July 2, 2024
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Red horns. My specialty was to
capture unique moments of animals in their natural
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habitat. I' ve been lucky
enough to collaborate on some occasions with National
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Geographic and Animal Planet. I had
the objective of photographing a very rare servant
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with red horns. According to my
research, this servant lived in a mountain
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range controlled by a criminal organization.
I knew that to get in there I
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needed your permission, so I built
up courage and approached to talk to them.
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When I arrived at the place,
an armed man welcomed me, explained
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my purpose and how to expect it. His initial response was negative. He
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pointed his gun at me and told
me to leave. I didn' t
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give up. I asked if anyone
had mentioned seeing an animal with red horns
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in the area. The man was
interested and put his gun down a little
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bit. It allowed me to keep
talking. I explained to him that,
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according to my studies, in that
territory there must be at least one specimen
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of a very particular servant, whose
horns were red. He told me that
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he had heard rumors about a creature
with red horns, but that people described
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it as something more like the devil
than a servant. I told him that
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was a common reaction, because no
one expects to see a deer with red
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horns and bright eyes. I showed
him my ID and told him about my
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work. I assured him I just
wanted a photograph. I didn' t
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plan to record anything or reveal the
exact location of the animal, just a
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photo and nothing else. After considering
it for a moment we agreed that one
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of his men would pick me up
the next day at the hotel where I
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was staying. They' d take
me to the place where I could look
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for the red horned deer. He
also warned me that there would be areas
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I could not approach under any circumstances
and that if I moved in the wrong
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direction and got too close to some
forbidden area, his men would shoot me.
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Without hesitation. I accepted your terms. The next day, a van
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that had clearly been used for illegal
activities came to pick me up. It
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was early in the morning, about
8: 00. The truck was old
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and dirty. The men who picked
me up were serious and carrying guns.
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They didn' t talk much during
the trip. They just told me to
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keep quiet and not to ask questions. We traveled for several hours. We
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passed through several small villages and dirt
roads. At five o' clock in
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the afternoon we arrived at the mountain
range, stopping at a camp that served
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as a kind of border. I
was told that, more than that,
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the terrain was very difficult and no
vehicle that was not adapted could continue to
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advance in the camp. They checked
me thoroughly, took my cell phone and
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told me I' d get it
back. When I was done, they
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explained to me that they needed to
make sure I couldn' t communicate with
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anyone. Then they took me to
an off- road vehicle was large and
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robust. Designed for difficult terrain.
One of the men, who had the
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keys to the vehicle, asked me
if I was sure of what I was
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about to do. I replied that
yes, that I just wanted to take
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a picture of the servant and that
I had no other intention. He looked
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at me with distrust and told me
that he did not believe in the red
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horned deer, that what they had
seen was the devil himself. He gave
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me the keys and a map.
He told me they' d let me
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go alone because I didn' t
think anyone was stupid enough to have other
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intentions in such a dangerous area.
He explained to me the way to get
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to the area where they had seen
the devil. He also pointed out the
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margins he shouldn' t cross,
warning me that if he did, his
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men would shoot me. I thanked
him and got in the vehicle. I
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left. The road was difficult and
full of obstacles rocks, large, fallen
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branches and irregular terrain They made the
vehicle move abruptly driving slowly following the directions
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of the map, I knew that
I had to be careful and not get
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lost. After about three hours of
driving down difficult roads, I finally got
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to what I thought was the perfect
place to start my search. The view
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of the Hill River below was spectacular
and the clearing between the trees seemed ideal
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for installing my cameras and waiting for
the red horned deer. First I installed
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my automatic cameras in the area where
I stopped the vehicle. These cameras were
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programmed to take photos automatically as soon
as they detected movement, making sure they
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were well placed, I got my
long- range loud bluetooth voice that I
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always carried with me for these cases. Although I had my cell phone removed,
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I didn' t need it because
I had a recorder with deer sounds
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and bluetooth option to connect it to
the speaker. Carefully, I lowered the
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steep hill. I headed to an
open and pleasant area, where I hung
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the speaker from a lower branch of
a tree. I made sure I was
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in sight from where I parked the
vehicle so I could check everything without having
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to move too much. Then I
returned to the vehicle to check the view
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From there it was perfect, open
enough for the camera to capture everything.
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I turned on the recorder and connected
the speaker via bluetooth. I tried a
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deer' s call to make sure
the sound was clear and realistic. The
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imitation of the call was indistinguishable from
a royal deer, which gave me confidence
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that I could attract some servant with
all set. I started to feel hungry.
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After lunch I prepared to wait.
Patience was key to my work.
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I settled near the main chamber,
from where I had a clear view of
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the speaker hanging on the tree.
The hours were passing slowly. The nature
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around me was quiet and the only
sounds were those of the animals and the
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wind between the trees every now and
then, I checked the other cameras to
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make sure everything worked well. Suddenly
I heard the echoes of strong steps.
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In the distance, I focused on
the sound and saw a silhouette run through
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the trees. It seemed like something
big was moving fast. I heard what
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sounded like or galloping through the tall
trees and when that stopped in a clearing
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where there were no trees, I
saw clearly that it was a deer.
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He wasn' t the one I
was looking for because he didn' t
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have the red horns. This servant
had probably heard the sound of the speaker
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and had been attracted. That way
I could be sure the speaker worked properly.
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The servant remained completely motionless. I
raised my head above a fallen tree
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and looked at it he looked in
my direction without making a sound, standing
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still for a good minute, turning
occasionally the ears. The deer kept staring
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at me with a stare like he
was scared frozen by the fear of a
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predator. lurking at twenty seconds,
the animal turned around and ran away quickly
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disappearing among the trees. As soon
as the animal came out of my sight,
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I heard a sound that wasn'
t normal. It was like a
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scream, though not exactly. I
wouldn' t know how to explain it,
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but the important thing is that I
was sure that sound had not been
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made by any animal. Trying to
be rational, I assumed that that noise
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should have come from some of the
cartel people' s activities. I got
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that out of my mind and decided
not to think anymore. On it I
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went back to the vehicle and relaxed
for a while I ate a little more
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and drank water to stay hydrated.
The tranquility combined with the total darkness of
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the trees made me feel like I
was trapped in a void that made my
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ears buzz. I was alone in
the middle of the mountain range, surrounded
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by silence and shadows. I took
my binoculars and started looking around. As
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I watched carefully, I realized that
there were four traps probably set up by
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those in the cartel to catch animals
or intruder. I kept inspecting the area
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carefully. I realized there should be
a fifth trap in a part of the
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ground. It was clear that there
was a trap recently, but now it
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was gone. That. I found
it strange because the marks on the floor
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indicated that the trap had been there
no more than a couple of hours ago.
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I' d already been on the
spot for over two hours. Therefore,
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it was not possible for an animal
to fall into the trap without me
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realizing it. I assumed that,
although I had not heard the animal fall
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into the trap, it should still
be stuck there or at least the trap
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should be closed, but there was
no trace of either the animal or the
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trap. This caused me great intrigue. I decided to investigate more closely.
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I got out of the vehicle and
walked to the place where the trap had
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been. Upon arrival I noticed something
that seemed to be good on the ground.
