The Woman on the Shortcut Road

• 😨 A man driving home on a dark, pebbled shortcut road in his village felt an increasing sense of unease and the feeling of being watched.
• 😱 He spotted a woman walking on the side of the road, but became terrified when he saw her in his rear-view mirror, running after him with sharp hands and a monstrous appearance.
• 🏃‍♂️ The woman, described with pale skin, white eyes, sharp teeth, and a wide mouth, began chasing him like an animal, but then inexplicably vanished.
• ⚠️ Upon reaching the village, he saw the same woman standing at the start of the road, smiling wickedly before fading into the forest, unable to cross into the village.
• 👵 His grandparents revealed that recent village cases involved sightings of this woman on the same road, though she never harmed anyone.

Artillery vs. Mythology in the Philippines

• ✈️ A US Army artillery sergeant, on leave in the Philippines, visited his cousin's artillery unit in the Philippine Army.
• 💥 He observed that while the soldiers were modern and motivated, their equipment, primarily the old American M101 howitzer, and fire procedures were outdated.
• 🖼️ During maintenance, he noticed a picture of his cousin and other soldiers with a giant, dark, bat-like wing mounted on the wall above them.
• 🦇 The unit recounted an incident where, during training on a remote island, a creature described as a five-foot-tall bat-woman hybrid stole a newborn baby from a village hut.
• 🎯 The soldiers pursued the creature into the forest, located the baby, and then used an artillery airburst to strike the creature as it attempted to cross a river, later finding its wing washed ashore.

The Ghost in a Small Irish Village

• 🏠 While alone in his house in Skramog, Ireland, the narrator felt uneasy and heard blinds shaking in the bathroom, only to find the window was closed.
• 🚪 Later, he heard footsteps from upstairs and a knock at the door, which turned out to be friends, but the footsteps seemed to originate from the attic.
• 👻 The narrator struggled to rationalize these events, concluding that the shaking blinds and attic footsteps were not caused by natural phenomena or his friends.