The Thing (from Burnt Hills)

Another completely true and unbelievable story.

It was Dan, Ben, and Myself. We decided to go have a little party back in the woods in my old home town. We were having a good ole' time. We had a tent way back in the woods where no one would find it. We even had a fire pit. On this infamous night we had a fire going. I would say it was about 10 or 11 o'clock and we decided to head back to civilization. Our trail was not far but it wasnt short either. We had to put the fire out that was raging. We decided our best bet was to piss it out. One by one we each approached the fire and gave it our best shot. After the last person pissed out the fire, all three of us had our backs to fire and we faced the tent. I remember we zipped the tent to the top and thats when it happened... The most hideous, spine-chilling, terrifying scream...and it was right behind us. It was dark and I think the smell of our piss must have made this thing extremely angry. We all turned around slowly and simultaniously. One of us screamed back at this thing to try and scare it away. It only got more angry and screamed a blood curdling roar that made us bolt for civilization. I was leading us blindly through the dark and tangley woods. Sprinting under a cresant moon we were scared for our lives. I got maybe 50 feet and then I was caught up in something. I could see Dan and Ben take off in front of me so I followed them. Just then I felt a scratch....scratch....scratch...with every step!!! Luckily it was just a pricker bush branch that had stuck to the back of my legs in the chase. We all made it out of the woods that night. But the woods in our hometown got a whole lot scarier from that day forth. After we made it out of the woods we could still hear it screaming at us. Until this night I thought a sound like this was only possible from the deepest bowls of hell. Now I know and let yourself be warned. And always watch out for.....the thing.

I'm dead serious.

Mike