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Do anons have any swamp stories?
Maybe your local swamp cryptids? Myths tied to swamps? Special places on swamps? What magic are swamps tied to? Or maybe you just have an interesting swamp picture you want to share?
Swamp thread
gpt
Swamp?
How about an estuary?

>California
>4-5 years ago
>walking in woods at night
>beautiful, calm, serene, as usual
>woods border said estuary
>never heard anything bad about it in my life
>no wolves or bears in this specific area for decades (lore is that the Spaniards killed them all)
>biggest thing in the forest are deer
Anyways
>moon is out, good amount of light
>on phone with gf
>phone flashlight is on for shadowy parts of the trail
>going in between talking and holding it out to see the ground
>(phone was loud enough without speaker and forest was quiet enough that I could hear every word without it next to my ear)
>chatting while I enjoy nature
>hear something behind me
>'must be wind'
>still walking and talking
>still hearing something behind me
>trying to stay cool bcuz gf is on the phone
>mind is racing
>too big to be a rabbit
>deers don't follow humans
>I've been hearing this thing for about 40-50 feet now
>it's not small and it's not a deer
>confused and worried
>tell gf 'okay, listen I'm being followed'
>I haven't stopped moving
>neither has it
>explain size and persistence, hence why I don't think it's a deer, rabbit, fox, etc
>she becomes concerned
>changes my perspective
>'be brave' i thought
>come up with stupid plan
>nearing a bend in the path
>ohmyfuckwe'redoingthis
>begin to turn to follow path
>still conversing
>instead of turning with rlthe path I kept going and pointed the flashlight ahead of me
>this takes half a second
>in this half second the creature following me turns and leaps
>all I see are pure white, giant, canine back legs and tail
>it's jumping OVER a 12-15 foot bush
>the next instant it's lands
>hear it running off
It could easily have killed me. I guess I spooked it when I turned really fast? People have claimed told me it was a spirit wolf, a giant wolf, or wolf man.
I don't know anything other than a giant canid stalked me in those woods and I haven't gone in there at night since.