The Thing

I was 18 and loved hunting. Me and my friend had decided to go hunting in the woods in Canada. My friend Markus came to pick me up from the house we lived in and drove us there we talked about who was going to catch the biggest dear and who was going to carry it back to the car. We had arrived at the woods but something was wrong there was a sign that said "Closed off" my friend Markus said "Lets ignore it" but I disagreed and suggested that we should go somewhere else but he grabbed the guns and ignored me. We had been hunting for 6 hours and we hadn't caught any deer since for some reason there was none in sight. I suggested that we should go home but he wanted to try one more time to look for some so I nodded and we continued walking, 40 minutes later it was pitch black and we were lost. We took out our flash lights and looked for a trail but there was no luck at all he had decided to make camp until daylight so we took out the blankets and we laid there. I must admit I was scared I had a feeling that someone was watching us from a distance I didn't go to sleep until an hour later. Then I heard a loud and deep scream it woke me and Markus up we quickly grabbed our guns and stood our ground, I was scared as hell since I didn't know where the loud scream was coming from I grabbed a flash light and shined it in the distance it was super foggy so I really didn't clearly see anything. A minute later there was deer walking and eating grass markus was excited and aimed at it I told him to stop and that there was something off about the deer but again he didn't listen and started to shoot at it but when he got a good shot it didn't go down it just stood there me and him was confused and then he aimed for the head. It finally went down and we walked towards it but as we walked it started to stand up we stopped in our tracks and it started to stare at us and we stared back. That's when it started to stand on its two hooves it started to become more deformed. Its horns grew the mouth turned to a sickening long wide grin it's teeth got sharper it grew another horn it's neck got longer and it's hooves got sharper. As it turns into something hideous you can hear its bones crack like a hazelnut. I grabbed Markus hand and we started to run we ran and ran but it kept getting closer and closer Markus tripped and reached out to me for help but it got to him first it grabbed up and squeezed him into all the bones in his body broke! His eyes popped out of his skull from the pressure and after he was dead it dropped him. I ran and cried out of fear I saw the light from the car and ran faster and faster I was out of the woods I got into the car and started it. It tried to break the windows but I eventually drove off. I am now 46 and I never forgot that day I gave up on hunting and decided to try a new hobby every night before I go to sleep it's like it's still watching me...waiting... listening..