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I knew they couldn' t be
mine, since I hadn' t
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gone that way before. The marks
were very close together and the slits in
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the moss- covered land were larger
than those of an average deer. I
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was frozen in shock when I saw
the prints were deep, indicating that the
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animal that had left them should be
quite heavy. The depth of the tracks
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could only mean that the animal had
been standing there for a long time.
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My question was whether I had been
there after falling into the trap or before
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I did. I had the idea
of walking in the direction the prints were
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pointing. Although the prints were no
longer visible, the direction was clear.
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I kept walking as the forest advanced
it became denser and the sunlight barely penetrated
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the tops of the trees. After
walking for a while I came to a
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small clearing between the trees. Suddenly
I got hit by an ear that turned
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my stomach. Looking over a low
bush, I found the corpse of a
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servant. The smell was unbearable.
I took my arm to my face to
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cover my nose I approached carefully to
inspect more closely. I realized it wasn
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' t a death caused by a
hungry predator. There was no sign that
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he ate the meat. Whatever he
had killed that servant simply destroyed him and
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let his corpse rot. Even his
eyes had been torn out of their orbits.
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As I watched the body, I
noticed something strange. The size of
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the servantâ s feet did not
correspond to the footprints he had seen before.
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The prints were bigger, which meant
that the animal that had left those
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tracks was not the dead deer,
but something much bigger. This made me
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think that the prints should belong to
the animal that had killed the deer.
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This did not make much sense either, because the servant was already stinking,
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which meant that he had been dead
for a long time and the prints seemed
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recent. I felt a strange feeling
as if I was being watched. I
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turned my head slowly, scanning the
area with my eyes. Then I looked
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back and shuddered to see a pair
of eyes hung by their cartilage on a
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branch. Looking directly at me,
at least that solved the mystery about where
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the servantâ s eyes had ended. I could not imagine what such a
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thing could have done but it was
obvious that what did was something very dangerous,
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not only for animals, but also
for me. I decided it was
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better not to stay in that place
any longer. I retreated carefully, making
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sure not to make noise and not
to draw attention to what might be near.
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He had to return to the camp, but he also wanted to take
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the picture of the red horn servant. I knew if I didn' t
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make it, the whole effort would
have been in vain. I went back
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to the vehicle and took the tape
recorder. I modified the frequency with which
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the speaker reproduced the call of the
servant and increased the volume. I'
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d wait two hours at the most. If the servant didn' t show
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up, I' d leave anyway. It was an hour and nothing came
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up. I was beginning to feel
impatient and a little discouraged, but then
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a creepy squeal resonated in my ears. It was a loud and terrifying sound
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I hadn' t heard before.
I took my binoculars and pointed in the
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direction I thought the sound had come
from. There, among the trees,
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I saw the red horned deer,
but his body was dead lying on the
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ground motionless. My heart sank thinking
I was too late. I realized there
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was something else behind the servant.
He could see two legs that did not
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belong to a servant. I reduced
the zoom of binoculars for a better view.
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What I saw left me breathless.
There was another creature, a black
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humanoid figure, as if it were
made of coal. His skin seemed to
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absorb the little light there was.
The only thing that distinguished him from the
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dark was his red horns. At
that time, all I could think of
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was turning off the call of the
servants, because I thought that maybe that
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thing also responded to the sound of
the servants. I was afraid the sound
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would attract him. I hastened to
pay for the speaker. When I looked
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back at the place where the dead
deer was, the creature was gone.
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I was overwhelmed by a feeling of
panic and felt the hairs on my neck
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stand up. Although he could not
see the creature, he could hear the
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faint sound of his breathing. I
thought I' d grab the flashlight,
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but I remembered I hadn' t
put the batteries in it. I would
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use the camera, which was hanging
around my neck, I could use the
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camera flash to light up the darkness
and see what was going on. I
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thought about all that and decided in
two seconds. Then I grabbed the camera,
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pointed in one direction and took a
flash photograph. The flash light briefly
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illuminated the darkness and captured a quick
image. When my eyes met with what
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was in the photo taken, I
froze. There was the red horn thing.
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Looking at me I almost screamed of
terror, but I held back the
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creature made no noise as I moved. She just stood there terrorizing me with
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her deep breath like she was agitated. I was thinking of a way to
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get out of this situation alive.
I knew I had to do something,
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because I didn' t want to
become that thing' s dinner. I
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stood there still without making any sudden
movement. I was just blinking and breathing
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slowly. I felt fear running through
my veins. I was completely soaked in
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sweat My heart was pounding. At
that moment a servant appeared about twenty meters
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from my right side. The servant
seemed calm. Suddenly, the creature fell
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upon the animal with an impressive speed. The servant did not even have time
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to react. That was my only
chance without losing half a second. I
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ran up to the vehicle and started
feeling the engine roar and the vehicle move
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quickly. I knew that thing was
gonna follow me. After killing the servant.
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I needed a strategy driving down the
hill straight into the traps I'
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d seen before. My plan was
simple, using the traps to try to
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stop the creature. I wasn'
t sure if it would work, but
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I had no choice. As I
had thought shortly, that thing began to
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run behind the vehicle. It was
pretty quick. He could hear the noise
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of his steps as he drew closer
and closer. I' m sure if
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I speeded up to the maximum it
wouldn' t reach me, but because
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of the terrain I couldn' t
do it. I had to maneuver carefully
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so as not to overturn the vehicle. The creature was getting closer. I
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felt his presence right behind me.
Fortunately, my plan worked, as that
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thing was following me closely. One
of his legs fell into one of the
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traps he' d seen before.
The trap closed over her leg, but
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that didn' t stop her.
He continued to run carrying the trap with
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him, albeit at a reduced speed. A few meters later, his other
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leg fell into another trap. This
time, the creature could no longer follow
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me. The two traps caught her
falling to the ground. I took advantage
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of that moment to speed up a
little more, although I was still cautious
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on the ground. For a moment
I had the idea to turn around and
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run over the creature, but I
decided not to. I didn' t
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want to risk him coming free and
attacking me. Besides, I wasn'
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t sure if the vehicle could withstand
the impact. I just kept driving,
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drove carefully until I found a way
to climb the hill again. The way
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back to the camp was difficult,
but I kept moving forward, confident that
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the traps would keep the creature trapped
long enough. I got to camp before
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dawn. The people who were there
noticed that I was half upset. I
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wasn' t even getting out of
the vehicle yet. When one of the
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men who helped me before I left
asked me if I had seen the servant.
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When he said that, he laughed. It was obvious that he knew
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that I had stumbled upon the creature
of red horns. I didn' t
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answer him. In fact, I
didn' t say anything to anyone about
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what had happened. I just asked
them if they could take me back to
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the hotel and they said yes.
It took more than six months for me
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to encourage myself to return to nature, to photograph animals or live goat in
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the state of Yucatán. Those who
are not familiar with our customs should know
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that in this region it is relatively
common to hear stories related to the paranormal,
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which are closely linked to Mayan culture, its legends and its myths.
