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help windigo skinwalker what i've been

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in alaska for more than two years and

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i'm stationed in fort wainwright

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every so often we go to field missions

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and where we go is super isolated

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me and a few guys were tasked out to

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drive down this mountain that we are

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currently doing our training on

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and we replied yes reluctantly because

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we just want some real food

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rather than all the mre we have been

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living off of for the past few days

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while two of the soldiers were ground

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guiding me and my buddy i'll call knox

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out of the runway we noticed it started

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to get dark fast

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being on that mountain is hardly ever

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any light unless it's from the moon

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but just to get a general idea you could

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see the northern lights easily

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as we drive knox is telling me he has to

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piss really bad

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so i just tell him to pull over as he

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begins to pull over

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it got extremely quiet i felt as if

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someone punched me in my gut because i

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started to get this strong sense of

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something is watching me

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and i started to get goosebumps i took

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it with a grain of salt that maybe it

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was just the mre

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making my stomach hurt and the weather

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making the hairs on my skin stand

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but then i felt paranoid and i've never

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felt this way before in the field

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because i've been here numerous times

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before

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as he walks back to the truck i see the

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foliage on my right hand side fall as if

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weight was being forced on it

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i tapped knox's shoulder and tell him to

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look in my direction

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it was a moose but it looked oddly

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skinny and the antlers just didn't look

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normal

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our eyes got huge and he responded what

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the f is that thing

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i stammered because i wasn't too sure

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what it was either

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he buckled up and pressed the brake but

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we heard help coming from the direction

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of the moose

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my heart dropped and i felt the heat

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leave my face and i looked at him asking

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did you freaking hear that it was it

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just me

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he replied bro i heard that he laughed

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nervously and we turned off the truck

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and shined our headlamps towards the

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moose's direction

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we are 89b so we carry our standard m4s

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with us in the vehicle when we are

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transporting ammo

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regardless if there is anything in the

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cans or not just because it's for our

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safety

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knox and i looked in the cab to just

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verify we have our weapons on us and we

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did

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i jumped out the cab and he followed

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with our headlamps still on the moose

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we walked closer and the word help was

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getting louder and louder

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we got a few more feet closer but not

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extremely too close to the moose

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and it ran back into the wood line

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making me and knox jump

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we looked at each other and we were both

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probably thinking the same thing

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did that moose just cry for help i told

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him i was getting cold and he agreed

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so we paced back to the truck as fast as

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possible as i closed the door

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we heard the word help but louder than

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what it was earlier

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i got that gut feeling right after i

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heard the words and looked into the dark

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wood line and saw red eyes

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i gulped and told him to look but he put

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the truck in drive and sped off

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we talked for a few minutes about the

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situation and complete silence followed

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right after

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when we got done with the mission he

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sped up the mountain to get back to

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where the rest of the company was at

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and he didn't say a word he sleeps on

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the cot next to me and he didn't speak

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to anyone about the situation

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i'm a bit shook from the situation

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myself whatever it was that called for

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help i'm sorry i never went into the

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when digo attack in the utah mountains i

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love to go hiking

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i go with my three-year-old german

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shepherd kyrie and let her go unleashed

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since we like to go to secluded places

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now i have been hiking all over the utah

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mountains and wanted a new hike that

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wasn't too far from me

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i have an app that tells me about hikes

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near me if it is a hard hike

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reviews and if it's dog friendly now i

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was scrolling through outdoor looking

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for possibly something new but i wasn't

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too hopeful

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but to my delight there was something

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new i don't know why i don't remember

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the name of it but i do remember it was

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at the bottom of the list

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and it had one review saying good i

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thought that was kind of strange

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mostly because people love to review

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hikes and try to tell the city what they

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can do to improve the hike and make it

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more safe

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but i figured it wasn't a popular hike

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so the next day kyrie and i packed up

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our stuff and went up towards the hike

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i always carry first aid kit extra food

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and knife and just

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emergency stuff in case i get lost it's

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important to mention now that kairi eats

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a raw diet

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meaning she eats raw meat not cooked and

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since we were going so early in the

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morning i thought i could bring some

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with us

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i put it in her blue backpack i make her

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wear and decided when it was getting

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warmer we would stop

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the eat where i live there's a long

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drive through the canyon and many roads

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going towards the hike you'd like to go

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on

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used to but i didn't care it was new

