Bogleech.com's 2019 Horror Write-off:
An Unwitting Encounter
Submitted by Shakara
Don’t pay me any mind. No, I’m not a deadbeat or crazy man. I just want to get as drunk as a lord. Bloody hell, is this wine or vinegar? No wonder you get few customers…
You want to know what happened? Really? … Alright, I guess. It, uh, started when I went into the woods for a stroll. I’d been having a bad week- the computer in the office was acting up and I’ve got blisters from my boots. I needed the fresh air.
I walked along a dirt path, listening to the birdsong. I picked some flowers. I didn’t find any weird, haunted cottage or a body hanging for a tree or any dead animals like that… Nah.
I found nothing. Some birds, a few foxes, a rabbit… Business as usual. I was walking back, and that’s when I saw it.
I’d been taking a photo of a group of magpies, and they flew away real fast. A flurry of feathers. The phone slipped and fell into the grass. I squatted down to lift it up.
I saw pale, long feet in the underbrush. Bare toes waggling in the grass. I saw these empty glass bottles. The smell of… milk?
Looking up, I could see a black-bobbed head above the treeline.
I blinked.
They blinked.
I don’t really remember when I got out the forest, but I do remember bursting into this pub and asking for the strongest drink. It’s blurry. I just know I may have sort of wept from the sheer confusion and terror of it all. And I know it wasn’t any statue or puppet or stuff. Because statues don’t blink. And they don’t walk, either! It was a very, very tall man. Or woman? I’m not sure. But men can have long hair. Oh, Jesus Christ, the face-!
No, the police wouldn’t believe me. I think they knew but are covering it up? Perhaps an alien invasion? …
It talked? I'm not sure. I could've just heard my phone or maybe some other bystander or some radio- I swear it said something about 'how good it was to be tall'? I can't tell... Fear took over me.
I don’t know if I was imagining it, but I saw the thing… dance. It, like, dance-walked away. A strange, lilting waltz. Or ballet? I can’t tell. It was horrible. So horrible…
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to vomit all over the counter.
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Houurrrglhh!