I was riding home the other day. It was late at night. I was climbing a hill in the middle of the woods. There was no signs of civilzation at all, no houses, cars, or streetlights. It was very dark. I thought I saw a big log in the middle of the road. When I rolled up on it I saw it was a large complete rib cage and spine just layng there in the middle or the road. I'm no hunter but it seemed to me that if the body part was human then the rib cage would be kind of wide but not so deep. This rib cage looked narrow, side to side but deep front to back so I figured it was probably deer parts. Nothing to do but proceed.

I as I climbed and climbed I got to thinking, what the heck dragged this thing out into the middle of the road. It had to be wild dogs or something similar. I found my self looking back, but could not see a thing, just blackness. There's always noises in the woods and I started to get a bit jumpy thinking the were definetly things into the woods and wondering, were the following me. And maybe the ribcage was distorted from laying on its side and maybe once it was wider and not so deep.

Just as I got the to the top of the hill there were a few houses, and signs of civilization are always nice. But then out of nowhere I hear "BLLAAAH, BLAAAH" and for a second I was startled, but it was just somebody starting up an ATV. Then I rode through the woods for a while past a house that burned down and I began to wonder if someone died there. After a while I came upon some more houses and suddenly I was surrounded by light. Again I was a bit startled, but it was just someone in their yard with a bright flashlight. Further on towards home I passed the field where late one night I saw a very old fashioned looking guy in a stovetop hat just standing in the field. It seemed strange at the time, but was probably just a farmer with a strange sense of fashion, probably.

I was about a half mile from home and a bit jumpy, but I was thinking how nice it was going to be when I rolled into my garage. Then just five feet to my right at the edge of the road I heard this snarling/snorting sound. From about 15mph I jumped off my bike, stumbled to a halt, and swung the light around to see my neighbors dog. I really dislike dogs because around here people let them run loose and they always think you are in their territory, but that's another story.

Anyway, of course I made it home, and of course I'll be out there again, in a few hours in fact. Because there's nothing dangerous out there in the dark. Is there?