This story happened to me while serving in the army. I served for almost a year, and it became much easier to live in all respects. The "grandfathers" were demobilized, the recruits have not yet arrived.
True, the latter did not bother us so much, because we have not yet had time to get lazy to the extent that without young soldiers it is as if without arms.
Once we took over the guard to guard the warehouses. They were located in a forest, 30 kilometers from the city. At the same time, the nearest village is not exactly right next door. Six kilometers before her. The protected area of the warehouses is covered with barbed wire, along the perimeter there are guard towers. There were four warehouses in total with weapons, clothing provisions, food, and fuel and lubricants.
It was night, as they say, even if you gouge out your eye. More than half of the lanterns installed around the perimeter did not burn. I am wearing a bulletproof vest and a helmet, and in my hands is a Kalashnikov assault rifle. A knife bayonet is attached to the belt. In general, a hero, a threat to the entire NATO bloc!
I was standing at the tower, suddenly I saw a figure moving from the darkness towards me along the road passing outside the fenced-in perimeter. I hid behind a tower post, trying to get up so that I was not visible. He continued to observe himself.
Suddenly the figure, which I initially took for a human, fell on all fours and continued to move as if nothing had happened. "Drunk? What the hell?!" - I thought.
Suddenly, I was seized by some strange, completely unusual sensations. Knees shook, hands seemed to be stuck to a machine gun, and cold electrical discharges seemed to pass through the whole body, from head to heels.
I have heard the expression "animal fear" many times, but what exactly it meant, up to this very moment could only guess. But in those moments I felt it on my own skin, as they say, in full measure.
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And finally, I saw my night "guest". A huge furry dog (or wolf), running out of the darkness into the light, suddenly stood up on its hind legs and stared at the tower, at which I stood a little alive from horror, not daring to even move.
Why move! I even held my breath. But I could distinctly hear how this creature breathed. The human body, arms and legs seem to be human too, and the head of the beast. Just like in a horror movie. Before I figured out what to do, the monster dropped to all fours and continued on its way.
Later, I wondered many times what might have happened if I had behaved according to the rules, calling out to the ghoul and firing a warning shot into the air. Maybe this story wouldn't exist now. After all, I read that an ordinary bullet does not take evil spirits. And the barbed wire would hardly have stopped this creature.
I stood there, unable to move, until the very arrival of the shift. Of course, he told the boys everything. Apparently, the expression of horror on his face was so convincing that my words did not cause any doubt in the audience.
They believed me. The best proof of this is that no one slept in the guardroom that night. So everyone stayed awake until morning. Of course, this story will seem funny to some, but then we were not at all laughing. Even now, when I remember that night, I shudder from the chill running down my spine.
Broneslav SOLID, Komi Republic