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hike and we were all eager to sink our teeth into the turkey.
    When we reached Laurel Lake Allie dressed the turkey for the fire while Bull and Kyle had their go at some fishing. We ate well that evening and sat around the campfire afterward talking about the day’s rewards. As darkness once again fell and the fire began to die down we each made our way into our sleeping bags under the tarps.
    In another cowardly move I had managed to position my bag between the two couples. If something was going to invade our campsite I did not want to be the unfortunate person that it attacked. I was still unable to fall asleep as easily as the others and lay awake thinking about where we were and what we had seen that day.
    It was then that I got an urge for nature’s call. I would have to go into the woods by myself in order to drain my now ready to burst bladder. I cursed myself for having not gone when everyone was up and the campfire was still going strong, but nature had a way of not cooperating when the time was most convenient. I slid out of my bag, picked up my bat and walked into the edge of the dark sinister wood nearby.
    I leaned the bat against a tree and began to relieve myself. I was startled when I heard a rustling sound off to my left. I peered into the dark wood while attempting to hurry as fear began to get the better of me. In my state of nervousness I could not finish my pee as the darkness seemed to creep ever closer.
    It was then that I had to pinch off in mid-stream… there were two deep red glowing eyes that were looking in my direction from about 40 yards away. The red devil eyes then turned into brighter fine points and narrowed as if focusing on me directly. I reached for my bat and knocked it over. I then fumbled on the ground in the darkness trying to find it. When I finally got a grip on the handle I jumped to my feet and ran back into camp.
    I quietly awakened Bull and the others and began to tell of what I had seen. Kyle immediately pointed out to me that my fly was open. Their first reaction was to laugh and again tease me about the spider. But I persisted in my story, so Bull and Kyle got their handguns and followed me to where I had seen the red devil eyes.
    We stood for ten minutes, looking and listening, but nothing moved or made a sound. When Kyle had seen enough he turned with a huff and made his way back to the tarps. Bull stood with me another few minutes while I swore to him that I had seen two red eyes. I described how they had focused in on me.
    Bull gave me the benefit of the doubt as he knew from my reactions that I had indeed seen something. Sometimes an animal’s eyes in the wood can reflect light and appear to glow, but that would only happen if a light was being shown in their direction. There were no lights around other than the dull embers of the fire and I had come to relieve myself carrying only the bat.
    I felt bad for waking the others and then not seeing anything. I told Bull we may as well wait and come out to look in the morning. He agreed and sent me back to the tarps while he stayed to take a break of his own. I was almost back by the smoldering campfire when five loud shots rang out striking fear into my heart.
    The girls were instantly up and with their guns at the ready they and Kyle hustled over to where Bull was still standing. I then realized that I was standing by myself in the camp with only my bat. I made haste to join the defenders.
    As we approached Bull had one arm out with his hand facing back at us telling us to stop. He then brought one finger up to his mouth to attain our silence. We all listened intently and heard nothing but crickets.
    Another five minutes passed and we moved back to the tarps. We sat up for several hours discussing what had happened. Bull had seen the red devil eyes too. He said they appeared to be moving slowly towards him so he had drawn his .45 cal and fired off the five shots we had heard.
    He thought one of those five rounds may have