The first thing I noticed wasn’t the shape It was the road sign The yellow curve sign had been bent almost flat toward the ditch overnight but there wasn’t a single fresh tire mark anywhere near it If… Read more
The first thing that made me stop walking wasn’t the sound in the trees It was seeing a huge dark figure standing behind the ranger cabin woodpile with only its head and one shoulder visible like it was… Read more
The first thing that made me stop wasn’t how tall the figure was It was that it was standing on the far side of a locked steel survey gate that nobody had opened in months looking straight down… Read more
The first thing I noticed wasn’t the tracks in the snow It was a huge dark figure standing beside the maple sugar shack’s steam vent as if it had been warming its hands before sunrise If you ever… Read more
The first thing I noticed wasn’t the shape standing between the cedar trees It was the way every stray cat that usually wandered behind the bait shop had disappeared overnight even though there were scraps of fish lying… Read more
The first thing I noticed wasn’t the size of it It was the way one shoulder stayed perfectly visible between two pine trees while the rest of its body somehow disappeared behind trunks that were much too narrow… Read more
The first thing that scared me wasn’t that someone was behind the campground shower house after midnight It was that I could see the top of their head sticking several feet above the roofline even though they were… Read more
The first thing my uncle noticed wasn’t the size of it It was the eyes staring over the top of the road salt pile as if someone was crouching behind it watching him without blinking He always told… Read more
A WeirdWitnessed account of the mountain bike trail camera showed a hairy figure behind the trail map kiosk, focused on the one physical detail the image c Read more
A WeirdWitnessed account of the corn maze trail camera showed a hairy figure ducking behind the irrigation pump, focused on the one physical detail the ima Read more