What is it Nomad

Alberta bound

Nomads industry closed down only knowing forestry growing up working in the woods with his father not much left to do when you get used to the hard work and hours then trying to start from the low end of other trades like starting over.Nomad hears Albertas good pays well camps are good so off he went seeking survival not fortune or fame.It took a good six years out there before he felt the strange not alone feelings or being watched getting his mind working thinking back to maybe possible or the holy shit it fucking followed me and took that long to get to me thought thing.
At this point in life Nomad was spending to much time working anyways being in the situation he was at the time decided to do some serious logging with all the rigging to allow it super duty firth wheel camper gen set camp ready twelve hour shifts with trips to town for food fuel or parts or all together trips the rest of the time Nomad was in the woods day after day night after night months seasons.
This particular situation takes months to unfold and like the Ontario encounter it becomes more common once it starts and does get braver or tamer what ever term you pick to describe this non provable events seeming really odd and also seems they have possible alibis such as seeing other wild life before or after making the possibilities doubt full.A perfect example is to say you go camping back pack hiking they tell us to hang are stuff to keep it safe from the critters {bears},Maybe you might hear some noises you brush off still waking up with the tent around you,Now your up get your bag down going for breakfast treats you seem to notice your missing things from your hanging bag.Only two explanations one you forgot it back at the car home or another hiker took and those were the sounds you heard makes sense.Then just happy because they did not take the whole bag.
In total a bit over a year to build the short story having the encounters all within a range including a couple towns folk claiming to see something odd far away like a bear standing up eating the tips off branches.Mix this with a couple cougars regular bear sighting dont forget the wolf tracks.
Nomad feeling watched telling some past tells of spooky things in the woods seemed to start it.Shortly after buddy cross shift remember that wolf we said keep an eye out for well it got shredded eating right by are just finished decks of wood.Nomad thinking not much of the details considering they could be exaggerated.Nomad looked were it was supposed to be and did not see much evidence left of what it be with the tracks and everything sorta looked like maybe a wolf ate something small.Then a small group of deer seemed to friendly close to camp and creek area.Well woods done in that area off to the next area.
Next area is twenty five k by road from the town of Hinton Nomad is on his own now no cross shift only one operator himself on days happy to have such a job,The cougar tracks started appearing in front of the machine after sitting with no operator diagonally walking one set of cougar prints one hundred to two metres in front of machine. Working alone He has to always walk a piece for the pick up truck.Like the other times Nomads mind revs out on what if he gets jumped by this cougar then the next day there is perfect trail on the road and a side trail after seeing the print looking larger then previous days hearing a story that if a cougar is being stalked it puffs out its paws making it self appear larger to its predator.
Nomad settles in to the new site satellite signal good thinking of relaxing some to a good full meal a movie couple extra hours at camp this evening has encounter hears something over the gen set and tv near his head in the fifth wheel laying down,Alerting and having to check generator before bed anyways has to go outside geared up gets out there truck drives by ok thinks not exactly alone maybe some one was talking outside early being only ten metres from road gens all topped up cozy warm Nomad falls asleep to be woken up to some sound hearing more clearly with out the tv on sounds like maybe someone is outside the trailer rocks like a push ah maybe just the wind but oh no a few times to consistent to be wind rocking it besides he would of heard it.Still in his bed even breathing shallower as if what ever was out there thinking maybe thieves that drove by earlier coming back to loot.If he slept and nothing comes to the door or pulls it open no worries just sleep,Sleep for sure Nomad even slept in that morning still early to most folks morning anyways,looking for tracks starting his day in the day light not seeing any thing that could be proof of the sounds the trail was hard packed even a bit dicey to walk on.
The same day now later that night and being asked to work extra to have a piece done for turn around and some log trucks after the week end comes some walking on foot instead of pick up truck The loop past camp will be done and it was but the strange events was a funny smell like bad garbage fish bear ahh just maybe the wood some how walking to camp then fading of course thoughts of all the meat eaters out there wwow the smell brought the thought of bear big foot something like that.Something was out there for sure having his last piece to do and soon monday morning so working late sunday night Nomad has to walk back past all his wood that he can not see over but there is that smell strong just after exiting the machine noticing his outside lights were off as well making a piece of darkness between the log deck and camp.The gen set must of ran out of gas or big foot shut it off and was behind this deck of logs because it sure did smell again at the far end and milder in the middle.
I will sum it up with a question do grizzlies do that because something ripped and ate apart that cougar leaving a blood stain and a packed circle not seeing those cougar tracks anymore after that this was something that did that in the trees behind that deck.