Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-26298065-20150410183059

I admit it, I have a fear of dogs. And it doesn't help that my neighbour has a giant, fierce dog. I never go outside (except to walk to my car) because he doesn't keep him on a leash. He calls it Ripjaw.

One night, I looked out the windows to find Ripjaw wandering outside. This was strange, as my neighbour usually made him come in at sunset. Even more strange was that he was in MY yard, as he only stayed in my neighbours yard, and has never wandered into mine. I decided it would be best to call my neighbour and tell him.

I got the answer machine. I decided to hang up, as I never leave messages. I decided to look out the window again to check if the dog had left my yard yet. I didn't see him. I looked out the side window, only to find him wondering beside my car. I opened the window and yelled at him to leave. He then stared almost as if he was smiling at me, and turned away.

I didn't get much sleep that night. I started to imagine him looking through the windows, staring at me like he did earlier, waiting for me to wake.

The next day, I ate breakfast and went outside to get into my car. I heard barking. I forgot Ripjaw was out there! I ran back inside and locked the door. He stayed out there, almost as if he was waiting for me to come outside.

I lost count of how many days I stayed inside my house, too scared to go outside. I think it was a few months, and I had been starting to run low on food. I wasn't getting the mail, so they shut off my water and electricity, cell phone, and every other paid service I had. I started feeling really sick since I wasn't getting proper nutrition, and used my cell phone to do the only thing it could do without service, dial emergency numbers. I called an ambulance, and was taken to the hospital shortly after.

There was a TV in my hospital room. The only channel it had was the news however, so I had very little entertainment. One news cast caught my eye, however. It had talked about a bear that had killed its master in my neighbourhood and is on the loose. 