Another near death experience guys!! ha, that may or may not be exagerated. i think i've mentioned before how Morgan and I use to get into all kinds of troiuble back in Oki! Right? The tiem we nearly got kidnapped, a story ive shared almsot as much as her (even if both of ours our slighlty diffrent-not too much) but evne so, it was not the first time stuff like thats happened. well, another situation kind of occured like that today! Im currently in Fl with my mom, right? Well me, Mr Tim (nurse that helps with siblings- baby bro, 4 yrs has autism) and my siblnigs- Savannah, 5? anoying pain. Decided to try to go to some place called Crystal lake or whatever. We failed to find it after near an hour of driving, and both of them fell alseep, so mr tim decided we'd just try this trail walk, all of us in hopes of it soemhow leading to the Crystal lake (and let me tell u, if the place we did end up was this stupid lake, then screw it, it practically screams danger and crocks. i half expected to find a body on this trail of in this 'lake'). Anyhow, we trek throguh this place for a few good 20-30 min beofre grandma phones us up and wants us home- it has been storming, and rianing on and off for the last few dyas. it was sprinkilnig a bit on an off too today, but wasnt too bad- heard a little thunder, but notihng to really acknwoledge. We kept gonig, and i scouted ahead a few times, keeping eyes open for possible snakes and hopefully no 'creeps' with bad inetntions. my lil sis had to go, number 2 if u know what i mean, so i ran ahead some more to see if this path broke out anytime soon or not. turns out it ended at this bridge over wate-r unable ot guess how deep ,with large grass growing from it in all dirfections, and a sign on a gate tellnug i to stay on the platform. for once in my life, i lsitened. like i sia,d didnt liek the feel of the place. so we turned tail ,ad on the last split we saw, i deicded it had to be a short cut, so jsut as grandma called us up to turn home, i told them to go on and i'l lonly yell for them if it is a way out. if not, i'll catch up. at this point as im rubinng down this less trodden path, i am a little weary of possible threats- humans mroe or less, but it seemed fine. got to antoehr split, the path i had been on now, was diffrent, had this blackish soil, bit hard on the feet- i had to wathcm y feet as i ran ,s oas not to loose my shoes in em. i made it and there was this tree ot the more right of the middle break. it had a yellow ring around it. i recalled seeing some of that on our way in earlier, towards the begining, plus the paht was alot smalled, and even less trodden on. so i took it, still running lightly b/c of the more vegiation, my soccer ball all the while udner my arm. anyhow, it breaks not too long after that, as there is the first split on this wooden walk way that was aobut 4-5 inches off the ground. and to my left was just one, i knew for sure was very clsoe towards the entranc.e i got up onto the platform /bridge tihng and look about me to se if they were coming. i yelled for mr tim or savanah. didnt get a reply. so i relaxed, tried to slow down my breahting and closed my eyes in hope of enhanceing my hearing a bit- along with yawning to pop my ears. i listened but didnt hear the normal bickering of mr tim and savannah, as they often seemed ot midly argue, ha, or at least talk. nathenil doenst speka at ll, jsut makes noises, but ididnt even hear him- he doenst usually make noises either, but he does cry, and had been a bit upset at this point. i opened my eyes and looked down the split path ,trying to see if they were aobut ot break throguh. My eye site isnt veyr good, left eye okay, right nearly blind. so i was a bit at a lost, but know how to use clues and all, you know? well i yell agian for them and stop. i stand scilent for aobut 10 mintues i guesS? and wait to see them, worried i may have ot turn bakc and help them out (the deal was that i'd scout for a short cut, but to not loos time, have them walk on and jsut listen for my yell). Well i was just starinbg at this break when isaw a figure. i yelled mr tim again then stopped. i loked some more. this person had a white hat and t on. mr tim didnt. plus i didnt see any other bodies or hear the yappniug of my sister or tim or evne my brother. so i knew this person coudltn be them. well, me beign a female, alone, in a trail, alreayd weary of my situation, quickly slipped bakc onto the