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What I want to tell you has
a lot to do with this. Last
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to get to the village from where
I am leaving from merid, you must
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take the main road at a certain
point, take a deviation that suddenly becomes
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a lonely road that crosses the mountain. Every few kilometers you cross with other
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roads just as desolate, which take
you to villages that are in the middle
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of nowhere. These roads are so
narrow that in certain segments they barely fit
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a vehicle. In addition, they
are usually covered on both sides by vegetation
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so thick that it prevents the view
to the sides and leaves no room to
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shore. There is no kind of
lighting there, so at night they become
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really dark. If you don'
t know the area, it' s
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very easy to get disoriented, as
all the roads look alike and it'
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s very easy to get confused in
case this is not enough. As you
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walk along these paths, it is
common to encounter signs in bad condition.
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If you' re stuck in the
place for something, it' s very
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difficult for you to meet someone who
can help you. For the same reason,
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it is recommended not to go through
these places unless necessary and, of
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course, never at night. One
of the reasons why not many walk around
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once the sun is hidden is because
they tell themselves that strange things happen.
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Already there are several who have taken
a good scare for doing so, and
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among them I am. It was
a weekend and getting out of work already
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at night, I was on my
motorcycle pretty confident. I was passing from
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one in the morning and I was
going quiet, listening to music and enjoying
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the journey. I got off the
main road and went into these lonely roads
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that I mentioned it all was completely
dark. The lighthouse on my motorcycle was
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the only light I could use at
the front. The visibility it provided was
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quite good and to the sides,
the shadows produced by the vegetation made me
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think that there was something moving along
with me, but it was perhaps only
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my imagination. I looked back,
not more than once or twice, but
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I saw almost nothing. I felt
the darkness enveloping me. I was the
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only one walking along that road.
The truth is that the atmosphere that was
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generated in that place was scary.
About half the way. There are very
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huge and very old trees. They' re unmistakable. A hundred meters away
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from that part, I began to
hear strange sounds. They looked like an
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animal. I first thought it was
about the music I was hearing, but
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having the impression that these noises came
from my side, I completely lowered the
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volume to the music and paid more
attention. I was about to confirm that
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those noises were actually part of the
music that sounded at the time. When
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I suddenly heard them again, then
I noticed certain movements of weed on my
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right side. It was as if
something was running in the same direction as
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me, something that was obviously moving
very quickly because of the noise it produced
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and the amount of grass that was
moving. I figured it had to be
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huge. That scared the shit out
of me. I didn' t know
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what kind of animal I was following. I accelerated my motorcycle hoping it would
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be enough to leave behind whatever was
following me, but the sound and movements
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in the weed continued to maintain the
same rhythm as I began to sweat.
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I was about to reach the huge
trees and at that moment I saw a
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very large and completely dark creature come
out of the vegetation and climb one of
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those trees. I could not see
well that it was because the light of
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the bike lit it partially, but
I did distinguish that it had very long
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extremities and advanced on four legs.
For a moment I thought of turning around
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and returning to the main road,
but I calculated that it would take me
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several seconds to turn and in what
my motorcycle took speed, I would be
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very vulnerable and that thing would reach
me without problems. I had no choice
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but to keep moving forward without stopping. Taking advantage of being on a straight
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line, I decided to accelerate to
reach maximum speed and try to pass by
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without giving time for that creature to
attack me. The branches were moving.
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There was no doubt about that thing. I was up there, already getting
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closer, I realized that that tree
had very large branches that stretched almost in
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a straight line and ended up at
the other end of the road. I
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tried to be brave. I knew
I needed a lot of courage to get
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through, but the truth was scared
to death. I accelerated as much as
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I could, held my breath and
finally passed by. I felt a terrible
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chill, a terrifying presence on top
of me in those branches. I'
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d lie to you if I said
I saw something, because I didn'
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t really. I didn' t
mean to turn up. I kept moving
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at maximum speed and when I had
walked away about 50 meters scared, I
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turned to see my rearview mirror,
but I could not see anything. It
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was all very dark. When I
turned my gaze to the front, I
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saw clearly a humanoid shadow crossing from
right to left. That vision came with
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a sharp stab in my chest,
and I' ve never seen anything as
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macabre as that. I mean that
as a humanoid being because, even though
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the light was not the best.
If I realized it wasn' t a
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person, that was definitely not human. That being had an animal appearance.
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The two legs on which he stood
were curved. They were like a dog
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or a ram, something like that. I also made a distinction that his
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head had two great prominences. I
didn' t see it very well,
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but it was something that seemed to
be horns and, like I said,
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that thing quickly crossed from one side
to the other. Feeling very afraid,
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I decided to continue to accelerate to
the fullest and close my eyes. At
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that time I committed myself to God
and went through that part waiting for the
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worst. There was nothing in front
or in front of me. I really
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don' t know. I didn' t mean to turn back. I
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don' t know what I'
d do if I saw that thing following
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me. I was in shock from
what I' d seen. I was
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so scared. I must confess that
this is already too much to say.
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I' m not one to be
scared of anything. I am a person
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used to the countryside, but from
the beginning, this experience overcame me.
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I knew that that thing I saw
wasn' t common. I tried to
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calm down, but I couldn'
t do it at the time and I
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wasn' t willing to slow down. Little by little, I felt the
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lightest vibe and felt out of danger. It took me about five minutes to
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get to town. When I got
home, I didn' t want to
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mention anything about it at the time
so I wouldn' t sound crazy or
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worry my family. I remember very
well that night I couldn' t sleep,
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I couldn' t stop thinking about
that creature I saw. Despite being
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inside the house, I felt insecure
just thinking that we were practically in the
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country and that thing might be stalking. I tried to lie down in my
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bed and close my eyes, but
every time I did. The image of
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the creature returned to my mind its
shape, its curved legs and those big
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horns did not leave my head.
Fear kept me awake listening to every little
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noise coming from the outside. During
breakfast I heard something that shook me.
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Older adults were talking about how recently
their chickens and other farm animals were hoarding
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dead, some of them devoured by
a strange predator that could not be a
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coyote or something like that. Then
I heard the scariest thing about a resident
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neighbor right there said she saw something
very similar to what I saw She described
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it as a goat walking on two
legs, as if it were a person.
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She saw her once in the grass
behind her back caused me to shiver
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to notice the tranquility with which she
explained everything as if it were something very
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normal. I have told my experience
to many people and more than anyone has
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theorized that what I saw was the
cool goat, a being that was feared
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by the Maya themselves and whose presence
extends throughout Yucatan. It is a very
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ancient legend that says that that goat
walking on two legs is a very powerful
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sorcerer who gave his body and soul
to dark deities to gain the ability to
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transform himself into that horrific creature,
which is a hybrid of human and goat,
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so that he is able to extend
his life for many years and expand
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exponentially his abilities by employing other kinds
of spells, which are often employed to
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cause evil. I don' t
really know if that' s the point,
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but I' m worried that a
lot of things fit that legend.
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I think that might explain what so
many people, including me, have seen
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with our own eyes. No matter
how true the legend is. To me,
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that terrifying sighting was a more pra
proof that there are things that are
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not in our understanding, things that
happen in the field and that there are
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strange creatures. The Sking Walker,
one of my best friends, lives a
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little far from my house. To
get home, I have to walk 20
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to 30 minutes on this road.
