The Thing
Posted by spectre
Date Posted: 01/20/2005

In the summer of '98 my cousin and i had decided it would be fun to take a trip out to my familys hunting cabin and stay the weekend.We packed up our gear,my rottweiler Maxx, and enough gas for the generator to last us through the weekend and then headed out.The cabin was located about dead center of my familys 800 acre plot of land in the mark twain forrest near the town of Forsyth Missouri.The cabin had been built by my grandfather sometime back in the 40's.It wasent as run down as you might think as it had been pretty well maintained by my father and i because we used it during deer season.We arrived about 3:00 in the afternoon and unpacked all our gear.When i entered the cabin i noticed a bad smell,like an animal had been in there.I check around and found the back door was open.I didnt really think alot of it at the time because there is nothing really of intrest in the cabin for anyone to steal.I walked around back to put gas in the generator and get it started and noticed that there was a more than unusual amount of animal bones scattered around the area.I figured maybe a coyote or something had gotten into the cabin and was maybe using it as its place to stay for awhile.We unpacked the T.V. and playstation we had brought along to insure we didnt get bored and put it in the back room.We made some dinner and then went to the back room to play some games.We had been back there for a few hours.I would say it was around 8:30 9:00 at night.Suddenly my cousin sat up with a frightened look on his face and looked at the window.He said when the screen went black to load the next stage of the game he could see the window reflecting on the screen and that something had been looking at us through the window.I asked what it looked like and he said he didnt know,but it wasent human looking.

Normaly i would have passed this off as a prank,as he has quite the history of playing practical jokes and messing around.But he was white as a ghost and physically shaking.This startled me.A few moments later i heard something at the back door that sounded like scratching and the door knob was jiggling like something was trying to get in.I quickly grabbed the 22. rifle i had brought along and aimed it at the door incase whatever it was got inside.Then just as suddnley as it started it stopped.My rottweiler was going crazy,barking and growling at the door.Then we heard something run from the back of the roof to the front.I got up enough courage to open the front door and tell my dog to "Get em" normaly this 175 pound monster of a dog would be willing to go out and raise hell with anything.But this time he sat there and coward and wouldnt get within 5 feet of the door.We worked up enough courage to walk out onto the front porch.The front porch sets about 4-5 feet off the ground,is all open,but has a roof over the top of it.We stood there for a few minutes listening.I said something along the lines of "If anyones out there leave us alone.I have a gun and I WILL use it."About that time we saw what looked like a person,of average height,except it was solid black with red eyes.It jumped from the roof to the ground and quickly went under the porch.We only saw it for maybe 4-5 seconds.Then from under the porch,one of the most horrific sounds i have ever heard.I almost cant describe it.It started as a low kinda growl and ended in a high pitched scream.We quickly bolted inside,made sure everything was locked and sat ourselves against a wall away from the windows facing the door with the rifle aimed right at it incase this "Thing" decided it wanted to come inside.One thing that made me twice as uneasy was the fact that none of the windows had curtains or blinds on them.I had the constant feeling of being watched from something outside in the darkness.We kept hearing whatever it was outside scurry around the cabin scratching on windows and even walking on the porch and messing with the door.Thank god we had replaced the doors the summer before with these big heavy oak doors with dead bolts and a steel reinforcment because what followed next would have surely turned out different had we not.The door began violently shaking and whatever it was was beating on the door furiously trying to get inside.This continued for about 10 minutes.I fired 3 shot through the door and it suddenly ceased and we heard whatever it was run off the porch.The rest of the night was pretty silent.We still sat in the exact same spots untill the sun had been up for a few hours and then quickly packed all our things.

When we opened the door we found scratch marks all over it and part of the frame was a little cracked.Around the truck there were foot prints with 3 toes with what appeared to be claws or nails coming out the end.Needless to say,we didnt stick around long to do a scooby-doo style investigation.On the way home i asked my cousin what he saw in the window.He just said,It had huge black eyes and sharp teeth and when he turned and looked it grinned at him and quickly ducked down. A year or so later i told my dad what had happened and to my amazement he beleived me.He said once when he had been out there he saw a strange looking thing in the woods near the cabin.The next day he said those same type of foot prints were around his truck.My father has since passed away and i refuse to use the cabin for hunting anymore.I do however return about 3 times a year to check on the land and the cabin.Always in broad daylight.Always with a shotgun.Always with a friend.

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