My best friend is a meat eating deer part 1
My name is Craig. People have died because of me. There is no one to blame but me. I am the man who put rot to the core of pure innocence. Listen to what I have to say, then never repeat my selfishness.
I am a complete fucking loser. Im a high school dropout because my mom and dad chased me out of home for dating a boy. I work at a convenience store on a middle of nowhere road. To be more specific, a road going threw the pine barrens woods of NJ. Disgusting. Damaged. Lonely. The driveway is unpaved and the building itself looks run down. We are very much open though. I live in the apartment above the store. I always used to think it was strange how that was a thing, but it works out for me.
People think that the Pine Barrens are just some creepy woods. Well...they are, but its more then that. The Pine Barrens alone are 22% of NJ's landmass. Utterly massive. Despite that, there is very little built here. Majority of it is protected by law. Pine Barrens is full of all kind of stuff. Lots of abandoned buildings. Really creepy shit. The Pine Barrens even naturally creates fog all the time, as if it wasn't creepy enough on its own. Its because of all the swamps in the area.
Our store is unique because the entire back wall is like one big glass window. Its like a tourist attraction thing. Bunch of signs on the wall to point out local wildlife and stuff. Almost nothing is ever there, so I never got the point.
Only two people work at our store. Me during the night shifts, and a girl during the day shift that I have never once interacted with, nor did I plan to. The most we ever interacted was walking past each other when she was clocking out and I was clocking in. We both live in the apartments above the store, that much I know at least.
The nights rarely get any customers. Its how I prefer it. But of course every once in a while...you get the crazies. I was met with someone who, at the time just seemed homeless and mentally ill. Man only had 3 teeth, a glazed over eye and rags for clothes.
" THE BEAST AWAKENS! ITS DARK MOTHER CALLS UPON ITS BLACK HEART TO RISE AND STALK THE NIGHT! "
"...sigh...welcome to Marty Mart. Do you um...need help or---"
" THE TIME COMES SOON BOY! WHERE ITS LEATHERY BLACK WINGS SPREAD AND BLOT OUT THE SUN! "
"...Look man...we don't gotta---"
" DO YOU DOUPT?! DOUPT THE BEAST WALKS AMONGST US!? "
"..."
At this point I was a bit overwhelmed. Its been a while since someone this crazy was just walking into the store. Even worse he seems like some religious nut. Regular religious people already don't like me, so I don't even want to know what his thoughts on gay people are. Obviously I thought about calling the police, but it would take them ages to actually get here.
" Sigh look man. You gotta calm down. Can you please buy something or just leave? There's someone trying to sleep upstairs and---"
" DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU TO THE DARK PITS! THE BEAST COMETH AND SOON YOU WILL FACE ITS WRATH! "
" Ok I understand. Cant wait to feel all that wrath. Please leave. " I said as I grabbed a broom and started to push him out of the store.
" BEWARE THE DARK MOTHER! SHE SENDS HER CHILD! "
" Uh huh good night " I said as I walked back behind the counter and groaned. At the time I didn't believe him. I mean ive been working here for years now, and weird people always come in. Your lucky if you get confused dads trying to find where camping area's are. But no. I get fent users and creeps.
I was just on my phone for hours after that, checking out 1 or 2 customers every few hours. Barely any people come threw this way, especially at night. Then I heard it. A scream and the loudest crashing noise I ever heard. I screamed like a little girl and jumped out of my seat, falling over and quickly scrambling back up.
It was from the direction of the glass back wall. It was pitch black outside. I couldn't believe the girl above me wasn't running down the stairs right now because that was the loudest bang I had ever heard. And then there was that scream or shriek or whatever it was.
It didn't sound human. It was probably an animal. I went over to the security computer and looked at the camera for the back of the store...and it was broken? Just static. My heart raced. I did NOT want to go out there. No way in Hell. I got up and approached the glass wall. I turned the flashlight on from my phone. It was hard to make anything out...but I saw something. Big. Really fucking big. The flashlight was dim on my phone, but whatever was out there noticed in an instant and darted away.
Fuck. That.
I was stiff as a board in my seat and fully awake for the rest of my shift. The moment there was sunlight I approached the backwall and I was stunned. A Black bear. An entire fucking black bear was ripped in half, and then slammed down into the metal dumpster outside. it was completely smashed and dented. Blood was everywhere. A trail of blood led from the dumpster all the way to deeper in the forest. I didn't want to go outside. No way in hell. I called the police right after
Thinking back on it now...as much as I regret the decisions that I made in the future...they are still some of the best days I had in my entire life...
TO BE CONTINUED