I' ve done it many times almost
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every day. I feel very comfortable
with the people I meet on the way.
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They are neighbors or acquaintances and we
always greet each other. That'
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s why I' ve never felt
scared or nervous. As I walk to
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my friend' s house, there' s a part of the road that
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sometimes makes me a little uncomfortable.
Halfway through there' s a stretch of
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forest I have to go through.
It' s not very big, but
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it' s enough to make me
feel a little weird. The trees are
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tall and leafy and sometimes you can' t see the sky because the branches
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cover it. The whole trail is
narrow and surrounded by vegetation Spesa It is
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a quiet place and sometimes too quiet. Every time I walk by, I
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feel like someone' s watching me. This feeling of being observed happens to
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me regularly. I don' t
know exactly why I feel like this,
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but I' m trying not to
pay much attention to it. I think
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it' s just my imagination.
Playing a bad game, that day I
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spent more time at my friend'
s house than I had planned. We
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were playing video games and time flew
by. When I finally got out,
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I realized it was already getting dark. I walked fast knowing I had to
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go through the stretch of forest before
the darkness was total. I arrived at
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the beginning of the forest just as
the sun hid. The place looked darker
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and darker than usual. I shuddered
a little while preparing to get through it.
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I felt a chill running around my
back, clenched my fists and took
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the first step, trying to convince
myself that everything would be fine. I
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had taken about ten steps when I
heard a branch break that dry sound and
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of course it tells you that there
is definitely someone or something there with you,
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I stayed frozen in the place,
not knowing what to do. My
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senses sharpened by trying to capture any
additional motion or sound. I whispered hello
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with the voice cut as the words
came out of my lips. I don
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' t know why I did it. Maybe waiting for an answer to reassure
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me, I stood there listening attentively, hoping it was just my imagination,
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but then I was cold when the
answer came back in the sound of my
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own voice. It was like someone
or something was imitating my words perfectly.
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I started breathing so fast I felt
I could faint. The voice I heard
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was exactly mine, but it didn' t come out of my mouth.
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Something was repeating my words and I
was doing it with terrifying precision. I
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wanted to run, but my feet
seemed stuck to the ground. I couldn
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' t scream, I couldn'
t move. He was completely paralyzed.
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As my voice resounded again and again
from a short distance, I looked around
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trying to identify where the sound came
from, but I couldn' t seem
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to come from everywhere around me.
Wrapping my panic was growing in my chest.
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My heart was beating so hard that
I could feel it in my ears.
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I didn' t understand what was
going on, and every second that
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happened I felt more trapped. I
tried to move, to get my legs
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to respond, but they were still
not obeying. Suddenly everything remained silent.
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The imitation of my voice ceased and
the forest returned to its state of tranquility.
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The change was so sudden that I
was stunned. The lack of sound
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was almost as disturbing as the echo
of my own voice. For a long
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minute nothing happened. I stood there
terrified hoping to see what would happen.
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Then I felt my heart beating so
hard that it almost hurt. The darkness
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of the forest seemed denser, more
oppressive. Then whatever was hidden there,
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imitated my voice again. This time, the sound was clearer, closer.
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My own voice, but distorted in
a way that put my hair on edge,
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had had enough, and my instinct
was yelling at me that I had
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to get out of there. But
before I could take a step, I
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heard a noise in the bushes a
few meters to my left. I looked
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in horror as a deer head with
big horns protruding out of the bushes.
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The animal watched me with large,
dark eyes, almost as if it were
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studying me. I felt a chill
running around my back. Then what I
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saw left me petrified. The deer
came out more from the bushes and rose
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on two legs like a human being. I ran away. My legs moved
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before my mind could process it I
ran out of the woods. My feet
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barely touched the ground. I felt
the cold air hitting my face, but
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I didn' t stop. I
just wanted to get home to the safety
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of my home. I came home
panting and with my heart about to get
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out of my chest. I didn' t say anything to my mom.
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When I arrived, I was in
the kitchen preparing dinner. I didn'
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t want to worry her or cause
alarm. I went up to my room
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quickly, without saying a word.
I lay on my bed still shaking and
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thought about what had happened. The
images of the deer, rising on two
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legs, kept repeating in my mind. At some point, my mother came
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into my room and asked me if
everything was okay. I said yes,
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I was just tired. I don' t know why I didn' t
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tell him the truth. I guess
I was afraid of how I' d
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react. I didn' t want
him to think that I was imagining things
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or that I was going crazy.
I called my friend and told him everything.
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He got really scared and told me, no matter what happened that night,
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not to look out the window in
my room. His words filled me
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with more fear, but I trusted
him. He told me to call him
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the next morning and that he would
explain more to me because I had to
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talk to his grandfather as soon as
possible. That night I stayed awake listening
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to every little sound, every creak
in the house, every sound of the
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wind outside. Everything made me nervous. I felt something was outside vigilant.
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I didn' t dare approach the
window, let alone look for it.
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I just wanted the morning to come
and all this to be a bad dream.
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Around three in the morning, just
as I was about to fall asleep,
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the air changed. The sounds of
the night suddenly shut up. The
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crickets were not heard, the wind
or anything. Everything remained in a very
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strange silence, as if the world
had stopped. My first reaction was to
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grab the sheet and cover my head. I felt my heart beat very fast
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and tried to calm down, but
the silence made me more nervous. It
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was a long moment and then again
I heard my voice. It was evident
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that the deer- like thing was
near. The voice sounded the same as
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how it sounded in the woods and
that made me tremble with fear. I
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thought that couldn' t be inside
my room because I hadn' t heard
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the door open. It didn'
t make sense to me that I was
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outside my window, because my room
was on the second floor and even though
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the creature was pretty tall, it
definitely wasn' t that high. To
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reach the height of the window in
my room. Then that thing changed its
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voice. He spoke to me again, but not with my voice, but
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with my mother' s voice.
That meant that it had been around my
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house long enough to hear my mother
speak. That made me much more afraid
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to think that I had been as
close to my family as I had been.
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It didn' t open my face
That thing started touching the window.
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I' m afraid of that already. I felt like I couldn' t
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breathe well, I couldn' t
go on like this. I opened my
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face a little bit to look at
the window. There was that thing and
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I understood how it was possible that
it was there. Outside, I saw
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her head, so what Sister meant
was her body held from the ceiling.
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It was a terrifying image. Seeing
her there, hanging with those big horns
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and her dark eyes, made me
so afraid that I quickly covered that thing
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again. He was talking to me
and knocking on the window for a while.
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I didn' t understand what he
was saying. Her knocks on the
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window were smooth, but steady,
as if she were trying to get her
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to let her in. I didn' t move, I didn' t
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make a noise, I just stood
there covered and shaking with fear. After
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a while, the thing went away. I heard the knocks on the window
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stop and the silence filled the room
again. Little by little, the sounds
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of the night returned the crickets,
the wind, everything returned to normal,
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but I was still scared. Never
again. I' ve seen that thing
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again every night. I make sure
all the windows and doors are locked.
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I couldn' t forget that night
and every time I hear a strange noise,
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I remember what happened. I don' t know what that thing was
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or why it was following me,
but I hope I never find it again.
