before completing what their soul desired will become stuck in a sort of purgatory many are scared confused and angry but some primarily young children seem to be almost jubilant at times most of these are unnerving but altogether harmless but then there's the other Spirits rule number six if you or any member of your family develop inexplicable bruises Cuts or lesions then do not take them lightly this should be a massive red flag and is a very bad sign if you feel as though you're being attacked as you sleep and wake
up with unexplained scratches or wounds then just get the hell out of the house honestly a malevolent Spirit capable of inflicting physical wounds is not something to be trifled with odds are it's a demon and honestly that is the best case scenario there are other non-abrahamic related entities that could be responsible as well they are very rare but if encountered well I'm afraid even my handy set of rules won't be enough to stop them Natalie and Mason suffered multiple scratch marks wounds and even a few bruises that almost looked like bite marks Nathan's wife Janelle
was also subject Ed to these attacks the children's teacher at school began to notice and became quite worried for their safety obviously their first thought was not paranormal but rather that the children were being abused at home only when Social Services threatened to remove the children from his custody did Nathan finally agree to move them out of the house Janelle and the kids moved in with her mother a couple hours away and Nathan was left all alone with the dogs rule number seven let people know what is going on yes I know the thought of
admitting to a close friend that you believe your house is haunted may be a daunting one but it's usually better than the Alternatives the modern world rarely takes these claims seriously we put ghosts in movies and video games but when someone actually claims to see one we aren't so quick to believe them technology and science have led us to believe we are safe that is our Folly but it's also a topic for a different day this is yet another rule that Nathan did not abide the worse that things got for him and his family the
more secluded he became on numerous occasions he phoned the police saying that he believed someone had broken in but they never found evidence of it eventually they even put him on a blacklist and warned him that any further contact would result in legal trouble rather than tell his parents or brother or any of his friends what was going on he retreated into himself he became fidgety and paranoid at times refusing to return phone calls and texts from his loved ones he just broke contact and things only got worse rule 8 and9 sort of belong in
the same category although one is a little more extreme than the other rule number eight if you suspect something is up it doesn't hurt to perform a cleansing like I said earlier the modern world has little time to entertain the notion of ghosts and the supernatural but that shouldn't Ward you off if you're unsure about whether your home is haunted or not then a routine cleansing can do wonders for you I'm willing to bet there are mediums and priests in your town that can get the job done even if you can't find anyone local you
can always just go online and find instructions for yourself it's not as effective that way but it's better than nothing rule number nine if you're really feeling as though you were in Danger get someone to perform an exorcism it's the step that no one wants to take but desperate times call for desperate measures priests and spiritual leaders are your go-to for these kinds of things even if you self are not religious these people honestly do know how to help there's some evidence that Nathan was attempting to do this but it's unknown why exactly it didn't
work out maybe he second-guessed himself and thought he could handle it or maybe his ego took control once again Nathan had been collecting evidence for a while and had amassed quite a stash of Clues he had audio recordings which relate banging on the walls and Footsteps in the Attic he took multiple videos but none of them really showed anything except for the last one but by that point it was too late in his journal he also wrote that he experienced items in the house levitating on several occasions but sadly he had no recorded proof of
this rule number 10 the big one whatever you do don't try to antagonize this spirit this should really go without saying but angrily challenging the spirit or daring it to manifest itself is a really bad idea but as you may have guessed Nathan and his unlimited stream of testosterone decided to do just that he got really drunk one night and began ruminating on all that had been happening Nathan was always a skeptic but even he couldn't ignore the psychological impact on his family family whether it was imagined or not he realized his relationship with his
children and wife were being heavily strained and his new house had become a place of hostility this made Nathan very angry so Nathan stood up and shouted at his empty house for the spirit to come forth and face him he was met with only silence and so he shouted again never once did the spirits answer his call after a few more verose challenges he broke into a bout of laughter probably believing himself to look ridiculous apparently not everyone who was watching felt the same though Nathan managed to stumble into bed not long after and was
