Nomad Monster s
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Nomad Monster s

Nomad Monster s

Action Mystery
7 min read

A tale of a possible encounter of meeting man or beast so real seeming unreal

Nomad spending most of his time in the woods lumber jack father.third generation logger as far back as the history claims.No matter how rare of accurance.Wild animals do roam if your camp stays in the same area and you are not clean with your garbage or foolish enough to clean fish outside your shack near a bbq even taking your fish remains away there still is a scent.Nomads first encounter with something have to say something not ever really seeing it just have close encounters with something.Nomad stayed in a small camper summer prior to two thousand logging wood in northern ontario when things were good in the area for that industry.Nomad was on night shifts so he did not mind the woods as much atleast with daylight you can see what approaches.Nomads first clue sign or got his thoughts going was a restless day waking to early in the day having trouble sleeping in the heat left Nomad needing to spend time outside.Back then he was worried of bear encounters not being a hunter does not carry a gun,having the feeling that something is around not alone mixed with some stirrs in the woods having the nungessor river just down the hill fifty metres away with a good hill both helped for back ground noise and sides that animals would approach.There was a trail going past the campsite that followed the river to a calmer part were you could pull a boat up or fish or possible wading area to have a rinse sounds wonderful and it was feeling one with nature shaded area with sun placing itself just right for both elements creating the perfect climate controlled atmosphere smiling to himself Nomad filled his brain with pioner dreams the old west gold miners and trappers going over the land in the eighteen hundreds had this probably even used this spot for northern transporting of goods route.Snapping him out of his happy place was all at the same time a cloud past over a wind gust swirled about the calm water of the river breathing in a mild scent of then thinking bear what else could it be wolves have an odour this putting goose bumps on Nomad having no shirt and clouds forming now Nomad figures best to head back to the camper over the chill and scent smelt.
Heading back briskly strides smelling the scent more now like he was going closer to it then away from it.Looking down were he was walking a section of river over flow dried up bed with walking trail and some black dirt moss grass on the higher parts Nomad sees what appears looking exactly like a human size eleven barefoot print close to Nomads own size but much wider perfectly like someone striding diagonally from the river along the side of the described.Nomads minds mind revving up now that is very like a bear print just the way it landed on it a only piece that could leave a print the rest of the trail was hard packed not leaving any prints not even from his running shoes.Now Nomad moved with more then a brisk stride it ended up to be next to running glimpsing something from the corner of his eye seeing something on the higher ridge ahead of him but not near him and one last time just before the under brush got thick not allowing site for the stretch back to the shack,Nomad made the run right to his truck Yes that much of a scare sitting in his pickup even starting it up and leaving the radio for an update waiting for his shift to start four pm till four am.

The next odd encounter happened on a stroll this time out towards the main road sporting a bridge that allowed to travel over the narrower piece of river,getting over his phobia from the last instance and staying more out in the open for safety purpose Nomad gets onto the bridge for viewing both sides right side opening up more towards what could be described as an opening to the lake.While Nomad was stairing down the south side almost in a trance from the speed of water to the distance from the bridge was like looking into a spiral colored wheel breaking his state turns to his right noticing a bear up the road looked dusty maybe even cinnamon while Nomad eyes finally focused on it sniffing the ground from tourist parker and going back and forth to a camp it this was there pick up point.The bear took notice a couple hundred metres away though but the bear looked like something was watching it and there was with a look around By Nomad and his eyes opened wide walking him right up was two more bears not big but bears just the same making three there,the first one started my way while the other staired at him and i backed up getting off the bridge going south on the road near his camp entrance looking back again, Nomad could see the bears on the other side only one wanting to get closer to the bridge, as it was coming closer the bear lifted his head like he was eyeing up Nomad on the road then for some reason something i could not hear made them look up sniffing the air and the closest bear starting moving away getting Nomad aroused thoughts of the big grizzy that scares the smaller one away with a man being in the middle thinking he is scaring it off. Nomad staired into the woods to the left thinking big foot more and more that something seemed to be behind doing just that.Well Nomad needs to get ready for the night shift . The third encounter happened at a old cut over near a small lake in a replanted area,Just cruising this day for same reason hot out cant sleep and the night shifts Nomad drives the pickup truck down towards the old road thar narrows and gets washed out closer to the lake Nomad decides to get out and walk down to what looks like a walking trail to the water and also the remains of a camp fire as Nomad was starting down the trail he could hear some branches breaking maybe even a moose.Nomad spins around heads back to the truck trotting running looking back having a squirrel cheek cheek cheeking in the treses like it was even coaching Nomad on or scared of something and the trees moving around in five metre tall pine trees.Into the truck he goes heart pounding thinking no lake is this important so off to camper and prepairing for yet another night shift.A couple weeks have passed now but between the late and early houes of his shift nomad felt watched on more then one occasion.Bring the night, early morning finish his wood up early before shift needing fuel feeling scared from that being watched feeling Nomad brings machine up close to truck so no need for walking.Scared feeling making him prestart truck then shut me machine off being by door of truck.Having getting in the safety of the truck Nomad decides to drive further down the road to pass the last ten minutes of shift before heading back to camper this leadiing to a bumpy trail dark as night window down having a smoke catching a glimpse a huge cut over a small clump of trees that were passed the distance of the head lights.When allof a sudden the most incredible sound of nothing every heard but sure sounded huge have not heard that sound in any video ever listened too standing nomads arm hairs straight up causing him to speed up roll up the window turning the truck around hoping not to get stuck or a flat in doing so Nomad was gone down the road back to his camp,of course trouble sleeping in the tiny camper decided to sleep in his truck that day.


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