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Tale written and adapted by Ramiro Contreras
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Red horns. My specialty was to
capture unique moments of animals in their natural
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habitat. I' ve been lucky
enough to collaborate on some occasions with National
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Geographic and Animal Planet. I had
the objective of photographing a very rare servant
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with red horns. According to my
research, this servant lived in a mountain
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range controlled by a criminal organization.
I knew that to get in there I
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needed your permission, so I built
up courage and approached to talk to them.
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When I arrived at the place,
an armed man welcomed me, explained
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my purpose and how to expect it. His initial response was negative. He
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pointed his gun at me and told
me to leave. I didn' t
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give up. I asked if anyone
had mentioned seeing an animal with red horns
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in the area. The man was
interested and put his gun down a little
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bit. It allowed me to keep
talking. I explained to him that,
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according to my studies, in that
territory there must be at least one specimen
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of a very particular servant, whose
horns were red. He told me that
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he had heard rumors about a creature
with red horns, but that people described
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it as something more like the devil
than a servant. I told him that
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was a common reaction, because no
one expects to see a deer with red
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horns and bright eyes. I showed
him my ID and told him about my
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work. I assured him I just
wanted a photograph. I didn' t
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plan to record anything or reveal the
exact location of the animal, just a
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photo and nothing else. After considering
it for a moment we agreed that one
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of his men would pick me up
the next day at the hotel where I
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was staying. They' d take
me to the place where I could look
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for the red horned deer. He
also warned me that there would be areas
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I could not approach under any circumstances
and that if I moved in the wrong
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direction and got too close to some
forbidden area, his men would shoot me.
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Without hesitation. I accepted your terms. The next day, a van
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that had clearly been used for illegal
activities came to pick me up. It
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was early in the morning, about
8: 00. The truck was old
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and dirty. The men who picked
me up were serious and carrying guns.
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They didn' t talk much during
the trip. They just told me to
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keep quiet and not to ask questions. We traveled for several hours. We
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passed through several small villages and dirt
roads. At five o' clock in
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the afternoon we arrived at the mountain
range, stopping at a camp that served
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as a kind of border. I
was told that, more than that,
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the terrain was very difficult and no
vehicle that was not adapted could continue to
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advance in the camp. They checked
me thoroughly, took my cell phone and
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told me I' d get it
back. When I was done, they
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explained to me that they needed to
make sure I couldn' t communicate with
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anyone. Then they took me to
an off- road vehicle was large and
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robust. Designed for difficult terrain.
One of the men, who had the
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keys to the vehicle, asked me
if I was sure of what I was
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about to do. I replied that
yes, that I just wanted to take
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a picture of the servant and that
I had no other intention. He looked
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at me with distrust and told me
that he did not believe in the red
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horned deer, that what they had
seen was the devil himself. He gave
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me the keys and a map.
He told me they' d let me
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go alone because I didn' t
think anyone was stupid enough to have other
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intentions in such a dangerous area.
He explained to me the way to get
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to the area where they had seen
the devil. He also pointed out the
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margins he shouldn' t cross,
warning me that if he did, his
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men would shoot me. I thanked
him and got in the vehicle. I
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left. The road was difficult and
full of obstacles rocks, large, fallen
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branches and irregular terrain They made the
vehicle move abruptly driving slowly following the directions
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of the map, I knew that
I had to be careful and not get
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lost. After about three hours of
driving down difficult roads, I finally got
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to what I thought was the perfect
place to start my search. The view
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of the Hill River below was spectacular
and the clearing between the trees seemed ideal
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for installing my cameras and waiting for
the red horned deer. First I installed
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my automatic cameras in the area where
I stopped the vehicle. These cameras were
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programmed to take photos automatically as soon
as they detected movement, making sure they
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were well placed, I got my
long- range loud bluetooth voice that I
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always carried with me for these cases. Although I had my cell phone removed,
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I didn' t need it because
I had a recorder with deer sounds
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and bluetooth option to connect it to
the speaker. Carefully, I lowered the
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steep hill. I headed to an
open and pleasant area, where I hung
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the speaker from a lower branch of
a tree. I made sure I was
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in sight from where I parked the
vehicle so I could check everything without having
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to move too much. Then I
returned to the vehicle to check the view
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From there it was perfect, open
enough for the camera to capture everything.
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I turned on the recorder and connected
the speaker via bluetooth. I tried a
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deer' s call to make sure
the sound was clear and realistic. The
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imitation of the call was indistinguishable from
a royal deer, which gave me confidence
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that I could attract some servant with
all set. I started to feel hungry.
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After lunch I prepared to wait.
Patience was key to my work.
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I settled near the main chamber,
from where I had a clear view of
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the speaker hanging on the tree.
The hours were passing slowly. The nature
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around me was quiet and the only
sounds were those of the animals and the
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wind between the trees every now and
then, I checked the other cameras to
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make sure everything worked well. Suddenly
I heard the echoes of strong steps.
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In the distance, I focused on
the sound and saw a silhouette run through
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the trees. It seemed like something
big was moving fast. I heard what
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sounded like or galloping through the tall
trees and when that stopped in a clearing
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where there were no trees, I
saw clearly that it was a deer.
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He wasn' t the one I
was looking for because he didn' t
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have the red horns. This servant
had probably heard the sound of the speaker
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and had been attracted. That way
I could be sure the speaker worked properly.
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The servant remained completely motionless. I
raised my head above a fallen tree
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and looked at it he looked in
my direction without making a sound, standing
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still for a good minute, turning
occasionally the ears. The deer kept staring
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at me with a stare like he
was scared frozen by the fear of a
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predator. lurking at twenty seconds,
the animal turned around and ran away quickly
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disappearing among the trees. As soon
as the animal came out of my sight,
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I heard a sound that wasn'
t normal. It was like a
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scream, though not exactly. I
wouldn' t know how to explain it,
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but the important thing is that I
was sure that sound had not been
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made by any animal. Trying to
be rational, I assumed that that noise
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should have come from some of the
cartel people' s activities. I got
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that out of my mind and decided
not to think anymore. On it I
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went back to the vehicle and relaxed
for a while I ate a little more
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and drank water to stay hydrated.
The tranquility combined with the total darkness of
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the trees made me feel like I
was trapped in a void that made my
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ears buzz. I was alone in
the middle of the mountain range, surrounded
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by silence and shadows. I took
my binoculars and started looking around. As
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I watched carefully, I realized that
there were four traps probably set up by
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those in the cartel to catch animals
or intruder. I kept inspecting the area
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carefully. I realized there should be
a fifth trap in a part of the
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ground. It was clear that there
was a trap recently, but now it
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was gone. That. I found
it strange because the marks on the floor
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indicated that the trap had been there
no more than a couple of hours ago.
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I' d already been on the
spot for over two hours. Therefore,
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it was not possible for an animal
to fall into the trap without me
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realizing it. I assumed that,
although I had not heard the animal fall
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into the trap, it should still
be stuck there or at least the trap
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should be closed, but there was
no trace of either the animal or the
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trap. This caused me great intrigue. I decided to investigate more closely.
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I got out of the vehicle and
walked to the place where the trap had
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been. Upon arrival I noticed something
that seemed to be good on the ground.