out cold within a couple of minutes Nathan had kept a security camera in his room in hopes of capturing proof and that night he found something at around 2:30 a.m. Nathan is seen beginning to stir in his sleep in the security video he Grunts and speaks briefly but the words were unintelligible suddenly his eyes sprung wide open in the bed and began glancing around the room Nathan appeared to be struggling but his body didn't move it was believed he was suffering an episode of sleep paralysis which left him temporarily paralyzed his eyes continued to Dart
round rapidly around the room then something happened that no one who saw the video could explain the bedroom doors slowly rolled open but the darkness of the hallway was all consuming Nathan's chest began frantically pumping up and down and his eyes stretched wide open something was then seen moving in the hall it could have been chocked up to a trick of the light at first but then a hand was seen reaching through it was snarled and spindly like The Wretched malformed appendage from some Abyssal denisen the figure slowly sauntered through the doorway its tall dark
silhouette nearly grazing the top of the door frame it had no definite features appearing only as a hooded humanoid individual no eyes or face just a shadow corporeal lied from Nathan's deepest nightmares poor Nathan was heard mumbling and whimpering frantically but in his paralyzed State he was unable to fight back or flee he could do nothing but watch in absolute horror as the thing approached him it stopped at the foot of his bed and just stared at him for about a minute Nathan continued to hyperventilate and didn't appear to Blink once during the entire ordeal
the thing then finally moved moved closer it then leaned down only a couple inches away from his face and appeared to whisper something it was too quiet for the mic on the camera to pick up but needless to say it did not make Nathan feel any better about the situation suddenly the thing lashed out with its Twisted hands constricting like pythons around Nathan's throat in his paralyzed State he couldn't even struggle against his shrouded attacker within a minute Nathan's chest stopped moving and his eyes fell still The Entity retracted its hand and just stared at
him for about a minute then as if taunting those who see the footage it looked directly into the camera it whispered something again but again it was too quiet to discern what it was then as quickly as it had happened happened it wed out of the room and vanished back into the darkness Nathan was found by his wife Janelle a few days later and she called the police after an autopsy Nathan was determined to have died via strangulation much as what was shown in the video cops scoured the premises and found footsteps from the Intruder
however the footprints were soon matched to a pair of Nathan's own Boots the police of course were not so quick to believe that Nathan was simply killed by Supernatural forces they conducted interviews with neighbors friends and family members but none of them seemed capable or motivated enough to have done it there were no signs of breaking and entering and nothing had been stolen from the home they came to me and conducted an interview as well but of course that was a few time effort I mean sure the fact that Janelle was my ex-girlfriend was reason
to suspect me but I quickly dissuaded their actions Nathan was my friend despite him not really being a good friend what kind of friend Bones your girlfriend behind your back anyways I'm not bitter about it though at least not as far as the police are concerned my alibi were solid and that's good enough reason for them this brings us to my final rule rule rule number 11 make sure you exhaust all other options before coming to the conclusion that your house is in fact haunted if only Nathan had taken a little more time to investigate
his home and himself more thoroughly then maybe he'd still be alive today maybe he would have found the Min wireless speakers hidden in his attic to play the sounds of knocking maybe he would have found the patches in his air ducts that leaked mild d es of hallucinogenic drugs into his home maybe he would have detected the dog whistle alarm that caused his dogs to react so strangely if he bothered to check himself he may have found Trace Amounts of suxamethonium a paralyzing toxin that once ingested will leave the person immobile yet conscious to all
pain it would have been difficult to find as even coroners do not normally test for the substance unless specifically requested no matter how you really slice it this entire ordeal really comes back to Nathan himself if only he'd been a better person and not constantly demeaned his peers at every turn if only he hadn't been so stubborn and proud if only he hadn't gone behind my back and boned my ex-girlfriend thus ruining our future and sending me into the spiraling depths of crippling depression then maybe I would have helped him so you may be wondering
