Nine years ago, I was a person too optimistic and naïve to be afraid. But one very early morning on Saturday at 05:00 am a figure stroked terror into my heart, I remembered on November 1999, I went outside to inhale fresh air and jog as I always do every morning. The boulevard seemed to be empty and soundless; the village was still sleeping at that time. As I jogged towards the village park I saw a hideous, dark- colored, odd creature hidden behind an enormous, haunted tree in the center of the park. I wanted to run but I couldn’t because the creature might perceive the sound. So I decided to take a step backwards very gently, unfortunately I accidently stepped on a stick that creeps really soft, however since the situation was silently peaceful the creature heard the creep and turned its back, facing me, I was really terrified I couldn’t even barely breathe or escape from the predator, as if someone captured my leg. The predator stepped forward towards me and stared deeply into my eyes with its big, sharp, hazel eyes.
The predator grinned widely with its sharp teeth. It seems like the predator wanted me to be his next meal. Thus, I immediately ran away from the predator and unconsciously entered the black forest; my heart was pumping unstoppable.
At that moment I got lost in the maze of black forest, there is nothing I could do but hide silently. I tried not to make any sounds or noise, in order to prevent the predator to find my tracks. Until now I couldn’t distinguished what kind of predator or creature is chasing me. My skin was as white pale as a ghost and goose bumps all over my body. I just wished I had never jogged this morning, I really regret it!
I collected myself by praying and thinking optimistically: It was just a little imagination; I could not calm myself anymore when all the pressure inside me is fully tempered. Surprisingly an ugly, enormous creature had found me, staring and sniffing my neck, there was no way out at all. The pupil inside my eye widens and I was standing there like a frozen statue, not knowing what to do, as if part of my soul had already been taken.
Afterwards my visions became blurry and unclear; I couldn’t distinguish properly what the creature look like. However I possibly assumed that it’s a ware wolf. Within seconds I knew I was going to blackout and so I did!
When I woke up, I could think of nothing except the heat of leaking fluid on my neck, flashing lights and rushing people to the hospital. “Am I dying?” I questioned myself and god. Suddenly memories of the past all flushed into my mind like water that spurted out from a pipe. I saw my parents smiling at me; I had never had such a vehement desire to be with my family.
I truly experienced and learned what a fright actually is. A fright is not merely horror towards a short life expectancy but a sudden self realization of the goals and the love ones you don’t want to abandon.
Originally Narrated by Oktisa W.H
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