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Easy Run

October 31, 2012 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: dark and drizzling

Comments:
Benson and I headed out early this morning for a loop around Long Pond. It had been a while since we'd run together. At this time of year it's still dark at quarter to 6. But since Long Pond is clear and flat, I thought there'd be no danger in running it.

Was I ever wrong.

I can't remember where and when it started but at some point I started to feel like someone was behind me. Soon after I heard clumsy footsteps; they seemed to quicken as they got nearer.

Even the beagle seemed to be nervous. He stopped to marking as he usually does. When arrived atthe bridge near to Flaverium I was sweating. Not from the pace but out of fear. It was there that I dared turn around to face my stalker. Now I wish I hadn't. The image will haunt me to my grave.

The terror chasing me slowed its pace for a moment to look at me with its big, glowing red eyes. It sensed my fear and, for a moment, it sneered with evil delight. Then suddenly it burst into a sprint and its breath wheezed and snorted.

I was frozen in hopeless horror. If not for brave Benson, whose instincts are sharper than any man, I may not have made it would of there alive or intact. The beagle bolted up the cobbled hill hauling me along with him.

We didn't stop running even when my lungs burned like acid. The miles blurred by in a painful and desperate hum. I felt I might start crying when Benson I reached the top of the steps of my girlfriend's house. Seemingly safe, I turned around one last time.

Then I saw it. Leaning its body against a gnarled tree at the end of the street, was the white demon of Long Pond. It didn't sneer this time. It held my stare again; I couldn't look away from this shapeless monster. As it recoiled away, I heard a faint hiss on its sinister breath and a demonic voice that only said "I know where you live."

Happy Halloween!