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and i was excited so was kyrie she cries

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in the car until we get there

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now i was following the directions on my

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phone and saw that it had lead me

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towards a thin road that was hidden

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no wonder i haven't heard of this place

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it was hidden and far up the mountain

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the road only fit one car so the whole

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time i was so anxious that another car

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would come down

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and how i would handle that but there

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never was i never saw another car

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when i got to the parking lot if i could

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call it that i noticed there was only

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space for like three cars

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all in a tight space it was small so i

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decided to park my car with the front

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facing towards the road

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i thought maybe it was private property

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check the app but it didn't say anything

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about private property

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i shrugged it off got kyrie out prepared

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us and saw the trail

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now even though i knew there wasn't

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anyone parked there i kept kyrie on a

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leash

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i didn't know if there were bikers along

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the trail but after 30 minutes or so i

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didn't see anyone i decided to let her

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off leash

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it was a steep hike for the first half

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but it was beautiful

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we were deep in the woods and i felt at

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peace i used to wear headphones when i

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hiked but didn't anymore

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so i was enjoying the natural sounds of

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the forest

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it was still early in the morning so i

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wore a light jacket and decided when it

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got warmer

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i'd give kyrie her breakfast now before

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you start to hate

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i know i know bringing kyrie's raw meat

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was absolutely stupid and ignorant of me

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i had never seen a bear will for

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anything so i got cocky and just thought

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it was okay

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i learned my lesson the bad day so no

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need to tell me i was dumb

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now here is where we begin the bad part

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of the story the trail finally stopped

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being steep and sort of an easy hike

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from here

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when you got to the top you could see

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through the trees a beautiful open

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meadow

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on the other side of it you can hear a

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river and a waterfall

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the trail went around the meadow the

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meadow was absolutely beautiful with the

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mountains in the background

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the sound of the water this hike was

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almost the most beautiful one i had ever

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been to

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when kyrie and i were sort of in the

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center of the meadow she stopped

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right in front of me and looked towards

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the meadow kyrie always walked ahead of

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me

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and when she stopped i stopped since i

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trusted her judgment

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before i could look the smell hit me

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first you know the typical rotting smell

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but oh my god

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words could not explain how bad it was

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it burned my nose

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and started to make me tear up i put my

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shirt over my nose

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feeling nauseous and looked over to

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where kyrie was looking

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in the middle of the meadow was a deer

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now i've only seen does but never a male

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deer in person

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but his antlers were huge the beauty of

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the deer was amazing

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but not enough to take away the

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disgusting smell that was making me sick

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the deer was looking towards the

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mountains and away from me

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i thought maybe kyrie's food was going

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bad i checked that and it seemed fine

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when i looked up again the deer was

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looking towards our direction

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i noticed that karis hackles went up at

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that she started to cry nervously

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now i've heard of windigos and

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skinwalkers i am native american

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it is common for these creatures to be

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in our childhood stories

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that and also listening to scary stories

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on youtube

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now when kyrie did that i got a bad

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feeling in my stomach despite the

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sickness

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it was a wendigo and i knew that now i

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didn't know what to do

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these creatures were only a part of my

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stories to make me go to bed

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not to instructions of what to do plus

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my grandmother was the one with the

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stories and passed away

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she was the one with the experience not

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my mom or anyone else

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i glanced to kyrie again when she cried

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and looked back towards the creature

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it started to stand on its hind legs

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holy hell it was freaking tall

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and it faced my direction it started to

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walk towards me

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i was going to run until i heard in my

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head i am the one of this land

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suddenly it started to run towards me

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full speed

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i screamed called kyrie and started to

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run kyrie was falling behind me

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i started to cry as i was running since

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i could hear it catch up to me

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it was loud it was destroying everything

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it came in contact with to get

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me the adrenaline running through me was

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making me just focus on running

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i didn't know where to go i just ran the

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trail suddenly got smaller

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and bushes with thorns started to appear

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but i didn't feel them as they cut my

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arms

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as i heard it got closer it suddenly

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went to the left as i ran straight

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i somehow had the balls to look back to

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see it was gone but also kyrie

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kyrie i said but right as i called out

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for her

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the trail ended with a four foot drop

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onto a patch of rocks

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i hit my head bleeding a bit but again i

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couldn't feel it that much and just got

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up

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i looked towards the forest when i

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suddenly heard a loud cry from my right

