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in the woods i am darkness prevails and tonight we open in ontario's koarta lakes where a teenager spends one night alone at the family cottage and learns the difference between a branch at the window, and something tall, patient and speaking in a voice that shouldn't know his name.

The offer it makes is simple. The promise it leaves is worse.

From there, we ride out to a roadside campsite,

where a broad-chested dog steps close enough for the face to move in human ways.

Drift through a Wisconsin back road, where a flat, finger-long climber clings beneath a posted sign,

and walk a shuttered bird facility,

where two silent figures match a volunteer's stride without ever saying a word.

Have a story of your own.

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Now, throw another log on the fire, because the night is still young.

Creatures at Family's Cottage Encounters. From M.K.

This happened when I was about 15.

I'm 22 now and have been a long-time listener to your podcasts.

I'm from Ontario, Canada, and this took place in late October,

relevant because it's the time we always shut down our cottage for winter.

Every year, just after Thanksgiving, my family drives up to close the place.

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