Manada De Nahuales Acaba Con Nuestro Pueblo Historias De Terror - REDE

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Night trackers. A long time ago, when we lived peacefully in our village,

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something happened that left us very worried. Two people we all knew well,

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our neighbors, suddenly vanished without leaving
any sign. That was enough to

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make us nervous, but what we
found a few days later left us even

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more restless. Walking down the road
from our village to the next. In

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the middle of the fields, we
found something horrifying. Among the bushes were

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the remains of one person. The
state of the body was so terrible that

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it was impossible to know who it
was, although it was thought to be

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one of the two neighbors. The
nights after that were even more difficult.

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From the edges of our village.
We began to hear noises that were scary

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as if they were howling or screams
of people coming out of the dark shores

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that surround where we live. That
made us think that maybe we' d

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never find the other missing neighbor.
With every passing day he felt a denser

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and heavier air in the village,
full of fear and people murmuring, trying

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to guess what or who might be
behind these unfortunate events. No one left

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as quiet as before, especially when
night fell. The conversations always revolved around

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the same thing, each with his
theory, but none with hope. All

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this changed our way of being and
living in the village. But who was

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our leader and the most respected among
us, he began, along with his

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colleagues, to try to understand why
people disappeared and why we found ourselves dead

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without explanation. Some thought it might
be a big animal, like a puma

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or something worse, a strange creature
coming out of the dense forests surrounding our

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lands. Just to think that a
beast like that might be close already had

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us all very nervous on those difficult
days. SINUE and his group, whom

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we all knew as spitters, stood
firm. As for me, I had

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a big responsibility. I was the
one watching. That meant that he always

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had to be with his eyes wide
open and attentive to any danger that might

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threaten our tranquility. The dangers could
come from many sides, like other peoples

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who wanted to rob us, organized
crime groups, who tried to take our

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lands or wild animals that walked around
looking for what to eat people did not

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blame me for what had happened,
because the neighbors had not disappeared during the

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night. They disappeared during the day
and my duty as a watchman is at

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night when things got ugly. I, along with Consinue and the spitters,

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came together to think about how we
were going to protect the people. We

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called ourselves the tlecos, nochin who
wants to say something like the ones they

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track at night. This name wasn' t just because we worked at night,

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but because we were good at following
tracks and moving without making noise.

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Almost like the animals you see in
the dark, we were able to face

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dangers at any time using surprise and
our ability to see and hear better than

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others. Although our village was small, we knew a lot about how to

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defend it. We learned that from
our ancestors maybe. If anyone outside saw

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us, they would think we were
like an army because of how we organized

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and talked about the problems of the
people who disappeared and the dead we found.

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We had to get more serious.
What we had to do was go

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out and find and kill what had
been besieging us. It was up to

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me to organize and guide the team
that would explore the western part of the

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valley. I made sure to choose
my partners well. There were two other

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teams. One would go east and
the other would go into the central part

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of the valley. Our strategy was
simple, but clear, to try to

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surround the beast so that one of
the groups could catch it or eliminate it.

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Sinue had been very clear with the
instructions. Our main objective was to

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capture the creature that was wreaking havoc
on our Community. If that wasn'

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t possible, we had permission to
kill her the night before we left.

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Sinue sent us an abundant dinner with
alcohol from his own reserves. Although it

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was a generous and well thought out
gesture, I could not help but feel

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that there was something melancholy about it, as if it were some kind of

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last dinner before we faced an unknown
destiny. Despite this feeling, the mood

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among the team was gloomy. We
were still awake in the dark before the

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sky began to clear, we were
all ready, armed and prepared. In

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less than an hour we gathered in
the central courtyard of the village, where

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sinue was waiting for us seriously.
He told us how important it was that

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we were going to do and reminded
us of how we should act. The

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groups were like this, I was
in charge of a team, I was

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in charge of another team and the
captain of the spitters was in charge of

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the third team. My group and
I would have a strategic position along the

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riverbank, ready to intervene. If
the creature was trying to escape out there,

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once the conversation was over we s
s s saw mood among ourselves and

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began to move. The road we
took took us through the town center to

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the road, a route that we
all knew well when we reached the road,

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which was a dirt road and all
irregular. The Singe' s team

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went one way and the captain'
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The three teams were going to communicate
constantly over radio, as we moved

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forward. The silence of dawn was
broken only by the sound of our steps.

