Korey's Story Essay: Masked Murderer

It was a warm summer night in North Dakota, So Korey decided to go for a walk in the forest near his house. The trees looked menacing and mysterious with their branches hanging over the pathway. He kept walking as the sun set and the moon began to peek over the horizon; it was a full moon which illuminated the entire surrounding area. The stars were starting to shine. He realized that the only thing he brought with him was a newspaper from earlier that day. The headline said “Masked Murderer escapes prison on June 28th and might be hiding in any nearby locations,” That was only two days ago, he thought. As he was walking, he heard a rustling of leaves which startled him after remembering that article, then he heard trickling water which was …show more content…
Carefully he pretended not to hear anything and started to walk just a little faster and when he looked behind him he saw the shine of light on metal very briefly before the object disappeared behind the trees. He quickly walked away from the path towards the sound of water which was now deafening. After another few minutes he approached a swampy area and his shoes began to stick in the mud he looked behind him again, this time seeing a dark figure with a long knife. He sprinted to the shoreline of the water and then dove in not wasting time to look behind him. Korey swam to the waterfall and went behind it only to find a tent and small campfire in an alcove where no water dripped. He had just entered the lion's den. He looked around for some place to run to but then he heard footsteps and crawled into the tent. The footsteps got closer and then the zipper of the tent started to move up; Korey pulled a blanket over himself and held his breath for what felt like an eternity, then the zipper finally started to move again and the tent closed. He heard footsteps moving away from the camp then he left the