Early Morning Fishing Trip

My dad always told me that the best time to go fishing is early in the morning. And he was right! We would always catch a bunch of fish to last us a few days and share with our neighbors.

Setting Up Camp

One cool Saturday morning in September, my dad, my friend Anthony, and I headed to the lake at 4 AM. It took us about half an hour to get there. When we arrived at the lake around 4:45 AM, we found a secluded spot to set up camp for the day.

Unloading the Car

Before Anthony and I could run off into the woods, my dad stopped us and asked for help unloading the car. We took out the flashlights, snacks, radio, lawn chairs, fishing rods, and bait. My dad set up his rods while asking if we wanted to stay there or find another spot.

Finding a Spot

Anthony and I decided to find another spot. We grabbed some sandwiches, bait, and fishing poles. We walked along the bank of the lake until we found a shady spot to set up our lines.

Exploring the Area

As the day went on, my dad caught five trout while Anthony and I had no luck. We decided to take a break from fishing and go exploring. The brush around the lake was pretty thick with trails all through it. As we where walking through the trails we came upon a stream about 60 or so feet wide, running from so other part of the lake. We started playing a game of skipping rocks until Anthony spotted something floating in the stream

Discovery of a Dead Cat

As it got closer we could tell it was some type of furry animal. As it floated close to the bank of the stream Anthony grabbed a long tree limb and tried to steer it closer to the bank. He managed to pull it close enough to the bank so that it was partially out of the water. Anthony kept picking away at the animal turning it over until we could tell it was a dead cat. The eerie thing about the cat is that it’s dead eyes where wide-open. I’m not sure how long we had been gone, it was starting to get dark and I knew my father would be ready to leave soon so we decided to head back to camp.

Encounter with Glowing Eyes

As we were walking back through the small trail, Anthony was walking behind me and said “I heard something”. I said “we’re on a creepy trail its getting dark of course you heard something” trying to make a joke to mask my sudden fear. We had both stopped and was looking back. I quickly said there’s nothing back there lets keep going.

We kept walking, a little further and faster, when we both heard something behind us and stopped suddenly looking back behind us. There in the brush was two pair of glowing red eyes staring back at us. I shined my flashlight in the direction of the red eyes it was the dead cat and he had a friend it was a dog just standing there. We took off running, after running about ten feet almost reaching camp we looked back and there was nothing chasing us.

When we reached the camp we told my father what had happen, he just laughed and said “it was probably just some wild animal”. Anthony and I just looked at each other we knew better. It was a spooky experience we would never forget.

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