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Once we reach the center of the
river, we organize carefully forming a

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stepline, adapting ourselves to the characteristics
of the terrain around us. The place

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in the forest where we decided to
place ourselves had been changed by the hands

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of those who do not respect the
law, organized crime. They had cut

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a part to prove if they could
grow their illegal plants there. That had

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transformed the area into a series of
soft grassy hills, with some trees and

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shrubs scattered here and there, creating
a modified landscape that still offered some places

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to hide. We had about an
hour before we waited for some movement or

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signal of the objective of our mission. I decided to use that time to

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try and relax a little. I
put my backpack on the floor and used

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it as a support for my rifle. I took out a cigarette. I

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turned it on and took a long
inhalation. The smoke filled my lungs with

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a moment of relief that dissipated the
cold air of the morning and the tension

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to anticipate a possible dangerous confrontation.
While smoking, I looked throughout our training

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and saw that others also used to
smoke or simply to calm down. I

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sat on the grass leaning my back
against the backpack. Despite years of experience

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in situations like this, the forest
always seemed to me a mysterious and somewhat

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scary place. He had grown up
listening to stories about the creatures that were

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said to inhabit places like this the
monsters of the darkest legends of our people.

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We spent the next hour sitting down
the time passed between quiet chats and

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a meticulous review of our team each
of us was checking his weapon, making

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sure everything was in order and ready
for any eventuality. Even though we were

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sitting and seemed relaxed, our senses
remained keenly attentive to any unusual sound or

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movement in the forest. When Sinué
finally gave the signal over the radio,

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we all stood up immediately and began
to move forward very carefully. We had

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strategically placed ourselves on the ground,
so that we could cover a large area,

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but without losing sight of any of
our companions. Staying at a proper

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distance was vital because at any time
we might need quick help or we would

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have to warn if we saw any
danger. The progress was slow and very

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thought- provoking. We were clear
that a dangerous creature capable of attacking people

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might be hidden in that forest,
and that made every step of the way

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tense, even though we were going
with a lot of eyes. The first

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day happened without anything important happening.
The only thing that broke the routine was

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when we found footprints similar to those
of a wolf. We stopped to examine

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them well and after a while,
we concluded that they were not from a

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normal wolf. Maybe it was the
beast we were looking for. In addition,

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one of the younger spitters was frightened
and accidentally shot a servant who suddenly

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crossed over thinking it was something more
dangerous. This situation caused a bit of

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fuss among others. The sound of
the shot resonated in the silence of the

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forest, making us all stop dry
quickly. We gathered around the young man,

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who was visibly altered by his error. After making sure there was no

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more immediate danger, and once the
young man calmed down, we checked the

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area carefully to make sure the noise
didn' t attract something unwanted. We

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spent the rest of the day moving
more cautiously as the sun began to set.

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We decided to establish a temporary camp, select a clearing inside the forest,

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which offered us good visibility. When
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each of us paired with the companion
who was closest to his left and

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together very carefully, we lit small
fires. We distributed along a line with

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the bonfires to create a lul and
heat barrier that we hoped would deter any

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creature from approaching from the north to
the south, where we were. I

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had the first shift to watch during
the night, which meant I would be

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awake while the others were trying to
rest. Since my shift was over,

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I went to sleep, knowing that
I was already going to wake up until

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dawn already with the sun on me
they woke up when the food was ready.

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I ate fast, almost unsavoury,
moved by the need to fill the

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stomach and regain strength. Next to
the meal, I had some coffee that

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was still boiling over the embers of
our fire. After eating and making sure

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we were fully awake, along with
my partner, we proceeded to turn off

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our campfire carefully, making sure we
left no traces that could be followed.

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We cover our tracks with leaves and
branches and, once ready, return to

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our initial ns to continue the operation. SINUE' s voice across the radio

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marked the start of the new day
of search without further delay. We began

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to move further into the depths of
the forest around one o' clock in

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the afternoon. We decided to make
a stop to eat something fast and recharge

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energy, although we knew that we
could not take too long this brief rest

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was necessary to maintain our strength.
After our hasty lunch, we resume our

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march. We had walked a couple
more hours when I noticed a drastic change

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in the forest environment. Before,
the typical sounds of nature were heard,

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but all of a sudden, everything
was enveloped in total silence. My companions,

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the spitters, had also stopped talking
or making any noise and you could

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feel the tension growing between us.
That silence broke with a roar when the

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forest resounded at the rate of the
shooting. I instinctively threw myself behind the

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trunk of a nearby tree to protect
myself I looked to the direction where the

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shots came from. The spitters,
who were better armed than I were shooting.

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Their weapons were carrying quite a lot
of ammunition, which was essential given

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the uncertainty of our situation. My
task as a vigilante was more precision than

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fire volume. That' s why
I was carrying a rifle more suitable for

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targeted and precise shots, instead of
the blast of bullets from my colleagues.

