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"You may laugh, both of you, but I assure you the feeling was so positive that I crouched down instinctively to hide myself behind a rock. YOU MAY LAUGH BOTH OF YOU BUT I ASSURE YOU THE FEELING WAS SO POSITIVE THAT I CROUCHED DOWN INSTINCTIVELY TO HIDE MYSELF BEHIND A ROCK
hy about admitting it—but as I stood there in that lonely valley, where only the noises of wind and water were audible,[82] and no human being, except my guide, some miles away, was within reach, a curious feeling came over me I find difficult to describe. I felt”—obviously he made an effort to get the word out—“I felt creepy.” “You,” murmured Lawson, with an incredulous smile—“you creepy?” he repeated under his breath. “I felt creepy and afraid,” continued the other, with conviction. “I had the sensation of being seen by someone—as if someone, I mean, was watching me. It was so unlikely that anyone was near me in that God-forsaken bit of wilderness, that I simply couldn’t believe it at first. But the feeling persisted. I felt absolutely positive somebody was not far away among the red maples, behind a boulder, across the little stream, perhaps, somewhere, at any rate, so near that I was plainly visible to him. It was not an animal. It was human. Also, it was hostile. “I was in danger. N IT'S TRUE SO I DON'T SEE WHY I SHOULD FEEL SHY ABOUT ADMITTING IT BUT AS I STOOD THERE IN THAT LONELY VALLEY WHERE ONLY THE NOISES OF WIND AND WATER WERE AUDIBLE AND NO HUMAN BEING EXCEPT MY GUIDE SOME MILES AWAY WAS WITHIN REACH A CURIOUS FEELING CAME OVER ME I FIND DIFFICULT TO DESCRIBE I FELT OBVIOUSLY HE HAD MADE AN EFFORT TO GET THE WORD OUT I FELT CREEPY YOU MURMURED LARSAN WITH AN INCREDULOUS SMILE YOU CREEPY HE REPEATED UNDER HIS BREATH I FELT CREEPY AND AFRAID CONTINUED THE OTHER WITH CONVICTION I HAD THE SENSATION OF BEING SEEN BY SOME ONE AS IF SOMEONE I MEAN WAS WATCHING ME IT WAS SO UNLIKELY THAT ANYONE WAS NEAR ME IN THAT GOD FORSAKEN BIT OF WILDERNESS THAT I SIMPLY COULDN'T BELIEVE IT AT FIRST BUT THE FEELING PERSISTED I FELT ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE SOMEONE WAS NOT FAR AWAY AMONG THE RED MAPLES BEHIND A BOULDER ACROSS A LITTLE STREAM PERHAPS SOMEWHERE AT ANY RATE SO NEAR THAT I WAS PLAINLY VISIBLE TO HIM IT WAS NOT AN ANIMAL IT WAS HUMAN ALSO IT WAS HOSTILE I WAS IN DANGER
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