I saw lightning strike a tree outside our window.
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Updated 5 years ago,October 25, 2020
Ive always been afraid of loud noises.
When I was a kid, the sound of fireworks would freak me out.
Johannes Plenio
I could never enjoy light displays because I would be cowering in the corner the entire time.
It was the same with parades.
The sound would send me running.
To this day, Im still scared of thunder and lightning.
My boyfriend teases me about it all the time.
He tells me theres nothing to worry about because were safe inside the house.
Nothing bad can happen to us.
A few months ago, there was a really bad storm.
Rain pelted the house.
Wind rattled the trees.
Lightning illuminated the sky.
I saw it happen.
I saw lightning strike a tree outside our window.
I examined the aftermath in the morning.
Up close, I could make out a weird symbol in the bark.
It wasnt written in paint or blood or anything supernatural.
It was just a darker shade of brown spiraled across the light brown of the bark.
I snapped a picture and uploaded it to my social media.
Then I Googled a description of the design to see what it meant.
It had to meansomething.
After coming up with nothing on my internet search, I assumed he was right.
I forgot all about the design.
Or the next week when my boyfriend got into a fender bender and broke the bumper off the car.
A million bad things kept happening in a row, but that was life.
Bad things happened all the time.
It hurt like hell.
But I didnt think there was a deeper reason.
But then, the other day, someone sent me a DM over Instagram.
I didnt recognize the name on the account, so I clicked through some of their photos.
There werent any selfies or group photos.
They only posted weird stock images.
Their message to me said: I dont know you.
But that design is bad luck.
you better chop that tree down or youre going to be plagued with an endless hell.
My body went cold.
I typed back a message, asking them for more information on the symbol, but they never replied.
Were having the tree cut down tonight.
