'Secrets' - A Story of a Stranger

Lena was the first one to experience something a little strange. The woods seemed so dark around us and sort of haunted. We found things in the shed that didn't make sense. There was also a fairly bad smell in there, in the shed, like an animal may have died in or near it. You can see a big piece of tarp in one corner, folded in such a way to suggest it may have been used as a kind of blanket. A pair of mismatched shoes, one size 11, one sized 12, both men's sneakers,. but of varying ages, seemingly one much more worn than the other. An old pot of water that was later found to be pond