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In 2019, I took a security job night watching equipment in the middle of the woods at a temporary concrete plant close to the town I used to live in.

It was a blessing for me to land this job at that time, and on the first night there, I relieved my uncle's best friend, who I had not seen in forever, so I knew

I should be just fine there. The first few months were uneventful. I would leave the windows

down on my truck, and that's when I started hearing tree limbs breaking off in the distance

and gravel hitting the metal pieces of the plant. I wrote that off

as wind and rocks falling off the conveyor belt. I left it at that. Sometimes I would take

my dog to work with me. He was a tough dog, but he wouldn't even get out of the truck when these

noises started. He just stayed on the floor all night with his hair standing

up and he would growl. I didn't think much of it at the time. Winter started and I ended up getting

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