>be 30
>autumn
>go hiking innawoods w/ Forester and Roman (aliases, but Forester is an actual forester)
>scarcely populated area beyond suburbs
>try to make 60 kilometer trek (~37 miles)
>start late
>settle down for some beer and stories around noon (sister seeing shadows and monsters, having rich dreams)
>encounter some sort of country race
>get to a village halfway by early dusk
>take a rest, have more beer
>some new age cult on nearby field babbling about visualizing 1 meter diameter water orb above trees
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>k its getting dark lets gtfb home
>nightfall
>race still on
>people jogging innawoods w/ headlights
>get lost after going off the race track
>trace back and continue
>peaceful misty steep hillside forest under full moon's light
>slippery roots everywhere
>sit out and drink a beer on hilltop rock
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>0/10 spoop factor
>almost out of woods
>wide path
>hear rustling behind me, as if someone's following us
>tfw I'm in the rear
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>mumble "I hear something behind us"
>stay calm, slowly advance up to front
>exit woods, in hillside suburbs
>Roman asks "You really heard something?"
>"Yeah like some kind of bigger animal was rustling behind me to the left"
>"I saw something like a crouched human shadow crawling to my left behind the trees"
>after he heard me mention the rustling he pulled his knife
>tfw I only heard, but he only saw whatever it was
We wanna check out and stay the night there next time. Any advice?