What attracts us to the forests? Is it the unknowing of what lays within them or is it more about wanting to be scared of getting lost within them? The forest is “just a step beyond the boundaries of civilization”1 and yet it is foreign to us. Who knows exactly what lingers in that thicket of trees it could be a dear, a bear, or maybe sasquatch.
People have feared the woods forever within our history. One example is the movie “The Village” it plays on the communities fear of the woods and of what lingers within them. Many horror movies are in the woods because of the instant fear people get within them. The forest holds many secrets and one day they will be answered, until then I will question.
Notes
1. A field guide to demons, fairies, fallen angels, and other subversive spirits by Carol . Mack and Dinah Mack. pg 91.
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