Story: Monsters In The Woods

When I was around 10 or so a few of us cousins were huddled around the fire at the shed. It was around this time of the year, pitch black and we were nervously listing to really scary stories told by uncles Dan, Chip and Jim about things that would come out of the woods at night and eat people. It just so happened on that particular night, us kids were going to sleep in the shed all alone.
After the stories were told the uncles left us at the fire and walked back up to Jim’s for the night. All was going great, we had Marshmallows and hot chocolate and were attempting to tell our own ghost stories when all of a sudden we started to hear these low rumbles and moans coming from somewhere down in the ravine. Sounding like something or someone was dying. After a lot of debate, as all of us were rattled already from the stories, it turned out that I was the one who had to go check it out because I was the oldest. I looked down into the ravine, pitch black.. As I inched a little closer, something grabbed my leg and ripped me down into the ravine. I screamed, clawed at the loose dirt and leaves but nothing could stop this thing from pulling me down. I wheeled around expecting to see the demon creature of the woods with teeth and slobber but to my great relief it was my uncle Jim with a big grin on his face. Although my heart rate slowed after seeing my uncle, the terror that must have gone through my little cousins must have been remarkable when they saw me disappear into the abyss and all go silent. we milked the moment for a while getting more and more victims. Needless to say it turned out to be one of the most memorable shed nights ever. This is one of many experiences my cousins and I share from our crazy uncles pulling pranks. Love Brian

October 1, 2017 Brian Lee