Mason
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That scared me more than if she had panicked.
I said, mom, it was in the road.
It looked dead.
It got up.
It's following my car.
She said, do not stop.
Do you hear me?
Do not stop for anything.
I could hear movement on her end, like she was getting up fast.
She asked what road I was on, and I told her the closest landmark I could think of, an old cattle guard and a broken windmill near the wash.
She said she was calling my uncle and then calling the sheriff's office, and she told me again not to stop.
While she was talking something hit the back of my car.
It wasn't a huge crash.
It was a hard bump, like someone throwing a heavy bag against the trunk.
The whole car jerked forward.
I yelled and almost dropped the phone.
My mom started shouting my name.
I looked in the mirror and saw nothing again.
Then I heard the sound come from the roof.
A soft scrape, then another, like claws testing the metal.