Write about a scary or spooky encounter you had.
Twenty-five years ago I was attacked by a horse. Yes, a horse. That’s (luckily) the only time I can recall really being scared for my life.
I was walking along the riverbank at my parent’s place, thankfully their Rottweiler dog was with me. From a distance I could see my Aunty Judy’s horse staring me down and then suddenly, he was charging towards me.
I didn’t move at first because I was thinking, what will he actually do to me, surely he’ll stop running once he gets close. I grew up around horses and was absolutely not afraid of them.
But when he got closer I realized, holy crap, he’s not stopping. His ears were back and he was coming at me. So I ran up the bank into the trees and towards the barb-wire fence. He ran up the bank nearly as fast as I did and today I only remember flashes of what happened.
I got on the other side of where two trees seemed to have grown up from one and I recall this big brown beast rearing up at me, front hooves in the air.
My parents dog started barking ferociously at him. The horse turned on the dog and went after him.
I was able to escape the rest of the way up the river bank and over the fence to safety.
When I told Aunty Judy about the encounter later she brushed it off, or seemed to not believe he was trying to kill me saying, oh he likes to play around like that. Yeah right.
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