Annex- A Village Under Siege

The First Encounter:

It was April of 2019. A warm Friday. For awhile now we've been planning a bit of an over nighter at Yura's family property just outside of town. We planned on having a fire and then spending the rest of the night in the camper on their property. We all met up at Yuras car after school. This car was an old two door crossover. Just big enough to fit us and our bags. I was riding shotgun next to Yura, with JJ and Conrad in the back seats. The Afternoon and evening weren't anything unusual. We ate by the fire. Conrad and I were cutting firewood. It was fun. We laughed as I made my friends listen to some old school blues. Eventually 11:30 rolled around so we headed into the camper.

The camper had a large bed, a kitchen and a small table like most do. We set our things down and all sat around the table. The camper hadn't had power so we lit the place by candles. And Yura being Yura, was doing her whole Wiccan mumbo jumbo stuff. So the mood already seemed a little ominous. Being friends with Yura however, we were used to it.

It wasn't long though until things started to get strange. The chickens and both the dogs started going off. Over and over would the dogs open, almost as if in distress.
I excused myself from the group to go take a leak. I walked over to the creek nearby and took care of business. Once I zipped up and turned back I heard something strange. I heard movement in the tall grass across the creek. A little nervous I made my way back to the camper. When I got back I noticed that all the animals that just minutes ago we're going nuts had silenced. Taking this as a bad sign, I rushed back into the camper. As I walked in, I noticed my friends were all looking a bad shade of pale. I asked what was wrong, and the girls piped up. Both JJ and Yura had seen something. They described it as Canine in nature with yellow eyes and matted fur. Conrad claimed that he hadn't seen it, apparently he had been looking at his phone. At that point I was freaked out, so I grabbed my hatchet off my bag and strapped it to my belt.
We sat for maybe 45 minutes at the table, not saying a word. We were all uneasy, and I got that gut feeling, that rush you feel that tells you to run, but yet we stayed.

Eventually JJ spoke up. And said "I think we should leave,"
Yura insisted we were safer in the camper, but that quickly changed. I can't remember exactly when, for I was too freaked out, but at one point JJ started seizing. Yes, seizing. She was shaking under a heavy blanket, her eyes were rolling backwards and she couldn't breathe. Now, JJ was a healthy young lady. This was very unusual for her. At that point we all decided we needed to get her home. I loaded everything in the car, while Conrad and Yura helped JJ into the back seat. We piled in and spun dirt as we left the driveway.
We blasted down that county road in hopes of reaching safety. About halfway to town JJ tried to speak out. She said in a loud but broken voice, "watch out!"
And out of the darkness, in the middle of the road, we saw it. The huge black hound, with its yellow eyes reflecting in the headlights. Yura swerved to avoid it. We were all speechless. We were silent until we got JJ home. Conrad lived down her street and promised to keep an eye on her throughout the night. Yura came back to my place, and stayed with me. We were together at the time, so it wasn't the first time she stayed on the farm.

It was this experience that allowed us to conclude that JJ was indeed a medium, and sensed what could not be seen, and since then she's learned to better understand this ability.

And it was that night that changed my life forever. I have never been exposed to the supernatural, but now I notice it everywhere. There are things out there that turn myth into reality. Things that can harm you. And trust me, this is not the only time we will experience this. Be careful everyone...

-Bear Kilbury, 2019