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black eyed woman demands let me in it

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was a saturday night around 9 00 p.m

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and no one was home everyone had gone

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out for dinner and i decided to stay

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home as i felt nauseous

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eight months pregnant and exhausted

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after having worked 10 hours

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i was in my kitchen rummaging through

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the fridge for a light snack when

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someone knocked on my front door

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this surprised me because my family has

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keys

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they would just open the door right away

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also in my neighborhood

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you know not to open the door unless

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you're expecting company

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the knocking continued i decided to not

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answer and they would go away as one

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would do to solicitors or unwanted

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company

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but know the knocking continued now

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irritated i go to the front door and

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look out the people to see a woman in

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her fifties just standing there staring

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down at my welcome mat

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seems harmless i think to myself and

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stupidly open the door

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but the screen door is still locked and

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standing in between her

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and i awkwardly she hasn't looked up and

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hasn't said a word

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so i ask can i help you and she stays

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quiet then without any emotion more like

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monotone she asks if she can use my

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phone

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i said i don't have one because one it

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didn't seem an emergency

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and two people snatch phones and run in

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my city

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so i was paranoid she asked again more

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demanding to use my phone

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and then demanded by saying let me in

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and looks up at me

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her eyes are solid black and holds her

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eye contact almost smirking

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i remember about the stories i have read

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all of children

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but here was this older lady with black

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eyes the only way i can describe about

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how she made me feel is that

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i felt threatened i look away but

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quickly look back at her eyes

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something about them draws you into them

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i tell her no

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and ask her to leave and begin to slowly

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close the door

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but she practically screams let me in

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startled i turn on the porch light

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hoping to scare her away

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what she does next confused me to this

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day

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she can clearly see me now and looks

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down at my pregnant tummy and turns

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around and walks away

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that's it no looking back no nothing

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heroin black-eyed woman encounter in

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phoenix arizona

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my experience with a black-eyed woman

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happened mid-december 2014.

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i was living in downtown phoenix at the

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time and just moved into my apartment

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the previous month

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i was out with some friends that night

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and got home around 10 pm

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i had to be at work of 5 a.m so i went

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straight to bed

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i woke up abruptly to knocking on my

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door and thought it's 2 am

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who the hell is at my door i laid my

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head back down

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but then i heard knocking again i peeked

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out my window to see who it was

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and it was a young hispanic woman who

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was very pale she yelled i need your

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help

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i immediately sprung out of bed thinking

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this girl was in trouble

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i instantly thought of my sister mom if

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they were in that position i hope

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someone would help

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i cracked the door open and asked are

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you okay what's wrong

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she said i need to use your phone her

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voice was very calm

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but something was just wrong she was

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about five foot eight inches

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18 to 20 years old or so everything

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about her seemed normal but she had

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these strange glasses on them a strange

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vibe

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i told her hold on let me grab it i went

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back into my room to grab my phone when

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i heard the door slowly open

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i quickly began to have second thoughts

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about what i just did opening the door

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to a stranger that early

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i walked back out to give her my phone

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when i saw her laying on my couch

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i told her make it quick i need to be at

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work in a few hours

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as i said that she turned her head

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towards me took off her glasses and

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smiled

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i couldn't move her eyes were completely

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black like someone's sharpie her

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eyeballs

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and had some type of black substance in

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her teeth she stood up and eased her way

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towards me

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i tossed her the phone not wanting to be

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anywhere near this person

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she grabbed it and made two calls which

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later i found out were disconnected

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numbers

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when she was done i asked her can you

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wait outside for your right i need to

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sleep

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she replied i can't leave i said you

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need to wait outside you can be in here

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she began to cry i told her i'm sorry

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for whatever happened to you

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but you really can be in here she looked

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up at me smiled and asked can i use your

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bathroom before i leave

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i pointed to the bathroom and she went

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into it without closing the door

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i grabbed my phone from a coffee table

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dialed 9-1-1

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but it didn't go through i yelled you

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need to leave now

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i heard nothing from her i peeked into

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the bathroom and what i saw will haunt

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me forever

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she was scratching at her face and

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smiling in the mirror i saw that and ran

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to my room and locked the door

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i kept yelling i called the police i

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heard her giggle and say

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i told you i can't leave i wanted to cry

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i was shaking and didn't know what to do

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i kept telling myself

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i'm strong i'm strong about five minutes

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went by

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and i heard knocking on the door again

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as if the situation was in replay

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i peed out my window to see if it was a