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The shooting was intense, but brief, lasting only about a minute. It

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is important to say that our weapons
are not purchased directly. Turns out we

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got them indirectly. Due to the
situations with organized crime that affect both our

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region and the terrain here is quite
complicated, with many mountains and places gone

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we used to ambush those groups.
When we were able to beat them,

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we kept the weapons they brought.
This last confrontation we had was because we

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met in front of a small group
of five armed men. That explains why

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the shooting was so brief. There
were only five of us and we knew

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the terrain better, which gave us
the advantage. After the shooting we checked

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the fallen and picked up the weapons
they were carrying. These weapons were to

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be used to be better prepared in
our creature hunt. After the confrontation,

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we took a few minutes to rest, while sinue inspected the area after a

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while. If he didn' t
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had run north toward the valley bed. According to reports, he was a

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big bipede, covered in dark hair
and moved quickly. It was crucial to

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be alert and prepared for anything,
including the possibility that the creature would decide

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to change direction and return to where
we were. So with the new weapons

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in hand we prepare to continue the
hunt. As soon as, SINUE informed

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us about the creature' s direction. I gave the order to increase speed,

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my team and I started moving faster
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We keep going like this, moving
forward and tracking for about two more

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hours. The reports we received indicated
that the creature was not only still moving

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north, but was doing so with
a surprising agility. To try to control

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the situation and keep the creature north
of where we were, we decided to

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establish a fire line along the valley. That night I reinforced the instruction that

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everyone should be very alert and take
additional precautions. I explained the strategy to

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my team and we went to work
to build the fires. We made the

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flames especially bright, hoping that the
light would give us an additional advantage.

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That night I had to sleep first, while the others kept watching. I

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slept with my loaded rifle next to
me and my knife right at hand,

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placing it near my chest. In
case of an emergency. Although I tried

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to rest, my sleep was light
and agitated, full of interruptions and a

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constant state of alertness. However,
a strange and penetrating sound pulled me out

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of my attempts at rest in the
middle of the night. It was a

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noise that sounded like someone was trying
to imitate a dog' s howl,

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but with a strangely human tone and
coming from somewhere far away in the dark.

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I woke up suddenly and didn'
t notice that the spitter on duty

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had also heard the sound. He
was already in a crouching position and with

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his rifle pointing towards the direction of
noise with precise movements and no noise.

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He signaled me to keep quiet and
in complete silence. I nodded and very

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carefully. I picked up my rifle
ready for anything. After the initial commotion,

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the silence broke with the sound of
branches breaking and leaves crushing. This

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happened in the distance and then a
deep and prolonged howl was heard echoing through

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the valley, creating a resonance that
seemed to envelop us from all directions.

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About thirty minutes after that howl,
one of our bonfires was suddenly hit by

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something, causing an explosion of sparks
and a burn on one of the spitters.

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The spitter who was burned described the
creature in more detail. He said

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it was between two and two and
a half meters high, with a vaguely

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human appearance, but endowed with large
sharp teeth according to the reports we continue

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to receive. The creature did not
stop and continued to move north. We

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agreed to follow the trail the creature
had left. The creature seemed to move

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quickly toward the river to which we
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The river that divides the valley into
two is really more an icy stream

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that descends winding from the mountains.
I recalled that in the past organized crime

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had tried to build small bridges over
this stream, but curiously, every time

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they ended one, something destroyed it
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in the center of the tree line, forming a circle around a bonfire.

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During the meeting that night, someone
mentioned the possibility that the creature we were

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chasing could be a gual. This
theory was based on the unusual behaviors observed

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and the peculiar howls that resounded after
the attack. Although we did not have

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a clear visual confirmation of this,
the details seemed to coincide quite with the

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descriptions of a wal according to local
legends. Sinue reported that one of the

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spitters with him had managed to hurt
the monster and, although the wound was

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only superficial, it had been enough
to make him bleed that that was a

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more reliable trail to locate the creature. With this in mind we decided that

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it would be wise to rest that
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Dawn, knowing that perhaps the creature
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the wound. We finished the meeting
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At dawn I cooled down with cold
river water and quickly prepared for the day.