is this my confession no of course not this is only my list of suggestions and rules for how things may have turned out differently for Nathan and his family these are all hypothetical explanations and are in no way to be considered incriminating evidence to be used in court against me or anyone else for that matter besides if this really was a confession then that would make Anyone who reads it an accessory to murder and we certainly wouldn't want that I hope you can understand that and I do hope that we can trust each other in
this regard after all I have really good software for tracing IPS and Reddit makes it incredibly easy to access them we wouldn't want your house to suddenly become haunted now would we this sure isn't as creepy as most stories but just something I think about from time to time for a bit of background I grew up in a very emotionally and physically abusive home I've never had anything but negativity spoken to me and as a child I believed it my self-esteem was rock bottom and I believed that I was no good and that everyone hated
me as I was being told I became a very shy withdrawn person who really made little effort with friendships I held everyone at arms length but was desperate for any small scraps of positive attention I found this positivity in a wonderful young couple who came into our church to be youth leaders I was bullied terribly by the kids at my church and hated going until this couple came there they were young sweet and kind and they went out of their way to be especially nice to me they arranged a picnic and Hike at a close
by state park for one Saturday I was around 11: at this point and ordinarily I wouldn't participate in these outings but since they'd both be there I was excited to go we met at the church and all got on the bus I heard a few whispered comments about why is she here and about my clothes I ignored the and sat by myself in the back of the bus we got there and I mostly hung out with the couple Shawn and Claire we had a big cookout near the lake and afterwards we went for a hike
there were quite a few kids there so Shawn and Claire had their hands full on the hike keeping everyone on the trail I of course was in the rear of the line the kids I was behind started making fun of me and telling me I was too lazy to make the hike and no one wanted me there anyway they ran ahead laughing I slowed down till they got out of sight I then sat on a rock and started crying in a minute or two I heard someone speak to me I looked up wiping my eyes
and there was a man standing by me I hadn't heard anyone walk up the trail I stood and he asked if I was okay I nodded yes he then told me I looked sad and asked me to talk to him I opened up to him told him why I was there and that the other kids didn't like me or want me there he asked my name where I was from how old I was and me being a dumb 11-year-old kid told him he was probably in his mid-20s with blonde hair and was cute I was
thrilled he was being nice to me he gave me a hug and said that he and I could hang out and that he'd take me back to my group once they came back down on the hike he took my hand and told me we'd go hiking a trail he knew I agreed all of a sudden I hear Shawn yell my name and tell me to stop and to get away from that man he came running up and got in between me and that guy and he started asking him what he thinks he's doing the guy
just Shrugged and started walking away through the trees not on the trail Shawn asked me if I was okay or if the guy hurt me I could tell Shawn was very angry so I teared up again because I thought I was in trouble Shawn squatted down in front of me and told me I wasn't in trouble that I'd done nothing wrong I told him we just talked a bit and he was going to show me another Trail to hike Shawn nodded and told me we'd just catch up to the others he pulled CLA to the
side once we caught up and they talked quietly she then motioned for me to come over to her she put her arm around me and we sat on a rock talked and laughed she had me walk beside her on the way back down and sit with her on the bus the two of them made the rest of the day nice for me it took me years to realize what could have happened to me that day and why Shawn was so angry obviously once Shawn and CLA got to the stopping point on the trail which was
a stream with a sliding rock they realized I was missing and Sean came back back down the trail looking for me if he'd been a few seconds later I would have gone with that man and God only knows what his plan was once he got me out of sight my poor Guardian Angel did her job that day I have no clue if they reported this encounter to the Rangers or not I hope they did this is actually the first time I've told this story ever I didn't tell anyone when I got got home because I
knew that either no one would care or more likely I'd get yelled at and berad for being stupid and accused of trying to sneak off with him starting at the age of about 9 to 10 I was being accused of fooling around with boys in my neighborhood which I wasn't but if I got caught riding bikes playing on the school playground or just sitting and talking with a boy I was paraded for hours as being a [ __ ] so I was terrified for a while that someone would tell my parents that this happened anyway
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