Chapter 4 Wendigo

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Blackwater RidgeLost Creek, Colorado

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Blackwater Ridge
Lost Creek, Colorado

EXT. FOREST – NIGHT

Two tents are set up near a fire ring. Crickets chirp. Inside one tent, two young men, Brad and Gary, are playing head-to-head handheld video games.

"Dude, you're cheating." Brad says

"No you just suck." Gary says

Something growls outside. In the other tent, a third young, Tom Collins, records a video message on his cell phone.

"Hey Haley, day six, we're still out near Blackwater Ridge." Tom says

Something dark flicks behind the tent wall behind Tom, too fast to be identifiable as more than 'something dark'.

The screen on Tom's phone, displaying the video as Tom records it, caught it.

"We're fine, keeping safe, so don't worry, okay? Talk to you tomorrow." Tom says

Tom stops recording and sends the message.

Brad closes his game system and tosses it aside.

Gary stares at his system for a moment, then turns to look at Brad, who is getting up and unzipping the tent.

"Hey, where ya goin'? My moment of victory." Gary asks

"Nature calls." Brad says

Brad goes outside and zips up the tent behind him. He goes to stand against the tree to relieve himself.

The fire crackles. Something snaps a stick. Bras looks towards the sound and sees the trees rustling.

Brad shakes his head and returns his attention downward, then looks up sharply. Something growls.

Inside Tom's tent, Tom, who is reading Joseph Campbell's The Hero With A Thousand Faces, hears Brad scream. Inside Gary's tent, Gary hears the same and rolls over.

"Brad?" Gary asks

Tom sits up.

"Gary, what's goin' on?" Tom asks

Gary opens the tent and sticks his head out to look around. He sees nothing. Growling. He looks up. Something pulls Gary out of the tent. He screams.

To. turns out the lantern he had on. Shadows move very quickly around the outside of Tom's tent. TOM looks around, his eyes following the shadows and growling.

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