Deep in the woods I come face to face with a creature

that looks like hell on earth

I stair at it

The coyote stairs back

Its yellow glowing eyes leak a yellow substance

Its fur reeked of death and was covered in dirt and maggots

White foam dripped from its broken jaw that hung low

Fear

I could see its ribs and bones through its thin skin

fear

Its low muffled growl echoed through the silence forest

The hairs on my skin stood up as it limps forward

My breath became heavy as I turned around and ran

Fear

Never again will I go back to the cold darkness of

death that awaits in those woods