Ten days.Ten attempts to finish next part of my story. Every..
Added 2025-03-12 23:15:55 +0000 UTCTen days.Ten attempts to finish next part of my story. Every time I sit down, open my notes the words stubbornly refuse to form sentences.Maybe I should take a break? Leave the story I’m working on for a while and write about something else?For example, last night I was watching a YouTube video about two friends who had disappeared without a trace. One theory suggested that they were attacked by wild animals. For some reason, this really unsettled me. I felt a deep, almost primal anxiety—as if the very thought that something like this could happen was too terrifying to fully grasp.If someone asked me what I was most afraid of, I would immediately say: encountering a wild animal in the forest. Although, to be honest, my biggest phobia is heights.But I have already encountered a wild animal once.I remember that day vividly—July 26. My friend and I were planning to go to the cinema, but we had nearly an hour before the film started, so we decided to take a walk in a nearby forest.We drank hot cappuccinos, smoked a joint, and headed back toward the cinema. The air was fresh after the rain, and the soft evening light filtered through the leaves, casting everything in golden hues.I was talking about something, laughing, when suddenly my friend grabbed my hand and whispered: – don’t move!I froze.I turned my head—and locked eyes with a massive wild boar.It was only three or four meters away. Huge, probably over a hundred kilos, with dark eyes.My first thought was: "Is this really how I’m going to die?"I instinctively tensed, ready to run, but my friend squeezed my hand tighter. She knew what I was about to do.We stood there. The boar stared at us, and we stared back. Time stretched unbearably long.Then, suddenly, it grunted, turned, and disappeared into the bushes…I walked in silence all the way to the end of the forest. When we finally reached the road, I just sank down onto the pavement and started laughing hysterically. Then, with shaking hands, I pulled out my phone and googled:"What to do if you encounter a wild boar in the forest?"Now I realize that the whole thing probably lasted no more than ten seconds. But in that moment, it felt like an eternity.P.S photos and videos from that evening :)