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I knew they couldn' t be
mine, since I hadn' t
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gone that way before. The marks
were very close together and the slits in
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the moss- covered land were larger
than those of an average deer. I
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was frozen in shock when I saw
the prints were deep, indicating that the
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animal that had left them should be
quite heavy. The depth of the tracks
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could only mean that the animal had
been standing there for a long time.
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My question was whether I had been
there after falling into the trap or before
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I did. I had the idea
of walking in the direction the prints were
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pointing. Although the prints were no
longer visible, the direction was clear.
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I kept walking as the forest advanced
it became denser and the sunlight barely penetrated
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the tops of the trees. After
walking for a while I came to a
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small clearing between the trees. Suddenly
I got hit by an ear that turned
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my stomach. Looking over a low
bush, I found the corpse of a
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servant. The smell was unbearable.
I took my arm to my face to
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cover my nose I approached carefully to
inspect more closely. I realized it wasn
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' t a death caused by a
hungry predator. There was no sign that
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he ate the meat. Whatever he
had killed that servant simply destroyed him and
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let his corpse rot. Even his
eyes had been torn out of their orbits.
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As I watched the body, I
noticed something strange. The size of
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the servantâ s feet did not
correspond to the footprints he had seen before.
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The prints were bigger, which meant
that the animal that had left those
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tracks was not the dead deer,
but something much bigger. This made me
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think that the prints should belong to
the animal that had killed the deer.
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This did not make much sense either, because the servant was already stinking,
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which meant that he had been dead
for a long time and the prints seemed
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recent. I felt a strange feeling
as if I was being watched. I
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turned my head slowly, scanning the
area with my eyes. Then I looked
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back and shuddered to see a pair
of eyes hung by their cartilage on a
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branch. Looking directly at me,
at least that solved the mystery about where
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the servantâ s eyes had ended. I could not imagine what such a
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thing could have done but it was
obvious that what did was something very dangerous,
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not only for animals, but also
for me. I decided it was
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better not to stay in that place
any longer. I retreated carefully, making
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sure not to make noise and not
to draw attention to what might be near.
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He had to return to the camp, but he also wanted to take
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the picture of the red horn servant. I knew if I didn' t
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make it, the whole effort would
have been in vain. I went back
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to the vehicle and took the tape
recorder. I modified the frequency with which
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the speaker reproduced the call of the
servant and increased the volume. I'
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d wait two hours at the most. If the servant didn' t show
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up, I' d leave anyway. It was an hour and nothing came
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up. I was beginning to feel
impatient and a little discouraged, but then
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a creepy squeal resonated in my ears. It was a loud and terrifying sound
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I hadn' t heard before.
I took my binoculars and pointed in the
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direction I thought the sound had come
from. There, among the trees,
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I saw the red horned deer,
but his body was dead lying on the
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ground motionless. My heart sank thinking
I was too late. I realized there
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was something else behind the servant.
He could see two legs that did not
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belong to a servant. I reduced
the zoom of binoculars for a better view.
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What I saw left me breathless.
There was another creature, a black
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humanoid figure, as if it were
made of coal. His skin seemed to
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absorb the little light there was.
The only thing that distinguished him from the
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dark was his red horns. At
that time, all I could think of
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was turning off the call of the
servants, because I thought that maybe that
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thing also responded to the sound of
the servants. I was afraid the sound
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would attract him. I hastened to
pay for the speaker. When I looked
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back at the place where the dead
deer was, the creature was gone.
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I was overwhelmed by a feeling of
panic and felt the hairs on my neck
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stand up. Although he could not
see the creature, he could hear the
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faint sound of his breathing. I
thought I' d grab the flashlight,
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but I remembered I hadn' t
put the batteries in it. I would
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use the camera, which was hanging
around my neck, I could use the
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camera flash to light up the darkness
and see what was going on. I
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thought about all that and decided in
two seconds. Then I grabbed the camera,
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pointed in one direction and took a
flash photograph. The flash light briefly
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illuminated the darkness and captured a quick
image. When my eyes met with what
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was in the photo taken, I
froze. There was the red horn thing.
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Looking at me I almost screamed of
terror, but I held back the
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creature made no noise as I moved. She just stood there terrorizing me with
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her deep breath like she was agitated. I was thinking of a way to
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get out of this situation alive.
I knew I had to do something,
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because I didn' t want to
become that thing' s dinner. I
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stood there still without making any sudden
movement. I was just blinking and breathing
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slowly. I felt fear running through
my veins. I was completely soaked in
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sweat My heart was pounding. At
that moment a servant appeared about twenty meters
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from my right side. The servant
seemed calm. Suddenly, the creature fell
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upon the animal with an impressive speed. The servant did not even have time
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to react. That was my only
chance without losing half a second. I
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ran up to the vehicle and started
feeling the engine roar and the vehicle move
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quickly. I knew that thing was
gonna follow me. After killing the servant.
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I needed a strategy driving down the
hill straight into the traps I'
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d seen before. My plan was
simple, using the traps to try to
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stop the creature. I wasn'
t sure if it would work, but
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I had no choice. As I
had thought shortly, that thing began to
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run behind the vehicle. It was
pretty quick. He could hear the noise
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of his steps as he drew closer
and closer. I' m sure if
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I speeded up to the maximum it
wouldn' t reach me, but because
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of the terrain I couldn' t
do it. I had to maneuver carefully
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so as not to overturn the vehicle. The creature was getting closer. I
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felt his presence right behind me.
Fortunately, my plan worked, as that
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thing was following me closely. One
of his legs fell into one of the
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traps he' d seen before.
The trap closed over her leg, but
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that didn' t stop her.
He continued to run carrying the trap with
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him, albeit at a reduced speed. A few meters later, his other
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leg fell into another trap. This
time, the creature could no longer follow
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me. The two traps caught her
falling to the ground. I took advantage
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of that moment to speed up a
little more, although I was still cautious
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on the ground. For a moment
I had the idea to turn around and
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run over the creature, but I
decided not to. I didn' t
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want to risk him coming free and
attacking me. Besides, I wasn'
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t sure if the vehicle could withstand
the impact. I just kept driving,
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drove carefully until I found a way
to climb the hill again. The way
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back to the camp was difficult,
but I kept moving forward, confident that
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the traps would keep the creature trapped
long enough. I got to camp before
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dawn. The people who were there
noticed that I was half upset. I
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wasn' t even getting out of
the vehicle yet. When one of the
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men who helped me before I left
asked me if I had seen the servant.
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When he said that, he laughed. It was obvious that he knew
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that I had stumbled upon the creature
of red horns. I didn' t
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answer him. In fact, I
didn' t say anything to anyone about
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what had happened. I just asked
them if they could take me back to
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the hotel and they said yes.
It took more than six months for me
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to encourage myself to return to nature, to photograph animals or live goat in
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the state of Yucatán. Those who
are not familiar with our customs should know
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that in this region it is relatively
common to hear stories related to the paranormal,
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which are closely linked to Mayan culture, its legends and its myths.
