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People can be just as scary as the monsters out there.
>Last fall
>Walking down a trail near my town
>Decide to take a shortcut home
>It's a well-maintained trail, nothing sketchy about it
>Follow it a while
>Reach a little 'clearing'
>The trail splits off in two directions here, one continuing forward, the other going off to the left, running past someone's backyard
>The trail forward is overgrown and shitty, not at all like the trail behind me
>I take the other one going past the yard
>Guy sitting on the porch tells me to stop
>This is his property, the overgrown one is the public trail
>He says something about 'at least I'm not one of those damn dirtbikers'
>Ask why he doesn't have a fence, or even a sign
>He responds that it'll ruin his view
>Of what, I don't know, the river is 500m away, hidden by thick trees
>Regardless, I apologize and go down the correct trail
>Never think about it again until a few days ago
>Friday paper's headline: 'Teenager Decapitated By Wire'
>Apparently he finally got sick of the dirtbikers