unmakred trail and ducked behind ,enoguh to where i could still see parts of whoever it may be, jsut in case it was mr tim. Well, turns out, it wasnt him. it was some man i never say, and he walkeda brisk pace, and seemed to be looknig in my direction, and sliglht about, but kept his pace. my breahting by now had that relaxed quietness- even quieter now, use to tihs kind of thing (ha, eh, uh.) and watched him walk by. once he past, i watched his back for a few mintues, till i saw him comeplty dispell. then i stood bsac kup, still concealed. I waited even longer, not trusting myself to break out. Then i got back on, looked behind me now, at the left then back to the split and yelled for mr tims name, qucikyl looking where that man disapeared. still notihng. i was now aware i wouldnt be able to leave till i was sure mr tim and them were out or not. part of me tohught for a secound that they for some reason waited for me back at the last split. i wsas stuck now. i didnt know how long this man walked- liek the time period it took him to break into site, then pass out, and of hearing shot. plus with me yelling once or twice for mr tim, i wanst gonig to be able to pull off not being ther.e iwas sure if this man was no good, asi firgure he might, he'd come back. so i kept an eye on both ways, prepared to spring back to my path. Anyhow im waiting, still dont hear mr tim or savanah and am a ltitle mroe worried, thinknig i may leave soon, to see if they beat me soemhow. then i thoguht i was a moent at the split. there was that white cap and shit again. imedietly i carefully bolted bakc into the brush. (i didnt want ot really hit anything so it would sway hard) and went a ltitle farther back than before, and crouched lower, keepy my eyes peeled for him. I swear, it alsmot felt like he saw me b/c his pace slwoed for a moment, whenit seemed lie keh was looknig at me. at that moment, i felt a ltitle thing tell me, if he stepped off that path even a ltitle, i' turn tail and bolt. he looked a bit old and fat- even so, despite what i may think, i proably couldnt fight him ,but im more limber nad could outrun him not problem (maybe al ittle..ha, not as good of shape as i was in Oki-America is so...relaxed. guess its why we're getting big, eh?) rgiht- so im waiting for him to pass, my eyes down at the path now, not evne blinking, to see if his foot falls off the path. it doesnt. i didnt however let my guard up for evne a fraction of a secound. i made sure he was a good distance off again beofre i cautiously got out. i looked soem kmore and got bakc up. i jsdged aobut how much tiem ihad before he came back, and yelled for mr tim. he clams he never heard me yell once (firgure. i mumble and tlk quietly alot a times, so my voice isnt exactly an ampliphier, u know). I hear soemtihng, sounded like a yell. i couldnt make it out (i do have a bit of bad hearing too at times-oy. evne this young and im fallnig apart, ha) and i take my chances and bet that its Tim. So i take the path and run on, figuring that man would show up in a few mintes, and at the relaxed pace, evne if it wasa bit fas,t he'd catch up to me, or at least see me. and i didnt want that. so i ran qutie a bit, till i jsut aobut saw the exit. then i walked, constantly looknig behind me like i stole soemthing. I make it jsut out, and wave ot mr tim when i hear him call for my name, sanah yelling and runnig about in the parkinglot picnic table place. i didnt yell- ui guess b/c part of me still wasnt sure if it'd be a good idea or not. i made it out, savanah runnig up to me and tellnig me soemtihng aobut them beatin me (cheeky devil, i won, and i know it. i would have...if i didnt hveot wiat...grr..). Anyhow, as im tellnig mr tim this story and we're putting everyone in the car nad im drinking a soda, i see that man come out of the treial and tell mr tim to look behind him. i watchthis man and see him go ont antoehr trial opening. so i figured out how he rounded the place so easily. we drove off and mr tim told me he didnt like hte looks of that guy either. he deifntly kenw the trial well enoguh. thoguh, okay yeah, could of just been a guy trying to take a common walk for his health b/c he was a bit-well-fat- but even so, i'd rather not take my chances. so yup. thus another great tale of my life has been written. ha. u know its bad when u know what to do and dont even panic at moments like that ( i mean, its not bad for say, but haha, evne so.)