Mystery Story

One time I went camping with my classmates in the mountains. The

mountains are located on the outskirts of villages far from residential areas.
However, this place is often used as a camping point so it is believed to be very
safe especially from wild animals.
Finally we left on a Sunday using 2 cars. The car was left in a nearby
village. Then, we proceeded on foot to the desired mountains. It took us
approximately 8 hours to reach the camp point.
During the climb, we stopped at three break points. Nothing out of the way
during the hike. However, at the second break point one of my friends felt unwell
but was still able to climb as usual.
Just before we reached camp, my friend felt that his body was weakening.
We soon reached camp just before sundown. We immediately put up a tent to rest.
At that time there were six tents that had been installed before.
My friend immediately rested while me and two others went outside looking
for clean water. Earlier, I had asked the owner of another camp where the nearest
spring was located. They said about 1.5 km from the current location. They then
told us to be careful because it was getting dark.
Then we rushed to find the spring. When we took the water, the atmosphere
was dark and the mountainous area was quiet. Slowly we felt cold all over the
body. We went right back to the tent. Before we got to the tent we saw a group of
firefly-like animals on top of our tent.
The phenomenon was beautiful enough that me and two friends immediately
took photos for a memento. We immediately cooked water for dinner. Oddly
enough, my friend who wasn’t feeling well had a high fever all night. He was
shivering and sweating a lot. So, we took turns guarding him that night.
The next day, my friend’s condition began to recover a little. So we came
down and went back to the village. When I arrived at the village, my friend looked
fresh, healthy like nothing had happened. This certainly made us confused.
 Shortly before returning to the city, the villagers asked, “Have you seen a
bunch of fireflies?” I said yes. “Go back to the city and do not come back to the
mountains,” shouted the villagers. I was confused, but still decided to leave the
village immediately.
While on the road I checked my cell phone out of curiosity about what the
villagers were saying. When I saw the photo of the firefly, I was surprised because
what I saw was a strange creature that was very bright. I told this to another friend
and they were all shocked. After seeing this we promised not to return to that
mountain.

Adinda Wardatus Syarifah

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