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it was kyrie kyrie i cried out

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i stood up crying and lost at what to do

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i looked back to see a river leading up

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to the waterfall i heard

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suddenly a heavyweight ran into me and

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we both fell back

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i hit my head again on the back and

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looked up to see kyrie

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kyrie had blood all over her it was

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pouring from her neck

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kyrie i cried out she was whimpering and

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breathing heavy

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she still had her backpack on with some

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cuts in it before i had a chance to help

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her

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a scream came from the forest i looked

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back at the waterfall

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and somehow had the strength to pick up

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my 85 pound dog and carry her

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i don't know where i was planning to go

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i was just running to the waterfall as

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if it was a safe place

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i was almost there when i heard the

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creature land on the rocks that i did

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early

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i tripped at that and looked back to see

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you looking at me its eyes were black or

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i think so

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it could also be that there wasn't

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anything in there i don't know

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i took off kyrie's backpack and throw it

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towards the monster

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hoping it would take the meat and just

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leave us alone i was skirting back

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towards the waterfall crying as i did so

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holding and dragging kyrie with my left

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arm i found that being so close to the

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creature made me literally weak to my

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knees

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it walked over to me taking huge steps

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it looked so different than before

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before it looked like a deer and now as

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it crawled over to me

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it looked like a monster i don't know

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how else to describe this awful demon

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i don't i'm sorry but i felt water hit

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my head hard as i had reached the

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waterfall

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i kept going until i was up against the

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wall there barely enough space where

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water wasn't hitting kyrie in my face

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kyrie felt limp at this point i could

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somewhat see the creature through the

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water

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but still saw it coming towards me it

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stood on its hind legs when it was close

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enough to me

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watching me the smell was so disgusting

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i couldn't help but throw up in my mouth

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it reached his arms out to grab me i

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screamed so loud

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i actually lost my voice after i let out

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that scream

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another scream came from the deep forest

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the creature snapped its head almost

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completely backward

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looking towards the scream the scream

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sounded like the one this one had let

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out earlier

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i was still holding on to kyrie crying

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and screaming since its arm was close

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it looked back to me pulling its arm

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away and again said in my mind

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i am the one of this land with that it

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took steps back watching me

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and went down the river bank it crawled

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on all fours

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stopping next to kyrie's backpack it

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ripped it apart and pulled out the meat

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eating it with the plastic bag that it

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was in

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it suddenly screamed and ran towards

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that direction of the scream from

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earlier

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when i thought it was gone i stood up

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shakily and carried kyrie towards the

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trail again

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when i was running i came across my

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backpack that i had left earlier and

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stopped

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it was ripped apart so i took off my

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jacket and wrapped it around kyrie's

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neck

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where she was bleeding a lot after that

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i barely remember

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all i remember is carrying kyrie and

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driving down

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screaming the whole way towards the

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emergency bed they asked us what

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happened

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and i told them it was a bear they

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called the ambulance

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since i had blood all over me and they

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couldn't tell if it was minor kyries

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kyrie made it through surgery and had to

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have some stitches on her

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along with the pad it didn't really heal

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and a huge bump grew on there

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it had been infected but eventually got

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better

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she also had a bite mark on the top of

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her left eye but that healed much better

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they pulled out a four four-inch tooth i

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don't have it because i couldn't even

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look at it but they declared it from a

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bear

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even though they said it looked weird

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while i was waiting for kyrie i went to

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look up the trail on the app

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and it was gone i don't know why or how

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but it is

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i don't remember where it is either

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that's all a blur

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i haven't been hiking since and i

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refused to let kyrie go

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that time my mom took her she did it

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while i was at work but regretted it

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because she said kyrie was crying and

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was so scared they had to just go home

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my mom knows i screamed at night from

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nightmares for a week or two

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my mom put white candles in my room to

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get rid of the bad spirits attracted to

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my negativity

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so yeah that's my story i've heard

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stories where people saw when they go

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and they didn't get harmed and god i

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wish i went through that

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i hate hiking my therapist thinks i may

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have some ptsd

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but only knows if it is a bear i'm

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getting through it kyrie is too

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hopefully one day i can go back but i

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don't see that being for a while

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please if you're going to go up to the

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mountains please please prepare

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mother nature is not only unpredictable

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but has things in there

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that just don't make sense in our heads

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so please be safe

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i say that with serious sincerity thanks

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