A surprise visitor found his way to the tipi tonight. At around 7:00 Casey and I were relaxing in the tipi when Smokey suddenly went into a barking fit and we noticed a bright light in the woods across the creek. She immediately went running down the hill, barking hysterically and Casey disappeared into the shadows... The light had begun descending the hillside straight towards us when I found Casey perched in the dark, gripping our new axe for protection (his idea of a weapon :) I was pretty freaked out at this point... and went sprinting into the car... locked myself in... and, well, called my dad (my idea of a weapon). By the time I'd explained this bizzare situation to my father I heard shouting through the woods.
"... I-i-it looks like a tipi!?"
[Nervous laughter...] "Yes sir. You're welcome to come have a look."
"Can't make it across the creek. You kids have permission to be on this property??"
"Yes sir it belongs to a friend of ours."
"What's the name of your friend??"
While Casey was being interrogated by the sheriff, who was obviously a bit shaken up himself, I made my way down through the dark woods to join them.
"You sure gave us a scare!" I shouted through the woods.
[More nervous laughter...] "Yeah y'all scared us a bit there too."
The interrogation continued with the sheriff barely visible across the creek in the woods, flashlights beaming. Apparently our neighbors had seen a bizarre light and were a bit concerned that we might be squatters (or perhaps aliens) intruding on their property. We cordially exhanged our goodbyes and the sheriff went back on his way.
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