"I sat there terrified, waiting for the light to turn green, terrified that it was following me. After what felt like an eternity, the light turned green and I sped the rest of the way home."
I received the following account:
"Hi, Lon. I have been reading about people's encounters on Phantoms & Monsters, especially those about the Chicago Mothman sightings, and it has made me think about past creepy experiences I've had. One in particular had resurfaced in my mind last night.
So I grew up in Portage, Indiana. This encounter happened in 2021, though I don't remember the month. It happened before I moved out of my mother's house, and the trees had full foliage, so it was late spring to mid-summer.
The night that it happened, I was hanging out at my boyfriend's apartment. I hung out there almost every night of the week and would return home at around 10-11 pm. It was always dark when I drove home, and until this night I had never really seen anything weird. It was only a five-minute drive from my boyfriend's apartment to my mother's house.
About halfway through the drive, there is an intersection. If you go straight, you drive onto a short stretch of winding road with woods on both sides. On one side of the road, there is a small trail that follows it and cuts through some of the woods. It is a very beautiful walk during the day and a great place to spot deer in the morning. At the end of the road, there is another intersection that meets a larger busy road, which I would use to get to my mother's house. The trail turns into a normal sidewalk at this intersection.
So I'm driving on this stretch of road, and I'm getting close to the next intersection. There are no street lamps, so the only light source is coming from my headlights. The trail is to the right of me, and I see this tall, lanky shadow start to walk out of the tree line. As I pass, it continues to walk straight towards the road, almost right into my car. Now, I didn't really process what I saw until I had already passed it, So I didn't stop or even slow down. Despite this it seemed to not care that it almost walked right into my car, it didn't even hesitate. It almost felt like it knew I was coming. Once I realized what I saw, I started freaking out. I got to the intersection, but the light was red. I sat there terrified, waiting for the light to turn green, terrified that it was following me. After what felt like an eternity, the light turned green and I sped the rest of the way home.
Now, let me give you a more detailed physical description of this shadow figure. It was completely black, with no discernible features. Even in my headlights. It was at least 8-9 feet tall. Very long, skinny arms and legs. It was bipedal and walked with a large stride. Its head was round and looked a little small compared to the other proportions of the body. Definitely humanoid-shaped. I don't think it was a crawler, due to the shadow-like appearance, and how comfortably it walked on two legs. It definitely wasn't a person.
Also, on a side note, A friend of mine had a scary experience while biking down this same trail at night. He heard what sounded like a woman screaming. I don't know if those incidents are connected, but it's interesting to think about." H
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