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What I want to tell you has
a lot to do with this. Last
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to get to the village from where
I am leaving from merid, you must
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take the main road at a certain
point, take a deviation that suddenly becomes
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a lonely road that crosses the mountain. Every few kilometers you cross with other
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roads just as desolate, which take
you to villages that are in the middle
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of nowhere. These roads are so
narrow that in certain segments they barely fit
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a vehicle. In addition, they
are usually covered on both sides by vegetation
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so thick that it prevents the view
to the sides and leaves no room to
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shore. There is no kind of
lighting there, so at night they become
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really dark. If you don'
t know the area, it' s
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very easy to get disoriented, as
all the roads look alike and it'
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s very easy to get confused in
case this is not enough. As you
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walk along these paths, it is
common to encounter signs in bad condition.
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If you' re stuck in the
place for something, it' s very
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difficult for you to meet someone who
can help you. For the same reason,
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it is recommended not to go through
these places unless necessary and, of
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course, never at night. One
of the reasons why not many walk around
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once the sun is hidden is because
they tell themselves that strange things happen.
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Already there are several who have taken
a good scare for doing so, and
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among them I am. It was
a weekend and getting out of work already
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at night, I was on my
motorcycle pretty confident. I was passing from
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one in the morning and I was
going quiet, listening to music and enjoying
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the journey. I got off the
main road and went into these lonely roads
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that I mentioned it all was completely
dark. The lighthouse on my motorcycle was
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the only light I could use at
the front. The visibility it provided was
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quite good and to the sides,
the shadows produced by the vegetation made me
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think that there was something moving along
with me, but it was perhaps only
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my imagination. I looked back,
not more than once or twice, but
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I saw almost nothing. I felt
the darkness enveloping me. I was the
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only one walking along that road.
The truth is that the atmosphere that was
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generated in that place was scary.
About half the way. There are very
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huge and very old trees. They' re unmistakable. A hundred meters away
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from that part, I began to
hear strange sounds. They looked like an
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animal. I first thought it was
about the music I was hearing, but
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having the impression that these noises came
from my side, I completely lowered the
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volume to the music and paid more
attention. I was about to confirm that
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those noises were actually part of the
music that sounded at the time. When
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I suddenly heard them again, then
I noticed certain movements of weed on my
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right side. It was as if
something was running in the same direction as
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me, something that was obviously moving
very quickly because of the noise it produced
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and the amount of grass that was
moving. I figured it had to be
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huge. That scared the shit out
of me. I didn' t know
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what kind of animal I was following. I accelerated my motorcycle hoping it would
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be enough to leave behind whatever was
following me, but the sound and movements
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in the weed continued to maintain the
same rhythm as I began to sweat.
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I was about to reach the huge
trees and at that moment I saw a
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very large and completely dark creature come
out of the vegetation and climb one of
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those trees. I could not see
well that it was because the light of
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the bike lit it partially, but
I did distinguish that it had very long
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extremities and advanced on four legs.
For a moment I thought of turning around
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and returning to the main road,
but I calculated that it would take me
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several seconds to turn and in what
my motorcycle took speed, I would be
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very vulnerable and that thing would reach
me without problems. I had no choice
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but to keep moving forward without stopping. Taking advantage of being on a straight
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line, I decided to accelerate to
reach maximum speed and try to pass by
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without giving time for that creature to
attack me. The branches were moving.
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There was no doubt about that thing. I was up there, already getting
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closer, I realized that that tree
had very large branches that stretched almost in
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a straight line and ended up at
the other end of the road. I
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tried to be brave. I knew
I needed a lot of courage to get
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through, but the truth was scared
to death. I accelerated as much as
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I could, held my breath and
finally passed by. I felt a terrible
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chill, a terrifying presence on top
of me in those branches. I'
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d lie to you if I said
I saw something, because I didn'
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t really. I didn' t
mean to turn up. I kept moving
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at maximum speed and when I had
walked away about 50 meters scared, I
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turned to see my rearview mirror,
but I could not see anything. It
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was all very dark. When I
turned my gaze to the front, I
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saw clearly a humanoid shadow crossing from
right to left. That vision came with
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a sharp stab in my chest,
and I' ve never seen anything as
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macabre as that. I mean that
as a humanoid being because, even though
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the light was not the best.
If I realized it wasn' t a
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person, that was definitely not human. That being had an animal appearance.
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The two legs on which he stood
were curved. They were like a dog
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or a ram, something like that. I also made a distinction that his
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head had two great prominences. I
didn' t see it very well,
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but it was something that seemed to
be horns and, like I said,
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that thing quickly crossed from one side
to the other. Feeling very afraid,
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I decided to continue to accelerate to
the fullest and close my eyes. At
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that time I committed myself to God
and went through that part waiting for the
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worst. There was nothing in front
or in front of me. I really
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don' t know. I didn' t mean to turn back. I
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don' t know what I'
d do if I saw that thing following
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me. I was in shock from
what I' d seen. I was
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so scared. I must confess that
this is already too much to say.
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I' m not one to be
scared of anything. I am a person
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used to the countryside, but from
the beginning, this experience overcame me.
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I knew that that thing I saw
wasn' t common. I tried to
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calm down, but I couldn'
t do it at the time and I
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wasn' t willing to slow down. Little by little, I felt the
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lightest vibe and felt out of danger. It took me about five minutes to
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get to town. When I got
home, I didn' t want to
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mention anything about it at the time
so I wouldn' t sound crazy or
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worry my family. I remember very
well that night I couldn' t sleep,
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I couldn' t stop thinking about
that creature I saw. Despite being
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inside the house, I felt insecure
just thinking that we were practically in the
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country and that thing might be stalking. I tried to lie down in my
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bed and close my eyes, but
every time I did. The image of
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the creature returned to my mind its
shape, its curved legs and those big
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horns did not leave my head.
Fear kept me awake listening to every little
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noise coming from the outside. During
breakfast I heard something that shook me.
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Older adults were talking about how recently
their chickens and other farm animals were hoarding
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dead, some of them devoured by
a strange predator that could not be a
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coyote or something like that. Then
I heard the scariest thing about a resident
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neighbor right there said she saw something
very similar to what I saw She described
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it as a goat walking on two
legs, as if it were a person.
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She saw her once in the grass
behind her back caused me to shiver
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to notice the tranquility with which she
explained everything as if it were something very
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normal. I have told my experience
to many people and more than anyone has
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theorized that what I saw was the
cool goat, a being that was feared
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by the Maya themselves and whose presence
extends throughout Yucatan. It is a very
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ancient legend that says that that goat
walking on two legs is a very powerful
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sorcerer who gave his body and soul
to dark deities to gain the ability to
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transform himself into that horrific creature,
which is a hybrid of human and goat,
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so that he is able to extend
his life for many years and expand
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exponentially his abilities by employing other kinds
of spells, which are often employed to
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cause evil. I don' t
really know if that' s the point,
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but I' m worried that a
lot of things fit that legend.
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I think that might explain what so
many people, including me, have seen
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with our own eyes. No matter
how true the legend is. To me,
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that terrifying sighting was a more pra
proof that there are things that are
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not in our understanding, things that
happen in the field and that there are
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strange creatures. The Sking Walker,
one of my best friends, lives a
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little far from my house. To
get home, I have to walk 20
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to 30 minutes on this road.
I' ve done it many times almost
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every day. I feel very comfortable
with the people I meet on the way.
