Once, three friends were backpacking in the forest. Suddenly, a black figure attacked them. It was eight feet tall; its face was elongated, like that of a wolf, but its body was human in appearance. It picked one of the boys up in its huge, claw-like hands and ran off. The other two screamed and followed him. The creature was soon out of sight. However, the two boys kept running, until they reached a forest grove. To their horror, they saw their friend hanging upside down from a tree over a huge pot of boiling water. The creature was not in sight. So, the boys climbed up the tree and freed their friend. As they were about to run, the creature returned. The friends started running. The creature followed them. It was about to reach them when it saw a pride of lions in the other direction. It left the boys and ran towards them, as if, it found the lions a better meal than them!
The Creature
