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Submitted to Contest #171
It was dark by that time. I wanted to shake the feeling that I should head straight home. A quick switchback down, and I’d be back at the meadow at the edge of my property.My back was acting up, but my hesitation was more on the idea of being out in the woods after dark. The wild animals that hunt large prey at night were killed off to accommodate human settlements here long ago. This acreage is state-owned and rarely traveled, save for tourists stopping by the Civil War cemetery at a faraway trailhead. So it was only my imagination or accid...
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