We had been driving for miles. It was February and my boyfriend and I had decided on a spontaneous road trip. The snow was beautiful and we witnessed deer scampering across the way. I was excited. I had never been to Colorado. After hours of sitting in the car, and seeing nothing but the icy road, we came to a beautiful place called "Sawmill Point Lodge." we got a cabin and began to unpack. We were hungry and quickly settled in. After dinner, my boyfriend and I sat in front of a cozy fireplace. It was late. But my adventurous spirit got the best of me and I wanted to venture out and see the frozen lake. My boyfriend wasn't interested in going out into the cold night air. We argued and I stormed out of the cabin.
I remember it was a full moon because the trees cast shadows in the snow. I walked toward the frozen lake. I came to the edge of the lake and the mirror like ground made me want to step on it. Suddenly something in the woods got my attention. I turned around toward the trees. I couldn't see anything. But I could feel someone watching me in the shadows. I looked across the lake. There were a few scattered lights. But the only light came from the moon and its reflection on the lake and the snow. I thought it might be deer. Everything was lovely and deadly still. The winter night was unusually quiet. The only thing I could hear were the soft imprints of my footsteps in the snow. I felt an unexpected chill come over me. But it wasn't the cold. I suddenly realized someone was watching me. I glanced to my left. I couldn't see anything but trees. I turned my head to my right. Just a few feet away from me was a dark shadow. I stared into the woods. By the light of the moon, I could make out the figure of a man. At first I thought it was someone walking the woods like myself. Once I fixed my gaze on him, I noticed he had no face! He was completely dark. He was blacker than the night and darker than the trees in the woods. But I could see him.
My heart started to beat faster. Then I realized the figure was walking toward me. I couldn't hear footsteps or twigs breaking. Not a sound. He was getting closer and I started to back up and then turned and walked quickly through the woods away from this thing. What was it? My head was swimming trying to process what I had just seen. There were still many trees before reaching the pathway. Up ahead I saw something step from behind a tall crooked tree. As I approached, I could make out arms and legs. It was a man. I sensed some relief. But as I neared the shadow, I saw it was another dark figure. He was completely jet black. Not even the moonlight illuminated him. I couldn't make out any facial features at all. He was solid black from head to toe. He stood tall just a few feet away from me. I stopped in my tracks. I didn't know what I was looking at. It was strange and sinster looking.
The black entity started to follow me. I picked up my pace and before long started to run across the wooded path in a different direction. I quickly regretted having gone out on my own. Why had I ventured so far into the woods? By now my heart beat so hard, I thought it was going to come out of my chest. Finally through the last line of trees in the woods, I could make out our tiny cabin. I could feel the shadowmen right behind me. I turned back and could see both of them only a few feet away. I must have been running pretty fast because I burst in the door and almost fell on the floor. I must have startled my boyfriend. He knew something was wrong. My body was shivering uncontrollably. I had never been so frightened in all my life. I told my boyfriend about the dark faceless figures in the woods. He comforted me. I'm not sure if he believed my story. But I know what I saw that night. It was not of this world and it was evil and hiding in the woods. And worst of all.............it almost got me!
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