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They are neighbors or acquaintances and we
always greet each other. That'
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s why I' ve never felt
scared or nervous. As I walk to
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my friend' s house, there' s a part of the road that
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sometimes makes me a little uncomfortable.
Halfway through there' s a stretch of
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forest I have to go through.
It' s not very big, but
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it' s enough to make me
feel a little weird. The trees are
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tall and leafy and sometimes you can' t see the sky because the branches
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cover it. The whole trail is
narrow and surrounded by vegetation Spesa It is
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a quiet place and sometimes too quiet. Every time I walk by, I
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feel like someone' s watching me. This feeling of being observed happens to
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me regularly. I don' t
know exactly why I feel like this,
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but I' m trying not to
pay much attention to it. I think
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it' s just my imagination.
Playing a bad game, that day I
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spent more time at my friend'
s house than I had planned. We
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were playing video games and time flew
by. When I finally got out,
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I realized it was already getting dark. I walked fast knowing I had to
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go through the stretch of forest before
the darkness was total. I arrived at
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the beginning of the forest just as
the sun hid. The place looked darker
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and darker than usual. I shuddered
a little while preparing to get through it.
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I felt a chill running around my
back, clenched my fists and took
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the first step, trying to convince
myself that everything would be fine. I
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had taken about ten steps when I
heard a branch break that dry sound and
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of course it tells you that there
is definitely someone or something there with you,
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I stayed frozen in the place,
not knowing what to do. My
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senses sharpened by trying to capture any
additional motion or sound. I whispered hello
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with the voice cut as the words
came out of my lips. I don
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' t know why I did it. Maybe waiting for an answer to reassure
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me, I stood there listening attentively, hoping it was just my imagination,
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but then I was cold when the
answer came back in the sound of my
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own voice. It was like someone
or something was imitating my words perfectly.
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I started breathing so fast I felt
I could faint. The voice I heard
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was exactly mine, but it didn' t come out of my mouth.
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Something was repeating my words and I
was doing it with terrifying precision. I
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wanted to run, but my feet
seemed stuck to the ground. I couldn
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' t scream, I couldn'
t move. He was completely paralyzed.
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As my voice resounded again and again
from a short distance, I looked around
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trying to identify where the sound came
from, but I couldn' t seem
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to come from everywhere around me.
Wrapping my panic was growing in my chest.
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My heart was beating so hard that
I could feel it in my ears.
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I didn' t understand what was
going on, and every second that
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happened I felt more trapped. I
tried to move, to get my legs
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to respond, but they were still
not obeying. Suddenly everything remained silent.
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The imitation of my voice ceased and
the forest returned to its state of tranquility.
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The change was so sudden that I
was stunned. The lack of sound
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was almost as disturbing as the echo
of my own voice. For a long
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minute nothing happened. I stood there
terrified hoping to see what would happen.
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Then I felt my heart beating so
hard that it almost hurt. The darkness
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of the forest seemed denser, more
oppressive. Then whatever was hidden there,
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imitated my voice again. This time, the sound was clearer, closer.
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My own voice, but distorted in
a way that put my hair on edge,
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had had enough, and my instinct
was yelling at me that I had
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to get out of there. But
before I could take a step, I
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heard a noise in the bushes a
few meters to my left. I looked
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in horror as a deer head with
big horns protruding out of the bushes.
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The animal watched me with large,
dark eyes, almost as if it were
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studying me. I felt a chill
running around my back. Then what I
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saw left me petrified. The deer
came out more from the bushes and rose
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on two legs like a human being. I ran away. My legs moved
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before my mind could process it I
ran out of the woods. My feet
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barely touched the ground. I felt
the cold air hitting my face, but
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I didn' t stop. I
just wanted to get home to the safety
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of my home. I came home
panting and with my heart about to get
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out of my chest. I didn' t say anything to my mom.
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When I arrived, I was in
the kitchen preparing dinner. I didn'
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t want to worry her or cause
alarm. I went up to my room
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quickly, without saying a word.
I lay on my bed still shaking and
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thought about what had happened. The
images of the deer, rising on two
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legs, kept repeating in my mind. At some point, my mother came
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into my room and asked me if
everything was okay. I said yes,
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I was just tired. I don' t know why I didn' t
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tell him the truth. I guess
I was afraid of how I' d
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react. I didn' t want
him to think that I was imagining things
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or that I was going crazy.
I called my friend and told him everything.
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He got really scared and told me, no matter what happened that night,
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not to look out the window in
my room. His words filled me
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with more fear, but I trusted
him. He told me to call him
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the next morning and that he would
explain more to me because I had to
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talk to his grandfather as soon as
possible. That night I stayed awake listening
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to every little sound, every creak
in the house, every sound of the
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wind outside. Everything made me nervous. I felt something was outside vigilant.
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I didn' t dare approach the
window, let alone look for it.
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I just wanted the morning to come
and all this to be a bad dream.
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Around three in the morning, just
as I was about to fall asleep,
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the air changed. The sounds of
the night suddenly shut up. The
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crickets were not heard, the wind
or anything. Everything remained in a very
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strange silence, as if the world
had stopped. My first reaction was to
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grab the sheet and cover my head. I felt my heart beat very fast
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and tried to calm down, but
the silence made me more nervous. It
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was a long moment and then again
I heard my voice. It was evident
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that the deer- like thing was
near. The voice sounded the same as
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how it sounded in the woods and
that made me tremble with fear. I
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thought that couldn' t be inside
my room because I hadn' t heard
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the door open. It didn'
t make sense to me that I was
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outside my window, because my room
was on the second floor and even though
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the creature was pretty tall, it
definitely wasn' t that high. To
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reach the height of the window in
my room. Then that thing changed its
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voice. He spoke to me again, but not with my voice, but
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with my mother' s voice.
That meant that it had been around my
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house long enough to hear my mother
speak. That made me much more afraid
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to think that I had been as
close to my family as I had been.
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It didn' t open my face
That thing started touching the window.
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I' m afraid of that already. I felt like I couldn' t
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breathe well, I couldn' t
go on like this. I opened my
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face a little bit to look at
the window. There was that thing and
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I understood how it was possible that
it was there. Outside, I saw
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her head, so what Sister meant
was her body held from the ceiling.
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It was a terrifying image. Seeing
her there, hanging with those big horns
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and her dark eyes, made me
so afraid that I quickly covered that thing
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again. He was talking to me
and knocking on the window for a while.
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I didn' t understand what he
was saying. Her knocks on the
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window were smooth, but steady,
as if she were trying to get her
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to let her in. I didn' t move, I didn' t
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make a noise, I just stood
there covered and shaking with fear. After
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a while, the thing went away. I heard the knocks on the window
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stop and the silence filled the room
again. Little by little, the sounds
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of the night returned the crickets,
the wind, everything returned to normal,
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but I was still scared. Never
again. I' ve seen that thing
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again every night. I make sure
all the windows and doors are locked.
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I couldn' t forget that night
and every time I hear a strange noise,
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I remember what happened. I don' t know what that thing was
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or why it was following me,
but I hope I never find it again.
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Tale written and adapted by Ramiro Contreras