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concerned neighbor but it was her

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again i sprinted my door to lock it but

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it already was

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i was paralyzed in fear how could she

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lock my door from the inside and be out

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i cracked my window open and threw out a

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sweatshirt with 20 bucks in it

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i yelled get a cab hitch a ride just

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leave me alone

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she didn't touch the sweatshirt or the

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money and sat there on my steps as if

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she was waiting for me

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i began pounding the connecting wall to

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my neighbor i dialed 9-1-1 again and it

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finally went through

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as i explained the situation to the

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dispatcher i peeked out the window to

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see her gone along with my sweatshirt

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i felt the biggest relief needless to

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say i didn't sleep the rest of the

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morning

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as i left for work i opened my door to

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see my 20 bill on my doorstep it looked

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like a brand new chris puente

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i picked it up ran to my car and left

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the work i'm not exactly sure what i

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experienced that night

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but i will never forget it hs

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the weird man with black eyes i came

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across one of your reports concerning

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black-eyed kids in pennsylvania

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my cousin and i had a very weird

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experience in september 2011.

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we both lived in the town of wolverine

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michigan and our dads are brothers

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my cousin and i have been hunting and

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camping together since we were 12 years

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old we're two months apart in age

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we had graduated from high school that

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spring and plan to go camping later in

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the summer

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we finally got permission to use my

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dad's pop-up camper and headed off

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we planned to stay a week or so at a

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place southwest of mackinac city in the

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foreseeable state park

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we drove back into the woods about four

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miles off the main road and set up in a

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small clearing

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we both thought the area looked familiar

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but could not recall when we had been

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there

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it was weird because we both commented

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at the same time to each other

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we really didn't have much plan to do

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other than be together and hike the area

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both of us were going to move away from

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home the next spring so we didn't know

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when we'd see each other again

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i'll be honest the camping trip was a

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good excuse to get away from my

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girlfriend for a while

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we didn't do much that first night other

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than drink a few beers and talk

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we were not racks early that night the

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next morning we decided to explore the

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area

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we started about 10 am and headed west

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towards the lake

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we had been walking no more than an hour

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when we heard somebody yelling ahead of

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us

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it didn't sound like they were in

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trouble so we cautiously continued

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walking towards the sound

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after 10 minutes or so the yelling

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stopped and we never saw anyone

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i had a gps with me so i figured we'd be

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able to find our way back pretty easy

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we did get crossed up a few times but we

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got back to the campsite late afternoon

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there was a small creek nearby so we

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washed up and started cooking dinner

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as we sat to eat there was the sound of

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something moving through the trees north

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of us

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there were a lot of small animals in the

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area so i figured that's what it was a

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few minutes later we heard thrashing

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sounds

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like something was sweeping at small

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trees and bushes since we were eating i

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thought maybe a black bear got wind of

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our food

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whatever it was it soon stopped but

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every once in a while it would start up

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again that night we could hear the

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sweeping sound coming from the same area

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which really seemed out to us

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the next morning it was quite so we

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walked in the direction of the noise

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from the previous night

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we didn't see anything but it did look

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like something had been kicking up the

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ground in a few places

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we walked back to the campsite and

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started to eat breakfast

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i just wanted coffee so i went into the

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pop-up and searched for a coffee cup

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as i was in there i heard my cousin say

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something

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i asked what he wanted he replied that i

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had better get out there

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i looked through the netting and there

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was a tall man with a black tracksuit

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standing at the edge of the clearing

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i stepped out and asked the man if we

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could help him he smiled and said

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maybe i can help you my cousin and i

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both looked at each other and kind of

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laughed

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the man started to slowly walk towards

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us and i asked what he wanted

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he stopped walking and was about 15 feet

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from us

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right away i noticed that his eyes were

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totally black and that the track suited

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caked mud and dirt

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on it i asked who he was he smiled and

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said

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i'm just taking a walk and meeting

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people by this time i was freaked out

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and my cousin walked towards the pop-up

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i knew he was going to grab his shotgun

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the man got a serious look on his face

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like he since we were alarmed so he

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turned and walked towards the woods

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at the edge of the clearing he stopped

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and turned around and said

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i'll be seeing you boys later and

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started to laugh as he moved towards the

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woods

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we didn't need another confrontation

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like that so we gathered everything and

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hauled ourselves out of there

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we did set up at another area about 70

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miles south of there and we had an

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enjoyable couple of days

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but when we get together we still wonder

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aloud who the weird black eyed man was

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