Ten days.Ten attempts to finish next part of my story. Every..

Ten days.

Ten attempts to finish next part of my story.

Every time I sit down, open my notes the words stubbornly refuse to form sentences.

Maybe I should take a break? Leave the story I’m working on for a while and write about something else?

For example, last night I was watching a YouTube video about two friends who had disappeared without a trace. One theory suggested that they were attacked by wild animals.

For some reason, this really unsettled me. I felt a deep, almost primal anxiety—as if the very thought that something like this could happen was too terrifying to fully grasp.

If someone asked me what I was most afraid of, I would immediately say: encountering a wild animal in the forest.

Although, to be honest, my biggest phobia is heights.

But I have already encountered a wild animal once.

I remember that day vividly—July 26. My friend and I were planning to go to the cinema, but we had nearly an hour before the film started, so we decided to take a walk in a nearby forest.

We drank hot cappuccinos, smoked a joint, and headed back toward the cinema.

The air was fresh after the rain, and the soft evening light filtered through the leaves, casting everything in golden hues.

I was talking about something, laughing, when suddenly my friend grabbed my hand and whispered:

– don’t move!

I froze.

I turned my head—and locked eyes with a massive wild boar.

It was only three or four meters away. Huge, probably over a hundred kilos, with dark eyes.

My first thought was: "Is this really how I’m going to die?"

I instinctively tensed, ready to run, but my friend squeezed my hand tighter. She knew what I was about to do.

We stood there. The boar stared at us, and we stared back. Time stretched unbearably long.

Then, suddenly, it grunted, turned, and disappeared into the bushes…

I walked in silence all the way to the end of the forest. When we finally reached the road, I just sank down onto the pavement and started laughing hysterically. Then, with shaking hands, I pulled out my phone and googled:

"What to do if you encounter a wild boar in the forest?"

Now I realize that the whole thing probably lasted no more than ten seconds. But in that moment, it felt like an eternity.

P.S photos and videos from that evening :)