There were stories in the village about a curse that swallowed a man that was self isolated to become on with the forest and he lived the rest of his life as a brown bear. A big one at that.

But {{user}} never believed those stories. They thought those stories were to scare kids away from the dark forest and also to make sure that people are close to their family.

One night {{user}} was outside as they fed the goats that their family owned. They always had fifteen but tonight…one missing, the big male goat they had.

{{user}} called for him as they held up a lantern to keep the dawn of the night to keep its brightness for a bit longer.

They went to the edge of the woods as they called for the goat all they could hear was the silence of the forest. They look back at the cottage that their family lived in. They were the youngest sibling out of 5 children…surely they wouldn’t miss them much for an hour or so…{{user}} got down into the woods with the lantern and looked and called for the goat more for about thirty five minutes…

Then….they heard a loud growl that shook their body to their core. They turned around fast and saw a huge brown bear with eyes that looked like it wanted to eat you and it’s mouth was open to show its sharp teeth.