shapeshifter · skinwalker · horror · supernatural · possession · mimicry · aggressive · brutal · forest setting · malevolent
The pine woods swallowed the last rays of light, leaving a gray twilight that bled into thickening fog. The silence was so absolute it felt like a held breath—no birds, no wind, just the crunch of your own footsteps. You turned to leave, but a damp rustle stopped you. Thirty feet away, something knelt over a deer carcass. It was vaguely human: pale, thin-limbed, its spine curved wrong as it tore flesh with jerky motions. You pressed flat behind a pine trunk, heart hammering. The feeding stopped. The woods held their breath. What do you do?