Category : Stories

Sub Category : Thriller

Two a.m and l was walking home from work. It was the same way l always walked. Down El camino blvd eastbound away from del paso blvd towards roseville road. This particular night was eerily silent and foggy. A lone car would pass me by every now and then. As l made it over towards Roseville road I approached a narrow path that went along side a on ramp to business 80 freeway.  This path brought me to a street in the neighborhood in which l lived, It was my normal path. On the other side of this street was a house with a large yard and a large fence that surrounded it. I would past this house every night to get home, and each night this immense brown and white pitbull would snarl and bark at me. I never paid it no mind because it was behind a fence. On this night though something felt off. The night itself had a horror movie atmosphere to it. As l crossed the street and started to walk past the fence, here came that pit bull like clockwork. I continued to walk paying no mind as usual until l came upon a small hole in the fence. The hole was about the size of the palm of my hand and was located up towards the center of the fence, l would say a little less than chest high. Do you know l thought to myself it would be funny if that dog could fit through that hole. Then all of a sudden the dog stood up on his hind legs with it's front legs on the fence. His snout began to protrude through the hole. I stood there watching as the dog's head is twisting and rapidly jerking back and forth. It's teeth grinning at me and his eyes rolling back as it's head started to push through the hole. It was like a werewolf movie and at this point the audience would be screaming "what are you waiting for? RUN!!" but l stood there. Then like a baby finally being born this pit bull plopped out on the other side..with me. My duffle bag hit the ground and l was running faster than l have ever ran in my life. Behind me l could hear the scuffle of paws hitting the dirt and the grunting pant that can only come from a dog in pursuit. About fifty yards was a waist high fence that enclosed a kindergarten playground. (Hey my niece and nephew went to that school.) I thought to myself Lord please let me reach that fence. When something is chasing you never look back. That because you need to analyse all of the obstacles that you can avoid or use to your advantage. I can hear it getting closer growling and panting. Oh lord please let me get to that fence! As l got to the fence l didn't even touch it because superman was in full flight over it. I dove into the sandbox then scurried up the monkey bars to the top. As l sat on the bars catching my breath l scream to the pit bull pacing on the other side of the fence "I BEAT YOU! I BEAT YOU!" l took full glory and not once did l thank Jesus. So l am thanking him now. Thank you Lord for saving my life that night. That's just one of the many times he saved my life.