The woods were quiet at this time of night and were pleasant to walk around in in the summer months. The chill of winter and fall had not yet come, and for a brief while, the Arklay Mountains were like paradise on earth. At least to Robert Mason, he always liked to roam the woods at night, especially when he needed to clear his mind. whether it was dealing with his overbearing mother pestering him about children of his own, or his job as a banker in Raccoon City even though he lived in the near-by community of Stoneville which made for an ungodly commute. But here in the woods, he could be at peace.

There was a rustle in the foliage, Robert was used to it, it was likely some kind of animal scurrying around. He had walked this path a hundred times or more, though a creeping thought entered into the back of his mind. From at least spring, there had been reports of people being attacked in the mountain areas and even some suburban neighborhoods in the outskirts of the city, but he was far east of the area, nothing was going to harm him, tonight. He had heard the sound of a helicopter overhead, and then a large light passed by him through the leaves, someone was flying pretty low, he wondered what it was but eventually lost interest in it. After a couple of minutes of walking down the path he had heard the rustling again, and in front of him in the darkness he thought he saw a dog, it wasn't a wolf or a coyote, it was much slimmer and looked like it didn't have much hair, from the vague silhouette of the canine Robert thought maybe it was a Doberman of some kind, he wondered if it was someone's missing pet or if it was a lost stray, he knelt down onto one knee and called out to the animal "hey there! it's alright, I'm not gonna hurt ya" he spoke in a soft voice, trying to not spook the animal, the dog looked over at him and slowly approached "It's okay, want some food?" Robert asked pulling out some beef jerky he carried with him. As the animal got closer and closer he thought he heard some other footsteps behind it, eventually, when the dog came into the light of his flashlight his eyes widened with shock and fright.

The animal had milky white eyes and patches of its skin missing, wounds so badly some exposed bone showed through the muscle "you don't look so good" Robert spoke to the animal with slight hesitation in his voice, as the injured canine came closer, several more just like it followed behind it. The leader of the pack then jumped up, slamming into Robert's torso, knocking onto the ground. His flashlight fell from his hands and broke against a tree casting everything into darkness.

The pack of animals pounced on the downed man, sinking their teeth into every part of his body they could find, tearing out chunks of flesh and pulling out organs with their mouths, all while Robert let out inhuman screams of agony, being silenced as one of the dogs sunk its teeth into his neck, spilling out hot blood all over the forest floor.