Friday, October 28, 2011

A Walk in the Dark

Yesterday I gathered my gear and headed out the door.  The sky was dark.  It was littered with a thousand of stars.  All the light I had to see to walk by were the stars and my amazing flashlight.  I started down the road.  It was quiet.  There was no breeze whistling through the trees.  I walked on just thinking to myself.  Then I heard it.  A sound coming from the tree tops.  I turned my flashlight towards the tops of the trees but I saw nothing.  I started to walk again when I heard the sound.  I searched again this time more thoroughly but still I saw nothing.  The beam of my flashlight showed only empty branches.  I moved at a slower pace but kept my eyes searching.  Then there it was again only this time it was answered by another.  Again I stopped and searched the trees.  I could hear the calls more frequently now but still I could not find the creature making them.  Their voices echoing through the stillness.  I continued on my way and as I walked more voices cried out into the night, first three called, then four, and then I heard the call of six different creatures.  They were all around me but I could not see a single one.  As I got closer to the creek the calls became more distant.  I heard one last Whoo- hooo-hooo.  The calls came from Great Horned Owls calling as I walked.  Was I walking through the woods?  Nope!  Just on the highway going to work.

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