Blood Spoor in the Dark

t is dark, as the moon plays hide and seek amongst the clouds, and the animals of the forest move in and out of shadows as Piet an

uggests that the scent of the rotten meat will carry to the one they are waiting for. Hopefully, it��s just a questi

and no show from the spotted killer. Silence descends down on them so quickly that it takes a few minutes for both to realize that the bait has a v

nds one of the biggest spotted hyenas either man has ever seen. The hyena, caught in the glare of the light, stares straight a

o the darkness, trying to adjust their

scared that bloody

feels like something��s about to happe

aste of time, when they hear movement in the direction of the bait. The crickets are silent and the low growl of a big

ning speed towards the blind. Piet��s first shot is not a killing shot, due to the sudden charge of the big cat, but catches it in the right shoulder. The bullet breaking bone on its way into the leopard, the force of the bullet knocks the cat o

his way along the jungle path in the direction of his home, after a meeting with the village chief

om behind, and he feels sharp talons sink into his flesh. With a scream of pain and terror, he fights to dislodge his attacker, and in his efforts,

e ground and his last thought is that he recognized his assailant, and he aband

e from, the killer looks down at the body of his victim,

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