Entry 14 – October 20, 2012

Today, I carried out my plan of revisiting that spot that the creature goes to during the day. I have to say, things didn't really go as I wanted to. Maybe my plan wasn't very thought out well. When I went out to the spot, I was in my camo hiking gear. I thought that would help in the situation. I went up the hill through the woods. That's how I approached the creature's resting area. I only brought some binoculars with me. They weren't anything special, just an old pair. I tried to step carefully and quietly. This was kinda hard with all the leaves on the ground. When I was on top of the hill, I started to move closer to the edge of the treeline. I was almost to the place. I could see the tips of the boulders. All of a sudden, I hear a swoop and then some running. The creature knew I was coming! I don't know if I was too loud or if it just could smell me. I knew it was taking off. This is when I ran as fast as I could to see if I could get a glimpse of what I was pursuing. Happily though, I did. I think I saw the middle of its tail. I guess it had its tail curled for some reason. Maybe to stay out of sight as much as it could? I was able to see it through the binoculars. I pulled them out as I was running. The boulders that it was laying on were closer to the treeline I was in. The creature really had to run to get into the treeline on the other side. It is a good distance. I'm happy that I got to see something of this mysterious creature. Although, I'm worried that the creature might not want to be around me now that I just found its lounge spot. I hope that it didn't think I was trying to get it or anything. If only I could just tell it that I want to know what it looks like. That would make things a lot simpler. I didn't go out to my tree-house tonight. I sorta feel bad about chasing it away from its resting area. Weirdly enough, I feel like I need to apologize to it about that. I mean, it did respond to everything else I said to it. It won't realize the context of what I say to it (I guess), but maybe the apologetic tone will say it all. That will have to be done tomorrow. As soon as I can.