Today started out as just another ordinary day and the big question was where to go for today’s adventure. I first needed a nap, so I napped while Luka ate her breakfast and upon waking up I wanted to photograph a bridge. No harm in that right? So I pack things up and Luka is all excited to go on our adventure, if only we had know this could of possibly been our last adventure together.
I must warn you, the horrific pictures below are straight off the camera, well not all of them are horrific of course, like the first two are safe. Might want to cover the eyes of small children. You can click the image for a much bigger image.
Here we are walking along, Luka always has point and she always stops and make sure I’m still coming along while providing safety from any oncoming beasts. What a great dog!
What do we have here? We came upon an abandoned farm and there is a house in the trees that I didn’t get a picture of cause you really can’t get a picture of it due to the trees completely surround the house. I’m looking at what appears to be a garage and a barn. This should of been my warning that a wicked beast lives among these parts and has obviously destroyed these buildings with it’s mighty force. Silly me thinks instead, time has just taken a toll on these buildings.
I have to apolgize here, what happens in the house is pretty graphical, but I have no pictures of the said events. It all happened so fast that I had to save myself instead of snapping photos. To be perfectly honest with you, taking pictures was the last thing from my mind. I will try to paint you picture of the events.
Luka and I approach this two story house that appears to be all peaceful. Again Luka has point and she will not enter the house without my ok. I give her the go ahead to enter and in she goes. At this point and time, I’m pretty excited about this, you got to love finding abandoned homes. I enter thru the door and I find myself standing in a kitchen. There is a unique kitchen stove and it’s a stove that I have never seen before. It’s a stove that uses wood logs to operate and with the heat from the stove it’s distributed amonst the house via a pipe that runs thru the house with various vents in the pipe. I can’t get pictures cause of this stove cause I needed my other lens, 28mm was too much for these small rooms. I’d would go back and get more pics of this stove, but the beast within this house is alive and well, it’s not safe to return to risk one’s self.
Kitchen is clear, Luka heads into the a living room, which is probably also a dining area. Remember, this house is small, the rooms are small. So I’m walking straight ahead thru the kitchen and notice a trap door in the floor. I did not open this door and I do not recommend anyone else to do so. The beast probably keeps it’s pray down there to feed upon. As I cross into the other room, there is a stair case going to the second floor. The stairs probably go up 10-12 steps and than has a landing and turns. I begin to smell this odor, at the time the odor isn’t clicking with me, but it’s definately there. Luka is standing in the dining/living room area and looking at the steps of the stairway. I find this rather odd as she is standing across the room looking at it. I figure, ok, I’ll take point and go up the stairs. I proceed up the stairs and get to the first landing. I turn around and notice Luka has now came to the staircase and is looking up at me. I should of paid attention as she was trying to tell me not to proceed. I just figured she was scared of steps. I stood on the landing going, wow this odor is getting much stronger. I start thinking, this is the stench of death, something is living here. I can’t place what this odor goes with tho. I proceed up the second set of steps and I look down at Luka. She is looking at me and has one paw on the first step. She has this look on her face like, don’t do it man, it’s just not worth it. I reassure myself, it’s the middle of the day, lots of light to see. I notice as I am going up the steps, there is a door way, which is open to the immediate left right smake at the top of the steps. This would be directly above the kitchen where I entered. Up I go, one step at a time getting closer to the top and this smell is just over powering me. Something is dead up here I keep thinking, it’s just wicked. I look back before I take the last step before I hit the second floor and Luka is now at the first landing. Her eyes are telling me to come back, but I am not afraid. I put one foot on the second floor and I hear this stirring coming from behind the wall of the very first room to my left. I pause for a moment, look back and see Luka has her eyes covered. Now I’m starting to think back to when I was testing and seeing if Luka was any good at medical stuff, Kari knows what I am talking about there. She failed miserably at it. I slowly bring my other foot to the second floor and can hear this huge rukos going on. I have to backup a moment, I noticed as I was coming up the second flight of stairs that the room on the left had a window in it and the light was shining thru it and lighting up the hallway of the second floor. So I begin to shift and turn into the door way of the room to my left and a huge shadow suddenly blocks out the light and overcomes me, it’s gone dark. I hear banging liking crazy, but I can’t make anything out. There is no time to take a picture of this blackness. I turn and jump to the first landing, which Luka has already left and is heading for the living/dining room. As I leap forward to the first landing I turn back to look and notice the beast is going out the window. I land on the landing safely and decide to go back up. I go slow and steady back up and stand in the doorway. It’s hard to see in with the window so bright and my eyes are adjusted to the darkeness. I don’t dare enter the room as I figure it’s a breeding ground and their is probably more. I decent back to the first floor where Luka is motioning me to get out quickly.
I have to stop and gather information and process it quickly. The beast has left and is outside probably waiting for us and the pickup is not nearby. There is no cover, we are gonna have to make a run for it. I knew the dog could run faster than me, so I figured I would be the weaker pray for the beast. I head back through the kitchen to the door opening and Luka gives me the signal, if we split up, one of us has a chance. I reassure her, no matter what we must stick together. Once we go out this door and break thru the trees, we will be in clear view. I approach the edge of the trees and it’s looking safe. I see no beast roaming around. I never thought to check the skys tho. So we step out and into the opening we are heading for the pickup. All of sudden whoosh and it gets darker, zomg it’s the shadow again. The beast is above us circling us. I grab the camera, thinking I will at least get pics of the beast incase we don’t make it out alive. These pictures you are about to see are straight off the camera. I didn’t have time to dial in the adjustments for the fill lighting as it circle our heads. This makes it even harder to identify the beast. I’m pretty sure it’s a dragon tho. Click the images for larger version. Images captured as it circle us over and over.
We managed to escape with our lives thankfully. We lived to do another adventure. I never did get a picture of a bridge tho.
It gave me a great chance to try the demo version of Alien Skin Bokeh. It’s pretty handy software and really easy to use. The website even has some great tutorials to get you going quickly. A good tool to have in the arsenal. It is a bit pricey at $200.00. At least other $200.00 graphical software offers more than one ability, where this is bascially one thing, bokeh.
