OBX4life

I started geocaching solo back in July of this year (2014). Many of my geo hunts have led me to desolate woods and battlefields. I have never really felt scared to go at them alone until yesterday. I live in Virginia, so wherever you go, you are bound to find some caches in pretty isolated historical places. For those that live in Chesterfield County, Virginia know what I am talking about. I have not slept all night because of what happened to me yesterday. Was my mind playing tricks on me? Was it matrixing of what I was seeing? While I was out geocaching in Pocahontas State Park, I decided to take the Beaver Lake Trail to get the other three caches. On my way to the first cache, I bypassed a slight hill to my right and some tall trees. This was about 5:00 p.m. and the sun was still out and not setting yet. Yet the woods was sort of dark due to the branches and leaves covering that particular area. What caught my fancy was this huge tree (I want to say maple?) that had a huge hollow hole at the base of it. More like an oval shaped hollow opening. I thought to myself, "Oh, that's creepy!" and I continued on to find the other caches. Keep in mind, I didn't see anything out of the ordinary other than that tree. After finding the caches, I went back the same way I came in (passing that creepy tree. And for some reason, as I approached the creepy tree, my eyes diverted towards it. What caught my eye was how darker the hollowed tree was. Still I thought, "TOO CREEPY!!" But then, as I was walking directly in front of it, I noticed a small white round face and round head (the size of a shrunken head that you see in Ripley's believe it or not museums).. the face was shaped like an owl's face, pure white as if it was wearing white makeup (the kind you can buy at Halloween and put it on the kids faces to make them look more pale). It had two black eyes. At first I thought, it must be part of the tree base. But it couldn't have because I remembered it was all dark when I walked by it the first time. I did the rubber necking thing as I walked beyond it, and this creepy thing slowly turned it's head and looked in my direction. This thing must have been 5' at the most wearing a dark like cape. It was camouflaged with the tree itself. But what stood out was it's white head and black eyes. I still can't get it out of my head. I think I'm going to internet research this further. It definitely was no ghost apparition. I saw it plain as day and it was solid! Suddenly, my sixth sense told me, "Keep moving.. FASTER!!!" I looked away and walked quicker than normal. And I never looked back. I didn't want to run nor look back because if I did, I felt this thing may have decided to follow me. I walked around the bend of that trail and few yards further when I felt safe enough to walk a normal pace. I hurried back up the trail and back to the nature center. I won't go in that area of the park now. For those that haven't been to Beaver Lake Trail and want to see that hollowed out tree, go for it.

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