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I started waking up the spitters.
Gathering at the point where the blood

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trail went into the river, we
carefully checked our weapons, carefully crossed the

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river ford. On the other side
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of a dense forest that stretched in
front of us. We organized a main

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group for the search, with two
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the rear. In addition, two
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creating a wide perimeter that would allow
us to cover more terrain. As we

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moved forward cautiously in pursuit of our
goal. All day long we walked along

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a path that twisted between the trees
of the forest. We followed a trail

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of blood that gradually became more difficult
to see, but the footprints left by

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the beast were large and clear.
They were so peculiar that they showed that

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the cra creature sometimes walked on two
legs and on four. This kept us

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very alert, as the animal'
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complicated our tactics to track it.
Later we were told by radio that the

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monster had attacked the group that was
led by the captain of the spitters and

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had dragged the youngest of one of
that group to try to rescue him,

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but the monster was too fast and
could not reach it as it was.

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The sun was beginning to fall and
the shadows were elongating among the trees.

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The spitters ahead brought us good news. They told us that not far from

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where we were, there was a
small booth that used to be used by

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organized crime. We could get there
right after the afternoon. When we finally

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got to the booth, the scene
we found was pretty sinister. The floor

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inside the shed was covered with visors
and blood and, worst of all,

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we found the spitter that the monster
had dragged away. The spitter was beheaded

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and his body had been brutally mutilated. We alerted the other teams to the

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discovery and asked us to bury the
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We took the time to bury him, cleaned the shed and prepared to

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spend the night there, bearing in
mind that it was quite likely that the

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monster would return to finish feeding on
the remains he had left. We stayed

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all night without sightings and with the
first light of dawn we discovered a new

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set of footprints of the beast that
we followed. These tracks, now marked

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with dry blood, continued northward.
Given the brutal attack we had suffered one

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of the previous nights, we made
the unanimous decision that no one should move

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away from the main group under any
circumstances, it was vital to stay together,

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forming a closed and compact circle.
While we were moving with guns always

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ready to fire at any sign of
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we reached the shores of a lake. We decided that that would be

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our camp. At night. Carefully
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shops on the edge of the water. We take advantage to collect water and

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prepare a dinner within a few hours. We discovered with concern that the person

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assigned to the last night guard had
disappeared without a trace. While we were

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dismantling the camp, we found some
fresh tracks that caught our attention. They

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were heading for the nearby lake and
intriguingly, they did not return. They

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were clear and well- defined only
from one person and ended up on the

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edge of the water. There were
no signs of struggle or that our partner

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had been attacked, which made the
situation even more disconcerting. In other circumstances,

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finding a dead partner would have been
tragic, but expected, given what

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we were facing. However, all
the prints indicated was that he had simply

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walked toward the lake and had not
left. We did not know if he

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had entered the water walking calmly or
running, much less because he would have

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decided to enter the lake. The
only possible conclusion was to assume that he

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had died, otherwise he would have
returned. So, with regret we took

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him for dead and decided to move
on. We reported the situation by radio

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to the CINUE and the other team. Sinue agreed not to stop us any

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longer in this matter. He gave
us specific directions to head towards a concrete

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direction where we would all gather outside
a new cave he suspected might be the

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refuge of the monster we pursued.
Before I resumed the march, I took

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a moment to talk to the group. I reminded them of the importance of

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being vigilant and vigilant at all times. Although our goal was to get to

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the cave as quickly as possible,
there was a real possibility that the monster

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wasn' t there and we met
him on the way, which could be

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extremely dangerous. I insisted that caution
was crucial and that we should be prepared

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for any eventuality, fulfilling the order
of sinue we moved quickly towards the location

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of the cave, although with the
constant suspicion that the creature we pursued might

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not be within, but prowling somewhere
nearby. We were moving cautiously when,

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at noon and being within walking distance
of the cave, a howling that and

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surprisingly close cut the air. The
sound made me stop on dry instinctively,

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I turned and prepared my rifle alert
to any movement. The spitters also reacted

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immediately, assuming defensive positions and pointing
their weapons towards the direction from which the

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sound of dense weeds came an imposing
and terrifying figure. The creature that appeared

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before us was enormous, I measured
about two and a half meters high.

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It had characteristics reminiscent of those of
a dog, but grotesquely disfigured. His

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eyes glowed with a deep, bright
red tone, projecting a look that iced

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the blood. But the most disturbing
thing was his mouth, filled with disproportionately

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large and extremely sharp teeth, with
a yellow tongue hanging between them, stained

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with what seemed to be blood and
flesh. Faced with this threat so direct

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and without giving the creature time for
any possible attack, we opened fire the

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bullets of our rifles struck the monster
in full, which barely had time to

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react before falling to the ground as
we watched the beast bleed out in front

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of us. I tried to radio
the other groups to inform them that we

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had eliminated the creature. However,
I received no reply. I persisted trying

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to reach anyone on the radios several
times, but no one responded. In

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the midst of my frustration and concern, the sound of a rain of fire

