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**I Thought It Was Just Another Kid Playing Hide and Seek** This happened when I was 11. A bunch of us were playing hide and seek at night in the woods behind our neighborhood—the part we weren’t supposed to go into. I found a perfect spot behind a fallen tree, completely hidden except for a small gap I could see through. After the counting stopped, everything went quiet. No footsteps. No voices. A few minutes later, I saw what I thought was one of my friends with a flashlight. I assumed it