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A SPINE- CHILLING INVESTIGATION………

Hi, my name is Karla. Do you readers believe in the paranormal?
Ghost, ghouls or even… “Urban legends”? If you do, then let me tell
you a true story about my chilling investigation, which has an
unexpecting turns of events.
The day was like any other day. It was…usual. I had to wake up
at 6.00, get dressed, eat breakfast and go to work. It’s been a while
since I had this daily grind. Since that terrifying investigation few
weeks ago, a group of teenagers, aged 20-25, missing in the forests
of East Coast, Canada. Later, soon to be found dead, but was left
with one survivor, Susan. I had to attend a small interrogation with
Susan about the case. I went to her house to do so, she still looked
pale and dull even though the incident has past, she just can’t get
over it. I was not sure, if she was emotionally and mentally strong to
tell us what really happened there. But she agreed.
I sat down and greeted Susan with a pleasant welcome and
begun my interrogation. “Susan, can you tell us, who were those
group of teens with you and why, this trip, with them?”. Shortly
after, Susan replied. Those group of teens were my friends, Racheal,
Sarah, Katie, Alex and John, one of them was my blood-born sister,
Sally. We had planned to go on a trip to Nova Scotia, one of the most
mesmerizing forests in East Coast, Canada. As a result, Sarah did
some research about that place online and it was perfect for our
photography assignment. Watching and embracing that beautiful
view, would’ve been better if it was in person, rather than staring it
through the computer lens. So, we decided to pack our bags and
make a move the next day.
It was a long 6-hour crawl from Boston to North Carolina. We
did stop by at some nearby stalls, for a quick munch. After some time
in the evening, we finally arrived there. The view was just so majestic
just like the reviews online. We quickly took out our cameras and
start taking some fun photos. The lake over there was so clean and
crisp. Me and my sister stood nearby the lake and gave a few poses,
while John took a photo of it. Meanwhile, Sarah and Racheal helped
to pitch the tents and set up the barbecue grill. Katie and Alex were
in the woods gathering firewood. Moments later, I got a call from
Katie, saying that, she and Alex found something out of the ordinary.
Maybe it could be a rare insect, animal or plants, it could be perfect
on camera for to the assignment. I informed the others and we went
into the forest. My mind was immature at that moment.
We were surprised that they managed to reach into the
deep parts of the forest. Well, it was not quite deep, but it was in a
medium range. It was getting dark, I took out my torch and shined
the way, there is still no sign of them. We tried calling them several
times, but they didn’t pick up. We started to get worried and scared.
We continued walking while John and Sarah were trying out their
night vision camera, for some amazing results. This was our last try,
Sally and Racheal tried calling them, Suddenly, we heard a ringtone
sound, it came deep in. It must be Katie’s!! We quickly rushed to the
source, until, we came across another campsite. Me, my sister and
the rest were horrified to see the camp’s condition. The tents were
all destroyed, the camp fire was taken out, stuff was scattered
everywhere. Even worst, we found Katie’s phone smashed into
pieces. “Guys this must be one of their brutal pranks, just to scare us.
“Who would set camp in the middle of the woods” my sister
asked. Moments later, Sarah and John discovered a few red stuffs
inside the tents.” Guys that’s blood,” said Racheal. “What”. We froze
to death at that moments. “Did someone kidnapped Katie and
Alex?”, John asked with a pale expression. I convinced everyone that
it must be a wild animal attack, like a tiger or a mountain lion. No
need to worry guys.” We have to call the police”, screamed Sarah.
“What’s you’re prove then”, Racheal asked with a worried
expression. They might think that we murdered those campers and
the main cause of Alex and Katie’s disappearance. Do you want us
behind bars!! What! Of course not, said Sarah. What do we do now,
sis? Sally uttered. I didn’t know how to answer her question. I really
did not know at that moment, I felt like a stranded cat, who lost their
kittens.
We decided to head back and just pray for hope. At
the campsite, we sat around the campfire and just waited. We were
really shivering there. I was sitting with my sister in a log around the
corner. Me and my sister are orphans. We had no one by our sides,
except our friends, who had been true to us for the past 10 years.
After knowing 2 of our friends are lost, we were already broken.
After 2 hours, John came to us while holding a piece of paper. His
words later shocked us. “Susan, is this just a prank or someone is
lurking around us from the very beginning.” He then gave the piece
of paper which turned out to be a photograph of us taken by the
clear lake. John then pointed out something odd in the picture. A
weird looking skeleton creature, with long deer like antlers, long
eerie legs and hands twisted backwards and with white soulless eyes,
looking straight at the camera in a shady bush. We were in frozen
shock. Sis, did that creature ate Alex and Katie? No, it can’t be,
what’s the creature’s motive to eat us then? It’s all a hoax, John were
you editing this this creature in our photos? I screamed. Susan….
guys, I…. swear it’s real!!! John screamed in a very angry tone.
Guys!!!!!!! Racheal and Sarah shouted in shock. Using
their last bit of phone data. They manage to search what that
creature was. Apparently, that creature was known as “the
wendigo”. This creature is a man-eating monster which has a strong
desire to kill and eat their prey in a very brutal and horrifying way.
Just like, cannibals. Its features are exactly what Susan described.
The main reason of its hunt is still unknown. But, its mostly for food.
It’s a very known creature according to urban legends. It lives in the
forests of East Coast, which we are in right now!! Oh my god!! Is this
creature even real? Said Sally and the others. Are you saying all of us
are going to die? No…. Maybe, but. We can survive this creature, if I
manage to find even more elaborate and useful facts about it.
Suddenly, John shouted. Wait!! Guys there’s another scary fact about
this creature!!! This creature, can take the form of human, that
possesses negative personality traits. Such as greed and a person’s
deepest weaknesses, like “fear” and etc. This is why we shouldn’t be
afraid of anything. The wendigo might target that person as its prey
and then… feast on them, like a savage beast. My goodness, John.
Are you saying that we are going to die? Said Susan in a stressful
tone.
Susan!! No, we are not going to die!!!, alright? If we
have some, “fate”, we have high chances to survive, said John
angrily. Alright guys, now what do we do? Asked Racheal and the
others. “We go deeper into the woods to find Katie and Alex”. Who
knows, they might be still out there, hiding! Racheal then stood up
with a confident facial expression. Do you guys have a piece of paper,
a pen and metal?