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broke the silence. The shots seemed
to come from the direction of the cave

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we were supposed to go to.
It was clear that the others were being

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attacked. We decided to run to
the cave to help them, but just

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then we were intercepted by two other
monstrous creatures. These new monsters didn'

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t give us time to react in
less than 20 seconds. A spitter and

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I were pushed towards a steep slope
We rolled downhill about thirty meters, hitting

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us with rocks and trunks in an
uncontrolled and painful fall. As we began

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to fall, we could still hear
the shots fired by our comrades, but

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by the time our fall stopped,
the silence had settled again. With effort

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and pain, we both stood up. We managed to return to the place

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where we had been ambushed and what
we found was devastating. The two monsters

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had ended up with all of them
killing and I had survived that brutal attack,

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aware that there was no time to
lose or anything we could do for

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the fallen. We ran to the
cave hoping to find other survivors, but

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when we arrived we found an even
more macabre scene. Everyone outside the cave

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was dead, including SINUE. Even
though they had managed to kill two of

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the creatures, it had cost everyone
their lives. While we were processing this

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devastating scene, another of those monsters
emerged from the cave killing without hesitation for

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a second. He lifted his rifle
and fired the shot impacted on the beast

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' s shoulder, making it falter
momentarily, but it wasn' t enough

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to stop it. With the heart
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We prepare to defend our lives.
Although the creature was wounded, its

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advance toward us did not slow down
and we were ready to fight, knowing

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that our own lives depended on it. The creature made a devoid jump that

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covered the six meters that separated us
In an instant landed with a ferocious impact

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directly on Matthias, tearing it down
with an excessive force in a desperate act

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while struggling under the crushing weight of
the beast, Matthias managed to pull out

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his knife and nailed it into the
side of the monster, desperately trying to

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free himself. I took advantage of
that brief moment of distraction from the creature

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while focusing on Matthias. To make
a quick decision, I lifted my rifle,

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aimed directly at the monster' s
head and without a second doubt pulled

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the trigger. The bullet struck his
head in full. The beast staggered clearly

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stunned before collapsing heavily to the ground, right next to Matthias completely inert.

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The situation was critical and with the
understanding that there were more of those creatures

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lurking in the area, it became
clear to me that we should return to

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the village as quickly as possible to
warn everyone of the danger. Unfortunately,

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throughout our hasty return, Matthias,
seriously wounded, began to weaken even further.

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His breathing became fast, a clear
sign that his internal wounds were more

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severe than he could handle. Soon
after, he stopped breathing completely. I

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suppose he suffocated with his own blood
because of the injuries he had suffered internally,

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with no time or means to provide
him with a proper burial. I

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had to make the painful decision to
leave his body behind. The possibility of

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meeting more monsters kept my senses on
high alert. The urgency of reaching out

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to the people and alerting all the
inhabitants impelled me to move forward without pause,

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without even considering stopping to rest.
When I finally reached the vicinity of

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the lake, I didn' t
notice anything that followed me closely. Faced

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with the danger and with no clear
escape options, I made the decision to

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run towards the lake, diving into
the water, I held my breath as

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long as I could hope to throw
away what was after me. From my

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hiding place under the water I could
clearly hear the sound of something very heavy

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that was running along the shore at
full speed. I was pretty sure he

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was the monster that had been following
me. I kept calm waiting for that

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to get away. Before I came
out of the water completely, I turned

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my head to observe once again the
shore and what I saw left me icy

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there lay two bodies without life.
One was my partner' s, the

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one that had previously disappeared and the
one we had taken for dead in the

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lake. The other body was one
of those monsters. The corpse of the

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monster lay on top of my companion' s body, which led me to

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think that the density of the beast' s body was such that it did

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not allow him to float. Reflecting
on what happened, it seemed to me

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that my companion had foreseen that the
monster was near and had intentionally chosen to

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enter the water. His plan,
apparently, had been to face the monster

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in the lake, where the creature' s advantage would be reduced and he

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could use the water in his favor
to try to drown him. It was

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evident that he had sacrificed himself.
Thinking about the group' s safety,

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I came out of the water and
resumed my path. After several hours on

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the way, I arrived in the
village. However, what I found there

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were three vans and about twenty men
armed with caution. I approached them and

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asked about the whereabouts of all the
other people coldly replied that when they arrived

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the village was already empty. Fortunately, they decided to let me go without

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hurting me. I walked away from
the village by the dirt road in thought,

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it was clear that those monsters,
in our absence, had also seized

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the opportunity to destroy the whole town. Tale written and adapted by Ramiro Contreras