A Summer I Will Never Forget

It was the late summer of 2012. Jake and some friends rented a cabin in the woods on the out skirts of Ohio.

I tagged along as usual just to see what stupid thing they could do next and also to get out of the house. As we drove to the cabin I noticed something that was terribly disturbing. There was a row of graves far to the north. What is a bunch of gravestones doing in the middle of the forest?

We were an hour away from the cabin.

Turning to look at Jake I asked, “Why do you suppose the cabin is so far away from any civilization?”

Jake replied,snickering, “Some people just don't like neighbors.”

Jared and his brother sped past us blaring the car horn. Jake glanced at me smirked as he said, “Shall we race them?”

I just shrugged because it didn't matter if I said no or yes because he'd do it anyway.

An hour after arriving at the cabin Justin and I went venturing into the woods to look around. Running to catch up with me Justin asked, “Don't you think we should go back to the cabin before we get lost?”

Poor Justin if he could get any more wimpy we'll have to put him in a bubble so nothing can get to him.

I replied with a smile, “Is poor little Justin getting scared again?”

Justin shook his head and continued to follow me deeper in the woods. All of a sudden Justin tapped me on the shoulder. I turned to look at him to see that the color had drained from his face and he wore a terrified expression. I looked toward where he was looking and saw a human being dragged to a little cottage where they hung him up and started gutting him.

All of a sudden, someone put a hand on my shoulder. I turned around to see a man looking at us with a scowl on his face. Before I could even react Justin picked up a rock and hit the man in the back of the head real hard.

“Oh my god!!! You killed him!!!” I screamed hysterically, “Why did you do that!!!”

Justin replied, “We've got to tell Jake and Jared!!! We need to leave!!!”

The only problem is when we ran to where we were staying we lead them there by mistake. We didn't realize it until the man started knocking on the door violently.

Screeching at the top of our lungs Justin and I screamed, “Don't answer the door!!! He's going to kill us and gut us like that guy he drug to his cottage!!!”

Jake and Jared looked at each other and smirked, “Yeah right. Like we're going to listen to you two. Give it up, Dweebs. You can't prank us.”

And like total idiots they opened the door. Before Jared could even react the man stabbed him in the chest 10 times and shoved him out of the way.

Jake grabbed anything he could reach and started throwing at him. It wasn't until he threw the lamp that the guy actual got the hint.

Throwing Jared over his shoulder the man hissed, “I'll be back for you guys. You won't know when. But I'll be back.”

Slamming the door in his face Justin began to cry, “If you would have listened to me when I said we should have went back to the cabin. Maybe then my brother wouldn't be dead!!!”

That night we made sure all the door and windows were locked. Down in the Kitchen we planned an escape rout. We had to get out of this place without anyone else getting killed.

Jake grabbed his binoculars and looked at the cottage. He looked like he was going to be sick.

Grabbing the binoculars from him I looked at what he was looking at. That man was butchering him and cutting his head up.

“They're cannibals!!!” I yelled in disgust, “This is bad!!! This is really bad!!!”

They'll be looking for another body by dawn....We need to get out of here by then if we have to die in the process.

I walked over to my suitcase and grabbed my cell phone. Just as I was about to dial a number it said there was no cell phone reception.

All those gravestones must bee all their victims' remains that they didn't eat...It makes me sick just thinking about it.

All night we packed and planned...We must have passed out from exhaustion because I woke on the couch to see Jared and Justin sleeping on the other couches. I glanced at the time to see it was already 3:30 PM. “Crap!!!” I yelled in frustration, “Wake up you two!!! We over slept and now we have to worry about them seeing us as we try to escape!!!”

We grabbed our things and started to open the door. We ran toward the truck.

Screaming at the top of his lungs Jake yelled, “Duck!!”

I hit the ground hard Justin didn't know what he said and got a flying hatchet lodged into his forehead.

Jake grabbed me by the wrist and drug me to the truck. I got into the truck before the arrow hit me. I glanced at the arrow that was now sticking out of the truck door.

Jake had no problem hitting the gas and speeding out of here. Jared looked at me and said, “Don't speak of this to anyone....They'll never believe us.”